Chapter 886 Smoke Bomb

WeChat Building, Beijing.

In the parking lot, a black sedan slowly and steadily parked into a parking space.

The person in the car was an elderly man in his sixties.

Park the car, put it in parking gear, apply the handbrake, and turn off the engine.

He took out his cell phone, moved closer, squinted his presbyopic eyes, and chuckled.

Soon, Coach Zhang sent a WeChat message.

"In half an hour, Juventus vs. Inter Milan, WeChat video, welcome to watch!"

Once this WeChat message was released, it immediately rang on the phones of countless WeChat users across the country who followed Coach Zhang.

But Coach Zhang ignored all this, and didn’t even think about it. After checking WeChat, he put away his phone, got out of the car, and headed straight for the building.

This is the headquarters building of WeChat’s Beijing branch, where the live broadcast of the event will be conducted.

Coach Zhang officially signed with WeChat half a year ago and is responsible for his old job, commentary of the Serie A league.

His partner is Huang Jianxiang, who gave a stunning roar at the World Cup.

They are old partners in the commentary of the Serie A league. Now they are working together again and they still have good cooperation, which is very pleasing.

WeChat Video has developed very rapidly in the past few years, and has successively won the live broadcast rights of the five major European leagues, including the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A, and the Champions League, as well as many important events such as the US NBA.

Today, it has become the country's leading live broadcaster of sports events.

In addition to the copyright of the events, WeChat Video has also made considerable investments in live events. Its various facilities have reached the top level for live broadcasts of European events, and it has obvious advantages over other domestic TV stations.

In addition to the event copyright and top-notch hardware facilities, they also signed the most famous event commentators at home and abroad for a large sum of money.

Coach Zhang and Huang Jianxiang are just two of them. There are also domestic first-line celebrities such as Zhan Jun and Liu Jianhong, who have now joined WeChat Video. In addition to having better resources and conditions, the treatment is also higher than other domestic TV stations.

"Hello, Coach Zhang!"

"Hey, hello, hello!"

As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, an acquaintance greeted him and Coach Zhang responded politely with his signature smile.

When I arrived at the live broadcast room of the event, someone immediately asked me to go over and put on makeup.

WeChat is a relatively generous company and will provide clothing to the guest commentators. However, Coach Zhang has been wearing his own clothes on camera for many years and has gotten used to it, so he never changes.

But makeup is a must.

Sitting in front of the dressing table, next to him was his commentary partner for this game, Huang Jianxiang.

He was having his makeup done by a makeup artist while looking at the information on hand.

"Mr. Zhang, don't you really want to take a look?" Huang Jianxiang shook the document in his hand.

Not to mention, the information provided by this WeChat video is quite comprehensive. Various data and information are all quite complete. In addition, there will be various aids to deal with emergencies during the live broadcast of the game, so the commentary is not difficult.

But preparation is still essential.

However, Coach Zhang has a characteristic, that is, he never looks at materials before the game, because he feels that this will affect his objective commentary during the game.

So, Coach Zhang shook his head and said, "No, I'll just watch and talk at the same time. I'm used to it."

Huang Jianxiang knew his habit and did not force him. He continued to watch his own game, but kept muttering, "Klopp is really strong. He won four games in a row. The tough schedule had no effect on them at all. Now they have risen from fourth in the league to second."

"Yes, if they win this game again, they will be the leader!" Coach Zhang closed his eyes and put on makeup, but did not forget to answer.

"Lao Zhang, you said this last game..."

"It's hard to say!" Coach Zhang replied, "Inter Milan has been weak for so many years. Except for when Mourinho was in charge and won the Champions League, when have they ever been reliable? Instead, they have collapsed at critical moments time and time again. There is a reason for this."

"You're right, your mental quality is too weak!"

Coach Zhang sighed, "How can we become strong after being weak for so many years?"

"However, the current Inter Milan team has undergone a major change in players. Besides, Klopp's performance so far this season is still quite impressive."

Coach Zhang nodded, "That's why I said it's hard to say. It depends on how you actually perform in the game."

Huang Jianxiang has been a commentator for many years, so he naturally understands that the strength of psychological quality is extremely crucial for a professional player or even a professional team.

Those who become weaklings when faced with crucial matches are simply not up to the task.

As a Chinese, Huang Jianxiang feels more at home with Inter Milan, which has a Chinese investment background.

He hopes Inter Milan can win and reach the top.

But, as Coach Zhang said, it’s hard to say!

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When the two famous commentators far away in China were preparing to go on the field, Yang Huan appeared in front of Andrea Agnelli in the chairman's stand of the New Alpi Stadium in Turin, Italy, accompanied by Fassone, Branca and others.

This was the first time that the Juventus coach, who led the team to win three consecutive championships after taking over the team, met Yang Huan.

Like everyone else's first impression, that is, young.

"Master Huan, is this your first time at the Alpi Stadium?" Andrea Agnelli asked with a smile.

Of course Yang Huan would not say that he had been here once before, so he immediately nodded and smiled, "Yes, it's really good, it can be said to be the best football stadium in Italy!"

