The economic environment is not good, and Xiangjiang is still prosperous, but the hostility of the entire society has obviously increased.

Lin Chaoyang made an appointment with Liu Yi for coffee. His house was near Taigucheng, so he made an appointment with a cafe in Taigucheng.

The waiter was impatient when he brought the coffee. The cup collided with the table and made a sudden sound, which made the eardrum uncomfortable.

Lin Chaoyang's expression was as usual, and Liu Yi shook his head gently. Of course, the two of them could not have seen each other as much as the waiter.

"A financial crisis, many people have lost their entire lives, burning charcoal, and committing suicide by jumping off a building. This environment is so bad."

"The ghost guy will push up the land price in Xiangjiang at all costs. Isn't this the purpose of housing prices?"

Lin Chaoyang sipped a sip of coffee and asked again: "How is your magazine now?"

Liu Yi smiled bitterly, "What else can you do? Just that. The sales volume was average, but it has dropped a little in the past two years, but it doesn't affect anything."

The decline of "Xiangjiang Literature" is not just the general environmental impact in the past two years.

Xiangjiang has developed popular culture. Since the 1950s and 1960s, many entertainment methods such as martial arts novels, movies, electronic games, comics, etc. have always been the niche interest.

In fact, most literary magazines in Xiangjiang are digested locally in a small part of the books, and are sold more to Southeast Asia.

"Xiangjiang Literature" sales per issue are around 20,000 copies, and less than 10,000 copies are digested locally in Xiangjiang."

Talking about the current social atmosphere, Liu Yi mentioned several novels written by Lin Chaoyang in Xiangjiang.

"The Great Times" has always had a weak presence in Lin Chaoyang's works sequence, but it only has a strong presence in Xiangjiang. Whenever there is a big turmoil in the stock market, it will definitely be popular once.

After 12 years of publication, "The Great Times" sold more than 2 million copies in just a small Xiangjiang area.

The last time the novel was popular was during the financial crisis, and nearly 800,000 copies were sold in more than a year from 1997 to 1998.

In addition to Xiangjiang, "The Great Times" also took advantage of the financial crisis and was selling well in several Southeast Asian countries for a while. In addition, its sales in China over the years have accidentally exceeded tens of millions of copies.

There is also the novel "Parasite", which shocked the literary circles and readers of Xiangjiang with its exquisite layout, cold pen and tragic ending when it was published. Lin Chaoyang is therefore known as "the sincere doctor of Xiangjiang society."

However, in addition to Ruchao's praise, the novel also received criticism from some people at that time, and some people believed that "Parasite"

There is suspicion of deliberately amplifying social conflicts and creating social anxiety.

But after this financial crisis, the underwear of Xiangjiang society was torn apart, and watching "Parasite" again was a "appearance".

Therefore, this novel has been widely welcomed by readers in Xiangjiang in the past two years, especially among young people.

"Some people always say that in a business society where money is the mainstay, literature has long become a useless thing, but what is useless is never literature, but inappropriate self-intoxication." Liu Yi's summary is very insightful.

I had coffee with Liu Yi, had another meal at noon, and visited two bookstores in the afternoon.

In the evening, Lin Chaoyang came to Lanfangyuan in the alley of Central Ring Road again. Now that the economy in Xiangjiang is in a downturn, Lanfangyuan's business is better because of the word "affordable".

After sitting in the store, the waiter came up and asked, "What should I eat?"

At this time, a customer greeted him again. The waiter agreed and was about to urge Lin Chaoyang to order food, but was stopped by the boss who rushed over.

"Lin Sheng, long time no see!"

Shaodong Aye has now evolved into a boss, with a strand of white hair growing on his temples. When he saw Lin Chaoyang, he greeted him with a smile on his face.

Lin Chaoyang smiled and greeted A Ye for a few words. A Ye asked him, "Are you still the same?"

"Old look."

"good."

After a while, a gesaceae and a cup of milk tea were brought to Lin Chaoyang's table. Lin Chaoyang invited Aye to sit down and chat and listen to his life in the past few years.

Parents are sick, children go to school, housing prices plummet, and loan repayment pressure is high - just like the lives of most ordinary people in this city, full of troubles, but this is life.

After a simple supper, Tao Yushu returned to Shenshuiwan Road for less than an hour.

Recently, she has focused on Cyberport's investment promotion. Large projects like Cyberport that invests hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars cannot be invested until the project is completed.

During this period, Tao Yushu has contacted many internationally renowned computer, Internet and software industry giants such as IBM, HP, SoftBank, Netscape, Yahoo, Huawei, and has reached more than 50 rental intentions.

The smooth progress of Cyberport investment promotion has made Tao Yushu feel very good, and he has not felt any fatigue even if he works for 12 hours a day.

Among the cooperation reached by Cyberport, many companies were contacted by Lin Chaoyang. Tao Yushu knew that these companies must have some relationship with her husband.

"My child and I are not here, the house is too deserted." Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu are usually busy with work, and when he goes home, he just wants to sleep, but he doesn't feel like Lin Chaoyang.

"You, this mentality is too soft. What should the children do if they get married in the future?"

"The kids are all married, you won't be so busy, are you?"

Feeling her husband's attachment to him, Tao Yushu's eyes were filled with tenderness and held Lin Chaoyang's hand.

