Chapter 13 Guangzhou
Chu Zhongtian thought this was really amazing. Since playing professional football, he had never traveled back and forth between China twice in one summer. This time he did it. The first time was to bring the European Champions League to China and return home in glory, and the second time was to follow his new owner to China to participate in a commercial competition.
Just before leaving from Spain, China and Real Madrid informed themselves that they would attend multiple commercial events at that time, hoping that he would cooperate. Real Madrid coaching staff expressed concerns about such intensive commercial activities, believing that this would affect Chu Zhongtian's physical fitness. However, Chu Zhongtian told them that there was no problem and that he could deal with it.
Although Real Madrid is shining with stars, Chu Zhongtian is the most dazzling one when he comes to China.
The same is true in the team. When I heard that I was going to China, everyone would ask Chu Zhongtian for fun and delicious places in the Chinese cities they went to during training.
Chu Zhongtian in Shanghai has been quite a bit of a day. Although he comes and goes in a hurry every time, he is completely unfamiliar with Guangzhou. But it doesn’t matter, what era is it now?
In the information age, there is nothing more convenient to understand information than now!
Chu Zhongtian has a Weibo post and can surf the Internet. After training, he returned home and posted a Weibo post: "Friends from Guangzhou and Shanghai, do you have any delicious and fun places on your territory?"
In less than a day, I got a reply tonight - at this time the matter about Real Madrid coming to China has been finalized, so although Chu Zhongtian did not say on Weibo that he wanted to take Real Madrid's stars to Guangzhou and Shanghai, everyone knows why he asked this question. They rushed to be enthusiastic hosts and introduced local specialty snacks and fun places to Chu Zhongtian. Some netizens even asked to be a tour guide for free, just let him take photos with Real Madrid stars... The fans in Guangzhou and Shanghai were crazy and gathered their fellow players online, preparing to go to those popular places to have a "inhumane" view of Chu Zhongtian and Real Madrid's stars.
Chu Zhongtian didn't care about that much, and wrote down those delicious and fun places, and then searched for the approximate location on Google Maps, even if it was basically settled.
Real Madrid came to China, and no matter how he said he was also the host, he had to entertain him well.
In fact, Real Madrid's trip to China may not be a good thing for Real Madrid's team, because it will consume Real Madrid's energy and completely disrupt Real Madrid's pre-season preparation plan. However, for Chu Zhongtian, the trip to China is a good opportunity to integrate into the team. Here, he is the host, he leads everyone out to play, introduces China to everyone, interacts with Chinese fans, and here he will unconsciously have a "I am the protagonist" momentum, which can help him quickly integrate into the team and consolidate his position in the team.
※※ Guangzhou has made sufficient preparations for the welcome of Real Madrid. From the moment the plane landed at the airport, the lively tour of Real Madrid to China began.
When the plane was still hovering over Guangzhou, the players squeezed to the porthole and looked down. The first impression this Chinese city gave them was - "It's so big!"
Madrid is the largest city in Spain, with an urban area of only 607 square kilometers and a population of about 3.1 million. Guangzhou has a urban area of 3843 square kilometers and a population of more than 10 million. Madrid and Guangzhou are not cities of the same level at all.
So on the plane, overlooking the dense buildings and crisscrossing connections in Guangzhou. "Big" is the first impression of these players.
When the plane landed at Guangzhou Xinbaiyun International Airport, the apron was filled with leaders, media and lucky fans coming to greet them.
The buses that Real Madrid players took were also driven directly on the tarmac. At that time, the entire Real Madrid team can take the bus directly from the airport without having to walk in the airport building. There are many people there and the narrow place, which can easily cause riots, which is very unfavorable for security.
The plane landed tremblingly, taxied on the runway, and finally slid onto the established apron.
Some players stretched and were still a little sleepy when they were doing planes for more than ten hours.
The order of getting out of the plane is also very particular. Because it is a commercial activity, players with great commercial value are naturally at the forefront. c. Ronaldo deserves to be the vanguard, followed by Chu Zhongtian. If Kaka is there, he will be the third one, but now the third one is Real Madrid's captain Casillas, next is Benzema, Ramos, Higuain and others.
In fact, in terms of the quality of the stars alone, the second phase of the Galaxy Battleship is certainly not as good as the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship. At that time, the seven superstars gathered in Real Madrid, which was so shocking. Nowadays, the only ones who can be called superstars are C. Ronaldo, Kaka and Casillas, as well as Chu Zhongtian, who just joined the team.
However, it is said that Florentino is attacking Manchester United's Rooney, which is why he has not actively operated to buy Adebayo. If he can bring Rooney to the Bernabeu, the team's starlight will be even brighter.
Of course, this may be small. Ferguson is unlikely to let Rooney go.
c. Ronaldo was the first in the team. As soon as he stepped out of the cabin door, he couldn't help complaining: "Wow, it's so hot!"
Yes, Guangzhou is the hottest time in August, and the humid and stuffy weather in Guangzhou is not something that anyone can bear. Even Chu Zhongtian felt that his skin suddenly became sticky and his clothes were a little uncomfortable when he put them on his skin.