"Haha, that's right now. When Inter Milan's new stadium is completed, we have to step down."

Everyone knows that Inter Milan’s new stadium is built in full compliance with seven-star standards and has very high specifications.

The Milan municipal government is even considering whether to hold the Champions League final next year in this new stadium.

Because, compared to Inter Milan's new stadium, the San Siro Stadium is a loser.

Yang Huan couldn't tell whether he was sincere or not, so he just smiled faintly and said nothing more.

"To be honest, Master Huan, although there are many media outlets hyping up this game, we at Juventus still very much welcome the rise of Inter Milan."

"Really?" Yang Huan smiled again.

"Only with competition can there be progress, and I believe Master Huan is also aware of the current situation of Serie A."

After a pause, the head of Juventus sighed, "The current economic situation in Italy is so bad that the football market is not only not growing, but is shrinking rapidly. Attendance is declining year by year, and sales of fan merchandise are also getting worse. Piracy is rampant, and the club's financial income is also greatly affected!"

After hearing this, Yang Huan couldn't help but take a serious look at the heir of the Agnelli family.

Oh, I heard that he graduated from Oxford University, no wonder he has such knowledge.

"If Serie A wants to recover, it can't rely on the domestic market. First, it doesn't have the ownership and management rights of the stadium. Second, the domestic economy is so sluggish that commercial income has been greatly affected. In addition, the spending power of fans has declined. If it wants to recover, it has to learn from the Premier League."

Yang Huan nodded, "That's right."

This guy looks to be in his thirties, but his knowledge is quite extraordinary.

The current situation of Serie A is indeed very bad, but there is a way out.

The key issue is how to develop overseas markets.

Therefore, learning the overseas marketing of the Premier League is undoubtedly a way out.

In fact, the Italian Football Association has had this idea before. For example, it once arranged for Italy's cup competition to be held in other countries, which had a certain effect, but later due to various reasons, it was unable to continue.

"It will be fun to share the Serie A pie only if we make it bigger, don't you think so, Master Huan?" Andrea Agnelli asked with a smile.

Yang Huan nodded repeatedly. Only at this moment did he truly believe that this was a person with a long-term vision.

Of course, Andrea Agnelli said this just to prove that the Juventus under his leadership is different from the Juventus that crossed the line in front of the telephone door. He will not do such short-sighted things.

However, the competition between Juventus and Inter Milan is bound to continue.

There is no way. The Serie A champions this season are Juventus and Inter Milan, and it should be the same next season as well.

In such a life-and-death situation, how could the relationship between the two teams be good?

"If other clubs in Serie A have the same idea, perhaps Miracle Media can help in developing overseas markets. Of course, I am just making a suggestion."

Andrea Agnelli smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll pass it on."

As he was talking, he saw players from both teams walking into the stadium one after another.

The first person Yang Huan saw was a player from Juventus, Pirlo.

As soon as he saw him, Yang Huan laughed.

"It seems that you guys are good at using smoke bombs. We all thought Pirlo was out due to injury!"

Just yesterday, when Juventus' Marotta was interviewed by the media, he acted like his father had died and almost cried, saying that Pirlo would miss this crucial battle due to injury.

But unexpectedly, his injury healed in the blink of an eye!

Damn, is Juventus going to find a miracle doctor?

Andrea Agnelli laughed but said nothing, but there was some worry in his eyes.

The same is true for Yang Huan.

Don’t underestimate Inter Milan, as they are strong and have the morale boost from four consecutive wins, as they seem to have the upper hand.

But in fact, the previous few games were just warm-ups, and the key game is tonight's.

Who knows whether we can win?

Inter Milan has always encountered problems in key battles in the past. Will it be the same tonight?

Originally, Yang Huan was quite happy, because Pirlo is the well-deserved core soul of Juventus' midfield. His absence has an extraordinary impact on Juventus' midfield.

But now, Pirlo started the game safely. I wonder if Klopp expected this?

Is there any way to deal with it?

The two teams quickly guessed their sides and arranged their formations.

Judging from the formations of the players on both sides, Inter Milan still sticks to its 4-2-3-1 tactics, while Juventus uses a more balanced 4-4-2 tactics with more compact three lines.

It can be seen that Klopp still insists on focusing on himself, while Juventus wants to rely on defense.

You know, Juventus is the team with the best defense in Serie A this season. So far, the number of goals conceded is less than half of Inter Milan, and its defensive ability is quite outstanding.

In addition, Italian football has always been good at defense, so once Juventus focuses on defense, it will be a big test for Inter Milan's offense.

Klopp is a newcomer and the players in the team are generally young. It is really unknown whether they can cope with the situation like tonight.

Yang Huan is not worried about the players' fighting spirit now.

Are you kidding? With a huge bonus of 16 million euros per game, if the players don’t fight hard, they would be fools.

What he is really worried about is how much the players can perform and whether the team's tactics can work.

After all, this is the Alpi Stadium, and they are facing Juventus, who have won the Serie A title for three consecutive years.