Chapter 210: An Invitation from the TV Station
In the 33rd round of the league, Getafe defeated Albacete 4-0 away.
However, as their direct rivals, Real Betis and Sevilla have also won, so the difference between the two sides has not changed.
The points are still 75 points for Sevilla, ranking first. Getafe was second with 73 points. Real Betis is third with 71 points.
However, the next round of the league will be very important and may be a turning point of the season.
It's just that the focus of this round of the league is not on Getafe. Getafe's home game against Elche is not a focal battle.
The match on everyone's radar is Sevilla FC hosting Real Betis.
It's a contest between the first and third in the league.
It is also the crane and the clam that fight.
Whatever the outcome is, it will be very favorable for Getafe.
Getafe won their own match first and then looked at the result of the other match. If Sevilla lose, Getafe will be the top of the league by one point. A defeat for Real Betis would see Getafe stretch the gap to third place in the league to five points. What if the two sides draw? This is still a good thing for Getafe, who will sit at the top of the league table on goal difference.
Anyway, Getafe can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
A week later, in the 34th round of the league, the fateful moment arrived.
Injured Mysta and Senna returned for this game, and Getafe's main squad was finally complete.
They first settled Elche cleanly 3-1 at their home stadium and picked up the three points.
Then turn on the theater mode.
Sevilla and Real Betis were close at the Estadio Pizjuรกn.
In the end, it was a 1:1 draw.
When this game is over. The commentator exclaimed: "Getafe are really back at the top of the league!" After eight league rounds, they are back at the top of the league! Although only by goal difference...... But if Sevilla and Getafe both win the next matches, Getafe will also be the league champions, because they have an absolute advantage in the relationship with Sevilla! They beat Sevilla twice home and away this season! โ
"It's incredible! With Getafe in a financial crisis and unable to pay their salaries for two months, who would have thought they would have a chance to return to the top of the league? At that time, everyone was afraid that it was normal for them to fall out of the relegation circle, right? When Chang Sheng made a 'championship appointment' at a press conference. There were also many people who laughed at him for not being able to do anything about himself. But what about now? The facts gave those who laughed at him a slap in the face! โ
"I think the media have to admit that Chang Sheng is a very good manager and he can really lead a team that is not well known to the Getafe team to the title...... They've been winning for so long. It's time to give the other side a positive report...... Chang Sheng may not care, but as a media, they can't help it. It's about what the media advertises themselves......"
Sevilla FC and Real Betis drew and many Getafe fans cheered.
The newspaper "Local Life in Getafe" wrote an article claiming that God was helping Getafe, because the successive mistakes of their opponents gave them more hope.
To be honest, in the past, when Chang Sheng shouted the championship covenant and launched a war mobilization, some Getafe fans may not have supported Chang Sheng with a sense of despair - they thought that it was impossible for Getafe to be promoted, let alone win the league, but at the same time they could not support Chang Sheng, because of Chang Sheng's status and influence in the hearts of the fans. Let the fans want to support him. And Chang Sheng is right, no matter whether the team still has hope or not, they who are fans must support them, if they don't even support them, won't the team die faster? So initially they came out to support the team. They don't have much utilitarianism, they have to see how the victory is, they just want to have a clear conscience, do their duty, and do what they should do.
In fact, this is a feeling of knowing that the future is hopeless, but also following it.
Although generous, it is also a bit tragic to say it.
This is no longer the case.
Six rounds of league play have passed. Everyone was surprised to find that the winning team really fought their way out of the army! They broke through that mortal situation, reborn in blood, and appeared in front of everyone's eyes!
Before they knew it, they were back at the top of the league!
Getafe fans have found that their support is no longer a pointless "death to the death", but a new lease of life.
This kind of hopeful pursuit is completely different from the hopeless pursuit.
Promotion to the First and Second Divisions was something they couldn't even think of before.
Getafe's excellent performances this season have given them the idea that they can pursue something that is out of reach.
Unexpectedly, the ensuing debt crisis and economic crisis suddenly knocked them back to their original shape, and also knocked the mood of Getafe fans to the bottom.
They realized that the previous thoughts were ridiculous delusions. How dare they dare to be promoted to the First Division, where there are many teams that are much stronger than them, and that is heaven...... How could they possibly go?
So a lot of people get discouraged and think they're just having a good dream. But fortunately, at least when they wake up, they still have memories of sweet dreams. It's not for nothing.
Although the dream was so beautiful, the reality was so cold, cruel and boring, that they were a little stunned.
But at least it's better than having a nightmare and waking up to find reality worse than a nightmare, right?
When they got out of bed, got up and walked to the window, and pushed the window open, they realized that it was not a dream!
It's reality!
It's a real world!
And they're in this world, and they really have a chance to go to the First Division! There is a real chance to become the champion of the second division!
The ecstasy is hard to describe in words.
Chang Sheng suddenly found himself a sweetheart.
Kate. Gracie had already called himself four times. Every phone call is a telling yourself that there is a media outlet that wants to interview you.
