The situation that Messi's family encountered has also happened to the families of many other young players. In La Masia alone, several young players were signed by Deep Space Company.
In fact, La Masia's young players have attracted much attention from scouts, but the key is that many players are too young and have not yet been sold for money, so well-known agents will not pay too much attention to them.
, otherwise, it would be impossible for the Deep Sky to sign these players easily.
Just like Messi, his talent is visible to the naked eye. If the current situation develops, it will be a matter of time for him to enter the first team. However, Messi is too young, sick, and has too many unstable factors. He is willing to take a gamble.
There are not many clubs.
Barcelona provides Messi with nine hundred dollars a month for medical expenses and provides Jorge with a job as a stadium cleaner. This is not easy, and nine hundred dollars is not a small amount.
If Deep Space Company wants to win over other small players, it certainly doesn't need to pay as much as it did to win over Leo Messi. Many small players don't need to pay extra at all, they just need Yunchi to provide them with sporting goods.
But even so, many people, after learning about the conditions given by Deep Space Company for signing these young players, still said that Deep Space Company was taken advantage of because it only understands the book industry and entertainment industry and does not understand the football industry at all.
If, like Deep Space Company, they focus all their energy on young players who are still unstable, they will lose money sooner or later.
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On August 30, Yu Dong and his party had finished their trip to Europe and headed to Sudan, Oman.
After everyone arrived in Sultan of Oman, they all expressed surprise. Before coming, they did not expect that this country would develop so well.
Oman is not well-known in the world, and few people in China know about this country. Many people may have heard of this country, but they only know that it is a Middle Eastern country. If you know more about it, you will know that they have oil and minerals.
More.
Oman and other Middle Eastern countries in front of us give people a lot of impressions, and it looks more peaceful here.
Compared with other Asian countries, Oman is indeed rich, but their development time is actually not long.
Before the 1970s, Oman was very poor and backward due to long-term colonial rule. It was not until Sultan Qaboos came to power in the 1970s that he began to vigorously exploit oil and devote himself to domestic political, economic and cultural construction, breaking the long-term isolation of the country and causing the country to undergo changes.
There have been earth-shaking changes.
The Bay Hotel where Yu Dong and the others stayed is located in the Gurm District on the outskirts of the city, more than ten kilometers away from the city center, and is located on a small promontory on the coast. I heard that this area was a wasteland more than ten years ago.
At that time, both sides of the road from the city to the Bay Hotel were covered with various building groups, government buildings, supermarkets, hospitals and schools...
On the hill next to the Gulf Hotel, there are the official residences of ambassadors of many countries, as well as the villas of many Omani officials. The official residence of the Chinese Embassy is also nearby.
After resting for a while in the hotel, Yu Dong and the others went to meet with the Chinese Ambassador to Oman, Zhao Chang.
China and Oman officially established diplomatic relations in 1979, and Zhao Chang is already the sixth ambassador.
After Yu Dong and others arrived at the embassy, ​​they were warmly welcomed by the embassy, ​​and the scene was quite grand.
According to Zhao Chang, when the national football team members came over before, the embassy's welcome ceremony was grander than this.
After sitting in the embassy for a while, Yu Dong and the others had not even finished a cup of tea when Alai, deputy director of the Protocol Department of Oman, brought someone over to pick them up.
Although Yu Dong and the others came here this time not to involve any political-related activities, but simply to watch the game, the Omani side still attached great importance to them.
Under the leadership of the Deputy Director of the Protocol Department, Yu Dong and the others went to the government office building and met with their Director of the Protocol Department. The Protocol Department hosted a banquet for Yu Dong and the others that evening.
After the banquet was over, Ghazali, the director of the Protocol Department, found Yu Dong privately and expressed that their Sultan Qaboos wanted to meet Yu Dong and asked Yu Dong if he was willing.
When he comes to Oman, the king wants to see him. No matter what, Yu Dong must give him face. He is already on his territory, and Oman and China are friendly countries. The trade volume between the two sides last year reached 3.3 billion US dollars.
