Chapter 821 The No. 1 Internet Celebrity in Football
Sometimes, Gao Shen really feels that the most interesting thing for a time traveler is to experiment on himself what will happen to others in the future.
The reason why he wanted to make a documentary was because he had seen the film "My Heart Will Always Follow Sunderland" before traveling through time.
The interesting thing about this documentary is that at that time, Sunderland had been relegated from the Premier League and fell into the Championship, so their boss wanted to shoot such a documentary to show the team's recovery process back to the Premier League.
Improve the club's image and influence, thereby attracting more investors.
But what is interesting is that this documentary does not show the glorious history of the team's return to the Premier League. Instead, it records how Sunderland pushed themselves step by step into the abyss of despair after falling into the English Championship, and finally was relegated from the bottom of the English Championship.
history.
So it launched a second season, which is the process of competing in League One.
This time the situation was much better. Sunderland was not relegated, but ranked fifth in League One and entered the promotion play-offs. In the first round of the play-offs, they defeated Pompeii Park 1-0 in two rounds.
Portsmouth.
But in the final, they lost to Charlton 1-2 and missed promotion.
The most interesting thing about this documentary is the first season. It uses a very delicate lens to capture many very touching images. Its original intention is to tell the story of a glorious revival and a successful historical process.
In the end, it became a story about why it failed.
This is extremely rare even in documentaries.
But that's not all.
The documentary had a big impact, but it was more interesting later.
Humphrey Cole is a playwright and actor, who is also a Liverpool fan. He moved to Hollywood in the United States in 2013 and joined the production company of the famous director Rob McElhenney in 2018.
In 2020, during the epidemic, they were trapped at home and wanted to watch a movie when they were bored. Humphrey Cole recommended the film "My Heart Will Always Follow Sunderland" to McElhenney, and this turned out to be
A Hollywood director couldn't stop watching it.
After watching the documentary, McHenny made a crazy decision to buy a British club.
His budget is several million pounds.
So, as a senior football manager player, Humphrey Cole opened his football manager game, and with the help of the game's huge database, and through various methods and channels such as Wikipedia, he listed some
The list of teams available for purchase ranges from the sixth tier to the third tier.
McHenney also recruited his good friend Ryan Reynolds, yes, that damn goddess Harvester.
And their requirements are simple: first, the team must have a long enough history so that it has a story to tell; second, it must have a clear desire to upgrade; third, it must have enough fans.
After several choices, they finally chose Wrexham, which is in the fifth level.
After acquiring Wrexham, two Hollywood guys, McHenney and Ryan Reynolds, immediately launched a publicity campaign. They promoted Wrexham in two talk shows in the UK and the US respectively.
, as a result, the value of the team's jersey sponsorship soared tenfold.
Tik Tok has become Wrexham’s chest advertising sponsor, and many well-known international brands have entered the scene one after another. Through various celebrity linkages and traffic exposure, they have turned themselves into sports celebrities in 2021.
And all of this happened in just a few months.
Gao Shen doesn't know whether this team will be promoted to the fourth level in 2022, but it is definitely popular anyway.
At least he who was in China at the time could see a lot of news about this team, which shows that it was really popular all over the Internet.
Now, Gao Shen is actually doing something similar to this.
The difference is that he does it more steadily, not as wildly as that bitch.
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December 26, Boxing Day afternoon, the 18th round of the Premier League.
Gao Shen left his wife early in the morning and led the team to the away game to challenge West Bromwich Albion.
As Gao Shen said before, this Boxing Day game is really troublesome. On the one hand, it is an away game, and on the other hand, the players are still in a festive atmosphere. Going to an away game, let alone the players, as the main players
Even the coach resisted.
To put it bluntly, who doesn’t want to hug his wife and sleep soundly during the Chinese New Year?
With the experience of the past two years, Gao Shen and the coaching staff have been working on the players, and the psychologist has also started psychological counseling with the team. At the same time, the players' physical condition is still in good condition after the Christmas vacation.
In the end, Manchester City narrowly defeated West Bromwich Albion 1-0 with David Silva's goal in the away game.
It’s really not that Manchester City played too poorly.
Chelsea drew 1-1 at home with Fulham.
Liverpool drew 1-1 with Blackburn Rovers at home.
Arsenal drew 1-1 at home with Wolves.
In comparison, Manchester City defeated West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in an away game, which was considered very good.
But unfortunately, Manchester United defeated Wigan Athletic 5-0 at home in this round.
Now it seems that Manchester City's one-goal victory is a bit shabby.
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After returning to Manchester, Gao Shen immediately gave the team a holiday.
That evening, the British Channel 4 officially launched the first episode of Louis Osmond's documentary "Elland Road" "Rose Derby".
