After completing the signing of Nike in Beijing, Chu Zhongtian did not rush home the next day, but took Emily to the Badaling Great Wall, and finally understood the resentment. This was Emily's first visit to the Great Wall, and it was also the first time Chu Zhongtian, a Sichuan native.

"We are not good people if we don't have a good person if we don't have a good person if we don't have a good person now!"

After spending a day at the Great Wall, I took a plane back to Chengdu, Sichuan the next day.

This time, there were more people greeting them at Chengdu Shuangliu Airport than the previous two times, except for fans, the media. A large number of media came to block the not-so-wide exit of Shuangliu Airport.

The people who didn't know the truth didn't know what was going on, and were still looking for someone to ask: "Is Li Yuchun coming to hold a concert?"

"What? Not Jane Zhang?"

"Is it Jacky Cheung or Andy Lau this time?"

... Chu Zhongtian and Emily, who had seen similar scenes at the airport in Beijing, were not surprised by the surging crowds in front of them. They once again squeezed out of the crowd under the protection of airport security, then got into the noble car, and left everyone behind.

After returning home and formally introduced Emily to his parents, his foreign girlfriend was warmly welcomed by her parents, and many neighbors also came to see the fun. Chu Zhongtian did not have time to reminisce with his parents because he and Emily were in a hurry.

Because of the World Cup, Chu Zhongtian's holiday lasted nearly two months, but Emily only had one week. So after returning to Sichuan, Chu Zhongtian changed places without stopping - slept at home, and the next day he went to Jiuzhaigou with Emily.

After three days of playing in Jiuzhaigou, Emily is about to fly back to the United States when she comes back to Chengdu.

Chu Zhongtian was reluctant to let it go, but he had no choice.

They sent Emily to Shanghai all the way. After the two of them were in love, they reluctantly sent Emily to the flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles.

Then he returned to his home in Chengdu alone.

Then we started to do the job.

In order to concentrate on playing with Emily, he declined all interviews and told the media that he wanted to interview, please wait for a week, he would stay in China for a month.

After seeing Emily off, he began to ask Xu Xiaodi to sort out the interview requests from domestic media. Apart from that, let’s see if there are anything else, such as endorsement with domestic companies... I believe that after this signing ceremony with Nike in Beijing, domestic companies will definitely be more enthusiastic and offer higher prices.

In addition, he also had to buy a large house for his parents in the most luxurious community in Chengdu, and then buy a smaller house in the community near his mother's school. Whether it was investment or living by himself, it was always right to buy more houses. Buy a car for his father so that he could drive a car again. In the past, in order to raise money to prepare for Chu Zhongtian to study football abroad, his father sold his car. Later, he didn't go abroad to play football, and the money was spent on studying abroad. So now when Chu Zhongtian is rich, he immediately thought of buying a new car for his father and let him drive a car. In the future, he didn't have to squeeze into the bus when going out with his mother. It was difficult to get a taxi in Chengdu.

In addition to investing in real estate in Chengdu, Chu Zhongtian also had to take time to accept interviews from all over the country. At the same time, he went to TV stations to do a program. For example, CCTV's "Football Night" program asked him to do an interview program, and talked about his feelings about his four years of playing football abroad and his changes in his mentality from amateur to professionalism. During the program, the host Li Jianhong asked a sensitive topic, but he did not say hello to Chu Zhongtian in advance, which was a complete sudden attack.

"About the national team. We have noticed that over the past season, the media has been wondering why you have never been selected for the national team..."

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Yes."

"So what's the reason?"

Chu Zhongtian spread his hands: "I don't know. Maybe they think I'm not capable enough..."

Speaking of this, he laughed, and Li Jianhong also laughed - Not qualified? Don't joke. If you are not qualified, you will not find a few players in China who are qualified to be selected for the national team.

The topic about the national team ended here. Chu Zhongtian was unwilling to talk about it, and Li Jianhong knew it was difficult to talk about it. If he said something wrong on the show, the Football Association might call to protest and threaten to ban CCTV. As the host of the show, he would be punished and wrote a review. Why bother? Anyway, it was just a show that showed Chu Zhongtian's past perfect season, so there was no need to be so upset.