, a small part of which was contributed by the Deep Space Company.
Oman has developed rapidly in recent years, but in some aspects it has developed relatively poorly because of its late start.
For example, in the sporting goods market, Oman has only begun to pay attention to the development of sports in recent years. With the emphasis from top to bottom, the sporting goods market has gradually become larger. However, Oman does not have reliable sports brands in its own country. Basically, all
It is imported from abroad.
Previously, Oman's sporting goods market was basically dominated by Adidas. In comparison, Nike's market share was very low.
Last year, due to the increase in trade between Oman and China, Yunchi also began to enter Oman. However, Oman cannot shake Adidas' position in Oman for the time being. It can only act as a troublemaker, trying to muddy the waters of the sports market.
In addition to Yunchi, the biggest cooperation between Deep Space Company and Oman is with Amazon.
There is no e-commerce website in Oman, so if they want to buy goods online, they basically go to Amazon.
Yu Dong directly replied to Gaza Li: "It is my honor to meet the Sultan of your country. When will the Sultan prepare to receive me?"
"Tomorrow morning, do you think it's okay?"
Yu Dong smiled and nodded, "No problem."
The match between the national football team and Oman starts in the evening, so the meeting tomorrow morning will not affect his schedule.
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At ten o'clock the next morning, a Mercedes-Benz convoy drove to the entrance of the Bay Hotel and picked up Yu Dong.
Sitting in the retro-style Mercedes-Benz 600 VIP car, Yu Dong couldn't help but sigh, this scene is really grand.
In just twenty minutes, the motorcade entered the Palace Square, and then Yu Dong entered the reception hall under the guidance of the guard captain.
Yu Dong was very surprised when he saw Qaboos because Qaboos was dressed very solemnly.
Qaboos wore a purple tasseled turban on his head, a black dress with gold trim, and a proprietary golden sword in his hand. This set of actions did not look like approaching an ordinary foreign guest at all, but rather
What event are you attending?
Later, Yu Dong noticed that there were several cameras set up in the reception hall, filming them.
Now he was even more confused. Is there anything special about today's meeting?
Yu Dong shook hands with Qaboos, and then Qaboos sat down on the exclusive throne, while Yu Dong and the translator sat on the sofa next to them.
In fact, there was no need for a translator when Yu Dong communicated with Qaboos. Qaboos went to school in England when he was young, so there was no problem with his English.
But now it seems that today's occasion is quite formal. On this occasion, the two of them represent more than just themselves, and it is not appropriate to communicate in English.
After sitting down, Qaboos said a few words of welcome, probably saying that Yu Dong was now a world-renowned writer and it was their honor to come to Oman. He also said that he also liked reading Yu Dong's novels.
Although he was flattering Yu Dong, Qaboos said it very seriously.
Caboose seems to be a very serious person, his words come across as sincere, and he doesn't like to smile much. Even if there is a smile on his face, it flashes away.
Yu Dong smiled and replied, "Thank you for your kindness. Although I just came to Oman yesterday, I feel very good about Oman. I heard from Ambassador Zhao of our embassy that the area around the Bay Hotel where I am staying now is in Ersan.
Ten years ago it was a barren land. This is simply unbelievable. It is a miracle that it has been built into what it is now in just twenty or thirty years."
"China has always been the object of our study. I believe that such miracles are happening in many places in China. Especially Jinling. Although I have not been to Jinling personally, I also know something about the development of Jinling. I have heard about the Internet in Jinling.
The coverage rate has exceeded 40%.”
Yu Dong nodded. The data Qaboos mentioned was true. Jinling's Internet coverage had indeed exceeded 40%.
The permanent population of Jinling last year was 6.4 million, of which the number of Internet users reached 2.6 million, and the number of computers with Internet access was 700,000.
Forty percent may sound average, but when you compare it with the national Internet coverage, you can only see how powerful this data is.
There are now more than 37 million Internet users in the country, and the Internet coverage rate is less than 3%. The coverage rate in Jinling is more than ten times the national average coverage rate.
