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Chapter 362: Podolski's "Oolong"

Mark went on to say: "Although I often work in the UK, I still have a good understanding of China. Because of Li's joining, Arsenal's fan base in China is already comparable to that of Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​AC Milan and Manchester United. The traditional giants are on the same level. And there is not much competition between Arsenal and Real Madrid, Barcelona and AC Milan, and they are not in the same league. So the number of Arsenal fans in China is quite large.”

"As far as the team's performance is concerned, Arsenal's performance has been quite stable for many years. In the highly competitive Premier League, they can still compete for the championship every year on the basis of retaining the Champions League seat. This performance is actually quite good. Champions, we firmly believe This young and experienced Arsenal finally won the championship under the leadership of Mr Wenger, believe me, this day is not so far away."

Then a reporter asked Wenger: "May I ask Mr. Wenger, what benefits will this cooperation plan bring to Arsenal?"

Wenger said bluntly: "Of course there are benefits, this is a win-win cooperation. Arsenal and Huawei can share resources, we can enjoy the convenience brought by their digitization and big data, and they will be able to use Arsenal Channel resources to expand Huawei’s brand influence and promotion. Of course, the most direct thing is that we will have more funds for signings and team salary construction next season. This will enable us to be in the league and the championship More competitive in the cup!"

When Wenger said this, he smiled knowingly.

A reporter who does not climb the pole is not a good reporter.

"Do you mean that Arsenal will make a big signing next season? Can you disclose the plan or goal of the signing?"

Of course Wenger will not be fooled. He said: "This is a problem for next season. This season has just started, so it is too early to talk about it. After all, the current lineup is still in the running-in period. And here is Huawei. In the press conference on cooperation with Arsenal, I like that everyone’s questions can be discussed between Huawei and Arsenal. Of course, what I can disclose is that.”

Is there really an inside story?The reporters below stared at Wenger expectantly, hoping to hear some inside information.Those greedy eyes glowed green, as if Wei Shushu saw little Lolita.

In the eyes of everyone expecting, Wenger continued: "Before next season is the World Cup. It has always been said that the transfer market is the most active time after the end of the World Cup. All the outstanding players shine on this big stage. Attract the attention of the giants. At the same time, the major clubs will also stare at those outstanding players, so when all the clubs are signing in to strengthen their strength, Arsenal will definitely make up for and repair the defects, otherwise next season No need to play."

Uh. That's it?I talked a lot of nonsense, I felt like I said a lot of news, but in fact I didn't say a single fart.

Of course, the reporters heard Wenger's excuses and some unnutritious words.

A reporter rolled his eyes, stood up and asked, "May I ask Li, what role did you play in the project signed between Huawei and Arsenal?"

Huawei is a Chinese company, and Li Zihan is also the only Chinese player in Arsenal, and the only Chinese player whose reputation resounds across the Europa continent.Therefore, the cooperation between the two would not be believed if it had nothing to do with Li Zihan.

"I just play a dispensable role. I heard that Huawei wants to cooperate with Arsenal, and Arsenal has been looking for electronic and digital partners. So I conveyed the intention of Huawei Group to the club. In the Ministry of Commerce, everyone hit it off, and after detailed discussions, it finally took shape. In fact, my role is basically not big, because Huawei's intention is very clear, they just need to find Mr. Tom Fox, who is in charge of business at the club." Li Zihan shrugged, Answered very easily.

But at this time Ren Ping spoke. This time Huawei's prince Ren Ping used the title of Deputy Minister of Overseas Affairs to participate in this cooperation.

"Zihan is undoubtedly the catalyst in this cooperation, and I would like to thank him for his contribution to the signing between Huawei and Arsenal. As the best Chinese football player, Zihan and our company have similar beliefs. Therefore, in cooperation with Before Arsenal signed the contract, Zihan and we actually discussed the issue of image endorsement. Originally, we planned to announce this matter at the following Christmas, but now that it’s all like this, we have to be lazy and skip a press conference. Ren Ping made a humorous joke, and then went on to say: "Here I announce that Huawei's mobile communication business has reached an agreement with Li Zihan. In the next four years, Zihan will be the global spokesperson of Huawei's mobile phone brand." "

Li Zihan originally wanted to keep a low profile, but he didn't expect the other party to push him up all of a sudden.It feels like I'm here to play football, not to pimp, or to be a matchmaker for Yuelao.

"How much is the endorsement fee?" the witty reporter immediately asked.

"Sorry, this is a commercial secret, so it is not convenient to disclose it." Ren Ping replied.

