Chapter VII Real Madrid's China Tour
Updated: 2012-11-17
Just when Barcelona fans were excited, Barcelona club made new moves. Barcelona introduced Sanchez from Udinese in Italy, with a transfer fee of 26 million euros. It can be seen that under the stimulation of Real Madrid, Barcelona immediately started an arms race with Real Madrid.
However, just as Barcelona was making big signings, Real Madrid had already begun to prepare for the upcoming "China trip".
As early as January this year, Spanish media revealed that this summer, Real Madrid may come to China to participate in two business games, namely in Shanghai and Guangzhou. However, this news has not been confirmed.
In fact, there was no decision at that time, or rather, it was not decided before Gong Zheng joined the team. Considering that the Copa America was hit until July, Kaka and other stars who played for Brazil and Argentina would be absent, which would greatly reduce Real Madrid's attractiveness, so the agency has been hesitating.
Real Madrid came to China twice. In addition to the agency making some money in 2003, the agency made a lot of money in 2005, it was purely a loss to make a lot of money. If Kaka could not come, Real Madrid would have to add a 6 million euro appearance fee, which would be a sky-high price and it was almost unlikely to make it back.
Real Madrid had already decided to visit China in 2010, but it was firmly opposed by Mourinho, the head coach of Real Madrid at the time, and the serious impact of the World Cup, and it was not completed in the end. However, the Southeast Asian brokerage company that originally signed the contract received priority for Real Madrid's China Tour in 2011, with an appearance fee of about 4.4 million euros. However, this price is too high for Chinese competitive companies. You should know that in 2003, Real Madrid had seven superstars, Raul, Ronaldo, Beckham, Zidane, Figo, Robert Carlos, and Casillas, and the appearance fee when they came to China was only 1.5 million euros.
So the news of coming to China this summer has always been a rumor, and Real Madrid Club neither admitted nor denied it. Florentino led the team to China twice. He has always been fascinated by the Chinese market and he does not want to give up this fat piece of meat easily.
All these problems were solved after Gong Zheng transferred and joined. Since Gong Zheng's debut, Gong Zheng's popularity in China has been soaring. It can even be said that he may have been as attractive as the seven superstars of Real Madrid that year.
As long as you have Gong Zheng, there will be no obstacles or difficulties in Real Madrid coming to China to make money.
The Chinese brokerage company, which was hesitant before, was like robbing it, and wanted to rob Real Madrid of China's operating rights from the Southeast Asian brokerage company. However, the Southeast Asian brokerage company was not an idiot, and took the opportunity to raise prices. Finally, after a tense negotiation, the Chinese brokerage company won it for 7 million euros.
Five million out of these seven million are for Real Madrid's appearance fees, and the rest is for Southeast Asian brokerage firms.
Despite such a high price, Chinese brokerage companies are still optimistic that Gong Zheng's joining will allow them to recover the investment, all of which is because of Gong Zheng's joining.
Within Real Madrid, when Gong Zheng had just transferred to join the team, Sanchez was planning to carry out the 2011 Real Madrid trip to China. This time, no matter how much Mourinho opposes, he would convince Florentino to agree to this matter.
When Manchester United had Gong Zheng's trip to China made all European giants jealous. Now that Real Madrid has Gong Zheng, it is absolutely unreasonable to not go to China to be glorious.
In the end, Mourinho gave in. After all, Real Madrid spent 100 million euros on Gong Zheng, and it would not be realistic if they did not allow them to recover some costs through any means. Real Madrid is a football club, but it is not just a football club.
The final itinerary was from August 2 to August 9, Beijing time. On the evening of August 5, a match was held in Guangzhou and Guangzhou Evergrande, and on the evening of August 8, the Shanghai Shenhua team was duel at the 80,000-person Stadium, and the next day, the flight back to Madrid from Shanghai.
Because the contract states that Kaka must participate in two commercial games and the cumulative playing time must not be less than 60 minutes, Kaka participated in the Copa America and will fly directly from Argentina to China to meet with the team.
Although Kaka's performance in the past year has not been satisfactory and has gradually lost his position in Real Madrid, Kaka still has a high popularity in China, and Kaka's popularity is higher than Cristiano Ronaldo. The Brazilian is the most popular star in Real Madrid after Gong Zheng.
This is the main reason why Chinese brokerage companies have to let Kaka arrive. With Gong Zheng's joining, Chinese fans hope to see the wonderful cooperation between Gong Zheng and Kaka.
On August 1, Real Madrid and his group set off from Real Madrid and flew towards China, starting Real Madrid's trip to China this summer.
This is not the first time that he has come to China to play commercial games. Gong Zheng has been to China when he was at Manchester United. At that time, he felt the enthusiasm of Chinese fans. That trip to China left a very deep impression on Gong Zheng. When he went to China again, Gong Zheng was very excited.
