327 Nirvana
"He dares!"
Listening to Lister's domineering words, Merkley did not throw himself to the five-body body that Lister admired. Instead, he shook his head slowly, because the chairman of the Korean Football Association, Jung Mong-joon, is very powerful. There is no one in Shijie football who does not know Zheng Mengzhun's ability.
First of all, in terms of background, Zheng Mengzhun is the sixth son of Zheng Zhouyong, the creator of South Korea's big chaebol Hyundai Group. South Korea is a typical chaebol-ruled country, like Hyundai Group more than 10 years ago, at its most glorious time, sales accounted for 16% of South Korea's entire national income, reaching a staggering 53.2 billion US dollars, and exports reached 8.7 billion US dollars, accounting for 12% of the country's total exports, playing a pivotal role in South Korea's national economy.
At that time, the Hyundai Group was the No. 1 chaebol in Korea, and if it were not for the internal strife of the Hyundai Group and the internal strife for the company's power, it would not have declined. But even after its decline, South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Group Corporation, which Zheng Mengzhun now controls, is still the largest shipbuilding company on Shijie, with assets of more than $40 billion and annual sales of more than $20 billion.
In South Korea, such chaebols can influence all aspects of South Korea's politics and economy. Zheng Mengzhun came from such a chaebol family, and now Zheng Mengzhun's personal assets are more than 10 billion US dollars. This is a veritable shijie-level tycoon.
But this man is not only rich, but also very smart. After entering South Korean politics, he easily became a member of parliament, of course, as the son of Jung Joo-yong, this is still very easy. Ten years ago, no one paid attention to football, but Zheng Mengzhun saw the development opportunities of football. Then he became the president of the Football Association that no chaebol child looked up to.
After that, he began to develop rapidly in Shijie football, not only quickly, but even rapidly. When this person became the president of the Korean Football Association, Japan had basically won the right to host the 2002 Shijie Cup. Because the president of the Shijie Football Federation at the time, Alain Vige, was pro-Japanese. Everyone in Shijie football understands this.
But Zheng Mengzhun just doesn't believe in evil. After he became the president of the Korean Football Association, he immediately represented Asia in the election of FIFA vice president. At that time, the South Korean government did not think that South Korea had a chance to win the right to host the Shijie Cup, so no one supported him. However, Zheng Mengzhun did not support him, and lobbied in Asian countries, defeating other candidates, including the representative of the Japanese Football Association, Nakaminan Murata, to become the vice president of FIFA.
It's not over yet. At that time, Alan Vizhe's relationship with the powerful UEFA and the increasingly powerful African Football Confederation was getting worse and worse because of the dictatorship of FIFA. Zheng Mengzhun took advantage of this opportunity and began to contact representatives of UEFA and African Football Confederation, and then joined them in the fight against Alain Vizhe. Alain Vige is under pressure. Zuihou can only agree to South Korea and Japan to hold the Shijie Cup together. That's the Korea-Japan Shijie Cup that's going on now.
In the middle of this, Zheng Mengzhun really learned the way of vertical and horizontal integration in China's Warring States Period. took advantage of the contradictions within FIFA to win South Korea this Shijie Cup opportunity. Even in a series of activities of the Shijie Cup later, Zheng Mengzhun kept the Japanese Football Association in the dark, and every time he did something, he could only see the characteristics of the Korean side, and even the word "modern", while the characteristics of the Japanese side were not visible at all.
But that's not all. Zheng Mengzhun later wrote a book called "The Japanese" triumphantly. I want to tell you". It disclosed in detail how he helped South Korea get the right to host this time. A good mockery of the Japanese Football Association.
This is Zheng Mengzhun. What Alain Vige hates the most is Zheng Mengzhun, but there is nothing he can do about him, let him continue to be the vice president of FIFA. Blatter, who also succeeded Alain Vige as FIFA president, also disliked Jung Mong-joon very much. But again, there is no way to take him as a billionaire.
And Jung Mong-joon made Korean football successful, not that he is a pure fan. On the contrary, he, like Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, wants to use football to go political. He doesn't want to run for president yet, but as the helmsman of Hyundai Heavy Industries, he has his own presidential candidates. However, in the future, he will definitely be in the position of number one, so football is his political capital.
In the face of Zheng Mengzhun, Merkley is not the slightest bit sure. Zheng Mengzhun was in power in FIFA when he was president of Alain Vige and Blatter. Neither FIFA president liked him, but neither of them touched him. The important thing is that this buddy has money, and money on shijie is a pass. FIFA's corruption is known to all. Zheng Mengzhun has so much money in this kid, he can influence a large number of people at will.
"Lister, I admit you're a great agent in European football. In European football, even the big clubs will give you face. But Lister, you underestimate Zheng Mengzhun too much, this is a billionaire. The assets are not hundreds of millions, nor billions, but shijie-level billionaires with more than 10 billion dollars. ”
"I know."