To put it another way, seven out of one hundred netizens across the country are in Jinling.
Once you listen to it, you will know how exaggerated this data is.
The key is that China's Internet has only been developing for a few years. If this continues, it may not be long before the Internet coverage rate of a single city in Jinling will catch up with that of the United States.
The reason why Jinling has such a high Internet coverage is because Deep Space Company cooperates with the telecommunications department to reduce the cost of Internet access for residents.
While Internet costs are falling, the price of computers is also falling, so that ordinary families can afford computers.
In Jinling, in addition to Internet cafes and home computers, basically every school will have a computer room, whether it is a university, middle school or elementary school.
In addition, the Internet coverage also illustrates a problem, that is, there are currently many young people in Jinling with high academic qualifications.
The Deep Space Company has developed well in recent years, and many of them have been retained by universities in Jinling. These college students will basically use computers after graduation.
In addition to college students, many companies in Jinling now offer jobs to people who have graduated from primary and secondary schools, and many of the jobs require them to be able to use computers. For example, Haibei Shopping.com recruits online customer service. Even if they can’t use computers when they enter, the company will ask them
training.
Qaboos mentioned Jinling because Oman has also recently planned to develop the Internet industry.
Yu Dong also understood Qaboos' intention and said with a smile, "The development of Jinling is achieved by all aspects, and Deep Space Company only plays a guiding role in the middle. If Muscat wants to develop the Internet,
In fact, the conditions are better than Jinling, and the speed will be faster."
The conditions in Muscat are certainly better than those in Jinling. The population of the entire country of Oman is only more than 2.3 million, less than half of Jinling. The capital Muscat has only 6.7 million people, one-tenth of Jinling.
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But Muscat is very wealthy, so it is a very simple matter to increase the network coverage in the city.
To put it bluntly, there are few people, there is money, and things are simple.
Qaboos showed a slight smile on his face, and did not continue to discuss this issue. Instead, he chatted about football with Yu Dong. He praised the strength of the Chinese national team and said that the Oman team has not been established for a long time and needs more time.
Learn from the Chinese national team.
He is not being modest. The strength of the Oman football team is indeed average, and there is still a big gap between the overall strength and the Chinese team.
In fact, the current level of football in Asia is like this. Except for a few countries such as China, Neon, and Korea, which are pretty good, other countries are all weak teams. For example, the teams in the same group as the Chinese team this time are better than each other.
vegetable.
Caboose didn't know much about football, so he briefly chatted with Yu Dong and stopped talking.
Their meeting didn't last long, and including eating desserts and smelling scents afterwards, it only lasted a little more than an hour in total.
What they ate was Halwa, Oman's special sweet, which is a soft cake cooked with flour, mutton fat, honey and nuts, and was eaten directly with the right hand.
After finishing the soft cake and drinking coffee, the palace waiter brought a silver incense burner with frankincense and ambergris inside. Sultan Qaboos smiled and raised his hand, motioning to Yu Dong to smell the incense.
Yu Dong lowered his head and took a sip. This stuff was indeed very fragrant and very refreshing.
The translator next to him told Yu Dong that smelling incense is the highest etiquette in Oman. The end of smelling incense means that today's ceremony is also over.
After the ceremony, Yu Dong stood up and said goodbye to Qaboos, and then signed his name in the VIP book on the first floor.
On the way back, Ghazalli accompanied him all the way. He chatted with Yu Dong for a while in the car. Although he did not say anything directly, he mentioned Oman Telecom in their country more than once.
Based on what Qaboos said before, Yu Dong probably guessed that Oman hopes that Deep Space Company will cooperate with Oman Telecom.
However, since Amanfang was beating around the bush, Yu Dong pretended not to understand.
If Oman can leave all Internet development matters to Shenzhen, then Yu Dong will not hesitate at all. He can directly rope in Chinese telecommunications companies to help Oman build the Internet.
But now that he wants to cooperate with Oman Telecom, Yu Dong is a little hesitant because he doesn't know what kind of existence Oman Telecom is. Their technical level and work style are all unknown.
Chapter completed!