Playing with the gold medal in his hand, Zhang Guan had a stern expression on his face. He remembered that in today's game, he was originally the seventh on the grid, but was arranged to be the first on the grid to go to the mines.
"Sebastian, you're starting to play tricks on me!" Zhang Guan sneered: "It's rude to come back without reciprocating. If that's the case, don't blame me for playing tricks on me. Sebastian, I have to find something for you to do too!”
Zhang Guan closed his eyes and carefully recalled things about the London Olympics.
"From the perspective of future generations, there are indeed many unfair places in the London Olympics, and these can be used to make a fuss! According to the schedule, the track cycling competition is about to begin. In the team sprint competition, it is You can make a fuss about it." The first thing Zhang Guan thought about was the team racing event of track cycling.
First, in the women's team sprint competition, the Chinese team fought all the way from the preliminaries and broke the world record twice in a row. In the final, the Chinese team also reached the finish line first, but was sentenced to a penalty five minutes after the end of the game. Foul, the gold medal also became a silver medal. The reason for the foul announced by the referee was that the player was suspected of having his wheels on the line during the handover.
In previous games, no penalty was awarded in the same situation, and before the game, the national team coach also consulted the referee specifically about this issue, and the answer he received was that it was allowed.
In other words, when the wheel pressed the line before, it was allowed by the referee and no foul was awarded. But after the Chinese team won the championship, the referee gave a foul penalty. It was obviously an artificial hacking of China. A gold medal for the team.
Zhang Guan remembers that when he saw the news, he was very angry, and the domestic media reports at the time were also biased. The media reports at the time said that the referee canceled the Chinese team's gold medal for no reason. It was not until later that the media discovered the true situation at that time. But in fact, it is impossible for the referee to call a foul without giving any reason. At that time, the referee also gave a basis for the penalty, although it was a basis for the penalty with inconsistent standards.
Now Zhang Guan has experienced so many games and has a more mature view on this matter. Zhang Guan believes that this kind of thing has two sides. Whether the referee is targeting or the penalty standards are not uniform, it is also a fact that the Chinese team presses the line. This is tantamount to exposing a flaw and letting others take advantage of it. As the saying goes, no fly can bite an egg without a hitch. Just imagine if the Chinese team had not pressed the line, the referee would not have been able to find a single flaw, and there would have been no way to deny the gold medal.
"As for the women's team racing event, although the referees' penalty standards are not uniform, they can still find a reasonable basis. I'm afraid it will not be easy to make a fuss about this matter. After all, this is the home court of the British! But track cycling Men’s team sprint competition… Haha!”
Zhang Guan smiled as he thought of the men's team sprint competition held on the same day.
In the London Olympics, the two teams that entered the finals of the track cycling men's team sprint were the British team and the French team. However, after the game started, the British player who was obviously lagging behind after the start fell. The referee determined that this was a mistake. Unexpectedly, it was announced that the race would restart.
After the restart, the British team started very well, but the French team's condition was affected by the rematch. In the end, the British team got the gold medal as they wished.
It would be fine if things ended like this, but the British player Hindes who fell was a little carried away. When facing the media after the game, he accidentally let it slip. He personally admitted that this was planned before the game. Tactics: Once the start is unfavorable, take the initiative to fall down immediately and get a chance to rematch.
After the French learned about this situation, of course they would not give up. They appealed to the organizing committee, but this is the home court of the British team, so the result of the appeal was that the British team used the rules reasonably and there was no problem.
The words "reasonable use of rules" sound quite ridiculous. When the Chinese team used the rules in the badminton doubles competition, it became a negative game and was disqualified. The Olympic Committee at the time said that the Chinese team's actions exceeded the bottom line of athletes.
When the British team dived, IOC spokesman Adams said this: "British athletes respect the Olympic spirit. In this cycling incident, everyone saw that the British team made the greatest effort to win. s hard work."
This is the London Olympics. The British used the rules to dive to respect the Olympic spirit and make their best efforts for victory. However, the Chinese team used the rules to give the ball, but it turned into a negative game and exceeded the bottom line!
What’s even more ridiculous is that many Chinese people who don’t know the inside story are still criticizing the badminton team, thinking that the badminton team made a big mistake by giving up the ball and violated the spirit of sports! These Holy Mothers should really go and see what the British do. The British people all support Hindes who flopped!
