Volume 1: Theory Chapter 16: Copycat European Football 2
Although everyone has their own views on the comparison between China and Europe, some people believe that China's great unification system is superior to Europe's model of great division, while others believe that China's system of great unification is the main culprit of China's backwardness to the West in modern times, and that the European model of great division is a prerequisite for ensuring that Europe can carry out the scientific and technological revolution at the earliest time in modern times.
No matter what everyone thinks of the contrast between China and Europe, there is one thing that everyone will acknowledge - China's provinces are roughly equal to European countries in terms of geographical territory and population size (with the exception of Russia, which can be considered two 'big provinces'). China can be called a 'unified Europe', and Europe can be called 'China in troubled times', but this 'troubled era' in Europe has always existed from ancient times to the present, and it will continue forever, and if aliens do not invade the earth, I really can't think of anyone who can unify Europe.
China's provinces are equivalent to European countries, and European countries are equivalent to European provinces that have not achieved unity, and 'European provinces' can form their own football league systems and teams, so why can't Chinese provinces form their own football league systems and teams?
Some people may say that China is a unified country, why should we let the provinces form a football league system in each province? Why should we ask the provinces to form provincial teams?
For this question, first of all, I want to say that China's great unification system is the greatest invention in the entire history of mankind, if you don't recognize this now, then, with the passage of time, 20 years, 30 years, 50 years later, you can finally understand this, only the great unification, can integrate all the forces in a cultural circle.
It is possible that the Great Unification Kingdom may be unlucky and temporarily lagging behind others for more than 100 years, but in the long history of human civilization, this is just an accident of the Great Unification Kingdom, and in the long history of human civilization, the Great Unification Kingdom naturally has many more advantages than the Great Division Region, and can suppress the Great Division Region in most of the times.
The British Empire once ruled a quarter of the world's land and a quarter of its population, and what the British Empire had achieved ever before? Britain, in the final analysis, it still returns to the status of 'a province in Europe', of course, Britain itself does not see it that way, many Britons also believe that Britain is still the empire that once covered an area of more than 30 million square kilometers, and Brexit can be more conducive to the future and development of Britain.
Next, the author wants to ask rhetorically: why can't the provinces of a unified country form their own football league system? Why can't the provinces of a unified country form their own football teams?
The reunification of the motherland is worthy of each of us to defend with blood and life, but under the premise of maintaining the reunification of the motherland, we can also flexibly give the provinces autonomy in certain industries, so that the provinces can give full play to the capabilities of the provinces in certain industries to develop the industry well, so that our entire country can also go to a multi-storey level in this industry, and football is the most suitable industry for the development of the provinces.
There are many people who believe that a country should not hand over the football cause to the 'first-level administrative region' to develop, the reason why they think so is only because, this phenomenon is 'not common' in the world, and now the world's most popular football development model, or a game of chess in the country to develop a league system, and a representative team, like the United Kingdom, the four components of the independent, each of them to form a football league system and national team, is rare in the world, although Brazil has state leagues, But Brazil is also better known for the Brazilian Liga and the Brazilian national team.
In fact, our country also has a number of league systems and teams, the mainland of the motherland has a league system and teams, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan also have their own league systems and teams, therefore, our country and the United Kingdom, there are still quite similarities in football, England is known as the 'European Chinese team', but it is also very suitable.
Although Macau is very small, Macau also has a population of 680,000, which is more than Montenegro (630,000 population) and Iceland (340,000 population), but Macao's football strength is better than nothing.
Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan independently develop football, independently set up a league system and representative teams, its strength is still weak, in the Asian arena is not worth mentioning, therefore, many people think: Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan do not develop football, it can indeed show that Chinese are not suitable for football, and it can indeed show that in football, a Brazilian is equivalent to at least a thousand Chinese, a German, a Dutchman, a Spaniard, an Argentine, and at least a thousand Chinese.
Despite this, the author still firmly believes that football is equal for every nation, and there is nothing wrong with this basic setting, and the reason why Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan do not develop football well is mainly due to the lack of attention and the impact of the degeneration and low level of football in the mainland of the motherland. The football of the mainland of the motherland, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan has fallen to the bottom together, and this can also illustrate a problem; for the Chinese who have carved the idea of great unification into their bone marrow, when they are strong, we are strong together, and when they are in decline, we are all in decline; at least in terms of football, the two sides of the strait and the three places are indeed 'sharing blessings and difficulties.'"
And if there is no problem with the basic premise that 'football is equal to every nation', then China has every reason to imitate Europe and create a new European football game, or even a 'European football 2.0 version'.
All in all, China is a very special existence in the world, we were able to complete the work of unification more than 2,200 years ago, we were able to continue our culture from ancient times to the present, we are still the only country in the world that has been using the 'hieroglyphic extended script' for a long time, and we have all kinds of other comparisons. So when we develop our football, we can't copy the experience of other countries, if we do, we can only copy the whole of Europe.
The world is bustling, all for profit; The world is crowded, all for profit. There are five main aspects of a country or region that are associated with the football industry - the national government system, the national football system, wealthy investors, millions of parents and young people with football talent. The football industry of a country or region must make the above five aspects profitable, and the football of the country or region can develop well, and 'copycat European football' is the best strategy that can make all aspects of the football industry profitable.
As for the question that some people are worried about - whether China has the strength to make the provinces copy the football of European countries, I think there is absolutely no doubt that China definitely has the strength to launch a 'copycat European football movement', taking a step back, even if you think that China does not have the strength to copy European football, then we can also copy South American football, or even copycat African football, anyway, South American football and African football are also copycats of European football.
