In the World Cup footage broadcast by BBC Sports, BBC Sports captured Song Yi sitting in the box watching the game. Song Yi noticed the BBC Sports camera and greeted the audience in front of the TV in a friendly manner.
The reason why Song Yi appeared on the World Cup final stage was because inschool was a sponsor of the German World Cup, and inschool's sideline ads had already appeared on the final field. The football emperor Beckenbauer watched the game in the box with Song Yi.
The main reason why BBC Sports gave Song Yi a shot was because of Manchester United. Although Kim Hee-won is the only female chairman of a Premier League club, people who know Manchester United know that Song Yi is the real helmsman of Manchester United.
Beckenbauer is now the chairman of Bayern Munich. Bayern and Manchester United are both founding members of the G14 club. When Song Yi comes to Berlin to watch the game, Beckenbauer will definitely come out to entertain him.
Beckenbauer knew Song Yi during the 2002 World Cup. Zhou Mengzhun's behavior in the Korea-Japan World Cup disgusted the European football powerhouses. The South Korean team also suffered retribution in this life, and none of the group teams qualified.
South Korea was drawn into Group G, with France, Switzerland and Togo. When the group was announced, the Korean sports media was full of confidence, believing that South Korea, the fourth place in the Korea-Japan World Cup, would definitely qualify as the first in the group and secure a place in the quarterfinals in advance.
In the eyes of Koreans, the French team is already old and failed to qualify from the group stage in the Korea-Japan World Cup. Although Zidane played for the French team, he just celebrated his 34th birthday in the World Cup. Korean media are not optimistic about Zidane's trip to the World Cup.
Compared with other European powerhouses, the Swiss team is not very famous, and Swiss players are rarely seen in the top five European leagues.
If South Korea can qualify as the first in Group G, they will face the second in Group H. Group H consists of Spain, Ukraine, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. If Tunisia and Saudi Arabia are destined to fail to qualify, then Ukraine is likely to be the second in the group.
Since reaching the semi-finals of the Korea-Japan World Cup, the South Korean team has ignored European powerhouses except for Brazil. However, the course of this World Cup gave the South Korean team a resounding slap in the face.
In the first two group matches, France suffered two consecutive draws, South Korea and Switzerland both won one and lost one, and Togo was eliminated early due to two consecutive losses.
In the last match, France defeated Togo and got five points. If South Korea and Switzerland draw, South Korea, Switzerland and France will all have one win, one loss and one draw, and accumulate 4 points. However, South Korea will still be eliminated due to the disadvantage of goal difference.
As a result, in the last match of the group stage, Switzerland defeated South Korea 2-0 and sent the South Korean team home.
When the Korean team failed to qualify in the group stage, the Korean people were very angry and blamed the Korean Football Association, the Korean men's football players and the team's head coach Edworth Carter. In order to calm the fans' anger, the Korean Football Association immediately dismissed the head coach Edworth Carter.
Ever since the Dutch head coach Guus Hiddink successfully led the Korean team to the semi-finals of the World Cup, the Korean men's football team has been very superstitious about Dutch head coaches. Edvard Carter is also the third Dutch head coach after Hiddink.
Before taking office, Edvard Carter led the Dutch team to the semi-finals of the European Cup, and his coaching record was not bad. However, with Hiddink's example, Korean fans are bound to be dissatisfied with Edvard Carter.
In the eyes of Korean fans, we didn't ask you to reach the World Cup finals, we just asked you to secure a place in the quarterfinals, but Carter couldn't even meet such a loose condition. Not only did Carter fail to get a place in the quarterfinals, he didn't even qualify from the group stage, which is a great shame for Korea.
South Korea national team captain Park Ji-sung apologized to the fans immediately after the group stage. He will take the responsibility for the South Korean team's failure to qualify in the group stage and accept the fans' criticism. He will train hard in the summer to make full preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and be in better shape to prepare for the Olympic men's football competition two years later.
