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When Gao Zheng woke up from the bed, it was eight o'clock in the morning, which was the same time he usually woke up every day.

It wasn't because of last night's party that he couldn't get out of bed today.

After washing up in his bedroom, Gao Zheng changed his clothes and went downstairs. What he saw was a mess—leftover food and unpacked tableware were scattered everywhere. You even have to be careful to avoid the food residue on the ground.

The lawn and barbecue area in the yard is also a mess.

There are empty wine bottles and food floating in the water in the swimming pool...

Gao Zheng shook his head when he saw this scene, guessing that Viviano would be busy.

Although it looked like "the battle was intense", the party ended at eleven o'clock last night, and they didn't drink much, at least no one left here drunk.

More than a dozen teammates came. They ate and chatted together, and watched a movie with a projector. Some people danced to the music. Those teammates who were not interested in movies and dancing hid in Gao Zheng's room. Play video games in the game room.

This is a party, but it's different from what people think of as a professional player's party. There are no paid prostitutes from outside to add to the fun, and there is no sex after drinking too much.

Everyone really just came to Gao Zheng's house to have a meal, drink some wine, and relax.

Everyone is happy when they go.

Griezmann even said that he would also rent the house in Rafinca.

Gao Zheng was very satisfied with the effect of the party, so despite the mess in front of him, he smiled at the mess, feeling very happy.

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When Cristiano Ronaldo was driving his Rolls-Royce Phantom to send his son to school, he just opened the gate when he saw Gao Zheng coming out from the opposite side with a smile on his face.

This is not the first time he met Gao Zheng when he was going out. Usually, he would at most take a look at him, and then drive away directly.

But today, he suddenly stopped the car on the side of the road, then rolled down the window and turned to Gao Zheng, "Hey! What do you think?"

Gao Zheng looked at him suspiciously.

"How do you think about throwing a party when the team is criticized by the outside world?" Ronaldo asked.

"The rest is for a better start. Is there anything wrong?" Gao Zheng asked back.

Ronaldo gave Gao Zheng a thumbs up and said sarcastically, "You are such a genius!"

After speaking, he closed the car window again, kicked the accelerator and drove the car away with a roar.

Gao Zheng looked at the taillights of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, and asked the agent Viviano who was waiting in the car: "Is he praising me, Andre?"

"I don't think so, Gao Zheng." Viviano shook his head.

"Okay..." Gao Zheng opened the door and sat in, "I think I should buy a car."

"Oh, I think he should be praising you, Gao Zheng, you are really a genius, a super genius..." Viviano corrected himself.

"No, don't get me wrong, Andre. I just think that the driver's license I got through hard work will lose its value if I don't even have a car. After all, I can't always let you pick me up every day, you have other things Need to be busy."

"Uh, in fact, there is nothing to be busy with. I have only you as a player until now. If I don't take care of you, who else can I take care of?"

"I'm so glad you can say that, Andre. Then after sending me to the training base, can I trouble you to come back and help me call someone from the cleaning company to clean the house?" Gao Zheng said with a smile.

"No problem at all, don't worry, what you will see when you come back from training will be a brand new house, the new house will look like it has just been built!" Viviano said, patting his chest.

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A day later, the "Aspen" newspaper suddenly broke the news, saying that Gao Zheng called his teammates to his mansion to have fun after the team lost the Champions League game and was tied at home by Celta Vigo. And accompanied by a few very blurry photos.

Although the photo is blurry, you can still see the row of luxury cars parked on the side of the road and the Atlético Madrid players getting out of the car. You can easily recognize Griezmann, Miranda, Koke and others.

And the tall man who greeted everyone at the door was naturally Gao Zheng.

In addition to the news from the traditional media, some people on the Internet directly released dynamic videos. The content of the video was the scene of Atletico Madrid players rushing to Gao Zheng's house one after another, and Gao Zheng greeted them at the door. The photo in AS appears to have been screenshotted directly from the video.

"Aspen" newspaper broke the news that Gao Zheng held a party and called his teammates to have fun, but also criticized Gao Zheng's approach:

"...When the team encounters continuous difficulties, Atletico Madrid's players should focus more on training and the game itself, rather than all kinds of sensual parties. As the convener of this party, Gao Don’t you understand this? Then why does he still do this? This shows that he doesn’t take the team’s interests into account at all. In his opinion, having fun is more important, and showing off his mansion is more important than the state of the team. Reminiscent of his inaction after coming off the bench in the last game, he did not help the team win Celta Vigo at home... I have to say that Gao seems to be a little swayed after he first came to the team and performed well..."

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"Didn't it mean that no paparazzi can come in?" Gao Zheng looked at the discussion on the Internet about his party at home, and asked his manager Viviano strangely.

"Maybe not the paparazzi, but your neighbors..." Viviano explained.

Gao Zheng carefully looked at the secretly taken photos, frowned and said, "From the perspective of shooting, it doesn't look like Ronaldo took them..."

"Of course I'm not talking about him, but it's not just your two houses on this street, it may be other people. You have to know that news materials such as celebrities' private lives are very valuable. If the media pays a lot of money to buy them, they will naturally buy them." Some people sell videos or photos they take for this."

"Didn't it mean that all the executives of multinational companies, multi-millionaires and celebrities live here?" Gao Zheng retorted.

"The mansions of multinational executives, multi-millionaires and celebrities also need to hire drivers and servants." Viviano explained.

"Damn it..." Gao Zheng muttered, he completely ignored this point, because he didn't hire any servants and housekeepers himself, so naturally he didn't think of it.

But he just frowned, and said again: "But it doesn't matter, they scolded them, I don't think there is any problem with having a party."

Viviano nodded, not taking the criticism from the media as a big deal.

When Gao Zheng was playing football in Sampdoria, half of the Italian media besieged him. The situation was much more exaggerated than it is now. Didn't Gao Zheng also thrive?

As Gao Zheng's manager, he still has some confidence in Gao Zheng.

Perhaps in the eyes of some people, the "Aspen" newspaper named and criticized Gao Zheng for being ecstatic, and it also aroused heated discussions on the Internet. For Gao Zheng, this was a huge pressure, and it would make Gao Zheng confused.

But in fact, this is all the imagination of those people, and it doesn't exist at all.