Under such public pressure, Xu Jin had to take the matter seriously. He began to run around and even asked his second uncle to persuade him.
Fang Zhicheng sighed softly. Although he did not have much good feelings towards Chinese football, because he now had the ability to change it, he decided to use his strength to prevent Chinese football from deviating too much from the right track and return to rationality.
Fang Zhicheng took out his cell phone and called a colleague from the National Development and Reform Commission. The caller was named Li Hao. He was in charge of sports and cultural reforms, a deputy director-level cadre, and had a good network of contacts within the system. Fang Zhicheng had a good relationship with him at the beginning.
Li Hao heard about this and said with a smile: "This matter has already attracted the attention of the leader, and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has been arranged to intervene, so it must be a big deal."
Fang Zhicheng said: "What I am concerned about is how the National Development and Reform Commission will reform the football system in the next step. This is a good opportunity."
Li Hao nodded and said, "I have an idea."
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A silver-gray car drove into the villa area in the eastern suburbs of Ganzhou Province. This villa area is different from the popular commercial villa area. The style is unified in Chinese style, with octagonal eaves, green tiles and red bricks, and security forces are guaranteed every ten steps.
A middle-aged man in his fifties stepped out of the car. He was wearing a white shirt, navy blue trousers, and shiny black leather shoes. After getting out of the car, he wiped his forehead, looked solemn, and walked quickly inside.
In the living room of the villa, the aroma of tea was wafting. Wang Leisheng sat in front of the tea table, looked up at him, and said, "Xiao Xu, please sit down!"
Xu Jin forced a smile and said, "Hello, Secretary Wang!"
Wang Leisheng handed Xu Jin a cup of tea and said, "Although it's already September, the weather is still very hot. Have a cup of tea to quench your thirst."
Xu Jin was flattered and took the tea, but he didn't drink it. He put it aside and said, "Thank you."
Wang Leisheng waved his hand, frowning, and said, "How do we solve the problem of the football team?"
Xu Jin was informed that Wang Leisheng wanted to meet him in person, which made him extremely nervous. To Wang Leisheng, Xu Jin was just an insignificant figure. On this pyramid, Wang Leisheng was at the top, while Xu Jin was only at the fifth or sixth level, with several layers of relationships in between.
Xu Jin smiled bitterly and said, "We have already discussed the emergency plan yesterday and held a press conference for the public."
Wang Leisheng shook his head and said unhappily, "It would have been better if you didn't hold that press conference. Now you're making things worse. The person in charge said that this vicious incident happened because of provocation from Hongda players and fans and the team was defeated. This kind of public relations that puts the blame on the other side is not the right way to appease the public anger."
Xu Jin wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered, "We have also begun to contact the propaganda department and ask them to help guide public opinion." Although Xu Jin said this, he was also extremely guilty, because only all the media in Ganzhou Province remained silent.
Wang Leisheng closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said calmly: "Xiao Xu, this matter is too reckless. Hongda Group is the number one private enterprise in Huainan, and it can also be ranked in the top five among private enterprises nationwide. Such a business tycoon has a much greater influence on publicity and public opinion than you."
Xu Jin said: "Our initial opinion is to expel all players. At the same time, no matter how many fines the Football Association issues, we can bear them. In addition, for the injured Hongda players, we are willing to provide each of them with a subsidy of 100,000 yuan."
Wang Leisheng thought to himself that Xu Jin had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter. For Hongda, what was 100,000 yuan
Wang Lei said calmly: "The chairman of Hongda Group is named Zhao Qingya. Her brother was originally the executive vice governor of Huainan Province and is now the vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce. This is no longer a problem that can be solved by money alone."
Xu Jin was shocked when he heard about Zhao Qingya's background. He didn't expect that Hongda Group had such a strong background. He felt his palms trembling constantly, and smiled bitterly: "We established this club in the beginning mainly because there are many young people in the village who love to play football. We wanted to give them something to do when they have free time, so we invested in the construction. I didn't expect it to cause such a big disaster."
Wang Leisheng saw that Xu Jin was regretful and said calmly, "Xiao Xu, your company has made great contributions to the smooth development of Chaoxing City over the years. It can be said that you have undertaken a lot of hard, tiring and dirty work. The people have a bad reputation for you, but you have taken on all of it. Now I have received news that the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection may intervene in this matter and investigate the relationship between your company and the Chaoxing Municipal Government."
