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There are of course many sponsors in the Grand Slam level of the Australian Open, and there is only one of the top sponsors, which is Qiya. Unlike other sponsors, top sponsors can enjoy many privileges on the Australian Internet, such as advertising in all venues, background logos for press conferences, speeches at the awards podium in the finals, etc.

Qiya has sponsored the Australian Open since 2002. It is the sixth year as of 2007. In the future, Qiya will be the top sponsor of the Australian Open until 2016. Unusual relationship.

Today, Director Cui of Qiya took Zhuge Wenbo to the Australian Open Organizing Committee at the appointed time. They met with the chairman of the Australian Open Organizing Committee, Terry, in the reception room.

"Dear Cui, I'm glad to see you again. What do you want to drink? Coffee? Black tea? Or a cold glass of whiskey?" Terry said enthusiastically to Director Cui. As for Zhuge Wenbo on the side, Teli didn't care, he It is believed that Zhuge Wenbo is the attendant brought by Director Choi.

"Coffee. Thank you!" Director Cui continued: "Mr. Taley, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Zhuge. I think you must have heard of him. He is Zhang Guan's agent."

"It's really a long time to admire the great name!" Tali immediately shook hands with Zhuge Wenbo, but he was thinking about the purpose of Mr. Cui's bringing Zhuge Wenbo.

"I heard from a sponsor before that Zhang Guan is in trouble recently. He seems to be suspended by his country. But this has nothing to do with our Australian Open. Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete. If he wants to For public relations. You should go to the IAAF instead of our Australian Open Organizing Committee." As he thought about it, Terry greeted Director Cui and Zhuge Wenbo to sit down.

The beautiful female secretary served coffee for the two guests and left the reception room. There were only three people in the room, Director Terry, Director Cui and Zhuge Wenbo.

I saw Director Cui said straight away: "Mr. Taley, I came here for your help. I hope that the Australian Open Organizing Committee can give us a men’s singles sponsored foreign card quota."

Terry suddenly felt a little surprised. He didn't expect that Mr. Choi even asked himself for a foreign card quota.

In the Tennis Grand Slam tournament, 104 places are directly entered into the official game, and these 104 places are allocated according to the world ranking. Therefore, in theory, the top 104 players in the world can be directly promoted to the Grand Slam official game. However, considering that some athletes will retire for various reasons, the players behind may be forward, so the general world ranking The top 110 are likely to enter the Grand Slam directly.

In addition to the 104 places directly entering the competition, there are also 16 qualification places. The players who participated in the qualifiers are also officially registered players, but because of the lower ranking in the world. Excluded from the first 104 places. Therefore, the world rankings of the players participating in the qualifiers are also between 110 and 150, and the qualifiers that are too poor can not be promoted.

In addition, there are 8 wild card entries. These 8 foreign card entries will be allocated to different regions. For example, in this year's Australian Open women's project, the Asian region has been allocated a wild card quota. Those players who are not enough in the world ranking will compete for this quota through the wild card competition.

Of the 8 foreign card quotas in the Australian Open, 5 have been allocated through the foreign card competition, so up to now, the Australian Open Organizing Committee still holds 3 foreign card quotas. According to the situation in previous years. The final wild card quota in the hands of the organizer is ultimately for the local players in Australia.

In tennis tournaments at all levels, it is very common for the main sponsor or top sponsor to ask the organizer for the foreign card entry quota. The organizer often does not refuse. After all, the sponsors spend a lot of money to sponsor the game. . Moreover, the strength of the contestants who take the sponsorship will not be too strong. Basically it is a round of games. It is lucky to be able to enter the second round. It has no effect on the final result of the game.

It has been the sixth year for AsiaAsia to sponsor the Australian Open. I haven't asked for the sponsor's foreign card quota before, so when Terry knew the purpose of Director Choi, I felt a little surprised.

"Mr. Cui, as far as I know, your country’s tennis player Li Hengze should now be ranked in the 50th place in the world. Can he enter the official game directly? Do you have any other players in your country who want to participate?" Teli Asked.

"No, I want this foreign card quota, not for our Korean players. I want to use this foreign card quota for Zhang Guan. Our group hopes that Zhang Guan will appear in the Australian Open. This is also me The purpose of bringing Mr. Zhuge." Director Cui said.

"What? Zhang Guan? Participate in the Australian Open?" Terry couldn't hold back for a moment, showing an incredible expression.

Mr. Cui went on to say, "We are also sponsors of Zhang Guan, so Zhang Guan appears on the Australian Open and increasing the exposure is good for our company. And if Zhang Guan participates in the Australian Open, Can attract more attention from all over the world to pay attention to this year's Australian Open. This is a win-win situation."

"That being said, Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete after all, he is not even a professional tennis player, this is a Grand Slam tournament after all, we can not give an amateur player a foreign card entry quota." Taili Said.

"Mr. Taili, Zhang Guan is not an amateur tennis player, he is a professional player with ATP qualification certification." Zhuge Wenbo said as he took out the ATP professional athlete's certificate and handed it to Taili.

"This is? A certificate? A certificate of professional conscientiousness! It's really an ATP certificate!" Talley said immediately after a short gaffe: "I'm sorry, I didn't know before that Zhang Guan was a professional tennis player. Please forgive me. Ignorance."

"So, there should be no problem with this wild card quota?" Zhuge Wenbo asked with a look of expectation.

After thinking about it, Tally said immediately, "I heard that Zhang Guan should be banned recently!"

"Yes, Zhang Guan is prohibited from participating in any track and field competitions, and this IAAF also recognizes it." Zhuge Wenbo smiled, then said: "But I have never heard that the IAAF can prohibit tennis players from participating. Grand Slam match."

Zhuge Wenbo took the coffee in his hand, took a sip, and then said: "Although Zhang Guan is prohibited from participating in track and field competitions, he still has an unparalleled reputation in the world. No one can deny that he is so far this century. , The most successful athlete. Imagine that Zhang Guan gave up the track and field and took part in the tennis competition. His debut was at the Australian Open, which will be a moment of attention all over the world! Turning to the tennis match, the first tennis match they saw was the Australian Open!"

When Zhuge Wenbo said the last sentence, Tally finally moved. The basis of any sporting event is the spectator. With more spectators, there is more attention and more sponsors, and the game will become bigger and bigger. As Zhuge Wenbo said, people who didn't care about tennis originally, because of Zhang Guan's participation, the first game they saw was the Australian Open, even if only one in ten people would continue to watch it. For the entire Australian Open event It is also a huge victory.

Thinking of this, Terry put a smile on his face, he said: "The two gentlemen are right, this is indeed a win-win situation." (To be continued.)

ps: 　　 Volume 4 "Four Grand Slams" officially started. Today the first chapter will be delivered. I will ask for the guaranteed monthly ticket and the recommended ticket. I have something to do in the afternoon, so today the first three chapters of the guarantee are released regularly. A chapter of two hours, go back after finishing things, and then send it after finishing writing.