After learning that the meeting with Berezovsky was scheduled for the first leg of the Cup Winners' Cup, Zhuang Mingge took Karin, bid farewell to Chairman Ivanov, and stayed in a five-star hotel near the airport with the team that arrived in Moscow.

Spartak's reception staff told Zhuang Mingge that in recent years, with the increasing prosperity of the transnational reselling business, the whole of Moscow, the hotel located near the airport, is the most advanced, because of its geographical location and the continuous improvement of service levels, so it can attract more foreign tourists to stay. The hotels located in the city of Moscow, because they do not have such convenient conditions, have lost their former prosperity.

Although the hotel is very close to the airport, the sound insulation of the room is quite good, and now it is freezing outside, Zhuang Mingge feels that it is more appropriate to stay in this warm room.

Staying in the hotel, according to the manager of this hotel, it is not difficult to pass the long night, the manager swore that if Zhuang Mingge did not want to go out to see the scenery of Moscow, then staying in the room and watching TV can also pass the time.

Then take a look at Russian TV, it's already this time, and you don't need to think about good movies, entertainment programs, or anything. Zhuang Mingge thought so and turned on the TV.

However, to Zhuang Mingge's surprise, in Moscow in '94, the number of local TV channels that could be received by this hotel alone was more than 60, which was already a staggering number.

"me, the Russians will be using satellite TV now?" Zhuang Mingge looked at it for a while and said in surprise.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia implemented the so-called "market-oriented reforms" at home, and a large number of military communication satellites were sold at the price of cabbage, which was also called "privatization of state-owned resources."

As a result, television and radio stations have sprung up in Russia, and countless ones have been established in just a few years. Moreover, compared with other countries' TV stations, these Russian TV stations, which are "small characters", have one of the biggest advantages, that is, they can easily realize the transition from local TV stations to cross-regional and even national TV stations.

Not because of anything else, but mainly because these Russian television stations have access to communications satellite resources that allow them to get rid of geographical restrictions in a very short period of time. For example, the expenses of television stations in the United States and Western Europe in renting telecommunications satellites are a very large expense. However, these Russian TV stations do not have to worry about this, because the rent price given by the state in this regard is very low, and even the owners behind many TV stations own several satellites themselves.

In Russia, there is no difference between satellite and non-satellite television for these television stations - the vast majority of television stations use satellites, and there are only a few cable television stations. Basically, they are used as public resources for local governments.

There used to be a joke: other countries are desperately buying warships and building aircraft carriers; However, Russian warships are docked in ports and used as docks, and some are even sold directly as scrap metal.

This is also the same in terms of satellites, TV stations in other countries cannot afford to use satellites, but the Russian conquest has sold off satellite resources that are no longer used. In particular, the part of the communication satellites that are "militarily civilianized" has been completely divided among the various shili in Russia.

Zhuang Mingge casually flipped through these channels, and there were many programs on TV, but they were basically simply promoting someone's political ideas, or reflecting the will of a certain oligarchy.

It is no wonder that in the face of economic recession, Russia's media industry has been able to swim against the tide and develop so rapidly. It seems that the wealthy businessmen and politicians of Russia, who have embraced a lot of Westernized ideas, have preserved the fine traditions of the former Soviet Union to the greatest extent.

Perhaps in the eyes of these people, they have done a much better job of controlling public opinion and propaganda than those in the West, and they are much more shrewd.

As for whether these TV stations can make money? The devil knows!

It seems that the political, economic, and social life of Russia is far from reaching the level that ordinary people can live normally, and in this extremely chaotic society, Russian football is destined to experience a long winter.

Looking at this large number of channels, Zhuang Mingge felt a little dizzy, so he decisively turned off the TV, called Karin from next door to chat (when he was outside, Karin still appeared as Zhuang Mingge's secretary), and finally passed the time before going to bed.

The next day, the first leg of the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals, was set for 1 p.m., because if it was late, it would not be a kick, and the 22 players would be the first to freeze into popsicles.

Although the game will start at one o'clock in the afternoon, because the stadium is relatively old, there are no warm facilities inside, and there is no so-called VIP box, which makes Zhuang Mingge have to stand in the stands to watch the team's game.

Although he wore several layers of coats, Zhuang Mingge still felt a chill.

I can still feel cold when I'm dressed like this, so the players on the field...... Zhuang Mingge thought of this, and shivered, not daring to think about it anymore.

There was still a period of time before the start of the game, and there were not many fans in the stands, so Zhuang Mingge, who was shivering from the cold, looked around the entire stadium.

Zhuang Mingge's eyes are an old stadium, which reveals endless desolation: rusty goals, tattered nets, overgrown playing fields, badly damaged stands.

A Spartak club staff member who accompanied him to watch the game told Zhuang Mingge that now in Russia, the glory of football in the former Soviet Union can no longer be seen, and excellent Russian players have left their homeland for their livelihood; What was once tens of thousands of fans is now concerned about finding enough food and clothing to survive this cold winter. In terms of clubs, with the bankruptcy of the junior sports school model, the once hot youth league and even the corporate league have all been suspended, and the Russian club, which is accustomed to taking what it needs from the sports school, has tasted the taste of cooking for the first time.

When Zhuang Mingge heard this, he suddenly recalled that those second-rate players who were swept away by Russian clubs in the past played so well in the South Korean, Japanese and even Chinese leagues, and said that the Russian striker Valoja, who was majestic in the first A-League, was actually just an amateur player in Russia before he went to China......

The fact that players abroad are thriving, while the youth echelons formed by domestic clubs are struggling to find usable talent, is the current situation in Russian football and the sports industry as a whole.