Chapter 277 Top Ten Revealed

After fourteen hours of long flight, Li Tian also had a hint of fatigue on his face. Although he was in first class and had relatively few passengers, he still had his FANS, especially a French passenger sitting next to him, who was so enthusiastic that he couldn't stand it. If the flight attendant had not reminded him repeatedly not to disturb the rest of other passengers, Li Tian probably wouldn't have had any chance of quiet for more than ten hours along the way.

The news of Li Tian's return to China was not known to the media. After getting off the plane, Xu Hongtao directly took him to a new apartment he bought in Beijing two months ago. Considering that Beijing will be a major event area for Li Tian in the future, it would be somewhat inconvenient to stay in a hotel every time he came to Kyoto, so Xu Hongtao simply bought this high-end apartment worth 1.5 million yuan as Li Tian's base in Beijing in the future.

When I first came to my new home, Li Tian visited inside and out with great interest. I felt quite satisfied. The decoration of the whole room was very consistent with Li Tian's simple and bright style, without any luxurious and tacky style.

"Brother Xu, what is the main content of Adidas' promotion activities this time?" Meimei got up and felt energetic. Seeing the dinner that Xu Hongtao specially bought for him, Li Tian asked without hesitation while eating.

"This time, Adidas is preparing to launch a sports and leisure couple series during Valentine's Day, including sports suits, sports T-shirts, sports shoes and hats, etc. You are the image ambassador of this promotion event in China. You will have a sports fan meeting and shoot a 20-second advertisement. I heard that there will be a beauty to become your partner during this period. It's really good to be young!" Finally, Xu Hongtao did not forget to tease this "innocent boy", and Li Tian just smiled slightly at this.

"These activities will end before February 13. On February 14, we will fly to Changsha. This '2006 China Top Ten Athletes Award Ceremony' is jointly organized by the China Sports Journalists Association, the China Top Ten Athletes Committee and Hunan Satellite TV. It can represent the highest honor of the current Chinese sports industry. With your excellent performance in the international arena this year, you have been selected into the 'Top Ten' lineup, and according to my estimate, you are at least 90% of the time. If you are missing, I believe this award ceremony will at least be selected for the 'Top Ten' lineup.

Half lost, so the boss of Hunan Satellite TV asked me to invite you back to participate. I also hope you can take this opportunity to bring closer relationships with these institutions, which will be of great benefit to your future development." The China Sports Journalists Association basically represents the core strength of the current Chinese sports media. The China Top Ten Athletes Committee has a considerable influence in various fields of the domestic sports industry, while Hunan Satellite TV is the most radiant and most well-known TV station in China, except for CCTV, and its power is indispensable.

The news of the sports carnival event held by Adidas (China) in Beijing from February 10 to 14 has been carried out a lot of publicity more than a month ago. During the event, Adidas' latest sports and leisure couple suit will be launched. At that time, Li Tian, ​​the number one star in China's sports, will also visit the event to interact with the tourists present. Tourists participating in the event have the opportunity to obtain a set of Adidas sports equipment signed by Li Tian. Therefore, on the day of the event, tens of thousands of tourists poured into Chaoyang Park. The still cold weather cannot reduce everyone's enthusiasm at all.

"Li Tian!" At 8:30 in the morning, when Li Tian rushed to the carnival event site accompanied by Xu Hongtao and walked into the lounge of the main personnel of the event, he immediately heard a sound full of joy.

"Yilena, why did you appear here?" At the last Shanghai World Swimming Championships, Li Tian established a good friendship with this beautiful girl in the swimming world today. After returning to Europe, Yilena took the initiative to contact Li Tian many times, and her friendship was quite deep. This time, she suddenly saw her in China and was somewhat beyond Li Tian's own expectations.

"Li Tian, ​​don't forget that I am also a signed star of Adidas like you. Why can't I come here!" Yilena smiled playfully. Yilena has worked hard in English in the past six months, and now her daily conversations are no longer difficult, but the progress in Chinese learning is a bit disappointing. After all, there is a lack of a Chinese language environment in Europe.

"Are you the other image ambassador of this promotion event, my partner?" Li Tian finally reacted a little.

"What? Are you not satisfied with my partner?" Originally, this promotion was aimed at the mainland Chinese market and had little to do with Irena. However, after learning that the image ambassador of this event was taken by Li Tian, ​​Irena readily agreed to Adidas (China)'s request, and for this reason she also gave up a domestic swimming competition in France.

"No, no! It's a boy's honor to be able to work with Miss Ilena, the most beautiful beauty in the swimming world." After saying that, he also gave an exaggerated European gentlemanly ceremony to Ilena.

