Chapter 31: The Unexpected
On Friday, the citizens of Oxford, as usual, ate breakfast first and opened the newspaper in the morning.
The Oxford Post is a local tabloid in Oxford, mainly covering the trivial things in the Oxford area, but it sells well in the Oxford area.
Everyone flipped through while eating, and accidentally turned to the sports page of the Oxford Post, a colorful family photo, and a big headline - Invite Zorro of football to fight against Victor on the streets of Oxford!
When I saw this title, I almost squirted out the milk in my mouth, and quickly apologized to my family members who were dining at the same table at the table.
The sports section of the Oxford Post actually had a special page. The article details the formation of a holiday street soccer team by a group of local Oxford university students, and now invites fans or players who like football, love to play football, and can play football to form a team to participate in the battle against the Oxford holiday street soccer team. You can sign up now at the newspaper office to schedule a time and place for the competition. The Oxford Post also participated in this summer football competition, with the aim of bringing the original football summer feast to the citizens of Oxford.
The Oxford Post announced that the first event will be held at 3 p.m. the day after tomorrow at the public sports ground in the southern suburbs park. Oxford fans are invited to the Southern Suburbs Park Park to watch for free and enjoy the Oxford Holiday Street Vido Football Team and Oxford Post Football Team Battle.
At this time, the European Championship in Sweden has just ended, and the fans are still immersed in the frenzied atmosphere of the top European competitions just past, everyone reminisces about the fierce and wonderful football games, and the fans are also talking about the regret of the England team and the incredible victory of the Danish team in the game, and maybe there are fans who like to bet and are regretting it.
But the European Championship is over, the smoke is gradually dissipating, and there is no heavy football news that attracts attention, those brilliant stars are far away from themselves, and the colorful lives of football stars are even more out of reach. Lonely, I suddenly feel a feeling of idleness, and I am about to rush my enthusiasm back into work or study.
At this time, the Oxford Post suddenly broke the news that fans who love to play football were invited to form teams to participate in street football matches, and the winner of the football match could receive a prize of 1,000 pounds. This money is really not the most important thing, but this mood, just like everyone after tasting a big meal, suddenly found a delicate and beautiful dim sum, right in front of them, not only to see with relish, but also to taste it.
Football's Zorro is invited to fight Vido on the streets of Oxford! This gimmick is good, is this Oxford Holiday Street Vido team so strong? Fans began to move, some called to watch the game, some asked friends if they were willing to form a team to challenge, and so on.
Things are often like this, as long as there is a little novelty, it will attract everyone's curiosity, just like a person needs to sneeze, look up at the sky, and don't hit it for a while, just look at the sky sluggishly. Someone was passing by, and suddenly found that this person was looking at the sky, and he couldn't help but stop and look at the sky. One, two, three...... In the end, the initiator couldn't help but look at the sky again, did he miss something, there were aliens in the sky?
In this way, since many people have not read the post, listen to the question of a friend, hurry up and buy a copy of the "Oxford Post" to see what is going on. Buy it and take a look, hey, fun, a little interested, and then tell your friends.
Now the Oxford Post is ridiculously bad, and the newspaper is out of stock. A small local newspaper in Oxford, there is no heavy news, and there are not a few times a year when the newspaper is out of stock.
The editor-in-chief of the Oxford Post couldn't help but pick up this issue of the newspaper and was also surprised. I remember when I reviewed the magazine, I didn't find any serious news? Could it be that my memory has deteriorated to this point, why don't you remember it at all? The editor-in-chief looked at himself very much and found that he really didn't have any serious changes.
The editor-in-chief concluded that the problem must have arisen in the contents of the newspaper, and after a closer look, it turned out that the newspaper out-of-stock incident was caused by a report in the sports section, and that it was not a major report on a professional team or a national team, but an amateur team formed by a group of students.
At this time, the editor-in-chief vaguely remembered that Charlie Des, the editor-in-charge in charge of the sports section yesterday, came. Yes, I came, I must have been, and then the editor-in-chief remembered, why? That's because Charlie Derts, the sport's editor-in-charge, also applied for £500 in funding. You can't remember anything else, but money, no matter how big or small, can't be forgotten.
At that time, the editor-in-chief still considered it, but it was seen that Charlie Dez usually worked very effectively, and he was also conscientious, and he did not make any major mistakes in his work, and more importantly, he has always respected himself. Charliedez's application for the purpose of the funds this time is also clear, although the reason is not very sufficient this time, but considering that Charliedez is worth his own wooing, and more importantly, 500 pounds, this money is very small, and finally he agreed.
