Whether it is necessary to disband the Olympic Games Organizing Committee will be discussed later. In Pretoria, Coubertin and Latour indeed felt a strong sports atmosphere.
Not just the Eagles' billboards, Coubertin and Latour discovered at least ten sports-related billboards along the way from the airport to the Rhodesian Hotel, the most common of which were football and horse racing.
Arriving at the Rhodesian Hotel, Coubertin picked up a newspaper before he even put his luggage away.
Then something embarrassing happened for Coubertin. As a well-informed and knowledgeable member of the aristocracy, Coubertin was surprised to find that the newspaper he took was actually published in Chinese. Coubertin read
don't know.
Fortunately, in addition to the Chinese version, The Times also has an English version.
Coubertin didn’t care about the political and financial sectors, and turned directly to the sports sector.
The front page is as bold as usual: Lord Rhodesia is seriously dissatisfied with the Southern African football team. If the Eagles selects more players than Rhodesian United, Rhodesian United will consider joining the England representative team.
Sports is probably the only field where Stoudemire dares to challenge Rock.
Stoudemire has been enjoying it. Rhodesia United does not even need to beat the Los Angeles Eagles. As long as they can draw, Stoudemire will be able to bluster in front of Roque for a week.
It’s a pity that we keep losing more and winning less.
Moreover, for two consecutive years, the Los Angeles Eagles won the league championship, and Rhodesia United ranked second both times. If you want to say that the gap is large, forget it. For two consecutive years, the points difference between the two teams has been within five points. This is really
It made Stoudemire a little crazy.
“The Southern African Football League is doing well.” Coubertin is an undisputed authority in the field of sports. The prosperity of the Southern African Football League is rare in the world.
"Both the Los Angeles Eagles and Rhodesia United have a large number of fans. I heard that the Los Angeles Eagles and Rhodesia United are going to play a friendly match in London to build momentum for the Commonwealth Games and raise funds.
I heard that tickets are selling like crazy now, with one ticket costing more than 100 pounds." Latour was filled with envy and jealousy. 100 pounds is almost a British person's entire income for a year, and it's just one ticket for a football match.
What Latour didn’t know was that the 100 pounds a ticket was for an ordinary match ticket, but the VIP tickets for the event had been priced at more than 5,000 pounds, and they were still very affordable.
Even though the UK’s GDP has been surpassed by that of the United States and Southern Africa, if the UK dares to claim to be second in terms of the number of invisible rich people, even southern Africa would not dare to claim to be first.
Hundreds of years of accumulation from the Industrial Revolution to the present is no joke. The United Kingdom does not say how many nobles there are, but only one. There are more than 900 people who are qualified to inherit the throne of the British King.
There are so many nobles, some of them were awarded titles for their military merits, and some of them were for other contributions. No matter what they are, they all represent an unfathomable noble family. Many nobles are invisible rich. If nothing else, they have a manor in London, England.
How much is it worth?
“When will our Olympic Games reach this level?” Coubertin was heartbroken. There was a treasure house in front of him, but he didn’t know how to open the door to the treasure house.
Latour also has no answer to this question. There is only one Southern Africa in the world, and there is only one A-League in Southern Africa. How difficult is it to copy the league in Southern Africa? It is better to think about how to copy the economic miracle of Southern Africa.
Without an economic base, there is no superstructure.
When it comes to sports events, if there are not enough and capable spectators who are willing to spend money for football, there will be no football league in Southern Africa.
With so many attributives, let’s just say how difficult it is.
“Call Lord Nyasaland to make an appointment, and rent a car for us to use these days.” Coubertin was a nobleman, and he brought servants with him when he came to southern Africa.
“Sir, the Rhodesian Hotel provides car service to distinguished guests.” The lobby manager was polite and considerate. Hearing what he said, it sounded so nice, “distinguished guests.”
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While speaking, he also straightened his back and bowed.
This action is too much in the tradition of European aristocrats.
“What kind of car?” Coubertin had requirements for service. The grade of the car was too low to be worthy of Coubertin’s status.
“Of course it is the best Lord’s car in the world”, the lobby manager’s words caused Coubertin to feel intense discomfort.
Coubertin was unable to complain about the fact that southern Africans were constantly taking advantage of “the whole world”.
Perhaps people in southern Africa are suffering from a disease called "If you don't brag, you will die." The end of the world is in southern Africa, so southern Africans can be so confident.
Of course, Coubertin really couldn’t find any flaws in the services provided by the Rhodesian Hotel.
There is also the Rhodesian Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland. What surprised Coubertin was that the guest rooms of the Rhodesian Hotel in Pretoria, even the position of the slippers, were exactly the same as the rooms of the Rhodesian Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Even a hotel's service standardization can reach this level, Coubertin is becoming more and more confident in Pretoria.
