During the 2002 World Cup, Chen Zihan and his roommates watched almost every match.
This was his first World Cup watch. He had hardly watched it before because of his tight study schedule and jet lag.
Moreover, this was the first and only time that the Chinese team entered the World Cup, so it is still fresh in the memory.
Of course, it is impossible for him to remember all the games.
But he did remember the first match between France and Senegal.
After all, this is the first game and the world champion French team is still the favorite to win.
He also remembered the result of the second match between Uruguay and Denmark.
Before the game, everyone was optimistic about France and Uruguay winning, but the result was just the opposite.
These two World Cup matches were the first time he had watched them from beginning to end, and since the competition had just started, he kept the results in mind.
Later, the round of 16 decided between South Korea and Italy. South Korea upset Italy and Germany lost to Brazil in the final.
Chen Zihan remembered the results and goals of these four games very clearly, but he couldn't remember the other games so clearly. He also couldn't remember the results of the games he watched later.
Maybe everyone cares particularly about the first time in life.
After Chen Zihan obtained special authorization from Lu Qinglan to use the remaining funds to gamble on football, he decided to take a big gamble.
In fact, he not only threw away $100 million, but all the remaining funds, a total of about $120 million, and directly bet on France to lose to Senegal 0:1.
If you bet on France to win, the odds are 1.2 times, and if you bet on Senegal to win, the odds are 16 times.
Chen Zihan directly bet on France to lose to Senegal 0:1, with odds of an astonishing 32 times.
After hearing Chen Zihan's intention to gamble, Li Fuzhen looked at him with a complicated expression for a moment, and finally smiled: "Then I'll try my luck with you. I'll take out my private money and buy the same result as you."
Li Fuzhen told Chen Zihan that she had about one million US dollars of private money that she could freely use without affecting anyone.
"Thank you for trusting me!" Chen Zihan grinned and said, "Don't tell anyone else about this!"
"You didn't tell Lu Ruorong?" Li Fuzhen asked again in a low voice, "You didn't tell Yunxin either?"
"No!" Chen Zihan shook his head. "Let's wait until the results of the first game come out before we talk about it!"
Li Fuzhen didn't say anything either.
Chen Zihan and Li Fuzhen were whispering, which naturally attracted the attention of several other people.
The two raised their voices and talked about tonight's opening ceremony and the first game.
Li Fuzhen said that she was not interested in the football match at first, but because it was held in her hometown, she still wanted to watch it.
She also wants to watch any game that has the South Korean team participating.
Li Yunxin is very interested in football. She said she also wants to watch as many games as possible. Anyway, Li Fuzhen will help them book tickets for the semi-finals and finals.
The final was held in Japan, but no matter where the competition was held, it would be easy for Li Fuzhen to get a few VIP tickets.
During the meal, it was mainly Li Yunxin, Li Fuzhen and Chen Zihan who were talking. Li Xuxian spoke very little, and Lu Ruorong only spoke when the topic was brought up to her.
Lu Ruorong is not good at English and Li Fuzhen is not good at Chinese, so it is a bit tiring to communicate.
There are only Chen Zihan and Li Yunxin, who are good at both English and Chinese, and have no problem communicating with anyone.
Chen Zihan didn't make things difficult for Lu Ruorong and kept bringing the topic to her.
Lu Ruorong was not one to be stage-frightened, so when the topic came to her, she started talking naturally and generously.
During the meal, Chen Zihan was also very caring towards Lu Ruorong, picking up food for her from time to time and pouring her water and drinks.
Of course, doing these things for the other women was just a way to provide more thoughtful service to Lu Ruorong.
After dinner, several people went to the opening ceremony venue together.
The opening ceremony and the first match were held at the gymnasium on Langji Island.
Li Jianxi and Li Jaeyoung arrived about twenty minutes later than them.
The seats where they sit are all stuck together, which are almost the empty seats in the entire venue.
Next to Chen Zihan are Lu Ruorong and Li Yunxin.
After sitting down, Li Yunxin kept talking to Chen Zihan about the situation in the competition venue, with a look of pride on her face while speaking.
After a while, she pointed at a group of people approaching and said excitedly, "That's Kim Dae-jung, our president!"
Chen Zihan glanced in the direction Li Yunxin pointed, without any special expression.
After seeing Kim Dae-jung and a group of officials walk into the venue, Li Jianxi signaled his children to go over and say hello.
When Li Jianxi brought his family over to greet them, Chen Zihan and Lu Ruorong were left alone.
"The Li sisters treat you so well!" Lu Ruorong said jealously, "If I hadn't come, they would have let you live with them and treated you like their son-in-law!"
"Don't overthink it. I'm a huge nationalist. When I marry in the future, I'll only marry a Chinese woman. I won't marry a foreign woman!" Chen Zihan pulled Lu Ruorong's cheek and said with a smile, "You're not looking for an excuse to break off the engagement, are you? I'm telling you, classmate Lu Ruorong, you have to be the mother of my children from now on. You can't escape even if you want to. I can drag you back to the ends of the earth."
Lu Ruorong snorted softly and slapped Chen Zihan's hand away.
"Don't let your imagination run wild. I've never thought of marrying you. Marrying anyone is better than marrying you!"
"You can't be so discouraging!" Chen Zihan looked at Lu Ruorong with a bitter face, "You are degrading your own vision."
"I've made mistakes a lot, and I'm not a saint!" Despite saying this, Lu Ruorong still placed her hands between Chen Zihan's palms and leaned her head closer. "Do you really want to watch all the games before you go back?"
"Actually, I don't have to watch the game to the end. I came to Korea to bet on football." Chen Zihan told Lu Ruorong that betting on football is legal abroad, but there is no other way in China except football lottery.
Lu Ruorong was shocked, "You actually want to bet on football!"
"I'm not just thinking about it, I'm already betting on it!" Chen Zihan told Lu Ruorong about his big bet on the first game tonight.
Lu Ruorong's face turned pale with fear. "If you lose the bet, won't Lu Qinglan kill you?"
"It's her own private money anyway, who cares!" Chen Zihan said with a smile, "I'm not worried at all. I even dreamed last night that I became a millionaire because of a big gamble!"
"Don't you know that dreams are the opposite of what they actually are?"
Chen Zihan chuckled and said nothing more.
After a while, the Li sisters also came back.
After dark, the opening ceremony officially began.
To be honest, Chen Zihan was not very interested in whether the opening ceremony was exciting or not. He was only interested in the game that followed.
But he also did not deny that the opening ceremony organized by the Koreans was indeed not bad.
Under Li Yunxin's excited commentary, Chen Zihan patiently watched the opening ceremony, and together with tens of thousands of fans and many politicians present, finally welcomed the first match between France and Senegal.
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