Chapter 450: Chapter 449: The Internet Changes Football, This Commentator is Called Xiao Wei
Unfortunately, investing heavily in the traditional media industry in Europe is very costly.
Everyone said the internet would change people’s lives, but in the domestic scene of 2001 and 2002, this change was still in its infancy.
Even elementary school textbooks had a lesson specifically about how "in the future, buying things would only require placing an order from home, and others would deliver it to your doorstep."
At that stage, whether children or adults, everyone thought this lesson was talking nonsense.
It was too advanced!
Too futuristic!
We definitely wouldn’t see it in our lifetime, maybe our grandchildren’s generation might?
However, in just a short decade, the internet really did change people’s lives.
Even a pig, if it were at the forefront of such change, might have been able to fly.
But platforms like Taobao actually required huge amounts of capital and strong personal connections.
Almost every well-known internet brand that succeeded in the future had one thing in common, they were almost all sons and daughters of the rich or of officials.
Ordinary people could never enter these major cake-sharing categories.
But smaller categories were possible.
Football websites, basketball websites, car review and recommendation websites, game review and recommendation websites, novel websites, etc.
Dongqiudi was playing with something very new, which domestic media could hardly catch up with.
The biggest issue was that they could get by on domestic league news, so there was no reason to spend so much money to maintain staff in Europe as "war correspondents."
Earning Renminbi and spending Euros, even the largest family fortunes couldn’t sustain that kind of spending.
On the other hand, the boss behind "Dongqiudi" was currently earning Euros and spending Euros, and even spending Renminbi.
Moreover, "Dongqiudi" itself was discussing deeper collaborations with clubs like Sporting Lisbon and Manchester City, which, if successful, could bring in a considerable amount of advertising and promotion fees from the clubs.
With this, the website quickly passed through the startup phase and entered the profitable phase.
As a large number of fans poured in, the "Dongqiudi" website crashed once again.
Jiang Yunzhu’s face was slapped resoundingly... ehm... that phrase... let’s avoid any associations.
Fortunately, the website server was successfully repaired before the match began.
"Dongqiudi" also immediately provided an incident report analysis to clear Jiang’s name.
According to the IP addresses, the main culprits behind this wave of crashes weren’t domestic fans.
It was Japanese fans.
Because of an article on "Dongqiudi" titled "Champions League Round of 16 Asian Derby! Japan’s Great Darling Inamoto Junichi VS Sporting Lisbon’s Chengji Sihan Wu Xudong!" had ignited Japan’s football industry.
The status of football in Japan and Korea far exceeds its status in China.
Because Japan and Korea need this to align with mainstream European circles, to appropriately loosen the shackles of their American daddy.
While China could align with Europe, it could also establish new standards in other areas and attempt to become the center of the world.
It’s better to create your own game than to join someone else’s.
Instead of focusing on the game, it’s better to focus first on heavy industry, infrastructure, and technological research that can truly enhance national power, aiming for a leapfrog development.
Just like the automotive industry.
The state invested so much, yet with thieves outside and traitors within, decades went by without any significant development in technology, ultimately ceding the entire market to others.
Domestic consumers pay the highest prices to drive the most basic models, experience the worst service, and still have to pay extra for delivery.
If we can’t succeed with fuel cars, ok, I’ll do electric vehicles, I’ll start afresh.
And what happened?
Within just ten years, domestic electric vehicle technology, quality, and service developed rapidly, transforming China from a country lagging in fuel vehicles to a leader in global electric vehicle products.
The rise of electric vehicles forced the reduction in prices of fuel vehicles, the transfer of tech, and the opening up of patents.
In the end, whether you’re a fan of electric or fuel vehicles, you benefit.
The frustrations that domestic car fans have suffered for decades can finally be returned.
This is what we call a relief!
Therefore, in our country, only with the state’s attention can an industry develop rapidly.
As a result, most football fans can see that Chinese football won’t improve much within the next thirty years.
Those cunning rats are bold in the industry precisely because they are smart enough.
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"Hello to all our viewers, you’re now watching the second stage of the group round of the UEFA Champions League, third match, with Sporting Lisbon hosting Arsenal, brought to you by CCTV Channel 5!"
"I am Huang Jianxiang, the commentator for this match, and next to me is the trainee commentator He Wei."
"We won’t go into too much detail about Sporting Lisbon, as the fans in front of the TV may know this team even better than I do, because they are good friends of Chinese football."
"The core leader of this team is the famous patriotic Chinese player Deng Kai. The assistant coach is none other than Mr. Maxa, who led the Chinese football team to success in this year’s summer World Cup in Korea and Japan... "
He Wei was quite puzzled on the side, wasn’t it agreed not to introduce Sporting Lisbon?
What is this...
Huang Jianxiang just smiled.
If you take the netizens’ words seriously, you’ve lost.
They all say they won’t watch the crappy national team again, but when there’s a major event of the national team, see if they still follow or not?
If I dared not to introduce Sporting Lisbon, the fans would immediately blast me out of here!
"As the Football Know-It-Alls have said, there are many highlights in today’s match. First up is the Asian Derby! Our country’s young player Wu Xudong has been included in the line-up for today’s game and may have a chance to play as a substitute."
"Inamoto Junichi of Japan has also been included in Arsenal’s squad. By nickname, Wu Xudong is undoubtedly stronger; he is from Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, and the domestic fans jokingly call him the ’Lisbon Chengji Sihan’."
"Apart from Wu Xudong, we also look forward to seeing Yang Chen, Fan Zhiyi, Sun Jihai, Chen Tao, Yu Shihao, Hao Junmin, Shao Jiawei, and many more Chinese players on the European stage in the future."
Huang Jianxiang glanced at He Wei, who quickly chimed in: "The second highlight is the Toure brothers’ battle! Arsenal’s substitute central defender Kolo Toure and Sporting Lisbon’s starting defensive midfielder Yaya Toure are real brothers, with the former being the older."
"After Yaya Toure was rejected by Arsenal during a trial, he joined Sporting Lisbon. So far, although his performance can’t be described as dazzling, it has been noteworthy. At his age, he certainly deserves the fans’ anticipation."
Huang Jianxiang: "The third highlight is the performance of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in this match. Looking at the starting line-up before the game, Ibrahimovic has replaced Drogba as the team’s starting forward for this match."
"This change is definitely related to Arsenal, especially considering the time when Zlatan refused a trial and was therefore overlooked by Wenger, which also made hot football news."
"Throughout the season, Ibrahimovic has proven himself with his excellent performance."
