All-round Athlete

Chapter 49 The First Pot of Gold

The game is still going on.

In the 53rd minute, the Japanese team Shinji Ono scored twice to tie the score at 2:3. But only in the past 10 minutes, Torres of Paraguay scored another goal, and the score of 4:2 also broke the hope of the Japanese to equalize.

On the other side, Portugal fell into a 10-11 dilemma. The Portuguese team, with one less player, conceded a goal in the 56th minute, and the score became 3:2, and the Portuguese team fell behind.

The coach of the Portuguese team had to make adjustments. He replaced Viana with Danny Denny in the 60th minute, Bosingwa who scored in the first half with Melleris in the 63rd minute, and Bosingwa in the last half in the 74th minute. The substitution quota replaced Mera and replaced Martins. But the Portuguese team still did not score.

In the 81st minute, Yoshito Okubo of the Japanese team scored another goal, but Paraguay still led the Japanese team 4:3, which was also the final score of the game. In 83 minutes, in another game, the Italians also rewritten the score to a 2:2 tie. As for Costa Rica vs. Morocco, it is still 0:0.

The game is almost over, and Iraq still leads Portugal 3:2. How could the Portuguese accept this score willingly, so at the last moment, they launched a fierce counterattack.

"The Portuguese team's counterattack was fierce, but there are five minutes left before the end of the game. Even if the five-minute stoppage time is counted, it is only ten minutes. It is estimated that the game will end 3:2 or 3:3. In any case, it is impossible for the Portuguese to win, perhaps for the current Portuguese, a draw is also a good result." Thomas said.

Sure enough, the referee gave five minutes of stoppage time, and the Portuguese team fell into the final madness. Even the goalkeeper was eager to participate in the attack.

Time passed by every minute and every second. After more than 90 minutes of running, the players of the Iraqi team were exhausted. But there are only three exceptions, and that is the three athletes who were replaced in the second half.

In the 93rd minute, in stoppage time, the Iraqi team played a quick counterattack. Sadir, who came on the field in the 71st minute of the second half, quickly broke through the Portuguese team's defense and scored a goal. The score became 4:2. This goal also completely shattered the hopes of the Portuguese. The referee also blew the whistle for the end of the game very interestingly after the kick-off.

Iraq defeated Portugal 4:2, and a super upset was born!

"It's a miracle, even God is taking care of the poor Iraqis!" Thomas didn't expect to witness a miraculous victory. The mighty Portugal lost to Iraq! Then he immediately thought that no one would beat this kind of score, and the company would make a small profit through this game.

At this moment, a data clerk beside him suddenly said: "Someone bought a bet of 3,000 euros on Iraq's 4:2 victory over Portugal!"

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For gaming companies, unpopularity means that few people can beat the odds, and it also means more profits. Especially the wonderful score of Iraq's 4:2 victory over Portugal, certainly not many people bought it, and the gambling companies basically took all the buyers.

However, not all gaming companies will welcome this upset. For example, the company that offered odds of 1:500, although Zhang Guan only invested 1,500 euros in it, but according to this odds, the gambling company will also pay Zhang Crown 750,000 euros.

And other companies also lost a lot of profits due to Zhang Guan's betting, ranging from three to four hundred thousand to six to seven hundred thousand. Counting the cost of lottery issuance and the agency fees to be paid to OPAP, only a few companies make a small profit, and the others can barely maintain a balance of income and expenditure, with almost no losses.

Greece's OPAP also lost a lot in this game, and his odds were relatively high, and he received a bet of 4,000 euros, and he had to pay 880,000 to Zhang Guan.

Zhang Guan silently calculated that for this game, the major gaming companies had to pay him a total of more than 4 million euros, but if they were shared on average, each would only be 400,000 to 500,000 euros.

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Zhang Guan didn't go to accept the award right away, because the opening ceremony was going to be held on the evening of August 13, and the athletes who participated in the opening ceremony were busy until two o'clock in the morning before returning to the Olympic Village, and the rest was over three o'clock in the morning.

The next day, Zhang Guan slept all morning and didn't get up until lunch time. During the meal, Zhang Guan also learned from other athletes that in the morning competition, Du Li won the women's 10-meter jumping event and won the first gold medal for the national team in this Olympic Games.

After the meal, Zhang Guan went to the regiment headquarters to apply to go to Athens Olympia Stadium to familiarize himself with the competition venue. The main arena of the comprehensive stadium is mainly for track and field events. Now that the track and field events have not yet started, athletes can go to familiar venues. According to the discipline of the national team, leaving the Olympic Village must be reported, and the reason and destination must be explained in detail. In principle, it is not allowed to act alone.

The other athletes of the track and field team have not yet arrived in Athens, so although Zhang Guan can only go alone, he is allowed to familiarize himself with the competition venue. Besides, after the track and field competition starts, the athletes will have no chance to familiarize themselves with the venue. There is a special bus to pick up and drop off the Olympic Village. Athletes ride for free, and they don't have to worry about getting lost, so the regiment department still allowed Zhang Guan's request.

Zhang Guan took the first bus in the afternoon to the Olympic Stadium in Athens. After arriving, Zhang Guan went straight to the OPAP betting point to claim the prize.

As soon as he walked into the betting shop, Zhang Guan was about to ask how to redeem the prize, but he was immediately recognized as the one who came to redeem the prize. The person who recognized him was the clerk who helped Zhang Guan bet a few days ago.

The clerk came out from the counter: "Oh! Sir, it's really you! God! I watched the game the day before yesterday, and you actually won the buy. It's unbelievable! You must have come to claim the prize!"

"Yes, I'm here to claim the prize." Zhang Guan simply took out a tip of 100 euros and handed it to the clerk, and said, "Thank you for the good luck you brought me. But I want to know how I can redeem the prize .”

"Thank you for your generosity." The clerk took the tip and continued with an excited smile on his face, "Please wait in the VIP lounge first, and I will report your arrival to my supervisor immediately."

Perhaps because of the tip, Zhang Guan only waited for three minutes before the clerk came in and said, "Sir, I have already reported to the supervisor. Your winning amount is relatively large, so you need to go to our company headquarters to pay." here you are."

"Where is your headquarters? Is it far from here? You know that I am a tourist and I am not familiar with Athens." Zhang Guan said.

"The headquarters is not far from here. I suggest you take a taxi. If you need it, I can call a taxi for you." The clerk said.

"Thank you very much." Zhang Guan replied, and the clerk immediately called a taxi for Zhang Guan, told him the address of the taxi, and took Zhang Guan to the headquarters of OPAP.

After arriving at the OPAP headquarters, Zhang Guan explained his purpose and was immediately led to the VIP room.

After a while, a middle-aged man came to the VIP room. When he saw Zhang Guan, he immediately introduced himself and said, "Hello, sir. I am Osedorus. I am very happy to serve you."

"Hi, I'm here to redeem the prize." Zhang Guan went straight to the topic.

"Sir, you are truly a man favored by God. It is a miracle that you can win Iraq's 4-2 victory over Portugal." If you redeem all the lottery tickets and deduct the personal income tax you should pay, you can still get 3.3733 million euros."

"Okay, when can I get the money?" Zhang Guan asked eagerly.

"Anytime." Osedolis showed a professional smile, and continued: "However, our company still has a small request."

"ask?"

"Yes, we want to be able to report your winning story. You know, it's rare for you to win more than four million at one time, and you still bought a big upset. What's more important is that you are a Tourist, your deeds will definitely drive other tourists to buy our company's products." Osedolis said.

"Reporting? I'm afraid this is not very good! In fact, I don't want to be too high-profile." Zhang Guan wanted to refuse.

Osedolis immediately said: "Sir, I can understand your thoughts, and I also know that Chinese people have always been relatively low-key, and even the people who receive awards are covered, but in the West, winning a big prize is not a big deal. Things that need to be deliberately concealed. And we only need to use a photo of awarding you, and it will not trouble you too much. And if you agree, our company can introduce you to a professional accountant. "

"Accountant?" Zhang Guan was slightly taken aback.

"You have won so many bonuses, you should need to transfer the money back to China. If you go the normal way, it will not only be very troublesome, but also need to pay a lot of money. But if you have an accountant to help you, you must It will save you a lot of trouble, and it can also save you a lot of handling fees." Osedorius said.

Zhang Guan was very moved by the conditions offered by Osedorus. In western developed countries, accountants not only serve enterprises, but also serve individuals. Accountants can help clients save money on loans, tax payments, financial management, and even divorce and division of property. And if you are moving funds across borders, finding a local accountant is essential.

However, Zhang Guan is still worried that the report will bring him some troubles. He is not worried about the media hype. There are only people who become more and more famous in this world. Sexual effect, the EuroMillions lottery will give out many prizes exceeding tens of millions of pounds every year. There are so many games in the Premier League every year, and it is not new at all to make hundreds of thousands of pounds in betting profits. There are also many unpopular ones. So Zhang Guan is actually worried about whether there will be trouble with the national team. So he didn't answer Osedorius right away.

"Sir, please rest assured that we will protect your privacy. If someone asks for your name, we will keep it confidential. In the report, we can use 'tourist from China' to refer to you. We just need to borrow a copy from you The photo of the award ceremony will do,” Osedolis said immediately.

Zhang Guan thought about it again. If only the award-winning photo appeared without his name, the impact would be much smaller. It can be said that there is almost no one. No one in Europe knows himself. As for winning awards and becoming famous in the future, it will be more than ten days later. Now it is during the Olympic Games, and new records and new champions are born every day. , who will notice the news that he won the award?

Besides, Zhang Guan considered that he had other bets, and he had to redeem the prize from OPAP next, so it was better to make a good relationship first and get the money in his hand. These Europeans always boast that they are on the side of justice, but in fact eating is uglier than anyone else. It is not impossible for spinach companies to find an excuse to swallow their own money.

"Make sure you have the money first!" Thinking of this, Zhang Guan said, "Well, I can promise you, but please don't show my name."

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When Zhang Guan returned to the Olympic Village, he happened to meet the men's basketball players in the cafeteria who were eating.

Seeing Zhang Guan, Ah Yi immediately sat down with a plate, and said excitedly: "Zhang Guan, you have to treat."

"A treat?" Zhang Guan looked at A Yi puzzled.

Ah Yi chuckled: "I didn't know until I woke up today that Iraq defeated Portugal 4:2, and you really won it. You must have earned hundreds of thousands of dollars. We will have a share, so you have to treat me to dinner."

In the car that day, Zhang Guan only showed a lottery ticket, so Ah Yi thought that Zhang Guan only won hundreds of thousands of euros.

Zhang Guan pointed to Ah Yi's plate: "Aren't you almost finished eating?"

"Please eat other things, even snacks." Ah Yi smiled strangely.

"Okay then, I'll go to the supermarket after dinner and let you choose the head office." Zhang Guan said straightforwardly.

"Okay, Zhang Guan said to go to the supermarket later, let us choose!" Ah Yi shouted behind Zhang Guan, Zhang Guan turned his head sharply, and found that other players of the men's basketball team were standing behind, staring at him.

"Ayi, you're cheating on me!" Zhang Guanguai shouted.

"No, I said it a long time ago, everyone who sees it has a share, so everyone on our basketball team has to be counted!"

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