Chu Zhongtian admitted that when he saw Gong Jianmin calling him, many speculations flashed through his mind about "why did he call him?", but he absolutely did not guess that it would be the purpose... to invest in a football club?

He didn't know how to answer Gong Jianmin's question for a moment.

His silence may have made Gong Jianmin understand other things. The chairman of the Chengdu Football Association said: "That's right. I know that Sichuan football has no qualifications to ask you to repay. But I still hope that you can contribute to your hometown football. After all, you are also a Sichuan player. You don't want to see Sichuan football in trouble..."

Chu Zhongtian understood a little bit, and it seemed that Chengzu was in trouble again.

When he was a child, Sichuan football representatives were always a team called "Sichuan Quanxing". At that time, Sichuan Quanxing's "yellow rush" fascinated Chu Zhongtian, and he followed his father to become a fan of Sichuan Quanxing. Later, after the team changed hands, it was finally forced to disband. If Sichuan Quanxing represents Sichuan football, then Chengdu Wuniu represents Chengdu football. However, Chengdu Wuniu is far less famous than Sichuan Quanxing, and they have lived in the shadow of Sichuan Quanxing for a long time.

Later, when Sichuan people were very proud of two girls from Sichuan that year, Sichuan Quanxing quietly withdrew from the stage of Chinese football. Sichuan football lost the flag-carrying flag, and Chengdu Wuniu became the only representative of Chengdu football.

Compared with Sichuan Quanxing, which was always in the A-level and the Chinese Super League, Chengdu Wuniu's best result was only sixth place in the A-level and B-level season in the 1999 season. There was nothing worth showing off in terms of results. In January 2006, England's Sheffield United Football Club controlled Chengdu Wuniu, and the club name was changed to Chengdu Sheffield United Football Club. The team's logo also changed from the previous five horns around a football to Sheffield United's team logo - Double Knife and One Flower.

However, Sheffield United is not really trying to help develop Chengdu football. Its purpose is to invest in Chengdu Wuniu, more to enter Chengdu, southwest, and even China's real estate industry. Now the whole world knows that China's real estate industry is a big gold mine, and those with ability want to come in and make a fortune.

Last season, Chengdu Sheffield United was originally a Chinese Super League team, but was ordered to be relegated because of the gambling game with Qingdao Hailifeng when he was going to the Super League last season. At the same time, the team's chairman, Xu Hongtao, who wanted to act as Chu Zhongtian, also went to prison with the club's deputy general manager Yu Kewei, suspected of gambling. After being demoted to the China League One, Chengzu's investor Sheffield United gradually lost interest in investing in the team. In addition, the outbreak of the international financial crisis has caused the pressure of Sheffield United's British boss to increase sharply, and he is even more indifferent to Chengzu.

Chu Zhongtian once heard Xu Xiaodi talk about the tragic situation of this team: the team couldn't even afford to eat for a short time. Yao Xia and Wang Baoshan and other members of the coaching team drove to the vegetable market to purchase for the players. The coaches started purchasing canteens, which was really miserable. The salary could not be paid, Yao Xia borrowed it, the players had no money to go home, Yao Xia borrowed it. Without sponsors, Yao Xia pulled Zou Yougen to buy the billboard on the stadium... These things made Chu Zhongtian sigh.

It seems that I hope I can reach out and pull it to the fullest?

Chu Zhongtian thought so, so he asked: "Invest in Chengdu Sheffield United, Chairman Gong?"

Unexpectedly, Gong Jianmin was a little surprised: "No, no... Chengzu's prospects for the Super League this year are very good. Although the finances are indeed difficult. But as long as they enter the Super League, they should be able to find enough sponsors. Sheffield United is probably interested in continuing to inject capital..."

Chu Zhongtian was also surprised to hear what he said - since it was not Chengzu, what other team in Sichuan is in trouble?

Gong Jianmin also knew that Chu Zhongtian had misunderstood and quickly explained: "It's Sichuan Football Team. People from the Provincial Football Association know that my relationship with you is pretty good, so they let me be a lobbyist... They want you to buy Sichuan Football Team. As long as you are willing to buy, there are many discount conditions to discuss..."