In the 2005-06 season, Manchester United's performance in both the league and the Champions League was not satisfactory. Manchester United lost the Premier League title despite leading the team. Abramovich won the first league title after buying Chelsea.
In the Champions League, Manchester United was grouped with Villarreal, Lille and Benfica. After qualifying from the group, Manchester United was eliminated by defending champion Liverpool in the knockout stage. Mourinho's face was gloomy this season, and he could be said to have gained nothing.
Manchester United chairman Kim Hee-won expressed her support for head coach Mourinho immediately after Manchester United was eliminated from the Champions League. Manchester United has no intention of firing Mourinho, and also tactfully expressed that Cristiano Ronaldo can play a more important role in the current Manchester United lineup.
Manchester United club now has two rising stars, one is Wayne Rooney who transferred from Everton Club, and the other is Cristiano Ronaldo.
The reason why Manchester United's performance in the league and the Champions League are not satisfactory is mainly because Kim Hee-won is pregnant and lives in Seoul all year round. She has no time to manage the Manchester United club. The Manchester United club lacks a person who can make the final decision.
Jose Mourinho is the head coach of Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson is the team consultant. Mourinho and Sir Alex Ferguson have a disagreement on the use of Rooney and Ronaldo.
For the sake of Manchester United's performance, Mourinho hopes to establish Ronaldo as the core of the team, while Sir Alex Ferguson hopes that Manchester United will be patient with Rooney, who is plagued by injuries, for the future of the England national team.
Manchester United did not gain nothing this season. They defeated Wigan Athletic 4-0 in the English League Cup final. Rooney scored two goals in the final and won Manchester United's first championship.
In the match between Chelsea and Manchester United on April 30 this year, Rooney broke his bone again. Chelsea defeated Manchester United 3-0, surpassed Manchester United in points, and finally won the Premier League championship.
Jin Xiyuan is busy having children, and Song Yi is busy making mobile phones. Neither of them cares about Manchester United's performance this season. In Song Yi's words, it doesn't matter if Manchester United wins one more championship or one less championship at this time. Song Yi is more concerned about whether Manchester United's stadium renovation plan is going well, which is related to whether Manchester United can obtain higher ticket revenue and affiliated commercial income in the next few years.
Beckbauer knew that Song Yi was a member of the Hyundai family and that Zhou Mengzhun, the former chairman of the Korean Football Association, was Song Yi's uncle. He couldn't help but make some comments about the South Korean team's performance in this World Cup. "President Song, we didn't expect that the South Korean team, which was in the semi-finals of the last World Cup, would not make it to the knockout stage. I am very surprised."
Song Yi went to watch the game with his brother-in-law Kim Hyung-soo, Chen Zaican and his wife, and Choi Sun-hee's sister Choi Soo-jin. Kim Hyung-soo and Choi Soo-jin were like blind dates, and after the game, Kim Hyung-soo and Choi Soo-jin would travel together for a while to enhance their mutual understanding and feelings.
Choi Soo-jin's father Choi Won-seok originally disliked Kim Hyung-soo's family background because it was a little weak and he was a local tycoon in Ulsan, which would not be of much help to his career. However, Choi Soo-jin's mother Jang Eun-young was quite satisfied with the marriage.
Chen Zaican and his wife brought Kim Hyung-soo to visit, and Zhang Enying saw that Kim Hyung-soo was handsome and had a good impression of him. Cui Xiuzhen was also satisfied with Kim Hyung-soo's appearance and was willing to try dating him first.
When Choi Won-seok heard that Song Yi invited Choi Soo-jin to watch the World Cup final in Germany, Choi Won-seok's attitude softened. Although Kim Hyung-soo's family background was a little weak, Song Yi obviously valued Kim Hyung-soo as his brother-in-law.
If Cui Yuanshuo wanted to go to Germany to watch the World Cup, it would not be difficult for him to buy a ticket for the World Cup final through connections. However, Song Yi, who decided to watch the game at the last minute, was able to book a box for the final. This is a reflection of the global influence of world-class billionaires like Song Yi.
