Chapter 299: Interview (I)

Although she is the lover of the company's legal person and the largest shareholder, and Li Mudi also intended to hand over the decision-making power of the film and television company to her before, Lin Yuna chose to join Cambridge only as an artist after careful consideration for a period of time. She knew that even though she had been in the entertainment industry for more than ten years, she had rarely participated in management before, and she was not familiar with life in the Celestial Empire, and it was extremely irresponsible to make decisions at will, so she suggested that the company still maintain the situation of Lin Zixu being at the helm alone.

Signing a contract with a pure artist for five years, trying to get in touch with the environment of this big country as much as possible during this period, and at the same time learning more from Lin Zixu, and striving to take on a heavier position in the near future, this is the final decision made after several people discussed.

At the informal meeting held the night before the signing ceremony, there was another major event that changed the pattern of film and television companies, and Li Mudi's original 80% stake was distributed to Lin Zixu and Lin Yuner free of charge, increasing the number of shareholders of Cambridge Film and Television to four. After this period of verification, the Torino coach fully recognized the ability and quality of his domestic agent, and felt that the other party was a good partner who was very compatible with him, so he was willing to take out shares to bind him to his own warship. As for the one given to his girlfriend, it was purely to add a shareholder status to her, so that she could communicate with her peers in the circle in the future.

Although the change of equity still needs to be approved by the industrial and commercial bureau and other relevant parts, the agreement has been fully reached, and the final result of the company's shares is as follows: Li Mudi 50%, Baozi 20%, Lin Zixu 15% and Lin Yuner 15%, of which the latter two cannot be resold at will, once they leave the company, they can be traded to the legal person at a lower price. Since Cambridge Film and Television is not a listed company, there is no such thing as dividends, and it is very easy to change it, and it can be done quickly.

After the huge signing ceremony, Lin Zixu held a plenary meeting early the next morning, made a big adjustment to the company's future development plan, and began to design a plan for Lin Yuner to further gain a foothold in the Celestial Empire film and television circle. This is undoubtedly the most important meeting of the year, and it is likely to determine whether Cambridge Film and Television can transform from a single investment model to a diversified development enterprise, but fortunately, the various departments have long been prepared for this day, so after a full four hours of retreat and discussion, they have finally successfully achieved their goal, laying a good foundation for the future direction.

According to common sense, no one should be absent from such a critical meeting, even Baozi, who is not usually involved in the affairs of film and television companies, came over to attend, and insisted until the end, although he didn't say a word. But someone wasn't there, and it was the big boss, which was somewhat unexpected by some company employees.

It's not that Li Mudi is playing a big name, or evading his responsibilities, although he really doesn't want to be there to listen to those plans that may make him drowsy, but there are more important things that he needs to deal with, and he really has no skills. The day after Torino finished their league season finale, Gines called to inform Li Muddy of the good news: the official FIFA website will have an exclusive interview with the "No. 1 coach in Asia".

In order to improve the level of Asian football and narrow the gap between them and European and South American countries, FIFA has been doing various tasks under the table for many years, but due to geographical, cultural and investment reasons, it has never been able to achieve the desired results. With the decline in the strength of the two countries in the past five or six years, and the football of the Celestial Empire has always been in a state of mud that cannot support the wall, the current situation of Asian football has become worse and worse, which has made FIFA's head very painful.

Fortunately, Li Mudi, the yellow-skinned head coach, suddenly came out, even though he is now a Spanish citizen, everyone in the world still regards him as a Celestial Empire and an iconic figure in the rise of Asian football. This interview is FIFA's first step in building a leader in Asian football, or an icon, and if the Torino boss can continue to excel next season, there will be more promotions waiting for him in the future.

Due to time constraints, the interview was scheduled for this morning, in the office building of the Celestial Empire Football Association. Li Mudi left the hotel early in the morning, first went to the airport to pick up Gines who came from Spain, and then went straight to the destination. Arriving exactly 45 minutes early, during a brief look by the makeup artist, he discussed the process with the interviewer, a Canadian journalist named Nat Rogers. In fact, there is nothing to communicate, FIFA will not be stupid enough to ask some sensitive questions, so the negotiations are over quickly.

At ten o'clock in the morning, after several leaders of the Celestial Empire Football Association greeted and left, the interview officially began. The interview will be recorded as a video and accompanied by a transcript for readers with different needs.

"Hello, Coach Li Mudi, thank you for being able to give an exclusive interview to our official FIFA website." The journalist's English pronunciation is standard, making it effortless for the Torino boss to understand. Of course, this is also with the help of the FM system, otherwise according to the test-taking education he mastered during school, his listening and speaking are very bad, and he is basically unable to communicate directly with people.

"It's my pleasure and I hope today's answer will be satisfactory to everyone."

"Okay, let's get started. First of all, congratulations to Coach Li for leading the Torino team to qualify for next season's Europa League in the season just ended. ”

"Joy and apprehension coexist. In the past ten months, with the joint efforts of all members of the club and the strong support of the fans, the team has performed well and made some progress, and there is naturally excitement and excitement. But it also puts us under a certain amount of pressure, and next season the Serie A competition will definitely be more fierce, and the Torino team will have to be tested in the European arena, and the slightest mistake is likely to encounter Waterloo, so I and my team need to put in more effort to try not to disappoint everyone. ”

"Actually, there are a lot of fans and followers who are curious about Coach Lee's life experience, because there has never been an Asian football coach who can establish himself on the European continent before, but you have won everyone's praise within two years, so everyone wants to know how such a special coach is made, can you tell us a little bit about your upbringing and relationship with football?"

