Chapter 19 The Last Stop of the Trip to China

Dortmund was in Beijing. The entire team participated in a large-scale interview program hosted by CCTV. Dozens of players, coaches and club staff attended. Dortmund fans and trustees recruited by CCTV from all over the country also came to watch the stars live. Those who wanted autographs, there were 200 people crowded into the studio, and including the TV crews who were recording the scene, it was really "overcrowded" to describe it.

Although the entire Dortmund team came, not many were able to go on stage and interact directly with the host. They were selected. Qiu Xingrong, who is well-known in Dortmund's first team, can just choose a few representative players to take the stage.

Of course, no matter how you choose, Zhou Yi must be the first person on CCTV's list.

Next up are Reus, Mark Wagner, Hummels and goalkeeper Weidenfeller, plus coach Klopp. Six people, everyone in every position was basically taken care of.

In fact, Hummels and Weidenfeller were originally added temporarily later. The original list was not like this.

The arrangements for Dortmund's visit to China were decided very early. At that time, CCTV invited the entire Dortmund team to record the program. The Dortmund club is very supportive of participating in Chinese national TV programs. CCTV has mentioned several players who will be on stage. The guests all accepted the orders without raising any objections.

In the initial guest list provided by CCTV, Gotze and Lewandowski were clearly listed.

But unfortunately at the end of the season, both Gotze and Lewandowski left the club one after another. Naturally, they were unable to follow the Dortmund team to China, so this list could only be invalidated.

CCTV discussed with the Dortmund club and finally changed it to the current list.

This list is less star-studded than the first one, but in terms of professionalism, it is not bad because it also takes into account defensive players and has wider coverage.

Because of Zhou Yi, there is no translator arranged in the talk show. The translation work is left to Zhou Yi. Moreover, the CCTV host himself can speak the most English. Dortmund's players also know some English, so simple communication is no problem. . If it’s a bit more complicated, let Zhou Yilai guest translate.

Zhou Yi also made a request to CCTV in the program that he should be paid for translation because the workload is too heavy - he is responsible for all the communication and translation work with the whole team.

This naturally caused laughter from the whole audience.

The stars talked about their feelings about coming to China, about Chinese football, and about their journey in the Bundesliga and the Champions League.

In order to prevent the talk show from becoming a boring situation where the host and the guests answer questions,

The program production team took great pains and added many mini-games into the interviews.

Some of these mini-games are simply for Dortmund stars to show off their skills, and some are for competing or cooperating with the lucky fans at the scene.

For example, let the lucky fans shoot and let Weidenfeller guard the goal. Wearing a casual T-shirt, jeans and sneakers, Weidenfeller made several symbolic saves on the makeshift artificial turf five-a-side court, saving all the fans' shots and only missed them. Weidenfeller missed one - Weidenfeller's release of the ball was very obvious, and his movement to the ground was much slower.

There is also a competition between Royce and Mark to compete with the accuracy of their shots, hitting cardboard hanging at different locations on the goal. The result was that Royce was slightly better and won.

Because Zhou Yi is Chinese himself and has an advantage in language communication, he played a game of "You tell me and I guess" with the lucky fans. The two of them cooperated tacitly and helped the fans win a football signed by Zhou Yi.

Host Zhang Bin joked: "He is truly a master of organization. He can quickly and tacitly cooperate with anyone!"

This lucky female fan not only got a football signed by Zhou Yi, but she also asked Zhou Yi if she could give him a hug.

Amid the host's heckles, Zhou Yi opened his arms. Then amidst the envious exclamations of the fans in the audience, the female fan blushed and hugged Zhou Yi.

Because of Zhouyi, communication was smooth, the atmosphere was relaxed and harmonious, and the recording of the program went very smoothly.

After the program was recorded, Zhang Bin, who has worked in the CCTV Sports Department for many years, said when chatting with Zhou Yi: "I have participated in the work of many European teams and stars coming to our CCTV to record programs. Today is the most relaxed and happiest day." The smoothest ever. Thanks to your help!"

Zhou Yi waved his hand and said modestly: "I used to like watching the banquets of wealthy families on CCTV. At that time, I never thought that I could come to participate."

Zhang Bin burst out laughing: "At that time, I didn't think that there would be a Zhouyi in China, right? No one would have thought of it. I hope we can cooperate together next time."

"sure."

The two people only said a few words, and then Zhou Yi was surrounded and separated by fans asking for autographs and photos.

