Chapter 1581 National Football Fever

While the youth training program is being perfected, the BBC broadcasts George MacMillan's apology video to the world.

In the video, George Macmillan in a normal suit. Like a grandson, restrained, stiff, nervous and remorseful, constantly confessing his stupidity and mistakes to the camera, repeatedly apologizing to the Chinese people, and repeatedly stating that he is not disrespectful to Huaxia, but he did not control his tone. , so I accidentally released the wrong information, so I implore the forgiveness of all Chinese people.

Judging from the video alone, George MacMillan's apology was very sincere, and he could hardly pick out any flaws.

However, Li Mu knew too much about this silly bird. He simply didn't have the shrewd mansion to act in such a play.

It seems that there is a professional team behind him to help him, to help him draft the apology, help him match clothes, help him design expressions and body language, otherwise, with his heart, it is impossible to make such an impeccable apology video.

And Li Mu also knew why George Macmillan, and the Macmillan family behind him, put so much energy into him.

From the situation of the Goldberg family, Li Mu learned that these old-fashioned aristocrats and big families in Europe generally have the role of family leaders, but any family leader will have a stronger right to speak and allocate resources in the entire family, so , the struggle for the family leader continues with each generation.

George Macmillan was trained as the next generation family leader, but he has not yet taken over, so he caused such a big trouble, not only offended Li Mu, but even offended all the Chinese people, in such a passive situation It is very likely that George Macmillan will lose his status as family leader.

Therefore, he must make up for the mistakes he made as much as possible. Li Mu may not buy his apology, but as long as he does it sincerely and makes the Chinese people buy it, it is enough.

It was because he saw through his motives that Li Mu was not ready to let him go.

When the BBC broadcasted the video of George Macmillan's apology on TV, an article about washing the ground for George Macmillan also appeared on Twitter. The article even used the navy from China and published it on Twitter in Chinese, saying that George Macmillan's words were an unintentional mistake. He was not targeting the Chinese people, but was just a little angry about that incident, so he made inappropriate remarks, and his apology was so sincere that he could be forgiven.

There are more and more such content, and comments and feedback are becoming more and more positive. It seems that this crisis public relations is on the way to success.

But,

However, Li Mu took the time to use his Twitter to post the third tweet related to the incident.

The content of the tweet is:

"In my opinion, George MacMillan's apology is full of falsehoods!

Because I had a fight with George Macmillan a few days ago when I was at a club in the Goldberg family and I even beat this stupid guy because he was in front of me He has insulted Huaxia and the people of Huaxia several times, and in that part of the recording, this is the second time he has insulted Huaxia!

So, in my eyes, George Macmillan is an illiterate racist, a rubbish who even lies in his apology, So, Fuck-Off! "

This Titter, the PR that George MacMillan had originally started to work, fell to the bottom in an instant.

In contrast, Li Mu's credibility surpassed that of George MacMillan countless times. As soon as he made his statement, all netizens supported Li Mu one-sidedly and criticized George MacMillan.

In particular, Chinese netizens hate this rich boy with a deep hatred.

There was an immediate scolding of George Macmillan on Twitter, and even BBS, who posted an apology video for him, received a huge impact.

The Macmillan family, especially George's father, William Macmillan was almost desperate. Li Mu's complement at this time was basically to minimize the possibility of George being the leader of the Macmillan family in the future, and it seemed , he achieved this goal with only one Titter!

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On the afternoon of the same day, Makino Technology released a full set of plans to jointly carry out youth training with Manchester City Club.

As soon as this plan came out, it had a huge shock to the entire domestic football industry, and it also caused a huge sensation at the level of ordinary people.

From the youth training plan announced by Muye Technology, it can be seen that Muye Technology paid for this youth training by itself, and the standards of this youth training are unprecedented in China.

First of all, Muye Technology not only does not ask the youth training students to pay a penny, but even reimburses the children and parents for travel expenses and room and board expenses in the audition. Of course, in order to prevent overcharging, the youth training audition will give children a systematic score.

This set of scoring standards is directly based on Manchester City's previous youth training assessment standards.

The assessment is divided into ten items, each item is ten points, and the total score is 100 points.

The ten items are: strength, physical fitness, speed, awareness, pitching, passing and receiving, dribbling over the stick, positioning and kicking, shooting, and heading.

