Chapter 25 Organizing the League
G-state is too far away from B-kyo, and even if you take the fastest train, it will take at least a day, which makes someone feel very uncomfortable, he can't fly, especially in such a sensitive period, so he decided to give up his job in G-state. Li Mengze decided to resign from the board of directors as an important symbol of power, and at the board meeting in late May, he solemnly resigned as vice president of the company, but retained his status as a director. The Board of Trustees has deliberated and decided to accept his application and thank him for his work.
Before resigning, he had communicated with the three directors in advance and consulted their opinions. Chen Xiaochong persuaded him not to resign, saying that if he wanted a holiday, he could ask for it at any time, and approve it at any time. Now that the relationship between the two has eased, there are some things that everyone knows; But Li Mengze insisted on leaving, and he had lost interest in the work of Wansheng. Before his resignation, he readjusted Li Lan's work, and although he did not yet grasp the supreme power of the Ministry of Personnel, the scope of his power was greatly expanded, and he became a powerful figure of the leader of the Ministry of Personnel. He begged the general manager to take more care of him, and he was completely relieved. After greeting all parties, he rushed back to B-Beijing with a relaxed look.
When he returned to B-Beijing, seeing the two women with bigger and bigger bellies and more and more inconvenient movements, Li Mengze was happy and distressed, and a little depressed. And Jing Wen has already started to be a left-behind wife, her body has begun to deform, although it is not very conspicuous, but she does not dare to stay in the hospital, and she is sick during May Day. There are three reasons for this, first, the weather is hot, the clothes are thin, and some things can't cover it; Second, there are too many experts in the hospital, and the eyes of those gynecologists and obstetricians, especially the keen feelings, make the jade people feel afraid; Third, she is shy about such things in character, although she usually behaves dignified and generous, a picture of the style of an eldest sister, but only in this point is inferior to other women. So now there are three women who often stay at home, and they happen to be three sister-level characters! Originally, the eldest sister took care of the two younger sisters, but now as soon as Li Mengze comes back, the family is even more lively. The family had already agreed to his resignation, and as soon as he proposed it, he received four votes in favor of it, followed by the whole family's agreement.
By the beginning of June, Su Qianyun and Sima Xiaoyu had been pregnant for 8 months, and Jingwen had been more than 6 months, and even Zhang Xiaoqing, who was finally pregnant, had been more than 3 months. Li Mengze plans to get them pregnant next year, so that everyone can take care of each other. Now that there are two women who are not pregnant, Chen Haili's mood is the most urgent, the woman is still a little worried, I don't know what will happen, and in her opinion, after giving birth to a child, there will be no more obstacles to them; Yun girl doesn't think so, the little girl is very active, although she likes children very much, but she is also a little scared when she sees the clumsy appearance of several sisters, so she is now making a lot of noise on the surface, but she is not anxious at all in her bones, and she also hinted at it when the two of them were in private. So Liu Yun is really the happiest one in their family.
Li Mengze is quiet and not moving, but if there is nothing to do, he feels bored and panicked, let him accompany his wife at home to give birth, he will be driven crazy by the women; According to his calculations, he didn't know how long he would have to accompany him after giving birth, so he wanted to go out and find something to do now. And soon, he found a place where he could be used.
More than a decade later, the Chinese professional football league is still a mess. Football was introduced to the market relatively early, and dozens of clubs at all levels have been established, coming, leaving, coming in, and going out. There are many companies that invest in football, but I heard that none of them make money, and most of the companies are cautious and have no long-term planning. Occasionally, a few of them are a little okay, but they are exhausted and don't want to be with them anymore, so football has become a problem in the Chinese sports market. The "national honor" in peacetime, the Chinese national football team, which has high hopes, has finally fought for decades, or in the case of picking up the leakage, entered the World Cup arena, but did not even get a draw, and turned home near his home, but fortunately, South Korea is relatively close to China, especially close to B, otherwise, the plane ticket money will be lost again, which is also something that makes a group of old men secretly happy, after all, the ugliness is also out of East Asia, not out of Asia, Although he faced a world opponent and didn't score a single goal.
Expert consultation, all parties participated, and a lot of ideas came up, but it didn't work, and as a result, even the proud women's football team fell to pieces, which completely broke the psychological defense line of the Chinese people. The popularity of the domestic football league is getting worse and worse, no one is cheering, everyone is watching the five major leagues at home, who still cares about these guys who make money and don't fight; And that's not all, the dying league has come again, boycotts, fights and other incidents. The official Football Association has aroused public anger, and many clubs have pointed the finger at the source of the scourge and began to force the palace, but the palace is easy to force, the market and politics are two different things, in fact, they are the same thing. China has always had disputes between the people and the government, but no matter who is right and who is wrong, and how the matter is handled in the end, the people will never have a good ending. In the end, the leagues fell apart, and the Football Association continued to be the leader despite its mistakes. But the fans have seen it clearly, even if we don't watch this league, we can't afford to be sad, can't we hide at least? Therefore, in the trough era of Chinese football, he was elected with an indisputable absolute advantage.
When football was in full swing, Li Mengze was in no mood to pay attention to this, this was all done by "idlers", and he didn't have time to worry about it. He is not uninterested in football, he has also played football, played football games, and sometimes occasionally watched football games on TV and had fun with others. When it comes to the Chinese football team, he knows most of it, and when he hears it, he knows which province and which city it is, and he can immediately point it out on the map, of course, this is mainly due to his good geographical knowledge; As for the world's big teams, he can also count a large list of them with his fingers, and even be able to name some of the leading stars, although he often puts on his crown, but this can't be blamed on him, football players change owners too often now, and they haven't greeted him, let alone discussed.
And now, someone who is not willing to be lonely, to be precise, who is afraid to stay at home, suddenly has a whimsy. The United States has a national high school basketball league, can't China have a high school football league? The national scope is too large, it is better to have a provincial league, his hometown has a large population, and there are many high schools, so it should be possible! When the whole family was together, he spoke the idea, of course, on the grounds that it was high-sounding, that the goals were lofty and ambitious, that the expected results were amazing, and that "there was still the possibility of making money". He also said that Henan is close to B-Beijing, and he can return to B-Beijing at any time to reunite with his family, not mentioning that he doesn't want to be bored at home, and at the end he also promised that he will definitely be at home for the last prenatal care in July. There are many whimsical people in their family, and there are even more people who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and there are even more easy-going people, so he started another adventure with the full spirit of family support.
With the help of several women, or rather reproaches, he figured out some of the problems. The main aspect is league planning and league management, they discussed, the league is divided into autumn league and spring league, which is inspired by the Argentine league. The Autumn League will be held first, and the winners will be selected to enter the next year's Spring League; The league is also carried out in stages, from small to large-scale, with a combination of home-and-away system and single-game system, and the winners of each stage of the competition have bonuses, which is stimulating. They are budget-conscious and save money on every game. As for the selection of referees, there are two types: volunteers and appointments, and even some amateurs can be used as referees, which is also to save money. For the funds that support the entire league, it is collectively called the league fund, which is divided into two parts: the public welfare fund and the competition fund. There are two sources of public welfare funds, the first part is the excess part of the competition fund, which is transferred to the public welfare fund regardless of how much; The other part comes from various incomes of the league, such as social donations, league transfer income, and so on. There are also two sources of competition funds, the first and probably the most important, at least for a long time, is their annual expenditure of 5 million; Another source is to set aside 5 million yuan as a competition fund when the annual social donations and other league income reaches 5 million or more. As for the income of the league, there are three places, first of all, when the league's income is less than 5 million, all of them will be transferred to the public welfare fund; When it exceeds 5 million, first of all, 5 million will be used as the competition fund, and then the remaining part (proportionally, except for social donations) will be shared by the shareholders of the league as profits, and the remaining part will be transferred to the public welfare fund for public welfare.
After the initial comprehensive consideration, Li Mengze said goodbye to the excited women, rushed to Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, and went to the provincial capital to discuss directly with the people of the Education Commission. In China, it is impossible to do anything without official support, and activities at all levels must be carried out under official guidance. In fact, if something like this is done without the support of the Provincial Education Commission, it is simply unthinkable, and it is estimated that he will have to run for a year if he is allowed to operate alone. He roughly estimated that there are more than 100 counties and hundreds of high schools in the province, and the scale of the league can be said to be quite large; And he's going to include all the high schools and get them to talk!
Bureaucracy in China is everywhere, but bureaucrats belong to bureaucrats, it does not mean that they don't want to do things, for some activities that they have obvious benefits, and do not let them make mistakes, let alone let them pay for activities, they are still very willing to support, and the efficiency is quite high, of course, the premise is that you have to find the right people. Li Mengze's attitude of contributing to his hometown greatly touched those officials in charge, who had already seen many successful businessmen supporting public welfare things, and naturally treated him as the same person, although he actually did not have a share of his own successful industry. Taking out the proposal that had been planned for a long time, showing his bank certificate with sufficient funds, someone was attending a meeting of a provincial unit for the first time as an important person, and at the sports contact meeting of the Henan Provincial Education Commission, he answered the concerns of the leaders one by one, so that they dispelled their worries one by one, and finally reached a preliminary agreement and prepared to try it out for a period of time. After all, it was the first time in the country that such a large-scale event was held at the grassroots level, and the provincial education commission also asked the sports committee of the state education commission for instructions, and a few days later gave work instructions to the local and municipal education commissions. In less than a month, local secondary schools became aware of the "Football League". And at this time, someone is being forced to dig into his pocket according to the contract!
Similar to what they imagined at the beginning, the league was planned in advance, after all, as the original initiator and main sponsor of such a big event, Li Mengze and they still have a relatively large right to speak. Due to the large number of schools, and the league investment is not large, and in order to prevent students from abandoning their studies too much for this, the competition mainly follows the principle of proximity, first between the high schools of each county and city competition (special schools, can enter other counties and cities to compete), to determine the two winners, this is called the county and city competition; Then the winning high school football teams of several nearby counties and cities compete to determine the two winners, which is called the big county and city competition; Finally, enter a competition for the entire region or the entire city to determine two more winners. These three stages of competition form the Autumn League, in which each stage of the competition adopts a single round-robin system, and the venue of the competition is determined by the draw of lots between the two sides of the competition. The spring league is divided into two stages, the first stage, the province is divided into four divisions, the implementation of the home system of a single round-robin, to determine the two winning teams, this is called the big city league; Then the 8 teams that enter the final will be eliminated in a home-and-away format, and the winner will be the winner
The teams that make it to the top four will continue to fight each other for a place in the finals and even win the league championship. In this way, the whole season is divided into three parts, and the latter is divided into two parts and four stages, which make up the entire high school football league.
Nearly 3,400 matches are played over a period of 29 weeks, with a team that plays the most games at least 29 games, and a team that can win up to seven stages. The specific time is about 4 weeks for the county and city leagues, about 5 weeks for the big county and city leagues, and about 5 weeks for the regional leagues, and the autumn league takes about 14 weeks; The Big City League takes about 9 weeks, the quarterfinals 2 weeks, the semifinals 2 weeks, and the finals 2 weeks, and the spring league takes about 15 weeks. The league rewards the winning team and the best player in each game, and with the upgrade of the league level, the bonus is increased one by one, with a total of more than 3.7 million yuan in various types of bonuses. For example, the team that wins each game in the county league of the autumn league can receive a bonus of 400 yuan, and the best player (usually one person) can receive an individual bonus of 300 yuan; The final round, which is the highest prize money for the team in a single game, can reach 10,000 yuan per game, and the best player (a total of four people) selected on the spot can share the prize money of 10,000 yuan. In principle, the travel expenses of each team are paid by themselves, and the participation expenses of individual schools in difficulty are supported by the league committee from the league fund.
The law enforcement referee of the game is also a big problem, if the employment system is implemented, it is bound to increase the cost of the league, but also make it commercialized, so it has been decided after research that the use of referees is mainly volunteers, regardless of the social reputation of each referee, as long as it can enforce the law, what is the problem of referees, black whistle referees, "amateur referees", and even international referees, do not mind, and if there are referees from other countries willing to come to the field, it doesn't matter, as long as they are willing to come, according to the league income, Appropriate economic compensation shall be made, and the expenses of travel and accommodation may be appropriately reimbursed. As for the deficiencies, some amateur referees, some football teachers and even students from sports schools can be invited to enforce the law.