At the end of the three-day holiday on New Year's Day, people have started their normal work and school life, and people who care about Chinese football find that a major event in Chinese football in 2005 has finally come.

In fact, it is not a big deal, in the eyes of the General Administration of Sports, it is an ordinary personnel transfer. But for those who have been struggling in the dark for three months, the move is seen as a turning point in the history of Chinese football. It may be better or worse from now on, but it will never change in the slightest.

A transfer order that has been delayed for four months because of the Yanjing CITIC strike incident has been transmitted from the State General Administration of Sports to the desk of Luo Wenqiang, the full-time vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and he will be transferred to the personnel department of the General Administration.

This paper decree announced that the five-year-long "Luo Wenqiang era" of Chinese football has come to an end. From there, it's a whole new journey. People may think that the scenery on the side of the road is still very similar, but at the front of the road, people never know what they will see when the hill turns over.

"Luo Wenqiang's resignation" is the biggest news in Chinese football on January 10, and there are two other vice presidents who have left at the same time. They are Yang Weiguang, who is in charge of the league, and Wang Li, who is in charge of women's football. One of these two people is directly responsible for the chaos of the Chinese Super League. The other is because of the embarrassing 0:8 defeat of the women's football team in the Olympics, which has become the scapegoat of some senior leaders.

Luo Wenqiang is gone, so who will be the successor?

Two days later, the new chairman was selected and announced. This time it didn't surprise too many. It was Chen Wei, who was only forty-one years old and took the top spot of the Chinese Football Association. The General Administration of Sports made it very clear in the appointment: "Comrade Chen Wei has delivered satisfactory answers in the management of youth football and the results of the National Olympic team. In the past two years, Chinese football has repeatedly found outstanding young players, such as Zhang Jun, Yang Pan, An Ke and others. In addition, the Chinese men's football Olympic team directly under his leadership has created the best results in history at the Athens Olympics. The management ability and courage he showed in the work he was responsible for are the most suitable positions for the chairman of the Chinese Football Association. We also hope that Chinese football can go to glory under his leadership. ”

Chen Wei's election can basically be said to be the result of public expectations. Within the General Administration of Sports, he has a good relationship as a former General Manager of Sports. Within the Chinese Football Association, his good old man's surname has a good popularity. In the middle of the club, because he did not have any conflicts with the club because of their respective interests some time ago, he became a neutral character who can be trusted to a certain extent in the eyes of the club. In the media, because he is low-key, he has no enemies. Among the fans, the results of the National Olympic team are enough to win him all the support, and the act of caring for Changsha fan Niu Jianhua was widely spread by the media, and he has also become a good chairman image who thinks about the fans wholeheartedly.

Everyone is looking forward to what changes the Chinese Football Association will have after he comes to power, and what changes Chinese football will have after he comes to power.

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A new broom sweeps clean.

At the end of January, Chen Wei, who had been in office for 15 days, first published an open letter to everyone through the media. The words are extremely earnest, and try to avoid bureaucratic tones. He wants to first establish such an image in everyone's hearts: Chen Wei is not the chairman to be promoted and make a fortune, not to make political achievements, but to have a better tomorrow for Chinese football. He doesn't put on an official show, he doesn't speak official words, and he also wants people to know that he Chen Wei is different from his predecessors, he is a doer, and he is a mediocre cook.

In the letter, he implored all those involved in the construction of Chinese football to put aside factional struggles, prejudices between each other, schadenfreude and excitement, and impetuous thoughts at this critical moment.

Of course, it is useless to blindly appeal, these are all false, and he must let people see the real things. Therefore, in his letter, he revealed a little bit of his "policy agenda".

The letter sparked a strong reaction among fans, the media and the club. On the Internet, it has sparked a big discussion about how Chinese football should go in the future.

Subsequently, Chen Wei struck while the iron was hot, discussed with the newly formed leadership team of the Football Association for four consecutive days, and officially issued the development plan of the Chinese Football Association for the next five to ten years of Chinese football, referred to as the "plan".

This 120-page plan can be said to include Chen Wei's thoughts and assumptions on Chinese football after he has personally come into contact with all aspects of Chinese football in the past two years. It proposes to learn from the experiences and lessons of developed countries in European football. Build your own league committee. At this stage, the Ministry of Education is vigorously promoting formal youth football on campus. Cooperate with the public security and legal departments to establish a law enforcement supervision agency that reads the Football Association, vigorously crack down on match-fixing, gambling, and black whistles, and put an end to official whistle behavior. Further improve the competition system of leagues at all levels. Male and female players of all ages are encouraged to stay abroad. Expand the selection scope of youth national teams, not only from the second and third tier teams of various clubs, but also from various professional football schools. Football associations in all regions of the country have set up institutions dedicated to discovering youth football seedlings and allowing them to receive professional training, which is called the "Dawning Project......

