If we start with Hunan TV's Daily Pull-up in 2015, Fan's variety career has lasted nine years, with a total salary of tens of millions of dollars.
In the variety show, Fan Zhiyi had partnered with Bale in "Top of the Food Chain".
At that time, Bei took Fan to challenge the wilderness, eating mouse meat in ice and snow, and climbing snowy mountains at high altitude.
Fan was at the top of a snowy mountain and was emotional about Bey: "One always has to have a goal, and when one reaches a new journey, one wants it even more."
Since then, "General Fan" has gone from strength to strength in variety shows.
According to incomplete statistics, Fan has hosted or participated in more than 20 variety shows, starred in a movie and a serial since his retirement, and played an important role in several brand advertising TVCs. It can be said that he has no advantage in soccer.
Fan has a personal movie and television page on Douban, and the five works with the most favorites are, in order, Flowers Beyond Spitting Image Season 5 Running Season 2 Hahaha Season 3.
Fan Zhiyi's lanky figure and his trademark shrug of the shoulders left some impression of majesty and even fierceness. It is said that some of the show's crews were very worried about Fan's fiery temper at the beginning of the filming, fearing that he would have friction with the guests during the recording of the program.
However, whether on the field or in the variety show, Fan Zhiyi wherever he goes have "golden words".
In the fifth season of Spitfire, in less than 10 minutes of stand-up comedy, Fan was full of firepower, not only threw out the classic quote of the year criticizing the national football team: "shameless!" He puts it on the head of the men's basketball team, even pointing out that "What is the level of the men's basketball team now? Only a few people, Zhou Qi is playing center. There is no such ability to know how to cut!"
He once played stunt with his fans, blaming them for his temper:-"These people really curse. Do you know how loud it is? Now my temper is getting worse. I'm going back on my ears now!"
Looking back to the first year of A-A, Fan Zhiyi's monthly salary had already reached 2,500 yuan, only 500 yuan less than the current Shenhua coach Xu Genbao, which only a few players could do at that time.
Fan has become a resident guest on the fourth season of the recent hit variety show Hahahahahaha, the first resident sports star since the show's inception.
I have to admit, Fan Zhiyi has been on the front page of Chinese soccer for the past 30 years, with surprisingly good crowds on and off the field. He has not only helped fill the games and programs with traffic, but has also left many "famous scenes" in the history of sports variety shows that are often talked about.
The soccer career line was overshadowed by the variety show.
In 2006, at the age of 37, Fan officially ended his career.
Suzhou Funks was the first professional soccer team in Suzhou, and the first coach he took over after his retirement.
At that time, Suzhou Funkypants was in a state of salary arrears. Even though Fan Zhiyi brought Diadona as a jersey to sponsor the team, he could not fill the club's financial gap. Five months later, Fan parted ways with the team.
In 2009, Fan Zhiyi, as the head coach of the Shanghai East Asia Youth Team, led the Shanghai U16 team to participate in the Men's Football Group B "Eleven Games" tournament and successfully entered the last eight.
Fan Zhiyi took over Shanghai Dongya in 2010 and led the team to the Central League, but was dismissed after failing to reach the Super League.
Fan has since taken a break from the professional soccer bench after his irrational behavior due to his dissatisfaction with a referee's decision during his tenure as head coach of Shanghai Shenhua's reserve team in 2018.
The trigger was a match between Shanghai Shenhua Reserves and Shanghai SIPG Reserves. At the end of the match, a Shanghai Shenhua attacking player fell to the ground and the referee was not penalized. After the match, Fan was exposed for "beating, insulting and threatening the referee."
The evening after the incident, Shanghai Shenhua suspended Fan Zhiyi. The CFA eventually banned Fan for a year and fined him 200,000 yuan.
Fan once said, "I have nothing to say, I can understand the referee's situation on the pitch. The most important thing is to train the players well and help them improve, but I think we must dare to face and take responsibility."
Since then, Fan has never left a soccer-related position. During his tenure as vice president of the Shanghai Football Association (SFA), he focused on the youth game and invested time and energy in youth training at the Genbao soccer base.
Liaoning Ironman shouts out 'Super League' goal
Accelerating club business development
March 2024, Liaoning Ironman Football Club deputy general manager Jin Yan said in the pre-season conference, Liaoning Ironman Football Club this year put forward the goal of the new season overtaking the car, the club is well prepared.
Shenyang soccer is indeed facing a status quo that can not be ignored, that is, the lack of a star like Fan Zhiyi with national recognition and public vision. This makes Shenyang football market in the market competition at a disadvantage.
As a membership club, this new Liaozhu has attracted a lot of attention. This time, it succeeded in "breaking the circle" through the scandal with Fan Zhiyi, which is estimated to have saved millions of dollars in publicity costs.
Fan's presence at the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium during the Liaoning Ironmen's home match against Suzhou Dongwu last weekend reportedly helped the new Liaozhi side.
"Coinciding with the Liaoning soccer reform seeking a new take-off, I am willing to use my learning (and) soccer resources to help LiaoFootball rebuild its glory, because as a former national team player, my sentiments can be seen by everyone, and my beliefs have never changed. I will also cherish such an opportunity to learn in a sense." Fan Zhiyi said in an interview with East Sports.
According to Liaoning Ironmen's official announcement, Sun Wei, who played in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, will serve as deputy head of the coaching staff, deputy technical director and first executive coach alongside Fan Zhiyi, a credit to the old Liaozhi ten-crown period. Li Yingfa and Li Shubin will also serve as technical advisors to the club.
There are indeed successful precedents of A-listers helping clubs to "overtake". 2022, Wei Qun and Yao Xia led Chengdu Rongcheng as executives to complete the overtaking business. The club's popularity is no less than that of Sichuan Quanxing, once again creating China's famous "gold medal market".
Since the start of this season's Central League, Liaoning Ironman is temporarily in 11th place in the league with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses, and the team's attendance is slowly increasing. But the team's market is growing quickly, having just signed two well-known local companies, Huishan Dairy and Daoguang 25.
This time, regardless of the prospect of the new Liaozhu Super League, at least there is a visible increase in attention, the prospect of increased attendance can be expected.
"Money back brother" He Sheng's statement speaks the mind of many fans: "Anyway, this wave of traffic is pulling full, it's time to think about watching an iron man match."
