Fleet Street, or Fleet Street, is synonymous with the British media.

As the leader of the modern media industry, the birthplace of paparazzi, this is only 500 meters long, connecting the political center of Downing Street and the financial center of the City of London, a crowded street that has flourished for two hundred years, with a total of only 200 house numbers, but at its peak it gathered more than 100 newspapers.

The Times, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Daily Express, The Daily Mail, The Mirror, The Daily Telegraph......

Almost all the newspapers whose names were shouted had gathered here.

However, with the development of science and technology and the progress of the times, more and more newspapers choose to leave Fleet Street.

The first to leave was the Times, the newspaper tycoon Murdoch introduced advanced Internet technology in the United States, and several newspapers under his command left Fleet Street one after another, followed by the Guardian, Daily Mail and many other media outlets.

In 2005, Reuters moved out, and the last newspaper office left Fleet Street, and the peak news street was completely entered into history, and the headquarters of the Daily Telegraph, which once made countless media people flock, now became the London headquarters of Goldman Sachs in the United Kingdom, and the original newspaper office became a court and a law firm.

A little further east of Fleet Street, Woping and Canary Wharf, became new newspaper hubs.

However, although the actual Fleet Street is a thing of the past, Fleet Street is still synonymous with the British media.

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In the UK, someone once described the readership of the major newspapers so vividly.

The readers of The Times are the people who govern the country; The readers of the Mirror are people who think they are governing the country; The Guardian's readers are people who believe that it is up to them to govern the country; The readers of the Daily Mail are the wives of those who govern the country; The readers of the Financial Times are the people who own the country.

And the readers of The Sun don't care who governs and owns the country, they just ask for the big breasts of the three girls.

After 200 years of history, the newspapers that have survived the fierce competition on Fleet Street have their own set of fixed audiences, which has led to the style of each newspaper being distinct.

But the competition was still fierce, and every newspaper still told them the necessary weapons for Fleet Street reporters in the first class of training new reporters, fourpence and a knife.

Pennies are for roadside calls, and a knife is for stabbing a competitor's tire.

But at the same time, they will tell new reporters old stories about the restaurants and cafes on the banks of the Fleet River, not just how Dickens and Samuel Johnson wrote, but how the major newspapers communicated with each other and exchanged news.

Times have changed, but many things have not.

For example, the newspapers gathered in Wopin and Canary Wharf are still frantically rushing for news.

Or the newspaper bigwigs would get together every now and then and talk about something, but the location would change from the crowded Cheshire cheese restaurant or café on Fleet Street to an upscale five-star hotel near Canary Wharf.

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"When did the wind change? Even your Suns have started blowing about Liverpool's players? ”

"Ha, yes, have you changed your taste recently?"

"If you want me to say, the Daily Mail has turned to Yang Yang, I can understand it, after all, I heard that he has recently become very popular among female readers in the UK, surpassing Mourinho and becoming the most popular man among women, but how has the Sun changed, is he also popular with the third edition of the girl?"

There was a burst of laughter in the conference room.

Whether it's outside, or inside Fleet Street, the chain of discrimination is somewhat there.

Even though the Sun newspaper has the largest sales, in Fleet Street, their status is not very high, and they even occasionally become the object of ridicule of each other, just like today.

"The need for manufacturing sales." The Sun's Stig Abel said indifferently, "Besides, our report is not wrong, I think it's very well written, neutral and objective." ”

Neutrality and objectivity, these two words seem to have changed somewhat when they come out of the mouths of the people of the Sun.

But everyone present seemed to get used to it, and it was over with a smile.

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The rally was presided over by Evans of The Times and Henry Winter of the Daily Telegraph.

Both of them are old men of Fleet Street, and both are die-hard Liverpool fans, so much so that some say that if you want to get into the editorial boards of The Times and The Daily Telegraph, you must first become a Liverpool fan.

It's as if the editorial department of The Independent only accepts Arsenal fans.

Although the Sun's position is not clear, it is clearly more biased towards Manchester United, and the Sun has been making a voice to defend Ferdinand in the first Ferdinand drug test.

As for the Daily Mail, their audience was more Chelsea fans, so much so that they would not hesitate to poach Martin Samuel from The Times at a sky-high annual salary of £250,000, because the latter is not only a well-written column, but also a close friend of Frank Lampard, but also a Chelsea fan.

Henry Winter is Gerald's best friend, and the one he looks down on the most is Martin Samuel, and the two are often stumbling in the column.

