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Chapter 134: Nominated for the Golden Globe Award – Skill or Luck?

Dongqiudi pinned post: The 2015 Ballon d'Or nominees have been announced, the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry is reignited, and Hao Ren has been nominated for the first time.

Xinhua News Agency, October 25th - Reporter Li Yang, Correspondent Chang Ning: Chengdu's young player Hao Ren has been shortlisted for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, becoming the first Chinese player in history to be included on the list.

Retweeted The Sun — Hao Ren followed France Football's Twitter account and liked the newspaper's latest three tweets.

Wow, only 23 people on the shortlist made it in? This is historic!

Are you kidding me? When Mr. Goodman gets angry, he fears no one!

[Hao Ren: Please don't focus on the Ballon d'Or, focus more on the Golden Boy Award, thank you!]

[Holy crap!!!]

[The Ballon d'Or is really something, they actually called out Hao Hao's real name, boohoo!]

RB Leipzig official announcement: Midfielder HaoRen (Mr. Goodman) has been nominated for the 2015 Ballon d'Or.

For RB Leipzig, a club that was founded not long ago, having a player nominated for the Ballon d'Or is undoubtedly a historic moment.

For the first time in the Bundesliga, the team's players have been nominated for the Ballon d'Or for the first time!

Damn! How did Leipzig manage to be so successful this season!

Upon seeing Hao Ren on the shortlist, Leipzig fans immediately thought of Erled, so they promptly opened YouTube and found "Erled Talks Football" in their following list.

[Your follow: Allen De's football talk hasn't been updated for 9 days]

I go?

They've run away!?

As major German media outlets began reporting on the Ballon d'Or, there was still no news about Erend.

If nothing unexpected happens, this guy is probably trying to come up with some excuse for this year's Golden Globe Awards so that he can attack Goodman, whom he hates the most.

It must have been really tough on him!

Because of Erend's temporary silence, German Football Association Vice President Koch first discussed the Ballon d'Or nominees.

"Four players on a 23-man shortlist, while we in the Bundesliga only have four players selected. They are Roberto (Lewandowski), Arjen (Robben), and Manuel (Neuer) from Bayern Munich, and Gudmann from RB Leipzig."

"Four players! There are only four players in total!"

Koch's cheeks were red as he spoke, and his tone conveyed the anger of the football association official.

"Let's make an assumption: if Leipzig hadn't bought Gudman from Guangzhou Evergrande, without that signing, Leipzig wouldn't have been promoted to the Bundesliga, and Gudman wouldn't have been nominated for the Ballon d'Or as a Bundesliga player. In that case, we would only have three players nominated in the entire Bundesliga."

Koch shrugged: "Do you think this is reasonable? Three Ballon d'Or nominees, yes, this is the Bundesliga, the highest level of football in Germany!"

"I've emphasized this many times before: by the time we realize there are problems in the Bundesliga, it will be too late!"

"So we must make changes now, change the Bundesliga system, and increase the number of relegated teams! We need to put pressure on the teams, more pressure."

"Dortmund and Wolfsburg are also ranked very high in the league, where are their Ballon d'Or winners!?"

Click, click, click!

At the end of the interview, Koch touted the difficulty Hao Ren had in making the Ballon d'Or shortlist and called on other German Football Association officials to approve a proposal to increase the number of promotion spots in the 2. Bundesliga to three teams, and correspondingly increase the number of relegation spots in the Bundesliga to three teams.

"More relegation pressure will motivate our Bundesliga teams to work harder. Besides—this season's Leipzig and Ingolstadt have already proven that the gap between the 2. Bundesliga and the Bundesliga isn't that big."

German Football Association Vice President Koch: If Leipzig does not sign Hao Ren from Evergrande, the Ballon d'Or nominees will directly expose the Bundesliga's lack of substance.

German media reports that Klopp, Hasenhüttl, and several Leipzig teammates liked a tweet announcing Hao Ren's inclusion in the Ballon d'Or shortlist.

Westdeutsche Zeitung – Luck or real ability? Goodman is the youngest of the 23 candidates and has less than 100 days of experience in the top five leagues.

