Chen Zhong and Zhang Shuping have never had Christmas when they were in China, and now when they go to Switzerland, every family celebrates Christmas, and they can only follow the local customs, but they are still very happy, after all, it is a good thing to have an extra holiday, and the whole family can have a lively time together. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, they are not used to eating the traditional food of Christmas in the West, so in addition to Wen Wan preparing a turkey, all the dishes on the table are Chinese dishes, and Zhang Shuping also made dumplings. In this way, the family ate turkey and dumplings, and had a lively Christmas with a combination of Chinese and Western cultures.

After Christmas, the club's head of commerce, Smith, reported to Xiao Yang that the club's new stadium was almost complete, and only the interior decoration of some shops was still in progress, and it was expected to be completed within a week.

Xiao Yang was intrigued when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to see what the magnificent stadium on the blueprints would look like when it was completed.

The two drove to the location of the new stadium, and as soon as they got out of the car, Xiao Yang was shocked by the brand-new stadium. Now the scaffolding and other facilities around the new stadium have all been removed, and the new stadium has revealed its beautiful true face. When this stadium actually appeared in front of Xiao Yang, Xiao Yang felt that it was so magnificent that he didn't know what words to use to describe it.

Although I have seen the renderings on the computer, how can I compare it to being there when I look at it on the computer? The scale of this stadium is extremely huge, and the outside of the stadium is designed with an all-glass curtain wall, and pieces of blue transparent curved glass look like huge water droplets from a distance.

Xiao Yang approached the stadium and found that most of the more than 100 shops around the stadium had been renovated and were ready to receive guests.

Xiao Yang visited a few shops, and also met a few familiar residents of Geshao, he greeted them cordially, those residents saw Xiao Yang come in, and they also stopped their work to say a few words to Xiao Yang, they now completely regard Xiao Yang as a Goshao person.

When Xiao Yang walked into a café, he saw Paul. When Paul saw Xiao Yang coming, he happily said to him, "Lin, when will the new stadium be unveiled?" I'll be able to open my business then, and I can't wait to work in this new café. ”

Xiao Yang smiled: "It's soon, just next month." Are you happy with your new shop? ”

Paul nodded again and again, "So satisfied!" The new stadium is so beautiful, the new shops are very well renovated, and the Gosho team is getting better and better, and I think business will be very hot when it opens. Our 100,000 euros franchise fee is really worth it! ”

Smith smiled: "You only paid 100,000 euros, of course it's worth it, this is a special discount that Lin gave to the residents of Gosau." You know, people from other places pay 200,000 euros when they sign a contract with us, and the club of Gossau also pays them a higher percentage than yours. ”

Paul said: "Well, we know that the club takes care of us, and now I reckon old Jack is going to regret it, and I persuaded him to sign a shop, but he was afraid that he would lose money, and he saw the shop being signed by outsiders. ”

Xiao Yang said: "For those of you who have always supported the club, of course we will take care of it a little more. ”

Paul nodded and said, "We will definitely support the club more in the future, after all, the club's results are good, and our business is good." ”

Xiao Yang is very satisfied, and now the relationship between the residents of Gosau and the Gosau Club is both prosperous and lossy, so that they will support the Gosau team to the greatest extent, and the foundation of the Gosau club will be more stable.

Xiao Yang thought for a while and asked Paul: "If you are busy with business in the future, will you not have time to go to the scene to watch the game of the Gosho team?" ”

Paul shook his head and said, "How so?" I've got a couple of guys in place, and when it's the day of the game in Gosho, I'll be there to watch the game and let the guys take care of the business. I thought about it, even if the Gosau team went abroad to play in the future, I would follow me to the scene to watch the game. This year we have organized more than 500 people, all of whom are local Gosau, and we will watch all the games of Gosau live. ”

Looking at Paul, Xiao Yang really sighed, these fans are really cute, whether the Gosau team is playing the lowest level of amateur games, or playing the Champions League final, these fans will not give up, support the team without regrets, they are the most valuable wealth of a club! This is something that cannot be exchanged for any amount of money.

