While Li Xuan and Xu Jiankui were talking, a huge cheer suddenly came from the stadium.

Li Xuan looked into the stadium, and a group of players wearing crimson jerseys were celebrating wildly together. Red is the home colour of the defending champions of the Hong Kong Premier League, Oriental, which means that the home team scored first.

Li Xuan, as the owner of the Oriental team, naturally wanted to have fun with the people at this time, so he applauded the goal with a smile. And the broadcast camera was also very tacitly aimed at the live broadcast picture at Box No. 1, so his smile and applause immediately appeared on the big screen and the TV screen where the whole Hong Kong was watching the live broadcast of the game.

This is the opening match of the 1990-1991 Hong Kong Super League season, and it will be played by last season's champions Oriental Team in their home stadium, Sha Tin Stadium, against the traditional giants Seiko Bulova!

The appearance of Li Xuan's butterfly has changed many histories beyond recognition, and Hong Kong football is one of them. According to the original history, after experiencing the glory of the late 70s and early 80s, Hong Kong football has been rapidly declining since the late 80s.

But now that the time has come to 1990, Hong Kong football is experiencing its most vigorous period in history. For example, in today's game, the total capacity of Sha Tin Stadium was as high as 32,000, but all tickets were sold out half a month ago.

Of course, there is a reason for the opening game of the new season, after all, the enthusiasm of the fans is in desperate need of a hearty game to release after a summer of waiting.

But even if there is no factor in the opening game, just looking at the season ticket sales of the Oriental team this season, you can still feel the heat of Hong Kong's current ball market! The Oriental team originally planned to sell 15,000 season tickets this season, but the number of people who signed up for the subscription reached an astonishing 35,000 before the deadline.

Therefore, after urgent discussions, the business development department of the pellet group temporarily decided to increase the total number of season tickets issued to 22,000. But even so, all season tickets still need to be distributed through a lottery, and there are 13,000 fans who registered in advance but were slightly unlucky, so they can only go to the scene to buy tickets!

Li Xuan, at the instigation of Xu Jiankui, invested in the purchase of the Oriental team. But he has rarely been involved in the operation of the team over the years, and he has rarely come to watch the game.

Hong Kong has a long history of football and is the first region in Asia to establish a football league. But Hong Kong's conditions have also limited the potential of Hong Kong football.

In the eyes of Li Xuan, who has experienced the baptism of various superstars in later generations, the local league is more than fierce and not exciting, that is, the top level of amateurism, so naturally there is not much interest.

However, although he has appeared rarely, it does not mean that he has little influence on Hong Kong football. For example, in another time and space, the rapid decline of the Hong Kong League has a lot to do with the policy of restricting foreign aid that Huo Yingdong vigorously pursued at that time.

The loss of foreign aid has directly led to the decline in the excitement of the Hong Kong league, which has made it less attractive to fans. You must know that the policy of the Hong Kong League has always been that a team can play a maximum of 7 foreign players at the same time.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is the foreign players who support the core attraction of the Hong Kong league. Otherwise, just relying on the kung fu of the local player's three-legged cat, no one wants to go to the scene to watch the game!

The reason why Huo Yingdong was able to forcibly promote this policy that seriously damaged the spectacle of the Hong Kong league in another time and space is not only that he is the vice chairman of the AFC, the president of the Hong Kong Football Association, and the number one sports boss in Hong Kong, but also because he is a wealthy man in Hong Kong.

And since Li Xuan acquired the Dongfang team, the situation has become different! In just a few years, Li Xuan has quickly risen from scratch to become the richest man in the world, completely ignoring the qualifications of the Huo family!

So the history of Hong Kong football has a fork in the road here. Originally by the two brothers Huang Chuanshan and Huang Chuanbao, the Hong Kong Jinyuan football wave that arose at the end of the 70s not only did not stop after entering the 80s, but became more and more intense!

You must know the extent of Li Xuan's "trench", even if the ten Huang brothers combined, it can't be compared. After he moved into the Oriental team, it was a routine operation to find foreign aid and invite foreign coaches, and the real big move was to spend a lot of money to build a new home stadium.

There is a piece of reclaimed land on Yuen Muk Road, Sha Tin, which was originally planned to be used for the construction of Sha Tin Sports Ground. Li Xuan directly negotiated with the Sha Tin District Government and the Municipal Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, and finally changed to the Oriental Group to invest 200 million Hong Kong dollars to build the largest and most modern professional football stadium in Hong Kong.

Opened in 1987, the Sha Tin Stadium is jointly operated and managed by the Municipal Affairs Bureau and the Oriental Ball Troupe. With the strong performance of the Oriental team in recent years, the attendance rate of the new home stadium of the Oriental team has also been rising, and there are often a full market that is hard to find!

"When I asked you to buy the Oriental team, it only cost a mere 500,000 Hong Kong dollars! You threw me a check for 5 million Hong Kong dollars, and I won you back a triple championship! Do you know how many years is it worth to catch up with the league registration quota now?" Xu Jiankui proudly showed off to Li Xuan.

