1novels Chapter 112 The first endorsement
Chapter 112 The first endorsement
Chapter 112 The first endorsement
Returning to Manchester United in Manchester, after a few days of rest, they will face the challenge of Sunderland at home.This is the last game before the national team match day.Prior to this, many Manchester United players were waved by Ferguson and given a holiday in advance. In order to help the game in the second half of the season, Ferguson also worked hard to give the team more opportunities to rest. After all, they are the most difficult Two weeks later, they will play away against CSKA Moscow. Although it is not winter, but the expedition to Russia, under the exhaustion of boats and cars, it is hard to say what state they will be in then.And just three days later, Manchester United will usher in a very important opponent, Liverpool.
In this game against Sunderland, the young players of Manchester United's reserve team and youth team also got the chance to play.
Li Xiaoming, who has no signs of the national team, also got a chance to play.
The teenager Welbeck started on the right side of the midfield, and Manchester United didn't even have a real striker on the bench.Foster and Valencia, who did not start in the Champions League, returned to the main lineup, Rooney rested, Owen got a chance to play, Ferdinand sat on the bench, and his brother Anton Ferdinand played the main force in Sunderland.In Sunderland, except for coach Bruce who is an old man from Manchester United, Richardson and Bardsley, who started this game, both came from Manchester United's youth training.
After the opening game, Sunderland played very proactively in the away game. In the first 5 minutes, their possession rate on the court even surpassed that of Manchester United. In the 6th minute, Jones passed the ball from the right to Reed in the middle. For Bent at the front of the penalty area, Bent quickly turned around after receiving the ball and took a low shot into the dead corner before O'Shea came up to block it. 1-0, this is Sunderland's first goal in this game. Bent's seventh Premier League goal of the season, and at this time Manchester United hadn't even entered Sunderland's penalty area!
In the 10th minute, Li Xiaoming organized in the middle. O'Shea assisted with two consecutive crosses from the right and sent in. Welbeck in the middle picked the ball up, but the Sunderland goalkeeper confiscated the ball before he shot.
In the 14th minute, Sunderland midfielder Reed sent a precise direct pass near the center circle. Bent almost got a single-handed chance.
In the 22nd minute, Manchester United took a corner kick from the front court and was cleared by the opponent. After that, it made continuous long-range shots at the front of the penalty area. Welbeck's long-range shot was blocked, and then Li Xiaoming's volley hit Owen's heel after receiving the ball and was blocked by the opponent's defender. bottom line.
In the 27th minute, Fletcher scored a goal in the midfield and was blocked by the opponent. Sunderland striker Jones made a slight adjustment after getting the ball in the frontcourt and shot from a long distance. Goalkeeper Foster fell to the ground and embraced him.
Because Sunderland launched an active fight in the midfield, it was difficult for Manchester United to penetrate into Sunderland's 20-meter area. Instead, Sunderland would use counterattacks to threaten Manchester United from time to time. In the second half of the first half, Sunderland The pace of the game was intentionally slowed down, and Manchester United's offense was very unsmooth and it was difficult to create good opportunities. In the first half, Manchester United only had 3 shots that were relatively reluctant, and none of them hit the goal frame. The home team fell behind 0-1 in Sunderland.
At the beginning of the second half, Ferguson replaced Valencia, who was in a sluggish state, and replaced Nani, without even allowing Li Xiaoming to rest.However, Manchester United began to counterattack aggressively. The referee whistled for less than 2 minutes. Nani used his speed to force his way up the frontcourt. There was a little misunderstanding between Sunderland defender Anton Ferdinand and goalkeeper Gordon. Owen got the ball on the penalty area line and volleyed an empty goal, which was blocked by Anton Ferdinand who flew in front of him.
Nani's playing activated the linkage of several players on the field.
In the 50th minute, Nani made an emergency stop on the right to avoid a low pass from the defender. Owen grabbed a shot and was blocked by goalkeeper Gordon with his feet. , after Li Xiaoming received the ball, he poked and shot smartly, 45-1, Manchester United took only 1 minutes in the second half to equalize the score.
