Chapter 344: Happy Events
With World Cup qualifiers on all continents completed or in the final stages, the European league will be back in action on the second weekend of October, on the 14th and 15th, and club managers like Li Moody will be busy and full of work. While the Apennine Peninsula was in the midst of a lot of noise over World Cup tickets, the Torino coach had a very pleasant life, and it could even be said that he was a little complacent.
First of all, in the international competition of the youth national team held on the evening of the 9th, the names of three Torino boys appeared in the starting list of Italy U20 for the first time, plus the three who entered the squad and sat on the bench, the Red Bulls' academy contributed as many as six players to the country in this game, creating the best record recorded by the club in the past 60 years. This should be a great honour for the youth development of the Torino club, and it has also earned a lot of praise from the coach of the team who has contributed a lot to this construction, and continues to confirm his reputation for being good at developing young players.
And just after this competition, Lim Yoona, who was studying scripts in Asia, also got a rare opportunity, and she was invited by the organizers of the 22nd Busan International Film Festival to become the host of the emergency. According to the original plan, the two hosts of this film festival will be Jang Dong-kyun and Kim Ha-na, the top actors of Kimchi Country, respectively, which can be described as very attractive. However, less than three days before the official opening, the woman suddenly learned the news of her pregnancy, because it is a more dangerous early stage, it is necessary to be very careful, so after urgent negotiations with the brokerage company and the organizer, she decided to resign from the role of host and concentrate on recuperation at home.
This has brought a lot of trouble to the festival, and the organizers need to find a suitable replacement candidate in terms of professional ability and popularity as soon as possible, and Lin Yuna, who is very popular throughout East Asia and has served as the host of large-scale programs many times, has naturally become the first target. However, after Li Mudi learned the news for the first time, he was still a little worried about whether his girlfriend could memorize those concatenation words in such a short period of time, and then had doubts about whether this work would affect the upcoming TV series work. However, when Lin Yuner confidently replied that this was not a problem, the Turin coach directly gave his full support, and immediately contacted Lin Zixu, asking Cambridge Film and Television to come forward to help as much as possible.
Although her appearance on the day of the opening ceremony was complained by many people, there were no small flaws in the whole process of hosting the work, and she completed this task with the ageless male god Zhang Dongjian, and won unanimous praise from people inside and outside the circle. And she also relied on her identity as the host of this top Asian film festival, expanding a lot of contacts in that circle, laying a good foundation for the opportunity to star in excellent film works in the future.
Pull the timeline back to October 10, on the morning, the French "Football" magazine announced the shortlist of candidates for this year's Ballon d'Or, local star Mbappe with last season's outstanding performance in leading Monaco to win the league championship and reach the Champions League semi-finals, successfully entered the final 30-man squad, and finally won the honor The call for glory is more than many other candidates who have already become famous, only behind Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar, the three kings of today. At the age of 18 years and 9 months, he became the youngest candidate in Ballon d'Or history, breaking the record set by Michael Owen in 1998.
Shortly after the list was announced, the young man who had been a little lackluster after returning to Real Madrid for the new season expressed his gratitude to the organizers, coaches, teammates and fans for being shortlisted for the award of being shortlisted for the highest individual honour in world football. At the end of this text, Mbappe specially thanked Li Doudi for everything he has done on his growth path, and hopes that he will have the opportunity to work with his mentor again in the future to create a big scene together.
These words, combined with the match of the Italian Under-20 team a day earlier, brought a lot of attention to the Torino manager, and made him once again improve his status as a mentor to young players, and received a lot of praise.
It's not just football-related happy events, on September 30, the third film "Iron Fist of Shame", which was invested and produced by Cambridge Film and Television, was finally grandly released under the enthusiasm of the audience. As a result, this movie, which was changed from the drama of the same name and whose main content is about the old stalk of men and women swapping bodies, grossed more than 100 million yuan every day in the first three days of its release, firmly occupying the throne of the single-day box office champion. In terms of specific box office figures, 525 million in three days, 1.25 billion in six days, and 1.8 billion yuan in 13 days reached a new box office record of 2D movies in the Celestial Empire, and according to the estimation of relevant institutions, there is still a lot of room for growth.
In the end, this film, which is considered by many people to be a little exaggerated in performance and lacks novelty in plot design, was released in China for a total of ten weeks, and has received a total box office of 2.613 billion soft girls, successfully surpassing "Monster Hunt" and sitting on the third place in the domestic film box office list (second only to "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Mermaid"). Even if you count Hollywood's imported blockbusters, "Iron Fist of Shame" can also be ranked fourth, and the difference with the third "Furious Eight" is extremely weak, which can be said to make several producers make a lot of money.
According to research institutions that don't know whether they are reliable or not, about 400 million of the more than 2.6 billion box office is for the debut of the Turin coach couple on the domestic big screen. In other words, these two newcomers in the film industry of the Celestial Empire contributed 400 million in revenue in just one minute on the screen, and the cost performance can be called invincible. Although there is a special gimmick for them to appear on the big screen for the first time, this appeal is far beyond what the outside world expected, this increase rate of more than 10% is a lot, for the original three producers of the film is earned, they gave away one-tenth of the investment amount and the final income, but got nearly 20% more box office, presumably their high-level hearts have blossomed, and they will think that it is an extremely wise choice to accept Cambridge Film and Television in the first place.
Of course, the biggest beneficiary is undoubtedly Li Mudi's company, not only did they only take out more than 7 million yuan in exchange for ten times or more dividends (according to the final box office of 2.6 billion, these four most important producers can share at least 700 million to 800 million profits, 10% is more than 70 million), and most importantly, Cambridge Film and Television has also greatly improved its popularity and qualifications in the industry because of this blockbuster movie, laying the most solid foundation for future development.
