Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1961

In fact, a few years ago in southern Africa, there was the voice of establishing a professional basketball league.

It is recognized that the cost of basketball is lower than that of football. Football must at least have a piece of lawn, basketball can be played on any concrete floor, and the number of players is not high.

In southern Africa, the popularity of basketball is no less than that of football. Football has a professional league first because of its first-mover advantage. Basketball has a better mass base. This time, basketball will appear on the field as a performance event in the Friendship Games.

When it comes to basketball and football, the joke here is the athleticism of Africans.

How to say about the athletic ability of Africans, it is probably like a certain nation. There is really no shining point in other aspects, so I have to show the "artisan spirit".

The same is true for Africans. Looking at the Olympic Games in another time and space, the Africans’ dominant sports are track and field, and even more specifically, various long-distance running and sprinting. Africans can’t play with other slightly technical things. It is estimated that such things as dying in a swimming pool only happen to Africans.

Speaking of running, this topic is more interesting. It seems that African athletes rarely appear in the shooting arena. Compared with the strength of African athletes in running, what does this mean?
This shows that the Africans who can't run fast are so bad. Only by running fast can they avoid the hunt of the slave hunters——

Bah, bah, bah, a mistake, it should be that only by running fast can the prey be caught smoothly.

That's right, the way most Africans hunt is to exhaust their prey to death.

As for tools, there are no even crossbows in Africa, only the most primitive bows, which explains the problem.

Reflected in football, Africans have not shown too much talent. At least up to now, the players in the Southern African Professional Football League are all composed of Chinese and whites. This is not even discrimination, but the technical level of Africans. Below the standard required by professional football.

In fact, the threshold for the sport of football is also very low. It is best to have a lawn. If there is no lawn, you can play a few kicks on the beach, cement ground, or even dirt ground, but the experience is not very good.

The problem still lies in the future of playing football.

Why invest so much energy in the sport when it is unlikely that you will be awarded a professional contract even if you meet the required standards of professional football.

In other words, it is already very difficult to live hard, so let's go to bed and sleep on football or something.

Coubertin and Latour definitely don't know that the great France will develop to the point where almost all of the national team are Africans in the future.

When Dr. James Naismith invented basketball, he probably didn't expect the future NBA. There are only 30 purebred whites left in the 7 teams, and the characters are all soy sauce.

This is unlikely to happen in southern Africa for the simple reason that the presidents of the southern African football and basketball associations don't like Africans.

This is not discrimination against Africans by the Federal Government of Southern Africa. The Football Association and the Basketball Association are commercial organizations after all, and they are all commercial activities.

Compared with football and basketball, Coubertin was more concerned about friendly games.

If the car sponsorship expenses of the Friendship Games reach tens of millions of rand, then the Nyasaland State Government will definitely not give up the Friendship Games. This news could not be worse for the Olympics.

When Coubertin and Latour were at their wits end, Sinclair, the director of the Nyasaland State Sports Department Headquarters, and Wang Han, the deputy mayor of Los Angeles, were both in pain and happiness.

One can imagine the difficulty of completing the preparations for the Friendship Games in less than two months.

Sinclair and Wang Han didn't get enough sleep every day during this period. Both of them had eye circles like pandas, their hair was falling out in handfuls, and their eyes were bloodshot. They were so excited that they had to count sheep while lying on the bed. It's painful to fall asleep.

But it's cool when you get paid.

Southern African companies are very rich, but many people don't know how rich Southern African companies are.

Sinclair and Wang Han learned a lot this time. When Nyasaland Automobile slapped a check of 1000 million rand on Sinclair's desk, Sinclair lost sleep that night, and the lights in the office were kept on all night.

That's 1000 million!

Not marks, not francs, ten million rand.

In the era when the minimum wage was only 180 rand, the purchasing power of the United States in 2021 is equivalent to about 10 billion US dollars.

Also as a top sponsor, Moutian became the top sponsor of the Olympic Games in 2016, and only paid 8.35 million US dollars to the Olympic Committee.

Nyasaland Motors spent 1000 million rand, with the same goal of becoming the top sponsor of the Friendship Games, and the validity period is ten years.

This also means that the Friendship Games will have to be held at least twice before Nyasaran can recover its cost.

"Courbertin and Latour have come to Los Angeles and stayed at the Rhodesia Hotel." Sinclair never leaves his coffee every day, and needs coffee to keep his spirits high.

