Volume 2 Chapter 91 The Rising Waves
May 4, 2008 was a particularly memorable day when my beloved Liverpool finally lifted the Premier League trophy after 18 years.
At that moment I burst into tears, and at that moment, the whole of Liverpool couldn't cry......
I'm just an ordinary football fan, but also an ordinary person, going to school, working, like many people, busy in this busy and alienated city.
I was very homely, except for reading books and playing games, I didn't have any hobbies, until I fell in love with Liverpool, which was like blood, activating the brilliance of life for me.
My Reds career was not long, I didn't even make it to Istanbul night, but it was because I saw Mr. Ma's report that I followed this team and Liverpool.
That agitating, running red, like something I've been missing in my life, is it passion? Is it a dream? Maybe, for a moment, I realized that I fell in love with this team.
I frantically looked up the information, looked at its past games, looked for all the imprints left by this team, and I didn't expect it to have such a thick history, yes, maybe only it can hold up the strange sky of Anfield.
This season, it can be said that I have accompanied it in every game, the summer acquisition turmoil, the transfer trend, the strength at the beginning of the season, Alonso's injury, the emergence of the general manager, the dressing room incident of the Jay team, the destruction of the club, the worry of the Champions League group stage, the draw of the Christmas schedule, the rise of the general manager after the New Year, the battle of Rome, the capture of Old Trafford, the elimination of the Gunners, the battle for the top scorer in the Champions League, the hatred of Stamford Bridge, and the championship.
There are so many stories that have happened this season, there are laughter and tears, loneliness and carnival, I have accompanied it with ups and downs, and it has enriched my life so affectionately.
I never thought that I would be so happy to like the team all the time, it will never betray you, and there will be all kinds of wonderful performances for you every week.
So that day, yes, it was the day they won the championship and marched around the city, I went to Liverpool, and I won't repeat the bitterness of the period, I booked a ticket overnight, changed trains, and was so tired that I was about to die, but I still arrived in Liverpool that morning.
I didn't even think about how I could be so bold, I spoke half-baked Chinese English and I didn't have much money on me, but when I got there, I found that I was too worried, there were too many foreigners like me, and we didn't need any conversation, just cheers and shouts.
Football and championships are the only languages now.
At ten o'clock in the morning, according to a Danish buddy, the Liverpool bus had already departed from Melwood, and they would circle the city before arriving at the square in the city center.
There were too many people, no less than the train station in the imperial capital during the Spring Festival, and I was not familiar with the road conditions, so I had to wait in the square in the center of the city like most people.
There were a lot of policemen around, they were very friendly, and when they heard that I was from China, they gave me a thumbs up and thanked me repeatedly, and I listened for a long time before I understood, and they said that Ma is always the hero of Liverpool, the prince of Liverpool, and thanks to our great motherland for sending them a great genius.
At that moment, I was half a pound lighter, and I felt proud. Horse has always been my idol, but at the moment, he is so proud of me, we are not without football talent!
Soon I found out a lot of compatriots, some international students, some working in the UK, and some like me, who flew thousands of miles overnight, and it was difficult to explain this madness when we talked.
Yes, there was no hesitation, no entanglement, and the heart told us that we must come!
It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon, and the crowd in the distance finally stirred, it was the Liverpool bus!
The crowd began to erupt with unimaginable enthusiasm, and of course, so did I, I only had one sandwich at noon, and I wasn't hungry at all.
It was so crowded that the bus had to move little by little, and it was really difficult to see the people on the bus, but I still recognized Mr. Ma standing at the front of the bus at a glance, because he was the shortest. ^_^
The Jie team held the Premier League championship trophy, every time it was lifted, it could usher in the crazy shouts of the crowd, the bus finally walked to a place not far away, the championship trophy had reached the hands of Mr. Ma, I saw him kissing the trophy affectionately, and lifted him high, and shouted a word loudly.
And that's just the beginning! The red wave will eventually spread to Europa again!
I can't hear what follows, because the people around me are crazy, and my eardrums itch with that kind of decibel prick, have you ever heard tens of thousands of people calling a person's name together?
I heard that!
They shouted wildly: Mark, Mark, Mark!
My blood was on my head, and my whole body began to tremble uncontrollably, it was excitement, excitement that penetrated the nerve endings.
Mr. Ma is amazing, he conquered a city in just one season, he was really like a totem at that time, the Jie team, the card vice, the tuoniu, no one can hide his light.
He was born with the temperament of a leader!
If you don't come here, you won't know how much he's doing in the city.
The march had a strict schedule, and they didn't stay long before they disappeared from my sight, probably for fear that it would be dangerous to gather too long.
I was a little lost, so I walked to an inconspicuous small bar, and the amazing thing is that the boss just heard that I was from China, and he excitedly told me the story of Mr. Ma, and there were many trivial things in the news and on the Internet that I didn't know about life.
