A foreign brother left a message under Messi's ins account, saying:
My Chinese classmates flew the money they saved from their work-study program to Hong Kong to watch your competition. When he returned, he cried and threw away (your) posters and jerseys that he had stored for three years. ”
On February 4, the Miami International team of the United States ushered in the fifth game of the Asia-Pacific tour at the Hong Kong Stadium.
Tickets for the Hong Kong match ranged from 880 Hong Kong dollars to 4,880 Hong Kong dollars, but after the pre-sale was opened, more than 2 million people subscribed at the same time, and it was sold out in a few minutes. On the day of the game, more than 50,000 seats in the stadium were full, all because of Messi, fans from all over the country, Hong Kong, and even some fans in Southeast Asia gathered together.
Tickets for matches in Japan range from 10,000 yen to 40,000 yen, equivalent to HK$500-2,000. When the ticket price was only half that of Hong Kong, only 28,000 people attended the 67,000-seat seat at the National Stadium in Tokyo, and they did not even sit down at half of the seats.
Correspondingly, Messi, who is the absolute focus, did not play for a minute in the Hong Kong arena, and when he received the award, he faced the chief executive and a group of guests, and walked around with his hands in his pockets, and it was even difficult for you to see a smiling face on the scene.
When asked, he was unwell, could be injured, and was afraid to play.
During the Japanese event, Messi not only played on the training ground, but also participated in Japanese variety shows and came on as a substitute for half an hour in the second half of the game. In the end, he took the initiative to take off the jersey and give it to the Japanese player, but the problem was that the other party did not take the initiative to ask for it at all, and he was surprised by the jersey sent by Messi.
In fact, all the fans in the Hong Kong Stadium are easily satisfied, even if Messi plays for a minute in garbage time, he will go home satisfied and brag to his family and friends
Today I saw Messi playing. ”
Even if Messi doesn't play for a minute, and waves to the fans on the field after the appearance and the game, I believe that all fans will forget about Messi's absence from the game, and instead praise the idol for his approachability.
Yes, Messi waved his hand and said hello on the field, and the more than 50,000 fans in the stadium and tens of millions of Chinese fans behind him will not have a word of complaint.
Messi's team owner David Beckham withstood the boos of the whole stadium, took the initiative to stand on the green field to thank the fans, and also went around the field to appease, eager to change his clothes and play football.
is also a seasoned emperor superstar, Messi has experienced too many highlight moments and important occasions in his life, and it is impossible not to know how his words and deeds will be interpreted by the outside world, even an expression can capture a lot of information.
Maybe others really don't take Hong Kong seriously, and walk with a black face, like making a big table of dishes, inviting a respected celebrity to be the main table, giving a speech and mentioning a word to give himself a long face, but the celebrity took a big red envelope, a dead fish face from beginning to end, and didn't even move the chopsticks, and the banquet was over.
For such a person, the host and the guests scolded a few words, not too much, right?
**10,000 fans incentive plan Messi doesn't want to perform in Hong Kong, regardless of whether there is a requirement in the contract to play, that's completely certain. Even if he gets a lot of valuable endorsement contracts and various commercial project revenues in the Chinese market, we can't see that he has any special preferences for this market and this country.
Celebrities can have their own political, religious, and social positions, but in pure commercial operations, if they agree to the contract and show up, it means that they have recognized this cooperation, and at least the commercial platform attitude must be taken out.
If you feel uncomfortable, you can refuse to come, and no one will say a word of complaint. In November 2023, the long-publicized Miami International team's China tour was canceled, who will besiege and complain about Messi among Chinese fans? Instead, they are more eager to see idols' performances, which is why so many people saved money to come to Hong Kong on this trip, and the idols shattered their illusions with their own hands.
Messi fooled the Chinese, the Hong Kong fans were deceived, and everyone owes an apology.
Messi's trip to Japan.