Chapter 304: Tickets to the Finals
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Wu Qingyu felt that the past three months were like a dream, he made a movie for the first time, and he also became the leading actor, and the international movie star Emily. Stan cooperates. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn addition, I also went to the scene to watch the idol Chu Zhongtian's competition.
He didn't know what would happen to his life when he returned home. But at present, he has no heart to continue his current school, he is determined to be an actor, and plans to change his major and go to drama school when he returns to China.
The filming of the movie "Wimbledon Love" has reached the end, and there is only one shot left of Wu Qingyu, that is, the scene where Chu Zhongtian and Emily look at the scenery together on the rooftop. This scene is also the last scene of the entire movie. Until the end, Emily and Chu Zhongtian did not make a clear confession, but through so much foreshadowing in front, fools can see that they must be in love with each other. The purpose of not making a confession is to leave some aftertaste for everyone at the end, which is more in line with the artistic conception of "blank" in traditional Chinese culture.
The whole crew was filled with the joy of being about to be successfully completed.
For Wu Qingyu, the joy is even more, because Emily announced after yesterday's work that the crew will not be disbanded until May 28, and the last emergency stop activity before the disbandment is to go to Wembley Stadium to watch the Champions League final and cheer for Chu Zhongtian!
It's not enough to watch a Champions League match live, now you have to go to a world-famous stadium like Wembley Stadium to watch the final of the Champions League, the pinnacle of European football. Wu Qingyu felt that he was really lucky, and when he went back to tell his friends about such an experience, he would definitely be able to envy them to death.
In fact, he has been paying attention to Chu Zhongtian, and he has watched every Hoffenheim Champions League game in front of the TV. He also knows that the recent media reports on Hoffenheim are not very optimistic about Hoffenheim. He doesn't think so. Maybe it's Chu Zhongtian, who has been playing for more than two months, he has already entered the role, and he has some similarities with Chu Zhongtian in personality. He believed that Chu Zhongtian would never give up the game so easily, and if it was himself, he would not do it. Never give up until the last minute, the madness is a spirit that allows them to dare to challenge opponents who are many times stronger than themselves, and they can also perform miracles repeatedly. These are the takeaways he has gained after three months of filming.
He doesn't believe in a player who comes out of the Berserk just throwing in the towel early because the opponent is too strong.
Whether you will lose or not, how do you know if you don't fight a dozen?
Of course, he is not the person who has the most confidence in Chu Zhongtian - in the entire crew, there is no one more than Emily. Stan has more confidence in her husband.
After the battle at Stamford Bridge, Emily and Chu Zhongtian made a phone call, and Chu Zhongtian talked about a date with everyone at Wembley. After Emily sent a message to Boss John, she booked all the tickets for the Champions League final in advance, one for each of the crew members and the partners in the Wimbles bar.
Champions League final tickets, divided into four grades, ticket prices are 300, 225, 155 and 90 euros, even the cheapest tickets are 90 euros, that is for the disabled area of the ticket, and Emily bought everyone for 155 euros, the ticket here is next to the goal, although not the most expensive, but it is the best area to watch the game. The area of 300 is in the center of the stadium stands, where the left and right sides can be seen clearly, purely from the perspective of watching the ball, this position is the best, but for the most hardcore fans, it is very interesting to go to that kind of place to watch the game, to see it is to go behind the goal, which is the closest to the place where the goal occurred, and most of the players will rush to this place after scoring a goal, interact with the fans, and if you want to share the joy of scoring with your own players, you have to stand behind the goal. There were about 300 people in total, including the crew and the people in the bar, and even if it was 280 people, the ticket cost alone would be 43,400 euros.
This is not a small amount of money, spending so much money just to let everyone go to the finals, and it was booked through the Internet a long time in advance. Since UEFA stipulates that each person is limited to two tickets, it is very troublesome to apply for one person by one, but Emily is happy to do it, and she doesn't feel anything bad at all. It is important to note that only 10,000 tickets are sold for neutral fans for a few months in advance, with 60 per cent of the remaining tickets going to fans on both sides of the final, and the other 40 per cent going to UEFA officials, final organisers, national teams and UEFA's commercial partners. It was not easy for more than 200 people to grab these tickets.
In case Hoffenheim didn't make it to the finals, wouldn't the money have been spent in vain? Anyone would think about it before spending 43,400 euros on it, but Emily had never considered such a question, and in her opinion, her husband was destined to be at Wembley Stadium.
