Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1646 Crown
Whether it is necessary to disband the Olympic Organizing Committee will be discussed later. In Pretoria, Coubertin and Latour really felt a strong sports atmosphere.

Not only the Eagles billboards, from the airport to the Rhodesia Hotel, Coubertin and Latour found at least ten sports-related billboards along the way, the most of which were football and horse racing.

Arriving at the Rhodesia Hotel, Coubertin picked up a newspaper before his luggage was settled.

Then something embarrassing happened to 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. 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 sections, and turned directly to the sports section.

The front page is bold as usual: Lord Rhodesia is very dissatisfied with the southern African football team. If the Eagles select more players than Rhodesia United, Rhodesia United will consider joining the England team.

The field of sports is probably the only field where Stoudemire dared to challenge Rock.

Stoudemire has been enjoying it all the time. Rhodesia United doesn't need to beat the Los Angeles Hawks. As long as they can draw, Stoudemire will be able to embarrass him for a week in front of Rock.

It's a pity that we have been losing more and winning less.

Moreover, for two consecutive years, the Los Angeles Eagles have won the league championship, and Rhodesia United has been ranked second twice. If you want to say that the gap is big, you can forget it. For two consecutive years, the point gap between the two teams has been within five points. Let Stoudemire a little crazy.

"The football league in southern Africa is doing well—" Coubertin is an undisputed authority in the field of sports, and the prosperity of the football league in southern Africa 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 will play a friendly match in London to build momentum for the Commonwealth Games and raise funds by the way. I heard that tickets are selling like crazy now, one ticket costs more than 100 pounds—” Latour is envious and jealous, 100 pounds is almost the entire income of a British person for a year, and it is only a ticket for a football match .

What Latour didn't know was that the 100 pounds a ticket was an ordinary ticket, and the VIP ticket for the scene had already been priced at more than 5000 pounds, and there was no market for it.

Regardless of the fact that the GDP of the United Kingdom has been surpassed by the United States and Southern Africa in a row, if the number of invisible rich people is mentioned, the United Kingdom dares to be second, and Southern Africa dare not be the first.

The accumulation of hundreds of years from the Industrial Revolution to the present is not a joke. Britain does not say how many nobles there are, but only one. There are more than 900 people who are eligible to inherit the throne of the British king.

There are so many nobles, some are awarded for military merits, some are because of other contributions, no matter what they are, they all represent an unfathomable noble family. Many nobles are invisible rich people. Among other things, there is a manor in London, England. How much is it worth.

"When will we be able to achieve this level in the Olympic Games?" Coubertin was heartbroken. There was a treasure house in front of him, but he didn't know how to open the door of 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 League One in Southern Africa. How difficult it is to replicate the league in Southern Africa, it is better to think about how to replicate the economic miracle of Southern Africa.

Without an economic base, there is no superstructure.

As far as sports events are concerned, if there are not enough strong 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 by the way, rent a car for us to use for a few days." Coubertin was a nobleman, and he came to southern Africa with his servants.

"Sir, the Rhodesia Hotel provides car service for distinguished guests—" The lobby manager is polite and thoughtful, listening to what he said, "Dignified".

While speaking, he bowed straight and straightened.

This action is too European aristocratic tradition.

"What kind of car?" Coubertin had requirements for service, and the grade of the car was too low to be worthy of Coubertin's status.

"Of course it is the best Lord car in the world—" the lobby manager's words caused Coubertin's strong discomfort.

Coubertin was powerless to complain about the "world" of southern Africans at every turn.

Probably all southern Africans suffer from a disease called "If you don't brag, you will die". The end of the world is in southern Africa, and only southern Africans are so confident.

Of course, Coubertin really couldn't find a flaw in the services provided by the Rhodesia Hotel.

There is also the Rhodesia Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland. To Coubertin's surprise, the rooms of the Rhodesia Hotel in Pretoria, even the location of the slippers are exactly the same as the rooms of the Rhodesia Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Even a hotel's service standardization can achieve this level, Coubertin is more and more confident in Pretoria.

The only regret is that it was not so easy to meet Roque, and Coubertin, despite his dual identities as a baron and the founder of the Olympic Games, waited three days later.

