Chapter 8 The battle between Yushen with a price of 3 million yuan

Huang Kang, the vice president of Shenzhen Ping An, remembers very clearly that he did get on the plane with a cash box that day. His direct rival, Sichuan Quanxing, had already expressed his intention to take the bait, and someone in Chongqing also offered 3 million yuan, hoping that they would "Buy murderers and shoot people", you can fight Shenyang sea lions to the death and save them a way out. Zhang Jian told about the "Chongqing Unsolved Case" in Bermuda, China, which was at a Beijing porridge shop.He had just finished singing at the "Heaven on Earth" K near the East Third Ring Road, and he drank a little too much, so he went to this all-night porridge shop and planned to drink two bowls of red dates and wolfberry porridge, which is said to sober up and nourish the stomach.The weather has gradually turned cooler. In an unrestrained life, this is self-regulation.

Now, this has become Zhang Jian's most usual life.A year ago, Mu Suixin, the mayor of Shenyang City, and Ma Xiangdong were sacked successively. Many people believed that this directly led to the withdrawal of the Brilliance Group, which had a close relationship with Mu Suixin, from the football circle.Half a year ago, Yang Rong, chairman of Brilliance Group, left the United States and did not return. Because of the direct confrontation with the government in the launch of new projects, the once proud Brilliance Group declined.Within a year, Zhang Jian lost two tiers of identities in a row. Because he controlled all the funds of Brilliance Group for Shenyang Sea Lions Club, he has always been the actual controller of the club, and because of his close relationship with Yang Rong, he has always been in the group. play an important role.But now, he has almost become a lonely apartment.

Zhang Jian has always been very crazy, a standard fierce man, and loves big scenes.Not long after he entered the football circle, he accused Mark Jian of being unfair at the Football Association's delisting meeting at the end of 1998, and became famous.As a drama actor, he definitely lacks the spirit of entertainment in football, but after several years of ups and downs in the football circle, this seems to be very lacking in content and meaningless.My heart feels like grass growing, always looking for someone to talk to. A few friends went to the porridge shop this evening.Some people saw him talking excitedly, and began to tease him to tell the truth about the Yushen pending case.However, a bit of alcohol did not make Zhang Jian lose his basic vigilance. On the contrary, it made him speak more like a profound philosopher: "There are some things, in fact, there is no point in discussing the true and the false. No matter what, I believe that is the truth." A match that made a huge contribution to Shenyang football."

This is Zhang Jian's point of view. It has been three years since the game on December 5, 1999, but it is always easy to be mentioned, because it was a complicated drama, far from Zhang Jian's. It can be compared with the stage of the drama that once stayed.Also because, that will definitely leave a heavy stroke in the vast history of Chinese football.For the proud, the more thrilling the time, the more exciting the memory, but for the frustrated, it is destined to be an indelible pain. On that day, the imperial calendar said that it was forbidden to travel far, but Zhang Jian and the Shenyang Sea Lions had to go to Chongqing to complete a game that would determine their fate.

In 1999, China was full of excitement and turmoil. Luliang's Zhongke Entrepreneurship, Tang Wanxin's Delong Department, these talented "bankers" are setting off waves in the stock market.A foreigner named Hurun is trying his best to concoct his chaotic and vague "Hundred Rich List", and Brilliance's Yang Rong will soon be included in his list.People don't know whether there is an inevitable connection between this restlessness and the football world, but what is certain is that on December 5, the last round of A-A that year was no simpler than the chaotic stock market.

Dalian Wanda, Shenzhen Ping An scored 28 points, Qingdao Manatee, Guangzhou Songri scored 27 points, and Shenyang Sea Lions scored 25 points. Until the last day, there were still 5 teams who did not know their final fate.Qingdao Manatee, which has always been in the most dangerous situation, has already stood on a very favorable commanding height by virtue of the previous two rounds of winning streak. The miracle of successfully avoiding relegation by scoring 9 points in a row can almost be regarded as a tradition of Qingdao football. Memories are montages.Huang Kang, the vice president of Shenzhen Ping An, remembers very clearly that he did get on the plane with a cash box that day. His direct rival, Sichuan Quanxing, had already expressed his intention to take the bait, and someone in Chongqing also offered 3 million yuan, hoping that they would "Buy murderers and shoot people", you can fight Shenyang sea lions to the death and save them a way out.However, the following memory, Huang Kang seemed ambiguous. Why did he not open the cash box he brought in the end under such a dangerous situation? Is it because the Ping An Group no longer wants to spend such wronged money?Or do they not believe that the teams behind them really want to win?