The content of this episode revolves around the League Cup knockout match between Leeds United and Manchester United.
After all, it is written by a famous artist. Although the investment is high, the standard is indeed very high. It is very gripping from the beginning, making people unable to stop watching, especially in the rendering of the atmosphere, which makes the Leeds United fans even more excited.
The fanaticism, the team's anxiety, bravery and passion when facing Manchester United are all portrayed in a very realistic way.
Especially when Pogba took the lead in the attack and scored a goal against Manchester United, his roar led to the roar of the entire Leeds United players. The whole scene was quite contagious. Even Gao Shen was not only excited to watch it, but also felt as if he was in the scene at that time.
Elland Road Stadium.
And when I saw Leeds United defeat Manchester United, that emotion was pushed to the top. It was really refreshing!
It even makes people want to clap and applaud!
A famous director is a famous director, and the documentary can be shot with such passion!
But in addition to the passion, this episode also fully demonstrated the humanistic sentiments, especially the feelings of Leeds United fans towards the club, their hatred of their arch-rival Manchester United, and the discussions that took place among the Leeds United players in the dressing room, and even
It's a quarrel.
Everything is portrayed extremely realistically, allowing the audience to feel the strong football culture.
Gao Shen first watched it on Channel 4, and then after the video went online, he immediately forwarded it on Twitter, saying that it was the best documentary he had ever seen.
The next day, major media outlets in the UK and Europe also reported on the news of the Elland Road documentary.
It is not new to record the team's history in the form of a documentary, but it is really the first time for Leeds United to record their promotion to the Premier League. The key is that the filming is particularly good.
The director is a famous director who has won the International Emmy Award for Best Documentary!
Under Lucas's operation, Leeds United had a good relationship with the media. After such publicity by the media, it immediately triggered the first wave of ratings and movie viewing.
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While the reputation of the documentary [Elland Road] was still growing, Gao Shen once again led the team on an away trip to Sunderland to challenge the Black Cats.
Today, Sunderland is still a strong team in the Premier League, and has not yet thought about filming any documentary. According to many media accusations against Leeds United, this is called not doing their job properly.
It's obviously a football club, but you have to make a documentary and invest so much money on social platforms and video platforms. Is it worth it? Use that money to bring in two or three players, wouldn't it be great?
But Su Qing and Lucas both believed in Gao Shen, and they both firmly believed that Gao Shen's judgment would be correct.
Leeds United is slowly accumulating like this, and sooner or later it will explode.
By that time, Leeds United will have transformed and will no longer be the Leeds United it is today.
Although no documentary has been filmed yet, Sunderland is also very capable.
At home, facing Manchester City who were on an expedition, the Black Cats did not hold back at all.
Speaking of which, Manchester City is really unlucky, having two consecutive away games after Christmas. Who can Gao Shen look for to reason with?
This time it was Suarez's goal that gave the team the lead, but in the 93rd minute, Sunderland sneak attacked and conceded a goal.
The defensive players made mistakes in this defense, especially Jerome Boateng and Cahill. They were indeed careless, but there is no way. What else can be done with a devilish schedule like Christmas?
In the end, they shook hands and made peace.
This is really not some advanced nonsense, this is a pretty good result.
Tottenham Hotspur also drew 1-1 away from Swansea.
Chelsea was miserable, losing 3-1 at home to Aston Villa.
Manchester United lost two goals in a row at home. Berbatov scored two goals in a row, but in the end, Blackburn scored another goal and lost to Blackburn 2-3.
Liverpool and Arsenal both won at home.
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On the evening of January 3rd, in the twentieth round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Liverpool at home.
The intensive Christmas schedule puts a lot of pressure on Liverpool, which already has a weak lineup, especially in away games.
We only play one game on the 31st and another on the third day. Such a schedule is difficult to bear.
But Manchester City is different, the lineup is too strong.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring for Manchester City in the first ten minutes, and Yaya Toure added another in the 33rd minute.
After that, the two sides fell into a stalemate. In the 75th minute, Gareth Bale's goal helped Manchester City seal the victory.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Liverpool 3-0.
The biggest upset in this round is undoubtedly Manchester United.
Ferguson's team traveled north to challenge Newcastle, but were completely beaten by the Magpies at St. James' Park.
Zero to three, the Red Devils returned home in disastrous defeat.
French midfielder Cabaye performed well and Manchester United defender Phil Jones scored an own goal.
Ferguson was disappointed with the strength of the match.
Arsenal suffered a reversal from Fulham 1-2 in the London derby.
The Gunners' Christmas schedule was also not ideal.
Manchester City, with two wins and one draw, once again walked out of the Christmas Devil schedule with its head high.