It's really not that Rock is negligent on purpose. Rock is too busy with work now. He has to accompany the three old men in meetings, lead southern Africa to glory, and appease the jealous Ada——

To appease Ada is really not for the well-being of the people, but for the stability of southern Africa. Don't forget that Ada is the finance minister of southern Africa. And, that's sure to have an impact on Southern Africa.

Fortunately, Coubertin and Latour will not be idle. There are too many things in Pretoria worth learning for Coubertin and Latour. The next morning when they came to Pretoria, Coubert Dan and Latour came to the construction site of the Crown Stadium.

The Crown Stadium is Rock's main venue for the Commonwealth Games. It covers an area of ​​35 hectares and has a construction area of ​​about 26 square meters. In order to meet the parking needs of the audience, two super parking lots have been prepared around it, which can accommodate 25000 people in total. cars.

After completion, the Crown Stadium will become the largest comprehensive stadium in the world. Its shape resembles a crown, and the overall cost is as high as 150 million rand.

When they knew the figure of 150 million rand, Coubertin and Latour were speechless for a long time.

In the whole world, perhaps only southern Africa is so arrogant, throwing 150 million rand just to build a sports complex.

You must know that a large-scale comprehensive sports meeting may require more than ten competition venues. This is only the main stadium, and the cost has already reached 150 million, plus other venue costs——

Coubertin and Latour didn't even dare to think about it.

The current Crown Stadium has not yet been built, and Coubertin does not know how magnificent the Crown Stadium will be after it is completed.

What Coubertin knew was that for the Eighth Olympic Games held in Paris in 1924, the whole country only raised 400 million francs, and the French Olympic Committee used the money to build the "Colombe" which can accommodate 6 people. stadium.

400 million francs, according to the exchange rate in 1926, is about 16 rand.

According to the experience of the French in building the "Columbe" stadium, 150 million rand can at least build a stadium that can accommodate 60 people, and all the people in Pretoria will not be satisfied with it.

Brothers who want to fight, don't worry, the labor cost in southern Africa is cheaper than that in France, so the cost of construction in southern Africa is lower.

"Colombo Stadium—is that the stadium that uses cinders to pave the track? That thing should be thrown into the Pacific Ocean, our Crown, the runway is made of natural rubber—" Lei Yiming, the chief designer of Crown Stadium If you want to throw it away, throw it away. Southern Africa has the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Indian Ocean on the other, and the Pacific Ocean is the farthest.

natural rubber--

Coubertin and Latour wanted to be autistic, which is too extravagant.

What might 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 whole world, but southern Africa uses natural rubber to pave the runway.

Of course, Lei Yiming's words are also suspected of Versailles.

Natural rubber does exist, but not all. It is mainly composed of waste tires, rubber granules, and plastics. Millions of cars are sold in southern Africa every year. I don’t know how many scrap tires are used to pave runways. Not much.

"How long is your runway?" Latour tried to save face.

"About 400 meters—" Lei Yiming looked calm.

"The 400 meters is a bit short, and some races can't be completed—" Latour cheered up and finally found some confidence.

"It's not short, our runway is circular—" Lei Yiming looked at Latour with the eyes of a fool, fearing that Latour would not understand, so he said a few more words: "—it is a circle, from the beginning to the end. Together, run a marathon if you want."

Latour was stunned.

Coubertin rubbed his nose and didn't speak, he quietly stayed away from Latour, I don't know this fool.

"After the completion of the Crown Stadium, it will have 10 seats. This is a permanent building and will not be dismantled after the Commonwealth Games. In my design, the Crown Stadium can also be installed with a roof, but the technology is still up to date. If you don’t meet the requirements, you’ll have to wait for the appropriate technology to appear before you install it.” Lei Yiming walked a few steps, only to realize that Coubertin and Latour hadn’t followed.

Coubertin and Latour looked at the construction site in front of them, dumbfounded.

On the open space next to it, construction materials were piled up like a mountain, and there was a long queue of vehicles waiting to enter and exit, waiting for the command and dispatch of the dispatcher.

On the huge scaffolding that is nearly 20 meters high, countless shirtless construction workers wearing hard hats are working hard, sparks are flying, and sweat is crystal clear.

Coubertin and Latour were instantly struck by the shocking industrial aesthetics.

150 million rand, what a value!
(End of this chapter)