Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 967 Hesitation
The situation encountered by the Messi family is also encountered by the families of many other small players. In La Masia alone, several small players have been signed by Deep Space.

In fact, La Masia's small players have attracted much attention from scouts, but the key is that many players are too young to sell for money, so those well-known agents will not pay too much attention to them Otherwise, Deep Space would not be able to easily sign these players.

Just like Messi, his talent is visible to the naked eye. If the current situation develops, it will be a matter of time before he enters the first team. But Messi is too young, and he is still sick, and there are too many unstable factors. He is willing to bet There are not many clubs.

Barcelona provided Messi with $[-] a month in medical expenses, and provided Jorge with a job as a stadium cleaner. This is not easy, and $[-] is not a small amount.

Deep Space Company wants to win over other small players, of course, it does not need to pay as much as it did to win over Leo Messi. Many young players don’t need to pay extra at all, they just need Yunchi to provide them with sporting goods.

But even so, after learning about the conditions offered by Deep Space for signing these young players, many people still say that Deep Space is being taken for a ride, and they only understand the book industry and the entertainment industry, and they don't understand the football industry at all.

If, like Deep Space Company, they put all their energy on young players who are not yet stable, they will lose money to grandma's family sooner or later.

……

On August [-], Yu Dong and his group had finished their trip to Europe and headed for the Sultan of Oman.

After everyone arrived in the Sultan of Oman, they expressed their surprise. Before they came, they did not expect that this country would develop so well.

Oman is not well-known internationally, and few people in China know about this country. Many people may have heard of this country, but they only know that it is a Middle Eastern country. If you know a little more, you will know their oil and minerals. more.

Oman and other Middle Eastern countries in front of me have a lot of feelings, and it looks more peaceful here.

Compared with other Asian countries, Oman is indeed rich, and their development time is not long.

Before the 70s, Oman was very poor and backward due to long-term colonial rule. It was not until Sultan Qaboos came to power in the 70s that he began to vigorously exploit oil and devoted himself to domestic political, economic and cultural construction. The change.

The Bay Hotel where Yudong and the others stayed is located in the Gulm District on the outskirts of the city, more than ten kilometers away from the city center, on a small hill near the coast.I heard that this neighborhood was still a wasteland more than ten years ago. In just ten years, both sides of the road from the urban area to the Gulf Hotel have been covered with various buildings, government buildings, supermarkets, hospital school...

On the hill next to the Gulf Hotel, there are many ambassadors' residences, as well as the villas of many Omani officials, and the residence of the Chinese embassy is also nearby.

After resting in the hotel for a while, Yu Dong and the others went to meet Zhao Chang, the Chinese ambassador to Oman.

China and Oman formally established diplomatic relations in 1979, and Zhao Chang is already the sixth ambassador.

After Yu Dong and the others arrived at the embassy, ​​they were warmly welcomed by the embassy, ​​and the scene was quite grand.

According to Zhao Chang, when the national football players came over, the embassy's welcome ceremony was even grander than this.

After sitting in the embassy for a while, Yu Dong and the others hadn't even finished a cup of tea when Alai, the deputy director of the Protocol Department of Oman, brought someone over to pick them up.

Although Yu Dong and the others did not come here this time to engage in any politically-related activities, but simply came to watch the game, the Oman side still attached great importance to them.

Led by the Deputy Director of the Protocol Department, Yu Dong and the others went to the government office building and met with their Director of the Protocol Department. That night, the Protocol Department hosted a banquet for Yu Dong and the others.

After the banquet was over, Ghazali, the head of the protocol department, approached Yu Dong privately, expressing that their Sultan Qaboos wanted to meet Yu Dong and asked if Yu Dong would like to.

When I came to Oman, the king wanted to see me, no matter what, Yu Dong definitely wanted to give this face.Oman and China are friendly countries. The trade volume between the two sides reached 33 billion U.S. dollars last year, a small part of which was contributed by Deep Space Corporation.

