After arriving in Shanghai at noon, we had a quick lunch and immediately went to the venue for the Ford Bao Company liaison event led by the Football Association cadres in person. Lao Gao and Lao Tang had already divided the work. Lao Gao would lead the team in the first half, and Lao Tang would lead the team in the second half.
At this time, Lao Gao led 23 people into the venue and appeared against the backdrop of the organizer's commercial solo, allowing all media to take pictures and the fans to scream.
Today's activities are from noon to midnight, and we have to attend three venues. At noon, we will endorse a certain brand. In the evening, we will attend a charity dinner held by a company. In the evening, we will attend a commendation party held by all walks of life in Shanghai for the national football team.
The least well-known players in the national football team have also had many business cooperations, so everyone is very skilled. According to their business status, they are also the heavyweights concerned by the outside world. After taking pictures, they sat down to answer the joint interview with the Shanghai press. At the same time, they also had to answer questions.
Questions from some fans invited to the scene.
Wang Ai is of course the absolute core and the absolute focus, and the reporter’s first question of course went to him.
"Wang Ai, I heard that you have a good relationship with Director Xu Genbao? Do you want to come to Shanghai to play football?"
After hearing this question, Wang Ai turned around and found Wu Lei and Zhang Linfan in the corner of the second row. He tilted everyone's attention towards his junior brother and then turned back: "Of course I have thought about it, everything is fine at home, but everything is difficult when I go out.
, it’s just that the time is not ripe and it’s not in my current plan.”
"Is it because the level of the Chinese Super League is low?" the reporter asked immediately.
Wang Ai frowned when he heard the sound. What was he doing in his happy life? But he still patiently approached the microphone: "I need to train myself better so that I can better contribute to the country when the country needs me."
Another reporter changed and started asking about things during the World Cup. The one who was named was still Wang Ai. But every time Wang Ai heard the question clearly, he would transfer the question to his teammates. If it was about training situations
, let Zhou Haibin answer, and if it is a game situation, let Zhao Xuri answer. If you ask about a certain game, unless you can't answer it yourself, you will recommend it to your teammates.
This is similar to Lao Gao. After answering one question at the beginning, he threw all other questions to Wang Ai.
After chatting for a long time, the reporter brought up the topic of the Chinese Super League again and asked Wang Ai for suggestions, and specifically stated that he wanted you to give them!
Wang Ai had no choice but to approach the microphone again: "I don't have much research in this area. I can only say that you can still work and have a few observations, so I can only say a little bit about the macro aspect, and everyone is welcome to refute.
.I would like to remind everyone that although the winner takes all in competitive sports, it does not mean that others have not done their work. In fact, it is quite the opposite. Based on my few contacts with domestic colleagues, I know that not a single word of your criticism has fallen on deaf ears.
, if you don’t believe it, just ask any club and watch it. From the owner to the manager, from the coach to the captain, from the main player to the substitute, there is no one who doesn’t want to play the ball well, and no one doesn’t want to win the applause of the fans. We have been doing this for so many years.
We have never stopped exploring and moving forward. Everyone has their own observations, accumulations, experiences, and lessons. Therefore, I really can’t be a guide, I don’t have this ability.”
"So why can't we vigorously introduce the mature systems of the five major leagues? If we use advanced systems to regulate us, wouldn't we be on the right track?"
Wang Ai pondered for a moment: "You want to say, why don't we follow the mature path that others have taken?"
"Yes, let's follow for a while, and then we can go our own way when we are even."
Wang Ai nodded: "The idea is very sincere, but it is too sincere. Competitive sports... is not just competitive sports. In any field where there is competition, what you can learn and see is what others show you.
.This is a process with a preset exclusivity mechanism. Once you step into it, you may indeed make rapid progress for a while, but then you will stop moving forward.”
Wang Ai and others digested this analysis and then continued: "The club is a purely profit-making unit. It has no motivation or even extreme aversion to share its power with others. No matter what amiable appearance they appear in, this is theirs.
True Colors. Are the football schools opened by European clubs in China aimed at cultivating football talents in China? You are overthinking this."
Speaking of this, Wang Ai tapped the table lightly: "They want to use China's huge population to dig out and discover talented young players, incorporate them into their football system from an early age, and work for them in the future. No
Yes, they will mention cultivating talents for China in their talks, communiqués, and interviews, but I guarantee that there is no trace of this in their plans and their actual execution."
"It's you, my naive fellow villagers, who have beautified the incidental role into the main role and imagined the businessman as a philanthropist." Wang Ai shook his head lightly when he said this: "We can say some nice things in our cooperation, but
We ourselves cannot be deceived by such good words."
Wang Ai was about to end amidst the applause, but he stopped talking. No one in the entire venue spoke, and everyone was eagerly waiting for him, thinking that there would be more to come.
Wang Ai reluctantly approached the microphone again: "I've finished speaking."
Amidst the laughter, some reporters shouted: "Say more, say more."
Unable to resist the kindness, Wang Ai said a few more words: "If you follow the path shown by others, the gap will never be shortened, and you will always have leftovers. And what if you get their real secrets?"
What? Is other people's stuff suitable for you? There are great similarities between China and Europe, but there are also great differences. If you learn everything, you can only learn the same thing."
"I am very happy to come to Shanghai today. When talking about this topic, I thought of Mr. Lu Xun again." Wang Ai's eyes scanned the venue gently and sincerely: "Perhaps one of Mr. Lu Xun's ideas is particularly suitable for this topic, which is to use doctrine.
In the exchange of Chinese and foreign football, what should we do if we want to strengthen ourselves? Do we want to send them out? I am the one who is sent out to learn and improve. Do we want to bring in foreign teachers, foreign players and even foreign managers? But what else? More importantly
What about it? It’s about taking it, taking it proactively, choosing it proactively… This is the subjective initiative to change the world.”
The venue was very quiet, and only Wang Ai's voice echoed: "Although it is more tiring to take the initiative than to open your mouth and wait for others to feed you, and you may even chew on a stone. But only you know your body best, and you know your best."
What needs to be added? No matter what others do, you are not you. Although this road is difficult to walk, it is a real shortcut, a road that requires hard work and frustration but can unknowingly come from behind. "
