Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 646 Returning to China
March [-], BJ Airport.

When Pei Wei strolled into the waiting hall, Xu Bing, who had already been waiting there, walked over quickly and gave Pei Wei a warm hug; "Ha, my Chairman Pei, long time no see!"

Pei Wei smiled and hugged this close comrade-in-arms tightly. He has basically stayed in the UK this year and hasn't seen him for a long time. Pei Wei really misses this guy a little bit.

After returning to Newcastle from Lyon, Newcastle United was warmly welcomed by fans all over the city. Entering the quarter-finals of the Champions League undoubtedly created a new history for the Newcastle club. The ranking in the league is also quite good. Newcastle fans have never been like this I'm glad that the dissatisfaction with the successful acquisition of the club by a Chinese before the start of this season has now disappeared. All Newcastle fans can see the changes in the club after Pei Wei took over.

After a small celebration, Pei Wei left Newcastle the next day and hurried back to BJ. This time he came back for no other purpose but one thing - to participate in the first Chinese Super League on March [-] The opening ceremony of the league.

Although on the surface, the Chinese Football Association has carried out another reform of the league, and the formation of the Chinese Super League has nothing to do with Pei Wei, but in fact, no one in the Football Association will deny that Pei Wei has played a huge role in the preparation of the Chinese Super League.

Drinking water and thinking about the source, the Chinese Football Association headed by Xu Bing will not forget Pei Wei.

"I have been hearing about the preparations for the Chinese Super League in the UK." Pei Wei said while walking out with Xu Bing: "Even many media in the UK have reported on the renaming of the Chinese League to the Chinese Super League, but Most of them are interested in the Super League because of the FA helping us."

"Hehe, I have heard a lot about the arrogance factor in the British character." Xu Bing smiled indifferently: "It doesn't matter what they think. The fourteen top teams in the past are not averse to having new troops join their ranks. The addition of [-] professional teams with their own home stadiums means that [-] cities will have their own football teams. This makes fans across the country start to own more home teams they support, and it also enables more groups to gain advertising effects in football leagues... Or what you said is right, no matter what reform, as long as it is beneficial to all aspects , then the resistance will be very small.”

"Don't forget the other thing I said at the time." Pei Wei reminded with a smile.

"How could I forget?" Xu Bing laughed: "We have reached an agreement with the Dutch Philips Group. They officially funded the naming of the Chinese University League. The club has a one-year trial training opportunity. The CUBA of the Basketball Association has been held for six years. The college football league will also be officially held...professional league, student league, two-pronged approach, I now have full confidence in the development of Chinese football!"

"I am also like this..." Pei Wei said leisurely: "Maybe this period of time will be very long, but as long as we persevere steadily, with our huge population base, there is no reason why we can't make it."

"What about you?" Xu Bing asked Pei Wei: "You have done well in Europe. Newcastle's first championship in 48 years was won by two Chinese... The domestic media was very enthusiastic about it some time ago."

"Haha, how can it be so exaggerated." Pei Wei laughed loudly: "Nie Fei is indeed the main force, but this championship was not won by him alone... Newcastle has very good resources, but it is a pity that they were not able to make full use of them before. It’s just playing out, I’m just making the best use of the situation.”

"Oh? How do you say it?" Xu Bing asked with interest.

"There are a lot of rich people in Newcastle, and there are many rich people among the fans who support them, but Newcastle doesn't have a big conglomerate to support them locally. This has caused Newcastle to have no shortage of money, but they are not rich enough. As a result, you can only buy some powerful players, but you can’t attract superstars. Don’t look at me investing a lot at the beginning of this season, but the income is also very high. Newcastle fans are willing to pay to watch the game and buy team merchandise... It doesn’t take two Within [-] years, most of my investment can be recovered, which means that I just consolidated the scattered funds. It is Jose who has done a good job to achieve good results, and I am only responsible for the investment.”

"I have always admired you for your vision of investing in clubs." Xu Bing said, "Although I don't know what your purpose is for acquiring a team from the top five European leagues, I know you must have your intentions." ... To be honest, you have made too many contributions to Chinese football, and the current good situation is at least half of your credit."

