"Wang Dong, I haven't seen you for a while, and Wanda Group's fame is getting bigger and bigger. I can hear the name of Wanda Group in Europe. ”

Rist came to China and first watched the Guangzhou Evergrande game. Also talked about Guangzhou Evergrande's impact on Senna and Giovanni. Theo's future question. Guangzhou Evergrande will continue to keep them next year, or will it make changes.

Guangzhou Evergrande over there for Senna and Giovanni. Theo was satisfied. Although Senna is old, Guangzhou Evergrande is willing to renew his contract for another year and let Senna continue to play in the Chinese Super League.

As for Giovanni. Theo is even less so. Guangzhou Evergrande is very willing to increase his salary because Guangzhou Evergrande is very satisfied with his strength. One ball at a time, very efficient. Guangzhou fans recognize his strength.

Then he also talked about Evergrande's next move. Regardless of the position, Rist has enough players to satisfy Evergrande. So there was a lot of talk on both sides, and a lot about Samuel. Evergrande are willing to bring in some world-class centre-backs, and Samuel is welcome if he can really come to China. In order for Samuel to come to China, they are willing to pay a higher salary.

Rist is very attentive to Evergrande. Because once Evergrande wins the Chinese Super League championship next year, the entire Chinese football world will pay attention to Evergrande at that time. Once you pay attention to Evergrande, you will pay attention to Lister. In the Chinese Super League, clubs that have the ability to introduce foreign aid at a large price, including Beijing Guoan, Shandong Luneng, and the future Guangzhou R&F, are all clubs that can introduce big-name foreign aid. Therefore, Rist was an instant hit, and it will be much easier to do in Chinese football in the future.

After staying in Guangzhou for a while. Rist received an invitation from Wang Jianlin, chairman of Wanda, and came to Dalian. For here Lister is very familiar.

"Not as good as you. I've heard that you're in European football right now. ”

"No, no, no. Just before I came to China, I used to give people a smile. ”

After receiving Wang Jianlin's invitation, Lister was quite surprised. Since Wanda Group left Dalian Football, it has not been associated with football for many years. There is no connection with Rist anymore.

Moreover, Wanda Group has developed rapidly in recent years, and Wang Jianlin's assets have swelled even more. Now Wang Jianlin is already a top billionaire with tens of billions of dollars in assets, and he is a figure who can enter the top ten among the Chinese billionaires, and even rank in the Forbes rich list.

Of course, compared to the first time Rist met Wang Jianlin more than ten years ago, Rist's own strength also swelled violently. When I first met Wang Jianlin, Rist was not weak. But in European football, there are still many agents who can compare with Riester. But after more than a decade of development. Rist has become a veritable number one agent in world football. Rist's current net worth is more than $3 billion in dollars when converted into dollars.

Rist has not only cooperated with many retired stars to open various restaurants and supermarkets, but also invested in many other industries. Including the newspaper "Today", which is currently the largest circulation in the Czech Republic, Rister spent more than 200 million. Bought 64 percent of his shares. Became the largest shareholder of Today's Daily. In addition, the largest youth academy in the Czech Republic, the Chilean giants Colo Colo Club, and the Czech Republic's Spartalist Prague all have their own shares. Belgium's Mechelen FC is controlled solely by Liester.

There are also a lot of fixed properties. Rist has properties in Paris, London, Milan, Madrid, Barcelona, and many of them are quite luxurious mansions. For example, the mansion owned by Rist in London is now worth more than 17 million euros. In addition to these many other funds. At present, they are scattered in the stock market.

Of course, for Lister, the biggest asset is the Lister Sports Agency, and the Lister Culture and Sports Promotion Company, that is, the company that manages the image rights of players. The two companies, which are the largest core companies in Rist's business, are not publicly listed. Many believe that if these two companies go public, Rist's assets will swell dramatically.

"Rist, you should be more familiar with Chinese football."

"Of course."

Rist used to be an agent in Chinese football and has a deep understanding of Chinese football. Although he is a Czech in this life, it is impossible for Lister to really forget everything about Chinese football. Recently, in order to cooperate with Chinese football, Rist's investigation of Chinese football has not ended.

"We at Wanda Group are ready to support the revival of Chinese football. What do you think is the most important? ”

"Academy."

Don't think about it at all, Rist just blurted it out. Just look at the development of world football. The best results in European football are the best in youth training. Spain and Germany do not rely on strong youth training ability.

Youth training, youth training is everything. There is no need to think about it at all, the foundation of a country's football lies in youth training. Otherwise, look at the powerful Premier League, some of them have the money to bring in batches of stars. But as a result, because their youth training was not good, the national team's results were very poor. Only a strong youth training can ensure the strength of a country's football.