Sichuan Football Club?

Chu Zhongtian was stunned when he heard this: "What Sichuan Football Team? Haven't Sichuan Quanxing all disbanded?"

Gong Jianmin coughed, as if it was a little difficult to speak. It was true. Sichuan Quanxing was later acquired by Dalian Shide, and later renamed Sichuan Guancheng and was forced to disband after struggling for a few years. It has always been an eternal pain in the hearts of Sichuan footballers. Sichuan Quanxing was so popular at the beginning, and it was the pride of Sichuan people. As a result, when Dalian Shide came, the original "yellow madness" became a vassal of the Shide system, and Sichuan Guancheng even became a training base for Dalian Shide to train young players. Many extreme old Sichuan fans believe that Sichuan football will be gone after Sichuan Quanxing, and Sichuan Guancheng and other things cannot represent the spirit of Sichuan football at all.

"That..." Gong Jianmin began to tell Chu Zhongtian the story of the Sichuan team.

Sichuan Guancheng died, but Sichuan football did not die. In February 2006, among the remaining Sichuan football teams after being divided up across the country, the new Sichuan football team was established. Most of the players of this team were the former team of Sichuan Quanxing and Sichuan Guancheng Youth Team. They were already the oldest veteran in the team at the age of 22. Apart from using these young people, they had no choice because they had no money to sign up.

The players of the new Sichuan football team only have 2,000 yuan a month. There is no training base, no home court for the game, and even no sneakers and jerseys. Everyone is wearing jerseys when they played in Sichuan Guancheng. Some players can only wear rubber sneakers and have no money to buy water to drink, so they go to drink tap water.

Under such arduous conditions, Xinchuan Football Team re-opened from the second division. Without a home court, they had to borrow the stadium of Sichuan University and gave it to Sichuan University's naming rights. The team took two years to enter the China League One, and the China League One is only one step away from the Chinese Super League.

Originally, everyone thought that the bright future of Sichuan football was right in front of us. Who would have thought that "no money" would become a fatal injury to the Sichuan football team. Because they had no money, they could not pay their wages and lost a large number of players; because they lacked money, the team could not sign and improve their strength; because they lacked money, the players who could barely stayed had no fighting spirit and fighting spirit; because they lacked money, they almost couldn't get the qualification to participate in the China League One because they had no home court; because they lacked money, they had to go to Nanchong and leave Chengdu, an economically developed city to seek the football market.

Everyone says that Chengdu football is hard, but in fact, Sichuan football is even more miserable and grassroots than them. After only two seasons in the China League One, the team was relegated again. In 2010, Sichuan football team returned to the second division, and the same problem still plagued the team, and it was even better than that - no money.

Because of lack of money, most of the main lineup of last season went away. Before the start of the season, the team had only eighteen players, eight of whom were just transferred. These eight were all players of the Chinese Super League team, but they were all reserve players and had very limited experience in playing in the professional league.

In order to advance to the A-level, other Class B teams have invested 10 million, and only the Sichuan football team has an annual investment of only two or three million. At the end of March, in order to go to Kunming for training, the whole team can only choose to take the train.

When the new Sichuan football team was just established, the average monthly salary of each player was 2,000. Now, four years have passed, and the price has doubled several times, and the team's average salary is still 2,000. Whether it is the salary standard or the bonus standard, the team is the lowest among the China League Two teams.

At the same time, in addition to lacking money and lacking their own echelon construction, the Sichuan team is also one of the reasons why they have poor performance. At present, the team only has the first team configuration. In addition, the Mingyu Football School founded by the captain of the Chinese national team and Sichuan football star Ma Mingyu can provide young players for the team, but the quantity and quality are always limited and very unstable.

In addition to lacking money and no hematopoietic mechanism, the team also lacks sufficient hardware facilities. They can only go to Sichuan University for training and have no football training bases of their own. They only rent training bases like Maojiawan during training. Pujiang training base is still under the name of Dalian Shide, so they naturally cannot enjoy it, although it has been abandoned for many years.

