Chapter 656: A Different World Cup (11)

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The news that Brazil and Italy met twice in a row in the World Cup finals quickly spread to the ears of fans all over the world through the mouth of the media, and immediately made countless people drop their jaws, saying how awesome these two teams must be, and they can meet in the finals of two consecutive World Cups!

Although the Federal Republic of Germany and Argentina also achieved this feat that year, and the Federal Republic of Germany reached the World Cup final three times in a row, fans obviously do not think about such distant things, and they are usually most concerned about the current things.

As a result, under the publicity and advocacy of the media, the popularity of Brazil and Italy, which have skyrocketed, has invisibly added a lot of fans who love them.

At the same time, players from Brazil and Italy are also starting to rise in value in the transfer market, and the strange thing is that whether these players are in the World Cup squad of these two teams or not, they are facing the same situation, which makes Zhuang Mingge very puzzled.

When Zhuang Mingge talked to Karin about this problem, the latter thought for a while, and quickly solved Zhuang Mingge's doubts: "This question is very easy to explain, reaching the World Cup finals twice in a row is enough to prove that the strength of Italian players is the best in the world, so it is normal for their value to rise." ”

"I can understand that, but why do boys like Zanetti and Gattuso, who are not in the national team squad at all, also receive so many offers from teams, and one is higher than the other?" Zhuang Mingge asked puzzled, because he remembered that yesterday AC Milan's general manager Galliani called him and made an offer for Gattuso a full $10 million.

"Although there are a lot of people who have not taken the World Cup ride, it does not mean that they will not be affected by the World Cup." Karin stretched out her index finger and shook it, looking like she was pointing at the country, "Just because they all have Italian household registration books now, and they are still very young, and their cousins in the club are also remarkable, so in the eyes of many people, they are likely to become the next Dino Baggio, Albertini, or even Nesta, and the transfer fee is inevitable." ”

"By the way, how are things going with Apple and Google right now?" Zhuang Mingge, who let go of his doubts, did not relax his brain, but asked another question.

It turned out that during the time of waiting for the World Cup final, Zhuang Mingge did not do nothing in the hotel, but remotely commanded the operation of his partner company with Little Groz and Karin.

Apple, which is at a low point, and Google, which is still in the pipeline, have become the targets of Zhuang Mingge's attack this time. The former's business has deteriorated since Jobs' departure, and its value is at its most undervalued, and now that Jobs has returned to Apple and is working hard to survive the financial crisis under his leadership, if he doesn't do it, then he will never find such a good opportunity to get started.

As for Google, Zhuang Mingge vaguely remembered that Google seemed to be born in the second half of 98, which means that now Google is the future, so the requirement he gave is that it is best to persuade the other party to join a newly founded Internet company to work, if it really can't work, he must also use a venture capital to take as many shares as possible.

So, under the operation of the professional Groz Jr., Microsoft's $150 million worth of Apple stock became their pocket, and they absorbed a large number of Apple shares in the stock market; at the same time, their people also found Page and Brin, the two founders of Google, in the student dormitory of Stanford University.

Although he failed to make Google his private property, Zhuang Mingge was already quite satisfied to be able to get 40% of the shares, because he knew that in the near future, this investment would receive several times or even dozens of times the profit!

At the same time that Zhuang Mingge and others were carrying out capital operations, the third and fourth finals of the World Cup had quietly ended. The Dutch players who had suffered a disappointing penalty shoot-out defeat had clearly not recovered from the defeat and were beaten by bronze medallists Croatia to finish fourth. But this is also the best result of the Dutch national team in the World Cup in the past two decades, and Hiddink, who has been confirmed to step down as the head coach of the Dutch national team after the World Cup, is proud of his achievements.

The Croatians also finished their first World Cup journey with honours and a bronze medal on behalf of the third-place finishers in the World Cup. However, the fly in the ointment is that their top scorer Davao Suker has only scored five goals in this World Cup (unlike in history, Suker did not score in the semi-finals), which means that the Real Madrid striker can only compete for the silver boot at most, as Vieri, who is the top scorer, has already scored a full seven goals by this time!

After the third and fourth place finals, this World Cup is about to usher in the most important part of the World Cup, and it is also its last match - the World Cup final between the defending champion Brazil and the last runner-up Italy!

There are many things to watch in this final, but for Zhuang Mingge, he is most concerned about topics such as "the final of consecutive meetings between Italy and Brazil" or "whether Baggio can redeem himself", but is closely focused on the news about Ronaldo.

After all, in Zhuang Mingge's previous life, the sudden epilepsy of aliens on the eve of the World Cup final was an out-and-out unsolved case, and this is also one of the important reasons why Brazil, the favorite to win the championship, lost to France in the final and achieved Zidane I's fame.

Regarding Ronaldo's epilepsy, the outside world has always had different opinions. Some people say that the doctor misdiagnosed him and prescribed him an overdose of treatment drugs, so he was like sleepwalking in the final; Others believe that this is a deliberate conspiracy by the French to win the game, using this off-the-field means to abolish one of Brazil's strongest trump cards; Of course, there are also people who think that Ronaldo himself has such a hidden danger, and it is just a coincidence that he developed before the final.

Therefore, this time, since Zhuang Mingge has the opportunity to witness this final without the Frenchman, he naturally hopes to see if Ronaldo will be as ill as in history, which will affect his state in the final the next day.

Although he was very curious about this kind of thing, Zhuang Mingge himself did not intend to discover the truth, he just wanted to watch this final quietly as an ordinary Italian fan.

For Ronaldo, he cares more out of love for his own players, and the hope that both teams can play with the strongest team in the upcoming final, and he doesn't want to participate in the superfluous things at all.

And so, after a night of peace and event, Italy and Brazil finally waited for the day of the final showdown!