And the Turin coach and his girlfriend have also become the sweethearts of the film and television industry during this period of time, according to Lin Zixu, there are more than 30 movies that want to spend a lot of money to invite Li Mudi to make a cameo. There are also a lot of works that invite Lin Yuner to play small roles and even the second and third women, and everyone wants to take advantage of the current popularity of these two in China to make a wave. However, this kind of thing that destroys its own image with all kinds of harm and no benefit, Lin Li CP will naturally not do it, and the company does not need to ask the opinions of the parties in advance, so they directly reject all of them one by one on the grounds that they can't squeeze out the time.
This kind of choice rather than lack has made the value of the two people and their reputation in the film and television industry higher and better, and the grade of the film that intentionally invited the Turin coach to make a cameo appearance has also been raised, no longer just those bad movies that just want to make some extra money or take the opportunity to praise people, and some well-known directors' plays have also revealed their intention to cooperate with him. In addition to the Happy Twist team that hopes to cooperate with it again, industry leaders such as Chen Kexin and Wang Xiaoshuai have asked through acquaintances if they have the opportunity to cooperate with the Turin coach, although it is also a cameo, but the sincerity is still full. It's a pity that our big celebrities in the film and television industry have been unable to separate themselves recently, so they had to express their regret that they couldn't be invited through Lin Zixu, and also disappointed those fans who were looking forward to his second work (if the cameo is counted).
On the 14th, when Lin Yuna officially joined the group to start the filming of the 16-episode magical modern drama "Black Knight", the Serie A league, which was suspended for a week because of the World Cup qualifiers, also announced a new schedule. The eighth round of matches will still be divided into two days, and with the Champions League and Europa League match day next week, the three teams that have qualified for the Champions League have been given the customary right to play a day earlier. However, they are also big contributors to international players, and the early start of the league also means that the players have one less day to prepare and recover, which still causes some difficulties for them to play on the pitch.
Sure enough, even Juventus, which is the strongest in the entire Serie A in terms of squad depth, is difficult to adjust to a more ideal level after four days of national team matches, even if they are sitting at home in this round, occupying the advantage of geography and people, but the opponent is not an ordinary strong opponent, so the final result of the game is quite unexpected. Faced with Lazio, who sold their leading goalscorer in the summer but had no big names to strengthen them, Allegri had already taken out all the cards at his disposal, but in the face of Dybala's poor fitness due to long travel, and Pjanic was simply injured in the national team and could not play, the Bianconeri enjoyed 60% of the possession, but did not organize a few threatening attacks, and were finally reversed by the Blue Eagles 1-2 when they took the initiative at full-time.
It is worth mentioning that Dybala came off the bench in the 65th minute of the second half and his performance was very unsatisfactory. He first received a cross from Matuidi in the 91st minute and fired a long-range shot at the post, but unfortunately the goal passed away. In the 94th minute, the home team finally won a slightly controversial penalty with the help of VAR technology, but the Argentine did not play a high enough quality shot, and was blocked by Lazio goalkeeper Strakosha, causing the old woman to miss the golden opportunity to equalize the score in the end, which can be described as a big sinner in this defeat.
The defeat also marked the end of a six-game home unbeaten run in Serie A, a home run of 57 in all competitions, and the first time in three years that they have gone two games without a win in three years. The winning Blues, on the other hand, were their fifth consecutive away win, their best result in nearly a decade, and if they can beat Nice in France on Thursday, Miha's side may be able to extend that record given their next two away fixtures in the league are Bologna and Benevento.
Juventus' defeat also means they will be stuck on 19 points, which they have already equalled with today's opponents Lazio, and also gave Inter Milan and Torino the chance to catch up behind them. And if the leader Napoli also overturns in this round, then the top of the table will change dramatically, which also proves that this year's league competition is indeed very strong, even if the defending champions have performed very well, but it is far less relaxed than in previous years, not only playing the role of pursuer for the first time, but also very likely to be squeezed out of the top three, which has never happened since their re-emergence in the phonegate incident, which is probably something that few people can expect before the start of the season.
All eyes will turn to the second and final game of Saturday's kick-off, where Roma will host Napoli, who are in direct competition for the second year in a row, who are still on their winning streak in the new season, but they can't afford to be careless today. If Maurizio Sarri can lead his team to win this tough opponent on the road, he can take the opportunity to open up the points gap with the old lady, but if they lose this crucial matchup, it will give hope to the pursuers behind them.
Considering that Inter Milan, who are two points away from the leaders, will encounter a difficult local derby in this round, and Torino seems to be the best team in the face of weaker opponents, after Juventus' loss, the website of Torino Sports newspaper predicted that the Red Bulls are likely to be the biggest winners after this round of many strong conversations, but this is obviously too early.
The White Dolphins, who visited Roma City, were not too surprised to take the initiative from the start of the game, although the three players of Perottti, Pellegrini and De Rossi all returned from injury in time, but because the likes of El Shaarawy, Stroman and Schick were still out due to injury, the home team was still unable to field the strongest squad today, which gave Napoli the possibility of pressing the opponent with all their might. The visitors had 16 shots on goal with 56 per cent possession, and Insigne slotted home the Red Wolves in the 20th minute. However, the latter was not without chances of equalizing or even overtaking, but the players' feet were not very smooth, only three of the 10 attempts on goal hit the target, Fazio and Dzeko also hit the crossbar twice before the end of the game, and could only regretfully accept a small defeat.
Napoli's opening eight consecutive wins continue to break the team's all-time record, and gradually make the suspense of the league title race less suspenseful, as long as they can win Inter Milan at home next weekend, there will be basically no major difficulties in the next month and a half, maybe this winning streak will be brushed to a staggering number is also possible.