The only regret is that it was not that easy to make an appointment with Roque, and Coubertin had to wait until three days later despite his dual identity as a baron and the founder of the Olympic Games.
It's really not Roque's deliberate neglect. Roque is too busy with work now. He has to accompany three old men in meetings, lead Southern Africa to continue to glory, and also appease the jealous Ada.
Comforting Ada is really not for the welfare of the people, but for the stability of southern Africa. Don't forget that Ada is the finance minister of southern Africa. If there is a bad relationship between the prime minister and the finance minister, bah, it means a bad relationship.
That will definitely have an impact on southern Africa.
Fortunately, Coubertin and Latour will not be idle. There are many things worth learning from Coubertin and Latour in Pretoria. On the morning of the second day after arriving in Pretoria, Coubertin
Dan and Latour arrived at the construction site of Crown Stadium.
Crown Stadium is the main venue prepared by Rock for the Commonwealth Games. It covers an area of 35 hectares and has a construction area of approximately 260,000 square meters. In order to meet the parking needs of spectators, two super parking lots have been prepared around it, which can park a total of 25,000 people.
car.
After completion, the Crown Stadium will become the largest comprehensive stadium in the world. Its shape resembles a crown, and the overall construction cost is as high as 1.5 million rand.
When they knew the figure of 1.5 million rand, Coubertin and Latour were speechless for a long time.
Perhaps only Southern Africa in the world is so arrogant, spending 1.5 million rand just to build a comprehensive stadium.
You must know that a large-scale comprehensive sports meeting may require more than ten competition venues. This is just the main stadium, and the cost has reached 1.5 million, plus other venue costs.
Coubertin and Latour simply didn’t dare to think about it.
The current Crown Stadium has not yet been built. Coubertin does not know how grand the Crown Stadium will be after it is completed.
What Coubertin knew was that the Eighth Olympic Games held in Paris in 1924, despite all the efforts of the whole country, only raised 4 million francs. The French Olympic Committee used this money to build the "Colombe" that could accommodate 60,000 people.
stadium.
4 million francs, according to the exchange rate in 1926, was approximately 160,000 rand.
If we follow the experience of the French in building the "Colombe" stadium, with 1.5 million rand, we can build a stadium that can accommodate at least 600,000 people, and even all the people in Pretoria will not be able to sit in it.
Brothers who want to fight, don't worry, the labor cost in southern Africa is cheaper than in France, so the cost of construction in southern Africa is lower.
"Is Colombe Stadium the stadium that uses cinders to lay the track? That thing should be thrown into the Pacific Ocean. Our Crown and the track are made of natural rubber." Lei Yiming, chief designer of Crown Stadium, is not polite. If you want to throw it away,
Going further, southern Africa has the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Indian Ocean on the other, with the Pacific Ocean being the farthest.
natural rubber
Coubertin and Latour wanted to be autistic, which was too luxurious.
What may be a luxury for other countries, is normal for southern Africa.
Southern Africa may be the country with the richest natural rubber resources in the world. Japan cannot buy natural rubber in the world, but Southern Africa uses natural rubber to pave its runway. If the Japanese knew about it, they would probably want to shut themselves off.
Of course, Lei Yiming’s words are also suspected of Versailles.
Natural rubber does exist, but not all of it. It is mainly composed of waste tires, rubber particles, and plastics. Millions of cars are sold in southern Africa every year. There are countless scrapped tires that can be used to pave runways. The cost is actually
Not much.
“How long is your runway?” Latour tried to save some face.
“About 400 meters” Lei Yiming looked calm.
“The 400 meters is a bit short, and some races cannot be completed.” Latour felt refreshed and finally found some confidence.
"It's not short. Our runway is circular." Lei Yiming looked at Latour as if he were a fool. He was afraid that Latour wouldn't understand, so he said a few more words: "It's just a circle, connected from beginning to end. If
If you want, you can hold a marathon."
Latour looked blank.
Coubertin rubbed his nose and said nothing, quietly staying away from Latour. I don’t know this fool either.
"After the Crown Stadium is completed, it will have 100,000 seats. This is a permanent building and will not be demolished after the Commonwealth Games. In my design, the Crown Stadium can also install a roof, but the technology is still not up to date.
If you don't meet the requirements, you have to wait until suitable technology appears before installing it." Lei Yiming walked several steps before realizing that Coubertin and Latour had not followed.
Coubertin and Latour were stunned as they looked at the construction site in front of them.
In the open space next to it, construction materials are piled up like mountains, and vehicles waiting to enter and exit are lined up, waiting for the dispatcher's command and dispatch.
On the huge scaffolding nearly 20 meters high, countless shirtless construction workers wearing hard hats are working intensively, with sparks flying and sweat glistening.
Coubertin and Latour were instantly struck by the shocking industrial aesthetics.