Sichuan football teams, which have no money, lack their own hematopoietic mechanism and almost have no hardware facilities, are not easy to survive until now. What are they still counting on?

Gong Jianmin told Chu Zhongtian that the only goal of Sichuan Football Team is to advance to the top, but the league is coming to an end, and Sichuan Football Team's prospects for the top are very dim. If they cannot advance to the top this time, the team may face the situation of disbanding again. Because their investor, the 5 million investment promised by the American League Shu has been delayed in cashing out, and it is probably impossible to expect it. If you can't advance to the top and have no money, you probably won't be able to stay any of the players in the team. In this case, there is no way to disband in the end.

"Although I am from Chengdu Football Association, I am from Sichuan first. Thinking about the time when Sichuan Quanxing..." Gong Jianmin realized that recalling the golden years now was a meaningless behavior, so he said again: "I definitely don't want Sichuan football to disappear from the Chinese football territory like this... So I promised them to ask you if you are willing to save Sichuan football?"

※※※After the call, Chu Zhongtian sat on the bed in the hotel room, leaning against the head of the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze. Deng Zhuoxiang, who was in the same room with him, went out to play with his friends, and now he is the only one in the room.

He did not answer Gong Jianmin's question immediately.

His reply was "I'll think about it."

Gong Jianmin didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to burst into tears after hearing this and decided to say, "I do!" Everyone is adult, so they will not be so childish and impulsive in doing things.

The "story" that Gong Jianmin told him today evokes his childhood memories from many years ago. At that time, he was a teenager who learned to play football in a football school. Because he liked Quanxing and liked football, he always hoped that he could play A-League on behalf of Sichuan Quanxing first team when he grew up. At that time, it was China's top football league. For Chu Zhongtian, who didn't know the Premier League, Serie A, and Bundesliga, China's A-League means everything, and it is the second highest football event in the world - the highest is the World Cup.

The yellow Sichuan Quanxing jersey is his dream birthday gift. Being able to wear a brand new Quanxing jersey to go to school is the focus of everyone's attention.

Everyone talks about stars in Sichuan football like Wei Daxia, Ma Mingyu, Yu Dongfeng, and Yao Xia. They talk about the performance and private lives of those stars. If anyone knows a little about these stars, they will quickly become the focus of the boys' circle - it's like fans of their own countries in England, Italy and Germany are interested in their own national stars.

Later, he was forced to say goodbye to football because he refused to play counterfeit football, and ultimately failed to realize his ideal of playing football for the Sichuan Quanxing team. Sichuan Quanxing was also renamed Sichuan Guancheng on February 21, 2002, becoming a club that still holds the Sichuan banner, but is actually already a Dalian team.

He really didn't expect that more than ten years later, he would have the opportunity to become the boss of Sichuan football, not a player. The so-called fate is just like this, right?

Do you want to agree?

From an emotional point of view, when he heard that Sichuan football was not dead yet, and there was a faint spark that continued the hope of Sichuan football, he was reluctant to let it go just like this. It would be fine if he didn't know, at most he sighed afterwards. But now that he already knew that Sichuan football was not dead yet, he was a little reluctant to let it go.

In the deepest part of his heart, he still has feelings for football in his hometown. Especially in Quanxing, Sichuan, was the first team he fell in love with when he was a child, just like his first love. Several years later, you heard that your first love is now very down-and-out, miserable, and unhappy. Why would you feel and feel compassion?

Now Chu Zhongtian is like suddenly hearing that the girl in his first love has been tortured by the cruel life, and suddenly he wants to reach out and pull her.

But Chinese football is already a mess, while Sichuan football is even worse. Rich people who are much richer than themselves can't stand the bottomless pit of Chinese football and quit one after another. Why do they still have to join in the fun? If you want to invest in Sichuan football, it is the business world. Everything has to be considered according to the thinking of the businessman. Why do I have to do things that have no benefits? Or, the cost is very high but the benefits are very little, why should I do things?