Saying goodbye to Paul, Xiao Yang walked into the stadium with Smith. As soon as he walked into the stadium, Xiao Yang was shocked again, this stadium has three layers of stands, at a glance, the seats in the stands are dense, and now there is no one in the seats, empty, but Xiao Yang can imagine what a spectacular scene it will be when the stands are full of fans.

Xiao Yang couldn't help but stretch out his arms, as if he wanted to embrace all of this in his arms. In fact, it is not that he has never seen a huge and magnificent football stadium, but the stadium in front of him is really his own stadium.

After a while, Xiao Yang turned his head and asked Smith, "How many seats are there in this stadium?" ”

"There are 50,000 regular seats, 2,000 business seats, and 100 private rooms in the stadium. The capacity is around 53,000 people. If necessary in the future, it can be expanded to 10,000 regular seats, so that the capacity can reach more than 60,000 people. ”

Xiao Yang said: "The other facilities of the stadium are complete, right? Have you met the criteria to declare a five-star course? ”

Smith replied: "The hardware facilities of the stadium itself can fully meet the standards for declaring a five-star stadium, and one of the criteria for declaring a five-star stadium is that there is a sufficient supply of star-rated hotel rooms near the stadium, including 500 five-star hotel rooms, which will not be a problem since several new hotels in Gossau have also been built." Now that we have submitted the application materials for the five-star stadium to UEFA, it is expected that by next season our stadium will pass the evaluation and officially become a five-star stadium. ”

Xiao Yang nodded with satisfaction, he has shares in several hotels near the stadium, and it will also bring him a lot of income at that time. He doesn't have a lot of money, because he still has to pay off the 200 million euros loan in ten years, how can he not make more money?

Xiao Yang remembered something again, and he said to Smith: "The matter of expanding the bench should also be put on the agenda as soon as possible, and strive to be completed next season." If I'm not mistaken, if you want to apply to host the UEFA Champions League final, not only will it have to be a five-star stadium, but it must also have a capacity of no less than 60,000 people, right? I hope to host a UEFA Champions League final at this stadium in the next few years. When the time comes, it would be wonderful if Gosau could play a Champions League final in their own stadium? ”

Smith nodded, "Yes, boss, you're not mistaken. I'll be on the agenda right away, and I'll be working on it in the middle of the league break, which will be done in a few months at most, and I'll make sure it won't affect the game, and by next season you'll have a 63,000-seat stadium. ”

"Oh, by the way, are the voting results out now? What do fans want the stadium to be called? Xiao Yang asked.

Listening to Xiao Yang's words, Smith laughed.

Xiao Yang asked strangely, "Is there anything interesting?" ”

"According to our polls in various media, including on the Internet, more than 100 million people around the world participated in this voting campaign, and 90% of them wanted the stadium to be named 'Wind Thunder Stadium'!" ”

Xiao Yang first noticed that so many people participated in the vote, and he asked with some surprise: "Is there really more than 100 million people?" ”

"Yes, we did a good job of promoting the pitch and promised to draw 100 fans from among the final stadium names and invite them to watch a Champions League knockout match for Gosau, who will be responsible for providing return airfare, match tickets and accommodation on the day of the match. Now it seems that this game will be the home game of Gosho against Real Madrid, and I believe that this game will still be very attractive to fans. ”

"Most of the people who voted won't be fans from the Huaxia Continent, right?"

"Of course, more than 70% of the votes in the online voting were from the Chinese mainland, but in the votes in other media, since most of the votes we chose were European media, these votes were mainly from the European continent. Overall, of the more than 100 million votes, about 50 million are from the Chinese mainland, more than 30 million are from the European continent, and about 20 million are from other continents. ”

Xiao Yang is still very satisfied with this figure, because of his relationship, the influence of the Geshao team in the Huaxia Continent is undoubted, but Xiao Yang hopes that the current Geshao team's influence is not only from the Huaxia Continent. The data now shows that Gossau is now truly a club with a global reach. Of course, this has something to do with the extremely developed information dissemination in the world today, and it is also inseparable from Smith's successful propaganda methods.