Oman has developed rapidly in recent years, but some aspects have developed relatively poorly because of its relatively late start.

For example, in the sporting goods market, Oman has only started to pay attention to the development of sports in recent years. It is imported from abroad.

Previously, Oman's sporting goods market was basically dominated by Adidas. In contrast, Nike's market share was very low.

Last year, due to the increased trade between Oman and China, Yunchi also began to enter Oman.However, Oman can't shake Adidas' position in Oman for the time being. It can only be a shit stick, trying to muddy the water in the sports market.

In addition to Yunchi, the biggest cooperation between Deep Space and Oman is on Amazon.

Oman does not have an e-commerce website in its own country, so if they want to buy goods online, they basically go to Amazon.

Yu Dong replied directly to Gazali: "It is my honor to meet the Sultan of your country. When will the Sultan plan to meet me?"

"Tomorrow morning, can you see it?"

Yu Dong smiled and nodded, "No problem."

The match between the national football team and Oman will start at night, so the meeting tomorrow morning will not affect his schedule.

……

At ten o'clock in the morning of the next day, a Mercedes-Benz convoy drove to the entrance of the Bay Hotel and was picked up by Dong.

Sitting in the rather retro Mercedes-Benz 600 VIP car, Yu Dong couldn't help feeling that the scene was really big.

In just 10 minutes, the convoy entered the Palace Square, and then Yu Dong entered the reception hall under the guidance of the captain of the guard.

Yu Dong was very surprised when he saw Qaboos, because Qaboos was dressed very solemnly.

Qaboos wore a purple-red fringed turban on his head, a black dress with gold trim, and held his exclusive golden saber in his hand. This set of actions was not like approaching an ordinary foreign guest, but rather like What event to attend.

Then Yu Dong noticed that there were actually several cameras set up in the reception hall, shooting directly at them.

Now he is even more puzzled, is there anything special about today's meeting?

Yu Dong shook hands with Qaboos, and then Qaboos sat down on the exclusive throne, while Yu Dong and the translator sat on the sofa next to them.

In fact, Yu Dong didn’t need an interpreter to communicate with Qaboos. Qaboos went to school in England when he was young, so there was no problem with his English.

But now it seems that today's occasion is quite formal. On this occasion, the two of them represent not only themselves, and it is not appropriate to communicate in English.

After sitting down, Qaboos gave a welcome speech, which probably means that Yu Dong is now a world-renowned great writer, and it is their honor to come to Oman, and said that he also likes to read Yu Dong's novels.

Although it was a compliment to Yu Dong, what Qaboos said was very serious.

Qaboos looks like a very serious person, he speaks sincerely, and he doesn't like to smile very much, even if there is a smile on his face, it is just a flash.

Yu Dong replied with a smile, "Thank you for your kindness. Although I just came to Oman yesterday, Oman gave me a very good feeling. I heard from Ambassador Zhao of our embassy that the Bay Hotel where I live is near the 30 It was a barren land a few years ago. It’s unbelievable, and it’s a miracle that it has been built into what it is now in just two or thirty years.”

"China has always been the object of our study. I believe that such miracles are happening in many places in China. Especially Jinling. Although I didn't go to Jinling in person, I also know about the development of Jinling. I heard that Jinling's Internet Coverage has exceeded 40.00%."

Yu Dong nodded. The data Qaboos said is true, and Jinling's Internet coverage has indeed exceeded 40.00%.

The resident population of Jinling last year was 640 million, among which the number of netizens reached 260 million, and the number of computers connected to the Internet was 70.

40.00% sounds average, but comparing the national Internet coverage, we can only know how powerful this data is.

Now the number of netizens in the country is more than 700 million, and the Internet coverage rate is less than [-]%. The coverage rate in Jinling is more than ten times the national average coverage rate.

To put it another way, seven out of one hundred Internet users across the country are in Jinling.

This way, you can know how exaggerated the data is.

