Chapter 255: Return to Turin
In fact, it is not a new trick, that is, it takes into account the development of the two countries, mainly on the side of the Celestial Empire, but the Kimchi Country side does not completely give up, and it still has to retain the "base area".
This sounds like an easy-to-make judgment, why didn't Li Mudi and others think of it before? It's very simple, everyone thought at that time that the existence of THAAD and the Korean restriction order made it difficult for there to be a space between the two countries for artists to come together, so they could only choose one side to bet, and if they wanted to eat it all, they would definitely lose their money. However, during the day today, the Torino coach took a great risk to contact Deputy Director Wang, who had been in contact with him in the report on the THAAD incident - ah, now he has been promoted, and he is already the director of the finance department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Director Wang took three minutes of precious time to listen to Li Mudi roughly describe the difficulties he was currently encountering, and helped the latter get through his thoughts with just one sentence.
Although on the surface, the Celestial Empire ZF is still waiting for the end of the presidential election in the Kimchi country in May, and then to see if it will bring about any turnaround after the newcomers come to power, in fact, everyone knows in their hearts that unless force is used, it is impossible to withdraw the anti-missile systems that have already entered the country and even begun to be installed. In other words, if we continue to dwell on this issue, the relationship between the two countries will remain under the ice forever, which can temporarily hit the other side's economy, but it will also be a big loss for ourselves. Not to mention that with the support of the United States behind it, the kimchi country can spend some time transferring the object of cooperation to Southeast Asia, and the unilateral "sanctions" of the Celestial Empire cannot always play a role. So the two countries will definitely go back to the negotiating table to find a solution to the problem, and as for the timing, Director Wang's assumption is that it is possible to ease the tension within this year.
This news is undoubtedly worth a thousand gold at this point in time, if it can be laid out in advance, then the huge benefits will be almost certain, and the current trade between the two countries is at a historical low, which is an excellent period for buying the bottom. Although Li Mudi has no intention of making any moves in this regard, after learning that relations between the two countries are likely to improve, he can also readjust the plan to the best degree, which can be regarded as a big advantage. For Director Wang's help, he naturally received a great favor from the other party, and secretly thought that he must repay it well in the future.
With this confidential information as a basis, we negotiated cooperation on the condition of helping each other's artists to come here to carry out activities, so that Lin Yuner signed contracts with two companies at the same time, and the markets of both countries were grasped and developed together.
After roughly discussing the plan for this matter, Li Mudi's nerves that had been tense for several days were temporarily relaxed, but because he was about to leave for Europe, the rest of the process was all in charge of his girlfriend and Lin Zixu, and he could only do spiritual support behind him.
After a night of silence, the next day was Thursday, March 23, and according to the original plan, the Torino coach would return to Italy on a noon flight. However, before heading to the airport, he still didn't get a chance to recharge his batteries, but instead met with the heads of several companies that currently have endorsement contracts with him in his hotel room to discuss the expansion of the "Let Kids Love Football" program.
Due to the addition of two powerful cooperative enterprises, this public welfare project, which has won unanimous praise in China in less than half a year, has ushered in a good opportunity for development. From the feedback from Lin Zixu and Gines, it is known that there are still no less than 30 or 40 large enterprises at home and abroad that are interested in inviting Li Mudi to become a spokesperson, and the final screening and discussion of details are still being carried out at this stage. Once there is progress, the annual commercial income of the Torino coach will reach an astonishing 80 million or even 100 million soft girls, although it is not as good as Da Yao, Sister Na and Liu Feiren at the peak of the peak period, but it is also considered the top in the sports circle. So he decided to increase his investment in this youth football development program, so that more children can enjoy the joy of football.
Eventually, the upgrade will increase the number of schools that can provide a free serving of milk per person per day to 300, and double the number of primary schools that can receive free soccer balls to 2,000. Of course, this project will be upgraded in the near future, and Li Mudi hopes that one day all primary schools in China can enjoy this benefit, which can be regarded as a kind of return for his motherland's sports career.
Before I knew it, it was eleven o'clock in the morning, and after seeing off the guests, the Turin coach put the prepared luggage into the car with the help of buns. Although the time to return to China this time was very tight, and he didn't even see his relatives, Lin Zixu and Baozi still helped him buy two large boxes of gifts, most of which were unique handicrafts from the Celestial Empire. These two people had been to Li Mudi's apartment in Turin before, and there was almost no decent decoration in it, it was as simple as the most ordinary small hotel, even if Lin Yun'er went to add a few local Italian ornaments, it didn't seem colorful. That's why they helped him buy these things, and when he went back, he would decorate the house and add some spice to his life.
In fact, the initial plan was to get some food, and Li Mudi's habit of not accepting Western food is well known to everyone, so he finally returned to China once and brought some Celestial Dynasty food, such as roast duck, roast chicken, red sausage and other things are definitely the best choice. However, European customs are particularly strict on food inspection from non-European and American countries, and many things are restricted, so in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he gave up this plan, and it is really difficult to eat an authentic Celestial Empire food abroad!
Before getting on the plane, the Turin coach recommended a network called "Silent Reading" that he had been watching during this time to Lin Zixu, since the latter said that "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" will bring a wave of domestic suspense dramas, then this masterpiece that was just completed in Jinjiang Literature City two months ago and is written by the great god Priest must also make most of the audience's eyes shine. Li Mudi hopes that Cambridge Film and Television can study whether it can win the change authorization of this book, and at the same time dedicate another classic series to everyone, it can also consolidate its position in the circle and lay a good foundation for future development.
