Chapter 542: Watch a ball in the box
Dong Shanhe knew that Ferguson was a good drinker, because from many news media reports, Dong Shanhe knew that he basically had to drink after the game, and if he won, then he would sit down with the opponent's head coach for a drink, so Dong Shanhe knew that Ferguson was such a good wine.
As long as people have what they like, it is easy to do, as long as they have preferences, Dong Shanhe can prescribe the right medicine, and for Ferguson, Dong Shanhe can use this bottle of wine to seduce him.
If it weren't for Dong Shanhe's desire to make his team famous, Dong Shanhe would not have been able to spend money next time, a bottle of red wine mixed with one-tenth of the space spiritual liquid, but it can make people's bodies a lot younger, don't look at Ferguson's heart problems, but Dong Shanhe is definitely sure that he can regulate his body.
The reason why the old jazz retired is not because he is old and does not choose to leave the Red Devils for more than 20 years, but football is always only half of his life, not the whole of his life, let alone his life.
In the face of life, no matter who it is, it is impossible to shout loudly that football is higher than life, which is why Dong Shanhe doesn't like Shankly very much.
Smith and Mendes accompanied Dong Shanhe to the city of Manchester, a city in the north of England.
When it comes to Manchester, most young men will think of the Manchester Twin Heroes, that is, Manchester United Football Team and Manchester City Football Team, which is the same as when others ask about Milan City, men think of football, and women think of fashion.
Manchester is the second largest city in England, after the City of London, and not far to the west of it is the city of Liverpool, which can also be counted as a derby in the city circle.
Dong Shanhe is a fan of Liverpool, and he can't say whether he likes or dislikes the Red Devils, after all, he is a Chinese, football is just a sport for him, not even a part of his life, and it is impossible to compare with a team like Gerrard, he doesn't have too many feelings for Liverpool, but he has supported it for a long time and has become a habit.
In fact, Manchester City is not only these two teams, but also other teams, such as Wigan Athletic, Bolton Wanderers and Stoke Harbour teams, and of course some teams that are not in the Premier League, which Dong Shanhe is not very clear.
The city of Manchester and Zibo and Wuhan in China are sister cities, which Dong Shanhe only learned when he came to Manchester.
Manchester has a very long history, it is the center of the cotton textile industry in the United Kingdom, and it is also an important transportation hub and commercial, financial and cultural center, it is located in the heart of the metropolitan agglomeration in the northwest of England.
Manchester is the birthplace of the cotton textile industry on the whole earth, and it is also the world's first industrialized city, five hundred years ago, the world's earliest modern cotton textile industry was born here, which opened the prelude to the industrial revolution, and of course the sheep cannibalism movement was also carried out here.
However, Manchester was bombed by the German Third Reich in World War II, almost razed to the ground, and the Manchester we see now is basically a rebuilt city, and the economic composition of Chengge City has also changed, not a simple textile industry, but with electronics, chemicals and printing as the center, with heavy machinery, weaving, oil refining, glass, plastics and food processing and other more than 700 industries, not only the political and cultural center of the northwest of England, but also the center of business and employment.
Manchester is now a very good city, but the population is relatively sparse, the whole city is only 600,000 people, which is not as much as a small city in China, and even less than a county seat, but it is such a small city with two world-class giant teams, as well as several Premier League teams, and Dong Shanhe's hometown, with a population of 7 million, does not have a professional football team, and there is only one professional team of 70 million people in the entire Anhui Province, and it is still fighting for Huayi, Dong Shanhe really doesn't know how to tell others.
Manchester is ranked 30th in the entire ranking of the best cities to study in the world, and ranked first in the UK and 50th in the world in last year's Global Urban Livability Survey, surpassing the cities of Newcastle that Dong Shanhe knows about.
Manchester is also the second largest economy in the UK, with the largest financial and professional services sector in the UK, the second largest creative digital and media sector in Europe, and the largest clinical and academic research institute in Europe.
The University of Manchester is one of the eight most famous universities in the United Kingdom, one of the top 50 universities in the world, and the highest world ranking is 20th in the world.
When I drove to Manchester, it was already four o'clock in the evening, it was the best time of the day, the whole street was full of people, Dong Shanhe thought that such a small city should not be, or Mendes told Dong Shanhe that today is the derby between Manchester United and Manchester City, that is to say, Manchester City will basically go out, and those who can enter the stadium to watch the game will go to the stadium to watch the game, and those who can't go in will also support their teams outside the stadium.
However, there have been some bad things about the Manchester United team recently, since the retirement of the old jazz, Manchester United has not been as good as a day, and even went to play the Europa League this year, which also made Dong Shanhe quite emotional, but when he thought that the teams he supported had not won the league championship for more than 20 years, Dong Shanhe was angry again, "Is it my dream to see the Chinese men's football team win the World Cup and Liverpool's Premier League championship before I die?"
Mendes' ears are still very good, but he only hears one Liverpool word and doesn't understand anything else.
"Mr. Mendes, do you have a ticket for this game? I want to go in and have a look, and after watching the game, we'll go to Sir Alex Ferguson tomorrow." Dong Shanhe looked at Mendes beside him.
It's hard to get Mendes for this little thing, what does he do, a European agent tycoon, with two or three hundred players, he is a guest of any big club, as long as he wants to go in and watch the game, the box has to be prepared for him.
No, after Mendes made a phone call, someone quickly drove him into a car and brought him a few fancy tickets.
"Mr. Dong, this is the ticket for Box 3, let's just go directly after eating and going back and forth. Mendes said very confidently and proudly, from the beginning of the phone call, it didn't even take twenty minutes to do this, and Mendes also wanted to show Dong Shanhe his ability.