"Wang Dong, let's put it this way. In soccer powerhouses, the soccer pattern is all triangles. They rely on a large football population to support them, and then select the best players from that large football population. Like the big countries in Europe, even the Netherlands, which has a relatively small population, has a football population of four million. It occupies a quarter of the total population. We in the Czech Republic have a population of just over 10 million, but we also have a football population of more than a million. And what about Chinese football? What is the football population? Don't say million, can there be 100,000? ”

Wang Jianlin nodded, but shook his head again. smiled and said: "Lister, you know China better than others think. You should understand that in China, whether it is social, parental or otherwise, there is not as strong a football atmosphere as in Europe. There are a lot of fans, but let them choose them they will not choose football as a lifelong career. Therefore, China's football population needs to be cultivated for a period of time, and some changes in concepts are needed. If China's educational environment remains unchanged and everyone's concept remains unchanged, then it is impossible for the football population to rise. I don't have that much time. I hope to improve the strength of Chinese football in a short period of time. ”

"Wang Dong, this is impossible. It's not something that happens overnight. ”

Lister is funny, Wang Jianlin shouldn't be this kind of person. Any industry has its own rules, Wang Jianlin has also done football, how can he not understand that he also has his rules. How can it be done in a short period of time?

Even German football has been training since 2000, but it didn't show up until the World Cup that just ended. A large number of outstanding players from the German youth academy have begun to appear in European football. With a foundation like Germany, it took ten years to play youth training. With China's current foundation, it is already a very good result to be able to become a strong team in Asia in ten years. Take a look at the youth academy in the Czech Republic. It's been almost a decade since then. But now it's only slowly showing some effect. Football can't be done overnight.

"Lister, you've probably heard of the national system."

"I know."

Reesette nodded. The professional leagues of other countries are getting better and better, but the professional leagues in China are not as good as the national system. When Hao Haidong and the last batch of players from the national system retired, Chinese football completely declined.

"I'm just going to emulate him. I'm going to select some outstanding football seedlings across the country. Then train them. It's like Jianlibao back then. Build a complete youth training system. Too much is needed. It also takes a long time. But I believe this is the easiest way to go. ”

Rist was silent. Because Rist already understood what Wang Jianlin meant, Wang Jianlin wanted to emulate Jianlibao back then. Pick out some great young players. Then they go to Europe or South America for training. Using this method to train players, improve the top strength of Chinese football in a short period of time, and also improve the strength of the national team.

As a shortcut, it's not too bad an idea. But for Chinese football, this is only a palliative treatment. Jianlibao's group of players back then could not be regarded as a complete failure. It's just that they are inexperienced, and they caught up with the worst time of Chinese football, so they haven't been able to achieve fame. But their group of people still occupy half of the Chinese national team.

"Lister, I heard that you have a great academy in the Czech Republic that is one of the best in European football."

"Yes."

Reesette nodded. Although now in the Rist Academy, the players who shocked the European football world have not come out. But that doesn't mean this academy isn't good, because he's starting to see some top talent.

The first batch of people who came to Lister's academy were basically the 87 generation. It's just that the 87 generation is not so good, and the most well-known in European football is Kaluda. As a forward midfielder, when Kaluda first debuted, he attracted the attention of many giants. It's a pity that his physique is not very good, he was seriously injured when he was nineteen years old, and he has not recovered the aura of his debut. The development is not as good as that of Fei Ning of the same age.

But after the 87 generation passed, by the time of the 89 generation, many talented players slowly appeared. The most typical of these are Newest and Kozak, both of whom are already established in the Premier League. Newest was Southampton's starting centre-forward, having scored nine Premier League goals and eleven assists at Southampton last season. Very much valued by Rogers. He is known in English football as the "Czech Ibrahim".

Of course, Newest doesn't have the same skills as Ibrahimovic, but his coordination and passing are definitely better than Ibrahimovic's. In the Premier League's passing threat rankings, Nesyd is ranked 12th in the Premier League as a central striker. His characteristics can be seen.

And Kozak was the same at Aston Villa. As a strong centre-forward, Kozak's headers are very strong. In Downing, Ashley. Young, Abonlaho and other players are under the impact of the wing, and Kozak's goal rate at Aston Villa is rising. In the Premier League, you are not afraid of confrontation with those centre-backs. And as a Czech player, Kozak's foot skills are also good enough, much better than Jankoller back then. Kozak had no problem at all when he attacked on the ground at Villa.

And now Sparta Prague striker '88 Wilfried. Bony, the 90-year-old Darida has also attracted the attention of other clubs in European football. Of course, the most talented player produced by the Rist Academy so far is the centre-back Thomas, who was born in '93. Karas. At the age of seventeen, he is already worth five million pounds. And it has already entered the Czech national team, although it has not yet become the absolute main force, but it is only a matter of one or two years.

Rist worked hard and invested more than 300 million euros in it, 80 million euros in sponsor Puma, 40 million euros in the Football Association, and 30 million euros in some other sponsors, and the academy, which spent more than 500 million euros in total, has begun to bear fruit. Twenty-three percent of the current players in the Czech league come from the Rist Academy. And the players are also scattered in other leagues such as the Eredivisie, the Ukrainian Premier League, and so on.

"Giovanni, who is currently playing at Guangzhou Evergrande. Theo came out of my academy. ”

"Lister, how are we working together?" (To be continued......)