Chapter 520: A Stunning Success

"Is it the bus to the Olympic Stadium?"

In the garden parking lot of the Waldorf Astoria Cavalier Resort, Chen Jun, carrying a heavy bag, walked to the front door of a white Mercedes-Benz bus. The windows of the bus were covered with the logos of the Champions League final and Tottenham Hotspur.

"Yes, it's a special bus for reporters accompanying the team. Do you have a press card?" A strong middle-aged man stood at the front door. He was the receptionist of the bus and also a half-security guard.

Chen Jun handed over his press card. The middle-aged man scanned down the list in his hand one by one and soon found Chen Jun's name. This was a list of reporters accompanying the team that Tottenham Hotspur had submitted before.

"You can get on the bus, please!" said the middle-aged man.

"Thank you!" Chen Jun nodded in thanks, but glanced at a black double-decker luxury bus not far away. He knew that it was a famous European bus brand, Vanhool, Belgium, and the organizing committee provided a special bus for Tottenham Hotspur's first-team players. "When will this bus leave?"

"Soon!" The middle-aged man answered in a serious manner, obviously not planning to say too much.

To be honest, everyone still has a little wariness of reporters.

Chen Jun glanced behind him again, and there were three or four Mercedes-Benz buses in a row. These buses were used to receive the players' families and relatives. They all lived in the Cavalier Waldorf Resort Hotel. It was said that Ye Qiu paid for everyone's accommodation this time, and even all the reporters accompanying the team were exempted from food and accommodation expenses.

This is indeed a big deal!

Even though Ye Qiu is rich, he has to be generous. For so many people to stay for two days and two nights, especially in a five-star luxury resort hotel, this is not a small fee, but a large sum of money. Although Ye Qiu seems to be stingy, his principle is like this. He never frowns when he should spend money, and he saves every penny when he shouldn't spend money.

"Hi, Chen!" As soon as Chen Jun got on the car, someone waved at him, a slightly fat Italian.

"Hi, Giancarlo!" Chen Jun walked over immediately. This was Giancarlo Galavotti, a reporter for Milan Sports in London.

Sitting next to him was Sean Ingels, a famous reporter for the British Guardian who has risen very fast in recent years.

As a reporter for the European Central Station of China's largest official state-owned TV station, Chen Jun has dealt with these people a lot, and even many of his news channels come from these colleagues. Of course, he will distinguish the truth from the false by himself.

The number of reporters accompanying each team in the Champions League final is limited. Tottenham Hotspur gave Chen Jun a quota in China, but the Champions League final will be broadcast live in China, and a special program will be recorded. Chen Jun will provide some materials, including some interviews with some players after they check into the hotel.

This can be regarded as a privilege given to some reporters accompanying the team by Tottenham Hotspur.

"Cunning Spaniards!" Sean Ingler was flipping through the tablet of Leaf Technology and reading some news on it. His tone was a little calm, but it was difficult to hide his indignation.

"Such big news broke out before the game. Who says it's not a conspiracy?" Giancarlo Galavotti of Gazzetta dello Sport laughed.

This Italian neither supports Barcelona nor Tottenham Hotspur. He is a fan of Serie A, so he is happy to remain neutral and watch the two teams compete before the game.

"The Spanish media is a bit mean to do this!" Chen Jun also noticed that Sean Ingel's tablet showed a report that was first revealed by the Spanish media early this morning, but was also reprinted by media all over the world.

According to media reports, Messi has decided to transfer to Manchester City with a transfer fee of 150 million euros after the end of this season. There are news that Florentino will return to the chairmanship of Real Madrid, and he will use a summer to fill the superstar vacancy of Real Madrid in the past three years, so he will dig out superstars from all over Europe overnight, targeting Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United, Ribery of Tottenham Hotspur and Kaka of AC Milan.

