"One is that the club is responsible for its own profits and losses, while youth training is a pure investment, and it takes a long time to recover costs. The second is that the success rate of youth training is low, and most parents do not let their children go. And if you want to have both, your club must have both.
If you are willing to make long-term and continuous investments, and you can also provide support for your children, that is, you can go to college even if you can't play football, then the total investment will be very large, and it will be difficult for you to achieve break-even. And development without break-even is by no means a healthy development.
.So when I noticed this dilemma, I realized that simply calling for youth training and calling for increased investment in youth training was not enough. We also need to further solve the difficulties of youth training. Then I gradually became aware of the ecological problems of football.
The bottom line is that we have too few youth training talents.”
"I used to think that what restricted us from producing talents was infrastructure. As long as our income reaches a certain level and people have time and energy to play football, and there are enough football fields, there will be an explosion of talents. It is based on this judgment.
, I and many friends have promoted the construction of civilian stadiums, and many talents have indeed emerged over the years. It is free, not only for children, but also for clubs. They can often go to Taobao." Wang Ai joked.
, and then added: "But it is not enough, because football has not taken root in our country, and people's love for it is not based on football itself to a large extent. That is to say, people have money and start playing. The influence of Chinese football is not necessarily
If you just open your mouth and wait to eat the meat that can become the fattest, you may not be able to eat it."
"So there needs to be a football ecosystem?"
"Yes, it is not that there were no knowledgeable people who recognized the benefits of football ecology in the past, and there were some attempts, but most of them were superficial, because the formation of football ecology requires football culture, and culture has its own characteristics. China has
China’s cultural characteristics, if you use football cultural products from other countries, it will conflict with our cultural system and result in acclimatization.”
"You just said two big forces and one small one. Listening to your complete explanation, you want to strengthen this small force before the two major forces withdraw, so as to complete an orderly transition?" Shui Junyi looked at Wang Ai while analyzing, and continued his efforts after receiving approval.
: "The greater the number of fans with a relatively high degree of professionalism, the wider the coverage of football and the more potential football talents. To expand this group of people, we must not only provide infrastructure for them to practice, but also have connections with Chinese culture.
A coordinated and unified Chinese football culture as a driver? Give them the will?"
"Yes, yes." Wang Ai nodded repeatedly: "Another point is that a rich football culture can also develop a football business with Chinese characteristics and increase the club's revenue. In other words, in the future, the consumption expenditure of the people in our country will increase more and more.
The higher the situation, the more Chinese the football culture will be to promote football to take root, thereby sharing more of the leisure and entertainment expenditures of the entire people. Football is relatively healthy, and its growth can squeeze out the less good ones.
Expenditures, such as eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, and smoking. So this matter is good for the country, society, and football."
Shui Junyi breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back unconsciously, and nodded with emotion: "I am also a fan myself. I often find people to play football in private, and I hear a lot about it. But such a magnificent and well-organized
, I rarely hear layer upon layer of analysis.”
Wang Ai's face was not proud: "It is also a process of continuous development and constant communication and collision with other people. What I just described is actually a process of my own understanding of Chinese football. I tell you secretly, every stage in the past
, I thought I had grasped the truth, and if the Football Association just listened to me, everything would be fine. Then every time in the next stage, I would laugh at myself for being too naive and too arbitrary in the previous stage."
Amidst Shui Junyi's laughter, Wang Ai also laughed and said: "So, there may be a next stage to overturn or correct my current understanding."
"Since the Football Association has entrusted you to do it, it means that it trusts your professional ability, or that your knowledge is now at the forefront of domestic football. It may not be perfect, but it is the best at the moment."
Wang Ai nodded: "I feel much better when you say that. I hope that in the future, when everyone's understanding of football is further improved, they won't scold me too harshly today."
"There is a way to avoid it."
"What?"
"You are always at the forefront of research."
Wang Ai laughed heartily and shook his head: "Sooner or later I will become Gerd Müller, and become the object of transcendence and criticism by future generations. In fact, I am now hoping that someone can criticize me with something meaningful, which has practical value.
If my current conclusion is overturned by the correction, I will be very happy. Not only for the sake of Chinese football, but also for personal growth."
"Will you engage in football research after retirement?"
"Most likely not."
"Why?"
"Because there is no such department."
"Then what kind of job do you tend to do? Or what kind of job do you think you will do?" Shui Junyi said: "I see that you have shot a lot of commercials, some of which are very elegant. Would you consider becoming a film and television star? For example
Xiao Tao Hong? Tian Liang?"
Wang Ai thought for a while and shook his head: "I can't do it professionally, because football stars earn more, and they don't have the urgent desire to use their popularity to jump into a profitable industry. Look at Beckham, it stands to reason that
His popularity, image and of course his wife, it is not difficult for him to become a film and television star. For a while, people have also rumored that he will enter Hollywood. However, he has been retired for more than half a year, and there are quite a lot of rumors. What is the result? None. Because he
Shooting just one commercial can help him make several movies, and the shooting time of a movie is at least ten times that of an advertisement."
"As for myself, it depends on the needs of the country."
"With your results and the research you are doing now." Shui Junyi stared at Wang Ai's eyes and suddenly smiled: "Will you be the chairman of the Football Association? I mean one day?"
"No." Wang Ai shook his head decisively.
"So sure? You seem to have participated in the planning of many major football events. Don't you want to have a bigger stage to display your talents?"
"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't." Wang Ai said with a smile: "It's important for a person to be self-aware. It's fine for me to be a warrior who rushes into battle or an expert who is unconventional, but it's not okay for me to be a marshal who is as stable as a mountain."
"Everyone has a lot to say about you. From the time you first appeared in the public eye many years ago to today, it seems that not a day goes by that you haven't been talked about in the streets. So, what I'm curious about is, how would you evaluate your career over the past ten years?
Football career?”
Wang Ai pursed his lips, leaned on the back of the chair and exhaled: "There have been times when the storm was like a rock, there were times when the frost and snow were like knives, there were times... the roads were full of flowers."
This chapter has been completed!