He's really integrated into the city, everyone knows him, likes him, supports him, cheers for him, cheers for him, goes crazy for him.
He's the prince here, he's the pride of the city!
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"My Liverpool Pilgrimage to Win the Championship", Liu Qi finished reading this post, immediately refined and permanently pinned him to the top of the forum.
took a long sigh of relief, calmed down the excitement brought by the post, and immediately replied: "The landlord is really a red army, the landlord is a real man, I haven't mustered up the courage myself, you have witnessed a great moment, and you have also witnessed the official launch of Mr. Ma, envy, jealousy!" ”
After a while, the post was quickly covered with 10,000 buildings, and there is a trend of the hottest post of the year in the section.
The network propaganda department of Danube Sports immediately detected this post, and quickly reported him to the board of directors, Liang Dongqing sat at the front of the conference room with a red face, because of the successful case of Makqin, he has been promoted from vice president to executive vice president, and he is the original shareholder after listing!
Chairman Li Huilong couldn't hide his excitement and sat on the main seat, nodded appreciatively at Liang Dongqing, and said proudly: "Judging from the news, the country will officially launch the public innovation board next summer, and now our main business is basically mature, and overseas business is our most potential growth point in the future. ”
Many of the executives here are eager to try, after the IPO everyone in this room will become billionaires, the worst will become tens of millions of millionaires, now is the time to be the most motivated.
Liang Dongqing hurriedly owed himself and reported respectfully: "Chairman, don't worry, we have agreed on specific arrangements with Jonathan Economic Company, just wait for the implementation of Makqin's time plan, I believe that we will be able to detonate this winter-like domestic football market this summer."
Li Huilong nodded, "You report to me on the specific work and the current progress......
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Thousands of miles away in Denmark, Carlsberg's director of international marketing, Strudal, also sat in his office listening to his subordinates' reports.
"Boss, Liverpool's title this year, we expect their global fan base to enter a period of rapid growth, and the contract we renewed with them last year has made a lot of money!"
Trudal smiled slightly, last year he strongly advocated the renewal of the contract, they have been working with Liverpool for 16 years, and finally waited for this moment, everything is worth it!
"What do you want to do with the Liverpool takeover?" , he asked, leaning back in the boss's chair.
The subordinate shook his head, "Now the signs of the financial crisis are becoming more and more obvious, no one has the ability and interest to buy Liverpool at this time, in addition to oil capital, in addition to last year's turmoil, they also won the championship this year, if the acquisition plan is launched again in the summer, we expect to usher in a great obstacle in the fan base"
Trudal tapped on the handrail, thought for a moment, and asked, "What about Dubai International?" ”
"They have always been interested in it, but now that Liverpool have won the title, the Liverpool board in the deep economic crisis will definitely open their mouths, I guess the price is difficult to negotiate, and the idea of Dubai International is to use the main funds for the new stadium plan, rather than satisfying the retired directors who are waiting for death."
"That's what I think", Trudal nodded, "Liverpool's new stadium plan must be put on the agenda as soon as possible, it is necessary to increase our global influence, you can contact DI International, we are willing to work with them to put pressure on Liverpool"
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At Adidas' headquarters, Batutista, head of strategy, is impassionedly explaining the need for this plan to the directors present.
"Guys, Mark is the supernova we have been following for a long time, and his season has been a miracle, never seen in a hundred years of football history, not even Pele and Maradona"
"He can now be described as popular all over the world, and all football celebrities and media regard him as a star of the same level as Ronaldo and Messi."
"Although he is of Chinese descent, with Liverpool's platform, he is well known and accepted in Europe and the United States, and most importantly, he is really a football genius"
"And most importantly, Puma and Nike have taken a lot of stars from us, they are extremely scarce resources, one sign is one less, Beckham has moved away from European football, we only have Messi under our hands now, we have to catch up"
The directors at the conference table looked at each other, and one of them said: "But Mark is only 17 years old, the conditions you have offered him are too high, there are many meteors in football, and a year of performance does not mean anything, why don't we sign a contract with him that is linked to the level of development?" ”
"Because we're facing competition from Puma and Nike, we're probably only going to have one chance to negotiate, and now with Mark's limelight, Jonathan is completely in charge of the negotiations, and to be honest, I admire him, the three of us offered him a pretty good contract a few months ago compared to a young player, but Jonathan resisted the temptation and now he's in the open."
Batuttista shrugged his shoulders, "So we don't have any bargaining chips"
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With Liverpool's strong victory, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and all kinds of bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods were like sharks smelling blood, frantically biting over.
Under this huge wave, I don't know who can soar into the sky, and I don't know who will regret it for the rest of my life, this will definitely be an unusually noisy summer, just secretly lifted a corner of the veil......