In addition, the news that Manchester United wants to replace Cristiano Ronaldo with Gareth Bale has also been confirmed by Manchester United insiders, but none of these news are the most important. The most important thing is that a Spanish reporter found that Messi's father secretly met with Barcelona executives in a hotel in Barcelona and concluded that Messi tried every means to return to La Liga.

As the saying goes, pictures speak louder than words. The Spanish media also published several photos, which indeed showed Messi's father and a Barcelona executive named Bachi. It is said that he is Laporta's think tank and a good friend of Guardiola.

"This is obviously to shake the morale of Tottenham Hotspur!" Sean Ingler was a little angry. "Messi's father did a very stupid thing. Regardless of whether he was played and used, it was definitely a big stupid thing!"

Before such an important game, Jorge, who had the power over Messi, actually met with Barcelona executives in private, and was photographed by reporters and released to the world. This is bound to cause an uproar among Tottenham Hotspur fans all over the world, and it is bound to make Messi's position in the locker room very embarrassing.

How should he face the head coach and his teammates?

Returning to Barcelona, ​​this rumor has been around since Messi joined Tottenham Hotspur and performed well. Not only him, but also Cesc Fabregas. He also revealed to the media that he wanted to return to Barcelona. There have been rumors in the media that David Silva's ultimate goal is to join Real Madrid, which he has dreamed of since childhood.

As senior reporters, they are different from other fans because they know better.

Don’t look at players who look great playing football on the court, but in fact, they are also human beings, they are also fans, they have their own feelings, their favorite teams, and their favorite stars, so sometimes they make some comments They may just express their opinions about which team they like, but it does not mean they will put it into practice.

Of course, there is another situation like Barcelona, ​​which uses emotional offensive to constantly harass and influence.

Chen Jun couldn't help but think of the saying of many young people in China: As long as the hoe dances well, there is no city wall that cannot be dug down.

Sean Ingle was even more outrageous, "Their approach is like those women in London nightclubs who try their best to crawl into the bed of football stars. Even if you give her a yellow card or a red card, it won't stop them from achieving their goal unless You don’t like women!”

As the economy deteriorates, this is the case across Europe. There are quite a few pretty women who hope to become famous overnight, and becoming a professional player is undoubtedly the fastest shortcut, because professional players tend to be more energetic, plus professional players The particularity and ascetic life make it difficult for them to resist temptation.

But if it's just seduction, it's not that big of a deal, because it's not uncommon for players to win sexy girls, even girls on the third page of the Sun. The most famous one is when Ferguson let Manchester United striker Yorke win a double blow. Bringing his two three-board girl lovers to PK's affair.

The scary thing is that the current media field has completely deteriorated. Many tabloids and magazines even try their best to provide huge bonuses to lure young girls to do everything they can to seduce the stars and take some photos. Then they will publish these photos, the magazine's sales will skyrocket, and the woman will become famous overnight, and the star, sorry, this is the price of being unable to resist temptation.

Every year, at least 80 Premier League players fall on the bellies of these women.

Tottenham Hotspur is the most professional in this regard. On the one hand, the team strengthens the internal management of players, but at the same time, it also uses its own influence to help players resist these external temptations, and if something goes wrong accidentally , the team was able to use their relationships and networks to suppress these news.

In these matters, news director Robert Milson plays a crucial role.

Because it was a special car for reporters accompanying the team, even though the time had been notified before, they still had to wait until everyone was gathered before leaving.

Not long after Chen Jun got on the bus, the domestic TV station called to understand the situation and inquired about the progress on his side. The live broadcast team had already entered the Olympic Stadium. Now the TV station will broadcast the game one hour in advance, and will broadcast some at the beginning. Specially recorded programs and interviews believe that more fans can learn about Tottenham Hotspur.

Moreover, there are quite a few domestic media reporting on Messi’s father’s secret meeting with Barcelona executives, so they all want to get first-hand information and clues. To this, Chen Jun gave answers one by one. In his opinion, trusting It's quiet inside Tenham Hotspur.

