What ball king, call me ball god

Chapter 85
11 month 1 day.

The fourth round of the Champions League group stage.

Ajax sits at home against Benfica.

After 3 rounds of group matches, Ajax scored 3 points with 9 victories, ranking first in this group.

And Benfica has 3 games, 2 wins and 1 loss with 6 points, ranking second in the group with the advantage of goal difference.

Before the game, Benfica's coach Victoria also broke out a big news when answering reporters' questions.

Victoria said: "Playing the Champions League knockout round with Benfica's current lineup will actually be detrimental to the results of the league. In fact, if we go to the Europa League, it will be a more pragmatic choice. Of course this is a joke. We are now ranked second in the group." (I once read an interview about this, and I was very impressed. The person involved seems to be said by the head coach of a small national league team. Now I can’t find this news in a while, so I’ll graft it on)
As soon as this interview hit the news, it immediately caused a stir in Portugal.

After the 3 rounds of the UEFA Champions League group stage this season, the three Portuguese Super League teams participating in the UEFA Champions League this season are all ranked in the top two of the group, and the possibility of qualifying for the knockout round together is very high. A week ago, the Portuguese sports newspaper also specifically reported the incident.

"The three Portuguese Super League teams are expected to advance to the top 16 of the Champions League, for the first time in history!"

But just now, the coach of Benfica said that it is better to play in the Europa League.

Although Benfica coach Victoria quickly expressed his apology in another interview, and said that his previous interview was just a joke.

But the local Benfica fans in Portugal expressed great dissatisfaction.

The local Portuguese media also contributed to the flames, lest the incident would not be big enough.

The Benfica officials quickly came forward, but instead of supporting the head coach Victoria, they issued an official punishment for Victoria's "slip of the tongue" incident.

1 week's salary.

This incident was also reported by Dutch media.

So before the game, Lin Kedi took a look at Benfica's coach Victoria.

I saw Victoria wearing a neat suit and shiny hair, standing upright in the coach command area on the sidelines.

Victoria's expression was dignified, as if she had been affected by the previous turmoil.

But after this game, the expression on Victoria's face became more solemn and a bit bitter.

Because of this game, Ajax won a clean 3-0 victory at home.

Link Kedi assisted De Jong to score his first goal in the Champions League, and De Ligt also scored a header.

At the end of the game, Czerny, who came off the bench, scored a goal with a supplementary shot.

The 3-0 victory brought Victoria to the forefront, but this matter has nothing to do with Ajax and Link.

On the second day of the game, the whole team had a day off.

Lin Kedi was resting at home when Ali suddenly called.

The greetings at the beginning are not mentioned.

"Lin, I have an endorsement contract, I think I must show you."

"An endorsement contract? Didn't you say before that you are not in a hurry to sign an endorsement contract?"

"But I think you must take a look at this contract, because the price is too attractive!"

"Attractive? It's a Chinese brand, right?"

"Lin, how do you know?"

"I'm definitely not as well-known overseas as I am in China now. If you say it's attractive, it must be domestic. My popularity in China should be pretty good."

"The beginning and the end are good! I have been paying attention to the number of fans of your SNS in China. Your number of fans on Weibo has reached 1500 million. This is simply too exaggerated. Do you know that you also have 700 million fans on Instagram? ——Speaking far away, let’s talk about this endorsement. This is a company called Li Ning.”

"Li Ning? Lining?"

"Yes. It's a sports brand company. They are going to sign you as their global spokesperson."

"Global spokesperson? Me?"

"Lin, don't underestimate yourself. You also said that your reputation in China is still very good."

"Ali, how much is the endorsement fee?"

"1700 million yuan for a one-year contract, and they have set up a series of incentive terms. If you meet all of them, they will unconditionally increase it to 1 million yuan for a one-year contract in the second year—"

"Wait, Ali, you're right. I mean you don't understand Chinese, you, this, 1700 million yuan?"

"Don't worry, I'm not mistaken, it's 1700 million yuan, equivalent to 242.85 euros. Yes, Lin, I'm not mistaken, I double-checked it several times. I know, this is crazy, i mean, you Chinese People are really rich, although I knew this a long time ago, it still shocked me, this endorsement contract is your annual salary for two years!"

"It seems like you said it like this—but, Lining is a sports brand company, won't this stuff have any impact on some of the club's clothing and equipment?"

"No, Lining said that the endorsement this time involves more in the field of fashion and style. You will wear Lining's clothes, pants and shoes, all of which are casual clothes."

"Well, is there any other requirement? Like I need to wear their clothes or shoes in public?"

"Of course there are, when you're doing an interview or between going on the field and going into the locker room, when you dress yourself, you have to wear lining clothes, trousers and shoes, but of course, they will Every season, 50 sets of their latest and most classic clothes, trousers and shoes are sent. Of course, don’t worry, I have told them that when you interview before or after the game, you usually have to follow the club If you wear team uniforms, you must wear lining clothes for all other public trips.”

"On those awards occasions, you need to wear a suit—"

"Have you thought about presenting awards? Of course, there are also formal suits. They will send special people to tailor you and make five suits."

"What they think is really comprehensive."

"If you can afford this price, you must have done a thorough investigation. How about it, Lin?"

"Of course I think it's very good, but the money is still too easy to earn."

"Lin, I'm going to talk about you now, your annual salary has already made you a millionaire, your annual salary is enough to make you live happily anywhere in the world, and you are only 16 years old now , your commercial value and potential have not yet been developed. So this endorsement is just the beginning. And I have investigated, your domestic stars, stars in the entertainment circle, their advertising endorsement fee is much exaggerated than yours. , among the stars in China, the endorsement fee this time is estimated to be only at the middle level, so you have nothing to worry about."

"Of course, what do I need to do now?"

"During the next break, you need to shoot a few commercials. Of course, the lining company will fly directly to Amsterdam to shoot."

(End of this chapter)