Chapter 507 The whole family came to Hong Kong to celebrate the New Year
While Sarawak's construction was in full swing, Wang Yuanchao was traveling between Guangzhou and Hong Kong.

On December 12, representatives of the football communities of Guangdong and Hong Kong signed the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup Football Match Agreement, deciding that starting from 7, during the New Year's Day and Spring Festival every year, the Guangdong Football Association and the Hong Kong Football Association would each send a team to hold a match in Guangzhou and Hong Kong respectively, using a mobile trophy system. The winner would receive the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup trophy, and the results of each year's match would be engraved on the trophy.

After the agreement was signed, Wang Yuanchao no longer used the Hong Kong United Team to bully the mainland. Although the mainland's football level might not be that bad at this time, it would definitely not be as good as the Hong Kong United Team which had been training for so many years.

The Hong Kong United FC is now the top team in Asia and a strong team that has entered the World Cup twice.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Hong Kong League is the best league in Asia.

Thanks to Wang Yuanchao's foresight and strong promotion, the Hong Kong football league system has developed by leaps and bounds. Not to mention that Hong Kong is such a small place, every first-class team actually has its own home stadium! - Although some are shared by both.

As everyone knows, the Country Parks Ordinance promulgated by Hong Kong in August last year stipulated that more than 8 square kilometers of country parks cannot be moved.

Because 90% of Hong Kong citizens live within 3km of a country park, touching the land around any park will affect the price of purchased homes and infringe on the interests of surrounding residents.

In fact, it is to reduce the supply of land in order to protect the interests of large real estate developers. This is also to protect the interests of Wang Yuanchao, who is one of the largest landowners in Hong Kong!

But besides making money, he also has feelings!

The money he earns now is enough for him to spend in several lifetimes.

Land in Hong Kong is very expensive, and there are parks of all sizes in the city. Instead of turning all of them into parks, it is better to set aside some space to contribute to the development of flower planting and football. Strolling in the park is as entertaining as going to the stadium to watch a game!

Before the government was about to issue this award, Wang Yuanchao had already initiated the construction of football fields in parks of all sizes, under the leadership of the Hong Kong Football Association, and united various clubs to negotiate with the government for football fields to ensure that each district had a regular stadium that could accommodate 20000 to 30000 spectators.

Those that were quick to act have already put them into use, while those that were slow have only just marked out the land.

The ownership of these stadiums belongs to the Hong Kong Football Association, the Hong Kong authorities, and the various clubs.

The controlling shareholder is the Football Association with 50.1%, the Hong Kong authorities have 30.1% in the form of land, and the various clubs together only have 19.8%. They can only get dividends based on their investment contribution, bonuses based on their performance, and they are guaranteed to use the stadium nearby and cheaply.

No stadium belongs to any club. Even if a club already has a stadium, in this situation, do you want to expand the stadium and sell more tickets?

If you want to expand, it will be difficult without the support of the authorities and the Football Association.

Therefore, the Football Association will sometimes replace stadiums with those in better locations, so that the space becomes larger and the club can also have extra income.

You have to know that this is Hong Kong where every inch of land is valuable!
Otherwise, if one day people don’t want to play anymore and try to sell the stadium, it will cost billions!
We can't test the club owners with money, right?

Wang Yuanchao directly cut off their source of fuel!

Although the Football Association no longer has donations from horse racing ticket sales, it still has a share of football lottery sales, and then there will be a share of TV broadcasting, ticket sales, player endorsements, player transfers and other club operating activities. The Football Association can also make a profit because it is also responsible for those football schools, and it cannot do without money. There is also the league bonus, although not every team is sponsored by a big sponsor. For the mid- and lower-level teams, the bonus is their big blood supplement.

In addition to the A-level league, the B and C levels also need support. The system is a system, and each link is indispensable.

Regarding the compulsory education that has just been implemented throughout Hong Kong, Wang Yuanchao also suggested that all schools should launch football leagues for primary and secondary school students to implement the football culture of the British Empire.

This point was also supported.

Children always have to take physical education classes, so there is nothing wrong with learning football.

In addition to this powerful system, outside of Hong Kong, Hong Kong football also has two wings.

Yi Yi is in Brazil, and the Football Association has set up a training school there, and even directly formed a team to play in Brazil's third division and train through competition.

Although the players are young, they are also carefully selected by Hong Kong. Many young players from Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia first go to Hong Kong Football School to play football, and then strive to play football in Brazil. Later, they can return to the Hong Kong league to play in the game. If they become stars, they can make a lot of money, which has formed a virtuous circle.

Yiyi has Chelsea as its base in the UK, so it is easy for Hong Kong players to come here for trials and external showcases.

Many low-level teams in European leagues particularly like to come to Chelsea for inspection, and then decide to "buy" Hong Kong players because they are cheap and easy to use.

Of course, it’s not that there are no high-level leagues to pick players, but the most suitable ones will be chosen by Chelsea first.

There are two Hong Kong players who can play as starters in Chelsea! There are more than a dozen players who play as starters in other major leagues.

So how can such a Hong Kong team not be strong? !

