On the afternoon of August 24, some reporters found the hotel where Meijiang Middle School was staying and asked to interview Lu Wenbin.
However, Cai Yusen refused on the grounds that the school team needed to rest and prepare for the finals, and did not allow reporters to disturb Lu Wenbin and the team members' rest.
On the afternoon of August 25, Saturday, Lu Chongxin, Sun Jiahui and his wife, and the chairman of the Meitan Winery Trade Union arrived in Tianjin by plane. After meeting with Lu Wenbin, they stayed in another nearby hotel.
Of course, the accommodation fee is still paid by the factory.
At 19:30 on the evening of August 25, the third and fourth place finals of the 2007 China High School Football League National Finals were held between Tianjin No. 54 Middle School and Shenyang Hui Middle School.
Tianjin No. 54 Middle School had the advantage of home court, while Shenyang Huimin Middle School was very strong. The two sides fought for 120 minutes.
It was not until the 119th minute that a central defender of Tianjin No. 54 Middle School headed in the winning goal in the last corner kick, helping Tianjin No. 54 Middle School to defeat Shenyang Huimin Middle School 2-1 and win the third place.
Next up, it’s the final highlight: the finals!
However, there was a slight accident in the live broadcast arrangement of the final.
It was originally the final of a high school campus league, and although it was named the national finals, the level of the event was too low. Probably only the local people in Tianjin supported and paid attention to it, and people from other provinces hardly paid any attention to this game.
Therefore, from the opening ceremony of the event to the final, Tianjin's arrangement was to broadcast the event live to local citizens through the Tianjin TV Sports Channel which is not available on satellite, and there was no consideration of broadcasting the event live to the national audience through the Tianjin Satellite TV which is available on satellite.
However, since the news broke after the semi-finals that Lu Wenbin might sign with a German second division club, the organizing committee has not only received applications from several media outlets from other provinces and even nationwide to interview and report on the event, but also received requests from many fans from other provinces asking the organizing committee to arrange a national live broadcast.
At this time, Chinese football had begun to decline, and there was no longer the scene of many players studying abroad as in previous years.
In today's Chinese football, even if someone joins a second-tier German Bundesliga club, it can attract the attention of fans across the country.
What's more, according to media reports, Lu Wenbin's status as a high school amateur player, Hoffenheim's country club background, Hopp's billion-dollar net worth, etc., are all important factors that attract fans' attention.
It is no wonder that fans from other provinces called the organizing committee and Tianjin TV station specifically to request arrangements for satellite channels to broadcast the game nationwide.
Live streaming is not difficult, but the difficult part is that this is not someone’s original plan.
The program broadcasting plan was disrupted, and Tianjin TV's own programs scheduled for the evening of the finals had to be rescheduled, which was extremely troublesome.
However, the Tianjin Municipal Government, the organizer of the event, is happy to see this happen. The event they hosted can trigger national media discussion and fans' attention, so the Tianjin Municipal Government is naturally very satisfied.
This proves that the event they hosted was a successful and complete event.
Therefore, the superior unit gave an order to the TV station, and the TV station had no choice but to arrange the live broadcast of the final originally planned to be broadcast on the sports channel to the Tianjin Satellite TV channel which can be viewed nationwide via satellite signals.
After some hectic adjustments, everything was ready and all that was left was for the battle to begin.
After 6 p.m. on August 26, tens of thousands of Tianjin citizens who had finished dinner rushed to the Tianjin Olympic Sports Center and began to check in for admission.
Normally, if the home team Tianjin No. 54 Middle School hadn't played, there wouldn't be so many local citizens watching the game. But the hype about Lu Wenbin in the media over the past two days has increased the curiosity of many citizens about Lu Wenbin.
Everyone wanted to see whether Lu Wenbin was as good as reported in the newspapers and whether he could sign a contract with a German second division club after the game.
In addition, this is the final after all, and there will be a champion. Some fans also want to see on the spot whether it is the traditional strong team Dalian No. 48 Middle School that will win the championship, or the dark horse Guizhou Province Meijiang Middle School that will win the championship.
Therefore, the number of spectators who flocked to this final, which had nothing to do with the citizens of Tianjin, was similar to the number of spectators who watched the third and fourth place finals yesterday, and the Olympic Sports Center was almost filled up.
In addition to these spectators, there were many media reporters inside and outside the venue, and there was even a group of reporters carrying CCTV-logoed cameras and microphones.
The final of a high school campus league actually attracted such a lot of attention, which was unprecedented in previous sessions.
It all started with Hoffenheim and Dietmar Hopp.
At this time, Hope had already been invited to the VIP box by the organizing committee, and was having a pleasant conversation with a leader of the Tianjin Municipal Government!
Although Hope did not come to Tianjin to invest, his net worth was worthy of a greeting from the local government leaders.
Besides, if Hope really likes Lu Wenbin and the two sides successfully sign a contract after the final, it will also be a good thing for the Tianjin Municipal Government, which is hosting this event, as it will greatly increase its exposure.
In addition to Hope, there were also several other scouts or staff from the Chinese Super League clubs in the stadium.
The news hype over the past two days has let other Chinese Super League clubs know that a genius has appeared in the National High School League, and has even attracted the interest of the German Second Division club.
Such a free player who has no ownership rights but has good strength, is young and has a bright future, so naturally everyone likes him.
Therefore, these Chinese Super League clubs also sent people to watch the game. If Lu Wenbin's performance is really that good and he fails to sign a contract with the German second division club after the game, they can also compete for him.
If you can get it, you will make a lot of money.
On the contrary, the scouts from the China League Two clubs have almost disappeared.
Faced with competition from the China League One, Chinese Super League, and even the German Bundesliga clubs, the China League Two clubs have already been eliminated early.
Of course, in addition to these people, Lu Wenbin’s parents, the union chairman of Meitan Winery and others also sat in the stands.
Several staff members under the union chairman took out a banner that had been prepared long ago and held it up. It read: "Guizhou Province Meitan County Meijiao Winery Co., Ltd. cheers for the Meijiang Middle School football team and Lu Wenbin."
In addition to the audience in the stadium, many viewers from all over the country also sat in front of their TVs outside the stadium, tuned to the Tianjin Satellite TV channel and started watching the game.
Without exception, the leaders and employees of Meijiao Winery in Meitan County, Guizhou Province watch Tianjin TV at home.
Countless students from Meijiang Middle School, Meitan No. 1 Middle School, Meitan Vocational High School, and Lele Middle School, especially those who play football, also monopolize the remote control to tune the TV at home to Tianjin Satellite TV and refuse to change the channel no matter how the adults yell at them.
The final game of the 2007 China High School Football League Finals and the championship battle are about to begin.
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