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Chapter 214 Warm Holidays

When Zhai Liying was about to prepare for the afternoon class, Zhou Yi said goodbye to his high school teacher, put on his baseball cap again, and came out of the office.

When he came out, he also ran into many students who were already playing in the corridor.

They looked at the young man who came out of the head teacher's office with curiosity, but because Zhou Yi's disguise work was done quite well, no one recognized him.

He looked back at the alumni who were a few years younger than him. Student life was really good, but he didn't want to come back to school because his career was better...

Zhou Yi left his alma mater like this.

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Zhou Yi found that no matter how homesick he missed when he was in Dortmund, or how good his parents were to him after he came back, any holiday that he had not met for a long time would go through the following process at the end:

The first few days of the holiday:

When Zhou Yi opened his eyes, he found that his parents had gone to work. There was a note on the dining table, telling him that breakfast was in the pot and he could eat it. He came back to bring a lot of vegetables to the evening, and then asked Zhou Yi what he wanted to eat, and his mother went to make it for him.

After the first few days of the holiday:

Every day when his parents go to work, he will hear his mother's lion roar: "I'm still sleeping? Get up soon! You are a professional player! What do you mean when you sleep in every day? Don't you have to get up in the morning?!" So Zhou Yizhi struggled to get up from the bed and went to wash with sleepy eyes. At this time, it was often less than seven o'clock.

Next, he would be urged by his mother to go out for morning exercise. If he didn't want to go, he would be pushed out of the door directly. Next, the security door would slam the door behind him.

If Zhou Yi suggested to his mother at night that she wanted to eat the refried pork, her mother would definitely glar at her eyes: "What to eat? Is that something professional players can eat? Eat white water burning chicken!"

Zhou Yi was about to cry: "Mom, where did you know these things..."

Zhou Jianliang raised his hand next to him: "I didn't tell you the damn, she checked it online by herself."

The arm could not twist the thighs, so Zhou Yi had to eat his "athlete meal", but at the same time he had to see his father eating the delicious cooked meat. What's even more annoying is that his father deliberately chewed loudly in front of him, constantly exclaiming: "Wife, you have improved your skills again! The cooked meat is really delicious!"

Zhou Yi said angrily: "Dad, don't stutter when you eat!"

"Son, this is to train your willpower. On the football field, willpower is very important. If you can't even withstand the test of re-cooking meat, how can you win the championship?" Zhou Jianliang said righteously.

"Dad, if you could wipe the oil in your mouth before you said this, I would believe you." Zhou Yi's face was cold.

"Hehe." Zhou Jianliang smiled contemptuously, and then continued to chew heavily.

Zhou Yi's protests were ineffective, and he could only humiliately chew the hard-to-swallow chicken, which was extremely bitter.

Where is this vacation?

This is obviously a torture!

Fortunately, there are not a few days left in this kind of life... Hey, there are actually not a few days left in this holiday?

Although the holiday was very hard, Zhou Yi was really reluctant to leave.

Every separation is for goodbye, every time I see you, I will say "goodbye", which is really a cycle...

Zhou Yi looked up at his parents, his eyes a little wet: "Mom, if you could make a cooked pork for me to eat, I would miss you even more..."

In front of him, there was still a plate of white chicken pieces, pure chicken breast, which was chewy and tasteless, not to mention the taste.

"Stop talking nonsense, eat quickly!" Li Cuiyun was unmoved.

Zhou Yi sighed, picked up a piece of chicken with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, and then chewed it slowly mechanically, with an expression of indifference on his face.

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After Zhou Yi's "warm" holiday, he will not return to Dortmund directly. In fact, he will not leave China. He will fly to Kunming to participate in the national team training camp and prepare for two warm-up matches.

The opponents are Uzbekistan and North Korea.

This will be the last two warm-up matches before the 2014 Brazil World Cup Asian qualifiers.

At the airport, Zhou Yi said goodbye to his parents.

"Dad, don't you open my box this time to see what I forgot to bring?" Zhou Yi asked.

"You are growing up now, it is your own responsibility to forget what you have to bring." Zhou Jianliang was able to pass the blame. "You can pack your luggage and get rid of it..."

Li Cuiyun said to Zhou Yi: "Your dad and I, don't worry, we will go to find a house. Just play football outside."

"Okay, mom." Zhou Yi nodded.

Then, the three of them waved goodbye, without the feeling of separation from holding their heads and crying, and began the cycle of expecting reunion.

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When Zhou Yi arrived at Kunming Airport, his identity changed from an ordinary child who wanted to eat the double-cooked meat to a radiant hope for Chinese football.

The Chinese fans at the scene welcomed him to Kunming with banners, and the reporters used flashes to blur his eyes again.

Zhou Yi realized that many celebrities appeared in front of the media and even at night, it was not for no reason. This was to prevent glare!

Although Zhou Jianliang was very happy that his son wore the Chinese national team jersey again and launched an attack on the World Cup, he was still a little dazed when he saw his son on the news. He pointed to the TV screen and asked his wife: "Oh, do you think our son is really the same as this big star?"