Kim Hyung-soo's elder sister, Kim Hee-won, is the chairman of Manchester United, and her second sister, Kim Tae-hee, is the wife of the chairman of SA Group. Her father, Kim Yoo-moon, is also a well-known logistics supplier in South Korea, with an annual operating income of tens of billions of won. In this way, marrying Kim Hyung-soo is not an insult to her daughter Choi Soo-jin.
When Cui Xiuzhen saw Song Yi and Beckenbauer chatting and laughing, she realized that Jin Hengzhu was excellent, and Song Yi was always the focus of the crowd. No matter where he was, he was surrounded by a large group of people.
Kim Heung-soo also felt it was a pity that the South Korean team was eliminated early, but he was more tactful and knew that he could not participate in the conversation between Song Yi and Beckenbauer, so he listened attentively to Song Yi's conversation.
Kim Tae-hee told Kim Hyung-soo to talk less and do more when he is with Song Yi, to use his ears and eyes, to learn more, see more and listen more, so that he can grow faster.
Chen Zaican found Jin Hengzhu's behavior very interesting and whispered to Cui Shanji, "Look at Hengzhu. He is indifferent to such a beautiful woman like your sister sitting next to him. Instead, he is interested in the boring business conversation between Song Yi and Beckenbauer."
Cui Shanji glanced at Jin Hengzhu and Cui Xiuzhen, "Xiuzhen has already set her heart on Hengzhu, and the beauty can't escape. There are not many opportunities to study with Song Yi, and Hengzhu knows the importance of it. Xiuzhen will certainly not refuse her man's pursuit of progress."
Seeing that no camera noticed him, Chen Zaican continued to joke with Cui Shanji, "There are many things worth learning from Song Yi. It's okay to learn some good things, but don't learn badly, otherwise your sister will suffer in the future."
Choi Sun-hee saw that Chen Jae-chan was getting more and more frivolous, so she rolled her eyes at him and said, "You are getting bolder and bolder now. You knew that Hyung-soo and Soo-jin slept on the first floor, and we lived on the second floor, but you still dared to drag me to Song Yi's bedroom. If Hyung-soo and Soo-jin downstairs heard the noise, where would I, as a sister, put my face?"
Chen Zaican laughed secretly, "Hyung Soo and Soo Jin are not children. When they hear your movements, they think that you are going to class early. They can't tell who is on top of you."
Choi Sun-hee glanced to the side to make sure no one could hear her conversation. "Bah, bah, bah, if you say that again, I'm going to strangle you. I didn't expect my stepmother to agree to Hyung-soo and Soo-jin's marriage so readily."
"You don't know why, right? Let me explain to you. Do you think that your difficult stepmother doesn't know about Kim Hyung Soo's family situation? In fact, she has already found out everything through her acquaintances. If she didn't know, how could she agree to Soo-jin and Hyung Soo's relationship as soon as Hyung Soo came to her house?"
"Zhang Enying has a good girlfriend who is an old acquaintance of Song Yi. Her daughter's marriage was also arranged by Song Yi. Didn't expect it, did you?" Chen Zaican revealed the secret.
Cui Shanji understood instantly, "You mean Xu Meijing from the Lotte family? Yes, Song Yi also introduced Xu Meijing's daughter Jin Youmei's marriage. Jin Youmei married Zhou Dashan from the Hyundai family."
Zhang Enying's family background is average. She used to be a KBS TV anchor. With her beautiful appearance, she married Choi Won-seok, chairman of Dong-A Group, as his second wife. Both Xu Meijing and Zhang Enying came from average families. Xu Meijing was Jin Geuhao's second wife, and Zhang Enying was Choi Won-seok's second wife. Their status was the same.