"Last season, Goodman was still in the 3. Bundesliga. Although he was promoted this season, he has only had less than three full months of Bundesliga experience. His Bundesliga performance was good enough, but his current match statistics cannot prove the player's consistency. In this light, Goodman's selection has a certain element of commercial hype. That's the element of luck involved."

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Bild's Goodman has blacklisted Westdeutsche Zeitung, and its journalists have been barred from entering the Red Bull Arena.

The editors of the Westdeutsche Zeitung clearly underestimated Hao Ren's influence in Leipzig.

They've already called you Grandpa Cow, so getting you out of the Red Bull arena is a piece of cake, isn't it?

Leipzig base, office.

Porter, the vice CEO of Red Bull's sports management division, sat in front of Hao Ren.

Judging from his expression, this guy is in a very good mood.

"I came all the way from the United States, you know, the F1 US Grand Prix is ​​just around the corner, but I'm not going to watch it."

"Goodman, a Ballon d'Or nominee, haha! Sure enough, Ralph's judgment was spot on!"

Porter praised Hao Ren highly, and then brought up the latter's contract issue.

"Hmm—Goodman, it's your contract—"

Porter was somewhat worried.

Because Hao Ren is under 18 years old, he has always signed a youth training player contract with Leipzig, which can only last for a maximum of 3 years.

In other words, although Hao Ren currently has a contract, he can terminate it with Leipzig at a very low cost before he turns 18.

Therefore, if other top clubs in the five major leagues want to acquire Hao Ren in the winter transfer window, they only need to pay 500 million euros in compensation instead of a transfer fee!

"Well, haha, we had an agreement before. After I turn 18, I will sign a new contract with the team, and you will give me a raise based on my performance in the game."

Hao Ren brought up the matter of the summer window.

"Haha, that's right, I'm glad you haven't forgotten!"

Potter clapped his hands.

Hao Ren is quite loyal, which makes me feel very comfortable.

"In that case, I think we can have a very comfortable conversation from now on."

Potter took out the documents his assistant had prepared from his backpack and handed them to Hao Ren.

His assistant was quite thoughtful and prepared a Chinese translation so that Hao Ren could read it quickly.

"We'll recommend you to the Nike Group. You know, Nike has always been our partner and also sponsors our F1 team. My idea is to have you sign an endorsement deal with Nike during the winter transfer window. This would bring you a good amount of extra income and also increase your influence."

"Also, the Golden Boy award selection is about to begin, and we'll try to help you build momentum. Of course, the most crucial factor is still your own performance. You need to maintain consistent performance in the upcoming matches, ideally with statistics from European competitions."

That's about it.

Hao Ren browsed the documents very quickly, and he had almost finished reading them by the time Porter finished speaking.

After a quick look, it seems that Red Bull Group wants to accelerate Hao Ren's development, and the cooperation agreement with Nike is the simplest proof of this.

Judging from the current situation, his growth rate has already exceeded the group's initial estimates by several times.

The collaboration with Nike will certainly bring in a substantial amount of income, but there are also side effects—

"If I sign a contract with Nike now, won't I have very little bargaining power?"

"If I win a few more championships and gain more fans, maybe Nike will offer me a better contract," Hao Ren said.

"The truth is, you should have thought of this because your agent must have specifically mentioned it. But—"

Porter stated that Hao Ren is currently experiencing rapid growth in both his skills and fan base, making commercial promotion the most effective approach at this time.

"You've made it to the Ballon d'Or shortlist, which means you're already a player with a certain influence in the top five European leagues."

"In that case, I don't think you need to wait any longer."

"You've probably been holding back for a long time, haven't you?"

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Hao Ren took a deep breath and promised that he would discuss the matter with his agent.

"There's one more thing."

"Oh, what's wrong?"

"The sneakers I'm wearing right now are Adidas —"

"Well—if possible, you should get a different pair of sneakers? We've had some communication problems with Adidas."

"Well, I'll give it a try."

10 month 26 day.

Today is match day, and RB Leipzig will host VfL Wolfsburg.

Wolfsburg was also Leipzig's opponent in the German Cup last season, and can be considered a "defeated opponent".

Wolfsburg's performance this season is even worse than last season, and many fans are mocking Wolfsburg, saying it's "because they didn't buy Mr. Goodman."

