Chapter 15 A trip to China 1

December 25th is a traditional Christmas in the West, and the night of the 24th is Christmas Eve. On this day, Lin Fenglei invited Chen Bing to dinner early. Under the help of his female companions, Chen Bing agreed with a blush. Lin Fenglei was overjoyed. Although his relationship with Chen Bing has progressed in the past six months, it is only limited to sending text messages and so on. There has been no separate contact between the two. I didn't expect it to be so smooth this time.

Lin Fenglei, who had been ready for a long time, took Chen Bing to the best western restaurant in Goshao Town for dinner. During the dinner, he gave Chen Bing a large bouquet of roses, and then stammered to ask Chen Bing if she would like to be his girlfriend. Chen Bing blushed and nodded gently. It was a tacit. Lin Fenglei was so happy that he didn't know what to do. After saying something good, he only said, "I will be good to you all my life in the future!" Chen Bing looked at him with affectionate eyes and nodded gently.

After dinner, Lin Fenglei took Chen Bing to Goshao Lake. He has booked two rooms in a private hotel on the shore of Goshao Lake. The owner of the hotel is a resident of Goshao Town and a fan of the Goshao team. He gave Lin Fenglei two best rooms and wished him a good time.

At night, Lake Goshao is more beautiful than during the day. The starlight all over the sky is reflected on the lake. The lake is covered with snow, and the lake is full of smoke. There are wooden houses around, and warm lights shine out, making all this like a fairyland. Lin Fenglei and Chen Bing sat on the balcony near the lake. Chen Bing snuggled up in Lin Fenglei's arms and looked at the beautiful night view of Goshao Lake and said, "Although I have been here many times, I still think it's too beautiful. I really want to live here all my life."

At this time, Lin Fenglei's heart was full of peace and joy. He lowered his head and whispered to Chen Bing, "Well, I will let you live here for the rest of your life."

People are in high spirits when they are happy. After confirming their relationship with Chen Bing, Lin Fenglei likes everything these days. After New Year's Day, Smith brought him another good news. It was originally scheduled for the Gosho team to play a friendly match with Luneng Taishan during this winter break, but the Chinese Football Association took the initiative to contact the Gosho Club, hoping that the Gosho team could extend its trip in China and play three to four friendly matches with the Chinese team, which will be paid to Gosho. The music department has a high appearance fee; now a Chinese company is ready to host these friendly matches, and the ticket revenue will be shared with the Gosho Club. Of course, all the main players of Gosho Club need to play in these games, and the two Chinese players in the team must also play.

Lin Fenglei thought about it and agreed to this schedule. Anyway, before the start of the second half of the season, the team also had to play a few warm-up games, which can be regarded as adapting in advance. Although China is far away, after the start of the Champions League in the second half of the season, it is not much close to playing away from home. If It may be farther to draw the Moscow team than to go to China.

Two days later, Smith negotiated a specific itinerary with the Chinese Football Association. Goshao will play a friendly match with the Chinese national team in Beijing on January 15, a friendly match with Luneng Taishan team in Jinan on January 18, and a friendly match with Wuhan Zall in Wuhan on January 21, because Zhou Guodong's mother team is Wuhan Zall. On January 25, he played a friendly match with Guangzhou Evergrande in Guangzhou. Finally, he will play the last friendly match with Hong Kong United in Hong Kong on January 29. After this game, Gosho will fly back to Switzerland directly from Hong Kong. After a few days of rest, it will prepare for the second half of the season. .

The news of Goshao's coming to China immediately set off a huge upsurge among Chinese fans. More than a decade ago, European giants often came to China for commercial games. However, because they came to China with a coping attitude, coupled with the downturn of Chinese football itself, the fans began to Why did you support the game? So there were fewer and fewer teams coming to China for commercial games. However, in recent years, with the anti-corruption storm of the Chinese Football Association, Chinese football has had some new atmosphere; while Guangzhou Evergrande has entered the Chinese Super League, and their huge investment has also stimulated the investment of the whole Chinese Super League to rise significantly. There are more and more stars in the Chinese Super League, the game of the Chinese Super League is becoming more and more exciting, and the fans are gradually pulled back to the stadium. In this situation, the new European League champion Goshao, who has a deep China*, came to China and was immediately welcomed by Chinese fans.

Under the publicity of the Chinese company that hosted these games, the ticket sales of these games are very good. For example, in Beijing, except for a small number of VIP tickets with a price of more than 1,000 yuan, ordinary tickets have long been sold out.