After finishing this episode, Xu Xiaodi told Chu Zhongtian a news that was not good or bad: "Zhu Suishin called me and asked about your contact information."

Zhu Suishin is the current head coach of the Chinese national team, and Chu Zhongtian still knows this person. What can he do with him when he comes to him? It must have something to do with the national team.

Chu Zhongtian said: "Then give it to him, my mobile phone number is not an underground phone."

"I've given it to him, I guess he'll call you in the near future."

The next day when Chu Zhongtian returned to Chengdu, his cell phone rang, and the number displayed on the screen was a strange number. When he picked it up, the sound over there was also a strange hoarse voice.

"Xiao Chu. I am Zhu Suishin."

"Ah? Oh... Coach Zhu is good." Chu Zhongtian didn't know what domestic players called this national team head coach, so he called him "coach". His attitude towards the national team head coach was neither humble nor arrogant. He was ecstatic about Coach Zhu taking the initiative to look for him, and his tone was very plain.

"Actually, I have wanted to call you for a long time, but I have never had your contact information. Then I asked you for your phone number from your agent, so I called you. I asked you if you are willing to serve the country."

Is this considered a national team recruitment?

Can Chu Zhongtian say "no"? No, from the perspective of football or from the perspective of commercial development, he cannot say "no". However, Chu Zhongtian still has some resentment towards the national team ignoring him before. He expressed it more tactfully: "Ha! Coach Zhu, of course I am willing. The national team has not looked for me before, and I thought my level was not qualified."

If Chu Zhongtian had faced Zhu Suishun face to face at this time, he would have been able to see that the expression on Zhu Suishun's face was a little unnatural.

From this sentence, Zhu Suishin could feel that Chu Zhongtian did not seem to be the kind of player who is very disciplined. But if he was not recruited, the public opinion pressure would be so great that it would be unreasonable no matter what. A player who led the team to win the championship in the French Cup and was elected the best finals but was unable to be selected into the national team for a long time, and the media and fans would be angry.

"Haha..." Zhu Suishin laughed dryly, "That's good. The national team will have a European training session in early June, and they will play two games, with their opponents being Switzerland and France. They gathered at the Xianghe training base in Beijing on May 29, and then went to Europe."

"No problem, I will report on time."

Chu Zhongtian is quite looking forward to being able to play against the French team, because his teammate Ribery and Zidane, whom he always wanted to fight.

As for the rumors in the national team, he didn't care. He didn't care about domestic football and had no worries about forming cliques. He didn't care about the bosses in the national team - we are all not in trouble, but if you want to make trouble for me, I won't just shrink my eggs.

He was not interested in being the boss who responded to him, but he was unwilling to be someone else's younger brother. Ribery was the boss in Metz, and he was equal to him and did not blindly follow him.

After playing professional football abroad for two years, he was finally selected for the national team. Chu Zuosheng made his suggestions to his son:

Don’t warm up in the national team, don’t get involved in other people’s grievances, be cautious when making friends, be careful not to be used as a gun, and be careful when others’ open and secret arrows.

"You don't care about anything except playing football. But you can't be too weak. Anyway, you play football abroad, so there is no need to be afraid of the messy trash things in Chinese football."

※※※After confirming that he would participate in two European games for the national team, Chu Zhongtian continued to be busy with his affairs.

Among the brand endorsements abroad, only Nike has been confirmed. In China, Chu Zhongtian is an absolute hot commodity. Looking at the media attention caused by him and Emily after returning to China, domestic companies will know that this person cannot be let go no matter what.

Although there are many domestic companies looking for Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian has a clear understanding of how to use his personal image to bring him a large amount of economic income.

He doesn't want to use his image too much. He told Xu Xiaodi that if everyone can see his image everywhere every day when they open their eyes, it would be meaningless. So his task for Xu Xiaodi is to sign only one brand first, and this brand must be very important and powerful, and it is okay not to be a small brand.

After becoming famous, Chu Zhongtian began to cherish his reputation and image. Emily told him more than once that as a public figure, she must bear more responsibilities, so she must protect her personal image, which is an effective self-protection.