On this night, the sixth round of the group of the World Cup Asian Qualifiers Round of 12 will officially begin. The national football team will sit at home to meet the challenge of the sworn enemy Kimchi Country, which is temporarily in second place in the group standings, if it can't get the first win, then there is really no hope, so the pressure on the shoulders of those international players and the new coach Lippi is indeed a little great, and Chairman Cai, who has been called out of class for two years, is even more worried that he has not rested for many days. , a national idol who could call the wind and rain in the table tennis world before, became the target of everyone's shouting in a very short period of time after taking over the work of the Football Association, which can be regarded as extremely tragic.
At the meeting yesterday morning, Chairman Cai invited Li Mudi to watch the match, which may not have been successful, but the latter politely declined due to travel reasons. The Torino coach should have been flying over West Asia at the kick-off, but he was still confident of victory, because the score was 1-0 before the crossing, and without his own interference, the outcome should not have changed.
Every trip back to Europe from Asia is amazing, it takes about 13 to 14 hours to fly, but when you throw away the eight hours of jet lag, you can see that it only takes you five to six hours to make half a circle around the world, isn't it?
At 9 o'clock in the evening local time in Italy on Thursday, Li Mudi returned to his apartment in the city of Turin, and after washing up, he was watching the wonderful replay of the 1-0 victory of the Celestial Empire national football team and the first victory in the round of 12 online, and welcomed the visit of Valentino Cairo.
After the head of the club's marketing department asked the Turin coach about the gossip about visiting his girlfriend's family, he saw that the other party was eating instant noodles with a bottle of kimchi brought back from the kimchi country. Li Mudi had to cook him another pack of spicy cabbage ramen angrily, and didn't let this kid get involved with the kimchi that he finally brought over, after all, it was a gift made by his girlfriend's sister, and it was only such a small bottle, which couldn't be wasted by people who didn't know how good it tasted, which made Valentino look resentful, and said that Li Mudi was stingy.
Of course, the prince of the Torino club didn't come here so late to fight the autumn breeze, not to mention that the junk food of instant noodles is nothing worth remembering for people like him who have tasted the world's food, and this time he came here to discuss a very important matter with the head coach of the team. With the Red Bulls' results still going strong, and Li Mudi's contract extended until the summer of 2019, which is a relatively stable state, the domestic enterprises of the Celestial Empire finally couldn't bear it, and in recent weeks, more than 50 heads of factions have rushed to Turin City, hoping to reach a cooperation agreement with the club to exchange sponsorship for advertising space.
For commercial gains that could be as high as tens of millions of euros, Turin President Urbano Cairo, who has always used business model conventions, and other high-level executives naturally did not let any deal go down easily, so they were busy negotiating with various Celestial tyrants during this time, thinking about how to maximize the benefits. And they also know what is the reason why these gods of wealth will take the initiative to find the door, so they will not have any negative emotions towards Li Mudi, even if the team has fallen out of the European qualification zone after two consecutive draws, they did not interfere with the work of the head coach, but constantly expressed their full support in interviews with the media.
Valentino came over today to inform the Torino coach to attend the signing ceremony of the first batch of confirmed new sponsors in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, after all, people can pay so happily, the most important thing is to see the face of the Celestial Empire, so as a party must show up to show respect.
Although I don't like to participate in this kind of purely cosmetic activities, this time the club really had a rare hemorrhage, and even agreed to take out 40% of the proceeds and hand them over directly to the marketing department, so that they can use them now to invest in the transfer market. This surprised both Li Mudi and Valentino, but they didn't bother to consider what caused the executives to be so generous, and hurriedly began to discuss how to spend the funds of up to 20 million euros.
Before the winter break, the Torino boss had made a list of several prodigies, all of whom had prodigies with a potential value of more than 150 detected through scouting tools, but due to the club's poor funds, only a few youngsters of lower value were brought in. And the cheap price means that the potential is not the best, not to mention the already famous Dembele, Tach and Lemar who are targeted by all the big clubs, even the current European rest of the world is not too famous (the Betis midfielder who later moved to Real Madrid) and the 20-year-old midfielder Carlos Soler, who plays for Valencia, cannot be easily won by picking up leaks.
What made Li Mudi feel helpless was that Flamengo striker Vinicius, who was born in July 2000 and was only 16 years old with a potential value of only about 165, was actually priced at 50 million euros by the club. What surprised him even more was that there was really a big wrong, Real Madrid, who had eaten a big sweetness in the introduction of young players, once again started the idea of making an early move, and it can be seen through the FM system that they have maintained a strong interest in this young man who looks twenty years older than his real age for a month, and I believe that the official offer will be made soon. Regarding this "trench inhumane" approach, the Torino coach said that money is really like paper for some people, they can be willful at will, and envy the dead!
After ruling out the vast majority of names on the list that could not "deign" to join Torino in the past two seasons, Li Mudi focused on 17-year-old Ajax central defender Matthijs de Ligt, 18-year-old goalscorer Maximiliano Romero of Argentine powerhouse Sarsfield, and full-back Santiago Viera (Santiago Viera), who plays for Liverpool in the Uruguayan league. and Marlang Sarr, a centre-back for Nice. Except for the Uruguayans who were born in 1998, the other three were all born in 1999, although they are all post-90s, but they are also demons with unlimited potential, which makes people drool when they think about it.
However, it is quite difficult to win these hopefuls from many competitors, not to mention that the club with these players is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and it is a fool's dream to dig up treasures from them without superb skills. So the Torino coach began to shake the pot again, handing over the investigation and later negotiation work to Valentino to operate, and also said that he was busy leading the team to train and direct the game. Fortunately, this is indeed a work within the scope of the marketing department, and the prince of the club, who has always wanted to vigorously develop his own youth training, will not complain about poaching new stars, and the two sides even hit it off, what a pair of intimate and good working partners!