After the three-day New Year's Day holiday, people started to work and school and live normally. Those who care about Chinese football found that a major event in Chinese football had finally come in 2005.

In fact, it is not a big deal. In the eyes of the General Administration of Sports, it is just an ordinary personnel transfer. But for those who have been struggling in the dark for three months, this transfer is regarded as a turning point in the history of Chinese football. From now on, it may be better, worse, but there will definitely be no change.

A transfer order that was delayed for four months due to the Beijing CITIC strike incident was transmitted from the General Administration of Sports to the desk of Luo Wenqiang, full-time vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, who will be transferred to work in the personnel department of the General Administration.

This transfer order declared that the five-year "Luo Wenqiang era" of Chinese football was over. From then on, it was a completely new journey. Perhaps people would feel that the scenery on the roadside is still very similar, but in front of the road, people never know what they will see after turning over the mountain.

"Luo Wenqiang's resignation" was the biggest news in Chinese football on January 10th. Two other vice-chairmen were also resigned. They were Yang Weiguang, who was in charge of the league and Wang Li, who was in charge of women's football. One of these two people was directly responsible for the chaos in the Chinese Super League. The other was because of the embarrassing 0:8 defeat at the Olympics, becoming the scapegoat for some senior leaders.

Luo Wenqiang is gone, so who will be the successor?

Two days later, the new chairman was selected and announced to the outside world. This time it was not unexpected to many people. Chen Wei took the top spot in the Chinese Football Association at the age of 41. The General Administration of Sports said it clearly in the appointment: "Comrade Chen Wei delivered a satisfactory answer in youth football management and the performance of the National Olympic Team. In the past two years, Chinese football has repeatedly discovered outstanding young players, such as Zhang Jun, Yang Pan, An Ke and others. In addition, the Chinese men's football Olympic team, which he was directly responsible for, has created the best results in history at the Athens Olympics. The management ability and courage he showed in the work he was responsible for are the most suitable positions for the chairman of the Chinese Football Association. We also hope that Chinese football can achieve glory under his leadership."

Chen Wei's election can basically be said to be a popular choice. Within the General Administration of Sports, he has good relationships as a former member of the General Administration of Sports. Within the Chinese Football Association, he has a good personality and good popularity. In the middle of the club, because he did not have any conflicts with the club due to their respective interests some time ago, he became a neutral character in the eyes of the club that can be trusted to a certain extent. In the media, because he is low-key and has no enemies. Among the fans, the achievements of the Chinese Olympic team are enough to win him all the support. In addition, the actions of caring for Changsha fan Niu Jianhua were widely circulated by the media and have become a good image of a good chairman who wholeheartedly considers the fans.

Everyone is looking forward to what changes will happen to the Chinese Football Association after he takes office and what changes will happen to the Chinese Football Association after he takes office.

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The new official takes office for three fires.

At the end of January, Chen Wei, who had been in office for fifteen days, first issued an open letter to everyone through the media. His words were extremely earnest and he tried to avoid official accent. He wanted to first establish such an image in everyone's hearts: Chen Wei was the chairman not to be promoted and made a fortune, nor to make political achievements, or to have a better tomorrow for Chinese football. He did not put on airs and did not speak official words, but also to let people know that Chen Wei was different from his previous positions. He was a practical man and a civilian president.

In the letter, he begged all those involved in the construction of Chinese football to put aside factional struggles, put aside their prejudices, put aside their gloating and watching the excitement, put aside their impetuous thoughts, and make Chinese football step by step at this critical moment.

Of course, blindly appealing is useless. These are all false. He must let people see real things. So he slightly revealed his "policy program" in his letter.

The letter caused a strong response among fans, media and clubs. It also sparked a big discussion on how Chinese football should go in the future.

Then Chen Wei struck while the iron was hot and discussed with the newly formed Football Association leadership team for four consecutive days, and officially issued the Chinese Football Association's development plan for the next five to ten years of Chinese football, referred to as "plan".

This plan, which is 120 pages, can be said to include all the thoughts and ideas about Chinese football after Chen Wei has personally come into contact with all aspects of Chinese football in the past two years. It proposes learning the experiences and lessons of European football developed countries and establishes its own league committee. At this stage, it jointly promotes formal youth football on campus. It cooperates with the public security and legal departments to establish a law enforcement and supervision agency independent of the Football Association, vigorously crack down on counterfeiting, betting on football, black whistleblows, and eliminates official whistleblows. Further improve the league competition system at all levels. Encourage male and female players of all ages to go abroad to study abroad. Expand the selection scope of youth national teams, not only from the second and third teams of each club, but also from various professional football schools. The Football Associations across the country have added institutions dedicated to discovering youth football seedlings, allowing them to receive professional training, and named it "Shuguang Project"...