There are not many players in this Real Madrid club who have participated in the Asian tour. Although occasionally, some stars have come to China because of advertising, they all come and go in a hurry and don’t know much about China. Therefore, since the finalization of the trip to China, Real Madrid stars have asked Gong Zheng about everything about China.
In fact, Gong Zheng is not very familiar with China, but this guy is prepared for it. He will tell Real Madrid's stars in everything he has collected online, which makes Real Madrid's stars more expectant about China's trip.
Casillas has participated in the China tour, but this guy still has a dark eye for China now and doesn't understand. Therefore, this guy often inquire with Gong Zheng. Through this Asian tour, the Asian tour has just begun. Gong Zheng has already established a relationship with the Real Madrid stars around him. This is undoubtedly a very good start for Gong Zheng.
Guangzhou has made sufficient preparations for the welcome to Real Madrid this time. From the moment the plane landed at the airport, the lively tour of Real Madrid to China began.
When the plane was still hovering over Guangzhou, the players squeezed to the porthole and looked down. The first impression this Chinese city gave them was - it was so big!
Madrid is the largest city in Spain, with an urban area of only 607 square kilometers and a population of about 3.1 million. Guangzhou has a urban area of 3843 square kilometers and a population of more than 10 million. Madrid and Guangzhou are not cities of the same level at all.
So on the plane, overlooking the dense buildings and crisscrossing streets in Guangzhou. "Big" is the first impression of these players.
When the plane landed at Guangzhou Xinbaiyun International Airport, the apron was already filled with leaders and media coming to greet them and lucky fans.
The madness of Chinese fans shocked the knowledgeable Real Madrid stars slightly. They were so enthusiastic. The enthusiasm of Chinese fans is not as hot as the weather in Guangzhou. This is the first impression of Real Madrid players of Chinese fans.
The bus that Real Madrid players took was also driven directly on the apron. At that time, the entire Real Madrid team could take the bus directly from the airport without having to walk in the airport building. There were many people there and the place was narrow, which could easily cause riots, which was very unfavorable for security. The plane landed tremblingly, taxied on the runway, and finally slid on the designated apron.
Some players stretched and were still a little sleepy when they were doing planes for more than ten hours.
The order of getting out of the plane is also very particular. Because it is a commercial activity, players with great commercial value are naturally at the forefront.
This time, the one who was ahead was of course Gong Zheng, who only joined the team this summer. Gong Zheng not only stood at the halo of the world's No. 1 striker, world's No. 1 value, world football, etc., but more importantly, the Yanhuang bloodline of this guy. Real Madrid attaches great importance to this trip to China and thinks of it in almost every aspect.
As soon as Gong Zheng appeared, the fans at the scene were boiling, shouting Gong Zheng's name frantically, cheering enthusiastically, and waving the welcome slogans in their hands, extremely enthusiastic. The reporters below also pressed the shutter in their hands frantically, and the sounds were endless.
Then there is Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo's face turned gloomy when he appeared. At this time, he was not satisfied with the club's arrangement. According to his idea, he should be Cristiano Ronaldo in the front, not a shit Gong Zheng!
Guangzhou fans didn't know about this. When Cristiano Ronaldo showed up, he immediately cheered wildly. However, the voice was obviously much weaker than when Gong Zheng appeared. Cristiano Ronaldo followed Gong Zheng with a cold face.
Then there was Kaka. When Kaka appeared, the cheers at the scene were even higher and higher. This sound was definitely much higher than Cristiano Ronaldo's voice just now, and it seemed to be comparable to the voice when Gong Zheng appeared. This shows Kaka's popularity in China.
After Kaka, then captain Casillas, next Higuain, then next Pepe...
In fact, in terms of the quality of the stars alone, the second phase of the Galaxy Battleship is certainly not as good as the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship. At that time, the seven superstars gathered in Real Madrid, which was so shocking. Nowadays, the only ones who can be called superstars are Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Casillas, as well as Gong Zheng, who just joined the team.
However, the momentum of Real Madrid's China tour this time was not much worse than that of Real Madrid's China tour back then, because of the appearance of the monster Gong Zheng.
The arrival of Real Madrid stars has brought new vitality to the city of Guangzhou. The streets and alleys are filled with information about Real Madrid's trip to China, and the news about Gong Zheng is overwhelming throughout Guangzhou.
Football has always been very popular in Guangzhou, especially in the past two years, which has been so hot that it has been endless. This is because Evergrande Real Estate has taken over Guangzhou Football. Evergrande's great investment and good results after entering Guangzhou Football have made Guangzhou citizens enthusiastic about football.
Chapter completed!