"Hello, Consul Gao."
A low-key Volkswagen stopped in front of the Chinese Consulate General in Milan, and Wang Ai got out of the car and stretched out his hand and smiled."
Hello, Dr.
Wang, it's really a promising young man!"
Consul General Gao, who looked like an old man in the countryside, stretched out his hand with a smile: "I heard that you are coming, our small Consulate General is full of brilliance." ”"Eh, don't you dare to be, I'm just an ordinary citizen of China, and I still expect you to save my life when something happens, but I don't dare to take it."
Wang Ai smiled and hurriedly waved his hand.The Consulate General of Milan is indeed not big, like a country house, but no matter how big your Wang Ai's villa is, it is not qualified to hang the national flag!
It doesn't count if you hang up, no one is looking for you to apply for a visa......
If someone asks you to do it, you will be in big trouble."
Do you need to take a break?""
No, I'm not tired, I've been in the car."
Sun Yi, who was driving, rolled his eyes, you are not tired, I am tired!
Hundreds of kilometers of steering wheel down.Consul Gao smiled: "Okay, let's go directly." ”Consul Gao brought a translator and secretary, and the group went to a nearby car rental shop to return the car brought by Wang Ai and rent a six-seater station wagon.It is 140 kilometers from Milan to Turin, a slow and leisurely journey of more than two hours.Originally, Wang Ai didn't want to alarm China's overseas institutions, people have things all day long, Wang Ai didn't have much trouble receiving an award, and it didn't have anything to do with the diplomacy of the two countries.Unexpectedly, the Chinese Embassy in Italy had been staring at this matter for a long time, so after the award date was confirmed, he called Wang Ai first.Wang Ai still ignores the gold content of his "European golden boy", even if he doesn't win the golden boy, he can be selected into the top three and can be proudly called "one of the best young players in the world".Italy is a football kingdom, and in this country, the importance of football is much higher than that of football in China, and it can even be said that football is the capital that Italy can brag about.Therefore, the "European Golden Boy Award" organized by the Italian media "Turin Sports Newspaper" is highly valued in Europe and Italy.Wang Ai's Chinese status determines that this is also an opportunity for China to expand its diplomatic work in Italy.China has just joined the WTO, and the fierce Made in China is still secretly poking and prodding, so it is necessary to take every opportunity to carry out diplomatic work in the host country, that is, to "make more friends."
Therefore, for Wang Ai's trip to Italy, the Chinese foreign affairs agency in Italy really took it as a major matter, otherwise it would not have entrusted Consul General Gao of the Consulate General in Milan to come forward in person.The group agreed on the speech when they received the award in the evening, although Torino did not say that Wang Ai would definitely win the golden boy, but it had already been hinted at in the words, not to mention the last announcement of the ranking a month ago, Wang Aibi Casillas, who was second place, was a big step ahead.The speech was prepared in advance by the Consulate General in Milan, but they had already heard from their superiors that Dr.
Wang was not a good boy, so they had to discuss it with Wang Ai.Because this matter is not a national task, if Wang Ai won the award as a member of the national team, then how to say and say something has to listen to others, even if there is a discussion, but the right to speak is different.But Wang Ai's European golden boy won the award as a young player in Tübingen, or as a professional player, so the high consul is a courtesy, and the initiative is still in Wang Ai's hands.The scale here is subtle.If it is an ordinary professional player, Chinese institutions abroad will take out the country's righteousness, and it is not the country but the country, but when you meet Wang Aike, you can't say for sure, this little guy is notoriously difficult to mess with.In the car, Wang Ai read carefully under the guidance of the translator, and then decisively took out a pen to delete two-thirds, and deleted all the "Sino-Italian friendship", "I am not very comprehensive", "everyone is very strong" or something, and took out the pen to draw up a speech on his own.While writing Wang Ai, he exchanged his views with the two, one should not go too high, let's go together, what friends can you make to see your ability, I will also help you introduce if it is convenient, but after all, it is a relatively pure football activity, if it is too high, no one likes to hear it.If the skin does not have hair, will it be attached?
No one likes to listen to what you say, so you can't achieve any effect you want.The other is that Wang Ai doesn't want to be modest, so he has to be straight to Westerners.In case you win the golden boy, you come up and say, "I don't think my level is enough", isn't that a slap in the face of the organizers?
Co-authored yourself think you shouldn't take it?
That's okay, let's watch the media turn the sky up tomorrow!
No first prize will be given to you in the future.Therefore, Wang Ai's attitude is: If you give me an award, then I will stand here and tell the world: Lao Tzu is the best in the world!
I think so myself!
More than two hours later, a group of five people rushed to Turin and found the hotel according to the address provided by the other party.Wang Ai just got out of the car, and before he could look around, there was a white light in front of him, and then there was a buzz in his ears.It turned out that Italian journalists and many European journalists had been waiting for a long time."
Dr.
Wang, can you win the Golden Boy Award?""
Dr.
Wang, when did you come to Italy to develop?""
Dr.
Wang, do you have anything to say to the people of the motherland?"
Wang Ai turned his head in surprise, he was a Chinese reporter, Wang Ai smiled: "Let's talk about it after receiving the award." ”After hastily dealing with the reporters, Wang Ai entered the hotel lobby and arrived at the venue under the guidance of the staff.At this time, there was only half an hour left before the start of the awards, and Wang Ai was not familiar with Italian football, so he didn't talk to people everywhere, until some players, coaches, and reporters approached Wang Ai and said something.At 6 p.m., the editor-in-chief of Torino Sport took the podium and said to the guests: "In the past year, many young and outstanding footballers have appeared in European countries, who are skilled, important and well-known, and are the stars of tomorrow in the football world of various countries.After a long period of discussions, we launched this year's awards with the aim of encouraging outstanding young athletes from all over the world to perform better on the field and promote the development of youth football.After voting from more than 30 media outlets, we selected the three most outstanding young players of the season from dozens of candidates: Wang Ai from the youth team of Tübingen in Germany, Igor Casillas from Real Madrid of Spain, and Rafael van der Vaart from Ajax of the Netherlands.After the final points count, we now announce the final standings. ”()