My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 155 The Significance of Development

"I have always been concerned about the development of the football career, but now..." Chen Yao said carelessly, "I focus on my own job and I will not leave Arsenal."

Zhao Xiaoqing also knew that Chen Yao would not answer this question directly, and it was just a routine matter for her to ask.

She nodded and asked the question, "So, Mr. Coach, what do you think of the development of domestic football?"

"What do you think..." Chen Yao lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked, "Miss Zhao, what do you think now?"

"Us?" Zhao Xiaoqing was surprised for a moment, and then realized that what Chen Yao asked was not her personal opinion.

"Everyone is very confident and feels very hopeful." She put down her pen.

Zhao Xiaoqing realized that this conversation was not a traditional question and answer. Maybe she could talk about something else.

"After the anti-gambling crackdown in 2009, our football environment has been cleaned up. In 2010, Evergrande Group acquired Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and began to invest heavily." Zhao Xiaoqing said, "Now there are many companies that are very interested in football. Passionate and ready to enter the football world.”

Perhaps because he was afraid that Chen Yao would not understand the situation in Asia, Zhao Xiaoqing continued: "In the world preliminaries, although the national football team did not enter the top ten, everyone is coming out of the shadows... If our league gets better and better, our The club has a chance to win the AFC Champions League, and our entry into the World Cup is just around the corner.”

When she said the last sentence, Zhao Xiaoqing was a little unsure.

She felt that domestic football was gaining momentum, but she always felt that something was wrong.

Chen Yao nodded and asked softly: "Do you know anything about the economy?"

"Economic?" Zhao Xiaoqing was stunned, "I know last year's GDP growth rate was 7.8%."

"This is not a very good data."

"It really doesn't count." Zhao Xiaoqing shook her head, "This is a new low in 13 years."

"I didn't expect you to be very concerned about the economy."

"News reporters are used to it."

"Well, then Miss Zhao, do you think it is a good thing if last year's growth rate did not exceed 8?"

Zhao Xiaoqing did not answer the question immediately. She thought for a while and said, "Maybe the numbers are not that important..."

"Well." Chen Yao said, "What I want to say is that when we discuss economic growth, we are actually discussing a long-term potential growth rate. The purpose of regulation is to prevent the existing growth rate from deviating too much from the potential growth rate. many."

Zhao Xiaoqing said nothing.

"The growth we need is not how much growth must be achieved during this period, but to stabilize the long-term growth rate at a level we can accept. Do you understand what I mean? If we use short-term means to try to achieve For long-term purposes, then they are mismatched. In the end, it will be counterproductive.”

After hearing this, Zhao Xiaoqing frowned and said, "You mean, football is like this too?"

"That's right. I'm just using the economy as an analogy. Long-term problems require long-term solutions and cannot be solved with short-term strategies. This principle is similar in many places. When you want to develop a business, you must clearly distinguish between long-term and long-term solutions. What are the contradictions, what are the short-term contradictions, and what are the matching long-term and short-term aversions.”

Zhao Xiaoqing was a little confused by these words, but she heard the underlying meaning of Chen Yao.

"Are you saying that domestic football problems are long-term and that short-term investment will not achieve the goal?"

Chen Yao did not answer her directly, "A football club's income mainly consists of three parts, which can be called the MTC model: match day income, television broadcast income, and commercial income. Do you think domestic football clubs have income from these three parts?" Which one of them can support it?" Zhao Xiaoqing shook her head, "Based on my experience, most clubs still need capital injections from shareholders, and these three sources of income are not doing well."

"Well, then a business model that cannot generate blood independently, what charm does it have to attract and retain investment? How do you know whether this kind of prosperity will continue forever?"

Zhao Xiaoqing suddenly felt a sense of sadness. She calmed down and replied: "Maybe you are right, but at least in the short term, we do see vitality, right?"

"It might be a bubble, isn't it? Do you think a domestic player or a foreign player is worth 5000 million? Is he really worth this price? In the process of the transaction, what do you and I see? Where’s the stuff that arrived?”

Zhao Xiaoqing felt a little exhausted. She opened her mouth and sighed helplessly: "Then...is this just a flash in the pan..."

Before coming to London, Zhao Xiaoqing could feel the optimism of practitioners around her, but now she only feels sad.

"I shouldn't have put those words in the report," she said. "No one wants to hear that."

"Yes, they just want to hear praise and then die in the praise."

"Then this won't work, that won't work either, is there any other way?"

"It's useless even if I know the solution." Chen Yao smiled bitterly, "This problem cannot be solved by a single measure at all."

He looked up at the blue sky in Islington, "You all envy the football atmosphere in England, but this is the result of long-term historical accumulation, a stable working class and the inheritance of community culture. In this sport, from the aristocracy, A lot of things happened in the process of sinking to the common people. In the process of professionalization of the league, there were also countless games. To have today's Premier League, the past nearly two centuries have not been in vain."

"We have different soils and different histories, and many things cannot be copied. But I think there is at least one thing in common: professionalism," said Chen Yao.

"specialized?"

"Professional. Football is not only a sport for players on the field, but also a sport for coaches, video analysts, sports science majors, business people, financial experts and other professionals off the field to work together. For example, you often You would say that a player does not perform well when he comes to the UK and is not accustomed to the local environment. Is this just a problem for the player?"

"Do you have any other questions?"

"Of course there is. For example, the British climate, humidity, turf texture, wind direction, wind speed... these will affect the performance of the players. Professionalism, only professionals who treat this sport with a professional attitude can do it well in a down-to-earth manner."

"But to create a professional atmosphere..."

"There must be an open circle, not just a group of old guys who are stuck in their ways." Chen Yao sighed, "If you want to be a coach or a player in a place, you need to take care of many things and make a lot of effort. The cost is very high, and in the end bad money will drive out good money. Without equal thresholds and effective competition, who do you think will be idle to improve their professional quality?"

Zhao Xiaoqing didn't say anything.

She knows that this is not a lie. Even if it is not in the field of football, similar phenomena will occur in many other fields.

Even in her field of journalism.

"However, Miss Zhao, the football match is just a game. Some people say it is a modern gentleman's war, but I will tell you that its essence is a kind of entertainment." Chen Yao shrugged, "The Premier League is The most high-profile league in the world, and it's only a few billion pounds in size. Winning or losing a game affects a lot of things, but to the wider community it doesn't matter."

"But there are still people who will chase victory." Zhao Xiaoqing said, "For example, you... Mr. Coach, you don't treat it as a game."

"Yes, of course I will chase victory and glory." Chen Yao said with a smile, "Even if it is invisible and intangible, we can give meaning to football - and this is what makes us humans less boring. Boring reasons.”

(End of this chapter)