Of course, Martin Samuel is not yet eligible for their gathering today.

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"The main reason why I invite you here today is to hope that we can try to reach a consensus." Henry Winter said.

Everyone looked at each other, "What consensus?" ”

"yes, what do you say?"

Henry Winter signaled everyone not to worry, "I believe that everyone will not deny the fact that Yang Yang has become a veritable number one star in the Premier League, and he is also the most appealing star." ”

The Sun's Stig Abel opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Although he is quite upset with Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, Henry Winter is also right.

Judging from the current situation, the Portuguese are indeed slightly inferior to the Chinese.

Other newspapers were even more disagreeable, because this was an unrecognized fact.

Otherwise, many media outlets such as the Daily Mail, The Sun, and even The Independent have focused on Yang Yang.

The audience of each newspaper may be different, but the enthusiasm for football is the same, and Yang Yang is the most influential and appealing star in the Premier League at the moment.

If nothing else, let's just say that Yang Yang's girlfriend Su Ye is now a member of the Premier League's most popular wife group, and she often appears in major newspapers, and has even attracted more attention than Chelsea left wing-back Ashley Cole's wife Cheryl and Gerrard's girlfriend Curan in the fan selection, only losing to David Beckham's wife Victoria.

To some extent, the attention of the British media is equivalent to the attention of the media around the world.

"What do you want to say?" Stig Abel asked.

Henry Winter smiled, "We've never had a player in the Premier League win that award!" ”

World Footballer of the Year, born in 1991, has a history of 17 years, and has given birth to 12 World Footballer of the Year, because Ronaldo has won it three times, Zidane and Ronaldinho have won it twice.

But it's hard to accept that all of them are from Serie A and La Liga.

And even the European Golden Ball Award, which is known as a more professional one, has only won it once in the Premier League since the beginning of 91, that is, Michael Owen in 01 year, won this award with his outstanding performance in Liverpool, but lost to Luis Figo in the selection of World Footballer.

Although no one wants to admit it, they have to accept the fact that the European Golden Globe Awards are gradually declining.

"The 12 World Footballer of the Year are all from La Liga and Serie A, but the French have won it, the Germans have won it, Portugal and the Dutch have also won it, only the Premier League and England have not won it."

Everyone present nodded their heads, Zero Year would have had a chance, but Michael Owen was obviously not as big as Figo.

"I've received the news that AC Milan has come forward, the Italian media has unified the direction, they are going to bring Kaka out, they are going to start building momentum for Kaka."

As soon as Henry Wenger's words fell, everyone present was not happy.

"What do you mean? What does Kaka compare with Yang Yang? ”

"That's right, in terms of results, championships, and performance, he is not as good as Yang Yang."

"However, it cannot be said that such precedents are not unprecedented."

"I think Yang Yang's biggest weakness is that he was born in a weak football country."

"Yes, there are only 16 World Footballer of the Year, seven of which have been awarded to Brazil, and players from non-football powers have only won the award once, or George Weah, who played for AC Milan in 95."

"AC Milan was able to build momentum for Shevchenko back then and succeeded, and they will do the same this year."

"The big teams are still very good, the most typical ones are Real Madrid and Barcelona, these two clubs are quite good in this regard."

"That's Real Madrid under Florentino, not Real Madrid now."

"But I think Henry is right, this year is indeed a good opportunity, Yang Yang had such a good result last season, and his performance was so good, and now he is in great form, if we add another fire......"

"If he wins the prize, we'll benefit too, won't we?"

"Yes, this award is like a halo, after getting it, Yang Yang is like an inexhaustible treasure trove, we don't need to worry about no hype material in the future."

"What does Liverpool say?"

Evans, who had not spoken, nodded: "Rick Parry said that Liverpool will do its best to support Yang Yang." ”

This is not surprising, because as long as Yang Yang gets this honor, the commercial value of Liverpool will also be greatly improved, even if he wants to sell it in the future, he can also sell it for a higher price.

"I think you can think about it."

"I also support it, in the future, we will still be the same internally, but externally, we must have the same goal."

"In addition to the Italian media, we should also pay attention to the Catalan media, stepping on Yang Yang all day long to praise Messi."

"One has let them blow more than five people for more than half a year, and they are still blowing."

"I really hope that Yang Yang will also come to a row of five people and disgust them to death."

"We'll talk about this later, and we'll reach a consensus now."

"I don't think there's a problem."

"Me too."

"I support it too."

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