Chapter 19 The last stop of the trip to China
In Beijing, Dortmund participated in a large-scale interview program by CCTV, including players, coaches and club staff. There were dozens of people who went there. There were also Dortmund fans recruited by CCTV from all over the country, as well as the related households who used their relationship to watch the stars want to sign the autograph. Two hundred people squeezed in into the studio, and the TV station staff who recorded the scene, it was true to describe it as "crowded".
Although the whole Dortmund team has come, not many people can go on stage to interact directly with the host, and it is selected. Qiu Xingrong, who is famous in the first team of Dortmund, just chooses a few representative ones to come on stage.
Of course, no matter how you choose, Zhou Yi must be the number one person on CCTV's list.
Next were Reus, Mark Wagner, Hummels, goalkeeper Weidenfeller, and head coach Klopp. Six people were basically taken care of by people in each position.
In fact, Hummels and Weidenfeller were originally temporarily added later. The original list was not like this.
Dortmund's visit to China was confirmed very early. At that time, CCTV invited the whole Dortmund team to record the program. The Dortmund club was very supportive of participating in the activities of China's national-level TV station programs. CCTV mentioned several guests who were going to be on stage, and they accepted them all and did not raise any objections.
In the initial list of guests to go to the stage provided by CCTV, Gotze and Lewandowski were clearly written.
Unfortunately, at the end of the season, Gotze and Lewandowski left the club one after another, so naturally they could not follow the Dortmund team to China, so this list could only be invalidated.
CCTV and Dortmund Club discussed and finally changed to the current list.
The star-studdedness of this list is weaker than the first one, but in terms of professionalism, it is not bad, because it also takes care of defensive players and has a wider coverage.
Because of Zhou Yi, no translation was arranged in the interview program, so the translation work was handed over to Zhou Yi. Moreover, the host of CCTV himself would also speak the most English, and Dortmund players would also have some English. It would be fine to communicate simply. If you have a little more complicated, let Zhou Yi play the guest translator.
Zhou Yi also asked CCTV on the show that he should pay him a translation salary because the workload was too high - he was doing the communication and translation work with the whole team.
This naturally caused laughter from the audience.
The stars talked about their feelings about coming to China, about Chinese football, and about their mental journey in the Bundesliga and Champions League.
In order not to make the interview program a boring situation for hosts and guests to answer questions and answers, the program production team took great pains to add many mini-games to the interview.
These mini games are simply for Dortmund stars to show their skills, and there are also competitions or cooperation with lucky fans on the scene.
For example, let the lucky fans shoot, and let Weidenfeller guard the goal. Weddenfeller, wearing a casual T-shirt and jeans and sneakers, made several symbolic saves on the artificial turf five-man court that was temporarily built, and saved all the fans' shots, and only one of them was missed. Weddenfeller released the water very obviously, and his fall was much slower.
There is also the accuracy of the shooting of Reus and Mark in competitive games, playing cardboard hanging from different positions in the goal. The result is that Reus was slightly better and won.
Because Zhou Yi is a Chinese and has the advantage of language communication, he played the game "You Say I Guess" with lucky fans. The two of them cooperated tacitly and helped the fans win a football signed by Zhou Yi.
Host Zhang Bin joked: "I am really a master of the organization. I can quickly cooperate with anyone!"
This lucky female fan not only got the football signed by Zhou Yi, but also finally asked Zhou Yi whether she could hug one.
As the host cheered, Zhou Yi opened his arms. Then, amid the envious exclamations of fans all over the audience, the female fan blushed and hugged Zhou Yi.
Because of Zhou Yi, communication is smooth, the atmosphere is relaxed and harmonious, and the program is recorded very smoothly.
After the program was recorded, Zhang Bin, who had worked in CCTV Sports Department for many years, said while chatting with Zhou Yi: "I have participated in many European teams. The stars have come to our CCTV program recording work. Today is the easiest, happiest and smoothest. Thanks to your help!"
Zhou Yi waved his hand and said modestly: "I used to like watching our CCTV feasts. At that time, I never thought I could attend."
Zhang Bin laughed: "I couldn't have thought that China could have a Zhouyi, right? No one could have thought of it. I hope we can still work together next time."
"It must be certain."