"There's really nothing special, I'm just a very ordinary Celestial Empire person, I've been going to school and living a step-by-step life since I was a child, and it's nothing more ordinary. As for football, I fell in love with it at a very young age. My father was a football fan, and in 1990, when I was not yet seven years old, I was exposed to the top football tournament at that time through the live broadcast of the Italian World Cup broadcast on our Tianchao CCTV station, and it has been out of control ever since. From then on, after school and homework, I would run to the streets and play football with my neighbors, and although there was nothing to boast about, I was indeed the best football kid in the streets. ”

When he was a child, Li Mudi really liked to play football, and at that time, his family lived in a bungalow, and there were basically no cars on the small streets. After watching the cartoon at half past six in the evening, the children of two or three nearby streets would run out one after another, borrow a very beautiful football from the house of a wealthy friend, and start playing on the street. No matter how many people participated, they were divided into two teams, and the two bricks were thrown to the ground to create a goal, and everyone chased the bouncing ball together, always having fun, until the adults of each family called back to do homework or sleep, and then gradually dispersed. It was a wonderful time, and every day was carefree and full of joy.

"Oh? Can't imagine that Coach Lee was still a football master when he was a child? So did you think about becoming a professional athlete at that time? ”

"Hehe, at that time, there was no such concept, and my family still thought it was better to follow the general values of society, that is, to go to university and find a stable job. The sports training mechanism of the Celestial Empire is very different from that of Western countries, and it is almost impossible for children to train in an environment that is not separated from normal learning and life, and most of them are centralized and closed models, resulting in very few families agreeing to their children to engage in this road full of hardships and tribulations, and our family is naturally no exception. Of course, my level of play is only good in pure games, and if I really want to enter the professional team, I should be the most ordinary kind, and it is likely that there will be no development. ”

"Since we talked about the football environment of the Celestial Empire, in the eyes of Coach Li, what is the current situation and development prospects of this world's number one sport in the world's most populous and comprehensive country?"

"To be honest, it's not ideal. I'm very disappointed that the infrastructure of Celestial Empire football is terrible and that I haven't been able to see any improvement from my followers over the years. For example, the proportion of registered professional athletes and teenagers participating in this sport, you professionals should be able to easily check these data, which is obviously extremely not optimistic. This seriously restricts the development and improvement of the level of football in the Celestial Empire, but in the face of this unfavorable situation, we ordinary people have no way to improve it, which is a conceptual problem formed for thousands of years, even if ZF comes forward, it may not be able to receive results in a short time. If you want to completely change the football environment here, you need everyone's joint efforts and patience to wait for the day when it gets better. ”

According to Gines's previous proposal, this question should be deleted, because everyone knows that the question about Celestial Empire football is a bomb, no matter how you answer it, as long as you have a little relationship with it, you won't get good, the official and the fans will always offend one, and if you don't get it right, you will become a person inside and outside. However, Li Mudi's angry nature was revealed again at this time, although he also knew that he couldn't say anything substantive, but he still couldn't help but want to vent a little, just think of it as another waywardness.

"Okay, let's turn the conversation to your development in Europe. As we all know, there are very few Asian coaches or players who have successfully established themselves in Europe, the center of world football, and there are still some success stories on the player side, but you are the first in the role of coach, what is the reason for this in your understanding? ”

"Obviously, the most important reason is the lack of ability, the level of Asian football is indeed the weakest of the five continents on the earth, even the comprehensive strength of Africa and North America is stronger than ours, so the strongest here will reach the level of ordinary European players or slightly stronger than them, and people other than them will naturally not be able to gain a foothold over there. As for why there are examples of players such as Nakata Young-shou, Park Ji-sung, Son Heung-min and others, but there was no one on the coach side before, it is naturally due to the gap in the number of people at the grassroots level. The number of professional players is much larger than that of coaches, and it is clear that it is realistic to select a player who meets European standards in the hundreds of thousands of people. ”

"So what is the special reason why Coach Lee thinks he can become the first manager to be recognized by world football? Can you share it for everyone to learn from? ”

"I started from a much higher starting point than my other Asian counterparts, and I was taught by a philosophy that was all from the West, so I didn't have any problems adapting. The first point is that it is difficult for others to have the opportunity to replicate my experience, after all, if it is not for the coincidence (in fact, it is the setting that the old man combined with the FM system to forcibly buy), it is difficult to join the world's top giants like Real Madrid, even the third and fourth rate teams in Europe will not easily offer a job to an Asian coach, so I was able to coach Castilla and Torino to a large extent. It has nothing to do with discrimination or anything, because there are so many excellent coaches in Europe, and their Asian counterparts are very different from them in terms of ability, and they are not very competitive. So, this is related to the second point I said, we Asian coaches need to find opportunities to go to Europe to learn and communicate, and only when we are strong can we have the opportunity to step into the world's top football circle. ”

In fact, the current Europe is already in a situation where it is not easy for local football coaches to find a full-time job, and every year the newcomers who have just entered the industry and some players choose to continue to engage in football-related work after retiring, making the competition for club positions more and more great. In addition to scouting, which requires connections and familiarity with all regions of the world, the vast majority of the employees of each club are natives, even if those club owners who regard money as their life know that Asians have a very low asking price, and they will not easily challenge the nerves of their own people, the potential of local protection. Rules exist in all walks of life.