i am beckham

Chapter 300 The only defensive midfielder
Old John said that Beckham in his era had basically never made a movie, and the biggest difficulty was time.

Beckham agrees that most professional players will devote all their energy to training and games during the season, and the rest of the time will have to be used to catch up on sleep.

By the end of the season, all the players were exhausted physically and mentally, and they didn't want to think about anything at all. They just wanted to find a place to lie in the sun every day.

Therefore, many professional players will take their girlfriends to the beach during the summer offseason and will not touch football for half a month.

If it is still connected to the shaft at this time, it will be overloaded and there will be problems one day.

Beckham feels that before the end of his career, he probably will not make movies again.

Even this kind of movie that is just for fun and doesn't require acting skills took a whole month of tossing around.

But to be honest, this kind of money is really easy to earn. When the investor hands over the contract, it is difficult for him to refuse.

He grew up in the East End of London, no one knows what £500 million means better than him.

The UK is a country with a clear gap between the rich and the poor, and a solidified class. 95% of people have a monthly income of less than 4000 pounds, and the income of people at the bottom of society is even less than 2000 pounds.

The reason why he is particularly sensitive to these numbers is that his parents will sit at the table one or two days a month to write, draw and discuss the monthly budget.

The monthly income of the Beckham family is around 5000 pounds, the father can slightly exceed 3000 pounds, and the mother is around 2000 pounds.

This kind of income is very good in the local area, but it still needs to be saved everywhere, because it is the living expenses of five people.

Of course, part of the money has to be used for emergencies.If someone is unemployed and unable to find a job in the short term, emergency money is precious, otherwise those unemployed days are really difficult.

Beckham remembers that his parents would make him wear Lynne's old clothes if he didn't go out as a child, because he would run the risk of breaking them by jumping up and down in the yard.

If you tore your clothes, parents can only cut other items in the monthly budget to fill the "bare child". The only item that ordinary families can use to reduce is food expenses.

At that time, the parents felt that the children were still young, so they did not avoid the children when discussing these issues. Unexpectedly, Beckham kept these things in mind.Understanding deepens with age.

500 million pounds was equivalent to the income of the family for 83 years at that time. It would take 83 years for the whole family to save this money without eating or drinking, but I got it in one month.

This is why Ferguson allowed Beckham to make a movie without thinking about it. As a former working class man, the old man can fully understand his thoughts.

Beckham has researched house prices from the newspapers in the past two days. In the East End of London, the average price per square meter of a decent house is usually between 750 and 800 pounds. Buying such a house usually costs around 10 pounds.

The important thing is that this kind of affordable housing is very convenient to rent out. It can recover at least 2000 pounds of rent per month. It takes less than 5 years to recover the cost of buying a house. There is still a long rent collection period, so it is not too cost-effective.

According to statistics, only 400 out of every 60 people in the UK own real estate. In other words, [-]% of British people live in rented houses, and this proportion will definitely be higher in London.

If you buy 10 houses, the family can have a monthly income of 2 pounds, and you don't have to worry about no one renting the house.

This is Beckham's long-term family strategy. This money will allow his parents to live a decent life, and it will also allow his mediocre older sister and younger sister to avoid being displaced.

But parents and sisters should be treated differently. Old Ted has been busy working every day since Beckham can remember. Apart from training with him, his father is trying to make money every day.

Mother's life is not much easier, in addition to work, but also responsible for the basic necessities of life of the family, was always busy when young.

The Beckham family is not an exception, the vast majority of Londoners live such a life.They seem to be tireless, but in fact they dare not stop.

this is life.

So Beckham makes training occupy his whole life, in order to run 1000 meters more in each game than others, and to extend his career for several years longer than others.

If he doesn't save enough living expenses after retirement at the end of his career, he may have to be like Brian Kidd in the future, turning around the head coach's ass, looking forward to one day being able to manage a club by himself.

However, Lynn and Joanne's money must not come so easily. They need to get paid through labor, and must complete the recovery of rent, house maintenance and furniture repair under the guidance of their parents.

Yes, it has to be like this!

He had to think of a comprehensive system, write down the terms, and then perfect it into an employment contract for them to sign.

If the two of them complete the work, they can get a bonus, otherwise they will deduct a certain amount of salary, and everything must be done according to the contract. This way can prevent the two of them from becoming moths in the family.

Thinking of this, Beckham smiled.

The hysterical cries of the Coventry fans outside the dressing room did not affect his mood. After clearing his mind, he felt that his future life suddenly became clear.

Lynn and Joanne didn't fully inherit the advantages of their parents, and they couldn't be fully self-disciplined, which made their figures a little out of shape.

Coupled with the precarious economic situation, the two of them have no competitiveness in marriage at all, and they are likely to marry idle homeless men or men with the same conditions.