The two of them only said these two, and then Zhou Yi was asked to sign his autograph and took a photo with the fans around him and separated him.
Zhang Bin looked at Zhou Yi surrounded by him and quickly took charge of maintaining order and said loudly: "Don't be anxious, everyone has a share, everyone has a share!"
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In addition to recording the program, Dortmund has another game in Beijing, and their opponent is Beijing's only Chinese Super League team - Beijing CITIC.
In terms of strength, Beijing CITIC is not as good as Guangzhou Hengyuan, but slightly stronger than Shanghai Chongming.
But they also failed to pose any threat to Dortmund.
Dortmund won this game as easily. Of course, this is due to the fact that the last game with Chongming made them look down on the Chinese team, so they prepared more fully in this game and the players' attitudes were more correct.
So this left Beijing CITIC with no chance to take advantage of...
In the end, Dortmund defeated Beijing CITIC 4-0 - this was the result of Dortmund's obvious strength in the second half. If he kept the rhythm of the first half, CITIC might lose 0:6.
After finishing all three games in China, the whole Dortmund team set off to leave China and return to Germany. They will make the final adjustments in Germany to prepare for the new season.
In China's three games, Dortmund won all the results, and none of them lost the goal. This is natural for Dortmund.
The Chinese media are also more rational than twenty years ago and do not think that Dortmund does not save face for Chinese football. In the past, when Chinese teams competed with foreign teams, it was easy to be involved in patriotism. The myth of the undefeated Workers' sport was a reflection of this emotion.
No, now, in the world of football competition, winning or losing depends on strength. A strong team wins the game, and everyone has nothing to say.
Moreover, if the European teams who come to China to compete do not work hard, they will be criticized instead - we spent so much money to invite you to come, not to let you make money while you are lying down!
Dortmund's professional and friendly performance has won unanimous praise from professional media and the public - Zhou Yi's contribution is also included. Because of Zhou Yi, other Dortmund players should also be more affectionate and friendly to Chinese fans, making Chinese fans feel like spring breeze, and praised this Dortmund as the most unpretentious European team that came to China to make money.
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The whole Dortmund team took a plane to leave Beijing with hundreds of Chinese fans.
Everyone thinks that the impact should soon disappear when the trip to Dortmund ends here.
But the next day, Chinese media exposed a big news - "Bortmond Club officially asked Shanghai Chongming Club to buy young player Yan Min!"
When this news first appeared on the Internet, netizens and fans refused to believe it, all thought it must be a boring rumor, or the self-pornography of some unruly Chinese media.
But soon Shanghai Chongming Club came out to confirm that they did receive a transfer application from Dortmund Club, but they did not explain whether the club intends to agree or refuse, and only said that they are still studying.
The news was confirmed, and the Internet was completely in full swing.
I'm going? It's not fantasy, but coming to the real one?!
"Does Dortmund discovered the benefits of Chinese players in Zhou Yi? Do you still want to buy Chinese players?"
"But Zhou Yi is very special. Zhou Yi's ability to play the core at Dortmund does not mean that other Chinese players can also succeed..."
"Don't be so arrogant upstairs. Our country has indeed produced many good seedlings. Not to mention Zhou Yi, just look at He Ying, Sun Pan, Guo Nu and Yang Muge. Which one is not the main player in European teams? Not to mention Dortmund, I am not surprised that there are more European teams who like our Chinese players!"
"After being a Chinese fan for so many years, I really didn't dare to think that there would be such a happy moment now..."
"It is normal for Yan Min to be taken by Dortmund? With his performance in that game, I think if he was not taken by Dortmund, it means that Dortmund has a bad vision... Now it depends on what the Shanghai Chongming Club is. I personally still hope to see more Chinese players who can go abroad, go to Europe to prove themselves and gain a foothold..."
"Yan Min's performance is indeed very good, and he is indeed worthy of being attracted by Dortmund. I am still worried that Chinese clubs are short-sighted and delayed players for their own private reasons... Are there still fewer such things in Chinese football in recent years?"
"Should we launch a petition on Weibo? Please ask the Shanghai Chongming Club to not make things difficult for Yan Min on the transfer for the future of Chinese football?"
"Good idea, Chinese clubs should be more open!"
Chapter completed!