In early December, Yu Dong finished all his classes at school and embarked on a journey to England.
There were a lot of people going together this time, not only Yu Hua and the others, but also family members.
In addition, there are more than 40 people on the national football team, more than 20 players, and the rest are staff members of the coaching staff, medical team and logistics support team.
After the plane arrived in London, Manchester United's senior management personally brought people over to greet him.
When everyone got off the plane, they could see the banner hanging inside the airport. The content written on it probably said welcome YU and welcome the Chinese team.
Seeing the banners hung in the airport, Zheng Zhi, the young player who came with the team, was amazed, "I could only imagine that the banners were hung in the arrival hall, but I didn't expect that they pulled the banners directly into the airport."
Zheng Zhi has just been promoted to the national team from the National Olympics and serves as a full-back. This time he came here purely to feel the atmosphere. There is a high probability that he will not play. Even if he does, he will not have much time. If it were not for the age requirement of the team from Shenzhen Sky Company
If the structure is up to standard, Zheng Zhi will not bring it over.
What he said was also what the other team members were thinking, but the others were more reserved and did not act as exaggeratedly as Zheng Zhi.
Seeing the bilingual banner, these players felt quite proud. The anxiety before coming was diluted by this red banner. At least they were taken seriously when they came.
Of course, they also knew that it was not them that people valued, but Yu Dong.
Yu Dong is of special significance to Manchester United. Manchester United did not perform well for a period of time, but when Yu Dong went to watch the game, they won. Ferguson also personally invited Yu Dong to go there again, and the game was won again. At that time
Many Manchester United fans believe that Yu Dong is their lucky star.
In the past few years, whenever Manchester United suffers a losing streak and the team hits a trough, some fans call Yu Dong to watch Manchester United games, hoping that Yu Dong, the deputy general, can turn the tide.
In fact, Manchester United officially took the initiative to hype this matter. At that time, "Second World" was very popular, and the Premier League wanted to open up the Asian and American markets, so they chose to create a wave of hype with Yu Donglai.
It's just that Manchester United themselves didn't expect the effect to be so good. Ferguson invited Yu Dong to watch the game and they actually won.
Of course, if it was just because of Lucky Star, the senior management of Manchester United would not go to London to hold a banner to pick them up. At most, they would just pick them up at Manchester United.
The reason why he traveled so far is related to Yu Dong's other identity - he can be regarded as the majority shareholder of Manchester United.
Deep Space America holds 3.8% of the shares of Manchester United. It is considered a major shareholder of Manchester United. And Yu Dong is a shareholder of Deep Space America, so he is naturally a shareholder of Manchester United.
In addition, this time Deep Space Company arranged for the Chinese national football team to play a commercial match with Manchester United and paid a large appearance fee, so Deep Space China is also a financial backer of Manchester United.
Combining these circumstances, Manchester United must of course pay enough attention to the East. Originally, Manchester United was planning to go to Spain to complete two friendly matches in December during the Spanish winter training, but due to the invitation from Deep Space Company, they adjusted their plans.
, they will not leave for Spain until they finish playing with the national football team.
Manchester United's top management came to greet them, but Yu Dong and the others would not go directly to Manchester. According to the schedule, they would first complete a commercial match with Arsenal in London, then go to the home court of Nottingham Forest, and finally go to Old Trafford.
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On December 10, at about one o'clock in the afternoon, Karl finally finished his homework. He looked at the time, smiled and said to his friend Defoe next to him: "There is still time, let's go to Highbury quickly."
Defoe blinked and asked doubtfully, "Why go to Highbury? There is no game today."
"Why is there no game? Today is a friendly match with the Chinese football team."
Defoe curled his lips, "What's so interesting about the match between club and country?"
"The ticket price is cheap, and you can also sit in the front row. This is a rare opportunity."
When he heard that the fare was cheap, Defoe's eyes lit up, "Really? Are you sure you can sit in the front row?"
"Because most people are just like you and are not interested in this game, so the seats must be empty. Why don't you just sit there casually?"
