Chapter 463 Scored a Goal

After returning home, Wang Yuanchao didn't say anything to Patricia. He went into the study and pretended to create.

Patricia also thoughtfully brought soup, which was made by the Chinese nanny at home.

"My dear, it's so hard—ah!"

Patricia glanced at the unfinished product on the table. Her husband was finally writing a song!
She was getting so impatient waiting!
Other people release two or three albums a year, but Muse Music only releases one.

She quickly covered her mouth to prevent her scream from disturbing her husband's creation, and hurriedly put down the soup, saying:

"You are tired, I won't bother you anymore!"

Then he turned and left.

Wang Yuanchao glanced over and saw that Patricia's steps had become much lighter, as if she was about to jump.

He shook his head.

As expected, there is no affection between the two, and they are only calculating their own interests.

……

After the investment company finished speculating in futures, Wang Yuanchao stopped playing futures. Even if he had reference books from his previous life, the variables were huge. It was far less reliable than stocks, gold, and real industries.

With so much money on hand, Wang Yuanchao is bound to spend it, otherwise the tax will be too scary. However, the tax account period is more than a year, which is a long time, so he can slowly look for a suitable company to merge with.

So the work direction of brother-in-law Michael Reagan soon turned to finding suitable acquisition and merger targets.

Although he can easily support these people, he can't let the team sit idle, right?

Wang Yuanchao also has his own investment direction, but it won’t cost much money.

The three songs were handed in one after another. Muse Music was very clear that the release schedules of the three major bands must be staggered to avoid internal competition.

Only then did Wang Yuanchao return to Hong Kong.

Firstly, he had to go north to Guangzhou to see the Spring Fair, and secondly, Zheng Juan was about to give birth, and he had nothing to do right now, so it would be better for him to go back and accompany her.

Wang Yuanchao went north ahead of time and called his elder brother Wang Sheng first.

I learned from the phone call that this time the art troupe was led by Director Liu and Director Hu Yan themselves, and Wang Sheng was accompanying them.

Because the mainland’s previous voice at the United Nations had a huge impact, this Spring Fair is the largest in history.

With so much attention from the higher-ups, the Railway Art Troupe, which has a tradition of performing arts, has no choice but to take it seriously.

The programs are always the same, so it is only from the leadership that the importance is shown.

So this time when Wang Sheng comes, he may not be able to have a small gathering with him, and he reminds Wang Yuanchao that it is better not to wander around. Director Liu and Director Huyan are not members of the group below. They do not need to follow the team, and they do not need to return to their residence after the performance. They can stroll around the Canton Fair.

After finishing his call with his eldest brother’s office, he made another call to the regiment.

"This is the Railway Cultural Troupe. Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Section Chief Wu Lanfang."

"Please wait!"

After a while, the phone was picked up again.

"Hello, I'm Wu Lanfang, who are you?"

Wang Yuanchao said:

"I am Wang Sheng!"

Wu Lanfang tightened her grip on the phone and looked around unconsciously. Fortunately, no one was unconscious and they were all far away. She whispered:

"I can't go this time. I got sick. I need to take good care of myself."

Wang Yuanchao was not surprised. As long as he wanted, his winning rate was generally high.

After calculating the time, I think the baby will be born in late September or early October. This, this, this...

"Have you prepared everything you need and eat?"

Wu Lanfang said:

"We are slowly collecting them, don't worry."

Wang Yuanchao thought about it and realized that he had given Wu Lanfang quite a bit of pocket money. He said:

"If you need milk powder tickets, go find my eldest brother. He has the channels."

Wu Lanfang wanted to laugh, but she held it back and said:

"Okay, don't worry about it, I can handle it.

I won’t say more. When you come back during the Chinese New Year, you will see the baby!
I'm dead!"

Since none of his relatives are coming, Wang Yuanchao will not attend the upcoming Spring Fair.

On May 5, Zheng Juan gave birth to a baby boy, and Wang Yuanchao named the child Wang Zheng.

All the girls came to congratulate her, and Liu Qijin was extremely envious, as she had not yet gotten pregnant.

Only after the baby was one month old did Wang Yuanchao go to Europe to watch the World Cup.

The Hong Kong United team went there for training and friendly matches as early as March. After all, the World Cup in West Germany will start on June 3, and the Hong Kong Football Association will not be short of money. It is not too much to go there in advance to adapt to the environment and get better results.

Now that he has reached the finals, Wang Yuanchao still has some aspirations. Scoring a goal is the bottom line, winning a game is the goal, and qualifying for the group stage, well, this is the slogan.

In this World Cup, artificial satellites were used for the first time to broadcast sports matches, setting a precedent for world broadcasting.

There are 16 teams participating in this World Cup, and the rules have changed a lot compared to the past. The final stage of the competition is divided into three stages. First, the 16 participating teams are divided into four groups, and each group plays a single round-robin match. The top two teams in each group, that is, eight teams, advance.

Afterwards, instead of playing a knockout match between two teams, the eight teams were divided into two groups for a single round-robin match. The first place in each group advanced to the final, and the second place participated in the third and fourth place final. Historically, this system of competition has only been used twice.

The Hong Kong United team is in Group A with West Germany, Chile and East Germany.

This is the group of death!