Arsenal has found a new channel for "coming in money", and Huawei has found a channel to promote its mobile phone brand to the world. This is indeed a win-win situation.

After the reporter's questioning session, Huawei showed a new generation of mobile phone products, the model is Huawei P6.

Then, the people from Huawei took reporters, main players such as Wenger and Li Zihan who attended the press conference, and the club's chief business officer to visit Huawei's temporary booth, which contained the history of Huawei Group, the history of Huawei's mobile phone industry and the new Model P6.

Finally, after introducing the new models, main players such as Li Zihan, Ozil, Ramsey and Arsene Wenger accompanied Mark Mitchison, senior vice president of Huawei Great Britain, to take pictures together.

The first one is Li Zihan, Ozil, Ramsey, Wilshere, and Podolski, the five main players, each holding a Huawei P6 in their hands, taking a photo with Mark Mitchison.

The second is also a photo of the five with Mark Mitchison, but without the phone.Instead, Mark Mitchison, standing in the middle, is holding an Arsenal home jersey. The back of the jersey faces the cameras of the reporters. On the back of the player’s name is written the English name of Huawei, while the number is written Phone model P6.

The third one is very simple. It is a photo of Mark Mitchison and Wenger smiling and shaking hands for the camera.

The press conference didn't end until noon, and it took half a day.Of course, in fact, the press conference and the Q&A interaction with reporters only took an hour. Most of the rest of the time was spent by Huawei people on the performance of the mobile phone and playing their promotional videos.

Li Zihan, who walked out of the Kearney training base, yawned and stretched.He smiled at Ozil, Podolski, Ramsey and Wilshere who were beside him and said, "Do you think we are working overtime today? Will there be half-day overtime pay? Today is a day off. Just the five of us going to work."

Ozil's goldfish rolled his eyes at him and said, "You signed a £400 million endorsement contract, how dare you ask for such a mere half-day salary?"

Li Zihan's endorsement fee for Huawei has not been officially announced, but some well-informed media already know the approximate amount.Some Chinese media broke out that it was 1000 million yuan, which is almost the same as 100 million pounds.

When his friends in the team asked, Li Zihan didn't hide anything, and told them the exact amount.So it's no surprise that Ozil knew that the £400m that Ozil was referring to was for the entire four-year period of the contract.

"That is, just for this contract with Huawei, you earn nearly one-third of your salary every year." Wilshere echoed.

"We are the ones who work overtime for free. If there is such a good thing in the future, ask them if they don't need a spokesperson yet, can you introduce them to us." Podolski said.

Li Zihan's head is full of black lines, okay, I just played pimp for the club, this teammate also wants
"Forget it, I don't want to steal your manager's job. Besides, you think I don't know how many business contracts you have." Li Zihan waved his hand.

The five of them were joking and walked towards the parking lot. The team was officially on vacation last night, and because of the signing ceremony, the five of Li Zihan came to the training base on purpose this morning.Now that things are done, they have to hurry up and enjoy the few holidays left, only one and a half days left.

In the evening, I had dinner with Sister Susan and Yiyi.As usual, Li Zihan turns on the computer and logs in to his personal social media account. Generally, when there is no game or when he is not busy, Li Zihan will also take some time to interact with fans or teammates on social media.

But today he opened Weibo first, and the first message on his Weibo was sent by his teammate Podolski 5 minutes ago.

Li Zihan took a sip of tea and glanced at Podolski's Weibo, but it was okay if he didn't read it, and sprayed the tea on the computer screen after seeing it.

Podolski sent a paragraph in Chinese: "Today we signed a contract to cooperate with Coolpad mobile phone from China. The quality and cost performance of this mobile phone are super high."

The accompanying picture is a selfie group photo of Podolski holding a Huawei P6.
Li Zihan hurriedly opened the comment, but of course, it was full of ridicules.

Among them, a talented netizen directly forwarded it and "Aite" posted on Huawei's official Weibo, saying: "You guys are really conscientious in the industry, and you spend huge sums of money to help your opponents advertise."

Li Zihan shook his head with a wry smile, he knew why.Podolski is not very good at typing Chinese characters on computers or mobile phones. In fact, he has only learned a few Chinese words that don't match his lips with Li Zihan.

The reason for this oolong is that he used a translation software to directly input what he wanted to express into the software, then automatically generate Chinese, and finally copy and paste.

Li Zihan's original words should be: "Today we signed a contract with a cool mobile phone brand from China"