Reborn on Top of Football

Leoni's persuasion did not really prompt Wang Ai to make up his mind. After all, it was his decision after thinking about it for many years.

However, before the third round of the Premier League's home game against Stoke City on the afternoon of the 30th, Wang Ai received another message, which shocked him and made him very upset.

A netizen published a long article "The Volunteer of the Ball King" on Zhihu, exposing Wang Ai's investment in 10,000 civilian stadiums. Different from the previous sporadic news on the Internet, this is a 10,000-word article with detailed records and dozens of photos to prove it. Because they are all invested by a team, the mundane civilian stadiums scattered in the suburbs of many cities across the country have very similar layouts. One of the most distinctive features is the five different Arabic numerals on the goalposts of the stadium.

This was originally a mark left by the team for statistical convenience. For example, the first photo in this article is a golf course in the suburbs of Kaiyuan City, Tieling. The vertical Arabic numerals on the goalpost are 0071, which is the 71st civilian golf course invested by the team. .

"I Have a Scroll of Ghosts and Gods"

Maybe the similarity of one or two courses is nothing, but what if there are dozens or hundreds? What about even more? You say it's not from the same family, who would believe it?

As soon as the article came out, it was noticed by the editor of Zhihu, and then it was pushed to the homepage, which exploded.

When Wang Ai received an emergency call from China and turned on the computer, the more he looked, the more frightened and angrier he became, especially the summary at the end of the article: "This is Wang Ai, the world-renowned super football superstar, and even more so. The first person in the history of Chinese football, who has returned to the motherland and fans for more than ten years of obscurity. Many people in our country are used to playing a game with friends on the court on weekends and after get off work. Who knew that these courses were built by him? We have used his courses for free for so many years, have we ever thought of saying thank you to him? If it wasn't for the unproven WeChat screenshot that aroused my curiosity , and I myself have been to many cities for work reasons, and I have many friends from other places. We all analyzed each other's photos together, and we also couldn't find it."

"The largest number currently counted is the No. 9183 stadium on the outskirts of Yinchuan, Gansu. Does this mean that there are 10,000 seats in the country? Although I called the Chaoyue brokerage company for verification and received no response, is the silence itself also proving? what?"

"If there are 10,000 free stadiums for civilians in the country, but no one has claimed it for so many days after the screenshot incident, what does it mean? Who did it? As far as I know, the Football Association does not have this ability, because the Football Association's The office budget can't support it at all, and the same is true for the General Administration of Sports, so who is it?"

"I have three pieces of evidence for me to judge that Wang Ai did it. First, he has been the top earner in China for many years. If there are 10,000 stadiums in the country, then the total investment will not be less than 30 billion yuan. Other than him, no one else has this. Financial strength. I mean that many entrepreneurs have this economic strength, but do not have such a large-scale liquidity. Second, in my impression, he once said in an interview in the early years that he would do this, just follow-up There is no movement, and no one else has spoken. Third, there have been rumors that Wang Ai has done a lot of charity activities for many years, but no one can say exactly what, and we have not heard that Wang Ai himself has What an extravagant act. Every year CCTV interviews him to reveal to us what his home looks like. Frankly speaking, apart from being large, the decoration is even modest. So where did his money go?”

"So, my conclusion is that he did it. Because he has both ability and motivation, and he once said to do it. In terms of his very low-key and peaceful character off the court, he probably did it silently, while Don't tell us, I still remember in an interview he said that Bai Fangli and Cong Fei are his idols. As his loyal fans, although he should follow his wishes, but doing things is too big, I really can't help myself speaking out The urge to tell everyone…”

The last part, Wang Ai, couldn't stand it anymore. He picked up the phone and called Shi Wenjun: "Didn't I ask you to contact the propaganda department?"

Shi Wenjun's voice was also very tired: "It's contacted, and the chief also agreed in principle, but before making specific arrangements, this article came out. You can see now, all major platforms are pushing hard, some The official media have also participated, and they are retweeted everywhere. Originally, the chief’s consent was reluctant, and it was to respect our wishes. Listen, it is to give us face, not propaganda who think this matter should be suppressed.”

"That is to say, now the propaganda mouth wants to push the boat? They didn't want to? Are they not worried about 10,000 'Wang Ai Stadium'? That's 10,000."

Shi Wenjun's response was silence.

Wang Ai sighed: "How can this be good? I'm just a football player... Artifacts cannot be stolen, and if you don't match morality, you will suffer disaster... Alas, help me prepare a manuscript, just say... eh? I just invested A small part, right? The rest are invested by companies!”

"What company?"

"..." Wang Ai was at a loss for words, and sighed again for a long time: "It's really troublesome, can you say it's an anonymous company?"

"Why are other companies anonymous? Are companies afraid of reputation? There is only one type of company, illegal companies, or even money laundering. Do you want such suspicions to spread to you?" Shi Wenjun asked back, and suddenly said: "Speaking of which, did you misunderstand something?"

"What?" Wang Ai said blankly: "I don't want fans to know that my family is also rich, which will make some fans feel alienated from me. Besides, although my family's business is private, my family's life is not Luxury, what else is there other than a few houses and a bunch of gems? Even private jets have become corporate jets, I…”

"No." Shi Wenjun interrupted Wang Ai: "Do you think the stadium was invested by Northern Light Industry?"

"Isn't it? When I sold a chain of Internet cafes for 10 billion, I told my family that half of it was invested in the stadium."

"Would a normal company keep 5 billion in its hands for 12 years? Besides, did you forget that your family invested in XJ and Sichuan's cotton spinning and sanitary napkin manufacturing soon after? Also, what about 5 billion and then? A total asset Can a 200 billion company come up with 20 billion liquidity? Even if it can, who would make an unprofitable investment like a free stadium? Who would dare to do this? Aren’t you afraid of a broken capital chain?”

Shi Wenjun's series of rhetorical questions made Wang Ai speechless: "I, how can I have so much money?"

"In 2010, you signed a contract with Adi for the second time, and this company will give you 640 million every year. Since that year, you will input 3.5 billion to Wang Fund every year, and 14 billion in 4 years. That's 160. In the previous 6 years, your total income was 7 billion, and the input was 4 billion."