Mister Legend

Chapter 597 Summer Raiders

On the afternoon of May 5st, Li Mudi and Lin Yuner took their daughter to the capital of Tianchao on an international flight. After returning to China, many places in his itinerary were concentrated in several cities in the north, so most of the time, he would temporarily Stay in the capital of the motherland to attend various events conveniently and efficiently.

Although the focus of his life and work has been on Europe for many years, his popularity in China has not been reduced because he seldom appeared in front of everyone. Instead, he led the team to win heavy championship trophies And it is further improving in the pinnacle class that is already in the style circle.

According to statistics from time to time on the Internet, 100% of domestic players who have entered the professional arena in the past six to seven years are eager to play for Li Moody. It is not so exaggerated to say that there is a relationship in the same industry among them If so, then many of the new generation of actors, singers and young fresh meat in the entertainment circle regard the Real Madrid coach as their idol, which can show how influential he is in the hearts of the Chinese people.Idols of idols, national idols, these words that had nothing to do with Li Mudi's very ordinary face have gradually become synonymous with him, which was really unimaginable many years ago.

Therefore, for many years in a row, the coach of Real Madrid has become the star with the highest domestic commercial endorsement fees in China, and he is still far behind other people. If he is not more inclined to domestic brands in many endorsements, and he is not the same Signing a contract with a local luxury goods company, the income in this area alone can easily reach [-] million soft girls in one year, it is simply a human-shaped money printing machine!

However, in reality, in the first half of 2024, he already had a commercial income of up to 2100 million euros, plus the salary and bonuses paid by Real Madrid, he can be properly ranked in various "do not tear up" lists .From being a penniless common man, to going abroad to inherit his grandfather’s million-dollar inheritance, to becoming an inspirational idol for all the younger generations, it only took about ten years for Li Moody to say that he is a legend, at least in the hearts of the people in China There will be no doubts.

Moreover, not only does he have super-high influence among ordinary people, but he also has a very good official reputation. In addition to fans such as national leaders, those excellent results obtained in Europe, the center of world football, can also make someone The brain-disabled people in the department recognize their own status and will not make rash demands to cause unnecessary trouble.

For example, after the national football team and the national Olympic team missed the finals of the 2020 and 2024 World Cups and the Olympic Games in a row, even though people with ulterior motives appeared from time to time and shouted slogans to bring back Li Mudi's coaching, the leaders of the Football Association did not pay attention , and took the initiative to stand up to help the top brother in the national sports circle resolve the possible prestige crisis.When it comes to managing the country's football development industry and formulating reasonable development plans, these people are absolute laymen, but when it comes to managing contacts and engaging in some tricks in the workplace, they are all proven veterans. no.

No, in order to prepare for the men's football finals of the Asian Games that will be held in Nagoya, Japan next year, the Football Association held a three-day preparation meeting in the summer of 2025, and gathered a large number of professionals from home and abroad to discuss this issue. On how to improve the performance of the national football team, the most important expert guest is Li Moody, who is currently the number one coach in the world.

Seeing the painful experience of the fans living in hell for so many years and the fact that the Football Association has been quite sensible in the past many years, and the time also happened to be suitable, the Real Madrid coach rarely agreed. It is very likely that nothing can be changed, but at least I have done my best.

It's just that when he really sat at the table in the big meeting room of the Football Association, he watched the chairman who was a swimmer talk about how much hard work and achievements his group of managers had put in in the past few years. It was not easy, and then I looked at the unknown French coach who was not even a third-rate coach in the FM system and talked about his team leadership philosophy through an interpreter. Apart from a sentence of MMP, I really didn’t know what to do. What are you complaining about.

The Tianchao football in 2025 seems to have no obvious changes from ten or even 20 years ago, and it is still so hopeless.

Of course, it is not realistic to say that there is no change at all. At least the Football Association has successively introduced national-brand teams to play leagues, set up special leagues for U23 and even U20 echelons, limited the salary of domestic players in clubs, restricted the use of foreign players and even After a series of unconstrained and imaginative policies such as the establishment of a cap on transfer fees for the first season, the total number of domestic registered players has finally "surged" from about 2018 in 8000 to 2025 in 9500. In the words of the Football Association, That is progress is very gratifying.

It’s just that in the eyes of a discerning person, in addition to spawning a batch of yin-yang contracts and black-box operations, it means that the job has been completed and continues to serve as a target for the people of the whole country to vent their anger through scolding. The brand name team still maintains a long history and tradition, and continues to miss the finals of the World Series. It also plays the role of cannon fodder in Asian games again and again, and its performance is very stable.

Fortunately, our famous Mr. Fan Zhiyi can't think of any predictions anymore, because after his classic complaint of "Thailand loses to Vietnam after losing, and then loses to Myanmar" really became a reality, even the big guy himself can't predict it. Knowing who the national football team can not lose to, it can be said that all teams in the world can lose!

So without knowing what suggestions he could make, Li Mudi really experienced what it means to be on pins and needles and live like a year on the bench in the Football Association conference room. After coping with it with a few words without nutrition, he took advantage of the lunch break Chance fled the scene to do what he thought was more meaningful.

This afternoon, the Real Madrid coach, who had "escaped from the meeting", had an appointment in advance with Zhang Luzhang, a well-known domestic football commentator and former vice chairman of the Beijing Guoan Club. The old-timers in the promotion of youth football environment learn from their experience, what can they do for Tianchao football, which still has no hope after a lot of fuss.

As a top head coach with extremely high influence in the football circle, Li Mudi has never forgotten his mission as a Chinese footballer after he basically gained a foothold in European football, hoping to contribute to the development of football in the motherland Make some contributions.So whether it was when he coached Castilla or when he went to Italy and England later, he used his own unique method to achieve this goal, such as providing various resources to European clubs controlled by domestic people such as old coach Xu Gengbao , Introduce some excellent young players from China to Europe to train and so on.