Such a result may mean a disaster in life for them, but if people know that they are backed by 10 properties, as long as they keep their eyes open and meet a gentleman, the probability of living a decent life will inevitably increase exponentially.

As he was about to play, Beckham put aside the short-sightedness in his head and followed Schmeichel to greet his teammates. The shouts of 18 players made the player passage like a frying pan, causing the field staff to trot over and trot back when they found nothing wrong.

Just after halfway through the league, Manchester United ranked first with 19 unbeaten games, 13 wins, 6 draws and 45 points, half a street ahead of Blackburn, Arsenal and Liverpool. As long as the momentum can be maintained for another two months, the league championship will basically be won.

But it's easier said than done. Now every game is extremely difficult. The other teams in the Premier League are as excited as if they want to fight Manchester United.

In the Premier League, a team's victory over Manchester United is as ecstatic as killing a god. Anyway, Beckham has often encountered opponents who have performed at a super level in recent years.

But this is not a big misery, not because other teams are not threatening Manchester United enough, but Manchester United's living environment has always been like this over the years.

If the difficulties cannot be made to disappear, then these difficulties are daily at best, and the biggest suffering of Kings Club often comes from within.

When Butt faced Scholes in training, he was directly shoveled into the infirmary by Ginger Head.

This is very embarrassing. This season Ferguson has set up two meat grinders in the lineup.

With the rise of Scholes, each of the three midfielders can play more than 30 games, and the intensity cannot be compared with Beckham.

But Keane, who is the most durable, was injured early in the season, and Bart, who is half-aggressive and half-meat, has been alive and kicking until now. Unexpectedly, the team has an "inner ghost".

Beckham has already done a good job of psychological construction, and he has been at the top of the midfield for a few months.

If his teammates can't come back in the past few months, he guesses that he will also be injured by then, so he can rest easy.

But the main lineup announced by Ferguson was beyond his expectations. Facing Coventry, which is 16th in the league, the old man formed a 4-3-3 formation.

The three midfielders are Giggs, Scholes and himself.

Beckham analyzed it in his mind, and the old man would probably kill his opponent in a short time.

Manchester United put up three forwards, and the midfielder put up Ryan Giggs who didn't want to defend and Scholes who couldn't defend. The only one who really counted as a defender was himself.

Before the game, the coaches of the two teams did not speak, but Wenger questioned Ferguson's formation: "Manchester United is very strong this season. Halfway through the league, they kept people from losing. This is not an easy task. Their achievements should be respected by all opponents.

But when I saw their starting lineup, I was more optimistic about Coventry. Manchester United has 5 players who can only attack in the midfield. "

Ferguson ignored Wenger, he didn't need us not to have a defensive midfielder, although this is obvious.

He also doesn't need to say harshly that only offense and no defense is enough to win. This kind of statement is too easy to make enemies.

At the beginning of the game, Coventry, who was playing at home, shrank without making a test, put two meat grinders in the middle, and put two fast black players on the two sides.

Beckham found that the Coventry team's style of play is in the same line as Manchester United. Their coach Strachan has always been Ferguson's assistant in Scotland, so there is an old man's shadow in coaching the team.

The Coventry team is well aware of Manchester United's fierce firepower, so they defended with all their strength early on, and sometimes even 10 players returned to the penalty area to defend, withstood Manchester United's opening rush.

Manchester United couldn't attack quickly, and Coventry team began to play a quick counterattack.Manchester United's defense was too forward because of the offensive pressure, and there seemed to be a lot of gaps. Many players failed to return to the correct position in time, let alone use defensive actions reasonably, and there was even a lack of mutual defense.

Manchester United lost the ball very quickly, which was seriously misplaced in terms of defensive position.At that time, there were many defensive players that Manchester United could participate in: Gary, Giggs, Scholes, Borg, Johansen and other players were all there, but Giggs and Scholes were in the opponent's backcourt and could no longer return to the defense in time, which was tantamount to losing their defensive position.

Beckham has been wiping Ginger's ass in the middle, unable to effectively delay the full-backs who hold the ball and counterattack. It can be said that at this time, only the defenders with the overall premise of the defense line are left.Once the weak line of defense is broken through by the opponent, it will be a complete defeat.This is how Manchester United's defense was overwhelmed by the opponent from the left.

The offensive process of the Coventry team is very clear, that is, a breakthrough from the side, a cross, and then center Dublin completes the goal.

The lagging Manchester United quickly fought back. Solskjaer received a cross from Beckham in the middle and passed two defensive players with one dunk and one dial.

Everyone thought he would pass the ball, but he caught Coventry by surprise.

1 is better than 1!

Manchester United relied on a strong offense to complete the goal.

