On December 27th, after Christmas, the 17th round of Eredivisie was ushered in.

Ajax welcomed Groningen at home.

In the 29th minute of the first half, Yang Yang scored a goal for Ajax.

After the change of sides, Ajax made a crazy attack and scored four goals in a row within fifteen minutes of the game.

Sneider ushered in a full-scale outbreak, with three assists, helping Yaya Toure, Charlesteyas and Pinal scored goals, and he also received an assist from Yang Yang in the 56th minute and scored a goal.

In the end, Ajax defeated Groningen five-0 at home.

In this round, Eindhoven defeated Nijmegen 2-0 away, and Feyenoord defeated Alkmaar 2-0 at home.

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On December 30th, the 18th round of the Eredivisie.

Ajax challenged Helenfin away.

Ten minutes into the game, Yang Yang forced a breakthrough on the right to create a corner kick, and Sneider assisted Hetinga to head the ball.

Ajax then continued to control the situation on the field.

In the 42nd minute, an assist from Yaya Toure allowed Yang Yang to score!

After the second half of the game, Yaya Toure headed the ball at the front of the penalty area for four minutes. Yang Yang scored and scored another goal for Ajax.

But sixty minutes later, Helenfin scored two goals in a row, and Hunterlaer scored his first goal.

In the 87th minute, Sneider assisted Hetinga to head the ball again, and it was still a corner kick.

In the end, Ajax defeated Helenfin four-two away.

Yang Yang scored twice and scored his 22nd goal this season.

In the 18th round of the league, with twenty-two goals, Yang Yang's performance was significantly higher than last season.

But Hunteral also scored seventeen goals in the first eighteen rounds, following Yang Yang.

Kuyt also had an explosion in this round, scoring a hat-trick and scoring the 14th goal.

As for Aviladze, after scoring consecutive goals at the beginning, he quickly reached a low point and has only scored thirteen goals so far.

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After the end of the eighteen rounds of the league, the Dutch Eredivisie ushered in a two-week winter break pause.

Ajax still went south to Portugal for training like in previous years, but Yang Yang took two days off during the period to go out to participate in Nike's World Cup advertising shooting.

Other Nike stars were also participating in the filming, which allowed Yang Yang to take the opportunity to meet more friends.

During the winter break, good news came from Raiola one after another.

After half a month of negotiations, Raiola finally negotiated the endorsement contract for Armani. Yang Yang will serve as one of Armani's advertising spokespersons worldwide in the next three years, tied with top stars such as Shevchenko.

This endorsement contract will bring Yang Yang three million euros annual income, which is enough to show Armani's optimistic view of the Chinese market, but both sides have agreed to keep it confidential and did not disclose the specific amount.

After signing Armani, Raiola showed her long-lasting and danced, and soon signed Procter & Gamble’s three endorsement contracts, including Procter & Gamble’s Hippodrome Shampoo, Coca-Cola and McDonald’s.

Each endorsement fee is 3 million euros per year, but the specific endorsement fee is still kept confidential to the outside world.

Whether it is Armani, Hippies, Coca-Cola and McDonald's, they are eager to advertise during the summer World Cup, especially China, which once again entered the World Cup finals. Therefore, Yang Yang took two days off to fly to Italy to shoot Armani's advertisements, and then he focused on staying in Portugal to prepare for the game.

After the team completed a week and a half training camp in Portugal, they returned to Amsterdam, and only then did they arrange personnel to go to Amsterdam to shoot advertisements.

Basically, it is very simple. The fastest one is McDonald's, which can be done in less than an hour.

But the money will be paid in installments one after another!

Including Nike's endorsement, there are a total of five endorsement contracts, with an annual rate of 15 million euros.

This is definitely an astronomical figure that Yang Yang dared not imagine.

With this large amount of money, he could almost say that he was lying at home and would never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of his life.

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At dusk, Almere, the fifth exit of the a6 expressway.

A Fiat slowly drove off the highway, headed north, passed through the car city and villa area, and came to the skate park.

After parking the car at the parking lot on the side of the road, Yang Yang stepped into the skatepark.

I haven't been back for a long time, and it's become some here.

I heard that the municipal government plans to turn this place into a tourist attraction, especially the skateboard area in the middle.

The wall is still there, and it still looks so broken.

Yang Yang walked forward and reached out and gently stroked the bumpy cracks on the wall. Each of them was filled with his memories.

Three years ago, he made up his mind to play in the professional league.

At that time, he never thought about what would happen to him in the future. He just liked playing football and wanted to prove it to everyone that he could play football.

For him at that time, Ajax was already an unattainable paradise. Every player who played for Ajax was a superstar in the world, but he was excited for a long time when he heard the name.

He still clearly remembers that the first time he passed by the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium, he was really excited.

At that time, his biggest dream was to one day be able to play a game in such a magnificent stadium, which would make more than 50,000 fans cheer for him.

But now, the cheers from the 50,000 fans in the stands seemed to make him numb.

He received countless cheers from fans in the stands in every game, who would scream his name, boil over his every move, and go crazy for every goal he scored.

Yang Yang slowly touched every crack and hole in the wall, slowly retreated back to the long chair, and sat down.

This is the place where Van Gaal sits most often. He sits here every time, watching Yang Yang train silently.

At this moment, he sat here, as if he saw how he was practicing football against the wall.

He wanted to regain the feeling he felt back then.

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"Why do you want to come back here?"

In the super training ground, Lao Bing asked Yang Yang lightly.

Yang Yang smiled gently and shook his head, "I don't know, I just want to come back and have a look."

"It's that simple?" Lao Bing was a little disbelief.

Yang Yang shook his head again, of course it was not that simple.

It took him a long time to say something softly.

"I was knocked unconscious by that 15 million euros."

It’s not that Yang Yang has never seen money, but he really has never seen money so quickly.

It costs more than 15 million euros to be converted into RMB. How many days have it been?

Sign a few words and shoot a few advertisements and get the money, just like dreaming.

"You know, I have never been a person who pursues material life very much, and I have no habit of squandering. This money is enough for me to live comfortably for the rest of my life, but playing football is such a hard thing..."

Yang Yang felt that he needed to think about it carefully.

Lao Bing didn't say anything, because no one could help him in this matter, he was the only one.

Five million euros, this is indeed an astronomical figure, enough for ordinary people to spend their whole lives.

Anyone who suddenly gets such a fortune will inevitably develop a slackness.

This is human nature.

But this is the natural enemy of professional players.

Yang Yang believes that there are countless seniors who must be ambitious to work hard to become the most outstanding player in the world when they have never experienced temptation.

But most people were tempted to drag down on the way to the top of the pyramid.

They may have a better talent than Ronaldo, their strength may be even better than Zidane, and they may even look more handsome than Beckham, but in the end, Ronaldo, Zidane and Beckham can stand at the top of the pyramid.

The path to success of professional players is a path full of all kinds of temptations.

Hard work is just the most basic thing. If you want to succeed, you need to make yourself stronger and more determined.

Yang Yang was really full of confidence in himself and his goal was very firm.

But in recent times, he took leave to shoot advertisements, and contacted many people and things. He signed several contracts and obtained astronomical figures that he had been squandering for his whole life. He found that he was starting to be a little shaken.

There is a person in his subconscious mind telling him that he can actually relax and make himself less hard.

This is definitely not a good sign.

Absolutely not!
To be continued...