Chelsea has two main players from Hong Kong. Although it may be related to the fact that the big boss is from Hong Kong, but if you don’t have the strength, Sir Alex Ferguson will not pay attention to you.

Sir Alex Ferguson is Sir Alex Ferguson. After deciding to take charge of Chelsea, although the first few games were not very good, the results came out quickly. Currently, they are leading the English League Two. If nothing unexpected happens, they will be promoted to English League One at the end of the 78/79 season.

And Sir Alex Ferguson is also reorganizing Chelsea's youth training system.

There are even more Hong Kong players in Chelsea's youth team. Those that Sir Alex Ferguson thinks are good enough will be transferred to Chelsea's youth team first.

He is very interested in the youth training of the Hong Kong Football Association, not only because the quality of these players is very good overall, but also because this group of high-quality players is endless, and occasionally one or two particularly outstanding ones will pop up.

If Chelsea also had this ability, it would be what he has always dreamed of.

He plans to come to Hong Kong during the off-season to observe and exchange ideas with the big boss.

So, with such strength, is it good to take the Xiangjiang United Team to play against the Guangdong Provincial Team and win 7:0? Isn't it political?

After talking to Uncle Huo, let Uncle Huo's Yuyuan football team go there first to test the waters.

In the first session, we in Hong Kong were the younger brother. It was natural for us to lose in front of the big brother. After all, we were just a team in the middle league. It would be good for the big brother to win. Both sides had to explain. If we still won like this, well——

One has to consider this possibility.

Uncle Huo said:

"Just play first. If it doesn't work, try another substitute later to give it some experience."

On January 1, Wang Yuanchao, together with members of the Hong Kong Football Association and Uncle Fok's Happy Valley Football Club, played the first match of the Hong Kong Cup against the Guangdong Provincial Team at the Yuexiushan Stadium in Yangcheng.

Yuyuan was obviously more tactical and played with ease. The Guangdong team also had good skills and excellent coordination, far exceeding Wang Yuanchao's expectations.

Come to think of it, the North Korean team was able to make it to the World Cup finals before!

We cannot look at mainland football players in this life through the tinted glasses of our previous life.

The two sides fought back and forth.

Happy Valley had tactics but couldn’t score a goal. Guangdong Province fought hard and finally broke through Happy Valley’s goal.

In the end, the Xiangjiang team lost 0:1.

Except for the Hong Kong team and players who were a little depressed, everyone was happy.

All members of the Hong Kong team returned to Hong Kong and after a week of preparation, they played the home match of the Provincial and Hong Kong Cup on January 1, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Wang Yuanchao waited in Yangcheng for two days and met his parents, brother and sister-in-law, sister, and the younger generations of the Wang family who had come from the capital.

Yes, he is going to take his family to Hong Kong to celebrate the New Year.

Given his current status and position, he didn't let them suffer by taking the train, but bought them plane tickets.

In the mainland, this kind of thing requires more than just money.

As soon as they got off the plane, the family saw Wang Yuanchao waiting outside and his daughter-in-law Liu Qijin who was pregnant.

"Ouch--"

When mother Miao Cui saw this, she didn't bother to chat with her husband and children about the feeling of flying, and just went down the gangway.

"Mom - Dad - Big Brother..."

The mother held Liu Qijin's hand and said to Wang Yuanchao:
"You're already pregnant, why don't you let the child sit in the car? I'm here to blow the wind with you? You..."

"Mom, I really want to see you guys. Originally, the North Korean government didn't allow me to come over and told me to stay home and prepare!"

Liu Qijin sweetly interrupted her mother-in-law's reproach to her husband, but no matter what, it could be seen that there was happiness in her mother-in-law's eyes.

Isn't it strange that there are so many people?

Father Wang Quan followed up:
"Okay, this is the airport, there are passengers behind us, let's not block this way."

The whole family then got on the small minibus waiting nearby.

Same treatment as first class customers at the airport.

Oh, the Wang family was in the first class cabin, and the passengers behind them were stopped on the plane by the flight attendant.

It was lively on the minibus.

Except for Wang Yuanchao and Liu Qijin, everyone else was flying on a plane for the first time.

I was embarrassed to talk loudly on the plane, but now I finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

But before they can hold it back any longer, they have to take off their clothes first…

Although the flight attendant reminded us that it would be warmer in Guangzhou, who knew it would be so warm!
The grown man took off all his clothes except for his cotton sweater, but he couldn't take off his pants because it was indecent.

The children took off their clothes like they were in a bathhouse, even their pants were taken off because it was too hot.

Women can only take off their sweaters, revealing their cotton sweaters, which is too indecent.

As they took off their clothes, they talked, and the carriage was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Wang Yuanchao saw how swiftly they moved, smiled and pointed at the suitcases beside him, saying:
“There’s a changing room up front where you can change clothes.

We have prepared some clothes for you. Just wear whatever you want!
If it’s not suitable, I’ll take you shopping in Hong Kong!”

Looking at everyone's gaze, Liu Qijin also smiled and said:

"We have a big family, don't worry, my big belly won't follow you."

(End of this chapter)