Manchester United continued to attack in the second half, Beckham passed the ball into the penalty area, Coventry's defense was messed up by a leaked ball from Cole, Scholes passed the ball, and Sheringham pushed to score.

2 is better than 1!

Manchester United overtook their opponents in the away game. At this time, everyone thought that Manchester United had scored 3 points.

Unexpectedly, Coventry scored two goals in a row in the later time, which broke Manchester United's 20 unbeaten games this season.

At the end of the game, both Scholes and Giggs were stunned. The former didn't expect the team to lose, while the latter was shocked that he didn't get an assist in a game, and the time left for him was getting less and less.

Having not lost for half a season, the Manchester United players are more or less drifting, and their attitude will not be sharp all of a sudden.

Ferguson's aggressive offensive style also had a great impact on the team's defense. Because Qu lacked defensive players, they had to take the initiative to attack even when they were ahead by one goal, resulting in continuous counterattacks by their opponents.

In fact, Beckham doesn't think losing a game can have any devastating impact.

In a long season, anything can happen.

It's just that the team has to face the Champions League and the Premier League in the absence of Keane and Butt. Monaco is not weak. Arsenal have won the last few games with ease. Now is not the time to ignore them.

The old man probably thought so too, so he didn't turn on the hair dryer after the game.

Beckham felt that this could be regarded as the old man admitting his mistake, otherwise the hair dryer would definitely be unavoidable.

On December 12th, as usual, Beckham got up early to eat breakfast, read the newspaper, and then went to sleep until the afternoon when he was almost digested.

Dave once said repeatedly that professional players should not give up breakfast because of sleeping in. This will damage the body function a lot, even if you are full and sleep is better than not eating.

According to his usual habit, he took out the morning newspaper from the mailbox at the door, got a general idea of ​​the real-time news, and then read last week's box office on The Sun.

"Titanic" has a box office of 2800 million US dollars a week when all theaters around the world are online, and it is generally believed that it has lost everything.

Because as the release time is extended, the box office usually slowly declines.

In other words, the weekly box office of this movie will slowly decline, which means that there is a high probability that the cost will not be recovered, even if their box office ranks No.1 this week.

To Beckham's surprise, "The Twilight Saga" was released in just 4 days, and the box office reached 2100 million US dollars.

Unexpectedly, it took only 4 days to close to recovering the cost, and the ranking was close to that of "Titanic", and the director Cantona became famous.

However, the two movies are both sad and happy. Both Fox and Paramount executives want to kill Cameron. Such a sluggish start performance, coupled with such a high investment, is a precursor to the street, and the investors may lose hundreds of millions of dollars.

The box office of the two films is similar, but the prospects are very different. The biggest reason is that the cost of filming is too large.

The ratings of "Titanic" are not bad, and it has even been widely recognized, but it is a pity that the box office did not meet expectations. It is a standard movie that is not popular.

"Twilight" is very controversial, and statistics specifically analyze the data of the two movies.

"Titanic" has an audience of all ages, while "Twilight" has a generally younger audience and a majority of women.

This period of time is the most active time for film critics. Everyone expresses their opinions in the newspapers, and the social sections of the paper media are full of film critics from all walks of life.

Tony Lane is one of them. As a well-known British film critic, he didn't decide to write until the end of the month.

While both "Titanic" and "Twilight" were released at the end of the month, other movies released during the same period were obviously uncompetitive.

It is foreseeable that the box office capital will be generated between the two films in the next month.

Tony Lane watched the two movies twice in the cinema, and then conceived at home for a few days before starting to write.

As a film critic, he concluded that "Titanic" is a masterpiece that can stand the test.He believes that the film script has a strong and continuous output capability, and as the film's word-of-mouth is recognized by the market, audiences will continue to come here.

What I am most afraid of is that the alley is full of alcohol, which will keep the box office of the movie in a slump, and finally it will be taken offline by the cinema.

Tony Lane believes that even if the box office is not satisfactory, "Titanic" can also rank among the forefront of Hollywood movies in terms of content.

"The Twilight Saga" is a typical youth idol movie. Tony Lane thinks this kind of main line is simple, the emotional line is procrastinated, and it doesn't have much artistic appreciation value.

In his opinion, the audience of this movie is single, as long as it is mainly young men and women.

This means that as the popularity of the audience ends, the film will show a cliff-like decline at the box office.

Thinking of this, Tony Lane finished the draft, and the writing became smoother and smoother, and the first draft was quickly written.

It is not the duty of a professional film critic to simply praise. Only when problems are discovered and timely criticism can reflect a film critic's sense of social responsibility.

These two films did exactly what he wanted.

The corner of Tony Lane's mouth turned up, and he tapped his left hand on the table while conceiving. This time is a good time to reflect his values ​​and critical ability.

(End of this chapter)