Leonie's persuasion did not really prompt Wang Ai to make up his mind. After all, this was a decision he made after thinking 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 piece of news, which shocked him and made him very irritable.
A netizen published a long article on Zhihu, "Volume King's Will," revealing Wang Ai's investment in 10,000 civilian stadiums. Different from the sporadic news on the Internet before, this is a long article.
The 10,000-word article has detailed records and dozens of photos as evidence. Because they are all invested by a team, the ordinary civilian stadiums scattered in the suburbs of many cities across the country have very similar layouts. Among them, the most distinctive
One feature is that there are 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 photo in this article is of a golf course in the suburbs of Kaiyuan City, Tieling. The vertical Arabic numerals on the goalposts are 0071. This is the 71st civilian golf course invested by the team.
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Maybe the similarity of one or two golf courses is nothing, but what if there are dozens or hundreds? Or even more? If you say they are 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, where it went viral.
When Wang Ai received an emergency call from China and turned on his computer to read, the more he read, the more frightened and angry he became, especially the summary at the end of the article: "This is Wang Ai, a world-famous football superstar.
The first person to achieve great achievements in Chinese football history has spent more than ten years in obscurity repaying the motherland and repaying the fans. Many people across the country have become accustomed to going to the stadium to play football with friends after work on weekends. But,
Who knew that he spent money to build these golf courses? Over the years, we have used his golf courses for free, but have we ever thought of saying thank you to him? If it weren’t for the unproven WeChat screenshot that aroused my curiosity
, and I myself have been to many cities for work reasons and have many friends from other places. We all analyzed each other’s photos together, and we couldn’t find it either.”
"The largest number currently counted is Stadium No. 9183 on the outskirts of Yinchuan, Gansu. Does this mean there are 10,000 in the country? Although I called the Beyond Brokerage Company for verification and received no response, does the silence itself also prove that
What?"
"If there are 10,000 free stadiums for civilians across the country, but no one comes to claim them after so many days after the screenshot incident, then 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 funds can’t support it at all, and the same goes for the General Administration of Sports, so who is it?”
"I have three pieces of evidence that allow me to judge that Wang Ai did it. First, he has been at the top of the Chinese celebrity income list for many years. If there are 10,000 stadiums in the country, the total investment will not be less than 30 billion. No one else has this except him.
Financial resources. I mean, many entrepreneurs have this financial strength, but do not have such large-scale liquidity. Secondly, in my impression, he once said in an interview that he wanted to do this, but he just followed up.
There has been no movement, and no one else has said anything. Third, there have been rumors over the years that Wang Ai has done a lot of charity activities, but no one can tell what the specifics are, and we have not heard that Wang Ai himself has done anything.
What an overly extravagant act. Every year CCTV interviews with him will reveal to us what his home looks like. Frankly speaking, in addition to being big, the decoration is even simple. So where does his money go?"
"So, my conclusion is that he did it. Because he has the ability and motivation, and he once said he would do it. With his very low-key and peaceful personality off the court, he probably did it silently, and
Without telling us, I still remember in an interview that he said Bai Fangli and Cong Fei were his idols. As a loyal fan of his, although I should follow his wishes, what he did was too big, and I really couldn’t help myself from saying it loudly
The urge to tell everyone..."
Wang Ai couldn't stand the last part anymore. He picked up the phone and called Shi Wenjun: "Didn't I ask you to contact the publicity department?"
Shi Wenjun's voice was also very tired: "We contacted him, and the chief agreed in principle, but before specific arrangements were made, this article came out. Look now, all the major platforms are pushing it, some
The official media also got involved one after another, and it was retweeted everywhere. The chief's consent was originally very reluctant, and he said he respected our wishes. Listen, it is to give us face, not because the publicity department thinks this matter should be suppressed. "
"That is to say, now the publicity department wants to follow the trend? They were not willing in the first place? Are they not worried about 10,000 'Wang Ai Stadiums'? That is 10,000."
Shi Wenjun's response was silence.
Wang Ai sighed: "How can this be good? I am just a football player... The artifact cannot be stolen, and if the virtue is not matched, you will suffer disaster... Oh, help me prepare a draft, just say... Eh? I
It’s only a small part of the investment, right? The rest is invested by enterprises!”
"What company?"
"..." Wang Ai was speechless, and sighed again after a long time: "It's really troublesome. Can we just say it's an anonymous company?"
"Why should other companies be anonymous? Are companies afraid of becoming famous? There is only one kind of company, that is, illegal companies, or even money laundering. Do you want such suspicion to be attached 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 the fans to know that my family is also very rich. This will make some fans feel alienated from me. Besides, although my family's business is private, my family's life is not the same.
Luxury, what else is there besides a few houses and a bunch of gems? Even private jets have become corporate aircraft, I..."
"No." Shi Wenjun interrupted Wang Ai: "Do you think the stadium is invested by Northern Light Industry?"
"Isn't it? When I sold the Internet cafe chain in exchange for 10 billion, I told my family that half of it would be invested in the stadium."
"Would a normal company keep 5 billion in its hands for 12 years? Besides, have you forgotten that your family invested in XJ and Sichuan's cotton spinning and sanitary napkin manufacturing industry shortly afterwards? Also, what happens after 5 billion? A company with total assets
Can a 200 billion company get 20 billion in working capital? Even if it can, who will make an unprofitable investment like free stadiums? Who dares to do this? Aren’t you afraid of the capital chain being broken?”
Shi Wenjun's series of rhetorical questions left Wang Ai speechless: "How can I have so much money?"
"In 2010, you signed a contract with Adidas for the second time. Every year, this company will give you 640 million. From that year on, you will input 3.5 billion to Wang Fund every year, 14 billion in 4 years. In 08, you will earn 3 billion, and you will input 2 billion every year.
This is 160. In the past six years, your total income was 7 billion, and your input was 4 billion."