"You are an ordinary person. If you fart in public, maybe only a few people around you glared at you. But if you are a star and fart in public, the whole world will rush to the point of doubt and criticism of your personal qualities. This is how the world is." Emily gave the example a bit vulgar, but the words are not rough.

After repeated screening and evaluation, Xu Xiaodi locked in several objects, and the one who finally got involved was Haier Group.

After two years of contract, Chu Zhongtian was able to earn 5 million yuan in annual income from being an image spokesperson for Haier, shooting TV commercials, print advertisements, and attending commercial activities, which was converted into euros, which was about 500,000 yuan. It was not much compared to Yao Ming's endorsement of China Unicom and earning 10 million yuan, but it was enough to satisfy Chu Zhongtian.

Since 2003, because of the emergence of various negative news on Chinese football, the personal image of the players has also been affected. Now in three years, basically no Chinese players have endorsed domestic brands. Shanghai Shenhua has shot advertisements for their sponsors, but it is completely free and the players can't get a penny. Apart from them, only Li Weifeng and Zhao Junzhe have endorsed the clothing of a sports brand, and other than that, there are no Chinese players seen in TV and print advertisements.

Gone are the rush of Chinese players in 2002, and the current situation of Chinese football can be seen from the fact that Chinese players are neglected in the advertising industry.

Under such circumstances, Chu Zhongtian was able to sign Nike with a high profile and was invited by Haier to be an image spokesperson, making him become the advertising king of Chinese football - although this title is really a bad person, this is how the media promotes it.

At the same time, the media also believe that Chu Zhongtian's double harvest in the stadium and the shopping mall will definitely stimulate more Chinese players to want to play abroad, but it is hard to say whether the club will let go or not to let go of others.... The media also took this opportunity to ridicule the Chinese national football team.

"Everyone complains that they have made less money, their image has become bad, and their reputation has become bad, but they never think about who caused all this. Now, look at Chu Zhongtian's money, who is not jealous? But what are the ways to jealous? Look at how Chu Zhongtian earns 15 million advertising revenue a year?" In order to be shocking, this media also specifically converted the euro into RMB to calculate it. In this way, the original 1.5 million was ten times more, and it seemed that 15 million was more exciting to readers' attention.

"Strength, professional spirit, and good personal image are favored by so many advertisers. I think Chu Zhongtian's performance this summer is enough to stimulate those players who do not seek to improve their goals to reflect! If you play well, you will never make enough money. If you don't play well, just take the dead salary every month! In the final analysis, playing well is the fundamental. Professional players, professional players, playing football is a profession, and you can't do your own profession well. You just want to get a wrong goal. How can there be such a good thing in this world?"

※※After discussing with Haier, Chu Zhongtian went to Qingdao Haier headquarters to visit again, completed the signing of the contract, and shot another set of print advertisements. The TV advertisements were still in the creative stage.

After returning from Qingdao, the Propaganda Department of the Chengdu Municipal Party Committee came to the door again, hoping that Chu Zhongtian could serve as the image spokesperson for Chengdu. They proposed to pay the reward, but Chu Zuosheng would be a good person. They kept saying: "It is necessary to be an image spokesperson for his hometown city. What money should be needed? Chengdu raised our son, and our son should repay Chengdu at this time. He doesn't have to pay any money, he doesn't have to ask for a penny!"

The leaders were very happy and praised Chu Zhongtian's family, and said that if there were any difficulties, they could be told to the government, and the government could solve them.

Chu Zhongtian didn't understand why he didn't want the money he got, but he only realized it here. His father refused a small amount of money, but he got involved in the relationship with the government. He was really clever. He was worthy of being a struggle by the shopping mall, much better than his rookie. As soon as the leaders and the news crew left, Chu Zhongtian gave his father a thumbs up: "High, really high!"

My father used this matter to teach Chu Zhongtian a lesson, telling him what money can be made and what money should be let go, so that he can get more and greater benefits. This is called catching big fish with a long line.

"It's always right to have a good relationship with a leader. It's okay to offend anyone, just don't offend them."

"The Chinese Football Association is also a leader."

"Who are they? They can only influence you in football, and you are now outside of Chinese football. What are you afraid of? Your mother and I will retire in Chengdu."