Zhang Bin looked at Zhou Yi who was surrounded by people and horses, and quickly took charge of maintaining order, saying loudly: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, everyone has a share, everyone has a share!"

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In addition to recording the program, Dortmund also has a game in Beijing. Their opponent is Beijing CITIC, the only Chinese Super League team in Beijing.

In terms of strength, Beijing CITIC is not as good as Guangzhou Hengyuan, but slightly stronger than Shanghai Chongming.

But they also failed to pose any threat to Dortmund.

Dortmund won this game just as easily. Of course, this is due to the fact that the last game against Chongming allowed them to put aside their contempt for the Chinese team, so they were more prepared for this game and the players' attitudes were more correct.

So this leaves CITIC Beijing with no opportunity to take advantage of...

In the end, Dortmund defeated Beijing CITIC 4:0 - this was the result of Dortmund's obvious effort in the second half. If it had maintained the rhythm of the first half, CITIC might have lost 0:6.

After all three games in China, the Dortmund team left China and returned to Germany, where they will make final touches to prepare for the new season.

Dortmund has won all three games in China without conceding a single goal. This is a given for Dortmund.

The Chinese media are also more rational than 20 years ago and do not think that Dortmund does not save face for Chinese football. In the past, when Chinese teams played against foreign teams, it was easy to get involved in patriotic sentiments. The myth of the undefeated workers' body back then was a manifestation of this sentiment.

Not anymore. In the world of football competition, winning or losing depends on strength. A strong team wins the game and everyone is speechless.

Moreover, if the European teams that come to China to compete do not work hard, they will be criticized - we spend so much money to invite you here, not just to let you make money!

Dortmund's professional and friendly performance has won unanimous praise from professional media and fans - Zhou Yi also contributed to this. Because of Zhou Yi, other Dortmund players have to be more affectionate and friendly to Chinese fans, which makes Chinese fans feel refreshed and praise Dortmund as the least pretentious among the European giants who come to China to make money.

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The Dortmund team left Beijing on a plane amid the warm farewell of hundreds of Chinese fans.

Everyone feels that Dortmund's trip to China is over and the impact should dissipate quickly.

But the very next day, the Chinese media broke the big news - "Borussia Dortmund officially requested to buy young player Yan Min from Shanghai Chongming Club!"

When this news first appeared on the Internet, netizens and fans refused to believe it, thinking that it must be a boring rumor or the self-importance of some unscrupulous Chinese media.

But soon Shanghai Chongming Club came out and confirmed that they had indeed received a transfer application from Borussia Dortmund. However, they did not explain whether the club planned to agree or reject it. They only said that they were still studying it.

The news was confirmed, and now the Internet is completely fried.

I go? It's not obscenity, but it's serious? !

"Did Dortmund discover the benefits of Chinese players in Zhou Yi? Are they still buying Chinese players?"

"But Zhou Yi is very special. Zhou Yi can play the core role in Dortmund, but it does not mean that other Chinese players can also succeed..."

"Don't be so presumptuous upstairs. Our country has indeed produced many good talents. Not to mention Zhou Yi, just look at He Ying, Sun Pan, Guo Nu and Yang Muge. Which one is not the main player in a European team? Let alone Dortmund. Now, I won’t be surprised if more European teams take a fancy to our Chinese players!"

"After being a Chinese fan for so many years, I never dared to think that I would have such a happy moment now..."

"It's normal for Yan Min to be favored by Dortmund, right? Based on his performance in that game, I think if he is not favored by Dortmund, it means that Dortmund has poor vision... Now let's see what Shanghai Chongming Club is. My opinion. Personally, I still hope to see more Chinese players go abroad and go to Europe to prove themselves and gain a firm foothold..."

"Yan Min's performance is indeed very good, and he is indeed worthy of being picked up by Dortmund. I am still worried that Chinese clubs are short-sighted and delay players for their own private interests... Isn't this kind of thing rare in Chinese football in recent years? Yet?"

"Should we launch a petition on Weibo and ask Shanghai Chongming Club not to embarrass Yan Min regarding the transfer for the sake of the future of Chinese football?"

"What a great idea. Chinese clubs should be more open!"

"Speaking of it, "Heirs of Greenland" is really a masterpiece. It was produced for only two seasons, and all the players ended up studying abroad... It's a pity that there were only two seasons... Now I see singing and slapstick variety shows filling the screen. , I miss those days so much..."