Kim Yu-mi and Choi Soo-jin were classmates at Ewha Womans University, so it was normal for Jang Eun-young and Seo Mi-kyung to hang out with each other. In addition, the stance of the Dong-A Ilbo itself is conservative, and the Lotte family often needs to speak out through the Dong-A Ilbo. The friendship between Seo Mi-kyung and Jang Eun-young is based on their mutual needs.
When Xu Meijing learned that Song Yi's brother-in-law Jin Hengzhu intended to marry Zhang Enying's daughter Cui Xiuzhen, Xu Meijing immediately said many good things for Song Yi, strengthened Zhang Enying's idea, and facilitated the marriage between Cui Xiuzhen and Jin Hengzhu.
“You know what, Song Yi is quite good at matchmaking. After the rise of SA Group, he used his marriage relationship to attract many allies. He got rich too quickly and his foundation was too weak. He didn’t have many available talents, so he arranged his women in key positions in SA Group.” Chen Zaican concluded.
Cui Shanji rolled her eyes at Chen Zaican. Cui Shanji was the director of SA Group and the president of ABS TV. Who was Chen Zaican implying? "What do you mean? You came to Germany to watch a game and you don't even want your wife anymore?"
Song Yi didn't know what happened in the box, and he had no feelings for the Korean men's football team, so he didn't care about Beckenbauer's implications for the Korean team.
"South Korea's run to the semi-finals of the last World Cup was largely a matter of luck. It required the right time, right place and right people, all of which are indispensable. Such conditions are almost impossible to replicate."
"If you want to achieve success in football, the right path is to attach importance to youth training like Germany does. Although the German team only won the third place in this year's World Cup, it has completed the transition from old to new in the German team. Podolski, Lahm and Steinsteiger are the first batch of youth training results after 2000. After two more World Cups, we will be able to achieve results in eight years." Song Yi made this judgment.
Beckenbauer looked at Song Yi in surprise. Song Yi's views were almost exactly the same as those of the German Football Association officials. "If China wants to improve its football level and become a regular at the World Cup, it should hire President Song as a consultant to the Football Association."
Song Yi was amused. "Everyone knows that youth training is important, but no official from the Football Association is willing to take charge of it. After all, youth training is like planting trees for future generations to enjoy the shade. It takes too long to produce results. A new emperor changes his officials. A new leader may have new ideas. It is difficult to make sustained long-term investment."
"I roughly estimated that the German Football Association has invested about 60 million euros in youth training every year since 2000. In 2004, Manchester United needed 27 million pounds to bring Wayne Rooney from Everton."
"As a football powerhouse, the German Football Association's annual investment in youth training can only bring in two Rooneys, but this money can train a group of Rooneys in the future. In fact, everyone can do the math, but not everyone can stick to this job. The success of German football is still due to a group of professionals like you who understand football. Only professionals can do professional things well. A layman leading professionals will never get the true results." Song Yi concluded.
"Large Korean conglomerates often sponsor a K-League team. The Hyundai family has two K-League teams, Jeonbuk Hyundai and Ulsan Hyundai. Why hasn't the SA Group considered sponsoring a K-League team? Is it because it bought Manchester United and therefore looks down on K-League football clubs?" Beckenbauer asked casually.
Chen Jae-chan and his wife and Kim Hyung-soo are all waiting for Song Yi's answer. If Song Yi does not answer this question well and the news spreads to Korea, it may cause dissatisfaction among Korean fans towards SA Group and Song Yi.
Song Yi pretended not to have heard Beckenbauer's language trap and answered without hesitation, "A football league without a promotion and relegation system is soulless."
"The charm of football lies in competition. In a closed league, it is difficult to introduce high-level foreign players to improve the competitive level of local players. The fact that Park Ji-sung, the best player in Asia, plays for Manchester United can explain part of the problem."
"In theory, the K-League champion should actually be decided by the consortium behind the club. Whoever invests more money in recruiting players and forms a luxurious K-League Galaxy Fleet will win the championship. This has lost the meaning of competitive sports and has become a money game for Korean consortiums. If we simply compare wealth, no Korean is richer than me. I don't think it's worth it for me to invest my money in this meaningless money game." Song Yi continued to answer.
