With the collective exposure of the national media, the news about Qiao Anchen's tens of millions of annual salary also spread in his hometown. All relatives, friends, villagers and neighbors knew about it.
TV-5 news program and "World Football" feature film, everyone already knew that Qiao Anchen was a promising player and that he was good at playing football. They also knew that becoming a football star would definitely make a lot of money.
But no one expected that Qiao Anchen's first contract when he was promoted to the Atletico Madrid first team would have an annual salary of 1 million euros, equivalent to nearly 10 million yuan.
Even Qiao Pingyi and his wife, who had watched their son advance from U15 to the first team step by step, were surprised, let alone others.
You know, the village where Qiao Anchen's hometown is located is itself a small county in the southwest mountainous area. His family is still in the suburbs, and most people still make a living by farming and picking tea!
The richest pig boss in the village has been selling pigs for decades. His house, car, savings and other properties combined, his assets do not exceed 2 million yuan.
At this point in time in 2011, he was already the richest man in the village, and his family was the only recognized millionaire in the village. The second person's estimated total assets would not exceed 1 million.
What’s even more interesting is that this pig boss named Xie openly said when Qiao Pingyi and his wife sent Qiao Anchen to play football abroad:
"Kicking a ball? I think he was kicked in the head?"
"What's the future of playing football? It's completely unprofessional."
"Go to school first. If you can't go to high school after junior high school, you might as well learn to collect pigs from me. It's much safer than playing football."
Boss Xie even said this in front of Qiao Pingyi and Xiao Wenxiu. He believed that with his wealth and status in the village, he was qualified to educate people like this.
At that time, Qiao Pingyi and Xiao Wenxiu couldn't say anything harsh and could only remain silent.
In fact, during his decades-long career of collecting and selling pigs, Boss Xie often lowered prices, took loans on credit, and was short of money. The villagers hated him deeply. Many times they would not sell pigs to him, otherwise he might be more than this.
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Therefore, as long as there is a chance, everyone would mind stabbing him a few times.
For example, today, when many people saw Boss Xie, they took the initiative to say hello: "Hi, Lao Xie, have you heard? Qiao Anchen signed a new contract in Spain, with an annual salary of nearly 10 million. It has been reported by all major domestic media, including
Xinhua News Agency didn’t fall behind. Didn’t you say that Qiao Anchen had no future in football? What do you think about this now? If you keep pigs for a lifetime, can you catch up with Qiao Anchen’s income in a year? "
Faced with this chasm-like gap, even as proud as Lao Xie, he could only bow his head and admit defeat, saying: "Oh, I was mistaken, I was mistaken. Each wave in the Yangtze River pushes forward the wave ahead, and each wave is stronger than the other. I can't compare."
It’s true. It’s true that if you keep pigs for a lifetime, you won’t make as much as Qiao Anchen in a year. But then again, few people in the country can match Qiao Anchen’s income. Didn’t you read that the media said that Qiao Anchen’s income is almost as much as that of domestic football?
Is it the maximum salary for a star? So don’t try to stab me, I can’t compare, and you can’t even compare. Haha!”
This makes sense.
There is a gap between him and Qiao Anchen, and the gap between others is even greater.
Therefore, many people flocked to Qiao Ping Yi small supermarket to buy things and then chatted with each other:
"Ping Yi, your Qiao Anchen is so profitable, why do you still open a supermarket?"
"It's better to close it down, go to Spain to enjoy the blessings, and cook for Qiao Anchen at the same time."
"After all, Qiao Anchen is still underage!"
"As long as you take good care of Qiao Anchen, isn't it better than opening this small supermarket?"
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Originally, Qiao Binyi and Xiao Wenxiu had not made this idea, nor had they thought of this level.
Now that I think about it, Qiao Anchen has been promoted to the first team and had to move out of the base and rent a house by himself.
Even if you can have three meals a day at the base on training days, what about non-training days and holidays?
What's more, there are many household chores such as laundry and sweeping, which are inevitable even if you live alone.
With Qiao Anchen's current age and potential, it is obviously a waste of time to cook and do housework by himself. It is not safe to hire a nanny, and it is inappropriate to always go to his aunt's place for food.
So Qiao Minyi and Xiao Wenxiu immediately had the idea of going to Spain to take care of Qiao Anchen.
In the past, when the future was unclear, I didn't dare to make a desperate move and close the small supermarket that my family relied on for a living.
But don't be afraid now. In the face of Qiao Anchen's income and potential, this small supermarket has become irrelevant. What matters is Qiao Anchen's quality of life and career future.
I only have one son who has been playing football abroad for a long time. It is impossible for the two parents to rest assured that they don't want to.
They had never thought of this before, and their family's financial conditions could not support them living together in the past. But now there is obviously no such problem financially. Their hearts are like cat's paws. Once they have this idea, they can no longer hold it back.
Went down.
After the two discussed it for a while, they looked for an opportunity and called Qiao Anchen.
At this time, Qiao Anchen and his aunt and uncle had basically packed up their new home and were lying on the sofa to rest. When they received a call from their parents and heard that they wanted to come over and take care of him, Qiao Anchen jumped up with joy and said:
"That's great, Dad!"
"I miss home too!"
"But I can't go back to my country to play football."
"It would be great if you could come over."
After listening to Qiao Minyi and Xiao Wenxiu's ideas, Qiao Huamei and Cao Guanhong also strongly supported it. Anyway, they had no other children. Qiao Anchen was in Madrid and underage. It was perfect for Qiao Pinyi and Xiao Wenxiu to come and take care of Qiao Anchen.
Apart from anything else, Qiao Anchen's mental health is much more reassuring when the family lives together.
Of course, going abroad is not just a quick trip. There are still many procedures to be completed, things to be arranged, and some issues that may not have been thought of at the moment need to be consulted with relatives, friends and professionals.
The matter is settled like this, but I will definitely not be able to come in a short time. I guess I will have to wait at least until the New Year and the Spring Festival before coming again.
No matter what, Qiao Anchen was very happy that her parents had this intention.
A 15-year-old boy working hard abroad, even if he has an aunt or uncle to look after him occasionally, will inevitably feel lonely.
It would be so comfortable for my parents to come and live together.
Feeling motivated again, Qiao Anchen discussed with her aunt for a while, reorganized the house, and set aside her parents' bedroom, waiting for her parents to move to Spain after the Chinese New Year.
Of course, at the end of the day, Qiao Anchen inevitably received a lot of calls, from relatives, reporters, and even fans.
Qiao Anchen thought about it. This number was the first time he came to Spain. He had used it for several years and had almost leaked it.
In the future, as his reputation grows, I'm afraid the phone will become even more idle, with people calling in at any time.
So he simply went out to apply for a new phone card in the afternoon, bought a new mobile phone, and only gave the new number to a limited number of important contacts such as his parents, aunt, and the club general manager.
Just leave your old phone at home on silent mode. When you have free time, you can read text messages and calls and reply selectively, so you don't have to answer dozens of calls a day.