In the Austrian Open, there was no suspense about the result. Foreign players still could not pose a threat to the national table tennis heroes, and the national team returned home with a full load.
Dai Li once again enjoyed the rewards of experience. After all, the Austrian Table Tennis Open is an international level event, and the experience rewards are still very high. This made Dai Li couldn't help but sigh again, joining the National Table Tennis Team was indeed the right choice.
In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the year. With the end of the ITTF Tour Annual Finals, this year's annual table tennis event is over. Both athletes and coaches are relieved. The athletes should Adjustments were made, injuries were recuperated when needed, and the intensity of training was significantly reduced.
Gu Zhizhong is much busier than usual. After all, it is the end of the year, which is a good season to talk about sponsorship fees.
Although the General Administration of Sports allocates a large amount of money to the National Table Tennis Team every year, no one will complain that the money is small. The five major industries of science, education, culture, health and sports are bottomless pits, and no matter how much money is spent, they can be spent.
In comparison, investing money in sports yields results relatively quickly.
In several other industries, those engaged in scientific research have invested billions in research funds, but it is not uncommon for Mao to fail to produce any research. Sometimes the probability of successful research is about the same as winning the lottery. Those engaged in education, even if they invest tens of billions, will have to wait for more than ten years to see the results. After all, there is a saying that it takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. As for those engaged in health care, I don’t need to introduce them. In terms of medical care alone, there is an investment of 500 to 600 billion a year, but medical treatment is becoming more and more difficult and expensive.
As for the sports industry, the input-output ratio is high and the results are quick. Even if it is a relatively high-end professional sports, if you hire a good coach, buy some good training equipment, and the logistics can keep up, you can get results quickly.
Another example is those who organize competitions and set a very high bonus to attract the world's top athletes to participate. The competitiveness of this competition suddenly rises several levels, and the effect is almost immediate.
At the level of the national team, there are many ways to spend money. Even if you open up money, every penny can still be used on the steel blade. Moreover, not all the sponsorship fees received by the National Table Tennis Team can be put into their own pockets, and part of them must be turned over to the Table Tennis Association as a table tennis development fund.
It has to be said that Gu Zhizhong is really good at the commercial operations of the National Table Tennis Team. At least in recent years, the National Table Tennis Team has never been short of money under his leadership. Over the years, in addition to the original fixed sponsors, new major sponsors have joined every year, and the arrival of major sponsors has also brought sufficient benefits to the national table tennis team.
After tasting the sweetness of being rich, sponsor negotiations at the end of each year have become Gu Zhizhong's main job.
Moreover, next year is also the year of the Olympics. The national table tennis team will definitely attract much attention in the Olympics. The sponsorship fees will naturally increase as the tide goes up.
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In the conference room, Gu Zhizhong held a notepad in his hand and was talking.
"Recently, several media have asked me to do an exclusive interview with our team. They will not only interview our athletes, but also our coaches. Everyone is ready to go back. This is not the only time I will face reporters, but in all aspects, I won’t emphasize it any more.”
Gu Zhizhong opened another page of his notebook and said: "Also, there is a live broadcast APP software that wants to sponsor us. The price is very suitable, but it requires several of our main athletes to live broadcast for eight hours every month. , I want to hear everyone’s opinions.”
"A live broadcast? Then wouldn't our athletes become internet celebrities?"
"I think this live broadcast is feasible. The key is to find something to do for those wild boys. After all, they are only in their twenties now, which is when they are in their prime. They are not short of money. If they are a little looser, they can There is a possibility of causing trouble and fans, so why not let them do a live broadcast to tie them down."
"But you have to communicate with them beforehand. What should be said and what should not be said should be explained clearly first, so as not to talk randomly during the live broadcast and cause negative effects."
Everyone basically settled on this matter with one glance and one word.
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Being an anchor is also a new thing for the players of the National Table Tennis Team. At the beginning, everyone was still a little reluctant to let it go, but as time passed, these athletes gradually adapted to it.
The players of the National Table Tennis Team, especially the main players, have already had rich experience in interviews with the media. Even the national live broadcast interviews have been experienced many times. When facing the audience and water friends, they will naturally not appear cautious.
The live broadcast effect is very good. Several popular athletes such as Cui Pengfei and Wang Anshan can always attract the attention of many fans during the live broadcast. The gifts are also flying, and they can easily crush those Internet celebrities.
Athletes occasionally live broadcast for more than an hour without delaying their training and competition, and in an Olympic year, competitions in the first half of the year tend to be more important. These competitions are like monthly exams before the college entrance examination. Athletes have to adjust their condition through these competitions.
In fact, by this time, the national table tennis team's roster for the Olympics has been determined. Moreover, as the Olympic Games are getting closer and closer, it is impossible to change the generals on the spot. Therefore, several main players also appear in international competitions relatively frequently.
When athletes have competitions, Li Dai naturally smiles. The main national table tennis players will definitely win the championship when they reach the International Open. Li Dai has also received a lot of experience rewards, and he is getting closer and closer to promotion.
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On the training ground, several main players stood in a row, while Gu Zhizhong was lecturing in front.
"Let's talk about the live broadcast. Our team members performed live broadcast, and the effect was very good. I also noticed that you attracted a lot of fans, and also made more people pay attention to our national table tennis team and the sport of table tennis. . However, I still have to say something about the behavior of individual team members."
Gu Zhizhong looked at Cui Pengfei and said sternly: "Pengfei, you are not short of money, why are you asking for gifts from those fans? I heard that someone actually gave you tens of thousands of yuan in gifts. You You really think of yourself as the anchor!"
Not only Cui Pengfei, but everyone present laughed awkwardly.
Gu Zhizhong paused and then said: "I would like to emphasize here that our athletes should not ask for gifts from the audience during the live broadcast. We are athletes, not anchors, so we must pay attention to discipline. If the audience is willing to give gifts themselves, then we We can't stop it, but if we ask for gifts, the nature will be different."
Gu Zhizhong turned to Yan Shuang again: "Xiao Pang, you only broadcast live for more than five hours last month. This is not up to standard. The contract we signed with others requires you to live broadcast for eight hours a month. I took a look at you The competition schedule for the past two months is not very busy. I have already told the live broadcast platform that you will make up for the three hours missing this month."
Yan Shuang hesitated for a moment, his expression appeared hesitant, but he finally nodded.
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Li Dai went to the doorman to pick up a courier. On the way back, he saw Yuan Shuang holding a mobile phone on the balcony at the end of the corridor, looking at a loss.
"Xiao Pang, what are you doing here?" Li Dai asked from afar.
"No, it's nothing..." Yan Shuang responded awkwardly.
Li Daize had already walked closer. He saw the mobile phone in Yuan's hands and immediately asked with a smile: "Are you planning to start a live broadcast? Do you want to make up for the three hours you owed last month?"
The mobile phone in Genshuang's hands is a mobile phone issued to athletes by the team, specifically for live broadcasting. This mobile phone has a larger screen, better pixels on the front camera, and it also has a beauty function, so Dai Li Recognized immediately.
"I..." Yanshuang gritted his teeth and finally said, "Coach Li, actually I don't want to do live broadcasts anymore!"
Li Dai felt a little surprised. In his impression, Yan Shuang was not an introverted athlete, and a young man like Yan Shuang who was not yet twenty years old should be more interested in live broadcasting.
"Why?" Li Dai asked.
"When I live broadcast, the audience always says that I am the second child in ten thousand years!" Yanshuang replied with some pain.