Song Yi's words made Beckenbauer very satisfied, because Song Yi actually also criticized the La Liga giants Real Madrid.
In the 2005-06 season, Real Madrid president Florentino successively introduced super stars such as Michael Owen, Cassano, Robinho, Baptista, Cannavaro and Van Nistelrooy, but Real Madrid's record was not satisfactory and Florentino eventually resigned.
The 2006 World Cup final was very exciting. In the 7th minute of the game, Zidane took the penalty kick and used a spoon penalty kick to score. In the World Cup final stage, Zidane used a spoon penalty kick to show his unparalleled big heart.
In the 19th minute, Materazzi made up for his mistake by heading in a corner kick from Pirlo to tie the score. During the entire regular match, neither side made any progress and the game entered overtime with a score of 1-1.
What all fans could not have imagined was that the two players who scored in the first half, Zidane and Materazzi, were destined to be the protagonists of this game.
In the 109th minute, Materazzi hugged Zidane while defending a set piece, and Zidane and Materazzi had a verbal conflict.
At this time, the famous scene of this World Cup appeared. Zidane hit Materazzi's chest with his head when he was off the ball, and Materazzi fell to the ground. After consultation with the linesman, the referee Elizondo showed Zidane a red card and Zidane left the court.
Beckenbauer did not expect such a dramatic scene to appear in the final. He murmured to himself, "The French team is in danger! Cunning Italians!"
The 10-man French team dragged the game into a penalty shootout, and Italy eventually defeated France 5-3 in the penalty shootout to win the championship. Zidane won the Golden Ball Award at the German World Cup, but missed the most important World Cup trophy.
The French team won the championship in 1998. Apart from Zidane's two headers in the final, the team's performance in the group stage was not satisfactory.
In the knockout stage of the 2006 World Cup, Zidane's performance was impeccable. In the quarter-finals, Zidane made an assist and a goal in the final moments of the game, leading the comeback and defeating the Spanish team.
In the quarter-finals, Zidane assisted Henry to score, sending the defending champion Brazil home 1-0.
In the semi-final against Portugal, Zidane scored the only penalty of the game. In the final, Zidane scored another penalty to give France the lead. If Zidane had not headbutted Materazzi and was sent off, the outcome of the penalty shootout would still be unknown. You have to know that Zidane is the backbone and spiritual leader of the French team.
If Zidane had led the French team to win the 2006 World Cup, he would have become the third football king after Pele and Maradona. Zidane's lack of calmness made him miss the title of football king.
When the game was about to end, Beckenbauer shook hands and said goodbye to Song Yi and others. As the host, he needed to show up and present awards to the championship team.
Song Yi asked Chen Zaican and his wife, as well as Jin Hengzhu and Cui Xiuzhen to leave the stadium. When Italy wins the championship, there will be many Italian fans celebrating outside the stadium, and it will be difficult to leave the stadium.
"Brother-in-law, since you don't care about the victory or defeat of the Italian and French teams, why did you come to Berlin to watch the final?" Jin Hengzhu, who was sitting in the car, asked Song Yi with some confusion.
"Who said I don't care? Before the game started, I bought the scores of Italy and France. I bought 0-0 and 1-1."
"Since the regular game is over and the score is fixed at 1-1, it doesn't matter whether we watch the overtime or not. The reason why I waited until Zidane was sent off before leaving the box was to see if Zidane was destined to be the king of football. Facts have proved that half a king is only half a king. If a new king is to ascend the throne, we have to wait another ten years."
Song Yi was in a very happy mood. Although the German World Cup did not make as much money as the Korean and Japanese World Cup, it still brought Song Yi a considerable fortune. The quadrennial World Cup is Song Yi's cash cow.
Jin Hengzhu was very excited when he heard that Song Yi had bought the score, "Brother-in-law, can you tell me how much money you bought the score for?"