Li Cuiyun curled her lips and ignored him.

Of course she missed her son, but she felt that a good man was determined to be in all directions. The sloppy brat who stayed at home all day long until midnight, had no hair combed and his face, and was not washed.

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After Zhou Yi returned to the national team, he met many teammates in the Asian Cup, but also saw some new faces. Head coach Gao Hongbo was still looking for fresh blood to replenish the team's strength.

After a week of training, the Chinese national team welcomed their first warm-up match against Uzbekistan in Kunming.

Zhou Yi played and played for 70 minutes, helping the Chinese team defeat Uzbekistan 2-1.

The Chinese team then moved to Guiyang to prepare for the second warm-up match against North Korea.

In this game, Zhou Yi did not play, but was replaced in the 60th minute. In that game, the Chinese team shook hands with North Korea 1:1.

After the warm-up match, the Chinese team disbanded on the spot. Zhou Yi's domestic teammates will return to their respective clubs to continue their league journey.

What about Zhou Yi? He is going to Shanghai to meet his agent Shuerce, where he will participate in a commercial event and sign a contract with a famous domestic personal computer brand. This is a spokesperson contract that Shuerce negotiated for him when Zhou Yi was on vacation in Qingyang. The 5th-year contract will bring Zhou Yi an income of 15 million yuan.

Moreover, since the computer brand itself also has a mobile phone business, Shurtze also specifically emphasized that the scope of this endorsement is limited to PCs and laptops, and does not involve endorsement of mobile phone brands.

With the popularity of Apple phones, smartphones have become the mainstream of mobile phones today. Although there are no mobile phone manufacturers looking for athletes to endorse, it does not mean that there will be no future. So Shurtze does not want to sell Zhou Yi's portrait rights at a low price at this time.

He wants to keep it in his hands and wait for the price to be sold when the smartphone wave swept the world in the future.

Zhou Yi also agreed with his choice. He is not short of that little money now. If he can make more money in the future, then wait.

In fact, there are many domestic brands who want to sign contracts with Zhou Yi. After Zhou Yi won the Bundesliga championship, his fame soared, and everyone hopes to be able to benefit from it.

But Schultze successfully played the role of a tough German agent who was not familiar with China and refused to lose all of them.

He cherishes Zhou Yi's image very much. He is not an internationally renowned brand now and does not sign any number of money.

Because Zhou Yi took the initiative to become a world-class star, the brands he endorsed must of course match his position in the football world.

In addition to signing the contract in Shanghai, he attended the press conference of this computer brand. At the press conference, the other party officially announced that Zhou Yi became their global image ambassador, and Zhou Yi would stay in Shanghai for two more days to shoot advertising videos for this brand.

Zhou Yi will then go to the United States to shoot promotional advertisements for Puma for the new season. This advertisement mainly highlights Zhou Yi's identity as the "Champion Core".

In the United States, it is not just about shooting advertisements for Puma, but also new advertisements from ck_jeans are waiting for him.

In addition, there is a new endorsement contract waiting for him to sign, which is also a famous international brand PepsiCo.

Logically speaking, carbonated beverages should be a taboo for professional players, but on the contrary, in the field of advertising endorsement, carbonated beverage giants such as Pepsi and Coca-Cola like to sign contracts with athletes. Perhaps it is because the firepower shown by athletes is the reason why teenagers pay attention to their brand.

Pepsi's contract is Schultzer's most effortful list. He worked with him for almost half a season. It was not until Zhou Yi helped Dortmund win the league championship that he completely suppressed Pepsi and made them willing to pay Zhou Yi a "sky-high" sponsorship fee of 1.5 million euros per year. You should know that world superstars like Henry also earned two million a year for Pepsi.

This contract of 1.5 million is a six-year period. In six years, Zhou Yi will benefit from Pepsi Coke in a sponsorship fee of 9 million euros. This is indeed a sky-high contract. And six years later, Zhou Yi is only twenty-six years old and his career is in a golden period. Whether it is to renew his contract with Pepsi Coke or to switch jobs to other companies, the expenses will only be more than now and impossible to be less.

In addition to these, Zhou Yi will also be interviewed by two media outlets in the United States.

On the plane from Shanghai to the United States, Shurtze was discussing the interview fee with Zhou Yi.

"From now on, except for the interviews specified in the contract, all other interviews will be charged," Shulce told Zhou Yi.

"There is still a money to charge for the interview?" Zhou Yi didn't react.

"Of course! The interview also takes up your time. Every minute of you is very precious now. Because countless people will want to come to you. If you don't charge, wouldn't everyone use a very casual reason to occupy your precious time?" Shulce said to Zhou Yi.

"Okay OK, you're right." Zhou Yi was convinced, "What should I charge? Half an hour...500 euros?"

Shulce smiled: "You really look down on yourself, Zhou Yi. Half an hour and five hundred? Do you know what the price of Messi's interview is?"

"According to his contract with Club Barcelona, ​​he attends fourteen press conferences arranged by the club every season, including limited interviews from local media and one international media interview, he will pay for the remaining interviews, and the fee is 1,000 euros per minute!"
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