If necessary, Chinese football is fully equipped with such capabilities.Shenzhen Ping An is very unfortunate, because this world just does not do things without giving money.But Shenzhen Ping An is very lucky, because there is another person named Pan Sutong who is also nervously thinking about this complicated math problem, and he is just as lucky as them.The unspoken rules are so awe-inspiring and inviolable that even the retaliatory psychology after not getting the money will be stronger than the sense of responsibility after getting the money.The Tianjin people never gave the speculators any chance. They fought to the end, 3 to 2, and knocked Guangzhou Songri to the ground.However, the head coach of Songri secretly breathed a sigh of relief, because, with one minute left, the draw in Chongqing will escort them ashore safely.The boss, Pan Sutong, has never agreed to Tianjin's 2 million "road money", and he will act as a righteous man who will never give in to evil forces in the future.

However, 1 minute later, news came from Chongqing that the score had been rewritten, and the Shenyang Sea Lions had won away. It was only when Pan Sutong later sued the Chinese Football Association that he learned about everything that happened in Chongqing in detail.In this play involving a lot of excerpts, only the Shenyang Sea Lions have no way out and must score 3 points. This is the power to survive after death.Some insiders can fully believe that Chongqing's previous "inquiry" to Shenzhen Ping'an was either to obtain an unexpected "surprise price", or to find a "trust" for itself when negotiating with Sea Lion.At that time, Brilliance Jinke, which had already sold sea lion bread like a raging fire, would never give up the opportunity to "make a huge contribution to Shenyang football". They were a firm buyer.Later, interested people went to pay their respects to the former negotiation site——Chongqing Jinshan Hotel.As for 1.8 million, 2 million, or 3 million, the figure is unknown.

What is certain is that although the Football Association stipulates that the last round of the whistle should be opened uniformly, the Yushen battle still insisted on starting 7 minutes late.This is Chinese-style wisdom. In the "11.17" China-Hong Kong battle that made the Chinese team suffer a lot of humiliation in 2004, it was because the Kuwaitis made up the net for 5 minutes before the opening of the second half, and they were able to calmly calculate the score. Therefore, the real shame of the "11.17" China-Hong Kong battle does not lie in the loss of the Chinese team, but in the fact that we were so badly calculated by the West Asians who have never been too clever.

It was those 7 minutes that allowed the Sea Lions to make up their minds before moving.The Chongqing team's lead in the first half is the need of the plot, and the Chongqing team's switch from offense to defense in the second half is also an inevitable tacit understanding.In the 60th minute, the Chongqing team goalkeeper Fu Bin first moved in the opposite direction and lost his center of gravity, and then turned around to make a save, which seemed a bit lacking in technical content. This also made Fu Bin need to use professional terms to explain what he left behind The "flaw" below.This save was as clear as it was engraved on a CD for a long time. Everyone believed that Fu Bin should not have made a mistake. His hand retracted very disabled and missed the ball.