The key is that China's Internet has only developed for a few years. If this continues, I am afraid that it will not take long for the Internet coverage of a single city in Jinling to catch up with that of the United States.

The reason why Jinling can have such a high Internet coverage rate is because the deep space company has cooperated with the telecommunications department to reduce the cost of Internet access for residents.

At the same time as the cost of the Internet has dropped, the price of computers has also dropped, so that ordinary people can afford computers.

In Jinling, in addition to Internet cafes and home computers, basically every school will have a computer room, whether it is a university, middle school or elementary school.

In addition, the Internet coverage rate also illustrates a problem, that is, there are more young people and highly educated people in Jinling.

In recent years, Deep Space Corporation has developed well, and many colleges and universities in Jinling have stayed behind. These college students basically use computers after graduation.

In addition to college students, many companies in Jinling now provide jobs for people who have graduated from primary and secondary schools, and many of them require the ability to use computers. For example, the online customer service of Haibei Shopping Online Recruitment. training.

Qaboos mentioned Jinling because Oman is also planning to develop the Internet industry recently.

Yu Dong also understood Qaboos' intentions, so he said with a smile, "The development of Jinling is achieved by all aspects, and the Deep Space Company only plays a guiding role in the middle. If Muscat wants to develop the Internet, In fact, the conditions are even better than Jinling, and the speed will be faster."

Muscat’s conditions are of course better than Jinling’s. The population of Oman is only about 230 million, less than half of Jinling’s. The capital Muscat has only 70 million people, one-tenth of Jinling’s.

But Muscat is very rich, so it is very simple to increase the city's network coverage.

To put it bluntly, there are few people, rich money, and easy things to do.

There was a slight smile on Qaboos's face, and he did not continue to discuss this issue, but chatted with Yu Dong about football. He praised the strength of the Chinese national team and said that the Oman team has not been established for a long time and needs more Learn from the Chinese national team.

He is not being modest either. The strength of the Oman football team is indeed mediocre, and there is still a big gap between the overall strength and the Chinese team.

In fact, the current level of football in Asia is like this. Except for China, Neon, Korea and other countries that are not bad, other countries are all big teams. Like this time, several teams in the same group as the Chinese team, one by one. vegetable.

Qaboos didn't know much about football, so he had a brief chat with Yu Dong and stopped talking.

They didn't meet for a long time. Including eating desserts and smelling the fragrance later, it took a total of more than an hour.

They ate Halwa, Oman's special sweet, which is a soft cake boiled with flour, suet, honey and nuts, and eaten directly with the right hand.

After eating soft cakes and drinking coffee, the court attendant brought a silver censer with frankincense and ambergris burning in it. Sultan Qaboos raised his hand with a smile, signaling Yu Dong to go and smell the incense.

Yu Dong bowed his head and took a sip. It was really fragrant and very refreshing.

The translator next to him told Yu Dong that smelling incense is the highest etiquette in Oman, and the end of smelling incense means that today's ceremony is also over.

After the ceremony, Yu Dong got up to say goodbye to Qaboos, and then signed his name on the VIP book on the first floor.

On the way back, Gazali accompanied him all the way. In the car, he chatted with Yu Dong for a while. Although he didn't say it directly, he mentioned their country's Oman Telecom more than once.

Combining what Qaboos said before, Yu Dong probably guessed that Oman hoped that Deep Space Company would cooperate with Oman Telecom.

However, since Aman Fang was going round and round, Yu Dong also pretended not to understand.

If Oman can hand over all the Internet development to Deep Space, then Yu Dong will not hesitate at all. He can directly recruit Chinese telecommunications companies to help Oman build the Internet together.

But now he wants to cooperate with Oman Telecom, Yu Dong is a little hesitant, because he doesn't know what kind of existence Oman Telecom is, their technical level and work style are all unknown.

If Oman Telecom wants to make trouble, they are local snakes after all, and Deep Space Company will definitely feel very uncomfortable here.

(End of this chapter)