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Chapter 446 The Battle of Yang Yang

Relying on Yang Yang's goal, the Chinese team beat Angola [-]-[-] and won the first victory in the history of the World Cup!
This quickly became the key news of the world's major media that night and even the next morning.

Even FIFA congratulated the Chinese team on the official website, thinking that this is a memorable day and a gratifying achievement, which means that Chinese football will usher in a new period of history.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter publicly stated in an interview with the media that Yang Yang is bound to be recorded in football history because of his outstanding performance in this World Cup. At the same time, he also expects this talented player who is only 19 years old to make more outstanding contributions to the Chinese team, Asian football, and even world football.

With four goals, Yang Yang caught up with German center Miroslav Klose, who scored twice the day before and counterattacked in the top scorer list. The two lead the World Cup scorer list neck and neck.

But unlike the German team that advanced to the knockout round, the Chinese team regretted leaving due to a one-to-one draw between Portugal and Mexico.

This also made countless media and fans feel sorry for Yang Yang, because everyone believed that he could have achieved better results, and even competed for the World Cup Golden Boot, but the weakness of the national team dragged him down.

But when interviewed by the media, Yang Yang expressed with full confidence that this World Cup has gained a lot.

"We have seen the level of the world's top teams. Portugal, Mexico and Angola are all very good teams. Being able to compete with such a team, no matter whether we win or lose, is a valuable asset for us."

Being able to lead the team to the first World Cup victory in the history of Chinese football as the captain of the team, Yang Yang expressed his pride and thanked all the fans across the country for their support.

"There is no doubt that Chinese football is still weak, and there are still many problems. This requires all of us to work together, especially the support from the fans. Our unremitting efforts on the field are just to not let the billions of compatriots down."

"Here, I just want to tell them that you are the hope of Chinese football!"

Yang Yang was very calm about being eliminated from the World Cup with regret, saying that this is normal.

"Complain about the opponent's tacit game? No, it's useless at all. It is very normal and understandable to maximize one's own interests within the scope of reasonable rules."

"If you really want to complain, I think we didn't play well in the first round of the group stage. We could have avoided losing, but there is no medicine for regret in this world."

"But it doesn't matter. This session is a painful lesson for us, but next time we come again, we will be stronger than now. I believe that next time we will not just want a zero breakthrough, but to qualify for the group stage."

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Yang Yang's remarks spread back to China, which greatly aroused the enthusiasm of domestic fans and sparked heated discussions on the Internet.

At the same time, foreign media also rushed to report Yang Yang's game.

As a European supernova, Yang Yang’s every move has attracted the attention of the media and fans all over the world, especially now that his transfer is in suspense. He scored four goals in three group matches in the World Cup and tied for the top scorer with Klose. This surprised countless fans and admired him.

The Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, who claims to compete with him, only scored one goal, and it was a penalty kick given to him by Figo, while Yang Yang's four goals were all real.

Barcelona's talented teenager Messi also scored only one goal, which was achieved in Argentina's [-]-[-] victory over Serbia and Montenegro.

It can be said that Yang Yang is worse than these two competitors of the same age in terms of the quality of goals and difficulty. At least one must consider that the overall strength of the Chinese team is far inferior to that of Portugal and Argentina.

Amidst the hype in the media, the World Cup also ended all group matches.

The Chinese team returned to Beijing from Germany the day after they beat Angola.

Having received the news in advance, thousands of fans gathered at Beijing Capital Airport to greet the triumphant return of the national team like heroes.

Especially Yang Yang, who scored four goals, has become a hero in the eyes of all fans.

There was a lot of welcome from the fans, and the scene was even chaotic at one point, but order was maintained in the end.

After returning to the Xianghe base, the national team announced their disbandment on the spot.

Yang Yang returned to Beijing quietly, and flew to his hometown Quanzhou secretly with Su Ye the next day.

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When Yang Yang got on the flight home, an emergency video conference about him was going on at the Nike headquarters in the United States, and the participants even included Mark Parker, who had just become the CEO of Nike in January.

In addition to the core executives of the Nike headquarters present at this meeting, there are also several other regional executives and core executives in the video.

There is only one reason for initiating this long-distance video conference, and that is Yang Yang!
"I admit that our team made a bad decision before the World Cup and caused serious damage."

