Chapter 8: Tabloid Writer and Chamber of Commerce President
Today's company group activity, I didn't come back until six o'clock in the evening, so I can only update 3000 words, and I will go again tomorrow, and I can only update it at night, there is no way, sorry, sorry......
When it comes to tabloid evening newspapers, the London Evening Standard is the first choice of London fans, reporting everything in the sporting world of the day in a theatrical way, but the newspaper is too "local" to consider London's teams and London-related sports to be valuable. After Manchester's failed bid for the Olympic Games, the London Evening Standard took out four full pages to ridicule Manchester's backwardness and ignorance, as if Manchester was not a British city at all. So out of London, no one is going to buy this newspaper.
As a very maverick writer in this newspaper, Donald has a natural sensitivity and obsession with football games and players, because he is a young player in a small and medium-sized club, when Rooney first entered Everton, he had a premonition that this short, fat and ugly boy would become England's hope in the future, but he didn't say anything, he just used his column to express his unique views on London football.
Among the nearly 100 professional football clubs in England, London has eighteen, like Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and other super strong teams, their news can't be reported, so Willingham can rarely be in the newspaper, and it is generally just a one-time pass, this defeat to Walsall is a big thing for the people of these two teams, but for other people in London, it is nothing at all, so the "London Evening Standard" did not plan to go into detail, but it happened that a friend of Donald watched the game on the spot, After describing it to him in detail, he was obsessed with it, and this seemingly accidental result actually had a lot of things worth playing, so he chatted with some players of the two teams through relationships, basically mastered the whole process, and talked to Walsall's head coach for a while, so that this article that made Liu Luyi feel drilled into his heart was released.
Originally, Donald wanted to chat with the chief director of the game, Liu Luyi, but after all, he was not familiar with it, and he was afraid that it would affect the report, so as soon as Murphy contacted him, he happily agreed.
A very inconspicuous little café, located in a small alley next to the Church of Our Lady not far from Chinatown, is said to be more than 700 years old, all of which are filled with classical furniture and silver tableware.
It probably took less than half an hour for Liu Luzhen and Donald to talk to each other from meeting each other to talking like a pair of old friends who have been friends for decades, and both of them have a feeling of seeing each other late, the reason is very simple, first of all, they are both super fans of the champion football manager, but they both like to think about some ways to play cards that do not follow common sense, in addition, both of them like to think about the deep things of football, and they are also smart enough to understand each other's meaning without suspicion of each other, for Donald, Liu is very different from the general managers or managers of the clubs he has been in contact with before, more vulgar, but more appetizing.
For the process of taking over Willingsmu, Liu Lu unreservedly told Donald the cause and effect, this peculiar story also attracted tabloid writers, but at the request of Lao Liu, he still agreed to postpone the disclosure in the newspaper, and after Lao Liu sorted out the current problem, he was ready to open a column for Lao Liu in the "London Evening Standard", although it was a second-class club, but the columnist firmly believed that there would be a lot of attractions for readers.
When talking about the main problems facing the club now, Donald recommended a person to Lao Liu, gave him his address, and suggested that Lao Liu take the time to find him, saying that he admired even Donald himself for his ability to judge players, but this person's surname is extremely strange, unwilling to accept anyone's opinions, and cannot be restricted by the system, so no club is willing to give him a scout job, so now this person named Maori is still an ordinary baker, and what he values is not how good the treatment is, It's the full trust that the club has given him. When Lao Liu heard this, he was happy, he needed such a person now.
Unconsciously talked about the low night from the afternoon, Lao Liu's suggestion to go for a drink was accepted by Donald, and in a roast duck restaurant in Chinatown, two people killed two bottles of low-alcohol Wuliangye.
The next day, he went to see the man named Maori, but the bakery said that he had gone back to his hometown in Wales to visit relatives and would not be back until the next weekend. So, Lao Liu walked to a nearby Arsenal fan store. The store is a relatively small one, small in size, but the goods inside are very rich, all kinds of jerseys, capes, scarves, and home goods with the club logo are dazzling, Arsenal recently brought in a striker called Dede from Brazil, and now his number 18 shirt is very popular, Lao Liu sold three in ten minutes of wandering. Now Willingham does not have its own store, only a few fan items in a small store at home, and most of them are old merchandise, few people ask for it, and only Matisse, Jean and Tainol sell jerseys among the current players, but it seems that they can't sell one or two in a year.
You have to hurry up and prepare, while cultivating the enthusiasm of the fans to buy, and at the same time prepare the goods, this thing can be done by Tommy.