Chang Sheng was surprised: "When did I become so popular?" โ
In the past, except for the local media in Getafe, who would be keen to interview him, other places did not give him a disdain at all.
Especially the media in the Madrid area, what "Marca" newspaper, what "As" newspaper, while angrily scolding Chang Sheng, as if there is no such person as Chang Sheng. There was no request for an interview.
Of course, this may have something to do with Chang Sheng's bad relationship with them, and they know that even if they apply for an interview with Chang Sheng. Ten ** will also be rejected, so simply don't apply.
But other media outlets rarely have interviews that often win.
In short, at that time, the media was just keen on black Changsheng. But they are not keen on getting to know the object they have blackened face-to-face.
But now it's a different story.
Kate. Gracie laughed and said: "It's simple, because you led the team back to the top of the league, you made those media have to throw in the towel. Haven't you noticed that there has been a lot more positive media coverage of you and Getafe during this time? โ
"I didn't care what they said for a long time."
"I still recommend that you do these interviews, after all, doing them can increase your visibility and popularity, which will help you attract more sponsors. If you want to make money, you have to be famous first. โ
After throwing away all the stocks in the story, Chang Sheng is now no different from an ordinary person, an ordinary person who has been owed three months' salary.
So, he does need money.
"Alright then, you pick and choose. I chose two media outlets that usually don't say anything bad about me, and I agreed. I don't want people who are constantly scolding me to ask questions in front of me. Chang Sheng said.
"No problem."
Within five minutes of hanging up the phone, Kate. Gracie called in again.
"Did you have anything you didn't say last time, Kate?" Chang Sheng asked.
"Nope. Yes, there is another interview invitation...... This time it was an invitation to the 'Meet the Stars' program of Madrid Television. โ
"TV station?"
Chang Sheng was stunned.
As someone who lives in the Madrid area, he knows what Madrid TV knows.
There are 13 television stations in Spain, of which five are national: National Television 1 & 2, Channel 3, 5 and Ghanaga TV.
Only two national television stations are public television stations, and the other three are private and commercial television stations.
In addition, there are eight local television stations in Spain's seventeen autonomous communities.
Madrid TV is one of them.
Madrid TV is exactly what the name suggests. is a television station dedicated to the audience of the Region of Madrid.
Getafe is located in the Madrid region and is naturally within the reach of Madrid TV.
Spaniards are very fond of watching television, and as early as 1994, a statistic said that 98 percent of Spaniards spent an average of four hours and five minutes a day in front of the television. No country has been able to break this record so far.
The attention of newspapers and TV stations are not the same concept, and being able to appear on a talk show like TV means that Chang Sheng's popularity is higher than before.
Despite being a regional television station, it has no less influence in the Region of Madrid than several national television stations.
Spain is a very strange country.
Despite nominally a unitary multi-ethnic state. But in reality, there are many autonomous communities within the country, most of which have a strong sense of independence** and are very disdainful of the Castilian people, who represent the legitimacy of Spain.
The most well-known representatives are the Catalan and Basque peoples.
Catalonia clamored for independence every day, and Barcelona did not think of themselves as a Spanish team.
And the Basque is even more exaggerated, the famous Spanish terrorist organization ETA comes from this fierce people, and their appeal is to break away from the Castilian conquest and become independent from Spain.
Therefore, the people of each region have a strong sense of identity with their own region, but they may not have so much patriotism for Greater Spain as a whole.
The Castilian people in the Madrid region are better, after all, it is the capital, and there is always a bit of a national unity. And just like that, here, local Madrid TV stations are popular.
In the Madrid area, being invited to participate in the program by Madrid TV at least shows that Changsheng is now well-known, and in the entire Madrid area, it can no longer be deliberately ignored.
Chang Sheng doesn't watch much TV, especially boring variety shows and talk shows, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know what "Star Face-to-Face" is.
Two hosts, one is the experienced male host Francisco. Jose. Orivas. Alva, who is the real host, has taken on the main task of communicating with the interviewees.
And the beautiful host next to him does not have a fixed partner, so he will change it every once in a while. It's a mascot whose main role is to attract the attention of male TV viewers. Although they rarely ask questions in the show, and occasionally ask some stupid, she is the main reason for the show's high ratings.
There's no way, who makes people wear all kinds of revealing clothes that break through the festival and go offline every time they go on the show, and then bow their heads in the show?
After these beautiful hosts are famous enough in this show, they will go to other shows to take charge of themselves, and then after accumulating enough experience and fame, they will leave Madrid TV. After all, for these girls, regional television stations are nowhere near as popular as national television stations.
"Face to Face with Stars" is one of the more popular columns on Madrid TV, mainly because of the female host in it.
But the popularity is there.
Being able to get their invitation shows that Chang Sheng is now famous.
Just like Kate. As Gracie said, being famous is a good thing and means making more money.
So Chang Sheng agreed without hesitation - in addition, he also wanted to see how sexy the players and coaches in the team were fascinated by the "star face-to-face" heroine.