When the plan was printed and sent to the reporters, everyone felt heavy in their hands. Not just the weight of one hundred and twenty pages, but more than the weight of hope.

The plan is a holistic plan, and the first year is particularly detailed and eye-catching, as Chen Wei highlighted that the most important thing in the year is the league, not the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. It is necessary to gradually establish a league committee that has been called for a long time, that is, the "XX Professional League" abroad. However, this joint committee is not exactly the same as the joint committee proposed by the club before.

This joint committee is made up of representatives from all professional clubs in the country and represents the interests of all professional clubs in the country, regardless of size. At the same time, in order to refine the responsibilities and division of labor and strengthen management, the joint committee has set up the executive committee of the Chinese Super League, the executive committee of the Chinese League, and the executive committee in charge of other national professional and semi-professional leagues. It is composed of representatives from the participating teams of each level of the league. The chairmen of the executive committees are elected by vote among the clubs. The President of the Executive Committee must represent all the interests of the club that he represents, regardless of the size of the club.

At the same time, the Football Association sends people to each level of the executive committee to occupy a voting seat, but the Football Association has no decision. In other words, the Football Association can only participate in the discussion, but not the decision. In this way, the previous domineering behavior of the chairman of the Football Association who had the final say on all matters big and small was put an end to it.

This is the form that Chen Wei has in mind five years from now. This year, the Football Association has helped leagues at all levels to establish joint committees, executive committees, and have the power to decide on some things, but will let them do it in other things. It can be said that Chen Wei is afraid of a lot of unnecessary chaos in the early stage, and it is understandable to do so. After all, in terms of organizational work, no matter how much the Football Association is scolded, it has more experience than other clubs.

This move is tantamount to weakening the leading role of the Chinese Football Association, local football associations and the General Administration of Sports in football competitions at all levels. Within the Football Association and within the General Directorate of Sports, there is a fierce debate on this issue. Many conservatives believe that this move is contrary to the socialist football construction program and the spirit of socialism, and that this will not only fail to do football well, but will only bring down football because of the lack of a strong leadership collective. At that time, Chen Wei, a "good old man", became popular.

"Against socialism? Have any of you here conscientiously studied the 'three represents' and the theory? What is the essence of socialism? It is to liberate and develop the productive forces. The fundamental task of socialism is to develop the productive forces. But has the current Chinese football really liberated and developed the productive forces? As a leader at a higher level, if we do not give more subjective initiative to the local clubs, we will not be able to emancipate the productive forces, and we will not be able to talk about developing the productive forces. * Does theory require us to cling to the past? On the contrary, it asks us to innovate. Emancipate the mind, seek truth from facts, and keep pace with the times. These are very suitable for Chinese football now! Three represents? What are the three represents? It represents the direction of development of the advanced productive forces, the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people, and the direction of development of the advanced culture. Does the past of Chinese football represent the development direction of the most advanced culture? Major economic events have to be tested by the market, so why can't football? If we let Chinese football rot in our own hands, who can we afford it? Is it worthy of the trust of the party and the political axe? Is it worthy of the trust of the fans? Which of you can take this responsibility?! ”

In the end, the meeting broke up unhappily, and when Chen Wei came out, he only said one sentence with a gloomy face in front of many news media: "The professionalism of Chinese football...... We still have a long way to go. ”

He was completely disappointed in those old and young people, these people can't do anything except pull you back at the critical moment, but they still think highly of themselves, which is very great. Actually, the fans who bird you? If you don't do it well, you won't come to see it. Such a simple question, those of them who have stiff brains just can't figure it out.

The Football Association was supposed to separate from the league. The Football Association put all its energy into the national team and youth training, and for this reason, Chen Wei also consulted experts in market economics and sociology, and listened to enough opinions before writing those into the plan.

In the end, Liu Jian, the newly appointed director of the General Administration of Sports, came forward to support Chen Wei's proposal. The new officials took office with three fires, and the fires of the two new officials burned together.

The league should be brought to the market, and the market will test the viability of the league. This is what Chen Wei has repeatedly emphasized.

However, the Football Association does not intend to completely let go in five years, and his plan is to gradually establish a perfect competition system, transfer system, infrastructure, talent training mechanism and other work before completely separating from the league. At that time, the league will not be ruined by a small market movement. In this process, Chen Wei and the Football Association should not be decision-makers, but auxiliaries. So who are the decision-makers? It's not the Football Association, but it's not the clubs, it's the market.