Wu Qingyu once asked Emily why she was so sure. Emily replied, "If he says he's going, he'll definitely go." ”
The two of them trust this, no wonder Chu Zhongtian and Emily have been married for more than a year, the two of them get together less and leave more, and they are both "special professions" that often go in and out of bright places, but there have never been any scandals.
The old folks at the Wimbles Bar were showing each other their tickets, which had only been sent in two days before, and tickets for fans of both sides of the final were on sale. It is said that at this time in Barcelona and Sinsheim, there were already long queues, and many people held quilts a day in advance, moved benches and chairs to queue up outside the ticket window in order to grab a ticket.
Since the last Champions League, tickets to the Champions League final are no longer a piece of paper, but an electronic ticket like a credit card. Wrapped in a beautifully crafted envelope, the Wembley Champions League final logo is printed on the outside, the seat number of the ticket is in the upper right corner, and the floor plan of Wembley Stadium is on the back, which marks the different grandstand areas with different colors, as well as the entrance and exit signs. In addition to an e-ticket, there is also an admission policy written in English.
Quite delicately done.
"If I say it's my first time watching a Champions League final live, don't you believe it?" Old Bent said, holding up the ticket.
No one paid attention to him, and everyone was immersed in admiring their own tickets. Not only Old Bent, but many people here are going to watch the Champions League final for the first time. As a Wimbledon fan, whether it was the previous team or the current team, they have never participated in the Champions League, not even in European competitions. Wimbledon's only FA Cup win was the season he could have played in the Cup Winners' Cup the following season, but because of the Heysel tragedy, all English teams were banned from European competitions, and Wimbledon lost the opportunity to show his face in Europe.
"Watch your tickets, don't lose them! If you drink too much, put away all the tickets! Boss John reminded loudly. Emily spent a lot of money and a lot of effort to get this for the big guys, and if you lose it, you're sorry Emily! ”
"That's right! Cheers to Emily! Someone proposed, and everyone responded quickly, and they all raised their glasses in their hands and raised them high. Others followed the example of a pre-dinner prayer and said, "Thank you Emily for giving us the tickets, Amen!" ”
Emily. Stan sits at the bar, grinning at the men.
Wu Qingyu didn't come today, he called his parents in the hotel, and he would be able to go back in two days, and he was a little homesick after being away from home for three months.
He's not the only one leaving Wimbledon, and Emily will also leave after Hoffenheim's Champions League match against Barcelona, but she's not going back to Sinsheim, she's going back to Los Angeles to her own production company. The film also had to be in post-production, and it was the first film for which she was the producer, and she had to follow up on it all the way without a single blemish.
"The finals are over, are you going to leave too?" Boss John leaned up and asked Emily.
Emily nodded, continuing to look at the elated people.
"Hmm...... These three months make me feel like I've gone back six years...... Thank you, Emily. ”
Emily looked back at Boss John, whose hair had gone gray.
"Am I too, Uncle John? This movie is the happiest one I've ever made, and I should say thank you. ”
Boss John laughed: "I must go to see it on the day of the premiere, don't forget to inform me, and their ......" He pointed to the people.
Emily said, "Just like this time, the tickets are all prepared for you in advance, ha! ”
Wimbledon fans are rejoicing that they have their tickets. In Sinsheim, there are still quite a few fans waiting in line for tickets to be sold.
In the procession, you can often see people with large backpacks and tents, dressed as outdoor adventurers inside and out. They weren't Sinsheim natives, they weren't even from the Rhine-Neckar region, they were Hoffenheim fans who had come from elsewhere in Germany. Because only the ticket window of the Rhine-Neckar Arena sells tickets for the Champions League final in all of Germany.
UEFA allocates the same number of tickets to fans of the two participating teams, with 24,000 tickets for each team. But not all of these tickets will go into the hands of the fans. Because a large part of it has to be given away, and part of the tickets for the final will be given to UEFA's business partners, and the club itself also has business partners, which means the same as UEFA.
However, the Hoffenheim fans are a little happier than the Barcelona fans, because as a club, they are smaller than Barcelona, and their influence is not big enough, so naturally there are not so many commercial partners, and there are not many tickets to give away. It is said that the number of tickets left for Barcelona fans is 8,000, and for Hoffenheim fans there are 13,000.
Even so, it may not be enough. The 30,000-seat Rhein-Neckar Stadium is full for every Hoffenheim home game, and even if you don't include the away fans, there are at least 26,000 people, all of whom are die-hard Hoffenheim fans. And now the number of people who have come to Sinsheim to grab tickets is far more than 26,000.
Abel and Daniel are in the middle of this long dragon. They arrived in Sinsheim two days early, had no tents, only two sleeping bags, and slept directly in the group at night. Because they came early, they were in the top 100 and had a good chance of getting tickets.
