He Yiming hung up his phone, and there was a look on his face.
"How is it?" Hong Zinan can't wait to ask, "Is it public or private?"
"Public." He Yiming replied very simply.
"Didn't you already guessed it?" Zhuge Wenbo's eyes revealed a sense of wisdom.
He Yiming did not deny it. He nodded and said, "When I was in Athens, Zhang Guan asked me about the formation of a team of brokers. I knew he was a very thoughtful person. So I always believed that he has this responsibility."
"So you are willing to help him form a team of brokers and invite me specifically?" Zhuge Wenbo asked.
"No, I had a robbery when I was in Athens, and Zhang Guan helped me, so at first, I wanted to return his favor and help him transfer more than 10 million euros back to China, but then he asked about the broker team. The commercial value of the first flying man was also great, so I thought this business can be done." He Yiming said frankly.
"You're honest enough, but now he can take his Russian girlfriend to Hong Kong and be happy, while it's our turn to be busy." Zhuge Wenbo turned his head and said to Hong Zinan, "Zinan, you are the expert in public relations, what's your opinion on this matter? Any ideas?"
Hong Zinan immediately said, "The media is coping with it. The news reports that appear now are very neutral. There is nothing too radical. I think it is enough to publish an announcement directly or open a press conference to clarify. After all, they are both unmarried and it's normal to fall in love. This does not involve any moral issues."
"It's not as simple as you think. When the two of them are in love, there will be a lot of trouble, but it's not just a media issue." He Yiming is still a gentleman's tone.
"Trouble? What exactly do you mean?" Zhuge Wenbo asked.
"The first is the issue of freedom of love. I don't mean the parent's arranged marriage, but the question of whether they can fall in love. Active athletes, especially active athletes of the national team, are regulated in terms of falling in love. Because dating will consume some energy of athletes and they may not focus on training, to prevent dating from affecting the status of athletes, since the last century, many training bureaus have even stipulated that active athletes are not allowed to fall in love. Although there is more progress now, there are still regulations, at least young athletes are not allowed to fall in love." He Yiming explained.
"What are the criteria for young athletes? Age?" Zhuge Wenbo asked next.
He Yiming said, "It's mostly about age, but the standards of each event are different. For example, the table tennis program, the early requirements for national players are 28 years old for men and 25 years old for women; badminton players are also about twenty-four or five years old; shooting this A type of sports meeting that does not require a lot of high-intensity physical training, so it is relatively open; the age limit for gymnasts to fall in love should be the lowest. After all, most gymnasts have reached retirement age and are almost retired."
"Is this kind of regulations strictly enforced? Are there any loopholes?" Zhuge Wenbo then asked.
"Yes." He Yiming said affirmatively, "Some athletes are secretly in love at first. When the results are out later, although they are under age, the coach has to tacitly agree. Then when they reached a certain age, it naturally becomes the same. Many sports star couples come from this way. Although many training bureaus do not allow young athletes to fall in love, there is still an idea of not being fertile, and single athletes can't digest it internally. It is also a very good thing. After all, there will be a more common language among athletes, and it is easy to get along."
"This is of no use to us. Now the matter of Zhang Guan and Sharapova has been made public. My concern is whether the association will punish Zhang Guan or directly beat the Mandarin duck." Zhuge Wenbo thought, and then asked, "Wasn't there a similar precedent? For example, the one who secretly fell in love and was punished."
"There indeed was, and it was last year. It seems that before the Athens Olympics, the national team found out that some athletes were in love when they were training, and then they were returned to the local team. They had no chance to go to Athens. According to rumor, a world champion star athlete was also involved. Finally, the star athlete was retained. He Yiming lowered his voice and then said, "The star athlete is a male, however, it was a women athlete who was returned to the local team, so it a bit unclear on who is right or wrong, and the punishment was also quite special in nature."
"To explain the star athlete, Zhang Guan is the largest star athlete in China. Athletes who have achieved results should have some privileges," Zhuge Wenbo said.
"Another point is more troublesome. Sharapova is Russian. Our country's well-known athlete is in love and found a foreigner. This is the first case, and Sharapova is also a very successful athlete. Both domestically and internationally very well-known. We are completely unclear about the above attitude towards this situation and do not know their acceptance of this matter." He Yiming then added another sentence, "I guess they may be similar to us, and they should feel confused about this matter!"
