World Cup of Great Powers

Ever since Jianlibao went to Brazil in 1993, Zhuanghe City TV Station has had business dealings with Zeng Zheng.

Zeng Zheng sent back Jianlibao competition video tapes every month. Zhuanghe City TV Station gained national revenue from this alone.

Many fans closed the lids of large pots at home in order to catch a glimpse of the Jianlibao players on the court.

For this reason, DL City TV Station has often argued with Zhuanghe City TV Station.

However, Zhuanghe City TV station was also stubborn and did not hand over the first broadcast rights.

The reason behind this was the confidence given to them by Zeng Zheng.

For the sake of ratings, Zhuanghe City TV Station also went to great lengths.

25% of the broadcast revenue was given to Zeng Zheng in order to become the only "Brazilian Jianlibao" broadcast channel in the country.

While other local stations are still broadcasting advertisements for special medicines for lumbar disc and cervical spondylosis, Zhuanghe City TV Station has already integrated with international standards.

Seeing the Jianlibao students' playing style that shows no fear of foreigners on the court, many fans looked at the screen and cheered.

...

At noon the next day, Zeng Zheng arrived at the gate of Zhuanghe City TV Station.

Without an appointment or a work permit, he barged in with his head down.

He was quickly stopped by the front desk and security.

"Hello sir, who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for you, Mr. Wan Tai."

"Director Wan is not here, do you have an appointment?"

Seeing that Zeng Zheng looked young and dusty, the security guard concluded that Zeng Zheng was telling nonsense.

Is that the director?

Is it something you can see casually?

"I am a friend of your Tai elders. Please tell me that a man named Zeng is looking for him."

"It doesn't matter what your last name is. If you don't have a reservation, I can't let you in!"

"Why are you so stubborn? Can't you just tell me?"

"I'm sorry, sir. If you don't have an appointment, I really can't inform you."

Just as the security guard dragged Zeng Zheng to the door, two car horns suddenly sounded at the foot of the steps.

"Didi!"

The three of them looked up and saw a greasy middle-aged man getting his head out of the Passat's rear window.

"Brother Zeng?"

"Ha, it's really you!"

"What are you still doing? Get in the car!"

Zeng Zheng shook off the security guard's hand, opened the rear door and got in.

The security guard and the front desk were left standing there dumbfounded.

"That's...Master Wan?"

"That's right, this Passat belongs to Wan Tai Chang."

"It's over, he is really an acquaintance of Master Wan!"

...

After getting on the Passat, Wan Nianhai asked: "Brother Zeng, is the security guard giving you a hard time? Don't worry, I will open it for him tomorrow!"

"It's okay, he didn't make things difficult for me." Zeng Zheng shook his head, "I went in to look for you, and he said you were outside, so he took me out."

"Oh, that's it." Director Wan nodded, "Brother Zeng, you have become famous all over the country this time. Good guy, it's the World Cup! You have brought such goodies into the national team, how can you

Really awesome!”

"There's no one who's awesome or not, they're all just foils for their peers!" Zeng Zheng said modestly.

"But it's really ugly when you eat bamboo shoes. As soon as I saw you entered the World Cup, I slapped you down. If I were you, I would definitely let you lead the team to France."

"Forget it, we will lose if we go. After all, it is our first time to enter the World Cup, so just treat it as a trip and gain experience, don't take it too seriously!"

"That's the truth." Director Wan nodded, "Brother Zeng, what have you been busy with after resigning? Why didn't you go back to Brazil? The Jianlibao tapes are almost out of stock!"

"I won't be going back in a short time." Zeng Zheng shook his head, "I have been busy in the country for the past six months, and I have to ask you, Brother Wan, to help with some business."

"Hahaha, who among us is following whom? Brother Zeng's business is my business! Tell me, is there anything you need my brother to help you with?"

As soon as Zeng Zheng mentioned the matter about Huayuankou Youth Training Base, Director Wan immediately patted his chest and assured:

"Hey, I didn't think it was a big deal!"

"With Zeng Zheng's current reputation, if you want to open a football training school, why don't you accept a large number of students?"

"Don't worry, you can send me the commercial video, and I'll play it on a loop for you during the prime time slot from 6 to 8 p.m."

Seeing that Director Wan was so generous, Zeng Zheng could only nod his head in thanks.

Looking out the window at the increasingly desolate street scene, Zeng Zheng asked curiously: "Brother Wan, where are you going?"

"Watch the football!" Director Wan laughed loudly, patted Zeng Zheng on the shoulder and said: "Today Wanda is playing at home, why don't we, as Dalian people, go and support it?"

"Okay, I'm going to Dalian soon anyway, so let's go and have a look."

Mr. Wan is a long-time football fan. Regardless of whether he is from Class A or Class B, he will go to watch the game whenever he can.

...

Because of the World Cup preliminaries, League A went through a hiatus of more than three months.

Of course old fans will not miss this first round of Class A after the preliminaries.

