"It seems that the outside world has never known about your relationship with the stadium before. Are you deliberately hiding it?" The reporter asked the question back.
"That's not true." Wang Ai thought thoughtfully: "This matter belongs to my off-field life, and it is relatively distant. As a player, everyone will care about my games and training, and then they will also care about my daily life.
Life, as for my investment activities, no one is interested in them. Before 2009, I would occasionally read their work reports. I really didn’t have time to go there in person, so I could only read the reports. But after 2009, the big news came
I don't care about development. In fact, the goal of 10,000 was not set by me. It was calculated by the team based on my future income, the overall maintenance cost of the stadium and other factors."
"You don't care if you spend so much money? The total investment is tens of billions, right?"
"Why should I care?" Wang Ai asked with a smile: "I have entrusted this matter to a completely trustworthy person and have a strict audit system."
"I mean, after spending so much money, shouldn't you care about the progress of the project?"
Wang Ai shook his head: "My principle is not to lose money, invest it in the country, and do good things. As for how far it is done, whether it is big or small, it doesn't matter, as long as the meat rots in the pot."
"So when did you know you had 10,000 stadiums?"
"Strictly speaking, it was after that article appeared."
"You only know this by looking at other people's statistics?"
"Yes." Wang Ai was very calm and his eyes were clear: "Maybe it was shown in their previous work reports, but I don't have time to look at them carefully. Just look at my game statistics, there are almost hundreds of them a year.
When there is a formal competition every three days, I have to do targeted training on the first day, recovery training on the next day, and daily training on the middle day. In addition to these, I still have endless business activities.
, there is no time, and there is no need.”
"So when was the last time you knew exactly how many courts you had?"
"During the World Cup in South Africa." Wang Ai nodded: "It was four years ago. At that time, we changed cities every time we played a game. Of course, we also changed the competition venue and training venue. Once again, I accompanied the coaching staff to inspect the training venue.
, the senior director talked to me about this aspect, saying how good other people’s training grounds are, and then casually asked me how your civilian stadium is doing. My assistant at the time answered, it seemed to be more than 6,000? Anyway,
My impression stops at this number."
"You keep saying this is investment, but as far as we know this is led by your charitable foundation, the King Fund?"
"Yes." Wang Ai explained: "The charity fund will allocate a part of the money every year for direct charity, such as donations of goods and materials, but the remaining part will be invested normally to ensure the survival of the fund itself. Because the Wang Fund is a non-public offering
The fund does not solicit donations from the public, it is all funded by me. And I am not engaged in a lifelong career. I will run out of money in a few years, so the fund's self-generating task is more urgent."
"So since there are no fees and there are maintenance costs, does this investment count as a failure from the perspective of the fund investment purpose itself?"
Wang Ai smiled when he heard the sound: "How do you put this? From a strict investment perspective, building a civilian stadium is definitely not an ideal project. It stands to reason that with such a large amount of funds going to the stock market, the rate of return may be higher. But on the one hand,
, I have this pursuit, and this fund is very personal to me, so the team must consider my factors more. On the other hand, although investing in the stadium itself does not make money, the land will appreciate in value, which is our cash flow.
It may be tense, but the total assets are still growing.”
"Of course, this kind of irrational behavior from an investment perspective can be established because it benefits from the development of the country. It is precisely because our country continues to develop, and the development speed is not slow, that our very conservative investment can achieve the goal of increasing the total assets
Expansion to absorb daily management costs, and even growth." Speaking of this, Wang Ai smiled and said: "I am not a financier, I am a person who has achieved a little bit on the court and is a little willful, so I won't
There are too many calculations, so I probably won’t pay any compensation. Even if I do, it doesn’t matter, I have enough money to spend, and I don’t have a loan.”
"Now that this news has come out, fans across the country have begun to take the initiative to call the stadium 'Wang Ai Stadium'. What do you think of this? Some fans want to jointly write you a thank-you letter?"
Wang Ai took a deep breath and looked helpless: "Forget it, everyone just has the energy to enjoy sports and don't worry about me. Really, I feel that my name and image appear too frequently.
This makes me very uneasy about my contribution. In fact, I have not built a single brick of these stadiums. The fact that there are so many of them and that I can always provide services to everyone is inseparable from the support of local governments and sports departments over the years.
and support. The leading team for this matter is only a dozen people, and it is impossible to guarantee the quality of the stadium for ten years. Therefore, in the final analysis, it is one of the public services provided by local governments for our people. Fans from various places have also conducted many
Work, such as maintaining the order of the stadium and protecting the quality of the turf, is also a service that we ordinary people provide for ourselves."
"We can't all attribute this to the investors." Wang Ai looked at the reporters seriously: "I just started it, but in fact, among the tens of thousands of public services that are constantly being provided, my factor is already very important.
It’s getting smaller, and it’s getting smaller as time goes by.”
"Then if we don't want the name Wang Ai Stadium, what do you think is a suitable name?"
"Human... uh." Wang Ai was at a loss for words. After thinking for a while, he said with a slight embarrassment: "Let's call it a stadium? Or a football field? What is the stadium number? Or named after the place where the stadium is located? For example, Dongjiao Stadium
Ah and so on. I believe that by now, the local people have already used the habitual title, so just let it take its course."
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"Isn't it a civilian stadium?"
"No. This civilian stadium is our positioning of the nature of the stadium, not a name. We have never named it internally, only the serial number, which is the Arabic numeral on the goal post."
"Then what do you think about the stadiums invested by other stars being named after themselves?"
"I am very supportive." Wang Ai said seriously: "For example, Lao Ma, the one done by Ma Mingyu, he is not like me who just spends money and doesn't care about anything. He has been teaching children in the stadium. That is what is provided in the stadium.
In the service, he has always been a part or even the core. Therefore, it is appropriate to call it Ma Mingyu Stadium, but it is not worthy of the name to call it Wang Ai Stadium."