"What if there are so many people there that we can't sit in the front row?"
William said with a smile, "Wouldn't it be better if there were a lot of people there? At least the atmosphere would be worth our visit, wouldn't it?"
Defoe was stunned for a moment. Although he felt that William's words were not quite right, he could not find anything wrong with them.
Yes, if there are a lot of people going, it means they won’t suffer a loss by going. After all, everyone is going. After all, no one wants to go to a game that no one is watching.
As for competitions, as long as there are enough people, even if the process is not exciting, the atmosphere on the scene will not be too bad. In a competition without spectators, no matter how high the level is, the atmosphere on the scene will not be good.
After thinking for a while, Defoe nodded and said, "Okay, let's go there now."
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After arriving at the stadium, Defoe and William found that there were not many people watching the game, which was basically the same as usual official games.
William couldn't help but sigh, as expected, the cheap ticket price can attract people. Since everyone has nothing to do at home on the weekend, it is better to spend a small amount of money to come and watch a game.
The official announcement has been made in advance. Although today is just an ordinary commercial match, and the opponent is the Chinese team, their lineup is not bad at all, and basically all the stars in the team will participate.
Just to see these stars is worth the ticket price.
After finding a seat and sitting down, William smiled and said, "Did you know, there is an opening program today."
Defoe was surprised and asked, "What's the opening act?"
"I don't know. It just said that there will be an opening program, but the program schedule has not been announced." William shrugged.
"Maybe it's just a few words from the team's top management. It's just an ordinary commercial game. What kind of opening program can it have?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! William stood on tiptoe and looked around the auditorium, as if looking for someone, "I heard that YU is also here today. It would be great if he could appear in the opening show."
Defoe twitched his lips, "If YU comes, he will definitely be in the VIP box. How can you find him like this? Besides, can YU perform on stage? Is it a live book writing?"
"It's also good for him to talk."
Seeing William's appearance, Defoe secretly shook his head. This good friend of his was actually not a fan at all. He usually dragged William to watch games, but William always looked reluctant.
This time it was the other way around, William actually dragged him to the stadium to watch the game, mainly because he heard that YU was coming to the game.
Defoe felt it was unreasonable, so he just came as soon as he came. Anyway, YU was going to have a signing event in London. Why not come to the stadium? Is it possible that YU could still go to the stadium to compete?
But just when Defoe was about to say something, something suddenly changed on the big screen on the sidelines. Arsenal coach Wenger was chatting and laughing with Yu Dong.
Yu Dong did not sit in the box, but sat behind the coaching bench. Wenger did not sit in the coaching bench at this time, but ran to sit next to Yu Dong.
Seeing the two people appear, there was a burst of cheers. Most of the people cheered for Wenger, and a small number of people cheered for Yu Dong. In fact, there were not that many people who could recognize Yu Dong's face at a glance.
At least in this stadium, there are definitely more people who know Wenger than Yu Dong.
Hearing the loud cheers from the stadium, Wenger and Yu Dong both raised their heads in surprise, and then saw the picture on the big screen.
Wenger smiled and said, "YU, say hello to the Arsenal fans."
Yu Dong smiled and nodded, then waved to the camera.
Seeing this scene, many fans are asking: Who is this person?
Some people can get answers, while others can only continue to wonder.
The camera lingered on the faces of Yu Dong and Wenger for a while, then moved to the Arsenal star who had just entered the stadium.
Wenger said with a smile, "There is no such modern big screen at Old Trafford."
Yu Dong smiled. He didn't expect Wenger to compare himself with Manchester United in this matter.
Before Ban Dong could say anything, Wenger added, "Today, not only will we appear on the big screen, but the live broadcast is also going on. I heard Sandy say that the live broadcast rights of this game are sold very quickly."
Yu Dong was not surprised that the live broadcast rights were sold quickly, because today there was not only a football match, but also an opening performance that lasted nearly half an hour.
"This game will also be broadcast in China. I believe that after watching Arsenal's game, more people will like your spirited team."