Charles Danson, Nike's global brand marketing president, looked a little dignified, apparently something went wrong.

"At that time, the European region reported the negotiation situation to us, but we believe that Yang Yang's current level is far from reaching the standard of top players. Even with the addition of the Chinese market, we can only give it at most about 800 million euros, which is about the same as Beckham and far higher than Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi."

When Charles Danson said this, he changed the topic, "But the other party's agent opened his mouth and called out a sky-high price of 500 million euros. This is absolutely unacceptable. This has even surpassed those players in the NBA."

Everyone who participated in the meeting also nodded, obviously agreeing with this statement.

Although Nike is rich and powerful, it is definitely not a winner, and it is impossible to invest huge sums of money in a player.

"The mistake we made was that we underestimated Adidas' interest in Yang Yang. After snatching Messi from us, Adidas is also determined to win Yang Yang, and they have decided to increase their investment in football. This time, sponsoring Liverpool, the cost has reached 1000 million pounds per year."

"The sponsor of Ajax is Adidas. In order to avoid the loss of Yang Yang, Adidas offered to let Chelsea, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich participate in the competition, hoping to keep Yang Yang in their camp. They even expressed their willingness to advance part of Yang Yang's salary for this team through sponsorship."

"In addition, we got reliable information. During the World Cup, Adidas had sent people to contact Yang Yang many times. They are the sponsors of the Chinese team, and their name is justifiable. Moreover, their negotiators also had frequent contacts with Yang Yang's agent. This also made Raiola's negotiation attitude change quickly during this period."

Nike's original strategy was to temporarily cool off Yang Yang and let Raiola take the initiative to succumb, but they obviously misjudged the situation.

Adidas is obviously more interested in Yang Yang than they expected.

"Although the Chinese team was eliminated from the World Cup, Yang Yang shined with four goals. His reputation has not been damaged at all, but has been improved. Especially in China, his reputation has reached the peak in history. His influence is amazing, and we only have one year left in his contract."

This is also the most unfavorable place for Nike at present, because with the support of Adidas, Yang Yang may terminate the contract early. Although he compensated Nike for a sum of money, Adidas paid for it, and Yang Yang was not damaged at all.

"Woonam, what do you think?" CEO Mark Parker asked one of the executives in the video.

Wunan McLaughlin, an Irishman, joined Nike in [-]. He first served as the sales director of the African region. In [-], he became the vice president of the Asia-Pacific region.

What's even more rare is that he is very familiar with both Asian and European markets.

"In the Chinese market, we have had a very painful experience and lessons." Wu Nan McLaughlin said lightly.

Many people present nodded their heads. It was an unspoken matter within Nike's top management, that is, Juren Yao switched from Nike to Reebok, which caused a huge loss to Nike, so that there is no chance to make up for it now.

And now, Yao Juren has also transferred from the Reebok camp to the Adidas camp, making this German company even more powerful.

"We made serious mistakes before. We should stabilize Yang Yang and his agent, but we took a cold attitude. This is obviously repeating the mistakes made by Juju Yao before. Now, our opponents are getting closer to them. I even received news that Yang Yang is likely to switch to the Adidas team."

Everyone present looked dignified and worried.

Adidas is an old expert in the football industry, and has close cooperation with FIFA and many giant teams. Nike has always wanted to surpass its opponents in the football field.

"According to the current market research, Yang Yang not only has amazing popularity in China, but also has very high popularity and influence in Asia, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, and even has a very high degree of attention in Europe and the United States, which shows amazing market value and potential."

"I can even say that he is an important factor in whether we can achieve our sales goals and rapid growth in China and Asia in the next few years. As for whether to fight again, we need to discuss and decide together."

Although Wunan McLaughlin did not say it clearly, he clearly told everyone that Yang Yang will become the core weapon for Nike and Adidas to compete for the Asian market, and the success or failure of the Asian market, especially the Chinese market, will undoubtedly determine who will be the No. [-] brother between Nike and Adidas in the future.

This is no longer an estimate, but a fact.

There is only one Yang Yang, unique, it depends on who has a better chance of getting him, Nike or Adidas.

This is also a war without gunpowder!

Mark Parker, who had only been in office for half a year, had a serious face, and he began to realize that this would be a major decision.

It may even affect his status at Nike.

(End of this chapter)