When this plan was printed and sent to the reporters, everyone felt heavy when they held it. Not only was the weight of 120 pages, but more of it was the weight of hope.

This plan is an overall plan, and the first year is particularly detailed and eye-catching, because Chen Wei pointed out that the most important thing in this year is the league, not the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. The league committee that has been called for for a long time, that is, the "XX Professional League" abroad. However, this joint committee is not exactly the same as the joint committee proposed by the club before.

This joint committee is composed of representatives from all professional clubs across the country, representing the interests of all professional clubs across the country, regardless of size. At the same time, in order to refine responsibilities and division of labor and strengthen management, the joint committee has the Executive Committee of the Chinese Super League, the Executive Committee of the China League One, and the Executive Committee in charge of other national professions and semi-professional leagues. It is composed of representatives from participating teams at all levels of leagues. The chairman of each executive committee is elected by votes between clubs. The chairman of the executive committee must represent all the interests of the clubs he can represent, regardless of each other or size.

At the same time, the Football Association sent people to the executive committees at all levels to occupy a voting seat, but the Football Association had no right to decide. In other words, the Football Association could only participate in the discussion, but could not make a decision. This eliminated the domineering behavior of the past where all big and small matters were decided by the Chairman of the Football Association.

This is what Chen Wei thought of in the form of five years. This year, the Football Association helped the leagues at all levels establish joint committees and executive committees, and had the right to decide on some things, but would let them do other things. It can be said that in order to avoid a lot of unnecessary chaos in the early stage, it is understandable that Chen Wei does this. After all, no matter how much the Football Association is scolded, it is more experienced than the various clubs.

This move was equivalent to weakening the leadership role of the Chinese Football Association, local Football Association and the General Administration of Sports in football competitions at all levels. Within the Football Association and the General Administration of Sports, there was a fierce debate on this issue. Many conservatives believed that this move violated the socialist football construction program and was contrary to the socialist spirit. This not only prevented football from being well done, but it could only destroy football because of the lack of a strong leadership group. At that time, Chen Wei, a "good guy", became popular.

"Boes socialism? Who here has carefully studied the "Three Represents" and the theory? What is the essence of socialism? It is to liberate productivity and develop productivity. The fundamental task of socialism is to develop productivity. But does Chinese football really liberate productivity and develop productivity? As superior leaders, if you keep holding on and don't give local clubs more subjective initiative, it is not called liberating productivity, and there is no question of developing productivity. The theory requires us to keep holding on to the past? On the contrary, it requires us to innovate. Emancipate the mind.

, seek truth from facts and keep pace with the times. These are most suitable for Chinese football today! Three representatives? What are the three representatives? It represents the development direction of advanced productivity, the fundamental interests of the vast majority of the people, and the development direction of advanced culture. Do all the previous Chinese football represent the development direction of the most advanced culture? Economic major events must be left to the market to test, why can't football be? If Chinese football is let rot in our own hands, who can we deserve? Are we worthy of the trust of the party and the government? Are we worthy of the trust of the fans? Who can you bear this responsibility?!"

Finally, the meeting ended in a bad mood. When Chen Wei came out, he only said with a gloomy face to face the many news media: "The professionalization of Chinese football... we still have a lot of ways to go."

He was completely disappointed with the old and young men. These people could not do anything except pulling you at critical moments, but they also looked down on themselves very high, which was amazing. In fact, who is the fans who are too lucky to do it? If you don’t do it well, you won’t come to see it. With such a simple question, those who are stiff in their minds just can’t figure it out.

The Football Association should have separated from the league. The Football Association has focused all its energy on the national team and youth training. For this reason, Chen Wei also consulted experts in market economics and sociology, and listened to enough opinions before writing those that were written into the planning.

In the end, Liu Jian, the newly appointed director of the General Administration of Sports, came forward to support Chen Wei's proposal. The new official took office and the two new officials were in full swing.

The league should be pushed to the market, and the market should test the league's survival ability. This is what Chen Wei repeatedly emphasized.

But within five years, the Football Association did not intend to let go completely. What he planned was to gradually establish a complete competition system, transfer system, infrastructure, talent training mechanism and other work, and then it would be completely separated from the league. By that time, the league would not be ruined by a little market fluctuation. In this process, Chen Wei and the Football Association should not be decision makers, but auxiliary players. So who are the decision makers? It is not the Football Association, but not the clubs, but the market.