Chu Zhongtian then attended the signing press conference of the Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department. As the image spokesperson for Chengdu, he signed the contract for four years without taking a penny. The media naturally vigorously promoted this incident, portraying Chu Zhongtian into a caring star who actively rewarded his hometown society after his success and fame.

This is also a good thing for Chu Zhongtian. His personal image has been improved, from an ordinary football player to a sports star who is enthusiastic about public welfare and caring.

Chu Zhongtian was so busy that he was dizzy. He finally had time to rest and said that he would accompany his parents to visit Chunxi Road. As a result, he had just appeared on the street, which attracted onlookers. In the end, the plan to accompany his parents to sign autographs for fans on site for three hours... Chu Zhongtian, who had learned intelligence, could only hide at home, but he invited Wang Hao's family to have a meal the day before he registered for the national team. Gu Jianming, chairman of the Chengdu Football Association, was invited. This was not the first time Chu Zhongtian has seen Chairman Gu Jianming, otherwise he would not invite him. When he was at Mets, Gu Jianming went to Mets to discuss further cooperation opportunities with the club, and went to see him and Wang Hao, so he would also invite him after returning to China.

After finishing all these things, Chu Zhongtian packed his luggage and went to the national team to report for the first time.

Before this, the national team announced the big list of European training, and Chu Zhongtian was on the list. Those voices that had previously spoken out for Chu Zhongtian's failure to be selected for the national team disappeared.

The pressure from Zhu Suishin and the Football Association has also been reduced - after joining the national team, you have nothing to say, right?

After reporting at Xianghe Training Base, Chu Zhongtian met with his teammates who arrived in the national team. For him, the national football team naturally became famous for a long time. This summer, the most popular Chinese player has no second person except Chu Zhongtian. Just being a Hollywood star is enough for those locals to envy for a while. Moreover, he is still the highest-paid Chinese football player. He plays the main core of the French top league team, won the French Cup, was selected as the best player in the finals, and was also selected for the best team in the French Ligue 1 this season, although he is still a substitute.

So when Chu Zhongtian came to the national team, he came with a halo of various colors.

But I don’t know whether his halos are useful in the national team.

After the national team was all over, they trained for three days at the Beijing Xianghe Training Base and set off for Switzerland, where on June 3, they would play a warm-up match with Switzerland participating in the World Cup and play against the French team on June 7.

Because both teams were assigned to the same group as South Korea, the Chinese team, which belongs to East Asia, naturally became the warm-up targets for the two teams. Their choice of warm-up targets was obviously considering that Chinese football and Korean football are geographically close and should also be close in style. We can warm up and be familiar with the style of the Korean team in advance.

But they found the wrong opponent... Chinese football and Korean football are completely different sports in two worlds.

For the French team, this is particularly tragic...※※The author's words: I will finally join the national football team. But everyone can rest assured that the national football team is not the key part of this book, and it will be mentioned in many cases. Chu Zhongtian joins the national football team just because it is more realistic - a star who performs well in the foreign leagues, has a huge influence in the media, and has a very popular fan base. Unless he changes his nationality, it is impossible not to join the national team. Even if the Football Association offers 200,000 yuan, it is impossible not to join the national team.

There is a place, but in the face of Chu Zhongtian's high strength and popularity, they cannot stop calling Chu Zhongtian into the team just because he doesn't give him money. That's not true. If that's true, the media and fans will ask: "Why not recruit Chu Zhongtian to join the national team?" It can't be said that Chu Zhongtian didn't give him money, right? He is not injured, in good condition, in the World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers, the club must also release people. It is obviously unreasonable to not recruit him, and they can't find an excuse.

He was asked to join the national team just to make the environment he lives in a more realistic way, at least there are national team game data. Although the Chinese Football Association is black, it is not a blind man and a deaf man. Why don’t such a player who performs well and has no conflicts with them?

To put it bluntly, the national football match is for Chu Zhongtian to use it to use it - how many games he represented the club, how many goals he scored, how many international A-level events he represented the national team, how many goals he scored... so.

Well, there is another reason. Actually, I really want Chu Zhongtian to play a game with Zidane, and the warm-up match between France and China before the World Cup is the last chance...
Chapter completed!