The impact of the first round of the World Cup was not big enough because there were 24 teams competing at the same time. Most media would only report on their own country's group, and at most focus on the most popular world teams.

But Group D is different. The media influence of Britain and France is large enough, and the impact of these two countries' elimination will be even greater.

As the first place in Group D, the Chinese team has naturally attracted the attention of the world and has been hailed as the biggest dark horse of this World Cup.

The value of players with outstanding performance in the Chinese team has also increased at this time. For example, a team has already made an offer to Lin Yaodong.

As the absolute core of this biggest dark horse, Wu Jie scored 5 goals in the first round of the group stage, leading the scorer list with a two-goal advantage, and naturally became the most popular star in this World Cup.

In addition, the World Cup promotional song he composed has also added an idol halo to the superstar's halo. Well-known media around the world are reporting on Wu Jie's performance on and off the field, and are seeking opportunities to conduct exclusive interviews with him.

His behind-the-scenes team has always been responsible for these things. Wu Jie's behind-the-scenes team has been divided into four groups, one of which is responsible for the European branch of m**, one is responsible for the American branch, and the other is responsible for the Asian branch.

The last group is a team he created himself that is responsible for domestic work and does not belong to m** company.

However, given that his ability to attract money will inevitably become unprecedentedly terrifying after this World Cup, Wu Jie has privately discussed with the core members of the European and Asian divisions about starting a new business.

This is a bit unreasonable, but it's not difficult to do.

Both of his teams know that after the World Cup, Wu Jie's ability to attract money in Europe and Japan alone will be at least 20 million US dollars every year.

Now most of this money has been taken away by Wu Jie and M** Company. They are just high-level wage earners after busy work. At most, they can get more wages and bonuses.

But if they start a new business with Wu Jie, they will all be small shareholders of the new company, and the income of the original m** company will be taken away by them.

In this case, it would be strange if they didn't stand behind Wu Jie.

Wu Jie didn't even need to take the initiative. Now it was these people who were instigating and planning behind the scenes, coercing him into leading others to establish another branch.

"Boss, this is the list we just compiled."

The day after the Chinese team qualified, his personal assistant compiled a list of nearly thirty well-known media outlets from around the world, all of whom wanted to conduct an exclusive interview with Wu Jie.

"Tell me, which one of them is more sincere?"

"Times wants to make a cover for you, France Football, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Marca, Mundo Deportivo, they all want to sign an interview contract with us, preferably exclusively.

contract."

Wu Jie took the list and looked at it. It was marked according to influence and price, and even the quality of the interview script was rated. This obviously helped him pass the test.

"You select three companies first, and I will be interviewed by them during the second round of the group stage. As for this company, you increase the offer tenfold!"

Wu Jie finally found "bbc", but these guys didn't give an interview script and didn't plan to pay, so he was directly thrown to the back of the list by his team.

Ida didn't know Wu Jie's intention, and she didn't intend to ask further.

Wu Jie naturally had deep meaning in doing this. He had to let Isabella come to him in person. He also believed that Isabella could find a way.

As for interview contracts, basically Europe's top stars will sign them with some big-name media. This is also a way for the media to obtain exclusive and first-hand information.

He is now considered the highest-paid player. Most media and TV stations want exclusive and first-hand information from him, especially for exclusive interviews and participation in programs, and the price must be clearly stated.

But just giving money is not enough. The interview draft, script, and script must be handed over to his behind-the-scenes team for review in advance. Only after this step is passed can the deal be truly concluded.

This is true for real big-name players and celebrities. Every activity has a script and script, including charity activities, and there is a behind-the-scenes team to check it. At most, they don't charge any money.

Wu Jie doesn't care about the money, but these things can make the media dare not do anything to him.

Now if any media maliciously spreads rumors and slanders him, not only will it be impossible to interview him in the future, but it will also be difficult to find exclusive and first-hand information from his team.

This is also Wu Jie's method to control public opinion in the future. His influence alone is ultimately limited, but in the future Chen Haonan and Lin Yaodong will join his agency, and he will even attract many local European stars to join him.

At that time, the European media really did not dare to spread rumors about him at will, otherwise they would not be able to interview the stars of his company, nor would they be able to get exclusive news and first-hand information.

This method is much better than using cards to retaliate. There are at least thirty or forty influential European sports media or comprehensive media reporting on sports. How many can be dealt with using cards alone?

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On July 10, the promotion lists for all groups were released, and that night FIFA held the draw for the second round of the group stage.

Naturally, the players of the Chinese team watched the live broadcast together in front of the TV. There were a lot of upsets in the first round of the group stage of this year's World Cup. In other words, many first- and second-tier teams were eliminated in the first round.

If we can draw a good group in the second round of the group stage, we can greatly increase our chances of qualifying.

"Stop dreaming. I don't need to look at it at all. We will definitely be the deadliest group in the future!"

Lin Yaodong's words were very unflattering. At this time, most of the players were praying to gods and Buddhas, but he immediately lost his momentum when he opened his mouth.

At this time, the first round of drawing began. Everyone did not care about beating him for the time being, and focused on watching the live broadcast of the drawing.