But the past two days they have not had an easy time at all, eating cold bread, drinking a little better, and having beer. Lazar had to take turns washing. If Chu Zhongtian saw this scene, he would definitely feel déjà vu - how similar it is to queuing up to buy tickets for the Spring Festival in China!
During the waiting time, they just quarreled with each other.
Abel had graduated from school and was apprenticed to a factory, while Daniel was apprenticed and became a full-time worker.
They came on leave these days.
Originally, they planned to book tickets by phone, but they couldn't book them when the phone was bursting, so they had to make a trip in person.
"I can't even figure it out now, why should I come here with you to suffer this! I'm not a Hoffenheim fan! Daniel looked fierce and impatient. Anyone who sleeps on the street for two nights will have this expression.
"It's the Champions League final, the Champions League final, don't you want to watch it?"
"The Champions League final is about me......" Daniel wanted to explode. Because his favorite Bayern Munich was eliminated in the semi-finals, and he even came to cheer for the elimination of his beloved team.
"Well, actually, I'm here to see the Hoffenheim joke!" Daniel pouted. "Challenging Barcelona? No kidding! No team in the world can beat them! Hoffenheim's good luck has come to an end, they will surely be humiliated by Barcelona in the final! ”
Abel knew that he was coming again, so if he didn't answer his words, it would be good to let him finish alone.
One is silent, the other is chattering. At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the front of the team.
"Tickets released!" Someone shouted.
On May 24, four days before the final, tickets for the Champions League final went on sale. The 12,000 tickets left for Hoffenheim fans were sold out in a single day. In this way, when the ticket window hung up a "no ticket" notice, there were still infatuated fans waiting nearby, expecting someone to suddenly be unable to go to the stadium to watch the game and come to refund the ticket.
※※※Two days before the final, Hoffenheim finished their training camp in Sinsheim and flew to London, England.
They were joined by news media from all over the world.
Sinsheim, who had been bustling for half a month, finally quieted down.
In the town of Hoffenheim, it has also become deserted, and the scene of tourists before is no longer visible. With Hoffenheim reaching the Champions League final, it has once again become a tourist hotspot. Many people come from all over Germany and Europe to visit the place where the Hoffenheim team has risen, and there are even a large number of Chinese tourists who come here to take pictures with Knelia in front of her house.
Just the income from group photos and visits made Cornelia a small profit.
Now Cornelia is preparing a new renovation plan. She had to repaint the façade, roof and chimneys, this time not simply with colour blocks, but with the Hoffenheim logo, and she wanted to make her house a local Hoffenheim "landmark".
The paint has been bought, hoarded in the warehouse at home, the painting plan has been worked out, the drawings and everything are available.
I just waited for the finals to be over, and when I returned home, I started to implement the project.
Before waiting for the finals, Cornelia would often sit in a chair in front of her house, looking diagonally across from the deserted training base. The lively scene as it was a few days ago is no longer seen at the doorstep. The new training base near the Rhine-Neckar Arena has been fully completed and the interior renovation work has been completed. From next season, Hoffenheim will move out of the small village where they have lived for more than 100 years and go to a training base with an area of more than 7,500 square meters, 16 training grounds, which can simulate the turf conditions of various Bundesliga stadiums, costing 15 million euros and the same cost as Bayern's new training center in Munich.
Hoffenheim, who had been buzzing before, will be quieted down again, just as Hoffenheim did before they were promoted to the Bundesliga. The training ground, adjacent to the cowshed, will be used as a training ground for Hoffenheim's women's and junior teams, which will definitely not attract everyone's attention.
Cornelia will no longer be able to see the celebrities who come and go in and out of the training base to greet her.
She used to cross a road to see Hoffenheim train, but now she has to drive for half an hour.
Hoffenheim was destined to start a new history, on a different path than it had been a hundred years before. There will definitely be some players leaving next season, but there will also be some new players coming, new shirts, new goals...... There will be a lot of variation.
But the only constant is the love that fans like her have for this team. This love does not come from Hoffenheim's results, even if the team falls to the second division next season, Cornelia's love for this team will not change, because she loved this team as early as forty years ago, when this team did not have Dietma. Hope, and there is no Rangnick, let alone Chu Zhongtian, Ibisevic, Salihovic and others, who have never played in the German top league, let alone the final of the UEFA Champions League. It's an ordinary team that entertains itself in a small German village.
A gust of wind blew through the trees, ruffling Cornelia's hair, and at the same time blowing the Hoffenheim flag behind her.
(To be continued)