Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 34 I don't want everyone to have nothing to eat

While Hua Guojun was explaining tactics to the players and cheering them on, Pei Wei did not use his best inspiring words in the locker room to mobilize the enthusiasm of the players, but hid alone. Smoking outside the locker room door.

The door of the locker room opened, and Xia Liquan came out. Seeing Pei Weizheng smoking a cigarette by himself, he was stunned for a moment and then greeted him, "Mr. Pei."

"Coach Xia, it's you."

Pei Wei raised his head and handed him a cigarette.

Xia Liquan took the cigarette and lit it, took a deep breath, and then said as if talking to himself: "Today's referee...is really a bit biased."

"It's okay." Pei Wei stomped out the cigarette butt: "It's much better than I expected... At least, there are no penalties that are very unfavorable to us."

"By the way, Mr. Pei, I heard some news just now." Xia Liquan looked at Pei Wei and said, "The boss of BJ Dafeng invited people to dinner in a three-star hotel yesterday...a friend of mine happened to pass by there , He invited... the three referees for today."

"I guessed it." Pei Wei took a deep breath: "Just because of the little home court advantage, we won't suffer so much... But I believe it's just eating, and these referees are not working so hard."

Xia Liquan glanced at Pei Wei in surprise. He found that he couldn't understand this boss more and more now. He said that he was a newcomer to football. He knows things that are not clear to him better than himself. He knows everything, but why didn't he think of doing referee work before the game?Even if you don't let the referee favor you, it's still good to be impartial, right?

He held back for a while, but still couldn't hold back: "President Pei, why do you..."

Looking at Xia Liquan who was hesitant to speak, Pei Wei smiled: "Are you asking me why I don't work as a referee? After all, we already know the referee who played the game today, even where they live all know."

Xia Liquan nodded. He really didn't understand. You know, BJ just treated the referees to a meal. Even if Pei Wei took a little out of the winning bonus, it would be enough for the referees to tilt the balance towards him. Fang's side - this amount of money is just a drop in the bucket compared to Pei Wei's annual investment!

"I'm really rich. Maybe I only need to spend a few thousand dollars to make the referees favor us... After all, they only earn a few hundred dollars for blowing a game." Pei Wei smiled bitterly: "But If so, what's the point of us playing the game? What's the point of having players?"

Xia Liquan was stunned, he didn't understand what Pei Wei's words meant.

"I said that I don't engage in football for money." Pei Wei lit another cigarette: "Because I have no other company that can use the club's reputation to make money. I am purely for football itself."

After slowly exhaling a puff of smoke, Pei Wei thought for a while, and suddenly asked Xia Liquan: "Tell me, what is the essence of football?"

This sentence stunned Xia Liquan and asked, what is the essence of football?He never thought about it.

When he played football before, football could bring him honor. When he scored a goal or won a victory with the team, the cheers from the fans were enough to satisfy his self-esteem the most. After being forced to retire, football can Let him support his family, and the not-so-rich or meager income as a coach can make his family live well... Besides, what else is football?
Xia Liquan thought and thought, Pei Wei's question made him realize that although his life has been closely related to football so far, he doesn't know what the essence of football is.

After thinking for a long time, Xia Liquan shook his head. He is not a philosopher, and he doesn't want to think about such issues.

"The purest essence of football is a game." Pei Wei gave an answer that surprised him: "From the day football was born, football has been a time-killing sport...running, swimming, diving ……These sports are transformed from certain instincts of human beings. Running is because in ancient times people needed to run fast to avoid the pursuit of beasts, and to catch fish and shrimp in the river needed to understand water, while balls such as football and basketball Other sports are completely created by human beings to enrich their spiritual life, so the essence of football is a game."

Xia Liquan nodded. That's true. Ball games are the product of human civilization developed to a certain extent, and they are different from instinctive sports such as running and swimming.

"Football games can please yourself and the audience watching the football... But after football has entered into a professionalization, the audience still gets happiness, but for the players, it is not just as simple as happiness."

"That's their job. It's no different from other jobs. They sell their skills to get income... Think about it, if you are a worker in a factory, your income is based on the items you make every day. However, the quantity and quality of your colleague’s products are not as good as yours, but he bribed the inspectors through bribery. In the end, the quality and quantity of the products produced are not as good as yours, but their income is higher than yours. You are tall...how about you?" Pei Wei suddenly asked.

"Of course I won't be convinced." Xia Liquan said subconsciously.

"That's right, at this point you have two options, one is to report to the boss and ask him to replace a more impartial inspector, and the other is to use bribes to satisfy the inspector and make you happy at the same time as your colleagues income increase... which one do you choose?"

"If the report is useful, I will choose to report." Xia Liquan thought carefully: "But if the report is useless and will be suppressed... Then maybe I will choose bribery."

Xia Liquan smiled wryly, he already understood what Pei Wei meant, but he still used his own words to secretly nod Pei Wei, if you report it, then maybe you will not be able to get along in the football circle.

"You bribe, and he bribes." Pei Wei smiled sarcastically: "Then all workers will no longer focus on how to make the product well, but on how to please the inspectors... ...the final result, maybe the workers and inspectors can get some benefits for a while, but the quality of the products will only get worse and worse, no one sells, and then the whole factory collapses...everyone has nothing to eat...you know what I mean Yet?"

Pei Wei showed a meaningful smile to Xia Liquan: "I don't want everyone to have nothing to eat."

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