"Five years later, when our league gradually gets on track from infrastructure to club construction and operation, as long as the audience in each game can account for 60% of the stands of a stadium, I think this reform can be said to be initially successful. This is the acceptance of the market. If the acceptance standards are not met, then we will finish it! So I hope everyone can work together and do a good job. Whether studying abroad or hiring foreign coaches, these can only change our current situation within a period of time. What is the foundation of Chinese football? League! Lu Xun said: "China does not lack geniuses, but lacks the soil to produce geniuses." The league is Chinese football's

Soil, everything is born from this soil. Only when the league is well done, the audience is more crowded, the TV broadcast is more profitable, the football surrounding industries gradually develop, and the club's life is better, we have a private place where films can cultivate geniuses by ourselves." After Chen Wei received the support of Liu Jian, he was obviously more confident. At the meeting, he enthusiastically painted the future blueprint of Chinese football for everyone. Ironically speaking, Chen Wei always emphasized that football must be separated from politics and in line with the economy, but at a critical moment, he must get the support of the leaders above to continue his reform plan.

Chen Wei is very ambitious. If * is the chief designer of China's reform and opening up, then he will be the chief designer of China's football reform.

When the Football Association and various clubs were competing with each other last year, Chen Wei did not participate. He was thinking about the relationship between the league, Football Association, Club and fans.

In fact, it is abnormal for the Chinese Football Association to have a long-term tension in the clubs. Because everyone's purpose is the same. The Football Association is committed to providing a good gaming environment so that the clubs participating in the game enjoy it, make money, and gain tangible benefits, rather than being forced to make fake accounts every year and beating the fat man. When the club can make money, they will increase their investment, subjectively to obtain greater profits, but objectively, they have helped the Football Association jointly create a good gaming environment and also created a good investment environment for themselves.

This is actually a circle. If you draw well, it is a virtuous cycle. If you don’t draw well, it becomes a vicious cycle. Today’s Chinese football is in the state of being unable to draw even a circle.

The Football Association has a strong bureaucratic color. Many of them engage in football, not because they want to do it or because they really treat football as a career, but because they are trying to make political achievements and get involved in official positions, they develop various performance indicators. "Political Football" has become a major feature of Chinese football.

From this point of view, Wang Junsheng, who had already stepped down, was really engaged in football when he was professionalizing football. What about Luo Wenqiang, who had just stepped down, was engaged in politics, not football.

In the report of the chairman of the Football Association in December, all five chairmen said that they were "competent in work and worthy of the Party and leadership". Perhaps only Chen Wei, who is responsible for the Olympic men's football team, is still competent, and the others... Tsk tsk, he is so arrogant and brags without making drafts. What should footballers do to be worthy of the Party and leadership? The fans who should be worthy of the most are all sorry. Of course, it can be seen from the sentence "sufficient in the Party and leadership": this is bureaucratic football, and this is political achievements football.

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After understanding these relationships and some of the reasons behind them, Chen Wei put forward the view that "the Football Association should work hand in hand with the club to create a healthy and good league environment."

He is smarter than Luo Wenqiang. Luo Wenqiang thinks that I am an official and the chairman of the Football Association. The clubs are inferior to me in front of me, and they are all grandsons. If I say I will fine you, I will fine you, I will deduct you points, and if I say I don’t take you to play, I won’t take you to play. This kind of "hegemony" will naturally arouse the disgust and resistance of the clubs, so Beijing and Dalian "rise up."

Chen Wei was very low-key from the beginning, which was in sharp contrast to Luo Wenqiang's toughness. His intentional or unintentional behavior in many places also increased people's favor. So after he came to power, he put the Football Association on the same position as the club, and there would not be too many people who felt suddenly.

According to the relevant FIFA constitution, the Football Associations of various countries should be private institutions, and the people working in it are similar to ordinary white-collar workers. Only the Chinese Football Association really takes themselves seriously due to historical reasons. Due to some historical reasons, the Chinese people also recognize the official "Football Association" in concept. So the Football Association gave some sunshine and flooded.

In fact, with the gradual opening of Chinese football, the Football Association will sooner or later separate from the General Administration of Sports, and they will have no backing at that time.

But Luo Wenqiang couldn't see it, but Chen Wei realized that Chinese football will definitely change in the next ten years. Instead of being a stand to witness history, it is better to be a creator of history.