I have to say that the British approach is very practical. When athletes from other countries do something wrong, the British can criticize them verbally and criticize them from the perspective of the Holy Mother; but if their own people do something wrong, they can create an explanation and describe the mistake as a right. But the domestic saints are just the opposite. When athletes from their own country make mistakes, they complain with all their strength; while when athletes from other countries make mistakes, they have to find a reason for them to shirk responsibility.
In Zhang Guan's view, the British team's diving incident can definitely be exploited. If exploited properly, it would be enough to become a major scandal in the London Olympics. What's more, it was the French who suffered the first loss in this incident. Letting the French and British fight dog-eat-dog is a good choice.
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There are many low-profile newspapers and magazines in Europe. These newspapers and magazines have relatively small circulations, and most of them rely on weird or curious content to attract readers.
The French "Observer" is such a newspaper. This newspaper has a circulation of less than 10,000 points in France and its influence is only around Paris.
Charlie is the editor-in-chief of the Observer. On this day, as usual, he was sitting in his office, reading the letters that had just been sent.
"Bills, sales ads, bills, sales ads... As usual. Huh? What is this? Breaking news?" Charlie suddenly found a strange letter with no signature and no postmark. The word "Breaking News" was written in the middle of the envelope. word. .
This was obviously delivered to the Observer's mailbox, rather than sent by mail.
"Breaking news?" Charlie opened the envelope. There were several pieces of paper and a check inside.
Charlie was the first to pick up the check. The figure of 10,000 euros on it shocked Charlie. Then Charlie immediately opened the pieces of paper. After looking at it carefully, Charlie took a breath of air.
The first piece of paper is a letter. The content of the letter is that it hopes that "Observer" can publish the contents of the later revelations tomorrow. At the same time, the other party is willing to pay a sponsorship fee of 30,000 euros. This check of 10,000 euros is the deposit. .
"Thirty thousand euros!" Charlie's eyes suddenly glowed with gold.
Although France is a large country in Europe, French wages are at the bottom of Europe. Especially with the unemployment rate rising in recent years, French wages have not risen for a long time. According to statistics from the French government, the average monthly income of French people is just over 2,000 euros, which means they earn more than 20,000 euros throughout the year. French people with an annual income of more than 40,000 euros are considered middle class.
So 30,000 euros, for ordinary French people, is more than their annual income.
Although Charlie hadn't seen what the revelation was, he decided to publish this so-called revelation for the 30,000 euros.
Then, Charlie began to read the next few papers carefully, and as he read, Charlie became more and more angry.
The content of the next few pages is roughly that the British team has formulated a winning strategy for track cycling. Once the start does not go smoothly, it will deliberately fall down to rematch. In order for the referee to cooperate and allow the British team to replay, the UK has sent monetary benefits to the relevant personnel!
"Shameless! The British are so shameless! In order to win, they even paid bribes!" Charlie snorted coldly.
France is also a big cycling country, and the Tour de France is the world’s number one cycling event. In terms of track cycling, France is also very strong and has a good chance of winning the gold medal. If the British play dirty tricks, it will naturally touch the interests of French athletes.
"Publish, this kind of news, even if you don't have the 30,000 euros, must be published! The shameless tricks of the British must be made public to the world!" Charlie made up his mind.
In France, not only the "Observer" media received similar letters and checks, but many small newspapers also received the same letters with checks attached.
In Belgium, in Spain, in Germany, in Italy, and even in the UK, small newspapers received letters and checks. For these small newspapers, the sponsorship fee of 30,000 to 50,000 euros is a lot of money, and these small newspapers originally rely on publishing some weird content to attract readers. The more amazing the content, the more bizarre the newspaper. The easier it is to sell, the authenticity won't matter. So this news about the British team's diving and bribery is also very suitable for these small newspapers.
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In order to get these newspapers to publish the news, Zhang Guangke spent 2 million euros. Of course, Zhang Guan does not need to do this kind of thing himself. There are detective agencies or consulting companies in the UK and even Europe. As long as they are paid, they will definitely be able to find suitable media to spread the news.
So after explaining the matter, Zhang Guanbian ignored it. He still had to prepare for the evening game.
At 9:30 pm on August 1, the preliminaries of the London Olympics boxing event over 91 kg are about to begin.
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