The stuffy heat in Guangzhou gave Real Madrid players a warning. Playing in such an environment is more uncomfortable than playing football in the scorching heat.
But c. Ronaldo only complained for a moment, and his face regained a smile. There were so many people below, but he paid great attention to his image.
After every Real Madrid player walks down the gangway, he will receive garlands and flowers from beautiful etiquette ladies. The garlands are hung around his neck and held in his hands. Guangzhou has the nickname "Flower City", and offering flowers can reflect their city characteristics.
However, Chu Zhongtian was treated with special treatment. He had three garlands hanging around his neck and flowers on his left and right hand, almost unable to hold it.
This did not make Real Madrid teammates feel jealous, but after seeing his whole body bewildered by flowers, he burst into laughter. The fatigue of the journey and the discomfort brought to them by the sultry weather disappeared in this laughter.
The grand occasion of Real Madrid's arrival at the New Baiyun International Airport was broadcast live through TV, which is of course one of the means for Chinese brokerage companies to make money. Therefore, many Chinese fans can see the grand occasion of Real Madrid's players arriving in Guangzhou through TV or online TV live.
※※Real Madrid then took a bus to their hotel - Guangzhou White Swan Hotel.
The time to arrive in Guangzhou is 3:00 pm, and it is almost 5:00 pm after settling in the hotel. Although Real Madrid players are looking forward to this trip to China, in fact, they don’t have much time to be free, and tonight is one of them. At other times, they have to participate in training, attend various press conferences, and participate in commercial and charity activities.
So as soon as he put his luggage in the room, a group of people shouted, using Chu Zhongtian's room as a gathering point, and asked Chu Zhongtian to take them out to taste Chinese food.
In fact, the hotel has prepared a grand welcome dinner for them, but everyone is in the legendary story of not being famous, but it is very easy to make. They are not interested in the welcome dinner provided by the hotel. In fact, Chu Zhongtian can imagine that according to the traditional etiquette of Chinese entertaining distinguished guests, they must have the most proud and expert food here. However, in order not to let their teammates go out to enjoy the fun when they go out for a night, he still told his teammates not to eat too much at the dinner later... The dinner was quite decent, Bi
This is a five-star hotel. After the hotel owner said a few words, everyone moved their chopsticks. Many people didn't know how to use chopsticks, so Chu Zhongtian taught them to use chopsticks. c. Ronaldo successfully picked up a cow ball with chopsticks, and then proudly showed off everywhere. As a result, he was happy that the cow ball escaped from his control, flew out, and hit the back of the head of assistant coach Kalanca. Kalanca was beaten and turned around but didn't know what was going on. He touched the back of his head and looked confused, while the other Real Madrid players were so happy that they couldn't breathe.
Although before coming to Real Madrid, I always think that Real Madrid players are arrogant, in fact, they are also like this. They are indeed arrogant when playing against many small teams. For example, C. Ronaldo will ask his opponent disdainfully: "How much money do you make?" Ozil and Di Maria will scold them when the opponent's players pull their jerseys, "Don't use your hands to defile this jersey."
But when you are in the same team as them, you will find that this is actually a group of ordinary young people, and they just make more money than other young people.
I love to play and joke, which is no different from other young people.
Some people don’t know how to use chopsticks to hold things in their mouths, so they can only lift the chopsticks up high, then open their mouths and put them under the chopsticks, loosen their chopsticks, and let the food fall freely into their mouths.
Everyone eats in and out of the world, but they are very happy.
Maybe they didn't remember how the meal tasted, but they were very happy.
Chinese players are now popular to play online Weibo, and foreign players also play, but they are playing Twitter.
"Hey! Chu!" Khedira's voice sounded.
Chu Zhongtian turned his head and looked over.
"Come and take a photo for me!" Pepe held the chopsticks and carefully held a wonton, while he held a mobile phone in his other hand to greet Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian went over and took a photo for him, and then returned it to him.
"I want to post it on Twitter, and I said I have learned new skills all the time, haha!" Pepe shook his phone and showed off.
※※※After using up the dinner, the players were given free time to move around. They could choose to stay in the hotel room or go out with them. Except for the very few players who were unwilling to join in the fun or felt tired, most of the other players followed Chu Zhongtian and planned to go to the lively Guangzhou night market to see the nightlife in China.
However, if there are so many people, it is obviously inconvenient to take a taxi. The only one here is who understands Chinese, and they may not be able to understand Cantonese and can only communicate in Mandarin. Not to mention those foreigners, if they are deceived, they will be in trouble.
So Chu Zhongtian went to the hotel manager and asked them if they could provide a small bus to take Real Madrid players to stroll around the night view of Guangzhou.
Such a requirement must be fully satisfied. The hotel is eager to please these Real Madrid stars. Without saying a word, he found a Toyota 20-seater Coaster. Chu Zhongtian, this yellow minibus, had seen it in China before, and was a special car for the leaders. It is said that Deng Xiaoping liked it very much at first, but later everyone below used it, and it became a special car for the leaders.
