Chapter 92 Invitation from the Heir
After the match against Mönchengladbach, Zhou Yi received a call from China.
But this time it was not a call from the national team, but from the Northern Hemisphere company he once worked with.
The other party told Zhou Yi that the second season of "The Heir of Green" has started filming, and now the heirs team composed of young players has just arrived in Europe. They will come to Dortmund in about two weeks to challenge Dortmund's U17 youth team.
Everything is like what Zhou Yi experienced more than a year ago.
Since Zhou Yi came to Europe, he has not paid much attention to domestic variety shows. It is the first time he heard about the second season of Green Heirs.
But he didn't know what the other party called him for.
"...It's so. We hope to invite you to participate in the recording of the Dortmund episode of the show, so that you can be a mysterious guest and participate in the youths' match against Dortmund U17. In the first half, you will be a mysterious teammate guest of the Heirs team and play Dortmund's youth team on behalf of the Heirs team. In the second half, you will be in the Dortmund youth team. So we want to know if you are free at that time?"
The female voice on the phone asked in a considerate tone.
She frequently talked about "you" in her words, which also showed her respect for Zhou Yi and the nervousness caused by her not very sure whether Zhou Yi, who is now famous, can accept the invitation from their program team.
After hearing this, Zhou Yi asked back: "That is to say, I will play Dortmund for you in the first half, and Dortmund for you in the second half?"
"Yes, of course if you have anything else..."
Before the other party could finish his words, Zhou Yi said, "This is interesting, I have no problem!"
The other party was stunned at first, and then said happily: "That's great! We will..."
"There is still money?" Zhou Yi was surprised.
"This..." The other party obviously didn't expect Zhou Yi to ask this question, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Hey, I won't need money." Zhou Yi said immediately. "Anyway, it won't delay anything. I want to play with it again!"
"This is not good...we have regulations..." The female voice on the phone seemed very hesitant, because she didn't know whether Zhou Yi said this really didn't have money or a strategy of bargaining...
"I said I didn't need it, so I didn't need it. No matter how I said I was the Heir of Green Field. This show pushed me to Dortmund, so I should thank you. Even if I participated in the recording of the program again, I still had to charge money. This is unreasonable. Stop talking, I won't go."
Zhou Yi finally used his killer move, which finally completely dispelled the other party's idea of persuading him.
However, the female voice on the phone sounded happy or strange.
Since the first season of Green Heirs became popular, sponsors have no worries, and they have a lot of money, so Zhou Yi doesn’t need to play the show, and in fact, it can’t save any money for their program team.
But Zhou Yi insisted on expressing his gratitude to the program team in this way, which was quite heartwarming.
At least it means that he knows gratitude and has never forgotten his way.
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Soon, Zhou Yi’s agent Kester learned that Zhou Yi was going to participate in the recording of a Chinese reality show.
This excited Kester.
An opportunity like this can greatly expand Zhou Yi's business image, making him more than just a professional football player.
The world's top successful athletes often have multiple identities, and athletes are just one of them.
Then he asked Zhou Yi very professionally how much the other party planned to give.
As a result, Zhou Yi's answer made him dumbfounded.
"I don't know, I didn't want it anyway." Zhou Yi spread his hands and said in an indifferent tone.
"Don't want it?" Keest screamed in shock, and Zhou Yi, who was sitting opposite him for dinner, almost threw the fork out of his hand...
"What, Tim?" Zhou Yi was wondering why Kester reacted so much.
"No, why didn't you want it?"
"I don't want it."
"But this is your right, what you deserve, it is labor remuneration! Would you not want the salary and bonuses the team gave you?" Keest didn't know what Zhou Yi was thinking.
"Of course I want it. But this time it's different, Tim. This show is why I can play football in Dortmund now. If I hadn't participated in this show, I might be just an ordinary student studying in China. You wouldn't know me, and you wouldn't be my agent. It can be said that it was the heir of Green Yin who gave me everything I have now. I think you should be a little grateful to be a person." Zhou Yi seriously explained the meaning of this show to him.
"So, I decided not to give them a reward to express my gratitude to them. This is only once. Other times, I will not ask for less money."