"How much? It won't cost 50 million, right?" Li Xuan naturally didn't want to sweep his old friend's interest, and asked very cooperatively.

"Ha, it is worthy of the 'God of Wealth Li', it is not to treat money as money, it is 50 million when you open your mouth and close your mouth! It's not so exaggerated, but it's not cheap!

In 88, Huang Chuanbao and Huang Chuanshan felt that it was too much pressure to run a catch-up team independently, so they simply merged the Seiko and Bulova teams. The vacant spot was sold for 15 million Hong Kong dollars!" Xu Jiankui smacked his lips and said.

When Xu Jiankui encouraged Li Xuan to play football, the Huang brothers happened to be witnesses. The Huang brothers all started by acting as an agent for Japanese watches, although they are all rich, but there is still a big gap from the real wealthy.

One of the reasons why they built the team at the beginning was to build a watch brand for themselves and build a reputation in the Hong Kong market. They don't have the strength to throw money into the football industry without limits!

So after a real big player like Li Xuan left the game, the glory of Seiko and Bulova dominating the Hong Kong League immediately became yesterday's yellow flower. However, the Huang brothers are also true lovers of football, and after the merger of Seiko and Bulova, two traditional powerhouses, they immediately re-emerged as strong contenders for the league title.

Moreover, the newly established Seiko Bulova team is also the only team among the 12 teams in the Hong Kong Super League that is both competitive and financially healthy! This is something that even Li Xuan's Oriental team can't do, and if he cuts off investment now, there is really no guarantee that the Oriental team will decline rapidly!

"The two brothers of the Huang family are both famous people for a while, and the reason why they met me in the first place was because you introduced them! The three of you were going to invest in the development of arcade games in a joint venture, but I didn't say anything at that time, but I was not optimistic about it at all!

But I didn't expect that the arcade industry in Hong Kong will die countless new companies every year, and your company has not only survived, but also become bigger and bigger! Although I haven't learned in detail, I can be sure that the profits generated by the game business have surpassed the Huang family's old business of selling watches!" Li Xuan also sighed.

"Speaking of which, the new boss who bought the registration rights of the team from the Huang family is also your old acquaintance, Lu Qintian of the Lu Group!" Xu Jiankui said again.

"As soon as you reminded me like this, I began to have the impression that the Hong Kong newspapers had reported it in a big way at that time! The name of his team is 'Lu Jiajun', which is really simple and clear, haha!" Li Xuan said, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help curling.

"Who's to say it's not, the newspapers at the time didn't scold the name for getting vulgar. But people just used it, and the fans responded well, and quickly gathered a group of diehards! By the way, the next round of the league in the East will meet Lu Jiajun, who ranked third in the league last year, and it is another battle of dragons and tigers!"

Xu Jiankui paused, and continued, "The Hong Kong Super League has another powerful dragon this season! The Tsuen Wan team, which was relegated two seasons ago, was acquired by the Malaysian gambling king Lin Wutong before the start of last season, and then succeeded in one fell swoop!"

"Is that the Malaysian tycoon who runs the Genting Casino?" Li Xuan asked curiously.

"That's right, in addition to the famous Genting Casino, he has purchased several luxury cruise ships in the past two years and has begun to get involved in the maritime gambling industry!" Xu Jiankui nodded and explained.

"It seems that he came to Hong Kong to compete with He Gambling King for business, this propaganda method is unique! Or you can also go to He Gambling Wang's house to sit down and persuade him to buy a team to play! When the time comes, you can come to a stadium to play with the God of Gamblers, it must be a big selling point to attract fans!" Li Xuan said with a smile.

Xu Jiankui has long since stepped down as the general manager of the Eastern team, and he is now the president of the Hong Kong Football Association. Hong Kong's top football league, renamed from the original "Hong Kong League A" to the higher "Hong Kong Super League", and the development of the Hong Kong Super League in recent years, all of which are inseparable from the vigorous promotion of Xu Jiankui, the new president!

"Hehe, I really still have this idea, but the Huo family doesn't agree! They say that allowing the gambling industry to infiltrate Hong Kong football will convey incorrect values to Hong Kong fans!" Xu Jiankui shook his head, looking very helpless.

It is no secret that the Huo family does not deal with He Gambling King. You must know that when He Gambling Wang went to Macau to compete for a gambling license, Huo Jiake was one of the partners. But now He Gambling King is relying on Bo-Cai Industry to enter the gold fight, but the Huo family has been put out of the game! The dirtiness behind this can be guessed without thinking about it!

"The Hong Kong team has entered the men's football finals of the Asian Games this time, and you, the president, are going to lead the team north to participate in the Asian Games in a few days, right? It just so happens that I was also invited to Beijing-Beijing to watch the opening ceremony of the Asian Games! If I have the opportunity to meet the leaders of the central government in charge of sports, I may have some new ideas and exchange ideas with each other!

The small pond of Hong Kong is still too small for the Oriental team, is it possible for the Oriental team to represent Hong Kong in the national football league?" Li Xuan suddenly said in a surprising voice.