Manchester United took the initiative after equalizing, but they did not expect another fire in their backyard. In the 57th minute, Sunderland intercepted the ball in the midfield to organize a counterattack. Reed dribbled the ball in front of the penalty area and cooperated with Jones. In the penalty area, Jones ran back into the penalty area to compete for the top. Manchester United goalkeeper Foster was a little slow to attack, but Jones took the lead to head the ball into the empty goal. 2-1, Sunderland once again surpassed the score.
In the 62nd minute, Owen, Nani, and Li Xiaoming played a quick pass in the frontcourt. After receiving the pass from Li Xiaoming, Owen did not pass the ball to Nani who had already inserted into the penalty area. He chose to shoot from outside the penalty area. slightly higher. Two minutes later, Irving received a pass from Li Xiaoming in front of the penalty area, and suddenly kicked the goal without making any adjustments, and the ball went slightly out of the far corner.
Since then, Manchester United has made substitution adjustments.Li Xiaoming was replaced by Anderson. Although his physical fitness has improved, he can only last so far. Anderson, who had never played before, got the chance to play. This is the first appearance of the Brazilian genius this season, so that Many media believed that Li Xiaoming used his performance to force Anderson to the bench.
In the 72nd minute, Anderson took the ball at the front of the penalty area and turned around. He took a long shot. The first kick was blocked by the defender, and the second kick hit the defender's leg and missed the post.
In the 73rd minute, Evans made a rash tackle near the bottom line of the backcourt and was passed by Henderson. Malblanc received the ball in the penalty area and crossed again. Jones got an excellent shot in the middle. Unfortunately, the kick missed and almost let Sunderland lead by two goals.
In the final stage of the game, Sunderland played very patiently. Manchester United's offense was in trouble again. Anderson got a good chance in the 82nd minute. .
In the 84th minute, former Manchester United veteran Richardson got the second yellow card of the game because he deliberately kicked the ball after the referee whistled for a foul. Manchester United also gained a numerical advantage in the final stage.One more man Manchester United besieged Sunderland at the last moment and scored. In the 92nd minute, Vidic's header ferry caused chaos in the Sunderland penalty area. Fletcher passed the ball to Raphael, who shot in the Anton Ferdinand bouncing into the goal gave United an equalizer in stoppage time.
In the end, Manchester United only got a draw because of the rotation. The young man's playing did not help Manchester United grasp the situation.
But the media still gave Li Xiaoming the best score in Manchester United.And Nani got the second highest score. Some media believe that the appearance of the Portuguese genius activated Manchester United's front line. The tacit linkage between him and Li Xiaoming activated Manchester United's offensive line, especially Nani's several times In the cross, people can feel the maturity of the Portuguese. He is no longer showing off his brilliant foot skills. The concise cooperation allows the fans to see the Portuguese's excellent passing skills and awareness.
At the press conference after the game, Ferguson praised the bloodiness of the team in the face of adversity. He believed that this was just a draw. Manchester United needed more players to support them in the league and the Champions League. The draw, but he saw the state and blood of Manchester United's substitutes and young players, and he is very confident in the next championship journey in various battlefields.
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After the Sunderland game, the first-team players who had national team game tasks were disbanded on the spot, and the Nuo Dadi training ground became empty.
Li Xiaoming also got the consent of Ferguson to take a two-day vacation.
During these two days, Li Xiaoming welcomed a group of guests from the East.
This is an endorsement that Mendes brought him.
The two drove to a hotel in central Manchester early in the morning.
Now Li Xiaoming needs to be fully armed when he goes out, because according to his current reputation, as long as he appears in the crowd, it will cause some riots and onlookers, which is not a small worry of fame.
Step into the Queens Hotel, a relatively luxurious hotel in Manchester.
Li Xiaoming met the guests from his hometown here.
"This is the representative of Sina.com, Mr. Peng Shaobin."
Li Xiaoming looked up at this elegant middle-aged man. He took off his mask and sunglasses, put them down, stretched out his right hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Peng, I'm Li Xiaoming."
After the two parties sat down, Peng Shaobin began to introduce his business.In fact, before that, Mendes had already discussed related issues with Peng Shaobin, and he came here this time to sign the contract.
