Florentino: This is the treasure of my family! A gem from the East!
And as soon as the pre-arranged reporters finished the roll call, what followed was the real "battlefield."
The first shot was fired by a reporter from the World Sports Newspaper: "A 12 million Euro annual salary, breaking the record in football. Do you think your performance is worthy of such an extravagant salary?"
Both the World Sports Newspaper and the Daily Sports are newspapers in the Catalonia Region, naturally harboring ill intentions towards Chen Zhong.
They anticipated seeing the captain of Real Madrid, the holder of the number 10 jersey, Chen Zhong, show signs of panic.
However, Chen Zhong merely smiled and then answered methodically, "I'm surprised too."
"That Barcelona thinks 12 million Euros as the top salary in football is considered extravagant."
"To be honest, I greatly admire Messi's performance last season, and I think a salary around 20 million Euros would be reasonable for him."
