Chapter 1,089 Travel to Asia

Although Manchester United's sponsors are mainly in the United States, Manchester United has the largest number of fans in Asia. Faced with this huge market, Manchester United does not dare to ignore it at all.

In order to gain greater impact on this trip to Asia, Manchester United also deliberately replaced the leading star from the outdated Park Ji-sung to Gao Xiaodong.

Since Gao Xiaodong's rise was too short and he has not participated in the national team competition, that is to say, Gao Xiaodong has never shown his strength in the Asian arena. Therefore, Manchester United itself does not know how much influence Gao Xiaodong has in Asia. So after Gao Xiaodong's contract renewal ceremony was completed, Park Ji-sung was not asked to join Manchester United in Hong Kong. Instead, he was called to Manchester to set off with Manchester United.

Manchester United's choice of Hong Kong as their first stop was also the result of careful consideration. It was once a British colony. Although it returned to the mainland, the habits, hobbies and ideas of the mainland people are not exactly the same. It is actually easier to see Gao Xiaodong's actual influence in Asia here. .

However, when Manchester United's plane arrived at Hong Kong Airport in the afternoon, the uneasiness of the top management of the Manchester United club completely disappeared.

Almost two to three thousand fans came to the airport to pick him up. Most of them were wearing Manchester United's No. 10 jersey and holding portraits of Gao Xiaodong.

"Xiaodong is here! Xiaodong is here!"

"Gao... Xiao... Dong!"

"Gao...xiao...dong..."

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Seeing the Manchester United players coming out, the fans who had been waiting for a long time to pick them up couldn't help but cheer.

Gao Xiaodong was also very surprised.

Gao Xiaodong knows that he has countless fans in mainland China, but it is not clear how popular he is outside mainland China, including Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other Asian countries. The scene of picking him up at the airport today shows that he has many fans outside mainland China. There are also countless fans in the area.

Gao Xiaodong smiled and waved to the fans, and took the championship trophy handed to him by the Manchester United staff and raised it high to the fans.

Gao Xiaodong's action set off the scene again, and Manchester United fans immediately started cheering: "Triple Crown! Triple Crown!"

David Gill and Ferguson witnessed the scene in front of them with relieved smiles on their faces.

After renewing the contract with Gao Xiaodong, Manchester United's senior management and coaching staff expressed doubts. Because Gao Xiaodong's annual salary was too high, the players were jealous and the boss was unhappy. Even Manchester United fans had many objections.

Judging from the current situation, at least from a business perspective, the contract signed with Gao Xiaodong is not a loss.

Manchester United is deeply supported by fans in Asia. Not only Gao Xiaodong, but other Manchester United stars also have a large number of fans. Their purpose for this trip to Asia was to build a good relationship with the fans, so the Manchester United players did not leave quickly and directly Interacted with fans at the airport and accepted interviews with reporters.

Manchester United's club officials did not have fans to welcome them, but they were not left out either. Huaguo International Sports Media Co., Ltd., which was organizing Manchester United's Asian trip, had already sent a luxury bus and two Audis to pick them up. The manager of Huaguo International Media Wu Lin also came to the airport in person. He and his staff warmly welcomed David Gill and other Manchester United officials and presented them with a beautiful embroidery.

Huaguo International Media Company established a relationship with Manchester United through Dongfang Zhuo. They also organized Manchester United's Asia trip in 2009. Although Dongfang Zhuo has left Manchester United, Huaguo International Media still has contact with Manchester United.

At first, Xinglong Brokerage Culture Media also considered organizing this event for Manchester United to gain popularity, but they were a step too slow to start, and Manchester United did not really believe in the ability of Xinglong Brokerage Culture Company, and it was not convenient for Gao Xiaodong to come forward. , so it has not competed with Huaguo International Media.