At 9:30 in the morning, when Li Tian and Yilena appeared at the event in a white sports and leisure couple suit, it immediately caused a sensation. After all, many of the tourists participating in this carnival event came for Li Tian, ​​and the media reporters who had already been waiting here were very interested in the relationship between the two, like a golden boy and a jade girl. It was rumored that the relationship between the two was accused of the last Shanghai World Swimming Championships. Now this rumor seems to have been confirmed. With the addition of celebrities, the carnival event went smoothly, and the interaction between Li Tian and the tourists on the scene fully mobilized everyone's enthusiasm. At this moment, Li Tian is no longer the world champion who is high above and looks up to the TV screen. People can communicate with him face to face and close up equally.

The success of the event also made Hu Yaowen, general manager of Adidas (China), feel very happy. He repeatedly insisted on inviting Li Tian and Yilena as image ambassadors of this promotion event, and he was interested in the sensational effect implicitly. I believe that there will be many photos of Li Tian and Yilena appearing at the event in newspapers from major domestic media tomorrow. This kind of publicity is more effective than direct advertising.

Although Li Tian didn't have to attend the carnival again the next day, he had to hurry up and shoot an Adidas brand advertisement. This was also the first time Li Tianyi took on commercial advertisements. Fortunately, he had experience shooting public service advertisements on CCTV before, and the shooting process was not as difficult as that time. Moreover, the cooperation between Li Tian and another heroine in the advertisement, Yilena, was very cooperating, which made the director quite satisfied with the shooting effect. Later, when the advertisement was broadcast all over the world, it received unanimous praise from the audience, especially the two golden boys and jade girls in the advertisement, and Li Tian's popularity was further improved.

February 14th is Valentine's Day in the West, and Li Tian and Yilena, the "couple", had to separate immediately. Li Tian had to rush to Hunan without stopping, and Yilena also had many important things to deal with in France. After sending Yilena on an international flight to Paris, Li Tian soon boarded the plane to Changsha.

"...This is the whole process of the award ceremony tonight. Are you clear?" On the plane, Xu Hongtao explained the ceremony process to Li Tian in detail. After all, Li Tian is one of the most important stars of this ceremony, and the ceremony will be broadcast live throughout the whole process. It would be a bad thing if a joke was made at that time.

"In addition to selecting the ten Chinese athletes who performed best in international and domestic competitions in 2006, there will be ten special awards: Best Male and Female Athlete of the Year Award, Best Newcomer Award, Best Popularity Award, Best Coach Award, Best Breakthrough Award, Best Non-Olympic Athlete Award, Best Disabled Athlete Award, Best Combination Award and Best Team Award. Among these awards, you are most likely to win the Best Male Athlete and Best Popularity Award, and you are also the most suitable candidates for the Best Newcomer and Best Breakthrough Award. However, considering that domestic awards are always balanced, if you win the first two awards, the latter two may have to be awarded to others." Xu Hongtao continued to analyze to him.

"I don't care much about whether I win the award or not. What I value more is my performance on the field, which is the foundation of athletes." Li Tian seemed not enthusiastic about this award ceremony, and I heard that a large number of entertainment stars were invited as guests at the ceremony. This is not without any suspicion of hype in his opinion. A pure sports award ceremony insisted on inserting various entertainment elements to attract audiences, which also made him feel very uncomfortable.

Changsha on February 14 can be said to be a gathering of stars. From the world champion of the Chinese sports world to the many big-name stars in the entertainment industry, each of them is a hot figure, which has caused the celebration organization staff and security personnel.

At 7:45 pm, in front of the gate of Changsha International Convention and Exhibition Center, the main venue of the celebration, a 100-meter-long red carpet attracted the attention of almost all domestic mainstream media. After a while, all the stars participating in the celebration will enter the venue from this Avenue of Stars. At this time, hundreds of reporters and thousands of people holding posters, the enthusiastic audience of the camera have already stood on both sides of the Avenue of Stars.

"It's out!" When the first pair of stars stepped onto the Avenue of Stars, the audiences on both sides of the scene immediately became turbulent. Many people had raised their cameras in their hands, hoping to take a picture of this rare moment.

"It's Guo Jingjing and Liming!" This time the organizing committee adopted the form of a pair of men and women in the entrance. Guo Jingjing, wearing a sky blue evening dress, strongly attracted everyone's attention as soon as she appeared. At this time, her elegant outfit had a completely different taste from her usual heroic appearance on the court. Her left hand was naturally gently pulled at the bend of Liming's right arm, and her right hand was gently raised to wave to the audience around her, which immediately attracted the audience to take crazy photos, because such a combination is absolutely difficult to see in other occasions, and it also makes people look forward to what combination will appear next.