Although Xu Tao, the goalkeeper coach at the time, kept saying that the leak was technically normal, no one believed it, and even included him in the discussion.There will be introductions about Xu Tao later, but his explanations are useless. Everyone knows the result. In the 94th minute, the bloody Sea Lions team finally scored the winning goal. Zhang Jian, who was on the bench, looked like a madman.In many cases, knowing that something is false will make people feel sad and happy, and even start to believe it is true. Today, exactly 10 years later, Lee Jang-soo, a Korean who suffered from match-fixing, finally broke through this layer of window paper.He admitted that he had discovered the problem at half-time and was persuaded to "protect the collective interest". He also admitted that this was the first lesson about match-fixing in his coaching career.However, after 10 long years, this is more like a bold joke that has passed the search period, things are still people, otherwise, history will be forced to turn this long page and turn those pale narratives into The heaviest confession. From the public admiration caused by the defense of Chengdu, to the public anger caused by "speaking nothing", to the pursuit of the truth after the Yushen case, the professionalization of Chinese football has indeed caused this industry to be repeatedly exposed under a wide-angle lens. .However, such a change may at most mean a change in the direction of people's cognition. As for the truth, it is only the relationship between fifty steps and one hundred steps. Infinitely close is equal to infinitely far away. Public opinion across the country condemned, and Guangzhou Songri also persistently appealed like Qiu Ju's lawsuit. The Football Association is facing tremendous pressure.What needs to be emphasized is that we have repeatedly accused the Football Association of inaction, but in fact this is an inevitable result.Like any industry, football has unspoken rules, even vicious rules, but few people break through the iron curtain. It may be because of entanglement of interests, or it may be a mouse-hunter. Occasionally, a fearless person will come out, either a fool or a hero. Of course, on December 17th, only 12 days before the Yushen battle, the Football Association finally bit the bullet and organized a special investigation team, and appointed 9 reporters from CCTV, "China Sports News" and "Football" three media, Report with the group.At that time, the members of the special case team already had a lot of materials in their hands, which were nothing more than routine inquiries of relevant personnel from all walks of life within 12 days.For example, ask Lee Jang-soo, why did the Chongqing team perform differently in the first and second half?Li Zhangzhu replied that when the players heard that Sichuan had scored a goal, their emotions changed.This is like a cold joke. The Chongqing team has long been desperate for results. I really don't know what other scores will stimulate them?For another example, ask Cheng Penghui, why does the Chongqing team seem to lack fighting spirit?Cheng Penghui almost didn't laugh. He really wanted to tease the boring questioner, but after thinking about it, this is a serious topic after all, so he thought about answering. Our club is also very dissatisfied with the performance of the players, and has already held a special team meeting , Let the team members conduct a deep reflection and summary. The purpose of the questioner is actually to ask the question and record the answer.In fact, the special investigation team headed by Feng Jianming, director of the Information Office, and Qin Xiaobao, director of the Supervision Department, knew before they set off how much they could do. every detail in time.The investigation team has an important mission, but rather than saying that their real mission is to find out the truth, it is better to say that they must accumulate a wealth of writing materials for this purpose, and provide the most detailed written materials for the Football Association to deal with this matter in the future. Indeed, it has been "acting". In 2002, Ma Chengquan, director of the League Department of the Football Association, was in charge of investigating the "relationship" and collected a whole sack of evidence. Similarly, in addition to achieving the purpose of "acting", he quickly occupied a corner of the Football Association's warehouse. On December 21, the investigation team and the accompanying reporters landed at Shenyang Taoxian Airport.Zhang Jian, assistant to the chairman of Sea Lion Group, and Xu Xiaomin, general manager of the club, gave a warm welcome with a pious attitude towards the central working group, and expressed that they would actively cooperate with the investigation. The next morning, the "active" Sea Lions club really called a lot of players.No one knows whether they memorized their lines overnight, but if they answered the investigation team's statement one by one, with a little polish, it is an excellent communication that reflects the unyielding struggle of the Sea Lions and the victory of the weak over the strong. At 9:30, Qin Xiaobao, director of the Supervision Department, and his staff accompanied a female accountant of the Sea Lion Club down to the club's office on the 9th floor.Qin Xiaobao has a backpack on his shoulder, and a white abacus is exposed from the backpack.She was smiling all the time, but her eye-catching outfit still clearly gave away her true purpose.Before this trip, it was widely rumored that a huge sum of 1.8 million yuan of completely unknown origin appeared in the accounts of the Sea Lion Club. This should have aroused the good association of