Rist nodded with a smile and said, "I know Zheng Mengzhun's strength better than you. If it weren't for the infighting between their brothers, their Zheng family's assets would definitely exceed $50 billion, and it would not be impossible to even have $60 or seventeen. Now his second brother's assets are also more than $30 billion. And this person doesn't just value football, this person is playing football in order to become the president of South Korea in the future. It's the same with Silvio Berlusconi. ”
"Then you still say that. The most we can do now is hope that because of the match against Italy, they will be condemned by the media and the pressure of Shijie football to make their next game unscrupulous. ”
Merkley was somewhat discouraged. But Rist sneered and said: "Barwell, they even dare to hack Italy casually, which ranking is our Czech Republic." And since they all have infamy, they will care about another infamy. Anyway, it's all scolding, and for Zheng Mengzhun to take advantage of this opportunity to get more results, it is the most important thing. Now is the time for him to accumulate political capital, and the results of the Korean national team this time will be his political capital in the future. ”
Rist knew that South Korea had received a lot of condemnation after hacking Italy, but they still hacked Spain. If it weren't for Germany's position in shijie football. Especially Beckenbauer, a big man who is qualified to get the position of UEFA president and shijie football federation president, maybe Germany will also be eliminated.
Hearing Rist's words, Merkley was silent. Seeing Merkley, who was silent again, Rist smiled and said, "Barwell, didn't I say that?" He dares! ”
"Rist, you're ......"
The first time she heard it, Merkley just smiled wryly. But when he heard Merkley for the second time, he looked at Lister suspiciously.
"Zheng Mengzhun is an ambitious person. The results of this Shijie Cup are his political capital, and he will not give up using football to continue to accumulate prestige for himself. ”
"So what?"
Merkley didn't understand what Rister meant.
"Barwell, you can send someone to send a message to Zheng Mengzhun. Let's just say it, I'm just an agent, not as powerful as he is the vice president of FIFA. But who made me an agent, I have nothing on my hands. It's just that there are a lot of players. There are many geniuses. Tell Jung Mengjoon that if this game is like killing us like Italy, then in the future, Korean players want to play in Europe, and I will kill one and I will kill one and I will kill one pair. ”
When it comes to this. Rist is full of confidence. Asian countries like South Korea and Japan. There are only a handful of players who can play in Europe. There are even fewer players who can play in Europe's most important leagues. Even at their peak, there were only a dozen or so people. And there are even fewer who can become the main force.
"As long as I have a Korean player, I will lose money myself and let the players in the same position compete with him. He even used my connections to suppress Korean players. I would do that to any Korean player until they leave European football. Saying that, I'm sure Zheng Mengzhun will understand what I mean. ”
Zheng Mengzhun is a Shijie-level tycoon. If it is really a fan who is willing to fight for Korean football, then Lister cannot stop it. After all, he is sitting on tens of billions of dollars in assets, and as long as he enters European football, any shili will not be able to stop him. It's like when Roman Abramovich entered European football, waving a cheque who could stop it. Even those traditional shili in European football can't stop it, and agents like Rister are even more incompetent.
But Zheng Mengzhun is not. Jung Mong-joon is nothing more than a man who used football to enter the political circle, and he is the majority shareholder of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group. Hyundai Heavy Industries is one of South Korea's pillar industries, and it is impossible for him to spend money. Even the South Korean government will not allow it. Of course, he himself will not squander his money to develop Korean football, he is not so noble.
He is a person who wants to play politics, and since he is a person who plays politics, he will definitely know how to make trade-offs. The results of the South Korean national team are already very good, even if they cannot reach the semi-finals, it is a historic achievement, and his political capital is enough. As long as he knew about Lister, he knew that what Rister said was not false. Rist has the quality and ability to block the way of some South Korean players to Europe.
Before becoming president, Zheng Mengzhun would never let go of football, a field that accumulated his prestige. He will continue to develop the football industry in South Korea. If that was the case, he would have considered Rister's words carefully.
"Lister, you ......"
Merkley was shocked. Rist is trying to threaten Zheng Mengzhun.
"Barwell, he's going to know how to make things important, he's a smart guy. Even if a Korean company wants to take the path of sponsoring a club, as long as it is not a sponsorship of millions or tens of millions of euros a year, but a sponsorship of hundreds of thousands of euros a year, I will block it all from him. Although I don't have as much money as him, I still have tens of millions of euros to spare. ”
"Lister, you're very daring."
Merkley shook her head. Because the man who threatens Lister is not only the vice president of FIFA, but also the shijie tycoon. For Europe now, money is the boss, and money is liliang. Although Zheng Mengzhun is Asian, even in Italy, where racial discrimination is the most serious, he will be cautious when he encounters a billionaire with a net worth of more than 10 billion dollars. It is estimated that to visit Berlusconi, Berlusconi needs to be personally received. This is the liliang of money.
Rist admits that Zheng Mengzhun, who has assets of more than $10 billion, is not only influential in football, but even far surpasses Rister in many other aspects. But Rist was not afraid of Zheng Mengzhun at all, and sneered: "He grew up shouting the golden key." And I will use my own hands to create my own shijie. Ten billion dollars, maybe I can't be in my life, but who can say that I can't become such a rich man. Bavier, just pass my words to Zheng Mengjun. If he didn't heed my warnings, I'd be working with their players every day for the next 10 years. I'd like to see if the Korean players want to go to Europe. ”
Merkley's eyebrows kept jumping. Brückner, on the other hand, was completely confused. For Brückner, it is not very clear what Zheng Mengzhun does, who he is. And listening to the words of Rist and Brückner, he understood that there were so many things behind the black whistle in South Korea this time. Zheng Mengjun, vice president of FIFA and chairman of the Korean Football Association, is aiming for the position of president in their country. For the position of president, Jung Mong-joon is accumulating political capital. He really didn't expect it.
"Lister, what you say may be effective, but it may anger Zheng Mengzhun."
"Trust me." (To be continued......)