A low-key Volkswagen parked in front of the Chinese Consulate General in Milan. Wang Ai got out of the car, stretched out his hand and smiled.
"Hello, Dr. Wang, you are indeed a promising young man!"
Consul General Gao, who looked like an old man from the countryside, stretched out his hand with a smile: "I heard you are coming, our little Consulate General is really flourishing."
"Hey, don't take it seriously. I'm just an ordinary Chinese citizen. I'm counting on you to help me if something happens to me, but I don't dare to take it too seriously." Wang Ai smiled and waved his hands quickly.
The Consulate General in Milan is indeed not big, just like a country villa, but no matter how big your villa Wang Ai is, it is not qualified to hang the national flag! It doesn’t count if you hang it, no one will ask you to apply for a visa... If someone asks you to apply, you
The trouble is big.
"Do you need a rest?"
"No, I'm not tired. I've been taking the car all the time."
Sun Yi, who was driving, rolled his eyes, "You're not tired, I'm tired! The steering wheel has been swung for hundreds of kilometers."
Consul Gao smiled: "Okay, let's go directly."
Consul Gao brought a translator and secretary, and the group went to a nearby car rental agency to return the vehicle Wang Ai brought and rented a new six-seat station wagon. The journey from Milan to Turin was 140 kilometers and took more than two hours.
thing.
Originally, Wang Ai didn't want to alarm the Chinese diplomatic missions. They were busy all day long, so Wang Ai didn't have much trouble accepting the award, and it had nothing to do with the diplomacy between the two countries. He originally wanted to go directly to Turin to receive the award.
I just left after receiving the award. Unexpectedly, the Chinese Embassy in Italy had already been paying attention to this matter, so after the award date was confirmed, I called Wang Ai first.
Wang Ai still ignored the gold content of his "European Golden Boy". Even if he did not win the Golden Boy, being selected into the top three was enough to be proudly called "one of the best young players in the world". And Italy is a football
Kingdom, in this country, the importance of football is much higher than that of football in China. It can even be said that football is the capital that Italy can use to brag.
Therefore, the "European Golden Boy Award" organized by the Italian media "Turin Sports" is highly valued in Europe and Italy. Wang Ai's Chinese identity determines that this is also an opportunity for China to expand its diplomatic work in Italy.
Chance.
China has just joined the WTO, and the fierce Made in China is still trying to hide its big moves. Therefore, we must take advantage of every opportunity to carry out diplomatic work in the host country, which is to "make more friends."
Therefore, for Wang Ai's trip to Italy, the Chinese Foreign Affairs Agency in Italy really took it as a major matter, otherwise it would not have entrusted Consul General Gao of the Consulate General in Milan to come forward in person.
The group of people discussed the speech in the car when they received the award in the evening. Although the people in Turin did not say that Wang Ai would definitely win the Golden Boy, it was already hinted in and out of words, not to mention the last ranking announcement a month ago.
Wang Ai is a long way ahead of Casillas, who is in second place.
The speech was prepared in advance by the Consulate General in Milan, but they had already heard from their superiors that Dr. Wang was not a good boy, so they had to discuss it with Wang Ai. Because this matter was not a national task, if Wang Ai was a national
If you win an award as a member of the team, you have to listen to what others say. Even if it is discussed, the right to speak is different. But this time Wang Ai, the European Golden Boy, won the award as a young player from Tubingen, or in other words
As professional players, Consul Gao and the others are doing it as a courtesy, and the initiative is still in Wang Ai's hands.
The scale here is very subtle.
If it is an ordinary professional player, the Chinese overseas agencies will show their national interests and pat him down. It is not the country but also the country's. But when it comes to Wang Aike, you can't tell. This little guy is notoriously difficult to mess with.
In the car, Wang Ai read it carefully under the guidance of the translator, and then decisively took out a pen and deleted two-thirds of it, including "China-Italy friendship" and "I am not very comprehensive".
I deleted everything like "Everyone is very strong" and took out a pen to draft a speech of my own.
While Wang Ai was writing, he was exchanging his own opinions with the two of them. Don't go too high for one of them. Let's go together. What kind of friends you can make depends on your ability. I will help you introduce them if it is convenient, but after all, it is a comparison.
If it is a pure football activity, if it is too high, no one will want to listen to it.
If there is no skin left, how will the hair be attached? No one likes to listen to what you say, so you won’t be able to achieve the desired effect.
The other thing is that Wang Ai doesn't want to be humble, and has to be straightforward with Westerners. If you win the golden boy, and you come up and say "I think my level is not enough", isn't that a slap in the face of the organizer? Co-operate with yourself
Don’t you think you should take it?
That’s enough, let’s watch the media shake things up tomorrow! I won’t give you any first-class prizes from now on.
Therefore, Wang Ai's attitude is: If you give me a prize, then I will stand here and tell the world: I am the best in the world! I think so myself!
More than two hours later, a group of five people arrived in Turin and found the hotel they had booked according to the address provided by the other party.
As soon as Wang Ai got out of the car, before he could look around, there was a white light in front of his eyes, and then there was a buzzing in his ears.
It turned out that Italian reporters and many European reporters had been waiting for a long time.
"Dr. Wang, can you win the Golden Boy Award?"
"Dr. Wang, when will you come to Italy to develop?"
"Dr. Wang, do you have anything to say to the people of the motherland?"
Wang Ai turned his head in surprise. It was a Chinese reporter. Wang Ai smiled and said, "Let's talk about it after receiving the award."
After hastily dealing with the reporters, Wang Ai entered the hotel lobby and was led to the venue by the staff.
At this time, there was only half an hour left before the award ceremony started. Wang Ai was not familiar with Italian football, so he didn't go around talking to anyone. Then some players, coaches, and reporters came to Wang Ai to say something.
At 18 o'clock in the evening, the editor-in-chief of Turin Sports News walked up to the podium and said to the guests: "In the past year, many young and outstanding football players have appeared in various European countries. They have outstanding skills, important status, and are widely known. They are the leaders of football teams in various countries."
The star of tomorrow who has attracted much attention in the football world. After long-term discussions, we launched this award this year. The purpose is to encourage outstanding young athletes from various countries to perform better on the field and promote the development of youth football. After more than 30 years
Through voting by home media, we selected three young players with the most outstanding performance this season from dozens of candidates. They are Wang Ai from the Tübingen Youth Team in Germany and Igor from Real Madrid in Spain.
Casillas, Rafael van der Vaart from Dutch team Ajax. After the final points tally, we now announce the final ranking."
