After staying at home for two days, Lu Wenbin and Kate flew to Guangzhou.
In Guangzhou, Lu Wenbin personally interviewed and signed several personal assistants who had been pre-screened.
Kate is not a professional after all, and she cannot handle many things. She also has her own writing career and is helping Lu Wenbin inspect and supervise investment companies and factories.
Moreover, after all, the two have not yet married, and Kate herself is actively avoiding suspicion in some matters.
Mendes mainly handles club transfers, annual salary contracts, European and American commercial advertising endorsements, and media interviews, while Fu Qingqing only handles domestic advertising endorsements and media liaison matters.
The president and financial staff of the investment company that Lu Wenbin had hired in Europe were only responsible for business matters such as factory investment. They could not handle Lu Wenbin's personal affairs and were unable to handle them.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin, who has become the world's top superstar and is about to win the Golden Globe Award, needs a lot of personal assistants.
We have already assessed many people through the Internet and mobile phone contacts in the early stage, and this time we took the time to meet in Guangzhou as a formal interview.
After several unsuitable people were eliminated from the interview, Lu Wenbin's personal assistant team, named "Lu's Team", was established.
This private team includes a full-time driver, two bodyguards, one male and one female, who can drive, a personal secretary, a life assistant, a lawyer who is fluent in multiple languages, and an accountant, a total of seven people.
They are all Chinese, which is why Lu Wenbin came to Guangzhou to interview everyone.
If the interview is not passed, there is no need to send people abroad for interviews.
As for the nannies, they are just ordinary staff members who are responsible for daily housework and are not included in this high-end team.
After Lu's team was formed, everyone went to settle their families, apply for passports, etc., while Lu Wenbin reported to the national team.
The other members of the national team have already started training in Guangzhou and played two warm-up matches, beating Estonia 3-0 and Macedonia 1-0. No matter how big a star Lu Wenbin is, he can't delay any longer.
On December 25, Lu Wenbin, the core player and captain of the Chinese team, returned to his position. The media and fans celebrated nationwide. The Chinese national football team's journey to the 2011 Asian Cup is about to begin.
When Lu Wenbin arrived at the national team training base to officially report, he also received a systematic task regarding the national team.
Mission 26: Asian Cup Champion
Requirements: Lead the Chinese team to win the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup.
Reward: 1 million experience points + 20 skill points
This reward is not small.
In particular, there are only 16 teams participating in the Asian Cup, and it only takes 6 games to reach the final and win the championship.
You can get 1 million experience points and 20 skill points as rewards by playing 6 games. The rewards are very generous!
It is worthy of being a national team mission, with the bonus of national glory, and it only happens once every four years. It is indeed different from the rewards of club competitions.
Whether from the perspective of personal interests or national honor, Lu Wenbin must do his best to lead the national football team to win the championship.
In 2010, the anti-gambling and anti-counterfeiting campaign in Chinese football reached its peak, with countless former Football Association leaders, mid-level officials, office staff, club managers, players, coaches, and referees arrested and imprisoned.
There were cases where officials contacted each other, and the suspects' families and clubs were dissatisfied and surrounded the appeal, resulting in mass incidents in an attempt to force the country to compromise and impose lighter punishments.
When a domestic reporter went to Europe to interview Lu Wenbin and asked him how to deal with the criminal suspects arrested in the domestic football anti-gambling and anti-counterfeiting campaign, Lu Wenbin just accidentally said: Severe punishments should be used in troubled times.
Then, Lu Wenbin’s words became known throughout the country.
Lu Wenbin had no intention of interfering in domestic football politics, but his status as the world's top star, a benchmark figure in Chinese football, and captain of the national team still made him unconsciously involved.
Lu Wenbin just said this accidentally, but it was widely reported by domestic media and interpreted in depth. Some of the interpretations were even confusing to Lu Wenbin himself: Did I mean that
The extensive media coverage and the massive support from fans across the country finally led to a national leader personally making the final decision: severely punish the offender and show no leniency!
After that, no one dared to protect the suspects anymore. Even the suspects' families and clubs who caused trouble were severely punished, and the national football atmosphere was cleared up.
Be it coaches, players, referees, clubs, or Football Association officials, all of them are focusing on football itself. Everyone is afraid of being singled out as an example and being severely punished.
It is said that the highest level of the country is discussing and formulating macro policies, preparing to steadily improve the overall level of Chinese football from various aspects such as infrastructure and industry support.
Football involves many aspects such as diplomatic politics, national image, economic development, people's physical health, etc. It has a huge influence and is the only sport included in the scope of discussion and concern of top leaders.
For example, preferential policies are given to investing in clubs and building football fields in various places. The Ministry of Education develops a campus football system from primary school to university. Local football associations try to organize as many amateur football matches as possible. Students with football expertise can receive consideration in entrance examinations and other aspects.
In the past, Chinese parents opposed their children playing football because they saw no future in it. But if playing football could lead to their children getting into key high schools and key universities, I'm sure more people would support it.
Of course, Lu Wenbin doesn’t understand these national policies. He just focuses on leading the Chinese team to achieve good results.
If the Chinese team wins the Asian Cup championship for the first time in history, qualifies from the World Cup qualifiers and makes it to the 2014 Brazil World Cup finals, naturally countless ordinary people will enthusiastically join in the sport of football.
Lu Wenbin still remembers the grand occasion when the Chinese team qualified for the 2001 World Cup in Korea and Japan. He was 11 years old at that time.
The Chinese national football team's qualification, joining the WTO and the successful bid for the Olympic Games were listed as the three biggest events in China that year, which shows the influence of football.
In fact, in 2010, the Chinese national football team performed well under the leadership of Gao Hongbo.
Even without Lu Wenbin's participation, the Chinese national football team defeated South Korea, broke the Koreaphobia, won the East Asian Four Nations Championship, and defeated France 1-0 in the warm-up match before the World Cup in South Africa.
Chinese fans have high expectations for the national team and are waiting for the national football team to achieve a historic breakthrough in the Asian Cup in Qatar.
With Lu Wenbin, the Chinese team is undoubtedly aiming for the championship! They are also the favorites to win this Asian Cup!
This Asian Cup, in which Lu Wenbin participated, has attracted much attention not only in Asia, but also received extensive coverage from European and American media.
This is all due to the celebrity effect brought by Lu Wenbin.
I met with my teammates at the training base arranged by the Guangdong Football Association, did some adaptive training for a few days, and signed some autographs for the fans who flocked to the game.
Then, on December 30, the Chinese team boarded a plane from Guangzhou to Doha, Qatar.