Vol 7 Chapter 101: Snow, Rain, Frost, Fragrant Road (1)

On January 26, 2014, there are four days until New Year's Eve. Wang Ai received Lin Xiaohua, vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and his party at home, along with reporter Shui Junyi from CCTV News Channel.
A few days ago, just when Leoni had dinner at Gao Hongbo's house and finalized the candidate to surpass the general manager of sports after half a year, the Football Association finally announced the awarding decision to Wang Ai after many days of fans' eager anticipation. Vice-Chairman Lin Xiaohua's trip was specially to present the award to Wang Ai.
This day is the national team game day. Many international players have gone to the national team training camp. There is no one in the club. Wang Ai is also happy to relax. He is busy all day thinking about what to eat for the New Year. Since I got the good news from Leoni, I was in a better mood, so I went to the airport with a smile on my face to pick up the leader and friends at home.
Wang Ai and Lin Xiaohua are not familiar with each other, but they only met a few times when they went to the Football Association to do business. There are more than a dozen vice-chairmen of the Football Association, most of whom are nodding acquaintances. One is that the vice-chairman of the Football Association is mostly a nominal person, who has a position but no power, and the other is that Wang Ai is "high-profile", and ordinary people can't get along if they want to deal with it. In the early years, even a team leader dared to try to pinch him, now? Many people took a detour when they saw him, for fear of being discovered by this "Golden Buddha".
That's right, some officials of the Football Association now call Wang Ai "Golden Buddha" in private, and no one invented it. It is probably a complex emotion of sourness, admiration and a little fear.
Therefore, this award ceremony is very ceremonial, Wang Ai is very polite, and Lin Xiaohua is also very polite and businesslike.
The awards were not broadcast live, but photos were taken. What the Football Association finally came up with was a gilded figure trophy more than half a foot high. In the center of the front was an athlete who bowed his head and shot at goal. Two Arabic numerals 88 were embossed on the football that was shot. Four golden footballs are suspended on both sides of the figure. Below the figure is the base of the trophy.
Wang Ai also saw this trophy for the first time, and couldn't help but feel that Director Wei really bothered.
Needless to say, the person on the front is himself, with his short hair, slender body and explosive muscles, he looks too much like himself. Lin Xiaohua said that this is the sculpture department who took his photo. Of course 88 on the football being kicked is 88 league goals. The four small golden footballs on either side of the front must represent the four Ballon d'Or and the four World Player of the Year. The inscription on the base has the most profound meaning and the most concentrated expression of the sincerity of the Football Association: Chinese Footballer of Ten Years!
In the past ten years, from the beginning of Zhao Junzhe to the end of Conca, Wang Ai came to the top of the 10 Chinese football players. It is not only a manifestation of Wang Ai's real football status in the past ten years, but also a late compensation.
Momenting around the trophy for a moment, Wang Ai smiled and held up the trophy and shook hands with Lin Xiaohua. After the photo was taken, Shui Junyi was the first to post, and a bunch of photos were released to ignite Weibo, and then he started to ask questions.
Wang Ai and Lin Xiaohua were interviewed together, but it was very brief. Since the sports channel forced the palace a few days ago, the two sides have strengthened communication and coordination. Because "The Birth of a Ball King" is of high level and in line with public opinion, the ratings exploded. The news channel sent Shui Junyi to Wang Ai's house for an exclusive interview after realizing it.
The news channel has its own ideas, and only regards this award as the focus of the first day, and the Football Association is not willing to let the dominance of this matter fall by the wayside, so this day's interview is just a routine to ask a few questions and end it . Then Wang Ai invited everyone to dinner and visited Manchester City in the afternoon. His Ballon d'Or trophy had been sent back to China through a diplomatic package, and it was on display at the National Expo at this time.
Good guy, the four golden are lined up in a row, in that pomp, anyway, the nostrils are turned upside down before anyone arrives!
Unlike others who deal with replicas, Wang Ai is all real. When he won the first Golden Globe in 2007, the French reminded him that he could make a replica at his own expense. Wang Ai was not willing to pay for a while, and secondly, he didn't do it because he felt it was useless. world. The disadvantage is that you don't know where your trophy is, and the advantage is that you don't recruit thieves.
In the evening, Wang Ai invited the two parties to dinner again. At this time, Wang Ai and Lin Xiaohua became familiar with each other. He is a foreign language major. He is in charge of money and materials in the Football Association. He is the treasurer. Talk about it, talk about it wherever you want, until you have fun.
Since it was New Year's Eve, Lin Xiaohua's trip was in a hurry. After dinner, he went to the airport to board the plane and went back. Wang Ai sent some local products from England as a souvenir, and then took Shui Junyi and his assistant to go home.
The news channel made a great determination this time, and sent Shui Junyi to Wang Ai's house for five days, striving to make a high-quality interview with people, which is as important as it is to foreign dignitaries. Of course, if foreign politicians won't let you play with you for so long, Wang Ai can. When the news channel contacted Wang Ai, Wang Ai only made one request: I want a male reporter!
It’s not that you are afraid of making mistakes yourself, it’s that you are afraid of being made mistakes! Who knows who is with whom? The peach incident is the most terrible, the people will splatter five steps with blood, and the officials will kill you. And Wang Ai knows how attractive he is, he is young and promising, healthy and sunny, he can make money, and he has a huge wealth of home... Many years ago, Wang Ai and news channels have always been dealing with this principle: only the gentlemen!
A gentleman may want to take a bite, but he won't try to eat it all in one bite like a woman does.
"It's been a few years since you last gave an exclusive interview to our news channel?" Shui Junyi was sitting in the living room of Wang Ai's house with the camera still on, drinking tea with his arms open, looking like a veteran cadre.
"Isn't it?" Wang Ai was not restrained, and just spread out on the sofa: "It seems to be back from the World Cup, right? Bai Yansong's interview."
"Speaking of which, the sports channels really take advantage of you, relying on your professionalism. Otherwise, with your influence, our news channel will have to interview you once a year. You watch Argentine national TV, and every year, Messi has an interview. At least twice."
"Don't." Wang Ai waved his hand hurriedly: "Just spare me, they are all capitalist countries, they pay attention to individual heroism, the common people can accept it, what about our country? Just let me dance on the sports channel, you News channels still pay more attention to ordinary people's affairs."
"Well, that's the smell." Shui Junyi smiled.
Wang Ai nodded: "That's what it tastes like."
"Don't you think it's a loss?" Shui Junyi asked.
"What's the loss, it's already over, okay?" Wang Ai smiled and said, "What else? What do you say?"
Shui Junyi thought about it and nodded, "Then you don't want anything?"