Every penny I earned was hard-working. Is it good for me to spend money to save Sichuan Football? Can I make me more respected? I don’t need it, I am already very famous. Can I make more money? Thank God if I can lose less.

Since that's the case, why do I still have to save this Sichuan Football Team, which is on the verge of disbanding for a second time, and may never get up again?

I have never played in this team, and I don’t have my friends in this team. My only feelings for this team all come from my ignorant dream when I was a child. Moreover, the stars I like have long been no longer in such Sichuan Football Club. What does this relationship have to do with me? What is the difference between these ordinary teams that are facing difficulties? Why do I have to save them?

He thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out. He decided to call his father. His father was the most hard-core Sichuan Quanxing fan, and he never abandoned this emotion even when Sichuan Quanxing was at its worst. However, after Sichuan Quanxing was sold to Shide, he did not go to the Chengdu Sports Center to watch a game of the team called "Sichuan Guancheng".

Chu Zuosheng was a little surprised after hearing what his son said on the phone. He really didn't expect that his son was still playing football, and someone would ask him to be the boss of another team. Although this has not happened before, didn't Yao Ming become the boss of Shanghai Oriental Shark Basketball Club some time ago? Could it be that people from the Sichuan Football Association were inspired by Yao Ming. As the only two sports stars on the Chinese rich list, one is basketball and the other is football, they do have many things in common.

"What do you think, dad?" Chu Zhongtian asked.

"Do you know what I had at that time when Quanxing, Sichuan announced the transfer of equity?" Chu Zuosheng asked instead of answering the question.

"have no idea……"

"I often thought at that time that if I were a billionaire, I would have paid for Quanxing without saying a word... Later, after Xu Ming bought her, I thought about it again. But I was just an ordinary person, I could only think about it. Hey!"

"Buy Sichuan Quanxing, what are you going to do, Dad?"

"If I go to the adult game, I don't have to ask for tickets!" Chu Zuosheng's answer made Chu Zhongtian roll his eyes.

But wait... he thought of Wimbledon Athletics. The Wimbledon Athletics club chairman once said that his favorite thing was to stand in the stands behind the goal to cheer for the team in every Wimbledon Athletics game... This is the simplest love that fans love for the club they like.

When he worked at the Duns Bar, he envied the English fans because they had their own community teams. They were born to support their own community teams. Even if any team was unknown, they could only play in the amateur league for more than a hundred years.

He would think of Sichuan Quanxing, which no longer exists, and he felt that it was so sad as a Chinese fan, especially a Sichuan fan. Our fans are here, where is our team?

Will he have such ideas at that time? How great would it be if there was a team of our own that would build our own, attract local fans, and make us willing to go to the stadium every weekend to cheer for him and let the shouts of "heroes" resound within the third ring road of Chengdu... Isn't there such an opportunity now?

A team of his own, and a team of all Sichuan fans... Although it is only a Class B team, there is nothing, and there is not even his own home court or training base, it is like a piece of white paper, allowing him to freely draw a blueprint on it... Ditma Hope can invest more than 20 years in his hometown, and finally get this great situation today. Why can't the new Sichuan football team he invested in decades reappear in China's top league stadium? Maybe at that time, China's football environment would be better than it is now, and it's not certain... Wimbledon

The fans of skilled players did not want their team to go away from them and disappeared from their lives, and formed a new team from the fans, and are now moving towards their goals step by step. Why can't I do this? I believe that at that time, there must be countless fans in Sichuan who hoped to retain their Sichuan Quanxing, but they did not have such ability, and the Chinese football environment would not allow them to do this. Since I have such ability and opportunity, why can't I fulfill this wish on their behalf? Although it was a little late... In an instant, many thoughts and ideas poured into Chu Zhongtian's brain.

Then he took out his cell phone and dialed it back.

"Is Chairman Gong? Well, that's right. Can you give me their phone number? I'll talk to them."
Chapter completed!