The naming of the new stadium voting activity, equivalent to the Gosau club around the world to do an image advertisement, and now it seems, this is also a very good effect of the advertisement, the cost is not much, the coverage of the advertisement is very large, and the impression is also very deep, I believe that in the future to mention the new home of the Gossau club, many people will be impressed.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yang realized that among the names of the new stadiums, the one with the highest support rate was his own name - "Wind Thunder", and he said to Smith with some hesitation: "Is the stadium going to be named after me?" That's a little bit unusual, right? He himself thought it was a bit too ostentatious.

Smith laughed and said, "I don't think there's anything bad about it. Although the Gossau club has a history of more than 100 years before you became the owner, its history can be described as lackluster, all the achievements of the Gossau club that are worthy of boasting are brought by you, even this stadium is brought by you. Before you, there was no legendary president, no legendary manager, no legendary stars, so if you don't use your name, should you still name it after those mediocre people in the past? Is it named after people who have nothing to do with the Gossau club? In that case, I would be the first to disagree. ”

Xiao Yang said to Ai Ai: "I don't mean anything else, I just think that the people who name buildings like stadiums are generally deceased, but I'm still so young." ”

Smith laughed so hard that tears came out: "Boss, you're so interesting!" There are many such precedents in history, and as far as I know, Real Madrid's home stadium, the Bernabeu Stadium, was named when Mr. Bernabeu was alive. Moreover, even if there is no such precedent, we can set such a precedent, and with your achievements, you are fully qualified to do so. Besides, naming the stadium after you is the consensus of the vast majority of fans, if you use other names, I'm afraid they will be the first to refuse, right? ”

Xiao Yang is also a very decisive person, otherwise he would not have been able to succeed at Gossau FC. After listening to Smith's words, he thought about it again and nodded, "Okay, let's name this stadium after my name 'Wind Thunder'." ”

The two discussed the details again and decided to use four Chinese characters on the gate of the stadium - "Fenglei Stadium", under which the Chinese pinyin of the word "Fenglei" and the English of "Stadium" were marked in smaller fonts, and below was the name and emblem of the Gosho club.

In his opinion, Xiao Yang is a Chinese man, and his name has never been paraphrased in English, so it is best to use his native language; And Smith has been to China several times, he is already very fascinated by the beautiful Chinese characters, in his opinion, Xiao Yang's name is very imposing, it represents the storm and thunder, if it is written in the Chinese characters of the dragon flying and the phoenix dance, it will be much more imposing than using the English alphabet.

As for the question of whether Europeans can read and understand Chinese characters, Smith believes that it is not a big problem, he believes that now the influence of China is getting bigger and bigger in the world, and there are many people in Europe who are interested in Chinese culture and are learning Chinese. As Xiao Yang's popularity and influence grow, the two Chinese characters "wind and thunder" will become the two most familiar Chinese characters for Europeans. Even people who really don't understand these two Chinese characters, because of their curiosity about the Gosho team, they will definitely find out the root cause and explore the meaning behind these two Chinese characters. And Smith believes that the proper sense of mystery brought about by Chinese characters is also more conducive to increasing fan interest in the Gosau team and increasing the influence of the Gosau club.

Smith convinced Xiao Yang, in fact, of course, Xiao Yang also felt that Chinese characters were much more beautiful than English, and he was just worried that the use of Chinese characters as the name of a stadium in Europe would not be accepted by Europeans. After listening to Smith's proposal, he also felt that it was a very cool thing to use Chinese characters as the name of the course on such a magnificent and beautiful course.

The two discussed and decided that after returning to the club from the court, Smith would immediately find a calligrapher who was well-known in China through his connections in China to inscribe the name of the Wind Thunder Stadium, and of course, the club would pay a lot of money for polishing.