Wenger smiled and said, "Of course we also hope to win the love of Chinese fans. In fact, Sandy has said more than once that he would take the team to China to see it, just like Manchester United did, but there has never been this opportunity."
Sandy is the general manager of Arsenal. When Yu Dong entered the field just now, Sandy personally brought it to him.
Yu Dong also understood Wenger's meaning, smiled and nodded, "Of course there is no problem. If you want to go to China, you can go there at any time. Deep Space Company will definitely receive you and arrange the itinerary for you. I will follow you later
Sandy said, if possible, I will arrange for you to go to Jinling next summer."
Wenger said with a smile, "I think Sandy would laugh very happily if he heard what you said. When we heard that you were coming to England, we also responded very positively..."
Listening to Wenger's words, Yu Dong smiled and raised his eyebrows. The news he heard before coming here was not like this.
When Deep Space Company selected opponents for the national football team, in addition to Manchester United, the first choice was Arsenal. However, after telling Arsenal about this, Arsenal did not reply for a long time. It took a long time before they replied and said yes.
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After the three teams were settled, Yu Dong and the others heard that after they contacted Arsenal at that time, Arsenal's management was very willing. After all, playing in commercial matches with the national football team could not only get appearance fees, but also get promotions.
Notability, attracting Chinese fans.
However, team coach Wenger has a different opinion. He believes that the league schedule is relatively close and the team should not be given extra games. This will only make the team more tired and increase the possibility of injuries.
Even if you want to play a commercial game, you should not send out the main lineup, just send out substitutes.
Because of this matter, the management discussed it with Wenger for a long time, but in the end Wenger took a step back.
In fact, the reason why Wenger has concerns is related to Manchester United, because Deep Space Company is one of the shareholders of Manchester United, which means they are on the same side as Manchester United. Who knows whether they will use dirty tricks during the game.
If the Chinese players make more moves during the game, it is likely to cause a lot of damage to Arsenal. Currently, in the league standings, their two teams are ranked first and second respectively, and Arsenal is still catching up with Manchester United.
If Arsenal suffers more injuries at this time, it will be impossible to catch up with Manchester United, and the championship will be handed over to Manchester United again this season.
Wenger was worried that the Arsenal management had also considered it, but the Deep Space Company did give a lot. Even if they did not win the championship for this, the loss would not be that big. Besides, even if there were no injuries, their team would win this season.
The possibility of winning the championship is also relatively small, and it is even possible to lose the runner-up place.
The two were chatting when suddenly music sounded, which was the prelude to "Shape of My Heart".
In England, this song was so popular that cheers erupted from the venue, and Sting holding a guitar appeared on the big screen.
Defoe in the stands was dumbfounded. He never expected that the opening performance would be of such a level, with even a king like Sting appearing. This was still an ordinary commercial game, and the tickets they had were only a few pounds.
Even if the next competition is not held, just by singing a song live, I can still make back these few dollars.
But it wasn't over yet. Sting sang a song and then went down. Then Shakira, a dynamic new-generation female singer, came on stage. She sang "Whenever", which is also very popular in the UK.
It was so catchy that many fans at the scene sang along.
After the song ended, Shakira did not leave, and another young man wearing a peaked cap came up. As soon as this young man came up, before he showed up, someone called his name: Jay Chou.
It has to be said that Deep Space Company's promotion of Jay Chou in Europe was very effective, otherwise it would not have been possible for so many people to shout out his name as soon as he came out.
After Jay Chou came on stage, he sang a Chinese song "Dao Ma Dan" with Shakira.
Obviously, there are fewer people singing along to this song. On the one hand, it is a Chinese song, and on the other hand, it is more difficult to sing along. However, even if you can't sing along, it does not affect everyone's opinion that this song is awesome.
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The persona created by Deep Space Company for Jay Chou is cool and trendy. He fits this persona very well, and European audiences quite like this. In particular, some stories related to Jay Chou reported by the media are very popular with European audiences.
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