On January 8, after the Goshao team gathered, they conducted two days of restorative training. On the 10th, the Goshao team boarded the flight to Beijing. They went so early because they not only had to play a game with the Chinese team, but also arranged a lot of other activities, such as Lin Fenglei going to CCTV to do a program; All the players of the Goshao team will go to the Goshao Club's fan supplies store in Beijing for a signing activity. The Goshao team will also have several public training sessions, and fans can watch their training sessions on the spot for a little fee. In addition, several Chinese companies invite Goshao Club to endorse them, and there are several Gos. Shao players are also invited to endorse, and their advertisements will be finished in the next few days. Of course, it is also a big income for the Gosho club, which has half of the portrait rights of all the players.

As soon as the flight carrying all the members of the Gosho Club landed, the Gosho team felt the enthusiasm of the Chinese fans. A large number of Chinese fans crowded at the exit of the airport, holding flowers, wearing Gosho's jerseys, wearing Gosho's scarves and hats, and wearing all kinds of Gosho club souvenirs, shouting welcome. The slogan of Shao Club's coming to China makes the Gosho players who are not yet a star feel a little dizzy.

In the signing event of the Goshao fan supplies store that day, the Goshao players experienced the enthusiasm of Chinese fans. As it is now close to China's Lunar New Year, many students have already had a holiday, so the signing site is full of people. Usually, more players with their feet used their hands well on this day. Almost everyone signed and signed in. The best-selling jerseys Egman, Avanzini, Lima, Antunović and other players couldn't lift their hands in the end. They all complained that signing was more tiring than playing a day. However, Lin Fenglei ignored their complaints. He can't close his mouth and smiles now. On this day, the store sold nearly 10,000 jerseys, of which the best-selling Egman's jerseys sold more than 800. Even Fu Zilong and Zhou Guodong, who are not official members of Goshao's first team, sold more than 100. The sales volume of jerseys and other goods such as scarves, hats, souvenirs, etc. are also very good. Lin Fenglei couldn't help YY. It would be great if he could sell so many things every day, but he also knew that it was impossible. Of course, after Goshao came to China this time, it is expected that the sales of Goshao Club's fan supplies stores in China will increase significantly.

The next day, all the members of Gosho Club had a good day in Beijing. There are countless places of interest in Beijing, which opened the eyes of the players of the Gosho team. Lin Fenglei had never been to Beijing before, and this time he also made up for this regret. The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, and the Ming Tombs, which represent the history of human architecture, amazed all the players of the Gosho team. Fortunately, it's winter. Everyone wears thick down jackets and sunglasses. In addition, there are many foreign tourists in Beijing, so no one recognizes them, otherwise it will cause a lot of riots.

That night, Lin Fenglei was invited to CCTV to record an interview program. Egman, Wen Zhijun, Fu Zilong and Zhou Guodong also came to the recording site of the program. The hosts are Liu Jianhong and Zhang Bin. After quarreling with Lin Fenglei and others, Liu Jianhong and Zhang Bin began the interview.

The two hosts asked Lin Fenglei a lot of questions. Their questions are quite professional. How did Goshao Club grow from an unknown small club to a Swiss Super League hegemon, UEFA Cup champion, experience in managing and operating the club, developing the club's youth training experience, today's advanced tactics in Europe, etc. Wait.

After asking Lin Fenglei some questions, Egman was invited to sit next to Lin Fenglei on the stage. As the player with the second most goals and the highest efficiency in Europe last year, he was the most popular in China. He was asked about the feeling of playing football under Lin Fenglei and the feeling of competing with Messi for the first goal of the year. He One by one, he said that Lin Fenglei is the best coach. It is very comfortable to play under him. Although he lost in the competition with Messi, it is not a pity, because Messi is the best player on the planet now (Messie won the 2012 Golden Globe Awards for the fourth time by an overwhelming margin, although Egman entered the big List, but failed to enter the final three-person list). When asked at the end when asked about his plans for 2013, Egman said loudly, "My goal in 2013 is to win all the championships I can win, beat Messi in the number of goals, and strive to win the Golden Globe Award."

Egman's words made the scene silent for a while, but after a short silence, Liu Jianhong first applauded, and the fans at the scene also gave warm applause. Many people even stood up from their seats, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became warm. Egman's words seemed a little arrogant. However, his performance in 2012 has proved that he has the ability to get the honors he said. He is already a player who has the ability to compete with Messi. At least he is definitely not inferior to Messi in scoring ability. In the 2012 Golden Globe Awards, Egman did not enter the final three-person list, which also made a lot. People complain about him, including Lin Fenglei. Lin Fenglei believes that Egman is absolutely qualified to win the 2012 Golden Globe Award. It is a naked prejudice that he can't win the prize.