"Mr. Mendez is amazing. Dong Shanhe gave him a thumbs up, took the ticket and continued to walk forward.
Manchester's food is still very rich and colorful, after all, it is the second largest city in England, and there are flavors from all over the world, because Manchester is a region with a variety of ethnic characteristics, so dishes from all over the world can be found here.
In Manchester, although the real traditional fish, potato chips and pea puree are worth tasting, Dong Shanhe will never taste them, because he has been frightened by the black material of his domestic media, after all, it is the dark cuisine of England, let's not say that you England can compare with the cuisine of France and Italy, you can't even compare with Germany and Spain, what did you do with the territory of the world when the sun never sets?
Of course, in addition to these three dark dishes, there are other good dishes in England, such as lakeside lamb and corned beef, potatoes and herbs, and chowder.
There is a big Chinatown in Manchester, Falkena Street is the largest Chinatown in the UK, Chinatown is full of restaurants and supermarkets, you can eat delicious Chinese food, and then Dong Shanhe tasted it once, I can only say, it is unpalatable and expensive, not Chinese food at all.
Manchester has a very long tradition of winemaking, so it's also a very drink-loving city, and don't think that Munich likes to drink the most, and Manchester likes it too.
Mendes has been to Manchester many times, after all, his players used to be in Manchester United, so he is still very familiar with Manchester, the location of the dinner is still Mendes for Dong Shanhe, although it is an English restaurant, but the taste is not bad, Dong Shanhe likes it very much, Dover plaice, grilled steak, beef pie, fried fish and fried fries.
After dinner, the three of them went to Old Trafford, the biggest stadium in Manchester City at the moment.
It officially started at 8:45 p.m. England time, and Dong Shanhe and Mendes arrived at the stadium at 8:45 p.m.
When he first came to the court, Dong Shanhe had only one thought, that is, it was really spectacular! It was even more spectacular than watching a basketball game in the NBA, and whoever made the NBA arena can only accommodate 20,000 people at most, while the football stadium can accommodate 70,000 or 80,000 people.
As the saying goes, there are more than 10,000 people, and there are no boundaries, standing in a stadium full of enthusiastic fans, Dong Shanhe said that he was really shocked.
The supporters of both teams waved huge flags, held huge posters, shouted and screamed wildly, as if they wanted to release all their energy in this stadium.
Dong Shanhe didn't understand this, why these guys were so crazy, he thought he was a very rational person, but here, in the atmosphere of the scene, Dong Shanhe gradually became restless.
Of course, only Dong Shanhe is like this, Mendes and Smith are not like this, Mendes mainly sees a lot, what kind of home stadium has not been there, the home stadium that is crazier than this has been, Old Trafford is not a hellish home stadium, and Smith does not care, you must know that the football stadium in the United States is bigger than the football field, and there is a football stadium for 120,000 people, which is even more spectacular than this.
Dong Shanhe could only smile wryly, he hadn't seen it before! Why should he laugh at it! Laugh again! Laugh again, and kick you down.
With the arrival of time, the game officially began, and Dong Shanhe also sat on a chair and began to watch, but it didn't matter soon.
Neither team is the team he supports, and no matter who can win, Dong Shanhe is not too nervous, so he still has time to chat with Mendes.
"Mr. Mendes, can you really buy me all the players I asked for?" Dong Shanhe asked Mendes beside him.
"Mr. Dong, how do you say this? I can't guarantee it, because as you know, Huaxia is indeed a football desert, and it is very different from our lives. Dong Shanhe pouted disdainfully at Mendes' words, honor?
When you get old, you don't even have money for treatment, and you still sell your various trophies and medals to treat yourself, but you can't last a few years, you players just eat youth, and you don't want to earn a few more years while you're young, what honors do you want, can the Champions Cup provide for the elderly? Can the World Cup make you prosperous and rich for the rest of your life? No.
I have to say that Dong Shanhe's ideas still have a certain market, at least his words are very integrated with Mendes, so the two of them also talked and laughed more and more as the conversation deepened.
"Except for Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, I can't really run the past, and I can run the other players for you. Mendes now feels that Dong Shanhe is simply his bosom friend, if his players are like Dong Shanhe, his annual transfer fee commission must not be increased several times, but unfortunately there are few Dong Shanhe who thinks like this.
"Actually, I don't need to be a star in my playing years, I just need a few old, 30-year-old superstars who are famous. Dong Shanhe glanced at the game on the court and said lightly.
"What?" Mendes asked in surprise, "Isn't it possible for a superstar over 30 to help win the championship?"
Besides, the current Chinese football is also developing very rapidly, with five years of sponsorship of 1.5 billion US dollars, which is not a lot of money, and the current Chinese Super League is also bought and bought in Europe, even Lippi, Capello and other first-class coaches have passed, and more than 80 countries in the world will broadcast it, at least in major European countries can see the Chinese Super League games.
"Yes, that's what I'm asking for. Dong Shanhe then explained to Mendes why he did this.
After explaining, Mendes knew that football could still be played like this, "No wonder the boss of Huaxia didn't blink when he bought players, and swiped the card directly!" Mendes is also an eye-opener today, he knows for the first time that football still has this kind of gameplay, football is just a live advertisement for fame promotion, the team's results are not the most important, as long as it is not relegated, it is still in the top league, and the others are stars who need big names, the bigger the appointment, the bigger the appointment, just like Dong Shanhe mentioned a few people before, although they are all outdated, but each of them is a big name, even in Europe.
Of course, Dong Shanhe will never tell Mendes that he has hole cards, and he can make these players over 30 younger.