Song Yi was amused and slapped Jin Hengzhu on the back of his head. "Don't ask about social matters. Why are you so curious?"
"We are going to visit Dassault Aviation in France in a couple of days. Last year, Dassault Aviation conducted the maiden flight of its three-engine long-range turbofan business jet, the Falcon 7X."
"The comfort level of the Falcon 7X business jet is no less than the Gulfstream G550 I bought before. Xiyuan is about to give birth, so I plan to order one for each of your two sisters to facilitate their business trips." Song Yi replied with a smile.
Hearing this, Jin Hengzhu breathed a sigh of relief and tried to calm down. Dassault's Falcon 7X has not yet been officially released. The price of a single business jet will not be less than 300 million RMB, and two Falcon 7Xs will be 600 million RMB. Song Yi is so generous, so his income from the World Cup in Germany will not be less than 100 million euros.
Song Yi was in a good mood after winning the game. He generously said that he would pay for the entire shopping trip to France and let everyone buy some gifts for their families in Seoul.
Chen Zaican and his wife didn't need the money, but they wouldn't be polite to Song Yi. Cui Shanji joked with Song Yi, "What? You came to Europe to watch a game and found some money?"
During the Korea-Japan World Cup, Chen Zaican and Jin Hengzhu went to various World Cup venues in Korea to watch the games. If Cui Shanji was tired from shopping, she would stay in the office to watch the games with Song Yi. She knew that Song Yi had the habit of buying football scores, so she guessed a little bit of the inside story.
Chen Zaican asked with a smile, "Yunzhu is still young, and it's not appropriate for her to buy luxury goods. You are so generous for once, I don't want to waste it. Otherwise, I will call someone from Seoul to help you share the pain of having money but nowhere to spend it."
Choi Sun-hee helped Chen Jae-chan, and they all traveled to Europe together. Song Yi also wanted to go to the UK to visit Kim Hee-won. If the person Chen Jae-chan called was not familiar with everyone, they would not feel comfortable playing together.
Chen Zaican understood Cui Shanji's concerns and patted his wife's hand. "Don't worry, the people who came must be acquaintances. It will not affect our subsequent travel plans."
Song Yi was stunned for a moment, "Sure, you don't want to call your little lover who is hiding in Seoul, right? Then I will do justice for Sister Shan Ji."
Chen Zaican quickly denied it, "Bah, bah, bah, don't talk nonsense, otherwise Shan Ji will make me sleep on the street at night. I wanted to call Xiuzhen's mother to come with me. She actually also wants to spend a vacation in Europe, but she doesn't understand football, so she is embarrassed to fly here with Xiuzhen."
When Choi Soo-jin heard what Chen Zaican said, she showed a pleasant expression on her face, "Oh, mom is coming to Europe too?" In the whole tour group, Choi Soo-jin was only familiar with Choi Sun-hee. She was a little unfamiliar with her brother-in-law Chen Zaican, Jin Hengzhu and Song Yi, and she was a little unable to fit in with their conversation. If her mother Zhang Enying could also come to Europe to accompany her, she would be much more comfortable.
Cui Shanji was a little confused. She and her husband didn't have a good relationship with her stepmother Zhang Enying. When Cui Shanji returned to her parents' home, she always called Zhang Enying aunt. Why should she stick to Zhang Enying's hot butt with a cold face? She felt that Chen Zaican must have other motives in his proposal.
When no one was around, Choi Sun-hee pressed Chen Jae-chan about his true thoughts. Chen Jae-chan complained, "What can I think? Zhang Enying contacted me and asked about our next schedule. She may have learned some details about Song Yi from Xu Meijing, and she is trying to curry favor with Song Yi. Others want to get closer to the richest man, I can't stop her, right?"
I'm going to take my daughter to the park in the afternoon, so I updated in advance. The Star Billiards World Championship starts today. Are there any billiards fans among my book friends?
(End of this chapter)