Starting with playing defensive midfield for Evergrande

Chapter 18 Old Zheng's Heartfelt Words! (Please add to your favorites)
Su Hao never doubted Guangzhou Evergrande's public relations and negotiation skills during this period.

Less than five hours after Su Hao returned home, Wang Yun had already processed his passport and, in the process, also arranged his plane ticket using the brand-new passport.

However, just as everything was settled and Su Hao was planning to have dinner and then go back to the Evergrande training base for an evening practice, someone from Evergrande suddenly called and asked him to take some promotional photos.

Specifically, Evergrande plans to place a wave of recruitment advertisements for its football school on its official website and various media outlets.

As the most talked-about football figure in China today, he naturally became the main figure in Evergrande Football School's publicity campaign, without exception!

Hearing what the Evergrande staff said, Su Hao was furious!
Even a dog knows how badly it's being smeared on the Chinese internet right now!
There's already news about this illegitimate child, and then he goes and takes recruitment photos. Isn't he just asking for trouble?

Su Hao was very direct in his intention to refuse. "Football academy recruitment ambassador"—even a dog wouldn't accept that.
when!
I absolutely have to be one!

Especially after Evergrande said they could get 50 yuan in advertising fees for a set of promotional photos.

Su Hao immediately felt that he should make his own contribution to the youth training of Chinese football!
After a quick bite of dinner, Su Hao dragged his father, Su Bai, into the car sent by Evergrande.

It took about two hours. Under the guidance of professionals, Su Hao took five or six sets of photos wearing the Evergrande Football School promotional uniform. Then, the wealthy Evergrande company directly transferred 500,000 RMB to Su Bai's account.

Cough
Yes, it's still Su Bai's card!
Minors are not entitled to receive money!
On the way back, Su Bai, who had spent his whole life diligently running his small business, looked at the 500,000 yuan that had suddenly appeared in his account, and his heart was filled with turbulent emotions.

Su Bai was a very generous father. Seeing that Su Hao was about to leave the country, he immediately took out 5000 yuan in cash from his pocket and handed it to Su Hao.

"Son, when you're out and about, don't be afraid to spend money. Dad has money. Buy whatever you want in Japan. When you're with your teammates, treat them if you can. Learn how to conduct yourself in society. But remember, Japan is a very chaotic place. Don't go to those shady places."

He earned 500,000, but in the end, they only gave him 5000.
Damn it. If he weren't the only son in the Su family, Su Hao would have started to regret becoming the recruitment ambassador for this crappy football academy!
Money is easy to earn.

However, the downsides of making money are...
The next day, Su Hao, who had arrived at the club early, still saw his football academy recruitment photo and various greetings to him and his boss on his phone!
[I told you, this guy is just a front for Xu Jiaying to make money. The AFC Champions League roster isn't even finalized yet, and just the fact that he went to Guangzhou Evergrande's training camp in Japan is being touted as a potential starter!]
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[Haha, Evergrande is basically a real estate company. Su Hao Football School's move is just like selling off-plan properties—they build a gate and start selling houses!]
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[The gatekeeper. Haha, Su the Gatekeeper, from now on we can call this guy Su the Gatekeeper!]
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[Hey! Can you guys stop being so negative? Maybe Su Hao really is capable. I have a friend who works at Evergrande, and he said Su Hao performed really well during training!]
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[Tsk tsk tsk, everyone look at this! Evergrande's PR is really impressive, they've gone this far in trying to salvage the situation. They performed well in the training match, where's the video? Post it!]
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I bet Su Hao's earliest appearance will be in the FA Cup in March. If they face a team from the China League Two or lower, Guangzhou Evergrande will have plenty of publicity to give him!
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[Haha, those are professional players in China League Two too? They're just high school freshmen at a football academy. It's hilarious just thinking about it. Why does Chinese football always produce so many memorable memes? Su Damen, Su Qifang, haha!]

It was frustrating, but there was nothing Su Hao could do.

Are you suggesting he start a Weibo account to argue with these people?

Saying that my template is so awesome, when I came to Evergrande, I didn't look like I was there to compete in the AFC Champions League, but more like I was there to provide technical assistance?

Because they were about to depart for Japan, the coaching staff did not arrange any other training sessions that day.

After playing some energy-boosting games in the morning, everyone prepared to head to the airport.

Just as Su Hao had expected, because of his promotional photo and Evergrande's overwhelming recruitment campaign for their football academy, a large group of reporters who had been waiting at the airport started snapping photos of him as soon as he stepped off the bus.

There were even reporters shouting that they were promoting the football academy and asking how much money Evergrande had given them.
This is outrageous! They're clearly contributing to youth training, but it's all twisted in their mouths!
"Xiao Hao, don't worry about those reporters or what's going on online. You know what kind of environment football is in China. If you want to satisfy our fans, it's basically impossible. Just focus on training and playing well!"

Being by Su Hao's side, fearing that Su Hao might feel pressured because of this, Zheng Zhi quickly tried to comfort him.

"Okay, Zhi-ge! I didn't think much of it. But how much does it usually cost to shoot a commercial or something?"

Su Hao wasn't under any pressure. His only concern was whether he had lost 500,000 yuan in this troublesome matter.
"There's no specific quota. If it's about handling promotions within the team, that should be within our scope of obligations. If it's something like yours that involves commercial matters, there should be more. Oh! Don't you have an agent yet?"

As they were talking, Zheng Zhi suddenly remembered that when Su Hao signed the contract before, it seemed that his father came and signed it directly!

"Yeah! Gang over there told me to sign with his company."

When Zheng Zhi brought up the topic of agents, Su Hao immediately became alert.

It wasn't that Su Hao didn't trust Zheng Zhi, but rather that Gangzi still wielded considerable influence, and it was better to avoid trouble. By mentioning Gangzi, Su Hao also wanted to sound out Zheng Zhi's opinion.

Sure enough, Zheng Zhi's brows immediately furrowed when Gangzi's company was mentioned.

However, after a short silence, perhaps having made up his mind, Zheng Zhi suddenly covered his mouth and whispered to Su Hao, "If you want to play abroad, I suggest you find a private agent, especially one with experience in managing players overseas. I had some connections in the Premier League before. You can discuss it with your father. If you're interested, I can help you get in touch!"

Because there were other people around, Zheng Zhi spoke very softly.

But hearing Zheng Zhi's words warmed Su Hao's heart.

Although Zheng Zhi didn't mention Wang Gang at all, he knew very well that his words were a reminder to himself not to fall into a trap.

"Thanks, Zhi-ge!"

From choking to death on instant noodles to now.

Su Hao's "thank you" was truly the first time it came from the bottom of his heart!

(End of this chapter)