"I don't need to say these things." Pei Wei waved his hand: "The so-called credit is useless to me, and I don't want to be an official... I just do these things because I think it is meaningful. People always have to do something. Something meaningful, right? You are right. I bought Newcastle with some intentions in it, but I have no idea what effect it will have. After all, this is a project that will take a long time to see. As far as the effect is concerned, maybe my acquisition of Newcastle only played a role, that is, to shorten the distance between European football and Chinese football, but the closer distance between Chinese football and Europe is not just about exporting players, coaches, funds, It's also part of the output."

"Exporting coaches may not be something that can be done in ten years. After all, most of the clubs in our country are now using foreign teachers. This gap may be much larger than the gap between players, but I can understand, but exporting funds this time Thing... Our Chinese club is a little tight on its own funds now, I am afraid that the introduction of foreign capital is the most important thing?" Xu Bing took Pei Wei into a car sent by the Football Association, and asked with a frown.

"Everything is two-way. Football is also a kind of business. Of course we need the influx of foreign capital to make the league more active and prosperous, but if we have spare capacity, we can also export part of the funds, but now There are not many super-rich people in China. If you think about it, many of the rich in Hong Kong are capable of buying European clubs. If some of them own both Chinese clubs and European clubs, then the relationship between them is Wouldn't it be more?"

"Just like you?" Xu Bing understood Pei Wei's meaning.

"That's right, just like me." Pei Wei didn't mean to hide it. In fact, everyone knows that Yunjia Tianyu is still his property, and Li Qiang is just a part-time worker under him: "In a year or two , I will let Newcastle establish a football school in the middle, and at the same time Yunjia Tianyu will become a closer cooperative club with Newcastle, there will be more personnel exchanges between the two, and I will also let Newcastle’s jersey sponsor To become a Chinese brand, 'bring in, go out', we have done a good job in the former, what needs to be improved is the latter."

"I understand what you mean." Xu Bing sighed: "To learn the advanced theories of world football, we must not only introduce them, but also approach them by ourselves, no matter in what way... It's just that now you are as rich as you are and have a good understanding of football. Not many people are interested."

"There is no rush." ​​Pei Wei said with a smile: "Football is similar to education. It takes a hundred years to cultivate people and develop slowly. One day we will become the world's top football power."

"By the way, the opening ceremony is held in Yunjia this time." Xu Bing changed another topic: "In the first match of the Chinese Super League, the defending champion Yunjia Tianyu will face Wuhan Yazhi at home... How about it, is it attractive enough?"

"It's really attractive..." Pei Wei laughed: "How did you come up with the idea of ​​putting the opening ceremony in Yunjia? Isn't the opening ceremony usually held in BJ Shanghai Dalian? Besides, this is the first season of the Chinese Super League The opening ceremony, is it too embarrassing?"

"It's not just to give you face." Xu Bing admitted: "It is true that part of the reason is that the Football Association wants to thank you for your contribution to the establishment of the Chinese Super League-don't deny it, the earliest proposal was made by you. The regulations were also suggested by you in the A-A era, and it was also your suggestion to go to the Premier League to learn from it. Without you, the Chinese Super League would never be as successful as it is now.”

After a pause, Xu Bing continued: "And in each round of the league, we are also going to adopt your suggestion, learn from the practice of the Premier League, select the best player in each game, and select the best coach and best team every month. Players, best rookies, top three best goals, etc. After this opinion came out, many coaches and players were satisfied, and this is also a good opportunity for them to show their faces."

"Hehe..." Pei Wei laughed, and said after laughing enough: "No one cares about honor, no matter how small it is... But I hope that the title of the best coach in the Chinese Super League will not have any curse That’s fine, but even if it happens, it’s okay, this kind of small lace news can actually increase the attractiveness of the league, from the A-A to the Chinese Super League, in the blink of an eye, ten years have passed..."

Pei Wei's last sentence also aroused Xu Bing's endless sigh: "Yes, when I was the chairman of the Football Association at that time, it was really a waste of time. There are many national teams, but all of them are so poor that they can't tell the truth. The salary of the players is only a few hundred yuan, and the staff of the Football Association can only go to work by bicycle...Nowadays, it is no news that the annual salary of players is one million. The total assets of the league development company under the Football Association have exceeded [-] million. We have enough The funds to train youth and women's football can also generate a lot of income for the General Administration of Sports, ten years, the changes have turned upside down."

PS: Come on guys, don't let me overtake you...

(End of this chapter)