the Football Association, and it should also be the root cause of the investigation team members from the Ministry of Supervision.We have to admit that there is a big deviation from most people's understanding of investigating economic crimes. A white abacus is actually the only "criminal investigation tool" in the mobilizing investigation team. Five minutes later, the female accountant walked to the door, as if waking up suddenly, shouted: "I forgot to bring the key to the accounting room." Then she left in a hurry, leaving Qin Xiaobao and her assistant completely at a loss. Half an hour later, the female accountant reappeared, her face flushed. Shenyang in December was already bitingly cold, and she probably walked a long way in the whistling north wind.No. 9 Beiling Street, Xiangyunlou Hotel, where the Sea Lion Club is located, is to the north and not a lively place to live.The three of them entered the room without any greetings, and entered the work quickly. After 3 minutes, the first dialogue came from behind the concealed door: "I'm sorry, I didn't come at that time." A carefully selected account book has been laid out long ago.The little cashier's half an hour just now became very suspicious. Maybe she just went to a certain room in this hotel, asked their financial management staff for the key, and then ran a few laps outside the gate and returned to the ninth floor , Moreover, for the two rows of cabinets and safes close to the two walls in the accounting room, the little cashier could no longer find any way to open the locks on them. Zhang Jian later told his friends that they could not accept the Football Association's investigation in this regard, and their financial office was only open to the taxation department.This day was a normal Tuesday. Until 10 am, there was no second financial person in this financial room. The arrival of the investigation team gave them an unexpected vacation.After confirming that Qin Xiaobao and others left the hotel, it is believed that the room will soon be filled with the original staff. The selected account book may only record some current accounts for the purchase of office supplies. In fact, Qin Xiaobao doesn't even need to bring an abacus. It will be some figures that can be reached by mental calculation or finger pointing.However, the most important thing is the conclusion, because it represents an essential link and process, 1.8 million and 1.80 yuan, written on paper, are the same number. Yang Xu, You Ke and Xu Hongtao were actually controlled in similar hotels later on. For some years, the decoration was average, and it was close to the northern suburbs. After winter, the old north wind often seemed like someone was knocking on your window.But the biggest difference is that what they are facing is definitely not a white abacus. The investigation team returned to Beijing soon, and the time for the Football Association to announce the results was continuously delayed until March 17, 2000, after 103 days, the punishment results finally came out.The two clubs were each fined 400,000 yuan, and game supervisor Wang Youmin was warned, presumably for allowing the Sea Lions players to spend seven minutes checking their equipment before the game began.The Football Association seems to have always avoided a logic. If they have a problem, it is by no means as simple as a fine. If they have no problem, then what reason is there to fine them?And the best way to avoid this logic is to deal with all of them as "negative games", not even match-fixing, because match-fixing is a problem with behavior, while negative games are just a problem with attitude.At that time, the reason for revoking the certificates of Chen Yiming and Wang Hongli's senior coaches was that they directed two negative games. Today, the fines imposed on Yushen are still the same. If it is not for the emergence of the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Bureau, this term will still be used to deal with all suspicious question. This is a happy ending. Three days later, the two clubs each credited 400,000 to the account designated by the Football Association, and the relevant financial personnel filled out the receipt for the two clubs, with three words written on it: Received. Since the exchange rate was merged in 1994, the RMB exchange rate in my country’s foreign exchange market has remained basically stable at about 8.28 yuan per US dollar. This data shows that the RMB has not appreciated or depreciated significantly in the past decade or so.The fine of 800,000 yuan received by the Football Association is not a small amount, whether it was then or now. The RMB has not depreciated, so what has depreciated? In November 2009, 10 years after the Battle of Yushen, the CCTV anti-gambling report revealed that the price for Guangyao to buy the battle with Shanxi Land Rover was only 200,000 yuan. In 1999, Pan Sutong of Guangzhou Songri was lucky on the road to relegation, so he didn't pay 2 million to buy peace. In 2006, Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals did not dare to be careless on the way to the Super League. It used 200,000 yuan to score 3 points. The 2 million yuan in 1999 and the 200,000 yuan in 2006 should be said to be the average price of the year. The difference lies in the match-fixing in 1999. Commodities are rare and mysterious, and favors are valuable. In 2006, Wang Po and You Ke started to wholesale at low prices on a large scale, and the operators became extremely pure. Pan Sutong, who did not give in and took out 2 million, completed the end of football.Compared with Guangzhou Pharmaceutical, which easily compromised, invested 200 million to reap the shame, it is ironic enough.