"Five years later, when our league is on the right track, from infrastructure to club construction and operation, as long as the spectators of each game can account for 60% of the stadium stands, then I think this reform can be said to be an initial success. This is the acceptance of the market, if the acceptance criteria are not met, then we are finished! So I hope that everyone can work together to get the job done. Whether it is staying abroad or inviting foreign coaches, these can only change our status quo for a period of time. What is the foundation of Chinese football? League matches! Lu Xun once said: 'China does not lack genius, but it lacks the soil to produce genius. The league is the soil of Chinese football, and everything is born from this soil. Only when the league is done well, the number of viewers is large, the TV broadcast is more profitable, the football peripheral industry has gradually developed, and the club's life is better, can we have a self-reserved place where we can cultivate geniuses by ourselves. After Chen Wei got Liu Jian's support, he was obviously much more confident. At the meeting, he impassionedly depicted such a blueprint for the future of Chinese football to everyone. Ironically, Chen Wei has always emphasized that football should be separated from politics and integrated with the economy, but at a critical moment, he must get the support of the leaders above to continue his reform plan.

Chen Wei is very ambitious, if * is the chief architect of China's reform and opening up, then he will be the chief designer of China's football reform.

When the Football Association and the clubs were fighting endlessly last year, Chen Wei did not participate in it, he was thinking about the relationship between the league, the Football Association, the club and the fans.

In fact, it is not normal for the Chinese Football Association to have long-term tensions with the media and clubs. Because originally everyone's purpose is the same. The Football Association is committed to providing a good game environment, so that the clubs participating in the game can enjoy it, earn it, and obtain tangible benefits, rather than being forced to make false accounts every year, slapping their faces and becoming fat. When the club can make money, they will increase their investment, subjectively to obtain greater profits, but objectively help the Football Association to jointly create a good game environment, but also for themselves to create a good investment environment.

It's actually a circle. If you draw well, it is a cycle of good surnames, and if you don't draw well, it becomes a cycle of bad surnames. The current Chinese football belongs to the point where it can't even draw a circle.

The bureaucratic color of the Football Association is strong, and many of them engage in football, not because they want to do it, not because they really regard football as a career, but for the purpose of making political achievements and mixing official positions, they are engaged in various performance indicators, and "political performance football" has become a major feature of Chinese football.

From this point of view, Wang Junsheng, who has long since stepped down, was really engaged in football when he was engaged in professionalism. And what about Luo Wenqiang, who just stepped down? It's about politics, not football.

In December's debriefing by the president of the Football Association, all five presidents said that they were "competent in their work and worthy of the party and leadership." Maybe only Chen Wei, who is in charge of the Olympic men's football team, is quite competent, and there are a few others...... Tut-tut, it's really unashamed, bragging and not typing drafts. What should those who engage in football do to be worthy of the party and the leadership? The fans who should be most deserved, they are all sorry. Of course, it can be seen from the phrase "worthy of the party and the leadership" that this is bureaucratic football and political performance football.

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After figuring out this kind of relationship and some of the reasons behind it, Chen Wei put forward the idea that "the Football Association should work together with clubs to create a healthy and good league environment".

He is smarter than Luo Wenqiang, and he is smart in Luo Wenqiang, who thinks that Lao Tzu is an official, Lao Tzu is the chairman of the Football Association, and the club is inferior in front of Lao Tzu, and they are all grandsons. Lao Tzu said that if he fined you money, he would fine you with money, if he said that he would deduct your points, he would deduct your points, and if he said that he didn't take you to play, he wouldn't take you to play. This kind of "hegemonism" will naturally arouse the disgust and resistance of the clubs, so Yanjing and Dalian "rise up".

And Chen Wei was very low-key from the beginning, which became a stark contrast to Luo Wenqiang's toughness. His behavior, intentional or unintentional, in many places also increased people's favorability. So after he came to power, he put the Football Association on the same status as the club, and not too many people felt sudden.

According to the relevant regulations of FIFA, the football associations of various countries should be non-governmental institutions, and the people who work in them are similar to ordinary white-collar workers, and only the Chinese Football Association really takes itself seriously because of historical reasons. Due to some historical reasons, the Chinese have conceptually recognized the "Football Association" as an official. So the Football Association gave a little sunshine and it was bright, and a little flood was flooded.

In fact, with the gradual opening up of Chinese football, sooner or later the Football Association will have to separate from the General Administration of Sports, and they will have no backing at that time.