"When the children are married, I will leave everything to them and ignore it!"

Lin Chaoyang nodded with satisfaction and asked again: "Can you rest assured if you let go all of a sudden?"

"It's okay, there's Yumo."

"Madam has thought it through thoroughly."

After staying in Xiangjiang for a week, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu flew to Barcelona, ​​Spain.

Manchester United clubs are now under Ming Pao Enterprise. In the 1998-1999 seasons of the Premier League, Manchester United started well. They lost to Birmingham and Aberdeen in friendly matches, and drew against Norwegian team Valerenga in the pre-season journey.

Fortunately, Manchester United recovered its form in the subsequent games, not only maintained a row of wins in the Premier League, but also shined in the FA Cup and the Champions League, and was invincible all the way.

Until this May, Manchester United's efforts in one season were exchanged for perhaps the most fruitful result in the history of a century.

On May 16, more than 50,000 fans squeezed into Old Trafford Stadium, who witnessed the goals of Beckham and Cole.

It also witnessed Manchester United's counterattack against his old rival Tottenham Hotspur, winning the fifth league championship in Manchester United's history, and living up to the name of a Premier League giant.

But the Premier League championship is not the end of Manchester United's journey this season, but the beginning.

On May 22, Manchester United fought against Newcastle in the FA Cup. After cutting off strong opponents such as Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and other players, Newcastle was just a man who was selling first in front of Manchester United at this time.

Within a week, Manchester United won the second championship of the season, attracting the attention of Britain and even Europe.

After winning the Premier League and FA Cup, Manchester United aimed at the Champions League.

Manchester United's Champions League path this season is not easy. There are many strong opponents around him, and Polish league champion LKS Rhodes is not ranked. They were assigned to Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, and the death group of Bromöderby in the group stage is their real test.

Manchester United stubbornly fought Barcelona and Bayern Munich's two strong teams four times, both of which were tied, but in the other two games, they defeated Bromöderby with a total score of 11:2, and qualified by Bayern Munich as second in the group.

In the knockout stage, Manchester United defeated two traditional Italian teams Inter Milan and Juventus. They finally got tickets to the final and met with Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich to the Camp Nou.

On May 26, 1999, Manchester United, led by Alex Ferguson and captained by Roy Keane, came to the Camp Nou Stadium. Before the game, the players received "warm greetings" from Bayern fans.

"Good guy, there are so many people!"

Tao Xiwu sat in the car and watched the fans gathered outside the stadium, and couldn't help but exclaim.

The Camp Nou Stadium is Barcelona's home court, and today is the Champions League final and is a grand event for European fans. Not only are fans from Manchester United and Bayern, but also a large number of fans from other countries and teams present.

There is still one hour before the game, and there are fans outside the Camp Nou stadium, and a touch of red is as dazzling as the scorching sun.

That was the enthusiastic Manchester United fans shouting,

They pulled banners and posters, painted oil on their faces, and sang passionately.

”Glory, glory, Man United

Glory, glory, Man United

Glory belongs to Manchester United Glory, glory, ManUnited

Glory belongs to Manchester United Aarchingonon

Red Devils Go forward Just like the Busbybabiesindaysgoneby

Just like those 'Busby kids' we'|lkeepertheRedFlagsflyinghigh

We want the Red Devils' flag to fly high. The lyrics and song of the team adapted from "The Battle Song of the Republic" are high and exciting, and it is even more exciting on this occasion.

Listening to the fans' passionate singing, even Tao Xiwu couldn't help feeling a burst of passion.

He is actually not a Manchester United die-hard, but who made Manchester United now a "his own team"? This time, in order to watch the Champions League final, he even put down the post-production of the new movie.

"My aunt, you are so far-sighted in your acquisition of Manchester United. If Manchester United really wins the triple crown this time, it will definitely be famous in history. Not to mention $700 million, anyone will pay for $1 billion."

Compared with his excitement, Tao Yushu's expression was calm, "I am not buying and selling the team, but Manchester United's role is more like a business card."

"I understand, I understand, even if it is a business card, this is a business card of Zhang Chunjin. Now who doesn't know Ming Pao Enterprise in the whole of Europe now!"

Tao Xiwu's tone was full of pride. He is completely different from before when he looked at the Premier League and the Champions League. He has a sense of glory and accomplishment as the protagonist.

Camp Nou is Barcelona's home stadium, covering an area of ​​55,000 square meters and can accommodate up to 100,000 fans to watch the game at the same time. It is one of the largest football stadiums in Europe. It was just rated as a five-star stadium by UEFA last year.

The start of the game is about to begin, and the entire Camp Nou Stadium is crowded with people and the noise is shaking the sky.

This season, Manchester United has not won any victory against Bayern Munich twice, and what's worse is that two key starters, Keane and Scholes, were suspended.

This situation can be said to be a worse situation for Manchester United, and everyone knows that today's Camp Nou is a long journey for them.

At the beginning of the game, both sides performed evenly. As a result, in the 6th minute, Mario Bassler's free kick penetrated the goal guarded by Peter Schmeichel, and the screams and sighs of Manchester United fans resounded in the Camp Nou.

"Ronnie Johnson is committing a crime!"

"Damn Mario Basler!"

Bayern took the lead one goal early, showing his advantages, and became more and more calm as he played.
To be continued...