"New Weibo is a social networking site launched by Sina.com that provides micro-blog services. Sina can understand Weibo as "micro-blog" or "one-sentence blog". Users can share what they see, hear, and think Write a sentence, or send a picture, and share it with friends anytime, anywhere via computer or mobile phone, share and discuss together; you can also follow friends and see the information posted by them in real time. This is the latest launch of our Sina.com Products, with the advent of the smart phone era, we think that the products we launch are suitable enough for hot spots. So in order to cooperate with our marketing, we hope to sign Mr. Li Xiaoming as our star spokesperson, and we will provide a three-year Contract, 120 million euros per year."
Said Peng Shaobin put the contract in front of Li Xiaoming and Mendes.
After Mendes also whispered some details about the contract with Li Xiaoming, Li Xiaoming nodded.
"After signing this contract, what do I need to do?"
"Including helping you take a set of photos that will become the cover of our Weibo, and you will be stationed in our Sina Weibo and become a big V user. You only need to publish the corresponding life details on the platform, but we require No fewer than four updates per month, and of course we will put your Weibo dynamics on the headlines to expand your influence in China."
Li Xiaoming nodded, Mendes was still carefully browsing the details of the contract, Li Xiaoming was free to do whatever he wanted, but as an agent, he had to check every detail of the contract carefully, and he even brought Mendes A director of the law department of the brokerage firm came to study the contract.
Before they came up with a result, Li Xiaoming also started talking with Peng Shaobin.
Half an hour later, Mendes gave his final comments.
"I hope that the endorsement of this contract is limited to China, not limited to foreign markets."
Peng Shaobin nodded, and said: "Of course, we can add this point, after all, we haven't realized the plan to open Weibo to foreign markets, if there is such a day, I think your endorsement fees will have to be doubled. "
Immediately, Peng Shaobin's staff began to work hard to complete the contract. After Peng Shaobin and Li Xiaoming had lunch and returned to the meeting room, the two contracts were placed in front of both parties.After seeing Mendes nodding, Li Xiaoming took out the pen that Ferguson gave him and signed his name on the contract. This was the first endorsement in his life.
After signing the contract, Peng Shaobin relaxed a bit from his tense state.This is also the first task of coming to the UK. Taking advantage of the vacancy in the domestic market, taking advantage of Li Xiaoming's high popularity to seize the domestic market is also a policy formulated by the top management.Seeing Li Xiaoming's beautiful handwriting, Peng Shaobin acted like a magic trick, took out a piece of Li Xiaoming's No. One of your signed jerseys. May I please?"
Li Xiaoming smiled, picked up the marker, and replied, "What's your son's name?"
"Peng Yiliang."
Li Xiaoming signed his name on the front of the jersey: "For Peng Yiliang, Li Xiaoming."
After completing the signing, Li Xiaoming returned to the car fully armed.In the car, Mendes babbled a lot about his endorsement deal.
"Li, your current commercial value is simply terrifying, do you know? In just one month, I received sneaker sponsorship contracts from Nike and Adidas. They are willing to sponsor you with 100 million euros per year. There is a German car sponsor, BMW, who thinks you are in line with their strategy and wants to sign you as a global spokesperson, and some fashion brands have paid a lot of money."
Li Xiaoming took the form in Mendez's hand and examined it carefully.Said: "Jorge, you must not want me to sign?"
Mendes smiled: "Of course, as your agent, I need to maximize your commercial value. Nike and Adidas want to sign you for about seven years. I think this contract is too long and not suitable for you. , your commercial value should be comparable to Cristiano Ronaldo, do you know how much he can get from Nike every year? Nearly 1000 million euros, my opinion is either not to sign, or to sign the best. But this BMW You can talk about it, but considering you're on the rise, I think it can whet their appetites, and I think as long as you keep playing like this, the money will keep coming."
Li Xiaoming spread his hands and said: "Jorge, you are really a qualified agent, I did not sign you wrongly. But I hope that when I am playing, there will not be too many commercial activities to disturb me, you know, my boss Don't like that stuff. Neither do I."
Mendes said: "Of course, Li, you believe me, we are friends. But old friends also have something to remind you."
"Huh?" Li Xiaoming looked at Mendez with some doubts.
"I signed up for you to learn to drive, and the staff there told you that you hadn't been here for the past two weeks. Li, you should know that you can't spend your whole life idling, you have to learn to drive by yourself."
Mendes educated Li Xiaoming endlessly.
"OK, OK, Jorge, I'll go as soon as I wait, I promise I will go every afternoon during this time."
(End of this chapter)