Coaster's interior space is spacious and comfortable. More than a dozen Real Madrid players took it. The bus is too big and there are a lot of drilling in many alleys. This kind of jaw is very suitable for drilling in those small places.
"Set out!" c. Ronaldo shouted in the Chinese language he had just learned from Chu Zhongtian, and Coaster slowly activated it in this shout.
Turning out of the hotel parking lot and driving into the night in Guangzhou.
※※※The Beijing Road and China Plaza shopping district in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, which Chu Zhongtian took them to. This is a famous commercial area in Guangzhou, and is close to residential areas. There are many restaurants nearby and many high-quality restaurants. There are also many rows of shops here. How can you only eat delicious food and not shop? Chu Zhongtian has contributed to the growth of the motherland's GDP?
When eating in Guangzhou, you must not sit till you die in a store. You have to walk all the way, eat all the way from this end of the street, and then change directions and eat back.
So many Guangzhou citizens and tourists shopping on Beijing Road saw such a spectacular scene - a group of people who were obviously star-like in and out of each restaurant, and two completely opposite expressions of satisfaction and dissatisfaction appeared on their faces at the same time.
Some people recognized these people as Real Madrid players, and they screamed, took out their mobile phones, digital cameras to take photos and take photos. There were also bold people coming up to ask for autographs and take photos. The players were having fun, so naturally they refused. Chu Zhongtian was responsible for maintaining order and kept reminding his compatriots loudly: "Don't have a few, don't squeeze! We have to go to the next house to eat!!"
His words made the audience burst into laughter.
Someone else shouted: "Is Guangzhou D's right?"
"Is Guangzhou fun?"
However, with Chu Zhongtian's efforts, nothing happened to make the scene out of control. After all, the Chinese have long gone abroad now, and I don't know how many idol superstars have seen. Guangzhou is another open city. At the beginning of reform and opening up, people here are the first to come into contact with Western things, and they are no longer accustomed to it. Even Real Madrid fans, stars who like Real Madrid may not necessarily be like SJ fans who do whatever they want, and everyone is quite restrained and polite.
But the happiest thing is the owners of the restaurant. The joining of Real Madrid stars has increased the popularity of their visits. Needless to say, the smart restaurant owners will also take the stars to take a photo together after they have supper. Chu Zhongtian knew that there would be an extra photo of the restaurant owner taking a photo with Real Madrid stars on the wall of the restaurant the next day. What made the bosses happiest was because many fans who like Real Madrid walked in and ordered a delicacy to more or less, making their business full of good business.
They all took Chu Zhongtian's hand and affectionately called him "God of Wealth". They knew that these guests were actually brought by Chu Zhongtian - Chu Zhongtian brought his Real Madrid teammates, and Real Madrid players brought a large number of Real Madrid fans and tourists who like to watch the fun...※※ Of course, how can you just eat? It's a waste of time to come to China without shopping. You should know that many celebrities like to shop when they come to China because the things here are cheap - not to go to those high-end commercial areas, but to shop in places like Xiushui Street... There is such convenience on Beijing Road. This is originally a bustling commercial area, and you can buy whatever you want here.
A group of Real Madrid stars had enough food and drink, and asked Chu Zhongtian to buy something. Chu Zhongtian was prepared and led them to kill only Beijing Road and China Plaza.
Of course, they took them to those high-end stores at the beginning, but these stars lacked interest in their performance. Although they had annual incomes of tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan, they were very stingy.
They wanted to pick up bargains... Chu Zhongtian simply took them to Baiyun Road, which was full of counterfeit world famous brands, which was very consistent with the requirements of this group of stingy people.
Sure enough, when everyone saw those famous brands such as lv and i that could almost be faked and real, they all became energetic.
And although these people are foreigners, they are very good at bargaining, Chu Zhongtian can only interpret them... When the stall owners saw foreigners, they would habitually slaughter them, but this time they met their opponents.
Some people like to buy clothes, luggage, and some people are not interested in these things, and only like mobile phones and tablets. So after buying clothes, Chu Zhongtian took them to the Martyrs Cemetery to buy counterfeit electronic products.
A real Apple phone is sold abroad for nearly 1,000 euros, and only a few hundred yuan is needed here... It is a model of good quality and low price.
Some people are interested in those strikingly shaped copycat machines.
Higuain fell in love with a copycat phone that he thought was a cassette recorder at first, because there were eight speakers on the front and back of the body... After buying it, he also took photos with his mobile phone and posted it on Twitter to show off his "baby" he found in China.
"Do you know what this is? Haha!"
Although the larger group of people are very valuable, they are very interested in this cheap counterfeit goods. Chu Zhongtian has already told them that although this kind of thing is cheap, the quality is not very good. They don’t care, just think it’s buying toys, and buy everything they like. Then they compare with each other.
Finally, when he left here and returned to the hotel, almost everyone returned with a full load, except Chu Zhongtian... He was used to copycat goods, but he didn't have the interest to buy a lot of copycat goods to show off...
(To be continued)
Chapter completed!