You Shuiping delivered the firecrackers that Wan Feng bought on the afternoon of the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Thirty thousand yuan worth of firecrackers filled an entire house.

This house is located in the northwest corner of the Wan family compound, the farthest from the Wan family's small building.

This is a house with no windows but only a door. It is made entirely of reinforced concrete and is specially used for setting off firecrackers.

Of course, the children's firecrackers were not placed here. The two children, who couldn't wait for the firecrackers to be rotten, celebrated the New Year in advance the day the firecrackers arrived home. From that night on, the Wan family's yard began to be filled with fireworks, mingled with the laughter of Wan Chongyang and Wan Yu.

Luan is naturally indispensable in such occasions. Of course, there is also Wan Shuichang who stands at the door and laughs without feeling cold, and there is also someone beside him who symbolically supports him with his hand.

Zhang Xuan and Zhu Min stood side by side on the other side, smiling at the mother and her two daughters busying around in the middle of the yard.

There is a peaceful atmosphere in every home.

The Spring Festival of 2002 came quietly in the peaceful atmosphere of thousands of families.

The Spring Festival Gala opened with the song "Come with Spring" by Zhou Peng, who was not called Sa Dingding at that time.

Wan Feng felt that he had not watched the Spring Festival Gala with his parents for two or three years, so tonight he carried Wan Yu to his parents' warm kang downstairs to watch the Spring Festival Gala with them.

After the song "Come with Spring" ended, spring had not yet arrived, but friends from the neighborhood had all arrived.

Guan Hai, Xu Jun, An Bo, Liu Yong, Li Jun and a group of seven or eight people came together.

Some of them, like Guan Hai, work for Nanwan Group, some open their own small factories to provide supporting services to Nanwan, and some work as large wholesalers in Wahou Market.

These people would come to Wan Feng's house every New Year's Eve to listen to Wan Feng talk about the current economic and international situation.

In this regard, they had no doubt about Wan Feng's words and were full of admiration for him.

Wan Yu grabbed handfuls of melon seeds with her little hands and stuffed them into other people's hands one by one.

This year's topic is mainly focused on the World Cup, and everyone is fantasizing about how the Chinese team will perform in the World Cup three months later.

After some debate, Wan Feng was asked to make the decision without exception.

"There's nothing to argue about. Your ideals are too ambitious. For a football team to score a goal in the World Cup is a victory."

Wan Feng made the final judgment.

"Wan Feng! We noticed that you don't seem to like football." Xu Jun asked while cracking melon seeds.

He, Anbo, Liu Yong and Li Jun used to do wholesale business of electronic components at Wahou Market, and they all made tens of millions of dollars in fortune over the years.

However, he and Liu Yong no longer do wholesale business in the Wahou Market, but have built a factory in Huanghui to do electronic supporting business for Nanwan Group.

"It's not a matter of whether I like it or not. In my eyes, sports are just entertainment. We are not in the sports industry. This may be the reason why I don't pay much attention to the sports field."

To like football? In my last life, it was a nuisance to me until 2018. In this life, if he still pays attention to football when he knows the consequences, then he must be crazy!

Of course, this is not the case. Wan Feng has portrayed himself as someone who is naturally not fond of sports, although he exercises every day.

"You mean we'd be lucky if we could score one goal?"

"You won't go wrong if you think along the lines of what I say."

The strength of this national team is still acceptable in Asia, but there are still some issues to be discussed in the use of players.

To be honest, Li Ming's failure to be selected was beyond the expectations of many people, including Wan Feng.

As an old football fan in his previous life, Wan Feng was extremely pessimistic about some people in that national team, such as the Jingmen legend and the Dongshan legend. Although they had amazing performances in the qualifiers, they were no match for Li Ming on the World Cup stage.

The reason is very simple. Almost all the domestic players who were good at running and jumping were in the Bohai team.

For example, Sun Jihai and Li Ming who can’t stop running.

Another person who is always running, Li Tie, is also from Beiliao.

Sun Jihai and Li Tie are already well-known figures, but most people may know less about Li Ming.

Li Ming's nickname in the domestic football world back then was Field Soldier. This title was not given for nothing. He was good at running, and his skills were at least not worse than those of his substitute, the famous Dongshan player.

At the 1998 World Cup, Wan Feng couldn't remember which domestic host it was, but he said that Italy's Signori's run was touching.

Whenever the camera switches to Signori, he is running tirelessly, and it seems that he will never stop.

The person whose running moves people so deeply in Chinese football is Li Ming.

But unfortunately, he was injured in the first game, which gave his substitute the opportunity.

After he recovered from his injury, the qualifiers were over, so he never appeared on the Chinese national team's World Cup roster again.

As for the Jingmen legend, Wan Feng never thought he had any outstanding qualities, even though he scored the most important goal for the Chinese team to qualify.

To be honest, the player Wan Feng was most optimistic about in the Jingmen team at that time was Zhang Xiaorui. He was the best technically skilled player in the country, no doubt about it.

His skills were amazing even in Brazil, a country famous for its technology at the time.

When the Jianlibao team returned to China for their performance, his command in the midfield was amazing!

Chinese football lacks such a midfield core.

Unfortunately, after returning to Jianlibao that year, he fell into decline. Some said it was due to injuries, while others said he was suppressed in the Jing team and did not get many opportunities to play.

His failure to kick it out will always be a pain in Wan Feng's heart.

Of course, given the level of Chinese football at that time, even bringing Li Ming along wouldn't necessarily make any difference, because your overall level is still there.

"I advise you not to have too high expectations when watching the World Cup. I am speaking objectively."

When the conversation reached this point, the Spring Festival Gala was just performing the segment where Huang Hong went on stage to sell flower pots.

Huang Hong's line: "We won the football game and the flowerpot became popular" just echoed Wan Feng's words.

The conversation then shifted to the economy, and these people wanted to hear Wan Feng's outlook for 2002.

Wan Feng talked for a long time without saying anything.

The general meaning is that after joining the WTO, the country's economy will improve and the growth rate will be even greater, but for domestic companies, there may not be much good news, and they may have to go through a few years of hard times if they are not careful.

As numerous domestic enterprises from various fields are crowding into the huge Chinese market, many domestic enterprises and brands will be impacted and go bankrupt and close down. This is the general trend.

There will be a few years of turmoil, and it will last until around 2010.

This period was also the most chaotic stage in China, and all kinds of monsters and demons came out to stir up trouble in these few years.

However, after this period of time, China will begin its complete nirvana and truly rise.