Football: The immortal legend on the green field

As the Bugatti Veyron approached the airport, the music in the car turned into a series of urgent ringtones.

Li Bingbing glanced at the central control and answered the call directly.

A voice sounded in the car stereo: "Hello, Teacher Li."

"Hahaha, Director Chen, I greet you..."

"Hahaha, where is it?"

"I'm on my way to the airport. My flight is at 12:50 and I'll arrive at 2:50. Why did you think of calling your sister?"

"Wasn't Wanda calling me here to plan the celebration ceremony for the national youth team? Is that right? Here! I'm planning a red carpet walk for celebrities and players. What do you think?"

"Hey? You are my brother after all! If something good happens, you can still give your sister a chance. What do you need me to do? Tell me."

"Is that so? You don't need to show up in person. For the red carpet session, each company will select a newcomer that they want to launch in the near future to walk the red carpet with the players. Then it will be you big names, and finally Shen Bin will be the finale..."

"I know. Who is the woman accompanying Shen Bin? Is that right?"

"You guessed wrong this time. I asked Mr. Wang, and he told me that Miss Fan would not attend the event this time. As for who was accompanying Shen Bin, he wanted to keep it a secret..."

"It's so strange, she's missing from such an open-faced occasion, is it because the higher-ups don't allow him to be so high-profile in front of the audience? Or is it true, as the rumors say, that the two had a conflict and broke up? Tell my sister if you have any inside information!"

"You really guessed wrong this time. According to reliable information, he has been listed at the top this time. Not to mention her incident, even if it is a bigger mistake than this, as long as it does not violate the law and constitute a criminal offense, it can be wiped out. Not to mention the Film Bureau, even the Ministry of Culture will give him face."

"Ms. Fan has disappeared from the blacklist. I'm just afraid that Shen Bin will bring her to the event this time, which will make both parties embarrassed. As for whether Ms. Fan and Shen Bin have a conflict, it's unclear."

"Can I ask who has caught your eye?"

"Tangren recommended Gulinaza, Jiahang recommended Dilireba, and Beijing Film Studio recommended Yang Zi..."

"Ouch! I have one here, a pure amateur, can't you arrange a substitute for us?"

"That's not possible. Given our relationship, as long as the person you recommend is reliable, I will keep Deng Zhuoxiang. What do you think?"

Everyone knows that, except for Shen Bin, no one in China can surpass Deng Zhuoxiang in terms of influence. He is known as the Chinese Caniggia. His influence has surpassed that of a group of veteran internationals such as Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai. Li Bingbing was delighted: "Is that appropriate?"

"Of course it's suitable. We are all family. Several sponsors of Deng Zhuoxiang, including Ferrari, attach great importance to this event. Even several sponsors of the event, including advertisers waiting in line, are waiting to see. Maybe after the event, these girls will get notices to shoot commercials with the stars. I know you are just starting out and it's not easy. I want to help you! It will also be of great help to the subsequent commercial value of these newcomers. What do you think?"

"Thank you very much, brother. I will treat you to a meal in Shanghai, and I will bring the person to you when we get there."

"No need, we will meet soon, I will communicate first and we can talk later."

"Okay. I'm busy this time, but when we get back to Beijing, we must have a drink together."

"Hahaha, I'll be waiting for you in Shanghai! I'll hang up first."

"Got it."

Zhao Liying, who listened to the entire call, asked curiously, "Who is this person?"

"Chen Xu, the chief planner of CCTV's large-scale events and one of the main creators of the Spring Festival Gala."

Li Bingbing took out his mobile phone and started searching for products endorsed by Deng Zhuoxiang, and then... he saw all the products endorsed by Deng Zhuoxiang on Baidu. In addition to the Ferrari sports car that Chen Xu just mentioned, there were also Adidas sneakers, Burberry light luxury menswear, McDonald's, VIVO mobile phones, Tilan Saint Snow ice cream, German Zwilling kitchenware, Budweiser beer, JD.com appliances, and Wilson sports equipment.

Not to mention Zhao Liying who was staring with eyes wide open and looking silly, even Li Bingbing was jealous to death. Not to mention himself, even Zhang Ziyi who was more famous than himself internationally could not get endorsements from international top brands like Burberry, McDonald's, and Ferrari.

Now Li Bingbing is really convinced. These stars can really make money! A few days ago, when I saw the Hurun celebrity income rankings, I thought they were a bit exaggerated. Now I am really convinced.

This cannot be blamed on Li Bingbing's short-sightedness. In the mainland's film and television circles, no one knows who they are internationally except for the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong. Football must be the world's number one sport. If it becomes a little famous, it will be famous all over the world, especially players from China, who have a market of more than one billion people behind them. Almost all major international brands that want to do business in China have been keeping their eyes on Shen Bin in the past six months. When they can't get Shen Bin, they will turn their attention to Shen Bin's teammates, especially Deng Zhuoxiang, Chen Tao and Tiote. This is the attraction of superstars. Not to mention them, Yao Ming's Rockets, even the substitute Hayes has got a lot of endorsements in China.

Basketball's international influence cannot be compared with that of football. As a single sport, basketball is not as good as tennis.

As for the top international brands, they would rather choose male and female tennis players ranked around the top ten as their spokespersons than those dark and tough basketball superstars, unless you are one of the three or four like Jordan, Kobe, or someone with special symbols like Yao Ming.

They arrived at the airport. When getting off the car, Zhao Liying saw Li Bingbing put on a baseball cap and put headphones in her ears. Zhao Liying knew that Bingbing was not so fond of music, so she was speechless: "Sister, don't you usually listen to music?"

"This is called embellishment. If a reporter asks you questions and you don't want to waste time, you can pretend to be listening to music and not paying attention to the reporters' random and boring questions. This way, if you don't answer, they will have a reason to smear you in public opinion."

"..."

Zhao Liying was speechless again, thinking... Today really opened my eyes, there are so many tricks.

2: p.m.

Zhao Liying, who was sitting in business class for the first time in her life, walked out of the airport and said with a smile: "You know what, business class is really more comfortable than economy class."

Li Bingbing ignored this silly little follower and took the opportunity to send a text message to the driver on the highway before the plane was notified to shut down his phone, informing him what time he could arrive at Hongqiao Airport so that they could pick him up.

After leaving the airport, the two got into the company's Rolls-Royce.

Zhao Liying naturally couldn't find any fault with Wanda's treatment of people. He just looked out the window at the cameras pointed at the car... and thought that he had never seen such a big scene even when he attended the Huabiao Awards in Beijing.

Shanghai is full of stars right now, right?

What a pity! We should have come earlier so we could have seen those big stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan.