All-round Athlete

Chapter 75 Olympic Athletes Committee

As he spoke, Flegoskes took out a document from his briefcase, opened it and handed it to Zhang Guan, pointed to one of the company logos and said, "Look, these are the same, it seems that they are from the same company." .”

"What is this?" Zhang Guan asked, pointing to the document.

"This is provided to me by the Hong Kong side." Flegoskes continued: "According to the previous plan, the funds will enter Hong Kong from the United Kingdom, but if you want to enter the mainland from Hong Kong in your country, it will require some complicated procedures. As far as I know, your country has strict controls on the exchange and circulation of foreign exchange, so the Hong Kong side suggested to me that if the amount of funds is large, the best way is to use a mainland company to carry out the agency operation , it is said that some companies can provide legal channels for the inflow of foreign capital, and can save time and economic costs in the mainland, and this document is the list and company profile of mainland companies that Hong Kong recommended to me that can carry out such operations .”

Flegoskes pointed to the company logo of Yiming Consulting, and then said: "Look, this company is obviously the same company as the business card in your hand, they have the same company logo, and even the company name is different. Same."

"But this business card shows that this is a consulting company! Can they engage in financial business?" Zhang Guan asked.

"The business scope of consulting companies is relatively broad, and even if consulting companies do not have financial business qualifications, they can still fulfill customer requirements through a third party. I don't know the situation in your country, but in Europe, large consulting companies The relationship between government and business is comparable to some multinational groups, and even some multinational groups need consulting companies to conduct policy public relations or product research.” Flegiskes explained.

"It seems that this Yiming Consulting Company is not simple." Zhang Guan put away his business card and followed Flegos to a nearby restaurant.

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Olympic Athletes' Committee.

"We just received a report from the US team. The content of the report is that Zhang Guan, the Olympic champion of the men's 100-meter sprint, is suspected of using spinach to illegally make more than 10 million euros." Nicholas, the executive vice chairman, looked at it. The people present went on to say: "Now let's discuss whether to accept this report."

Everyone in the room was in high spirits, especially the big case worth 10 million euros, and the protagonist was Zhang Guan who had just broken the world record and won the championship. It would definitely attract everyone's attention. One of them immediately asked, "Mr. Vice Chairman, can you explain in detail?"

"The thing is like this, Zhang Guan spent nearly 100,000 euros to buy a lottery ticket before the start of the track and field competition, or before the official start of the Olympic Games, and he really bought it. As a result, he made a profit of more than 10 million euros Nicholas looked at the crowd, and then said: "I think everyone must be very curious about his betting! I can tell you that he bought all the money for himself, for himself to win the Olympic championship, and that At that time, the odds were extremely high, all above 1:100. Then he really won, won the game, and also won money. According to the amount he bought and the odds, his profit must exceed 10 million euros of."

"Well..." After a short silence, everyone suddenly started to discuss in a low voice.

The Olympic Organizing Committee has no clear regulations on whether athletes can participate in gambling. In other sports in the world, such as the Premier League, there are clear regulations that do not allow Premier League players to buy Premier League-related gambling lottery tickets.

"Mr. Vice President, our Olympic Organizing Committee has not clearly stipulated that athletes cannot participate in gambling activities. So from the rules, this is not a violation. I don't know what the US team is accusing?" A member asked .

"Deliberately manipulating the results of the game, against sportsmanship and sportsmanship." Nicholas said.

In fact, the U.S. team planned to add an illegal profit at the beginning, but it is legal to bet on regular bookmakers, and the United States has its own bookmakers, so if the U.S. team really dares to make such an accusation, it will offend bookmakers all over the world. .

A member of the committee heard these accusations and said: "I think it is absurd to intentionally manipulate the result of the game. If an athlete loses the game, there is a possibility of deliberately manipulating the result of the game, but I have never I've heard that some athletes win the game on purpose! As an athlete, you want to win the game, isn't that right? Does winning also need to be intentional?"

This committee member was born as an athlete. Obviously he was very dissatisfied with the accusation of "deliberately manipulating the results of the game", so he made the "deliberately" very clear.

"Theoretically, it is also possible for the champion to deliberately manipulate the result of the competition, as long as he bribes the other athletes to lose to him." Another person said.

"Then he needs to bribe 79 players." Someone next to him said immediately.

"No, no, no, you just need to bribe the players in his group." The man immediately retorted.

"The 100-meter sprint has two races a day. We don't know who will advance until after the first race. He can't predict the next group of players in advance." A committee member continued: "And don't forget his results, he He advanced to the semifinals with the first overall score, then advanced to the semi-finals with the first overall score, and entered the final with the first overall score. More importantly, he won the championship with a world record. He still needs to spend money to buy the previous Several world record holders, let them run slower and not break the world record? A world record can prove that his championship is well-deserved."

Immediately, some committee members released their own opinions: "If we believe that the winner is manipulating the game, then all the previous Olympic champions, should we also believe that they are manipulating the game? This is obviously illogical."

Several other committee members also agreed, and vice chairman Nicholas also said: "If this is the case, then we have a consensus on the manipulation of the game. The next step is the accusation of violating sportsmanship and sportsmanship."

"Our Olympic spirit is mutual understanding, long-lasting friendship, solidarity and fair competition." The committee member who spoke just now shrugged and continued: "I don't see that Zhang Guan violates our Olympic sports spirit."

"We usually judge that athletes have violated sports ethics mainly in three points: doping, false age reporting, and cheating in competitions. Currently Zhang Guan has passed the drug test; although we cannot prove Zhang Guan's real age, the Olympic Games is not the Youth Games. There is a problem of overage. The qualification for the 100-meter sprint is based on the achievement of the standard rather than the age. This does not affect sportsmanship. As for cheating in the competition, as I just said, he won the championship with a record, which is enough to prove Zhang Guan's performance. Authenticity." The member who spoke not long ago said.

"But he's betting on his own game!"

"So what, he bought himself to win. As an athlete, isn't it right to think that you can win before the game? Should we encourage athletes to think that they will lose the game before the game? And formally Gambling is legal, and we have not stipulated that athletes cannot participate in gambling activities."

"Our gambling in Europe has a history of 100 years. Every year, hundreds of thousands of athletes compete in Europe. I am sure that there are other athletes who bought their own wins before, so buying their own wins cannot be regarded as the basis for punishment. And The key to the particularity of this case is that the amount of profit he made was too large. He was willing to bet 100,000 euros on himself. He must have thought that he could win the championship before the game, so I think this is a Premeditated profit." Immediately, some people expressed different opinions.

"That's right, I also think that Zhang Guan's betting purchase this time was premeditated, but as you said, the premise of this kind of premeditated profit is that Zhang Guan believes that he can win the Olympic champion, so what happened? Back to the original point, should athletes think that they can win the competition before the competition?" Someone immediately asked.

"Gentlemen, I don't think we need to think about this matter so complicated. Gambling is legal in Europe, so it is also legal to make a profit from gambling, so we don't need to discuss this way of profit; every athlete thinks of himself. Winning, so buying yourself to win is also not a fault. Now we only need to determine one thing, is it the right behavior for athletes to win the championship for the purpose of profit?" Nicholas pointed out the key point of the problem.

"Athletes winning games for profit?"

No one answered at the scene. This question seemed quite dialectical, and everyone seemed to be lost in thought.

After about a minute, someone suddenly said: "There should be prize money in the competition!"

At this moment, the question is no longer dialectical, and the problem is easily solved.

Competitions have prize money. No matter what sport it is, as long as the prize money of the competition is high enough, there will be many people vying to participate. Aren’t these athletes going there for money? Maybe some people will say that I participated in it for honor, but I believe that after winning the championship, he will still gladly put the prize money in his pocket.

In addition to the competition bonus, winning the championship may also get some other rewards, such as the Olympic champion, the governments of various countries will give corresponding rewards, some entrepreneurs will also give corresponding rewards, and local governments will also give corresponding rewards. It is in addition to the game prize money.

In addition, the sponsors of athletes will also give athletes additional championship rewards, and sometimes they will even be directly stipulated in the contract, such as how much money they get for entering a certain event, how much money they get for advancing to a certain level, and how much money they get for winning a certain championship. , how much money to break a certain record, and so on. These can only be obtained after the athletes have achieved certain results or even won the championship. This can also be regarded as winning the game for profit.

In addition to this, there are also bounty bonuses. There are also many such cases, and they are usually promised before the game. For example, a rich man can promise a certain athlete before the game that as long as you win the Olympic championship, I will reward you 10 million, and then the athlete will fight hard for the 10 million to win the championship. This can also be regarded as a profit win the game.

From this point of view, Zhang Guan's behavior is similar to this kind of reward bonus, but the method is different. Local tyrants make promises to athletes before the game, and Zhang Guan is equivalent to buying a promise with his own money.

There is money for winning games, and there is nothing wrong with athletes winning games for money.

"If I remember correctly, the second place in the 100-meter sprint should be the Americans! The American team came to report Zhang Guan, obviously with a clear purpose. Our ethics committee is to maintain fairness, but it is definitely not others tools.” said an Asian member.

"That's right, if we accept this report, it will definitely become a laughing stock. I suggest not to accept this report." Then someone said.

"Well, it seems that everyone has their own opinions, so let's vote directly!" Nicholas raised his hand first, and said at the same time: "Those committee members who think it is necessary to accept the report, please raise your hands."

Everyone stared at each other, but no one raised their hands.

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