While Chen Jun was on the phone, more and more reporters accompanying the team gathered in the car. Many of them were well-known figures from newspapers around the world, but they were not necessarily close to Tottenham Hotspur. There are many Spanish journalists among the team reporters.

The most difficult time was waiting for someone in the car, so they all began to discuss the upcoming finals and began to predict the final outcome. Almost most people thought that, As long as they play well in the opening game, Tottenham Hotspur will definitely win.

"If Tottenham Hotspur wins in the end and successfully defends the title, it will be the victory of the dictator and the fall of democracy and freedom!"

The person who said this was a reporter named Miguel Kiko, from the London office of Spanish Daily Sports. His interviews and reports have always been known for being bold and aggressive. He can say what he wants and do what he wants. Just do whatever you want, which offended many people, including Barcelona's senior management, but this style of behavior won him many Spanish fans.

There is news that the newspaper wanted to fire him, but because it was afraid of causing outside discussion and believed that Daily Sports could not tolerate dissidents, it finally kept him, and this time Tottenham Hotspur also allowed him Follow the team.

Sure enough, he is still as always, always promoting democracy and freedom.

"What is dictatorship? What is democracy and freedom?" Sean Ingels is an English journalist. He has always disliked Spanish journalists' criticism of Premier League teams and was the first to stand up and fight back.

"It's very simple. Tottenham Hotspur is Ye Qiu's team. He does whatever he says and no one dares to object. In fact, from his past, whether he was at Ajax or Chelsea, to Isn’t this the case with today’s Tottenham Hotspur, even his famous Leaf Technology, and even the country behind him?”

"Looking at Barcelona, ​​it seems to be a model of a democratic organization. As long as you become a member of the team, you can have a vote. You can decide the team president and every policy of the club. Barcelona represents is freedom and happiness, his football is an art, and this club, as a social organization, has only one purpose, to deliver happiness!”

Barcelona is a membership system. Even in La Liga, there are very few such membership teams. The representative teams are Barcelona and Real Madrid.

I don’t know how many times similar debates have occurred among reporters, because everyone is reflecting on the structure of football clubs. Many people think that membership systems should be adopted, while some people think that membership systems are not good and private ownership is better, but they support People who own the membership system feel that what private ownership brings is monopoly of power, which is what Miguel Kiko calls dictatorship.

In normal times, Chen Jun rarely participates in it because his identity is relatively sensitive, but now he feels that he must say something because this time Miguel Kiko has hit too many people.

"Mr. Miguel Kiko, I am Chen Jun, a reporter from China National Television!"

After a pause, Chen Jun continued: "I can answer your questions. First of all, I don't think Tottenham Hotspur is a dictatorship. Everyone who knows this football club deeply knows that Ye Qiu manages Athletics , Peter Kenyon is in charge of business, Robert Milson is in charge of press and public relations, and Ron Gurley is in charge of daily operations. There is a clear division of labor and cooperation in everything. You can't think that just because the ownership of the club belongs to Ye Qiu, This is a dictatorship."

"If you think Tottenham Hotspur is a dictatorship, Manchester United? Chelsea? AC Milan? Inter Milan? Juventus? Are they all dictatorships too? Also, you said you represent freedom and happiness, I believe everyone here No one will ever forget what you get when you choose Gaspart for your so-called freedom and democracy.”

Miguel Kiko already knew that the other party would use this to counterattack. He shrugged and said: "It was a period of dark pain before the light. Now we have ushered in the light."

After hearing this, Sean Ingle sneered and shook his head: "Do you know why the whole world is unwilling to trade with Barcelona? Because you have too many people in charge. On the contrary, Real Madrid, whom you look down on, is very He is popular, especially Florentino from the first issue of Galactica, at least they are much more popular than you, because he keeps his word!”