If we meet Zaire, Haiti, Scotland or someone like that, maybe we can still give it a try.

Seeing this grouping, Wang Yuanchao despaired of qualifying, except for the theoretical possibility.

But if we win a game, theoretically there is still a chance.

Scoring a goal is a task that must be accomplished.

You can't invest so much and just harvest a bunch of duck eggs, right?

At 6 p.m. on June 14, the opening match between host West Germany and Chile took place at the Berlin Olympic Stadium in West Berlin.

In the end, West Germany defeated Chile 18:1 with a goal in the 0th minute.

Wang Yuanchao watched the TV broadcast and felt that the Hong Kong United team was in trouble. He had originally dreamed of getting some points against Chile, but now it seems that West Germany only won 1:0, and the game was a bit difficult.

Chile qualified after playing three games against Peru.

Yes, Chile, Peru and Venezuela were in the same group, competing for a South American qualifying spot, but Venezuela withdrew.

Peru beat Chile 2:0 at home, and Chile beat Peru 2:0 at home. The two teams tied and finally played a play-off in the neutral venue of Uruguay.

Chile defeated Peru 2:1 and won the qualification.

There are no weak teams in South America.

At 7:30 p.m., the Hong Kong United and East Germany started their battle at the Nordbank Arena in Hamburg.

The score was 0:0 in the first half, but not long into the second half, Xiangjiang United scored the first goal, 1:0.

Wang Yuanchao immediately became excited, Oh my god, we are leading the German team!
East Germany is also Germany!

The boys fought hard, but unfortunately, in the 78th minute, East Germany equalized the score.

This made Wang Yuanchao feel a little regretful.

Regardless, this was far beyond Wang Yuanchao's expectations.
At least the minimum goal of this World Cup has been achieved.

If we can draw with East Germany and beat Chile, it is not impossible for us to enter the second round!
Four days later, at the Nordbank Arena in Hamburg, the Hong Kong United team faced the host West Germany.

Because of the performance in the first game and because West Germany was the host, the stadium was packed.

The Hong Kong Brigade fought back and forth against the West German tanks, which greatly boosted Wang Yuanchao's confidence.

In the 24th minute, West Germany scored!
In the 44th minute, when the first half was almost over, West Germany scored again!
This goal directly shattered Wang Yuanchao's fantasy.

In the second half, West Germany scored another goal.

Wang Yuanchao wanted to scold his own head coach. In such a situation, he still wanted to attack? He was out of his mind. Defend! Lose less balls! Save your energy to play against Chile and strive to qualify with a goal difference advantage!
It's 0:3, the hope of qualifying is a bit slim.

But Chile and East Germany, who were in the same group, actually tied 7:30 in the match at 1:1 pm!
The Xiangjiang team immediately started to plan.

Now West Germany has won two games and has 4 points, so it is sure to qualify. East Germany has drawn two games and has 2 points. Chile has one draw and one loss, and has 1 point. Hong Kong has one draw and one loss, and has 1 point. Chile has a greater goal difference advantage than Hong Kong, so Hong Kong is at the bottom.

In the last round of the group stage, Germany and Hong Kong faced off, and Hong Kong played against Chile.

Hong Kong's only chance to qualify is to beat Chile and then East Germany lose to West Germany. If East Germany draws and gets three points, Hong Kong's goal difference will not be enough. Losing to West Germany by three goals is too tragic. Unless Hong Kong beats Chile 3:3, Wang Yuanchao dare not think about it.

There is no way. In the last round of the group stage, Hong Kong and Chile will play first, and the two German countries can play in harmony.

This is really...

There must be something fishy going on if the group stage draw and schedule weren’t cheated!
22日，香江队和智利队互交白卷，0:0打平。然后东德居然1:0战胜了西德！
The two Germanys advanced together.

Wang Yuanchao felt resentful.

Now that he has watched these live games, he has discovered that the Hong Kong team is actually quite strong. Under his management over the years, their skills and physical fitness have been greatly improved.

Don’t even think about boiled chicken. No matter young or old, when you lift up their clothes, you can see all the chest and abdominal muscles.

This is also his fault. He wanted to change coaches before, but the head coach was very respectful and obedient, so he gave him a chance.

Since he led the team out of the line, he didn't mention it again.

Now it seems that it is exactly the same as in the previous qualifiers, where we played against the weak Asian teams. The players' strength was enough to crush them, and the coach did not play a big role.

But it doesn't work in the World Cup.

There is a big gap in the coaching aspect, and even he, an outsider, can see it all.

We still have to hire a foreign teacher!

After such a huge investment, well, we only scored a goal and tied with East Germany, which is acceptable.

After the group stage, the Hong Kong United team returned to Hong Kong.

The staff of the Football Association, in accordance with the boss's request, began looking for a suitable head coach in Europe.

Wang Yuanchao went to Britain.

He wants to talk to Rediffusion about acquiring Rediffusion Television.

In the early days, Rediffusion provided cables for radio broadcasts in some remote areas of the UK that could not receive radio signals. Later, it became bigger and bigger, and in the 1950s, it also operated TV stations and TV set rental and sales.

Last year, Rediffusion Television of Hong Kong finally changed from wired to wireless to cope with the competition from TVB and also obtained a new license.

The current economic situation is bad, so it is a good time to take action.

(End of this chapter)