"It seems that they went to the state government at the first stop, but Governor Anton didn't see them." Wang Han never leaves his tea every day, and there are goji berries, chrysanthemums, and cassia seeds in the teacup, plus tea, which is a standard health-preserving mode.

"I saw what they said, do you wish them a good mood--" Sinclair laughed, remembering that when Los Angeles was fighting for the right to host the Olympic Games, Sinclair was also a member of the delegation as Nyasaland Sports Minister. How arrogant, how happy Sinclair is now.

A non-governmental organization dares to be so arrogant to a superpower, who gave you the courage?
So seeing that Coubertin and Latour were deflated in the state government, Sinclair only had two words - deserve it!
"Our biggest problem now is the tickets. Tickets for popular events are almost sold out, and there are countless calls to book tickets every day. Foreign tourists have not yet come. If they can't buy tickets by then, they will probably complain. It’s very big.” Wang Han also has a big opinion. The tickets for the Friendship Games are not friendly to foreigners at all. Popular items, such as tickets for football matches, the price for foreigners is about twice as high as that for southern Africans. .

Even so, the Organizing Committee of the Friendship Games still receives countless calls, telegrams, and faxes from all over the world every day, all for the purpose of tickets.

"Reserve more tickets for foreigners. We want to earn money from foreigners, and at the same time, we can increase temporary stands—" Sinclair's heart is dark. It doesn't matter whether the money from southern Africans is earned or not. Foreigners' money must be to earn.

The Friendship Games is tentatively scheduled. The first football match and the final will be held at the home court of the Nyasaran Hawks.

The Hawks' home stadium can accommodate 65000 spectators, making it the largest stadium in Los Angeles.

The opening ceremony of the Friendship Games will also be held at the Hawks' home court.

In order to appease Rhodesia United, another giant, two semi-finals and three or four finals, as well as the closing ceremony will be held at the home of Rhodesia United.

Rhodesia United's home stadium can also accommodate nearly 60000 spectators.

"If you add temporary stands, you must ensure safety." Wang Han doesn't know how many more stands can be added, so let's plan ahead.

"Leave it to Christian to figure out a way. We can also place more TVs outside the stadium and in the squares in the city, so that spectators who cannot enter the stadium can also participate." Sinclair made full use of the favorable conditions and thanked the scientists s hard work.

"The screen of the TV is too small—" Wang Han feels regretful. The screen of the TV now is not much bigger than a palm, but this is not bad, and it is better than listening to the radio before.

"We can organize a variety of entertainment activities, so that foreigners who can't watch the game feel that their trip is worthwhile. Isn't there some unpopular items, what should be given away, and the price should be reduced. In short, we must do everything The method is to take foreigners’ money out of their pockets and make them willing to do so.” Sinclair is ambitious, and every year when the Bignonia tree blooms, Pretoria will hold a week-long carnival, Los Angeles That's perfectly fine too.

Whether it is a sports meeting or a carnival, the purpose is to promote consumption.

Without consumption, there is no market. With such a strong industrial capacity in southern Africa, the products produced every year need to be sold, so that enterprises can have enough funds for the improvement of production methods and the research and development of new products.

The root cause of the economic crisis lies in the imbalance between production and consumption. Southern Africa has developed very well in recent years, and its population has maintained rapid growth. This has formed a virtuous circle and the market has always been full of vitality.

Even so, governments at all levels of the federal government are working hard to find new economic growth points, and spiritual and material civilizations must keep up.

"This is no problem. Our reception capacity can still be reassuring." Wang Han has confidence in the management level of the Los Angeles City government. It is not the first time that Los Angeles City has held such an event. The city government of Los Angeles has accumulated rich experience in holding film festivals.

In essence, film festivals and sports games are the same, and the purpose is also to promote consumption.

Of course, the Los Angeles city government would not say that. It’s so vulgar to mention money. According to all official calibers, the purpose of Los Angeles film programs is to enrich people’s entertainment life, promote the development of the film industry, and improve people’s spiritual civilization by the way. It doesn't matter.

The Los Angeles Film Festival is also the world's first international film festival.

Now the influence of the Los Angeles Film Festival has already spread to the whole world. Every year, filmmakers from all over the world will bring their films to Los Angeles to participate in the film festival. Many screenwriters, directors, actors, and other practitioners will also come to Los Angeles to find Chance.

In case one's own work is taken by Star City Film Company, then it will reach the sky in one step.

(End of this chapter)