In addition, nowadays, Who is afraid of Who? The Football Association is arrogant and will sooner or later push itself into a situation where people are betrayal of relatives and relatives. So it is better to put aside your airs and face now, take the initiative to show goodwill to the club and the media, and get various support in future work.

Some people may say that Chen Wei is embarrassing like this. But what do they know? A little bitch will make a big plan. What's more, is it embarrassing to be on par with investors and the ones who give money?

If you really want to continue playing with others like Luo Wenqiang, the result will be that people will leave and no one will play with you. It is difficult to sing a one-man show, and in the end, Chinese football will be completely burping. Chinese football will be burping, what else do you want to do with the Chinese Football Association? It will become history and be covered in dust.

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Back to planning.

When the plan was revealed by the media, the response in society was huge. Many people applauded: "A practical man finally came!" Many people also disdained: "I have seen a lot of Chinese football in this scene. The new official took office for three fires. When it is burned, let's see what's left!" Many people were waiting and watching: "Don't draw conclusions first, and wait five years later, we will see if Chen Wei brings hope or another disappointment."

Just when all parties had different attitudes, Chen Wei had already started to take action. He presided over a meeting of local football associations to come to Beijing to discuss the relevant work of this year's league, and required local football associations to fully cooperate with the club's work. After meeting with local football associations, he summoned the bosses of the 24 Chinese Super League clubs to Beijing to exchange views with the clubs sincerely, hoping that they would understand and support the work of the Football Association. He also said that the Football Association and the club should not be opposites, but should be comrades in the same trenches and work hard for the same goal. Chen Wei's sincere attitude greatly improved the bosses' attitude towards the Football Association.

Some bosses were worried that this time would be another "sweeping action" by a leader, so they left behind after three minutes of popularity. But Chen Wei said very affirmatively: "The current Football Association is different from the previous Football Association!"

Of course these are all later stories, and they will happen after the Spring Festival.

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There was a happy event in January, which also attracted a lot of attention. Coach Qiu Suhui, who led the Chinese National Olympic Team to create the history of Chinese men's football, officially married his childhood girlfriend, Ms. Chen Ming, in his hometown of Dalian, and also solved the thoughts of many people.

When the marriage was finished, the groom was 39 years old and the bride was 33 years old.

Since the wedding day was chosen at the time when the European League restarted, the biggest regret of the wedding was that several of Qiu Suhui's proud students could not come. However, in addition to calling to congratulate, Yang Pan also initiated the use of DV to take pictures of everyone's blessings and delivered them to the wedding venue through the International Express Special. Then the guests saw Yang Pan, Zhang Jun, Li Yongle, Xiang Tao, and Wang Yu bless the teachers in different places and under different circumstances.

Yang Pan was very simple, just sat at his home and said to the camera: "I wish the coach and his wife a long life together and a child soon!"

Li Yongle used the Meacha Stadium as the background and expressed his sincere gratitude to Qiu Suhui, who brought him from university to Europe, and reported his grades in Milan to his teacher like a primary school student.

Xiang Tao and Wang Yu were wearing Anderlecht youth team jerseys, congratulations to coach Qiu Suhui. At the same time, his two friends in Anderlecht also sent blessings to the newcomers.

Zhang Jun carefully selected a sunny morning, sat in Veronica's stands, and expressed his gratitude and blessings to Qiu Suhui. "Without Qiu's pointing to you, there would be no Zhang Jun. May you hold your hand and grow old together with me." At the end, he stood up and bowed deeply to the camera.

Needless to say, those former national Olympic team members in China have come, and those who really can't come call to express their blessings. At the same time, the Dalian Municipal Government, the Dalian Sports Committee, and the Football Association have specially sent representatives to thank Qiu Suhui for his contribution to Dalian in football. The Chinese Football Association was personally brought by Chen Wei, the new chairman, and he brought a calligraphy to Qiu Suhui. There were two big words written in a running script: Hope.

Facing the media's footage, Chen Wei whispered: "On behalf of the Chinese Football Association, Chinese fans thank you!"

While the two of them were holding up the framed calligraphy and taking photos, Chen Wei whispered to Qiu Suhui: "Actually, I want to give you another picture."

"What word?"

“We are the champions.”

Qiu Suhui turned his head and saw Chen Wei smiling at the camera and the flash, looking very friendly, and his performance seemed as if he hadn't said anything just now.

"Yes, I will one day." Qiu Suhui murmured in a voice that was almost the only one who could hear him.

