Yokohama Athletics All-Star Game

The Huangpu River in mid-September is still surrounded by the summer atmosphere. Although it is not midsummer, the temperature close to 30 degrees Celsius and the violent sunlight is still a very difficult test for many people.

Zhang Guan went to the university to report on his own, but then all the school leaders hurriedly came over. There were special admission procedures for Zhang Guan, and he did not need to participate in military training. The school leaders are now focused on taking photos with Zhang Guan. Group photo of two people, a group photo of three people, a group photo of four people, a group photo of visiting school. Then these photos will be sent to the school's website as quickly as possible. The propaganda staff began to quickly draft the manuscript. The school's photographers did not hesitate to tape, the camera desperately captured Zhang Guan's every move, ready to catch up with the daily news in prime time.

The competition among the top domestic universities is also fierce, with disciplines, academic achievements, senior talents, scientific research achievements, patent projects, and other aspects constantly competing. Fudan is, of course, the top level in the university, but if you mention the first university in the country, people still think of the two-hundred-year-old stores in the capital, but this does not mean that Fudan is willing to fall behind. Although the arrival of Zhang Guan can not bring about improvement in the academic level, the title of the Olympic champion and "the world's first flying man" is a great help to the school's brand promotion.

Zhang Guan immediately rushed to Xinzhuang Training Base to report. But what surprised Zhang Guan was that Liu Feiren and Coach Sun had not yet returned, and were probably still busy in commercial activities. Zhang Guan is similar, he will shoot an advertisement in the next two or three days. Fortunately, Yiming Consulting and Hero Advertising both have offices in Huangpu, so they save time for Zhang Guan without having to travel around.

Zhang Guan conducted short-term adaptive training that day. When the training was over, Zhang Guan changed his clothes but found that the mobile phone showed several missed calls. The first few were from the coach, and the latter was from Zhuge Wenbo.

Zhang Guan first dialed the number of the coach, and then the familiar voice of the coach sounded from the mobile phone.

"I heard that you have already reported to Xinzhuang Base? How is it there, and adapt to it! I have arranged it before, if you are not used to it, you can just tell the base's logistics directly." Yu Gui said.

"It's not bad, it can be adapted. The facilities here are really good, but the temperature here is still relatively hot. I have conducted adaptive training this afternoon, and I just finished training." Zhang Guan replied.

"That's good. You practice first. I bought the ticket for the day after tomorrow to go to you. If the plane is not delayed, I can arrive at the Xinzhuang base before noon." Yu Gui said.

"Are you coming here?" Zhang Guan froze for a moment, and then asked, "Is there another game?"

"Yes. Go abroad, go to Yokohama, Japan, and leave next week." Yu Gui continued: "Liu Feiren also went, but they shouldn't have returned to the Xinzhuang base yet. They should go back tomorrow."

"Time is tight. What is the event?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Yokohama IAAF All-Star Game." Yu Gui added, "It's an invitational game, all invited are strong players. Alan Johnson will go to the 110-meter hurdle project, and your 100-meter sprint event will be the US team's Gatlin and Greene will go too. "

"Invitation!" Zhang Guan asked quietly: "The Japanese should have spent a lot of money!"

Yu Gui, on the other side, smiled embarrassingly, and then said: "Originally considering that the Olympic Games have just ended, athletes are more tired, the center is not going to let you participate, but considering that you're the number one Olympic champion, Japan is a very good destination for the second trip abroad, and it is also not far away from China. Moreover, the Japanese organizer is very sincere, and the center finally agreed to your participation."

"This is going to Japan to dazzle the champion!" Zhang Guan continued: "How much is Japan's sincerity worth?"

"One hundred thousand dollars. The organizer said that as long as you show up, you will be given a one-hundred-thousand-dollar appearance fee, reimbursed for the round-trip ticket, and also arranged a fan meeting for you, and a twenty-thousand-dollar appearance fee." Then he said: "There is also a very high prize, the 100m champion has two hundred thousand dollars."

"It's quite a lot. The Japanese are willing to give money. The Japanese don't make any money. They have to go." Zhang Guan said, "But do Japanese people have a tendency to be abused? Spend money to ask us to face them? "

The entry fee for sports games is lower than the entry fee for commercial activities. After American Maurice Greene won the Olympic title four years ago, his playing fee could reach 20,000 US dollars; and after Montgomery broke the world record two years ago, the playing fee for the game was about 25,000 US dollars; consider when it comes to inflation and other factors, if Zhang Guan is given an entry fee, 30,000 US dollars should be a relatively reasonable price. Therefore, the Japanese gave the price of one hundred thousand dollars more than three times the normal price.

Coach Yu then continued: "In fact, there are other more important reasons for sending you to the game. In the past week, there has been a very bad trend in international sports opinion. They said that you and Liu Feiren were able to win the Olympic championship just because of better luck. They think that in the 110-meter hurdle project because Alan Johnson retired, Liu Feiren picked up a gold medal; while the 100-meter sprint was because the Americans were in a bad state, so you got the gold medal. "

"Liu Feiren won the world record with a flat record. I won the world record. I couldn't keep their mouth shut. When the Americans are in good condition, I haven't seen a world record to show me." Zhang Guan said disdainfully.

"European and American countries can't see our rise. Not only the economic and military aspects, but also the sports aspect. So this time you have to run well, and you have to fight for it without steaming buns!" Then, he said: "After this All-Star Game, I will be back soon to go to Luzhou to participate in the finals of the National Athletics Grand Prix. The next week's schedule will be more intensive. You need to be mentally prepared."

Zhang Guan calculated the time and said, "Wouldn't it be that I would travel to Japan and then go to Luzhou? Time is a little tight!"

"Yes, you also have to go to the finals of the National Athletics Grand Prix. The audience in Luzhou is very enthusiastic. I heard that you are going to have already emptied more than 10,000 tickets. And it is the finals. The major sponsors will also participate, so our center hopes to make the competition more lively. If you go to participate, it will be very helpful for the sponsors of international track and field events to sign appointments next year. "

Coach Yu said here as if thinking of something again, and then said: "The game will start next week. You should also pay attention to eating recently. All three meals are eaten in the base, do not eat outside."

After finishing the conversation with Yu Gui, Zhang Guan dialed Zhuge Wenbo's mobile phone again.

"Nike's endorsement has been negotiated." Zhuge Wenbo continued on his mobile phone: "20 million in two years, which includes the cost of an advertisement. Of the 20 million, 15 million in cash, 5 million is sponsorship of sports equipment, what do you think, if you like it, I can sign it tomorrow morning. "

"Brother Wenbo, you are so powerful, I thought it would be good to give me five or six million a year, so if you count it in cash, it would be 7.5 million a year, and 2.5 million in sponsorship. With so much money, you must sign!" Zhang Guan said.

Zhang Guan knew that, in all fairness, the price tag given by Nike was quite high. Among other athletes, the endorsement price of Liu Feiren's re-signing with Nike after winning the Olympics is 4 million. The diving fee for the signing of the diving prince is 3 million. Among domestic football players, Everton's big iron is 200 for the endorsement fee of 10,000 yuan, Haidong played by Xie Lian is 1.5 million per year. So compared to this, Nike also paid a big price on Zhang Guan, which can be regarded as the first in China.

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