The Chinese team ranked first in Group D, so their team was taken out in the first round of the draw. As a result, they were assigned to Group C, and two teams had byes.

After the first round of drawing ended, the second round of drawing began immediately.

This time, the second place of the six first-round group matches was drawn. In the end, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Italy, and Austria were drawn, and the other two teams also rolled into the next round.

"Damn, it's actually Italy!"

"It's okay, it's okay, Italy didn't play well in the group stage, they almost didn't qualify!"

"Yes, drawing Italy is better than drawing the host Spain."

After the Chinese players saw that the third team drawn out of Group C was Italy, they could only comfort themselves with the opponent's poor performance in the first round of the group stage.

"Guys, look at who are the four teams that got byes in the two rounds of draws?"

Lin Yaodong quickly pointed at the four teams shown on the TV screen and laughed.

Everyone looked around and saw the flags of Spain, Argentina, Germany, and Brazil being displayed.

Well, among these four teams, Spain seems to be the weaker one.

But I'm the host, so basically no matter who I draw, I won't be able to win!

Wu Jie just looked at it and said nothing, but he knew that whoever was drawn in this round would be equally difficult to beat, because few of the 12 teams were weak, and the weakest was actually themselves.

The Chinese players were discussing and the drawing process soon came to the final round.

Brazil's name was drawn out first, which made everyone relieved, because the most luxurious team in this year's World Cup lineup is the Brazilian team, and they also performed very well in the group stage.

Argentina's name was drawn second, and the Chinese players immediately made a sound of regret, because Argentina played like shit this year. They qualified because the other teams in the group were too weak. If the Chinese team could be drawn

Argentina would be fine.

The third name drawn was Germany, and everyone immediately knew that this was another death group.

"Damn, you were right, we are going to fight Italy and Germany."

"Oh, actually no group is easy to beat!"

"That is, we have reached the second round, there are no weak teams left!"

"Hey, doesn't that mean we are also a strong team?"

After the Chinese players complained a few words, they suddenly became optimistic again.

"I think they all regard us as weak persimmons. Would you believe that Italy and Germany are raising glasses to celebrate after seeing the draw results?"

Lin Yaodong muttered something quietly, but naturally his teammates heard him because he was not that quiet at all.

Chen Haonan couldn't bear it anymore, so he jumped up and sat on him.

Lin Yaodong was about to struggle when several people immediately ran over to help hold down his arms and thighs.

"Am I wrong? The Germans and Italians must be setting off firecrackers to celebrate! Little man, let me go!"

Lin Yaodong was still shouting loudly, and almost shouted a few harmonious words.

"You hateful Hong Konger, today I'm going to show you what will happen if you try to embolden someone else's ambition and destroy your own prestige. This time, your mouth will be swollen."

Chen Haonan took a copy of Harmony Magazine bought by someone who didn't know who it was and started to slap his bad mouth.

"You are a Hong Konger, and your whole family is a Hong Konger!"

Lin Yaodong still couldn't stop talking, and Wu Jie couldn't help but laugh.

Of course he knows that this is the character set by Lin Yaodong, and he is using his own method to help the team reduce pressure.

These team members were making a fuss, and the atmosphere became cheerful, because Chen Haonan started to take off Lin Yaodong's pants. The pressure in the room that had just been drawn from the death team dissipated a lot!

Wu Jie thinks this is good. Every team must have a pistachio, someone who is good at activating the atmosphere.

His status is not suitable for making such jokes with his teammates, nor is Chen Haonan's personality. Only Lin Yaodong is very suitable for this role.

Wu Jie turned his attention to the TV again. This group was really bad for the Chinese team, but there was no weak team in this round. Their tasks had already been overfulfilled. Every step they took next would be a historic breakthrough.

What you have to do now is to adjust your mentality, don't put too much pressure on yourself, and deal with it with a normal mind.

That evening, the schedule for each group was also released.

The Chinese team will face West Germany on July 12, Italy on the 15th, and then wait for the match between West Germany and Italy on the 19th.

Such a schedule is very unscientific and is especially unfriendly to the Chinese team.

But what can be done? The other three groups also have a team with the same schedule as the Chinese team, so their protests are useless.

The next day, the Chinese team set off for Barcelona.

The Group C games are scheduled to be played in Spain's second largest city. The stadiums used in the three games are all Camp Nou, which can accommodate 120,000 spectators. This is also the stadium with the largest capacity in Europe.

Chinese players naturally yearn to play in such a famous stadium, but they don't know that the local media in Barcelona, ​​especially "Daily Sports" and "World Sports", are also very interested in them.

When Wu Jie got off the plane, he even saw dozens of local Barcelona fans, which may of course be his fans, holding up slogans that read "Welcome aliens to Barcelona."

This sentence is obviously a pun, because the news that Barcelona has been competing for Wu Jie is not just a rumor. Everyone knows that they pursued Wu Jie but failed, and finally chose Maradona.

Now Maradona has only scored one goal in the World Cup, and Argentina was almost eliminated in the first round.

However, Wu Jie continued to attack hard in the World Cup, leading the Chinese team ranked 46th in the world to a heavy defeat against the British and French forces!
Chapter completed!