The summer of 2015 was Chen Hao's first summer window since he became a professional player.

In fact, it was only just one month since he signed the formal contract.

If it's with other young players, this summer will definitely be a relaxing and enjoyable holiday.

But for Chen Hao, who was just 17 years old, this holiday seems particularly busy.

He has successively accepted in-depth interviews from five media outlets: CCTV, Sichuan TV, Chengdu TV, Sports Weekly, and Tencent Sports. Each interview takes at least three or four hours of shooting time.

During this period, he signed endorsement contracts with many domestic and international brands, and held a grand press conference every time, and even launched a new product...

"Nike signed Chen Hao with a flash of speed! The annual sponsorship fee exceeded 120 million!"

"The second signing of the core of the national football team! Tencent Group angrily threw 200 million!"

"Yili defeated Mengniu! Chen Hao won another 100 million yuan contract!"

"Support domestic products! China Chen rejects Toyota and Samsung!"

"2000W euros! Chen Hao has become the spokesperson of the entire Volkswagen company's brand!"

"Huawei spent a huge amount of money to sign the new football king!"

"China XX Insurance protects the health of the 20-year leader of China Sports!"

"Return to football! Wanda Group invites Chen Hao as the image spokesperson!"

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Throughout the second half of June, Chen Hao was the most eye-catching person in the Chinese sports world, because almost every other day, he would appear at a heavyweight event.

Within 15 days, the interviews and commercial activities were intertwined, but they also promoted each other. With the help of 6 points and 12 goals, Chen Hao's image and commercial value directly broke the peak record of basketball superstar Yao Ming!

He signed a total of nine endorsement contracts, and even the cheapest Huawei phones reached 100 million yuan a year, equivalent to 14 million euros!

As for Tencent and a certain insurance company, they are astronomical figures of more than 200 million!

Raiola and Tony have always adhered to the principle of catching big and letting go of small. As a superstar, there is no need to reduce their value and accept small fish and shrimps. Any quotes below nine digits need not be paid attention to!

This tomorrow superstar who just celebrated his 17th-year-old 1 month birthday can get 1.2 billion yuan with his eyes closed in the next 12 months!

If he works harder and strives to win another award such as the league Golden Boot, League Championship, European Golden Boot, Champions League Golden Boot, Champions League Champions League and other awards, this number can rise to up to 500%!

That is... 6 billion a year!

Well, it is just a few times the start-up capital of Principal Wang when he first started his business.

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Generally, when companies sign contracts with celebrities, they often hide the sponsorship fees, and the media and the public can only rely on speculation - the main reason is to carry out some operations on taxation.

However, Chen Hao's nine endorsements sponsorship fees have chosen to be made public without exception!

These enterprises all expressed to the people of the whole country in the most direct, simplest and most rude way:

Look! How much we support the present and future of Chinese football!!

We unswervingly support the supreme leader’s instructions on football reform!

We are all good babies!

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Time is almost turning into mid-July.

Chen Hao, who earned 6 billion yuan a year, finally took a breath.

After signing 9 contracts, he has been shooting commercial advertisements for various companies in the studio for the next 20 days.

Fortunately, with his current importance, he no longer needs to fly around China on a plane. These photography teams rushed to the city from all directions and provided him with services at the closest distance...

And while he was counting money while filming movies, another message also came from the European continent:

"Wanda Group acquired 25% of the shares of the third-strongest La Liga team at the cost of 60 million euros!"

As early as January 2015, Wanda acquired 20% of Atletico Madrid's shares for 40 million euros (some say 45 million), and became Atletico Madrid's second largest shareholder.

This time, he made a concerted effort to acquire 25% of the shares from the largest shareholder and retail investors. Although it cost more than the beginning of the year, he successfully became the real first shareholder.

In 2015, Wanda was definitely capable of buying 100% of Atletico Madrid's equity, but this old team located in the Spanish capital region is as conservative as this city. Even under the temptation of huge funds, many people still refuse to sell their equity...

But Wanda Group, which became the first shareholder, has already gained a considerable voice. They immediately held a club board meeting and then sent a fax to the Metz club far away in France.

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“Buzz…”

Cartier, who was on vacation on a beach in southern France, received a call.

While picking up his cell phone, he smiled and admired the beautiful bikini girls in front of him, passing by:

"It's time for vacation now. My dear Mr. Christian Martin, this girl is so pretty!"

Having just had a thrilling season, Cartier really needs to relax his body and spirit, otherwise he will definitely collapse.

As for transfer signings, he has already handed over the list of players he wants to clear or sign to football director Christian Martin. He doesn't need to worry about this, nor does he have the power.

"…what? Are you crazy!"

Cartier suddenly burst into tears, which made the tourists around him unable to help but look at him.

But he didn't mean anything to be sorry, but instead shouted at the phone:

"He has just become a professional player, you're going to sell him?"

As a professional coach who has experienced too many storms, Cartier is not so naive that he thinks Metz can retain any super players. In fact... in past history, this team famous for youth training has no ability to retain any powerful player.

Even in 1998, when Metz was at its peak and won the second place in Ligue 1, they could not retain the genius core in the team - such as Piret.

The way to survive for mid- and lower-stream teams is to rely on the operation process of buying at low prices and selling at high prices. Of course, Cartier, who once played professional football, knows it clearly.

But he knows more:

The most talented guy in the club today should never be sold so early!

Martin's calm voice came from the phone:

"I didn't agree at first, but they raised the offer to a number that I couldn't refuse. Maybe you should listen to it, and I promise you can't refuse."

Cartier snorted:

"How much can a 17-year-old child pay for even if he gets the Ligue 1 Golden Boot? Atletico Madrid... is not Real Madrid with a lot of money! If you want to sell him, at least you have to wait for him to play a full season! That way you can achieve higher value!"

The phone answered quickly:

"From a risk-reward perspective, the price they gave was beyond the club's expectations. Even if he played for a season, I don't think he could reach this actual price."

Cartier asked:

"How much does it cost?"

“…120 million, euros.”

Cartier suddenly remained silent for a few seconds, then twisted his neck with difficulty and looked at the sun in the east:

"Sorry, Christian, I have a bad signal here. Can you say it again?"

This golden sun... is really dazzling!

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Chapter completed!