In fact, Li Qi had long expected that scalpers would appear, but he did not expect it to happen so soon. The Cuju competition has just begun, and the appearance of scalpers will not be conducive to the development of the competition.
But Li Qi was also very helpless about this. He knew that it was impossible to completely eliminate scalpers, but he could not let it go. If this was the case, then the bull party would become even more intensified, and there might even be more in the future.
With the emergence of counterfeit bills, it is necessary to put pressure on the scalpers from the beginning to minimize the occurrence of this situation. And by leaving this matter to a ruffian like Xu Laowu, he is simply planning to attack it both black and white.
After settling this matter, the three masters and servants of Li Qi came to the main entrance of the Cuju field. Although there was still nearly an hour before the start of the game, there was an opening ceremony ahead, so the audience, both male and female, had already begun to enter the venue one after another.
, forming a group, so lively, which shows the influence of Cuju in the Song Dynasty.
"Master Li."
Just as Li Qi was preparing to enter the venue, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind. He turned around and saw that it was Cai Laohu and Cai Laosan. He said in a haphazard manner: "Commissioner, I didn't expect you to be here too."
Cai Minde laughed and said: "Master Li, don't underestimate Cai. Cai's footwork back then was not inferior to others."
"Ah?" Li Qi looked at Cai Minde from top to bottom with a look of disbelief. With your figure, can you lift your feet?
Under Li Qi's surprised gaze, Cai Minde looked slightly embarrassed and said, "It's just that I haven't played football for a long time. I'm getting older and I'm not as strong as before."
Sweating! What a bad excuse. Li Qi smiled and said: "Is that member here to support that team?"
"Of course it's Qiyunshe. I bet them 50 coins to win."
"Fifty guan? That's too little. It doesn't suit your status as a member."
This gambling was done by you, do I dare to play more? Cai Minde smiled and said: "Cai is just playing casually. Even if he bets 500 coins, it is not bad for Cai, and Cai still likes to be the banker."
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Sure enough, you are rich. Li Qi smiled and said: "That's true. If you bet fifty thousand dollars, Hongwan Gambling House might not dare to accept it."
Cai Minde chuckled, came to Li Qi's side, and whispered: "Master Li, Cai has something to discuss with you."
"What's up?"
"Cai also wants to get a Cuju team to participate. What do you think?"
Li Qi was stunned and then realized that the Cuju team was fake. The key point was that he wanted to use the Cuju team to advertise Jade Cui Xuan. This is understandable. Many people in later generations did this. He said: "This is a good thing, but there is one
The premise is that you can't just randomly pick a few people to form a team. The strength must meet the requirements."
Cai Minde nodded and said: "Don't worry, if you give me more money, experts will come. Then this matter is settled."
"Okay, let's discuss it in detail then."
During the conversation, the two came to the door. Cai Laosan took out two tickets and handed them to the ticket inspector. Li Qi, because he was an internal employee, did not need tickets.
At this time, a steward in charge of the ticket inspection came over and said to Li Qi: "Commander Bu, you are finally here. The lieutenant has given orders. When he said that you were here, he asked you to go to the VIP table immediately. Everyone has come to ask questions."
Several times.”
"Okay, I get it now."
Li Qi nodded, separated from Cai Minde after entering the venue, and walked towards the VIP seat in the middle.
This venue was also modeled after the football fields of later generations. It is in the shape of a staircase from top to bottom, and the VIP seats are arranged in the middle area, which are small private rooms separated by wooden boards. There are eight VIP private rooms in total, distributed around.
The ticket price for VIP seats also reaches ten dollars, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
I saw that the private room in the middle was surrounded by guards, and it was heavily guarded.
After the guard reported, Li Qi walked in, while Ma Qiao and Chen Anan stood outside and watched. When Li Qi came to the private room, he saw that Song Huizong, Gao Qiu, Wang Fu, Li Bangyan, Zhao Kai, and Zhao Huan had already arrived.
, there is a long table in front of you with all kinds of fine wines, delicacies, fruits and cakes. This is the special treatment for VIP seats.
All the wine for the Cuju competition is provided by Fan Lou. Li Qi’s Tianxia Wushuang is still too expensive and not suitable for this place. Of course, the wine is not free, you still have to pay. Fan Lou sells the wine at a lower price.
Sell it to the alliance, and the alliance will raise the price and sell it to the audience to earn intermediate profits.
"I see you, Your Majesty." Li Qi bowed and saluted.
"No gift."
Song Huizong said displeased: "Why did you come just now?"
Gao Qiu also slightly glared at Li Qi. He had repeatedly urged Li Qi to come earlier yesterday, but this guy turned a deaf ear to it and delayed his entry until it was about to start.
Why are you glaring at me? I don’t want to. If it weren’t for the wicked thing your precious son did, would I be late? Li Qi said sarcastically: “When I went back to the emperor, I met an acquaintance on the way to Weichen, and I was delayed for a while.”