Although it was just a joke, it gave Wolfsburg manager Hecking a real headache.

All I can say is that if they want to sign Goodman in the future, they should wait until they are absolutely certain before releasing the news.

Otherwise, if the recruitment fails, you will be overwhelmed by Mr. Goodman's massive online presence!

locker room.

Are you going to change your sneakers today?

Kimmich, who was tying his shoelaces, turned to look at Hao Ren beside him.

"Hmm? Why do you say that?"

"I've noticed you've been thinking about getting new sneakers lately. Do you change them for games too?"

Hao Ren pulled out his Adidas sneakers from his backpack: "I'll wear my old ones for the game first. I feel like I haven't broken them in completely yet. The new shoes are a bit uncomfortable."

"Haha, Goode, here, you can wear mine."

As he spoke, Poulsen made a gesture as if to take off his shoes and give them to Hao Ren.

"Damn it! Get away! What the hell is this?!"

"Haha! Don't dislike me, Good!"

"We're not even the same size, stop yelling."

Hao Ren gestured for Poulsen to sit down first: "Youssef, you're the captain, when are you going to get back into form?"

Paulsen bowed slightly to Hao Ren: "Then we'll need Mr. Goodman's help."

"CCTV, CCTV! Good evening, viewers. This is a live broadcast for you—"

"The match has begun! Now, let me introduce the starting lineups for both teams!"

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Wolfsburg (4-4-2)

Goalkeeper: Benelli; Defenders: Ricardo, Dante, Naldo, Träsch; Midfielders: Draxler, Gustavo, Guilavogui, Vieirinha; Forwards: Kruse, Dost

Head Coach Hecking: "Wolfsburg's starting lineup is not much different from last season. If you watched Leipzig's games last season, you should be familiar with these players."

"Yes. Also, just the day before this match, Leipzig midfielder Hao Ren, from Chengdu, Sichuan, was successfully shortlisted for this year's Ballon d'Or."

"I've been following that news, and it's truly astounding. Hao Ren has set a new record for Chinese football."

"Unprecedented, and unlikely to be repeated!"

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Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang bang!

The match had just begun when Leipzig fans in the stadium started cheering for Hao Ren.

Leipzig fans are truly blessed, especially those who joined the fandom during the 13-14 season.

They not only witnessed Hao Ren grow from 15 to 17 years old, but also witnessed the team's two consecutive promotions, eventually leading to their entry into the Bundesliga.

And just this week, the star they support has been nominated for the Ballon d'Or!

This is RB Leipzig!

They always manage to create miracles!

"Vierinia, oh, what a confrontation!"

"Sabitzer committed a very obvious foul!"

"Beep!"

After the referee blew his whistle, he ran toward Sabitzer.

"Please calm down, okay? If you commit another foul like this, I'm going to draw my card."

"knew!"

Sabitzer raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, but in reality, the Leipzig midfielder was very dissatisfied.

Wolfsburg's set pieces are taken by defender Naldo!

Judging from the positioning of the away team's players just outside the penalty area, Wolfsburg seems to be planning to exploit set pieces.

Snapped!

Give them a set piece!

The players from both sides started rushing into the penalty area!

"Forward point!"

Snapped!

Dost headed the ball to the side.

On the left side of the penalty area, Draxler accelerated out.

The ball is about to go out of bounds!

Snapped!

Draxler unleashed a shot, and then, due to inertia, he went out of bounds.

The ball hit the goal line first, and after a very slight bounce, it entered the goal frame.

Goal!

"Depend on!"

Sabitzer put his hands behind his head.

I originally thought it was just a simple set piece.

result!

He's a war criminal now!

Live Match Report: Blitzkrieg! Just 4 minutes into the game, Wolfsburg created a chance from a set piece, and Draxler slotted it home, making it 1-0!

This was an unexpected delight for the away team players. Draxler, who scored the goal, ran to the corner flag and kept patting his ears.

His face was beaming with joy!

I'm so lucky today!

Seeing Sabitzer sighing with his hands on his hips, Kimmich walked over and said, "Marcel, it's okay! It's just one."

"Depend on----"

Sabitzer spat on the ground.

We need to work hard for the rest of the competition.

Otherwise, we might have to give up the starting position we've already secured!

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