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After Qiu Suhui devoted all his thirty-nine years to football, he finally thought of himself and married Chen Ming, who had been waiting for ten years. His wholehearted support for the public and Chen Ming also made a good story in football. This future godfather of Chinese football has been committed to fighting for the true rise of Chinese football all his life. It is said that this is because there is always a belief that guides him, pushes him, and inspires him, and makes him rush to his body every time he thinks of him, he will rush to the endless fire of passion.

This later became the motto of Zhang Jun International Football School and was engraved behind the door of any branch in the world.

That was a calligraphy that Chen Wei gave to Qiu Suhui several years later.

We are the champions.

The strokes are both elegant and lively like a dragon, and the unrestrained domineering and self-confidence as a lion. This is the true portrayal of Chinese football in that short golden years.

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PS: The manuscript of this chapter was actually completed on the last night of 2004 and the early morning of the first day of 2005. That night, the power outage was out, and I lit a candle and finished the last chapter of 2004. When I finished writing it, a fire was on the building next door. The whole building woke up from its sleep and ran down. The fire was very big, but fortunately no casualties.

I think the scene that night was very similar to the mood I was when I wrote this chapter. The darkness of Chinese football, the messy scenes, the raging fire, and the helplessness when I was writing alone with a candle.

In reality, the Chinese Football Association has not been dismissed yet, and he is still talking about "the league is divided into north and south areas" and "the professional clubs, amateur clubs, and football schools are all under the responsibility of local football associations, and it has nothing to do with the Chinese Football Association". He seems to know that his fate of being dismissed is already destined, but he wants to go against the will and wants to gamble at the last moment, and his bet is the present and future of Chinese football. Whether he succeeds or fails, there is only one ending for Chinese football, failure and darkness.

In the novel, Luo Wenqiang has been dismissed, and Chen Wei has come to the stage as expected and has begun to implement his new policies. These new policies are actually my "new policies". Maybe nonsense, maybe naive, maybe impossible, but I am definitely stronger than Yan Shiduo in reality - at least I know what I am doing and why. Luo Wenqiang doesn't know, so he has been dismissed in the novel, but Yan Shiduo doesn't know, but in reality he is still dancing like a grasshopper. This is the difference between novels and reality, and it is also my helplessness. I can change the world of novels through my pen, but I can only face the helpless sigh of reality.

From this chapter, the YY plan of Chinese football that I had planned for a long time officially kicked off. The champion also entered a new stage. Basically, in a few chapters, the second part of the championship will be completed in the Netherlands, and the story of the third part will begin. I divided the champion into five parts, with the number of chapters and words in each part varying. This is convenient for me to write and it is convenient for everyone to understand. The names of each collection are carefully considered, and they can basically reflect the entire process of Zhang Jun's career.

After this chapter, the description of the championship will also accelerate. Basically, like the first and second parts, it is unlikely that everything will be written every year. At the beginning of the third part, I will only describe in detail the events that are meaningful for the plot development and Zhang Jun's growth in this period. Some of them may be seen that this chapter is only in the winter break, so why is the next chapter going to end? This is normal, because novels need to pay attention to the rhythm and you can't write everything you see. So maybe you will skip the entire season later. I want to say here that I hope everyone is mentally prepared. Don't be too surprised at that time and think that the chapters are out of order.

The year 2004 in the novel is over, and now it is a brand new page in front of me and you. There are many unknown factors in the future, but one thing is certain, the championship will be better and more exciting. Thank you for your support for me in the past 2004!

On New Year's Day in 2004, I made a wish that the champion would be finished in 2004. As a result, it was already 2005, only one-third of the writing. Now I still made a wish that the champion would end in 2005. As for what New Year's Day in 2006, and whether there will be a champion at that time, I don’t know if there will be a champion with Zhang Jun, Sophie and others to accompany you to celebrate the New Year, haha!

Finally, I wish you all a happy New Year and a happy Chinese New Year!

In addition: Regarding the paragraph about the Three Represents and * theory, there was no original manuscript. Today, when I was copying it on the computer, I checked the "Three Represents" and "* Theory" online and found that many problems faced by Chinese football actually have explanations in those theories. For example, the argument of "liberating productivity and developing productivity", I personally think that the Chinese league is about whether to liberate productivity and whether it can develop productivity. The Football Association will not let go for one day and not push the league to the market for one day, but will not be able to liberate productivity or develop productivity. Chinese football will not have hope and progress in one day.
Chapter completed!