"You're right!" Chen Jun immediately spoke out in support of Sean Inger, "I have always felt that don't keep talking about democracy or dictatorship, and don't let prejudice blind you. Everything in this world boils down to the final analysis. In a word, let professional people do professional things and perform their duties. ”

"Just like Tottenham Hotspur, I think this division of labor is quite reasonable. And just now you mentioned Leaf Technology, what's wrong with it? Is the Zeus phone bad? Is the tablet bad? Many people like to say that. Now it is getting bigger and more authoritarian, but is it closed? How many companies rely on him to survive? How many entrepreneurs make a fortune by developing his applications? He only opens the outer code to authorized mobile phone manufacturers. Allowing or even helping them customize their own operating interface is to ensure that the system is not fragmented, to ensure user experience, and to facilitate application developers to develop applications. Is this considered authoritarian and closed? "

"It's like Mr. Miguel Chico is always criticizing this and that. Today he dislikes Tottenham Hotspur and accuses him of being dictatorial. Tomorrow he dislikes Barcelona and criticizes him for his lack of efficiency. , but have you ever thought about where your judgment standards came from when you gave them these definitions? "Who instilled them in you?"

"Smart people all know that the highest-level rules and definitions of all things in this world cannot be defined and participated by the general public, because they do not have such ability. They can only be responsible for execution. If they participate and formulate, then It would be a disaster and irresponsible.”

"Just like what you just did, Mr. Miguel Kiko, is there anything new in your bombardment? Or, is there any constructive significance? You bombarded Tottenham Hotspur, but you can't stop it. He defends the Champions League, and even if you attack Leaf Technology, you can't stop him from becoming the world's leading company, and may even challenge Microsoft."

"Let me tell you by the way, I went to San Francisco, USA for an interview last year. They were studying making the Android system cross-platform as early as a few years ago in the early days of Android system development. Now they have made considerable progress. Yezi Technology invests every year. There are more and more funds for research and development, and the budget in 2009 reached more than 8 billion U.S. dollars, which has enabled them to achieve the world's leading level in cloud computing and the development of various smart device software and hardware. And you, Miguel Kiko Sir, you will have a great chance to see him surpass one opponent after another in the next few years and become the world's leading innovative company."

"In the same way, you will definitely have the opportunity to see that in the next few years, my motherland will definitely become one of the most powerful countries in the world, because at least we know better than you that whether we are strong or not is not determined by words, but by words. It’s about doing it, being down-to-earth and seeking truth from facts!”

"Oh, I also noticed that I heard that Mr. Miguel Kiko also uses a Zeus phone!"

This last sentence made everyone in the bus focus on Miguel Kiko's pocket. They found that the phone sticking out was indeed the Zeus phone of YeZi Technology, and it was the latest model. This immediately made everyone in the car burst into laughter. At least the bombardment of Miguel Kiko was meaningless.

And this Spanish reporter, who was always known for his persistence, was left powerless by Chen Jun this time.

Sean Ingel and Giancarlo Garavotti both smiled and gave a thumbs up to Chen Jun who sat down again. This Chinese reporter was indeed silent, but he was amazing. He was usually not very conspicuous, but he was so eloquent in secret.

But Chen Jun was somewhat touched in his heart. Even though Ye Qiu had done so much and proved so much, in fact, there were many narrow-minded ideas in the minds of some people in Europe and the United States, which were still so deeply rooted.

Of course, with the contact, communication and collision in the past few years, prejudiced people like Miguel Kiko are becoming less and less, but it is almost impossible to completely eliminate them.

This made Chen Jun involuntarily think of a sentence Ye Qiu once said, a sentence to evaluate these prejudiced people.

"Many times they are not prejudiced, but prejudiced for the sake of prejudice, out of envy, jealousy and hatred, out of the Ah Q spirit mentioned by Mr. Lu Xun, I am not as good as you in reality, but I will use my mouth to win you, so as to continue to prove my superiority and advancement, so for this kind of people, you should never dream of changing their prejudice against you."

"Go your own way and leave them with no way to go!"