Chapter 1075: Selling a Favor

The incident happened around 1 o'clock at noon, less than 20 hours before the news came out the next day.

Chen Qiang and Zhang Qi definitely didn't have time to come over. They worked for the newspaper through their own network of contacts, using threats and inducements in the hope that they could suppress the news that Gao Xiaodong beat the reporter.

Gao Xiaodong found out the name of the reporter he hit through his old acquaintance Li Xiang, a reporter from "Sports Weekly", Li Zhiguo, a new reporter from "Sports Weekly".

Immediately, Zhang Qi immediately contacted Jiang Jun, the editor-in-chief of the "Qiu Bao", and explained the whole story. Although Gao Xiaodong was wrong to hit someone, Li Zhiguo was wrong in pushing Xiao Le down. Zhang Qi hoped that the "Qiu Bao" could downplay the matter. Don't air this news.

Zhang Qi and Jiang Jun had only met each other a few times and had little friendship. Jiang Jun didn't buy it and insisted that Gao Xiaodong first formally apologize to Li Zhiguo before discussing whether to broadcast or not broadcast.

Gao Xiaodong will definitely not apologize to Li Zhiguo. Don't say that Gao Xiaodong is not at fault. Even if it is Gao Xiaodong's fault, Gao Xiaodong cannot afford to embarrass that person.

Zhang Qi could only give "Global News" a favor, saying that if "Global News" did not broadcast the news this time, Gao Xiaodong would give "Global News" some weighty interviews in the future.

The benefit given by Zhang Qi is not small. With Gao Xiaodong's status and reputation, every interview can bring great popularity to the "Qiu Bao".

However, the editor-in-chief of "The Ball" did not accept such a good intention. He believed Li Zhiguo's words and believed that Gao Xiaodong was too arrogant and that beating a reporter would be a humiliation to the entire media circle. Moreover, he was not willing to give up such an explosive incident of a superstar beating a reporter. news.

Then Chen Qiang also called and said that the progress was not going well. At least a few influential media could not agree to publish the news. However, other media had a tough attitude and believed that Gao Xiaodong's beating of the reporter was too rough. It's almost as outrageous as Maradona.

Subsequently, Zhang Qi and Chen Qiang's efforts in the government propaganda department also failed. Their friends in the government propaganda department did not want to wade into this muddy water, because in the eyes of the people in the government department, Gao Xiaodong was not even willing to join the national team. He's a thorn in the side, there's no need to help him.

After these two roads were blocked, Gao Xiaodong could only ask Monkey and Xiao Le to build momentum online and hype up the fact that "Ball Quilt" reporter Li Zhiguo beat up Gao Xiaodong's assistant Xiao Le, hoping to partially offset the influence of the print media report.

In fact, it was a bad idea for Gao Xiaodong to do this, because eventually his beatings would be exposed, and the impact of the Internet and print media would only be greater, but Gao Xiaodong had no choice. His domestic influence and power were still too small to suppress. these media.

After Gao Xiaodong, Hou Hou, Xiao Le and others returned home, they kept talking on the phone.

They discussed the matter and didn't even have time to talk to Gao's father and Gao's mother, which aroused Gao's father and Gao's mother's suspicion. Under Gao's father's repeated questioning, Monkey had no choice but to tell Gao's father and Gao's mother the truth.

Gao Xiaodong originally thought that his father would blame him for being too impulsive, but he didn't expect that Gao's father would praise his behavior. "You did the right thing. You dared to push down a girl. Such a person is being treated lightly."

While Gao's mother asked Xiao Le if he was injured in the fall, she was worried that if the media reported it, it would affect Gao Xiaodong's reputation.

While Gao Xiaodong's family and friends were waiting anxiously, at four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Qi called to tell him the good news. He found Vice Chairman Yu of the Football Association and told him what happened today. He hoped that the Football Association You can find the media to coordinate this matter.

Zhang Qi originally had a lot of jujube but no jujube. Unexpectedly, Vice Chairman Yu took it very seriously and immediately reported the matter to Chairman Wei. Chairman Wei did not dare to make a decision easily, so he reported it to the former chairman of the General Administration of Sports in charge of football. The former chairman Although Gao Xiaodong has not played for the national team, he is the hero and pride of Chinese football. We cannot smear him in the face and ask Chairman Wei to immediately communicate with the media and downplay the matter.

Vice Chairman Yu told Zhang Qi that Chairman Wei was communicating with various media outlets to reassure Gao Xiaodong that there would be no negative impact.

Gao Xiaodong said: "Brother Zhang, do we still want to build momentum online?"

Zhang Qi said: "These sports media rely on football for a living. If the Football Association does not allow them to interview the national team and the Chinese Super League team, these media will starve to death, so they will definitely be obedient. As long as the media does not report, why should we do it ourselves?" Bringing shame to the family."

"Okay, let me ask the monkey to stop this first."

After Gao Xiaodong hung up the phone, he called Monkey Xiao Le and others over and told them about the Football Association's intervention.

Yang Fan said: "The former chairman has given instructions, so it must be fine. In our country, we still have power that is easy to use."

Yu Debao said: "The Football Association's words still have weight."

Monkey pondered: "The Football Association wants to sell Xiaodong a favor, and the purpose is probably to let Xiaodong return to the national team."

Zhu Daqiang said: "Go back as soon as you come back. Anyway, you have to return to the national team sooner or later."

Yu Lei said: "Didn't Xiaodong consider joining the national team last time? The Football Association may want to confirm this matter. Chinese football can't afford any more trouble."

Yang Fan said: "We have reached rock bottom, so we are still afraid of troubles. But if Xiaodong can return to the national team, we can really make troubles."

After the monkey thought carefully, he said: "It seems that the Football Association sincerely hopes that Xiaodong will join the national team, but our officials are too proud to say hello directly. Now that Xiaodong has happened, it is equivalent to giving them a ladder, no matter what they think." There is a way, they will definitely settle this matter."

Gao Xiaodong said: "I have won two triple crowns in the five major leagues, and I also hope to achieve something in the national team. As long as the national football team can select good coaches and don't point fingers, it will be okay for me to join the national team. Who doesn't want to win glory for the country? Woolen cloth."

Monkey said: "Since you think so, just wait for news from the Football Association. It won't be too late. In fact, Xiaodong should also increase his influence in the country and expand his network, otherwise he will encounter similar things again. , we are still helpless.”

Yu Lei's business is in China. Zhu Daqiang is a loyal supporter of the national team. Yang Fan and Yu Debao are both members of the national team. Naturally, they all hope that Gao Xiaodong can join the national team and lead the national team to dominate Asia and enter the World Cup. Gao Xiaodong and Monkey With that said, everyone naturally agreed and supported it.

Sure enough, before 7 o'clock in the evening, Zhang Qi called again. Zhang Qi told Gao Xiaodong that the matter had been settled and the beating would not be reported.

Monkey and others were very emotional, feeling that they had spent a lot of effort, but in the end there was nothing they could do. However, as soon as the Football Association came forward, they immediately solved the problem. It seemed that they wanted to mix in the domestic football circle and not cooperate with the government departments. It is not possible to have a good relationship.

Things were finally settled, and everyone felt relieved. Gao's father and mother cooked a table of delicious food, opened two bottles of Maotai and two bottles of red wine brought by Gao Xiaodong, and everyone drank to their heart's content the whole night.