But Luo Wenqiang can't see it, but Chen Wei realizes that in the next ten years, Chinese football will definitely change, and instead of being a stand to witness history, it is better to be a creator who writes history.

In addition, in these days, who is afraid of who? The Football Association is blindly arrogant, and sooner or later it will push itself into the situation of betrayal and separation. Therefore, it is better to put down the shelf and face now, take the initiative to show goodwill to the club and the media, and win all kinds of support in the future work.

Some people may say that Chen Wei is very embarrassed to do this. But what kind of do they know? If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan. What's more, is it embarrassing to be on an equal footing with investors and the owner of the money?

If you really want to play with others like Luo Wenqiang, the result must be that people will go to tea and cool, and no one will play with you. The one-man show is not easy to sing, and in the end, Chinese football is completely hiccuped. Chinese football is hiccuping, what else do you want the Chinese Football Association to do? It will also become history and be sealed in the dust.

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Back to planning.

When the plan was revealed by the media, the repercussions in society were huge. Many people applauded: "Finally a doer!" There are also many people who disdain: "I have seen a lot of Chinese football in this face, and the new official has taken office with three fires, and when it is burned, let's see what is left!" There are still many people who take a wait-and-see attitude: "Don't jump to conclusions first, and wait for five years to see whether Chen Wei brings hope or another disappointment." ”

Just when the attitudes of all parties were different, Chen Wei had already begun to act. He presided over a meeting of local football associations to Beijing to discuss the relevant work of this year's league and asked the local football associations to fully cooperate with the work of the club. After meeting with the local football associations, he summoned the CEOs of the 24 clubs of the Chinese Super League to Beijing to sincerely exchange views with the clubs, hoping that they would understand and support the work of the Football Association. And said that the Football Association and the club should not be opposites, but should be comrades in the same trench, working for the same goal. Chen Wei's sincere attitude has greatly changed the attitude of the CEOs towards the Football Association.

Some CEOs are also worried that this time it is another "convulsive operation" by a certain leader, and they will leave it alone after three minutes of heat. But Chen Wei said very, very surely: "The current Football Association is different from the previous Football Association!" ”

Of course, these are all afterwords, and they will be after the Spring Festival.

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There was a happy event in January, which also attracted the attention of many people. Coach Qiu Suhui, who led the Chinese Olympic team to create the history of Chinese men's football, officially married his childhood sweetheart in Dalian, his hometown of Dalian, and his childhood sweetheart, Ms. Chen Ming, which is also a matter of concern for many people.

At the time of the marriage, the bridegroom was thirty-nine years old and the bride was thirty-three.

Since the marriage was chosen at the time of the restart of the European League, the biggest regret of this wedding is that several heavyweights of Qiu Suhui's protégés could not come. But in addition to calling to congratulate several people, Yang Pan even initiated to take pictures of everyone's blessings on DV and send them to the wedding venue by international express mail. Then the guests saw Yang Pan, Zhang Jun, Li Yongle, Xiang Tao, and Wang Yu blessing the teacher in different places and under different circumstances.

Yang Pan was very simple, just sat at his home and said to the camera: "I wish the coach and his wife to grow old together and give birth to a noble son early!" ”

Li Yongle used the Meazza Stadium as a backdrop to express his heartfelt thanks to Qiu Suhui, who single-handedly brought him from university to Europe, and reported his achievements in Milan to his teacher like a primary school student.

Xiang Tao and Wang Yu wore the jerseys of the Anderlecht youth team to congratulate coach Qiu Suhui, and two of his friends in Anderlecht also sent blessings to the newcomers.

Zhang Jun carefully selected a sunny morning, sat in the stands of Veronica, and expressed his gratitude and blessings to Qiu Suhui. "Without Qiu Zhiyou, there would be no Zhang Jun and me. May you hold the hand of your son and grow old with him. Finally, he stood up and bowed deeply to the camera.

Needless to say, those former members of the National Olympic team in China have come to come, and those who can't have called to bless them. At the same time, Dalian Municipal Axe, Dalian Sports Committee, and Football Association sent representatives to thank Qiu Suhui for his contribution to Dalian in football. The Chinese Football Association came in person with Chen Wei, the new chairman, who brought a piece of calligraphy and gave it to Qiu Suhui. There are two big characters written on it: hope.

Facing the cameras of the media, Chen Wei said loudly: "On behalf of the Chinese Football Association, Chinese fans thank you!" ”

When the two of them held the framed calligraphy for a photo, Chen Wei whispered to Qiu Suhui: "Actually, I would like to send you another painting." ”

"What word?"

"We're champions."

Qiu Suhui turned his head over, but saw Chen Wei smiling at the camera and flash, looking very friendly, as if he hadn't said anything just now.