"Wow! It's Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang!" The two badminton world champions were then played. Lin Dan has been the number one men's singles in the world of badminton for the past two years. In the Spanish World Badminton Championships that ended at the end of 2006, Lin Dan successfully won the men's singles championship and was also a strong contender for the "Top Ten" this time. Xie Xingfang is one of the leading figures of the Chinese women's badminton team. Currently, the international women's singles ranking is second only to her teammate Zhang Ning. However, she defeated Zhang Ning and won the women's singles championship in the Spanish World Championships. The possibility of entering the "Top Ten" this time is also very high. What makes people even more excited about them is the couple's relationship that has been made public. The two made an appointment to win the men's and women's singles championships respectively at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and then entered the marriage hall, so this champion couple is very popular among sports fans.

Next, Ding Junhui, Hu Jia, Wang Liqin, Zheng Jie, Yan Zi and many other outstanding contestants who were brilliant in 2006 followed by Jackie Chan, Yuquan, Michelle Yeoh, Zhao Wenzhuo, Zhao Wei and other entertainment stars.

"It should be Liu Xiang and Li Tian's turn next!" Half of the people entered the venue, and the audience couldn't wait to see the style of these two most popular world champions as soon as possible. The audience's wishes were quickly satisfied. When Liu Xiang and Cecilia Cheung entered the Avenue of Stars, the scene reached a new climax again. The flashing lights on both sides shone like stars in the night sky, setting off the entire Avenue of Stars like the Milky Way.

"Mr. Li Tian, ​​Miss Zhang Ziyi, it's your turn to enter the venue!" After hearing the notice from the organization staff, Li Tian sorted out the black dress on his body. Li Tian's look tonight was specially designed by a famous image designer invited by Xu Hongtao. With his extraordinary momentum, he looked particularly heroic. The internationally renowned movie star Miss Zhang Ziyi was also dressed brightly and charmingly. The success she achieved in the international film industry made her temperament no less than the male companion around her. The two of them cooperated with each other.

So when the two appeared in everyone's sight, the scene of thousands of people actually showed a moment of tranquility, followed by earth-shaking cheers, and countless films were "murdered". In order to get closer to their idols, many Li Tian's FANS made hundreds of police officers who maintained order on the scene feel like they were facing a great enemy, and they had to use their strong bodies to block the surging crowd. It was not until Li Tian and Zhang Ziyi entered the venue that these police officers breathed a sigh of relief.

At 8:15 pm, all personnel entered the venue. After Feng Jianzhong, deputy director of the General Administration of Sports of China, summarized and commended the achievements made by China Sports in mid-2006, the award ceremony officially began.

"Good evening for everyone on site and in front of the TV. I am Yang Lan. I am honored to be the host of this award ceremony." As the most influential sports award in China, the host of the award ceremony naturally also needs a heavyweight figure, and the famous host Yang Lan is a very suitable one.

"Good evening everyone, I am Wang Han. I am very happy to visit this 2006 China Top Ten Athletes Award Ceremony jointly organized by the China Sports Media Workers Association, the China Top Ten Athletes Committee and Hunan Satellite TV. Here we will commend outstanding athletes who have won honors for the country in domestic and foreign competitions in the past year."

"The 'Top Ten' Athletes' This time, the first screening was conducted by the China Sports Media Workers Association and the China Top Ten Athletes Committee. Fifty shortlists were selected from all the players. They were voted by the audience through the Internet, newspapers and text messages. After a month of voting, the final result of the 'Top Ten Athletes of 2006' has been generated. The list of selected athletes is now in my hands." Yang Lan raised an envelope in her hand, attracting everyone's eyes to her.

"The result of the award will be announced by Deputy Director Feng Jianzhong of the General Administration of Sports of China!" When Yang Lan handed the envelope to Director Feng, many players on the field held their breath. After all, this is a supreme honor for many Chinese athletes. There may be only one chance in their life, and only a few players such as Li Tian and Liu Xiang are still calm.

"The list of people selected for the top ten Chinese athletes in 2006 are: Li Tian, ​​Liu Xiang, Yao Ming, Ding Junhui, Guo Jingjing, Xie Xingfang, Lin Dan, Luo Xuejuan, Zhang Yining, Han Xiaopeng. Let us all congratulate these ten athletes." As Deputy Director Feng announced the results, some people were happy and worried, but I believe that there will be too many objections to the selection of these ten athletes, because last year, their performance was obvious to all.

The ranking of the top ten athletes is determined by the number of votes. Li Tian, ​​who ranked first, won a total of 8.92 million votes, and Liu Xiang followed closely with 8.75 million. Yao Ming was affected by the Rockets' poor performance last season and the poor performance of the Chinese team in the men's basketball World Championships. The 8.23 ​​million votes also made him miss the first place and ranked third. Ding Junhui, a billiards prodigy who was famous in China at the age of 15, is the only one among the top ten athletes selected for this time.
Chapter completed!