During Manchester United's trip to Asia, Huaguo International Media will be responsible for all food, accommodation and entertainment. In addition, Huaguo International Media will also have to pay Manchester United's appearance fee of 2 million euros. However, Manchester United has more than 100 million fans in Asia, and this season it has won another With the Triple Crown title and strong popularity, even if Huaguo International Media’s expenditure doubled, tickets and advertising sponsorships would definitely allow them to make a profit without losing money.

Wu Lin, the manager of Huaguo International Media, was talking to David Gill while paying attention to the interaction between Gao Xiaodong and the fans. When Gao Xiaodong finished interacting with the fans and walked towards the bus, Wu Lin quickly walked towards Gao Xiaodong. come over.

"Hello Xiaodong, I am Wu Lin, the manager of Huaguo International Media Company. I have admired your name for a long time, and I finally meet you today."

Wu Lin stretched out his hands to shake Gao Xiaodong's hands, as enthusiastically as an ordinary football fan.

"Oh, hello, Mr. Wu, you are too polite." Gao Xiaodong greeted Wu Lin lightly, shook Wu Lin's hand gently, and took his hand out.

Wu Lin was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Gao Xiaodong to be so cold, and he didn't know why Gao Xiaodong was so cold. He thought big-name football stars were so arrogant, so he quickly said: "Xiaodong, take my car, it's faster and quieter."

Gao Xiaodong shook his head and said calmly: "No, I like the excitement." After saying that, he turned around and followed his teammates onto the bus.

Even a fool could feel Gao Xiaodong's cold attitude. Wu Lin was a little embarrassed, but he was a well-traveled person. After being frustrated by Gao Xiaodong, he did not get confused and immediately found Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson. , inviting Ferguson and David Gill to ride with him in his car to the hotel.

Because of Dongfang Zhuo, Ferguson had dealt with Wu Lin. Although Ferguson had a vague impression of Wu Lin, he still did not grudge Wu Lin's face and went to the hotel with David Gill in Wu Lin's Audi.

After arriving at the hotel, the Manchester United players went back to their rooms to take a short rest, and then went to the restaurant for dinner accompanied by Wu Lin.

The players of Manchester United sat at a table, and Wu Lin and the two deputy managers of Huaguo International accompanied the coaching staff and club officials. During the dinner, Wu Lin went over to toast Gao Xiaodong to get closer, but Gao Xiaodong drank the wine politely, but his attitude was different. He was as cold as when he got off the plane. After Wu Lin left, he found that Gao Xiaodong was talking and laughing with the Manchester United players. He did not seem to be a withdrawn and arrogant person at all. This made Wu Lin wonder if he had offended the super player in some way. Superstar.

Of course Wu Lin himself did not offend Gao Xiaodong, but the Huaguo International Media Company he worked for greatly offended Gao Xiaodong, because Huaguo International took away the business of Xinglong Brokerage Company. How could Gao Xiaodong look good on Wu Lin.

After dinner, Ferguson gave the Manchester United players a day off and asked them to go to the famous Pearl of the Orient and do some shopping. However, they were not allowed to stay out overnight and had to return to the hotel before 12 o'clock.

Many of the Manchester United players came to Hong Kong for the first time. Even if they had been here before, they were not familiar with Hong Kong. They all came to Gao Xiaodong to be their tour guide and shopping guide.

Although Gao Xiaodong is Chinese, he has never been to Hong Kong. Fortunately, Monkey and Xiao Le came to Hong Kong from the mainland to meet Gao Xiaodong, so Gao Xiaodong handed over the tasks of tour guide and shopping guide to Monkey and Xiao Le.

Manchester United players have a tradition of going to nightclubs. After playing at the time set by Ferguson, Rooney and others still didn't want to go back and shouted at the monkey to take them to the nightclub. However, Ferguson was very clear about the virtues of his disciples. At 11:30 Gao Xiaodong, Giggs, and Rooney were each given a phone call to remind them to return to the hotel on time.

Gao Xiaodong deliberately turned on the speaker of his mobile phone so that his teammates could hear it. The Manchester United players had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​going to the bar and go back to the hotel to rest.