After Florentino took over, in addition to the two heavyweight signings, he also listed Qin Xiong's contract renewal as the club's top priority this summer!
As Qin Xiong had returned to Asia to participate in the world qualifiers, Florentino did not call Qin Xiong himself. Instead, he directly informed Freddy that he hoped to personally discuss the contract renewal with Qin Xiong at the end of June. He also promised that he would give Qin Xiong a satisfactory contract.
The manager, Pellegrini, also wanted to communicate with Qin Xiong after taking over, but his call was answered by Freddy. Qin Xiong was not able to talk to him on the grounds that he was preparing for war.
Right now, Qin Xiong was trying to avoid any meaningless communication.
Pellegrini could not decide what kind of lineup Real Madrid would have in the new season. He naturally hoped to persuade Qin Xiong to renew his contract with the club. Then, Real Madrid would have an unprecedented strength on paper in the new season.
Before the plane landed in Seoul, South Korea, Qin Xiong finished resting with his eyes closed. Across the aisle, he suddenly turned his head and asked Freddy a question.
"How many times is Ronaldo's annual salary compared to Raúl's?"
Freddy was stunned for a moment before he said, "Two times, three times yours, and seven times Ramos's!"
Qin Xiong heard the words and showed an inexplicable smile. Then, he fastened his seat belt and waited for the plane to land safely.
If he had signed the contract provided by Calderón last summer, then his weekly salary would be almost 50,000 pounds less than Ronaldo's. Now, Ronaldo's weekly salary was 200,000 pounds!
Florentino said that he would give Qin Xiong a satisfactory contract. Qin Xiong did not care much at first, but now he was waiting to see how the always generous Florentino would balance the salary treatment between him and Ronaldo.
The China team landed in Seoul.
The world qualifiers were actually over. In the last round, the China team defeated the United Arab Emirates and took all three points. The North Korean team and the South Korean team drew and lost two points. The China team was now three points ahead of the North Korean team. Even if the China team lost to the South Korean team in the last game, in theory, the North Korean team could not overtake the China team and directly advance to the World Cup.
The opportunity left for the North Korean team was to play in the playoffs.
However, the South Korean team still attached great importance to this game because in the last World Cup qualifiers and the AFC Asian Cup, China team could be said to have performed better than the South Korean team in the past four years.
The last time in the South Korean team's home ground, the China team won by surprise. Because of this, in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers in South Africa, the South Korean team played very seriously on the home ground of the China team and finally avenged the humiliation in front of the China team's home ground.
However, Qin Xiong was absent in that game due to injury. Now that Qin Xiong led the China team to the South Korean team's territory, the South Korean football world attached great importance to it. They were afraid that the China team would stir up trouble at their home ground. That would fundamentally shake the South Korean football's dominance in Asia!
Because if they lost to the China team twice in a row at home, China could not use the AFC Asian Cup as a cover for their shame because South Korea and Japan focused on training their players.
June 17, Seoul World Cup Stadium.
The last game of the world qualifiers between the South Korean team and the China team began.
The China team's mentality was obviously more relaxed than the South Korean team's mentality. With Qin Xiong on the field, the China team did not fear the South Korean team at all.
On the contrary, the South Korean team played extremely conservatively and cautiously at home. They were afraid of the counterattack of the China team and paid most of their forces to target and defend against Qin Xiong. This layout was relatively successful.
Qin Xiong did not pose much of a threat in the game, and the South Korean team was also restrained by Qin Xiong and could not put in more offensive forces.
The game went on for 90 minutes in a fierce stalemate situation.
The two teams finally shook hands with 0: 0 at the South Korean team's home ground and went into the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa hand in hand.
After the game, the China team returned to China with the joy of reaching the World Cup finals for the third time.
A celebration party for reaching the World Cup was held in Beijing.
At the celebration party, the leader gave a speech praising the performance of all the China team staff and reminded the China team to guard against arrogance and rashness and strive for a breakthrough in next year's World Cup.
Qin Xiong and Sylvia sat together, and their son Qin Xiong alternately crawled in their parents' arms. Many people came over to play with little Qin Xiong and gave him a red packet. Some teammates' wives also hugged Qin Xiong and kissed him.
Just as Qin Xiong was about to leave with Sylvia and Qin Ye to go back to the hotel to rest, Freddy suddenly walked behind him and leaned over and said in his ear, "Someone wants to see you."
Qin Xiong turned around and asked softly, "What's the matter?"
"I don't know for the time being, but I think you should go and see that person."
Qin Xiong looked towards the entrance of the banquet hall and saw a gentle young man. He was not dressed particularly formally, but he was very decent.
He asked, "Is it that young man?"
Freddy shook his head and said, "No, that's just a person who will take you there. His name is Wang Sicong. The person who wants to see you is his father, Wang Jianlin, one of the top ten richest people in China."
Qin Xiong thought about it and nodded. "Okay, wait for me."
He was still unfamiliar with the person he wanted to see, but if he had paid attention to China's football, he should be familiar with Wang Jianlin. He was the founder of the "Wanda Era" of China's football!
At the beginning of China's football, Wang Jianlin chose to wisely withdraw, but his fate with China's football was not over!
Qin Xiong leaned over and whispered in Sylvia's ear, "I'm going to see someone. You take the child back to the hotel first. I'll be back as soon as possible."
Sylvia nodded and said, "Okay, be careful."
Qin Xiong bent over and kissed Qin Ye, who looked sleepy and was about to sleep. Then he waited for Sylvia to pick up the child before they walked out together.
After greeting his teammates, Qin Xiong came to the entrance of the banquet hall. Freddy was chatting with the young man named Wang Sicong. After Qin Xiong kissed Sylvia goodbye, Wang Sicong took the initiative to walk towards Qin Xiong and reached out to greet him.
"Hi, Qin Xiong, nice to meet you. My name is Wang Sicong. I've seen many of your games live."
Qin Xiong shook hands with him and smiled.
Wang Sicong looked at Qin Xiong's expression and thought that Qin Xiong did not believe his words.
Perhaps a lot of sponsor representatives would say that, but what was the truth?
They did not care about how Qin Xiong performed on the field. They cared more about how much commercial influence Qin Xiong could create.
Wang Sicong shrugged and said, "I've been in England since high school. When you played for Arsenal for two years, I had a season ticket for Arsenal. After you went to Real Madrid, I only went to the Bernabéu four times."
Qin Xiong maintained his smile and said, "If you want to come to my game next time and can't buy a ticket, you can call me. It's not a problem to give you a few VIP tickets or reserve a private room."
Wang Sicong smiled slightly and said, "It's a deal!"
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