Xiao Yang also specifically told Smith that the name of the stadium should be in cursive font, and in his opinion, the cursive font is the font that best reflects the momentum of the stadium name. Of course, it took a lot of effort to explain to Smith what a cursive font Xiao Yang was, and in the end, Smith couldn't understand what a cursive font was, so the two had to agree that after Smith found the calligrapher, Xiao Yang would personally communicate with the calligrapher.

After discussing the details of the stadium naming with Smith, it was already dark. Since it was winter in Gosau, it got dark early. Xiao Yang came to his senses and walked out of the court with Smith, ready to return to the club.

Now the lights have been lit up inside the stadium, and after walking out of the stadium, Xiao Yang saw that the blue glass curtain wall, under the illumination of the lights, looked like rippling water droplets from a distance, crystal clear, and unbelievably beautiful.

Looking at this magnificent stadium, Xiao Yang suddenly felt pride in his chest, and he will definitely lead the Gosau team to defeat one strong opponent after another in this stadium and create more brilliance for the Gosau club. In the future, the Wind Thunder Stadium will definitely become a daunting place for major European giants!

The next day, Gossau announced that the club's new stadium would be named Thunder Stadium and that the new stadium would be officially opened next month. The news made all the Gossau fans rejoice, and it was the dream of all Gosau fans to watch the game in such a magnificent and beautiful new stadium, after all, the team's original home stadium was too small and too dilapidated, and many fans could not buy tickets to watch the Gosau team play in person.

The name of Fenglei Stadium is also the expectation of the vast majority of fans, especially the old fans of the Gosho club, who have witnessed the downfall of the Gosho club in the past few decades, and since Xiao Yang first arrived at the Gosho club, he has witnessed the glory of the Gosho club with him, and Xiao Yang is completely the savior of the Gosho club in their minds. In their view, it is a matter of course that the new stadium will be named after Xiao Yang, and the club should also erect a statue of Xiao Yang in front of the stadium gate. However, this idea was rejected by Xiao Yang, who felt his scalp tingle at the thought of seeing his own statue every time he led the team to a home game.

Smith contacted a Chinese calligrapher through his Huaxia connections, and when he told Xiao Yang the name of the calligrapher, Xiao Yang was stunned, and it turned out that the calligrapher he contacted was the chairman of the Huaxia Calligraphers Association, Mr. Shen Peng.

Mr. Shen is 82 years old this year, but he is still in good spirits and is active in the Chinese calligraphy world. His calligraphy is magnificent, exquisite, elegant, profound and modern, and he can be called a master figure in today's calligraphy world. Mr. Shen's best calligraphy is Xingcao, which also coincides with Xiao Yang's requirements.

In recent years, due to his age, Mr. Shen has rarely inscribed others, but when he learned about Xiao Yang's deeds and knew that it was for Xiao Yang's stadium, he readily agreed to this request. In his opinion, it is very commendable that Xiao Yang can start from scratch in Europe and lay a foundation in a field that Chinese people are not good at, so he will definitely meet Xiao Yang's requirements, and try to write these words to the best.

Xiao Yang dialed Shen Lao's phone with excitement, and after the phone was connected, he revealed his identity to Shen Lao, and Shen Lao's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone: "It's Xiaolin, I've heard about your deeds, it's worth learning from." Say, what are your requirements for the title of the course? I'll try to satisfy you. ”

Xiao Yang told Shen Lao his requirements, in cursive font, magnificent, and time should be hurried, and strive to complete it by the end of 2013, because the unveiling ceremony of the stadium will be held soon.

Shen Lao listened to Xiao Yang's request, pondered for a while, and then agreed to Xiao Yang's request: "No problem, I can meet your requirements." Within two days, I'll be writing this letter, and then you'll be satisfied, and if I'm not satisfied, I can write again. ”

Xiao Yang was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Shen Lao!" ”

Shen Lao smiled and said: "It's nothing, I hope your team will continue to achieve good results in the future and win glory for our Chinese people." ”

Xiao Yang agreed again and again. Before ending the call, Xiao Yang asked Shen Lao hesitantly how much he wanted to pay for the pen.