After arriving at the club, before Lao Liu went to find Tommy, he ran in by himself, looking excited, "Hey, I said, I have made an appointment with the vice chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in London, rely on, but it took a lot of effort, entrusted several buddies, people originally heard that it was a football matter and wanted to push, but it was said that it was controlled by the Chinese, so they reluctantly agreed to meet." It's not easy to give us half an hour at half past three o'clock this afternoon. ”
"Yes, you prepare the process and promotional materials for inviting Chinese children to the team for tryouts before I go, you can go to Murphy for help, and you can do two more things for me, remember, one is my coaching qualifications, I don't want to keep talking on my phone in the stands, and I don't have time to go to class and exam, you said you can find someone to help."
Tommy blinked, "Okay, yes, but it might cost a little more." ”
"Spend what you should spend, as long as it's worth it, when Lao Tzu was looking for someone to spend money to sell a driver's license in Zhuozhou, it would be in a day and a half, and I would try to get it for me within ten days." Tommy gave a thumbs up, meaning you're good enough.
"The other thing is to make me a plan for fan merchandise, and I am going to open our fan store in two months, and the merchandise will be gradually in place, and this money will not be earned in vain." Tommy agreed, turned around and was about to leave, Lao Liu stopped him again, "To be honest, you closed your consulting company, came to earn this small amount of money with me, and paid so many things, have you ever regretted it?" ”
Tommy thought seriously for a moment, "No." ”
"Why?"
"I don't go around in circles with you, first, my company has long stopped making money, or I won't earn the commission you and Lao Tang. In addition, I feel that you are very much like a person, and those who follow this person into the world are now multimillionaires. ”
"Ah, who is it, tell me about it."
"I'll tell you later, or I'm afraid your tail will go up to the sky." Squinting and smiling, he walked out. Lao Liu couldn't help but run to the bathroom and take a mirror for a long time, but he didn't see who he looked like, the people who followed him were multimillionaires, damn, then he estimated that the money would not be less.
But now Lao Liu's biggest characteristic is: little money.
Anna came over with coffee as usual, but this time she didn't leave immediately, looking at Lao Liu with a pair of pretty eyes, "Thank you for letting me learn professional knowledge, I will work hard, I won't let you down, and you can come to me for anything, I don't want anything but happiness." A wisp of red glow piled up, turned and opened the door and left.
Damn, women are really smart and open enough now, Lao Liu thought, and Anna's perfect figure came to mind again.
According to the address given by Tommy, Lao Liu arrived at the downstairs of the 20-story China Trade Building at 3:25 p.m., and the front desk was a girl from Hong Kong, who politely invited him into the reception room on the 18th floor.
"You are Mr. Miss Liu, the chairman and general manager of Willingham," the old man introduced himself, "my surname is Wang, you can call me Uncle Wang, I am the vice chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in London, I heard that you want to select players among the Chinese, this is never a thing, I know that you have not been in London for a long time, I want to know what your real intentions are, forgive me for my rudeness, I am afraid it will be difficult for you to get what you want." The other two also looked contemptuous and defensive.
Drink, this is the kind of attitude, Liu Luyi didn't eat this set, and glanced at the several Chinese businessmen in front of him with a firm eye, "Uncle Wang, hello, I just want to come over and ask a question." ”
"Okay, you ask, I'll answer you as much as possible, after all, they are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and they were still a family thousands of years ago."
"You don't have to be reluctant, if you don't want to answer or don't answer well, it doesn't matter, I will turn around and leave, and I won't dare to come over to trouble you in the future, my question is, is your wealth and achievements earned by yourself, or are you charited by others."
As soon as these words came out, Uncle Wang really changed color, and the younger one of the other two people had blurted out a shout, and the other was also full of anger, Lao Liu hugged his chest with both hands, leisurely cocked Erlang's legs, and his eyes resisted the cold eyes that sprayed out without loss.
"Young people, sometimes you have to be careful when you speak." After all, it was still Lao Jiang, and he quickly calmed down his mood, and Uncle Wang waved his hand to signal the other two to stop.
"I'm presumptuous, but I'm still waiting for your answer, so that my question can be changed from another angle, do you have to do something according to the ideas that others already have, or will you create ideas according to your own judgment, what is the difference between only borrowing other people's ideas and only accepting other people's handouts, you say?"
"This ......"
"Okay, let's do this today, I brought some things at the front desk, if Uncle Wang has time, you might as well take a look, I'm sorry to disturb you." Nodding lightly at the three stunned people, Liu Lu walked out of the building directly, the sun was a little dazzling, which is rare in foggy London, Lao Liu took out his mobile phone and dialed Tommy, "Start the Chinese player selection plan immediately, remember, if Uncle Wang's people look for you, arrange for them to come to the club to meet me...... Yes, today's meeting...... I think it was very successful. ”
Stopping a taxi, Mr. Liu set off for his next goal in Chinatown, Xinhua Business Daily, London's largest Chinese newspaper.
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