Song Huizong did not blame him and said: "Sit down."
Li Qi thanked him, and then sat on the seat at the edge. After all, everyone here was several levels older than him. His butt was not yet warm, and he heard Song Huizong say: "Li Qi, I listen to Gao Aiqing
As you said, the idea of this Cuju competition and the renovation of this place were all your ideas?"
Li Qi hurriedly said: "The reward is too great, Taiwei. In fact, Weichen only gave some small suggestions, which were all handled by Taiwei alone. Moreover, Weichen was very busy these days and did not help Taiwei. He felt very guilty.
.”
Gao Qiu felt better after hearing what he said.
Song Huizong chuckled and said: "Of course I know this, but you have really done a good job in transforming this place. You don't know how to play Cuju, so why can you think of something that others can't think of?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although Weichen doesn't know how to play Cuju, Weichen is a businessman, so the starting point of my work must be the interests of the customers. I designed it this way just to make the audience more comfortable and make the audience more comfortable.
The players feel more comfortable playing.”
Song Huizong smiled and nodded: "Yes, yes, it should be so." After a pause, he said again: "This is the first game with your guard horses. Are you confident?"
If I had confidence, then why would I open such a huge handicap? Li Qi said confidently: "I definitely have confidence, but it's up to people to plan things and to make things happen."
Song Huizong laughed and said: "You are really cunning. After all, you still don't have the confidence to win Qiyun Society."
This has nothing to do with me. It was all handled by that idiot Hu You. Can I have confidence? Li Qi smiled and did not answer.
As time went by, the venue was filled with people, and the noise was deafening. The topic of discussion was still gambling, because everyone knew the outcome and the key was the handicap.
Even before the game started, the atmosphere began to become tense.
After a while, firecrackers suddenly sounded outside. After the firecrackers, there were several more gongs and drums. A master of ceremonies came to the middle of the venue. The venue suddenly became quiet, and everyone stared at the master of ceremonies in the middle.
Originally, Brother Qiu planned to let Li Qi be the master of ceremonies, but Li Qi remembered the last opening ceremony of Taishi College and decisively refused. Doing this in an era without microphones would really cost lives.
The emcee probably knew this, so he didn't talk too much nonsense. He mainly described the significance and founding process of this Cuju competition, casually praised Brother Qiu a few words, and then thanked the audience for the show.
Next is the entrance ceremony.
The first person to enter the venue was naturally the host. From Taiwei Mansion, a graceful girl walked in holding a wooden sign. Then twelve players jogged into the venue.
It was a good thing that Li Qi didn't look at it. He almost stopped laughing when he saw it. This was clearly the Prodigal Sons team. He saw Gao Yanei wearing a new red uniform and a red headband on his forehead. He ran into the field first and didn't forget to greet the audience.
They waved and waved. The only thing that stood out was that he finally didn’t put any red flowers in his eyes and looked much more normal. The people following him were not bad guys. They were Hong Tianjiu, Zhou Hua, Xu Fei and
Several good Cuju players from Taiwei Mansion.
This lineup is really too strong.
After the audience saw clearly, boos burst out from all directions, with a hint of cheers in between. The shouters were naturally their group of friends, but they were outnumbered and were quickly covered up by the boos. Even the girls and young women
They all responded with pleasant boos.
Thousands of people booed together, and the scene was so spectacular.
This shows how bad the reputation of the fourth young master is.
After hearing these boos, Gao Qiu kept shaking his head and sighing. He never expected that the audience would be so disrespectful.
But it's no wonder, Gao Yanei usually offends a lot of people, and those people dare to be angry but dare not speak out. Today is a good opportunity for revenge. With all these people booing, Gao Yanei can't find anyone to take revenge.
Gao Yanei and others were no longer as coquettish as they had just entered the scene. They all lowered their heads and were too embarrassed to see others.
What followed was Gao Yanei's mortal enemy, the Imperial College team headed by Song Yuchen. When they saw a group of talented people wearing purple uniforms running into the field, the cheers were deafening, and Song Yuchen's name resounded throughout the whole room.
In the Cuju court, especially the girls, all of them were nymphomaniacs, trying not to hide their admiration for Song Yuchen.
There is a huge difference between heaven and earth. The Taiwei Mansion has been completely embarrassed today.
When Li Qi saw all this, he wanted to laugh but was embarrassed. He glanced at the others and saw that they were all trying to hold back their smiles just like him. Only Brother Qiu had a livid look on his face.
Next came the remaining six folk Cuju clubs. These Cuju clubs can be considered old-established teams and have their own fans. The worst ones are better than the Taiweifu team.
The last folk Cuju club was naturally the famous Qiyun Club. Li Qi had long wanted to see this No. 1 Cuju club in Tokyo. He immediately looked forward to it when he saw a group of players wearing white uniforms running in. What shocked him the most was
Surprisingly, the two leaders looked exactly the same, they were twins.
I also heard the crowd shouting the names "Zhang Yishan" and "Zhang Yishui".