The editor-in-chief now sees that he has been kind for a while, and he has been crooked, and he has received such a big surprise. In a good mood, this Charlie Dez is really the deputy general of the hospital. The editor-in-chief thought that he had not paid enough attention to it before, and this follow-up report must be grasped to create momentum, and when the opportunity comes, he must not let it slip away.
The editor-in-chief has a lot of resources and power, so he hurriedly arranged for the newspaper's reporters to contact the editors of the sports edition to replace the leading qualifications of the shrimp reporters in the sports edition. Then let the reporter take that what Oxford holiday street Victoria amateur football team to arrange a personal interview, prepare a follow-up tidbits report, be sure to make the cake bigger. This is a news breaking point, how can it be used if it is not good to use it?
The Oxford Post hasn't been a big seller for a long time, and this time it's sold out. This is a major event in the newspaper, which also fully reflects the ability of the editor-in-chief, who is very visionary and courageous.
Events often unfold unexpectedly.
It's fast approaching Sunday afternoon, the day of the Oxford Holiday Street Soccer Team vs. the Oxford Post Soccer Team. A group of people jumped off the bus, and they couldn't help but be shocked, there were so many people coming to the Public Stadium in the southern suburbs of the park, and now there were at least 400 people at the scene, and it seemed that there were still people rushing here.
The Widdo Cola Company has set up Coke retail stores in the four corners of the stadium, and many people are buying, so busy that the staff of the Vitol Cola Company are only spanking their fat butts with their heels.
The man in the uniform of the park manager was hurriedly directing the order, and when he saw the team bus coming, he was overjoyed, like a rabbit, and ran to the vicinity of the group of people, and then shouted angrily: "Who is the leader of the team this time, stand up for me, this ball game must be canceled." ”
II was taken aback, canceled, what a joke. II hurriedly stood up and asked, "Ah-why did you cancel this football match?" ”
At this time, Mr. Baker, the Oxford Post reporter who accompanied the team, and a marketing and sales leader of the Victoria Coke Company also came down.
Seeing that the park management was confronting the team members, the newspaper reporter first began to take pictures, and then began to inquire about the situation and ask what was going on.
"Park administrators are demanding that this football game be cancelled."
"Why? Isn't this all said in advance? The top and bottom have said hello, you say cancel it, who gives the power? ”
"We also paid for the advertising of the venue, and you said cancel it when you said it would be canceled, so what are you collecting money for?"
In the face of the aggressive words of Dana reporters and Vitol personnel, the park management began to blush: "Who would have thought that a game that is not an amateur game at all would be accompanied by real fans, and how can safety be guaranteed?" ”
Everyone watched the park full of people, the sales of Victoria Coke were booming, and the public stadium in the southern suburbs park, which is not a professional football stadium, there is really no way to guarantee the safety issue. It's just a barbed wire fence, in disrepair, and there are a few sections in the middle that are not closed.
Although safety was a big concern, the Post's reporters and the sales officer in charge of Victoria Cola did not agree to cancel the game.
If this game is canceled, how can the newspaper have news, the newspaper is not afraid of big things, and they have to follow up on it? Now that there are so many people that park managers need to be suspended, that's news, how good! Dana's journalist thinks differently.
The person in charge of the Victor company is even more reluctant, you see how hot the sales of Victor Cola are on the spot, this kind of retail does not make any money, and it has to pay the management agency of the Yuan Stadium, but the advertising effect is good. This is much more effective than an on-site sales event hosted independently in a mall or square, and others will not resist it. In the mall, they think it's ** naked and want them to spend money to buy Coke, and now they buy Coke, that's the Victor company is considerate, the weather is hot, drink a bottle of Coke, that's comfortable! Where to find such a good thing, there are fans, there is media, 3,000 pounds, you can put a billboard in a regular stadium for two months.
Both the Oxford Post and the Victoria Coke Company have just tasted the sweetness, and now they are saying to stop the game, so how is that possible? They all wish there were more people, and the more the better. This is the benefit, and no one can give it up lightly. But the safety issue is indeed a problem, if something really happens, everyone is really not good to deal with?
What to do, fortunately, the newspaper remembers that it is also a big deal, and there are many connections, so I picked up the phone and contacted the police directly. This is not a call to the police, but a request to the police to maintain law and order, which is the duty of your police.
The police came, but two cops were in front of more than 500 fans, how small it was. Seriously, the police really don't have much use in this environment.
However, human subjective initiative is indeed unpredictable, energy is enormous, and human wisdom is infinite. In order to ensure that the game went smoothly, the fans at the scene were the main body, and the newspaper, the Coke Company, the park management and the police sent representatives to weave a wall hand in hand to protect the football field.
Only the camera of the Oxford Post photojournalist faithfully recorded the scene.