If you think that China's provinces are far inferior to developed countries such as Germany, France, Britain, Italy, and Spain, then China's provinces can at least compete with countries in Africa and Latin America, right? In Africa and Latin America, there is only one Brazil that is stronger than Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Shandong, and the economic aggregate of Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces is about to surpass Brazil. Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Cameroon and other countries all have the strength to form their own football league system, so why don't Chinese provinces have the strength to form their own football league system?
Of course, we want to imitate, to copy, but also should only imitate and copycat the strongest, the old saying - 'those who set up the will to get the will, the one who set the will to get the will, the one who set the will is not the will', therefore, since you want to copy, you should think that the best and strongest opponent target. When you look up at the night sky, if you target the moon, then even if you are lost, you are lost in the sea of stars', so in everything you do, you should aim for the strongest, and strive to surpass them and surpass them, even if you can't reach this goal, then you will not be too far from the strongest.
In addition, although our provinces are far inferior to European countries in terms of per capita income and scientific and technological strength, our country's development speed is unprecedented, just imagine, by 2035, 2043, 2050, and even farther 2060, by that time, our provinces, compared with Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Spain and other countries, is there still such a big gap? Perhaps, by 2060, our country's strong provinces will surpass the top five Western European countries in terms of per capita income and scientific and technological strength.
In short, China is absolutely capable of copycating a new European football, copycat European football's various strength bases, China has, China is now a manufacturing empire, but also an industrial empire, football, it is a product of industrial civilization, therefore, China also has enough strength to copycat a new European football, or even copycat European football 2.0 version, take a step back, even if you still don't believe that China has the strength to copycat European football, then, we can copycat South American football, Or even copycat African football.
To achieve 'copycat European football', the strength base is one aspect, the mass base and the people's interest in football is another, some people believe that the Chinese's interest in football is far less than that of Europeans and South Americans, and even far inferior to Africans and West Asians, which is of course also a prejudice.
I think that the Chinese subconsciously love football, no less than Europeans and South Americans love football, football is a product of industrial civilization, the people of a country or a region are interested in football, is the inevitable product of the economic development of this country or region to a certain extent, as long as a country or region develops to the era of medium industrial civilization, football, it is like tourism can make everyone yearn and obsessed, even like eating and drinking water, Become an indispensable element of people's social life.
When history progresses to 2020, at this time, China actually lacks a thing that can become a 'popular national culture': in ancient and modern times, storytelling and opera can be called popular national culture; in the modern 1950s-2000s, martial arts novels can be called popular national culture; and after the time enters 2010, the era of martial arts novels has gradually ended, and after the end of the popular national culture of martial arts novels, China has not been able to form a new popular national culture.
Popular national culture, whether in terms of culture or economy, is very important to the development of a country, because popular national culture can not only provide a 'common language' for all the people of a country, but also bring huge economic benefits and a large number of jobs, but unfortunately, in the past ten years, the new 'popular national culture' has not been formed in China, and now, only football has the ability to become a new one in China Popular national culture's qualifications, for which the author will also write a chapter in the following article.
Football is the most similar to the sport of war, the most popular American football in the United States, can also be considered a variant of football, the complex tactical system in football games, and ancient wars, modern wars and modern wars can be on the number, football can reflect the success or failure of human society, football is equivalent to a miniature interpretation of the ups and downs of life, which is also a major reason why football can become the world's first sport.
Since football is the most similar to the sports of war, war is composed of different battles, the strategy implemented by human beings in war, and there is a distinction between strategy and tactics, football, naturally, is also divided into football strategy and football tactics, taking the world's top 20 football powers for a long time as an example, these football powers, each with its own iconic football tactics, although the football tactics are different, but the football strategy of the football powers is highly consistent, that is, - 'football overall war'.
Specifically, the strategy of "football overall war" is that when a country or region develops football, it should try its best to find out all the football geniuses in the country, and then from the time these young geniuses are six or seven years old, they will be systematically trained until they reach adulthood, after layers of promotion and screening, and the most talented people will be selected to let them enter the bigger stage of the top football professional league. On this bigger stage, their football talent is fully displayed.
There is no trick to the 'total football war' strategy, and in general, there is only one thing, that is, a country or region must identify all the young football talents and give them the opportunity to enter the professional football league, and only when a country or region can achieve one professional player per 20,000 people, the country's or region's 'football total war' strategy can be said to be successful.
If China were to build a professional league system and a national team as a whole country (now the whole continent), then it would be impossible to successfully realize the strategy of 'total football war', and only by handing over football to the provinces for complete independent development (under the supervision of the national football management department, of course), it would be possible to realize the strategy of 'total football war' in all provinces.
In the previous chapter, "Three Provinces Didn't Play Football", the author said that if the whole country comes to engage in a professional league system and a national team, then all provinces in China are not interested in seriously developing football, because in this case, China's provinces think that their gains and efforts do not match at all, and only by allowing the provinces to develop football completely independently, the provinces can go all out to develop football, because China's provinces are the most suitable geographical areas for the development of a single football league system.
In this way, if a province develops its football career very well, for example, if the provincial team of this province can beat Brazil and Germany, for example, the top league of this province can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Premier League and La Liga, then the province can not only gain great fame, but also huge economic benefits, and in the football industry, the driving force of fame and fortune is much more effective than the ethereal words such as 'win glory for the country'.
To sum up, I think that if China wants to engage in copycat European football, it can be described as a matter of 'everything is ready only owes the east wind', and "copycat European football" is an inevitable path for Chinese football, but it is just a matter of going early and going late, in addition, there is no other choice, perhaps, the world will agree with this in 2020, perhaps, the world will realize this in 2021, 2023, 2025, 2030, 2035, and even 2050, But no matter when this is recognized, copycat European football is the only way for Chinese football.