"Yes, one day it will." Qiu Suhui muttered in a voice that was almost inaudible to him.

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After dedicating his 39 years to football, Qiu Suhui finally thought of himself and married Chen Ming, who had been waiting for ten years. His dedication to the public and Chen Ming's wholehearted support have also become a good story in football. The godfather of Chinese football in the future has devoted his life to the real rise of Chinese football. It is said that this is because there is always such a belief that guides him, pushes him, inspires him, and makes him rush to the fire of passion in his body every time he thinks about it.

This later became the motto of Chang Jun International Football School, which is engraved on the back of the door of any branch school in the world.

It was a calligraphy given to Qiu Suhui by Chen Wei a few years later.

We are champions.

Even the pen is as elegant and agile as a dragon, and as wild and uninhibited as a lion. This is the true portrayal of Chinese football in that short golden years.

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PS: The manuscript for this chapter was actually completed on the last night of 2004 and in the early morning of the first day of 2005, when the power went out and I finished the last chapter of 2004 with a candle lit. As I finished writing it, there was a fire going on in the building next door. The entire building woke up from their sleep and ran down. The fire was large, but fortunately there were no casualties.

I think the scene of that night is very similar to the mood I felt when I wrote this chapter. The darkness of Chinese football, the chaotic scenes, the raging fires, and the helplessness of writing even when I am writing alone with a candle.

In reality, the Chinese Football Association has not yet left class, and is still talking about "the league is divided into north and south divisions", "professional clubs, amateur clubs, and football schools are all under the responsibility of the local football association, and have nothing to do with the Chinese Football Association". He seems to know that his fate is doomed, but he wants to go against the sky and want to gamble again at the last moment, and his bet is the present and future of Chinese football. Whether he succeeds or fails, there is only one ending for Chinese football, failure, darkness.

In the novel, Luo Wenqiang has already left class, and Chen Wei has come to power as expected, and began to implement his new policy. These New Deals are actually my "New Deals". Maybe it's nonsense, maybe it's naïve, maybe it's impossible, but I'm definitely better than Yan Shiduo in reality - at least I know what I'm doing and why. Luo Wenqiang didn't know, so in the novel he got out of class, and Yan Shiduo didn't know either, but in reality he was still jumping like a grasshopper. This is the difference between fiction and reality, and it is also my helplessness. I can change the world of fiction through my pen, but I can only sigh helplessly in the face of reality.

From this chapter, the Chinese football YY plan that I had been planning for a long time officially kicked off. And the championship has also entered a new stage, basically in a few chapters, we are the second part of the championship will be all over in the Netherlands, and the story of the third part will begin. I divided the championship into five parts, each with varying numbers of chapters and words. It's easy for me to write and easy for everyone to understand. The names of each episode are carefully considered by me, and when connected, they basically reflect the whole process of Zhang Jun's career.

The description of the champion will also speed up after this chapter. Basically, it's unlikely that everything is written every year like the first and second parts. From the beginning of the third part, I will only describe in detail the events in this time period that are meaningful for the development of the plot and the growth of Zhang Jun, and some of them may only be winter break after you see this chapter, and why the next chapter will end the season. This is normal, because novels have to pay attention to rhythm, and you can't see everything and write everything. So maybe I'll skip the whole season later, so I hope you're mentally prepared for it. Don't be too surprised when the time comes, thinking that the chapter is broken.

The year 2004 in the novel is over, and now it is a new page in front of me and you, and there are many unknowns in the future, but one thing is for sure, the champion will be better looking and more exciting. Thank you for your support in the past 2004!

On New Year's Day 2004, I made a wish that I hoped that the championship would be finished in 2004, but it turned out that it was already 2005, and only a third of the way was written. Now I still make a wish that I hope the championship can end in 2005, as for what it will be like on New Year's Day in 2006, whether there will be a champion at that time, there will be Zhang Jun, Sophie and they will accompany everyone to celebrate the New Year, I don't know, haha!

Finally, I wish you all a Happy New Year and a Happy Chinese New Year!

When I transcribed it on the computer today, I looked up the "three represents" and "theories" on the Internet, and I was surprised to find that many of the problems faced by Chinese football are actually explained in those theories. For example, the argument of "liberating the productive forces and developing the productive forces", I personally think that China's league is on the question of whether to liberate the productive forces and whether they can develop the productive forces. If the Football Association does not let go and does not push the league to the market, it will not be able to emancipate the productive forces and develop the productive forces. Chinese football will not have hope and progress.

Lin Hai Tingtao was born in Chengdu on January 12, 2005

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