In the 100-point scoring system, as long as the child can reach 40 points, he can be reimbursed for travel expenses and room and board expenses. If the score is lower than 40 points, no reimbursement will be given;

Those with more than 40 points but less than 60 points cannot pass the primary election;

Those with more than 60 points will pass the primary selection and prepare for the second round of screening;

In the second round of screening, the top 1,000 people with the highest scores will prepare for the third round of screening;

In the third round of screening, the top 300 people with the highest scores will prepare for the final round of screening;

In the final round, among the 300 people, the 30 people with the highest scores were selected. The final 30 people who were selected will be unified by Makino Technology to apply for visas and arrange for them to go to the UK for training.

Except that there is no registration fee for the audition, students are not allowed to spend money, and even travel expenses and room and board expenses are reimbursed, as long as 1,000 players in the youth training can enter the third round, they will receive corresponding rewards, and each player will be rewarded with RMB 5,000;

300 people who can enter the fourth round will be rewarded with RMB 10,000 per person;

Once the last 30 people are selected, they will be directly rewarded with 20,000 US dollars, and Muye Technology not only pays all the expenses, but even gives a terrifyingly high "salary" every month.

Many professional players couldn't help but sigh that the treatment that Li Mu gave to the youth training students exceeded the salary of 90% of the professional players in the domestic A and A, and the standard is rich and powerful;

Rough calculation, two batches of 60 youth trainees are sent each year, each with bonus and subsidies, plus various other costs, which are almost more than 100,000 US dollars. In this case, the cost to be borne per year That is nearly 10 million US dollars, plus the cost of the Shanghai election, it is estimated that it will cost 15 million to 18 million US dollars a year!

Moreover, in the plan announced by Makino Technology, one point is very important: Makino Technology and Manchester City Club will not require youth trainees to sign brokerage contracts.

That is to say, Muye Technology spends money and Manchester City Club contributes to train a group of domestic young football players together, but after training, they will never limit their professional freedom. They are not bound by any conditions, and they can go to any team at will. potency.

The youth training of almost all clubs is divided into two modes, one is self-paid and the other is free.

Needless to say, self-funded, is to spend money to study, and it is no different from spending money to go to cram schools;

As for free, the club usually bears all the costs, but the youth trainees must sign an agreement with the club for several years, and some will even be tied up for a longer time. The reason is that they do not want the talents they cultivated to drain to other teams.

But Li Mu doesn't care about this at all. What he wants is to quickly cultivate a group of potential young people for Huaxia. This time does not need to be too long. Two or three outstanding players who can play in the main positions of the first-class clubs in Europe can greatly improve the football level of China.

Li Mu does not believe that in the next five years, there will be few outstanding players out of the 300 places in the youth training.

All the auditions for the youth training were arranged in Yanjing by Li Mu, and the exact time and place have not yet been determined.

He asked the staff of Muye Technology to find a standard football field in Yanjing. The football field must meet the requirements of hardware standards, convenient transportation, and a large number of hotels around. Once a field that meets the requirements is found, immediately sign an agreement to win it. Then start making a specific time plan.

At that time, the entire audition process will be completed by the staff of Manchester City Club. Manchester City will send youth team coaches, fitness coaches, assistant coaches, team doctors, etc. to Yanjing, from the audition to the final list formulation, All judgment rights are left to the professionals of Manchester City, which can also avoid favoritism to the greatest extent possible.

The most gratifying thing for Li Mu is that once the youth training plan was released, it immediately made the parents of teenagers in China look at football with admiration.

In the past, they thought that there was no future for their children to play football, but now something has changed. Li Mu bought Manchester City, and he plans to start youth training in China, and he gave such generous and attractive incentives. , lift football from the valley to the top.

Countless parents are eager to try, and even hope that their children will start practicing football from now on, because even if they are not selected this year, there will still be opportunities next year, the year after and the year after. Hundreds of thousands of income, and even change their fate from now on, and it doesn't matter if they are not selected, not even a penny of cost.

So, on the second day after Makino Technology released its youth training plan, there was a football fever all over the country.

After class, there are obviously more children playing football, football fields in cities are overcrowded, and those outdoor venues that are barely suitable for playing football have also been occupied. Basic skills such as shooting.

Stores specializing in sporting goods ushered in the biggest wave of the market since the new century. In many places, footballs, jerseys and sneakers in such stores have been snapped up, and even higher-level dealers can’t deliver them. , and the production capacity of the manufacturer is also very limited, and it is still unable to meet the market demand with full horsepower production.

A national football fever has kicked off.