It’s just a few years later, except that some people’s life circumstances may have changed somewhat, the impact on the overall environment can be said to be minimal. In a realistic sense, it is not as good as the original "make children fall in love with football". "The project has had a great effect.

At the very least, the latter can provide children in poor areas with a glass of free milk every day, which can indeed play a role in improving their physical fitness, and with the increase in investment funds year by year, by the end of 2024, how many people in the country have As many as 30 elementary school students have enjoyed this benefit, which is far more meaningful than providing a platform for a few players who can gain a foothold in European teams.

However, even if all children in the country can drink milk, it does not seem to have any positive impact on the development of domestic football.Previously, Li Moody had sponsored several privately run youth training centers, and provided bonuses and even team travel expenses for some private competitions several times, but he also failed to stir up even a little bit of waves in this stagnant pool.

For this reason, he had many phone conversations with the octogenarian Xu Laoshuai, hoping to get guidance from the founder of the new domestic youth training.It's a pity that the football school and youth training base of the old coach gradually fell into silence due to the restrictions on the selection of talents after a wave of results broke out a few years ago. Ambitious.

Moreover, Mr. Xu's body also began to show symptoms of various chronic diseases due to his age, and he was indeed unable to do what he wanted. So in desperation, Li Mudi had no choice but to seek advice from a reliable professional, and Director Zhang Lu entered him like this within the field of vision.

In 1979, after 28-year-old Zhang Lu retired from the then capital football team, he was assigned to the Beijing Sports Research Institute, where he worked on youth football.After more than 30 years of trying various "failure routes", he boldly made a statement about "how the Chinese youth training was ruined", which also caused quite a bit of controversy back then.

Director Zhang believes that due to the conflict of ideas between sports and sports for domestic youth cultural education, it is most inadvisable to use the school team to initially select football talents at the stage of elementary school, which is the most capable of cultivating one's hobbies.This directly led to a small number of "successful" people who were seriously separated from the formal education environment, making the general literacy not high when they grow up, and making most domestic professional players miss the virtues of dedication, civility and trustworthiness.

What's more terrible is that most of the children who can't become talents also delay their homework and become "disabled people".This situation has increased parents' resistance to sending their children to the football industry, resulting in fewer and fewer children at this age who are willing to play football.

When I heard the sentence mentioned by Director Zhang, "Playing football is education and educating people. It can make children develop in an all-round way, exercise a healthy body and a sound personality. This is the fundamental meaning of football. Playing football is quality education. After that, Li Mudi could not say that he suddenly became enlightened, at least he had an epiphany in his heart.

This is the general environment of the Celestial Dynasty. The idea of ​​making a bright future through academics is the most deeply rooted way of thinking in the minds of Chinese people since the feudal imperial examination system began more than 1000 years ago. This is not something that any bureau chief, minister or even the prime minister can solve.

Even in Beijing and Shanghai, where the equipment is the most modern and the vision is the most open, there are still many students who have no venue, no time, parents do not allow (because it will delay learning) or schools do not allow (worried that children will be responsible for injuries) The situation of playing football, not to mention other regions with less developed economy and ideology.

Therefore, fundamentally speaking, it is tantamount to wishful thinking that the domestic youth football development can catch up with the level of Europe and even neighboring countries in a short period of time, and it is absolutely impossible to achieve.

However, this does not mean that we can only watch Tianchao football go down like this without doing anything. As fans, we can minimize such negative behaviors as mindless spraying and deliberately slandering; Be able to do your duty and deal with various problems with IQ; as for the players, you must know how to cherish this hard-won position like people in other industries, and spend more thoughts on improving your skills and moral standards Otherwise, not only Chinese football will be unlucky in the end, but they themselves will also be engraved into the pillar of shame and be cast aside forever.

And Li Moody's idea is also very simple. He has a lot of funds in his hand and a lot of business partners who are willing to stand up and contribute to the development of football in the country. The water in the professional league is too deep and outsiders cannot intervene. Under such circumstances, it is a normal choice to start with the children.

It's just that his previous attempts didn't have much effect, and as a foreigner with a Spanish passport, he couldn't be elected as a deputy to the National People's Congress or a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, so as to influence the formulation of policies by submitting proposals.Well, just from the perspective of a rich and influential football insider, there is really not much he can do. It is better to go behind the scenes and become a supporter. Professional help is better.

Therefore, Director Zhang Lu, who has promoted the concept of "healthy and happy football" in Beijing for many years and achieved certain results, became a partner selected by Li Mudi.After learning the details of the specific operation from this senior, the Real Madrid coach who returned to his hometown of northern Xinjiang two days later took the opportunity of attending a sports expo held there to have a brief exchange with several provincial leaders.And soon issued a statement in the media in his own name, starting next winter and holding free large-scale football training camps in summer and winter. Children can feel the chance of happy football.

ZF also quickly issued an article and selected two cities in the province as pilots. One class was taken out of the three physical education classes in elementary schools every week to conduct 5-on-5 football matches in the class. There were no complicated rules, just To cultivate their hobbies.In the future, when the opportunity is ripe, we can also hold intra-school or even city-wide competitions to gradually enhance the positive image of football in the minds of students and parents, thereby expanding the audience of this sport among young people.

Although the proposal to provide extra points for the high school and college entrance examinations for football students is considered to be a reversal of history, the proposal to fully emulate Japan and set up various sports departments on campus cannot be realized in China due to various reasons, but At least at the elementary school stage when the cultural class pressure is not too high, children can be exposed to some sports including football, which can still play a big role in strengthening the national physique and improving the football environment. It can be regarded as Li Moody's contribution to the football cause of the motherland.

(End of this chapter)