It seems that these two people are the trump cards of Qiyun Society. Li Qi showed a trace of worry on his face and asked the guards not to be too embarrassed.
Li Bangyan looked arrogant. He came from Qiyun Society.
Next is the Cuju team organized by the imperial court. The first team to enter is the guard horses. Like the Taiwei Mansion, they are wearing brown uniforms designed by Li Qi.
Then there is the Palace Secretary. As for the guards, because of their poor strength, they were ruthlessly removed from the quota by Gao Qiu and replaced by the Hanlin Academy.
The finale was naturally the Royal team, all wearing yellow uniforms. This was organized by Song Huizong himself. As soon as the Royal team came on the stage, no one dared to boo, and there was thunderous applause.
Song Huizong stood up with a proud look on his face, walked forward, and felt very proud as he watched his royal team play.
In fact, the first scheduled opening match was to select a team from the imperial court and a team from the private sector. Gao Qiu planned to have the Royal team play against Qiyunshe, but Song Huizong did not want people to think that this was preferential treatment for the Royal team, so that he would treat Cuju
The fairness of the competition was doubtful, so he asked Gao Qiu to make other arrangements. Gao Qiu also planned to let the Taiwei Mansion play against the Dianqian Division, but Gao Yanei refused to do so. He insisted on playing against the Talented Team in the first game, but this was not in line with the situation.
The original idea was that Gao Qiu would simply give Li Qi a face and let the guards fight against Qiyun Society.
Twelve teams lined up in neat rows in the middle of the field.
Song Huizong couldn't wait any longer and asked, "Li Qi, how long do we have to wait?"
Li Qi hurriedly said: "There is also the last step of the flag-raising ceremony and the performance of the theme song of this competition."
"Flag raising ceremony?"
Song Huizong looked curious and was about to ask when he suddenly heard the sound of a zheng from the opposite side. The sound was soothing and graceful, with lingering echoes. Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted: "Isn't that Xu Xingshou?"
I saw a young woman sitting on the edge of the high platform, it was the current leader of the industry, Mrs. Xu, and there were several female musicians sitting beside her.
Song Huizong asked: "Is this the theme song?"
"No, this is just to match the appearance of the flag bearer." Li Qi smiled and suddenly pointed to the opposite side and said: "Your Majesty, look at it."
Song Huizong looked up and saw eight men in new military uniforms walking up from the high platform opposite, wearing uniform leather boots and white gloves. The leader was carrying a big red flag, following the sound of the zheng, walking in goose steps towards the center.
Walk up the long wooden pole.
Song Huizong didn't seem to be interested in Xu's mother-in-law. After all, he already had Li Shishi. Although Xu's mother-in-law was beautiful, she was still a notch behind Li Shishi and Feng Yinu. He focused more on that.
A few flag-bearers looked at the clean and uniform steps. They couldn't help but glance at Li Qi in confusion and said: "Li Qi, what is this step?"
Li Qi said hey: "Your Majesty's guess is good, it was Wei Chen who came up with it."
Song Huizong opened his mouth slightly and was stunned for a moment. He didn't even bother to praise. He felt a little speechless. He shook his head and looked to the opposite side.
As for the ministers, they looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to say.
Li Qi looked at their expressions and was very puzzled. How about you at least show your attitude? What does this expression mean?
I saw the eight people coming to the flagpole and lining up in a row. The music of the zheng just stopped. Swish, swish, swish, and the eight flag bearers simultaneously raised their right hands toward Song Huizong.
Seeing that Song Huizong was still in a daze, Li Qi whispered: "Your Majesty, they are saluting you. Because the distance is too far, it is difficult to perform the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, so the humble ministers made the decision without authorization and asked them to salute you like this. I don’t know if it’s okay or not, just wave.”
Wave? Song Huizong felt that this gift was too handsome. His own wave was much weaker. He immediately threw out his right hand and gave a fascist salute that only wanted to be handsome but not standard.
This actually shocked Li Qi. You are too showy.
Only then did the eight flag bearers put down their hands. Six of them stood in two rows on both sides. Two of them stood at the edge of the flagpole, fixed the flag on the flagpole, and then stood upright.
The zither sound sounded again.
But the sound of the zheng at this time is completely opposite to that just now. After a short introduction, the sound of the zheng suddenly becomes impassioned. The sound of the zheng is rich and deep, making people listen to it passionately.
The big flag slowly rose up at the sound of the zheng sound. When it reached a certain height, a flag-bearer was seen holding one end of the flag and waving it hard.
There are no fans these days. Fortunately, the weather is good, and the wind is relatively strong today. But seeing the big flag spread out in the wind, the crowd immediately burst into exclamation.
I saw that the big flag was surrounded by red, and there was a white shadow in the middle. The image of the white shadow was exactly the moment when a person kicked the ball out with one move, and his posture was elegant and unrestrained.
Li Bangyan exclaimed and said: "The white shadow on the flag looks so familiar." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes.