Chapter XXXVII Olympic Athletes' Commission
As he spoke, Flegskes took out a document from his briefcase, opened it and handed it to Zhang Guan, pointed to one of the company logos and said, "Look, this is the same, it seems that this is the same company." ”
"What is this?" Zhang Guan asked, pointing to the document.
"This is what Hong Kong gave me." Fleggsquees continued: "According to the plan set before, the capital will enter Hong Kong from the United Kingdom, but if you want to enter the mainland from Hong Kong in your country, you need some more complicated procedures, as far as I know, your country has strict control over the exchange and circulation of foreign exchange, so the Hong Kong side suggested to me, if the amount of funds is large, the best way is to use the mainland company to carry out agency operations, it is said that some companies can provide legal channels for the inflow of foreign capital, And it can save the mainland's time and economic costs, and this document is the list and company profile of mainland companies that Hong Kong recommended to me that can carry out such operations. ”
Fleggsquez said and pointed to the company logo of Yiming Consulting, and then said: "You see, this company is obviously the same company as the business card in your hand, they have the same company logo, and even the company name is the same. ”
But this business card shows that this is a consulting company! Can they be in the financial business? Zhang Guan asked.
"Consulting firms have a wide range of business scopes, and even if they don't have financial qualifications, they can use a third party to fulfill the client's requirements. I don't know about your country, but in Europe, the relationship between the government and business of a large consulting company is comparable to that of some multinational groups, and even some multinational groups need consulting companies to conduct policy PR or product research. Fleggsquees explained.
"It seems that this Yiming consulting company is not simple." Zhang Guan put away his business card and followed Fleggsquees to a nearby restaurant.
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Olympic Athletes' Commission.
"We have just received a report from the U.S. team about Zhang Guan, an Olympic champion in the men's 100-meter sprint, who is suspected of using spinach to make illegal profits of more than 10 million euros." Executive Vice Chairman Nicholas looked at the people present, and then said: "Now let's discuss whether to accept this report. ”
Everyone present has come to the spirit, especially the big case worth 10 million euros, and the protagonist is Zhang Guan, who has just broken the world record and won the championship, which can definitely attract everyone's attention. One of them immediately asked, "Mr. Vice President, can you elaborate?" ”
"Here's the thing, Zhang Guan spent nearly 100,000 euros on a lottery ticket before the start of the athletics competition, or before the official start of the Olympics, and he really bought it, and he made a profit of more than 10 million euros." Nicholas looked at the crowd and said, "I think everyone must be curious about his bets!" I can tell you that he bought all his money for himself, to buy himself to win the Olympic title, and the odds at that time were extremely high, all above 1:100. And then he really won, he won the game, he won the money, and based on the amount he bought and the odds, he would definitely have made a profit of more than 10 million euros. ”
"Well...... this" After a short silence, everyone suddenly began to discuss in a whisper.
There are no clear rules on whether athletes can participate in spinach harvesting. In other sports around the world, such as the Premier League, there are clear rules that prohibit Premier League players from buying Premier League-related spinach tickets.
"Mr. Vice President, there is no clear rule in our Olympic Organizing Committee that athletes are not allowed to participate in spinach activities. So but in terms of rules, it's not against the rules. I don't know what exactly the American team is accusing? One of the commissioners asked.
"Deliberately manipulating the results of a match, contrary to sportsmanship and sportsmanship." Nicholas spoke.
In fact, the U.S. team was ready to add an illegal profit at the beginning, but it is legal to bet on a regular spinach company, and the United States has its own spinach company, so if the U.S. team really dares to make such an accusation, it will offend spinach companies all over the world.
After hearing these accusations, a committee member said: "I think it is ridiculous to deliberately manipulate the results of the competition, if it is said that an athlete loses the game, it is possible to deliberately manipulate the result of the competition, but I have never heard of an athlete deliberately winning the competition!" As an athlete, you want to win competitions, isn't that how you should be? Does winning a game also require intentionality? ”
The commissioner, who was an athlete, was obviously very unhappy with the accusation of "deliberately manipulating the results of the game", so he made the "deliberate" exceptionally clear.
"It's theoretically possible for the champion to deliberately manipulate the results of the competition, as long as he buys the other athletes to lose to him." The other spoke.
"Then he needs to buy 79 players." Someone next to him immediately said.
"No, no, no, you just need to buy off the players in the same group as him." The man immediately retorted.
"The 100-meter dash is a two-day race, and he doesn't know who advances until after the first race, and he can't predict the next group of runners in advance." "And don't forget his results, he advanced to the semi-finals with the first overall score, then the semi-finals with the first overall score, the final with the first overall score, and more importantly, he won the championship with a world record-breaking result." Difficulty: He still needs to spend money to buy off several previous world record holders, so that they can run slower and not break the world record first? A world record that proves that he deserves to be crowned. ”
Immediately, one of the committee members went on to express their opinion: "If we believe that the champion is manipulating the game, then all the previous Olympic champions, should we also assume that they are manipulating the game?" This is clearly illogical. ”
Several other committee members also agreed, and Vice Chairman Nicholas also said: "In this case, we have a consensus on the point of manipulating the game. This is followed by charges of unsportsmanship and sportsmanship. ”
"The spirit of our Olympic Games is mutual understanding, long-lasting friendship, solidarity and fair play." The committee member who had just spoken shrugged his shoulders and continued: "I don't see that Zhang Guan violates our Olympic sportsmanship. ”
"We usually judge athletes to violate sportsmanship, mainly in the use of doping, false declaration of age, and cheating in competitions. At present, Zhang Guan has passed the drug test; Although we can't prove Zhang Guan's real age, the Olympic Games are not a youth games, there is no problem of overage, and the qualification for the 100-meter sprint is based on the standard results rather than age, which does not affect sportsmanship; As for cheating in the competition, as I just said, he won the championship in a record-breaking manner, which is enough to prove the authenticity of Zhang Guan's results. The committee member who spoke not long ago spoke.
"But he made a bet on his own event!"
"So what, he buys it and he wins it himself. As an athlete, shouldn't you think you can win before a competition? Do we want to encourage athletes to think they are going to lose before a game? And regular spinach is legal, and we don't stipulate that athletes can't participate in spinach activities. ”
"Our spinach in Europe has a history of 100 years, and hundreds of thousands of athletes compete in Europe every year, and I am sure that there have been other athletes who have bought their own wins before, so buying their own wins is not a basis for punishment. And the key to the peculiarity of this case is that the amount of profit he made is too large, he is willing to bet 100,000 euros for himself, and he must have thought that he could win the championship before the game, so I think it was a premeditated profit. Immediately, there were different opinions.
"That's right, I also think that Zhang Guan's spinach purchase this time was premeditated, but as you said, the premise of this premeditated profit is that Zhang Guan thinks that he can win the Olympic championship, so things are back to square one, should athletes think that they can win the championship in the competition before the competition?" Immediately someone spoke.
"Gentlemen, I don't think we need to think about this matter so complicated, spinach is legal in Europe, then spinach profit is also legal, so we don't need to discuss this way of profit; Every athlete wants to win, so buying to win is also not a fault. Now we just need to determine one thing, is it the right thing for an athlete to win a competition for profit? Nicholas points to the crux of the matter.
"An athlete who wins a competition for profit?"
No one answered at the scene, the question seemed to be quite dialectical, and everyone seemed to be in thought.
After about a minute, someone suddenly said, "There should be a prize money in the competition!" ”
At this moment, the problem is no longer dialectical, and the problem is solved.
There is a prize money for the competition, no matter what sport, as long as the prize money of the competition is high enough, there are many people vying to participate, and these athletes are not going for money? There may be a few people who will say that I participated in the competition for honor, but I believe that after he wins the championship, he will still happily put the prize money in his pocket.
In addition to the competition bonus, the champion may also get some other rewards, such as the Olympic champion, the government will give corresponding rewards, some entrepreneurs will also give corresponding rewards, and local governments will also give corresponding rewards, which are in addition to the competition bonus.
In addition, the sponsor of the athlete will also give the athlete additional championship rewards, and sometimes even directly agree in the contract, such as how much money you get for playing in a certain event, how much money you get for advancing to a certain level, how much money you get for winning a certain championship, how much money is for breaking a certain record, etc. These can only be obtained after the athlete has achieved a certain number of results or even won the championship, which can also be regarded as winning the competition for profit.
In addition to this, there are also bounty prizes, which are also very common and are usually promised before the game. For example, a wealthy person can promise an athlete before the game, as long as you win the Olympic championship, I will reward you with 10 million, and then the athlete will compete hard for the 10 million and win the championship, which can also be seen as winning the game for profit.
From this point of view, Zhang Guan's behavior is similar to this kind of bounty bonus, but the method is different. The local tyrant made a promise to the athletes before the game, and Zhang Guan was equivalent to spending money to buy a promise himself.
There is money when you win a game, and there is nothing wrong with an athlete winning a game for money.
"If I'm not mistaken, the second place runner in the 100-meter dash would have been the American! The U.S. team came to report Zhang Guan, apparently with a clear purpose. We, the Ethics Committee, are fair defenders, but they are by no means tools of others. An Asian member said.
"That's right, if we accept this report, it will definitely become a laughing stock, and I suggest that we don't accept this report." Immediately after that, someone said.
"Well, it seems that everyone has their own opinions, so let's vote directly!" Nicholas himself raised his hand first, and at the same time said: "Members who think it is necessary to receive this report, please raise your hand." ”
Everyone glared at each other, and no one raised their hand.
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