In the stands, Wan Nianhai and Zeng Zheng were sitting among the fans, roaring loudly with other fans.

Every time he saw Wanda have an offensive opportunity, Wan Nianhai would shout loudly together with other fans; when he saw the opportunity was wasted, he would also sigh.

Although the temperature in Dalian has cooled down in November, the fans' hearts are hot at the moment.

Wan Nianhai even took off his tie and placed it on a chair. Wearing a soaked shirt, he shouted loudly with other fans.

Who would have thought that more than an hour ago, this was a TV station director with a big belly and a greasy face!

"Fuck, what the hell is Li Ming kicking?"

"He should have been replaced a long time ago!"

"What a fool, you wasted your opportunity today!"

Don't blame Director Wan for cursing.

Wanda, who was more powerful, took the initiative throughout the game and took more than 10 shots in the frontcourt.

But more than an hour has passed since the game started, but not a single goal has been scored.

Just when Wan Nianhai was complaining, Li Fei actually scored the first goal through a quick counterattack.

Seeing that Li Fei was ahead, Chi Shangbin quickly made adjustments.

Only two minutes later, before the fans had time to curse, Xiao Wang Tao tied the score with a header.

In the 80th minute, Swedish midfielder Nek scored his first goal after joining Wanda, expanding the score to 2-1.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In stoppage time, Sun Jihai came in at high speed from the wing and shot extremely decisively, setting the score at 3-1.

After the game, Dalian fans were still unsatisfied. They all stood on the spot and chanted the players' names.

"48! Hahahaha~~~"

"Wanda has been undefeated for 48 games!"

“Wanda is China’s number one!”

"Who dares to dissent?"

Wan Nianhai stretched out his hands exaggeratedly and gestured with the numbers "4" and "8" in front of Zeng Zheng.

"Brother Zeng, if we continue to play like this, we won't let him go 100 games undefeated?"

Zeng Zheng said nothing.

The unbeaten streak of Wanda in his previous parallel world lasted to 55 games, and they lost to Shenhua in the last round of this season.

Zeng Zheng, who already knew the outcome, naturally did not make much of a stir in his emotions.

Looking at the players on both sides with completely opposite expressions on the field, Zeng Zheng suddenly thought of something else.

"Brother Wan, are you still going to watch tomorrow's game?"

"Tomorrow? What, you're going to Fushun to see A and B?"

In the newspaper I bought before entering the venue, in addition to today's A-A match, there was also a preview of tomorrow's A-B football match.

"Well, it's Liaozu after all. I plan to go and have a look."

"Okay, since Brother Zeng has spoken, I will risk my life to accompany you! Let's set off at noon tomorrow!"

Chief Wan Tai was wearing his coat at the moment, with his tie stuffed in his pocket like a rag, looking airy.

"It's rare for me to go back to my hometown once, so I will make arrangements for you tonight."

With that said, Wan Taichang said to the driver: "Old Li, go to Dadi Feige!"

...

The water temperature is 46.5 degrees, which is not enough for people with thin skin.

At seven o'clock in the evening, after dinner, Zeng Zheng and Master Wan lay down by the pool, soaked their bodies in the pool, and chatted wordlessly.

"Brother, why did you suddenly remember watching Liaozu's game?"

Although it is affiliated to Liaoning, Dalian has always been dissatisfied with Shenyang, the provincial capital.

Furthermore, Dalian Football has always been dissatisfied with Liao Football, and Dalian fans almost never regard Liao Football as their home team.

So Liaoning Football Team was relegated, and Dalian people really didn't feel much about it, after all, their own Wanda team is so powerful!

"Liaozu's opponent is Vanke, right?"

"Yes, it's Vanke. What happened to Vanke?" Director Wan asked curiously.

"I remember the newspaper said that this was a relegation battle between the two teams, right?"

"That's right, Liaoning Football Team was almost relegated to the second level this year, but fortunately it made a lot of progress in the second half. If it really went to the second level, why would it ask for ten crowns? Just disband!"

"What I want to see is not Liaozu." Zeng Zheng shook his head, "I want to see Vanke."

"Vanke? What's so good about Vanke? After the game tomorrow, they might be relegated!"

"Yeah, downgraded..."

Zeng Zheng raised his head.

But it was so foggy in the bathhouse that people couldn't see the distance at all.

Just like Tianjin fans in the dark.

After Lokomotiv left Ningbo, many Tianjin fans still paid attention to this "wandering" team.

But Locomotive Shanshan's outcome has long been doomed.

In addition to Lokomotiv, Tianjin also has two teams competing in Class A and Class B respectively, namely Tianjin Samsung Li Fei and Tianjin Vanke.

If Zeng Zheng remembers correctly, the result that Tianjin fans have been waiting for this season can be described by a solar term, that is, "double (frost) descent".

Tianjin is full of talented players.

Since you can get some money from Locomotive Shanshan, why not go to Vanke and get some too?