The three fell into silence at the same time. Originally it was just a matter of two people falling in love, after such an analysis, it became so complicated and uncertain.
After a long time, Zhuge Wenbo took the lead and said, "Yiming, you already have an idea?"
He Yiming did not answer directly, but instead asked Zhuge Wenbo, "When you were young, have you ever imagined that marrying a foreign wife is a face-saving thing?"
"Do you want to take advantage of this? It's a good idea. In some more traditional concepts, Chinese women often get a blind eye when they marry a foreigner, but it is indeed a good face for a Chinese man to find a foreign woman. This is a great thing!" Zhuge Wenbo nodded.
"Yes, so we can use this to control the direction of public opinion. Chinese people are always very good-faced, so they will try to hold Sharapova higher. She is the first beauty in the tennis world and the first beauty in Russia, the first goddess in Europe, whether it is right or not, we say yes anyway. Also, we must hire some naval forces, and don't be afraid to spend money. The effect we want to achieve is to make the Chinese feel that Zhang Guan won Sharapova. It is a very bullish and long-faced thing to catch the youngest beautiful woman in the foreigner." He Yiming said.
Hong Zinan's eyes lit up, "It seems to be setting the trend again?"
He Yiming thought for a while and nodded, "This time we have to build momentum, and we need to borrow momentum. We have to borrow our momentum. The bigger the momentum we create in the early stage, the easier it will be to borrow momentum later! Media, foreign media should still pay close attention to Sharapova, and their reporting scale is larger than ours, if necessary, they can quietly disclose some details, true or false, the key is the word, sexual attention! The country has always been very careful in handling such foreign affairs. There is a saying which is either having more mistakes, fewer mistakes, or none at all. We just need to tell people who want to manage things, what if you don't do it, then you won't make any mistakes. As long as you don't do anything, it is equivalent to default. We don't need their consent, as long as they don't object."
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As if to confirm the news of Zhang Guan and Sharapova's love, the Hong Kong media announced the next day that the two would jointly visit the newly opened Hong Kong Disneyland, and then have pictures to prove it.
This report also directly confirmed the relationship between the two lovers. And on this day, the champion team also publicly announced that Zhang Guan and Sharapova are in love, and later, Sharapova's agent Esenbode, who is far away in the United States, also confirmed the authenticity of the news. Then, the media headlines were instantly occupied.
"The World's First Flying Man Loves the Internet's First Beauty"
"Zhang Guan, the winner of life"
"Zhang Guan's Big Inventory in 2005: Career and Love Double Harvest"
"Zhang Guan Wins Glory for the Country Again: Taking away the First Beauty of Western Sports"
Of course, the last one was bought by the champion team.
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At the same time, the two parties, Zhang Guan and Sharapova, are in a fashion store in Yau Tsim Mong District.
"How about this dress?" Sharapova walked out of the fitting room. She changed to an orange mesh sleeveless jumpsuit and showed smooth beautiful legs.
"It matches your skin color." Zhang Guan waved at the shopping clerk not far away, "Wrap this one in a moment!"
"Mr. Zhang, you have a vision. This is the new style of Paris Fashion Week from this year." The shopping guide lady showed a sweet smile and if she sold this dress, she could get a lot of commission.
Like other eighteen-year-old girls, Sharapova has begun to learn to dress herself up. Beautiful clothes and shoes are indispensable, so Zhang Guan's hand was full of small bags.
"It would be nice if I could have such a store." Sharapova pointed to a stylishly decorated store and then said, "If I have such a store, I will sell sweets, red and green, blue, yellow... bars, rounds, squares... all kinds of candy, all filled!"
Sharapova loves to eat sweets, especially all kinds of sweets are Sharapova's favorite, this is known all over the world.
Just listen to Sharapova and say, "In fact, when I was not born, my family lived in Gomel, only forty miles from Chernobyl. When my mother was pregnant with me, The nuclear power plant in Chernobyl had an accident and our family had to go back to Siberia. When I grew up, Russia 's economic situation was already very bad. We lacked daily necessities. Moscow in the west may be better, but Siberian's situation was terrible. At that time, my dream was to eat sugar every day. However, at that time, even if the food was not available, where would there be sugar!"
Zhang Guan listened silently, and at the same time, he looked at the number plate in front of the shop that Sharapova pointed to.
"It turns out that the landlord of this store is mine!" Zhang Guan suddenly had a very good idea.