In 2001, the U.S. stock market fell across the board, especially the NASDAQ technology stocks, which suffered a sharp decline in stock prices. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAfter the attacks on 9/11, the market fell further to a very over-the-top state. However, the market rebounded rapidly from October onwards, and then developed into a full-blown bull market.

By the last trading day of 2001, the current Dow Jones index was reported at 10,137 points, after "9.11" the index once fell to 8,000 points, and now it has returned to more than 10,100 points, the results are surprisingly good.

The Nasdaq index reported 1987 points that day, compared with the bottom point of 1387 points after "9.11", the current rebound has been as high as 43%.

With the help of this wave, Arthur's bottom-buying plan has already made him see benefits, but this time he is ready to make long-term investments and will not withdraw from the stock market in the next three to four years.

Arthur lay on the bed very satisfied, ate a bite of pineapple, and sighed that both Blackburn and himself have been having a good time recently!

In the sixth round of the league, Blackburn, who lost big player Benayoun in the previous round, beat Bolton, who came to challenge.

In the first half of this match, the first 12 shots on goal of both sides were not on target.

The deadlock was broken in the 69th minute when Duff and Frank Lampard played a quick break with successive passes and a cross from the left in the box from Finnan was met by substitute Ibrahimovic from 10 yards to score the Swedish striker's fourth league goal of the season and currently sit second on the scorers' charts.

In the end, Friedel made a couple of good saves to deny the visitors a chance to fight back, and in the end, Blackburn Rovers won six in a row.

In the 7th round of the league, Blackburn once again beat Everton with the most economical 1:0 at home to consolidate the advantage at the top of the standings.

Ibrahimovic started the game with Didier Drogba and Blackburn's formation changed to England's traditional 4-4-2.

In the 23rd minute, Frank Lampard, who played as the team's right midfielder, sent a cross that looked like a cross, and Drogba's header almost hit the goal.

In the 57th minute, Ibrahimovic and Alonso kicked the wall and burst into the penalty area and were knocked down by Everton defenders.

However, Blackburn Rovers did not have time to breathe after their win over Everton, and just two days later, they were in the eighth round of the Premier League.

Blackburn Rovers travelled to play at Villa's home stadium, Villa Park, with Jose Mourinho going for a conservative 4-2-3-1 starting line-up and Didier Drogba returning to the bench.

In this game, Blackburn played quite a difficult game due to lack of fitness.

Victora, who had the advantage of being at home, took control of the situation and took the lead in the 31st minute with a powerful burst from outside the box.

Nine minutes later, Alonso's cross from the right was knocked back into the six-yard box by Duff at the far post, and the Villa defender made a mistake in clearing the ball and kicked the ball directly to Lampard outside the box, who controlled the ball and went directly into the Villa penalty area but was met by the opposing defender, but the referee on duty did not show a red card, which caused a protest from the Blackburn players and Mourinho on the sidelines.

After a half-time change, Blackburn Rovers took the initiative at the start of the second half.

In the 67th minute, Cambiasso passed the ball and Duff had a good chance to open the scoring from 25 yards, but his shot slid wide.

In the 83rd minute, Blackburn Rovers won a series of corner kicks, and the two central defenders, Stam and Carvalho, both rushed into the front box to rush to the top, and finally seized the opportunity to equalize.

Ben Boggs, who came off the bench, seized his chance and picked up a leak in the six-yard box to score a lucky goal with his chest.

It was Ben Boggs' first competitive goal of the season, but it was his goal that gave Blackburn a point and kept the team unbeaten in the new season.

After the narrow win over Villa, although the winning streak since the start of the league stopped, Blackburn, who won seven and drew one and conceded only two goals, still topped the Premier League table, and Arsenal and Liverpool, who were struggling to catch up, were at least one game away from them.

After the game against Villa, many of Blackburn's players left the team on the spot, as the vast majority of the main players in the first team for the new season are internationals from their respective national teams, and the upcoming 2002 World Cup qualifiers are a good opportunity for them to show their quality on the international stage.

The 2002 World Cup qualifiers can be said to be uneventful, and the only thing Arthur remembers is the self-inflicted Netherlands and China, which entered the World Cup for the first time.

While the Netherlands were packed with stars such as Davies, Seedorf, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Overmars and Stamm, Louis van Gaal's Orange finished third behind Portugal and Ireland, with a 1-0 defeat at Ireland costing them the most deadly.

The Chinese team's breakthrough in the Asian qualifiers can only be said to be God's help.

It is said that it is Tianzhu, because as the host of the South Korea and Japan World Cup, South Korea and Japan do not need to participate in the qualifiers, and the Chinese team avoided all the strong teams in West Asia in the top ten group draw, and the strongest opponent in the top ten is actually Oman, and China has not encountered a strong team in the whole process of the 02 World Cup qualifiers, which is really magical.

It is said to be self-help, because the Chinese team during the 2002 World Cup was the strongest Chinese team in the past 30 years, and then the Chinese team even if the domestic league was booming, but the strength of the national team was stagnant, and in 2001 it was still a first-class level in Asia, but after more than ten years, it can only be regarded as a national team at the level of the second and third rate in Asia.

Of course, the focus of attention on the British Peninsula during the World Cup qualifiers in October was neither the Netherlands' failure to qualify for the World Cup finals nor China's early breakthrough in the top 10, but Beckham's last-minute free-kick equaliser in England's match against Greece.

On October 6, 2001, England 2:2 Greece in the European preliminary round of the World Cup. With 93 minutes played, England looked set to lose 2-1. David Beckham took a free-kick and the ball spun into the top right corner of the net. It was a priceless goal that came back from the ground under tremendous pressure, and England were able to qualify directly for the World Cup finals with the final blow, avoiding the play-off fate. The goal was rated by David Beckham as his most exciting goal.

Because this goal allowed England to avoid being eliminated and enter the World Championship, the cumulative income of tickets, advertising, sponsorship and other revenues of the main match was more than 100 million, so this goal saved the fate of the England team, and also saved this part of the income, which is called a goal worth 100 million.

Leaving aside how Arthur coveted the direct benefits that Beckham brought to Manchester United, Arthur, who had made a fortune in the stock market, immediately showed his generosity back home and did two things.

The first thing to do is to renew the contracts of the first-team players and increase their salaries.

After Blackburn's winning streak this season and dominating the top of the table, many players in the team have become targets for other teams, and in order not to be forced to sell players, Arthur immediately ordered Mensah Bonsu to offer almost all the main players in the team a new contract, except for Stam, Lampard and Cambiaso, who were only signed two months ago.

This time the contract extension, even if the player has two and a half years left on the contract, Blackburn has still offered a new contract, and the salary is greatly increased.

For example, after negotiation between the two sides, the new contract increased Ibrahimovic's original weekly salary of 5,000 pounds to 20,000 pounds per week, and the bonuses such as goal bonuses and appearance bonuses are second only to the team's highest Stam.

Ibrahimovic has a new five-year contract with a signing fee of £100,000 and a weekly salary that ranks fifth in Blackburn's squad, behind Stam, veteran captain Henning Berg, vice-captains Jeff Kenner and Frank Lampard, and tied with Duff and Alonso.

This can be regarded as a very considerable high salary among Premier League players at that time, you must know that the income of Premier League players at that time could not be promoted with the annual salary of future generations, and the weekly salary of Keane, the captain of Manchester United, was only 50,000 pounds.

After winning a new contract, Blackburn's players were full of morale and firepower, and after returning from the national team, they beat West Ham United.

With Benayoun returning from injury, Mourinho returned to his strongest midfield and made slight changes at the back, with Carvalho, who had just been selected for the Portuguese national team, starting at centre-back, alongside Henning Berg, and Staman, who had just returned from the Dutch national team, on the bench.

West Ham pressed fiercely after the opening kick-off, attempting long-range shots one after another, but it was Blackburn Rovers who were the first to find the back of the net.

Blackburn won a penalty in the 7th minute, Benayoun who returned from injury burst into the right side of the penalty area and was tripped, the referee pointed to the penalty spot, Ibrahimovic pushed the left side of the door but was unfortunately saved by West Ham United goalkeeper James, but before James was happy for a moment, the alert Duff left side shot for Blackburn to open the scoring!

Blackburn extended their lead in the 13th minute!

It was Benayoun again, who burst into the box after a steal on the right flank, and after deducting the chasing defender, he did not shoot, but passed back to the unmarked Lampard on the other side, and Lampard pushed his left foot into the net from 11 meters in front of goal, 2-0!

Blackburn Rovers won another penalty in the 20th minute, Finnan passed straight to the left side of the penalty area, Duff was tackled by the opposing defender, Ibrahimovic took the penalty again, this time the Swedish striker did not waste this opportunity again, his powerful shot rewrote the score to 3:0!

Blackburn Rovers soon had a good chance to open the scoring but the crossbar denied them – in the 39th minute, Benayoun took a corner from the left and Duff fired a left-footed volley into the corner of the six-yard box.

Blackburn extended their advantage again in the 41st minute, Duff and Jeff Kenner combined on the left, Jeff Kenna picked up a cross to the middle, Benayoun stopped to Ibrahimovic, Ibrahimovic pushed into the bottom right corner 14 meters in front of the goal, 4:0!

At half-time, West Ham made two substitutions, but it was difficult to stop the rout.

Four minutes into the second half, Duff cut the ball on the left side, and the defender grabbed the tackle in front of Ibrahimovic, but Duff got the ball again and distributed it to the right side, Alonso plugged in the penalty area with his left foot, Duff inserted the ball in an anti-offside position, and pushed the empty goal after shaking the goalkeeper James with a single knife, 5:0.

Blackburn Rovers hit the box again in the 52nd minute, Frank Lampard crossed to the left side of the box, and Duff pushed a left-footed shot from a tight angle nine meters in front of goal to the outside of the near post!

Alonso then played the ball twice for Ibrahimovic, who fired wide of the near post from the right side of the box before being cleared by James.

Chinese internationals Sun Jihai and Li Tie, who had just qualified for the World Cup finals two rounds ahead of schedule, came on in quick succession to replace Finnan and Benayoun, showing that Mourinho still wants to strengthen his attack.

In the first eight league games of the season, Blackburn only conceded 2 goals, but only 11 goals, an average of less than 1.4 per game, and was called the most boring team by the media, and in this game, it is obvious that Mourinho is ready to vent all his firepower on West Ham United.

Blackburn Rovers continued to extend their results in the 78th minute, Alonso made a direct pass, Duff and Ibrahimovic kicked the wall in succession, and Ibrahimovic pushed into the far corner from 10 meters from the goal on the right side of the penalty area, 6:0.

David Dunn then replaced Alonso and Mourinho was ready to take a halt.

In the 88th minute, Sun Jihai and Li Tie made direct passes one after another in a small area, Ibrahimovic turned and broke through personally, and pushed the arc ball 14 meters away from the goal to hit the inside of the right post and bounced in, completing his first big four after joining Blackburn, 7:0!

After the thrashing of West Ham United, Blackburn Rovers have undoubtedly announced that they are in peak form, and their next game will be against Arsenal, who are currently second in the league table but have been in a huge turmoil recently.

And the cause of this turmoil was precisely because of Arthur's second big move after his return.