Shen Lao rejected Xiao Yang, saying that he didn't want a penny, and if it was because of money, he wouldn't have written this for Xiao Yang at all.

Xiao Yang was in a hurry, and he said to Shen Lao: "Shen Lao, how can you not give money?" I also know that your calligraphy works are hard to come by, and I can't use your words in vain. ”

Shen Lao thought for a while before replying, "If you must give money, then it is better to donate the money to the education cause in China." Recently, I went for a walk in the poor mountainous areas of the west, where there are too many children who cannot afford to go to school, and it is so pitiful. ”

Listening to Shen Lao's words, Xiao Yang was silent. He knew that Mr. Shen was enthusiastic about philanthropy, often donated money to the education of China, and once won the title of "Top Ten Philanthropists in China". But now that he has personal contact with Shen Lao, he really understands the style of these old artists.

After a long time, Xiao Yang spoke: "Okay, Elder Shen, according to your request, I will donate to the domestic education cause, and this donation will be long-term." The first donation will not be less than 1 million euros. ”

Boss Shen said happily: "Then I will thank you for the out-of-school children in China, I didn't expect my words to be worth a little money." Don't worry, I'll do my best to write these words! ”

Putting down the phone, Xiao Yang's heart was very heavy, and he said to Smith on the side: "Ryan, I plan to establish a charitable foundation in Huaxia to support out-of-school children in the mountainous areas of western China, build Hope Primary School there, and invest funds to help rural primary schools improve teaching facilities, this foundation is named after Mr. Shen Peng." In the first installment, I am ready to donate 1 million euros. Tomorrow you will send someone to Huaxia to handle this matter, pay attention to the use of funds must be monitored by special personnel, and it must be our people. The club regularly audits the accounts for the use of donations. Xiao Yang doesn't want his donations to end up in someone's private pockets.

Smith nodded and said, "Okay, boss, I'll send competent people to handle this tomorrow." But why is the name of the Foundation named after Mr. Shen? Isn't it good to name it after you? ”

Xiao Yang told Smith about his conversation with Shen Peng, and Smith listened to it and admired Shen Lao's high demeanor. However, he thought about it and made a suggestion: "Boss, then when we go to establish this foundation, we can jointly hold a press conference with Mr. Shen, at least let people know who actually pays for this foundation, right?" ”

Xiao Yang thought for a while, and then agreed to Smith's suggestion. He is not the kind of saint who does good deeds without leaving a name, and he is not so old-fashioned, if this matter can be good for the Gosho club to expand its influence, he does not mind doing it, and in doing so, it can also use the influence of the Gosho club to allow more people to participate in this charity, and can also be concerned and protected by the local government of Huaxia, so that this foundation will not be troubled by villains.

Sure enough, on the third day, Mr. Shen Peng completed the title of the Wind Thunder Stadium, and he also wrote several paintings for Xiao Yang to choose. He handed them over to the staff of the club in BJ, who immediately flew back to Switzerland on the nearest flight and handed them to Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang opened these words to take a look, the quality of these words is quite high, it can be seen that Shen Lao has put a lot of effort, although Xiao Yang does not know much about the art of calligraphy, but also can see that these words are rare masterpieces, so that he is difficult to give up on each one.

After picking for a long time, Xiao Yang picked out the one that he thought was the best written, this character was very magnificent, and even Smith, who didn't understand the art of calligraphy in Huaxia, said after reading it, he saw these words, as if he saw a storm and thunder coming head-on.

After selecting the character, Xiao Yang immediately handed it over to a famous art production center in Switzerland, and asked them to use a metal that would not rust or change color to make the characters into a font mold as soon as possible and according to the predetermined size, and then inlay it above the gate of the Wind and Thunder Stadium.