After hearing Zhou Yi say this, Keest sighed: "What else can I say? You have thought about it. Well, the only thing I want to remind you is to be careful not to get hurt during the filming of the show, that would be too unpaid."
Zhou Yi shrugged: "Don't worry, Tim. I will."
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In the evening, Zhou Yi talked about the Green Yin Heir Program Team contacting him in the group and found that everyone else had received the same call.
But only Zhou Yi and He Ying were confirmed to participate in the game. The others were just a guest on the show, and they had some interactions and games with the young players. Yang Muge was the worst because Schalke 04 was not on the list of the Heirs challenged, so he could only appear as a guest in the episode where the Heirs challenged Bayern Munich.
However, Yang Muge did not complain about such an arrangement. He always did this and accepted everything peacefully, and it didn't matter even if it was ignored.
Sun Pan yelled in the group to kill Zhou Yi while being interviewed and not let Zhou Yi show off.
In response to this, Zhou Yi calmly replied with the word "hehe".
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After the Green Heirs program finalized several Chinese hope stars, it did not announce it to the public. Even the words "mysterious guest" were not used. When they talked with the five people, they all said that they should keep them confidential. This was naturally for the sake of the performance of the program.
Because of the great success of the first season, the show no longer needs to create any suspense gimmicks to attract audiences.
Sponsors all came to the door by themselves after squeezing their heads, which was completely different from when the producer took the initiative to find sponsors and asked grandpa to sue grandma.
Two weeks passed quickly. During this period, Dortmund, where Zhou Yi is located, played two games. In the 26th round of the league, Dortmund challenged Bochum away. In this game, Zhou Yi did not play the whole game and was replaced in the 69th minute.
However, when he replaced, Dortmund had already decided on the overall situation.
In the end, Dortmund defeated Bochum 4-1 away.
Zhou Yi contributed an assist in the game.
In the 27th round of the league, Dortmund will face Leverkusen at home. This is the match between the third and second in the league.
After defeating Schalke 04 in the Ruhr derby, Dortmund replaced Schalke 04 and became the third in the league, and Leverkusen was the second in the league.
The points difference between the two teams before the game was one point, and Leverkusen's lead was not big.
If Dortmund can beat Leverkusen in this game, it can be replaced.
Of course, Leverkusen would definitely not just surrender.
So this game will be another tough battle after the Ruhr derby.
In fact, since the last round of the league, Klopp has been preparing for this game. His behavior of replacing Zhou Yi in advance is to give Zhou Yi more rest and be able to welcome Leverkusen with more physical strength.
In this game, Dortmund's dual core operation was smooth, and Zhou Yi performed extremely well. Not only did he play the whole game again after the Ruhr derby, he also gave three assists in the game!
These three assists helped Dortmund beat Leverkusen 3-0 at home.
Marcel Leif exclaimed during the game that Zhou Yi directed the game, and praised Zhou Yi for having the temperament of a key gentleman. The more important the game, the better his performance, and he is not at all nervous. It makes people unable to believe that he is a nineteen-year-old young man.
And this game is also particularly commemorative for Zhou Yi.
Because this is the first time in his career that he has sent three assists in a game and completed an assist hat trick.
After the game, not only the Chinese media made Zhou Yi popular, but the German media also praised Zhou Yi in different ways. The German "Kicker" magazine simply believed that if Zhou Yi could continue such a performance, he could completely lock in the 2010 European Golden Boy Award!
In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say so.
Because since Zhou Yi appeared in the public eye, his performance has completely conformed to the definition of "a peerless genius".
In his first professional league appearance, he scored a goal and assisted Dortmund to reverse and defeat Hoffenheim, who was still alive.
Just look at this career debut, are there anyone better than him? Very few.
In the future, except for a few times in poor condition, Zhou Yi's performance has also been good.
Now he has two goals and twelve assists!
This assist number simply blinds the rhythm of many people.
You should know that Zhou Yi only played for the first time in November for Dortmund's first team.
Until now, in March, except for one month in the winter break, he has sent twelve assists in less than four months. If he could play since the beginning of the season, would his assists be twenty?
This is a terrifying number and idea. But looking at Zhou Yi's current momentum, he is very likely to turn it into reality.
Chapter completed!