Xu Jin's eyes showed shock, and he whispered: "Secretary Wang, you have to save me!"
Xu Jin was born as a village committee secretary, a village-level cadre who started out as a demolition worker and later built a group with assets worth over billions. He enjoyed a successful life, but in the final analysis, he was only a village committee secretary and his basic qualities and intelligence were average.
Wang Leisheng stood up, walked slowly to a distance, and said with his back turned: "The development of the matter is far beyond your imagination. The Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection will take action tomorrow, so you must be mentally prepared."
Xu Jinbu staggered out of the living room. Wang Leisheng's personal visit to see him was an indirect order. He had sent his children abroad several years ago because he had expected this day to come. After all, for so many years, he had been making money by means of demolition, which was all unscrupulous.
The amateur football club was established by Xu Jin in order to allow the demolition workers to spice up their lives with football training when they had nothing to do. Later, due to gradual investment, it actually achieved good results in the city league. At the same time, Xu Jin became obsessed with gambling, and used the team's games to gamble with his friends in the amateur league.
As time went on, the City League was not famous enough to satisfy Xu Jin's gambling hobby, so he began to use the famous FA Cup to gamble.
In order to get his team into the FA Cup, Xu Jin privately reached an agreement with a local A-League football team to reserve a spot for his team in the city league selection process, while renting the opponent's second- and third-tier players in related matches.
Because China's football system is not perfect and the Football Association's control is also weak, this method has allowed his team to continue to become the dark horse of the FA Cup in the past few years, and even created the miracle of an amateur team defeating a Super League club.
Before this game, Xu Jin also offered a high bonus, because if the amateur team only needed to tie the game within ninety minutes, he would be able to earn more than ten times the income from gambling.
"Boss, where are we going now?" the driver asked in a low voice. He could see that Xu Jin was in a bad mood. He had never seen Xu Jin so depressed in all these years. Xu Jin could be said to be the local emperor of Chaoxing City. Rumor has it that even the municipal party secretary had to give him some face.
Xu Jin said: "Anywhere that can give me some quiet time is fine!"
Chapter 1008: The sequel to the stadium violence
As the Discipline Inspection Commission went deeper, a group of people with black social connections headed by Xu Jin in Ganzhou Province were cleared, which caused a great response across the country. Not only in Ganzhou Province, but also in various places, a wave of anti-black fever was set off. The Ministry of Public Security took advantage of the situation and launched a combination of punches to rectify the national security environment. No one expected that the chain reaction was caused by just a short ten minutes after the FA Cup.
Su Mo sat in the office of the provincial party secretary. The young secretary Tang smoked slowly and said slowly: "I have arranged for someone to handle the Ganzhou issue. We have entered an era of rule of law. We must clean up the things that the government secretly promoted in the past, otherwise there will be endless troubles."
Su Mo nodded and said calmly: "Xu Jin is indeed a powerful person who endangers the local area. Relying on the support of the provincial party committee, he usually acts arrogantly."
Secretary Tang said: "I talked to Comrade Lei Sheng on the phone, and he is willing to use this matter to rectify the officialdom in Ganzhou. Ganzhou's economic development has been lagging behind in recent years. Of course, the geographical location has a reason, but we still need to help him solve the problem."
Su Mo knew that Secretary Tang was hoping that the Su family could input some resources. He sighed and said, "Shanzhou and Ganzhou are close neighbors, and they are brothers in distress. Although Shanzhou's economic momentum has been slightly better in the past two years, it is still not realistic to give Ganzhou too much support."
Secretary Tang nodded, his eyes showing deep thought, and said: "The Belt and Road Initiative must be included in the national strategic planning."
Su Mo said: "This is an inevitable step."
Although both of them are in Xiangnan, they represent the Tang family and the Su family, so the strategic cooperation is definitely not limited to Xiangnan.
Secretary Tang stood up, walked back and forth in the office, and said, "Due to its geographical location, Xiangnan must promote its own unique competitiveness if it wants to make a breakthrough in the economy. So we must find another way. After years of cultivation, Xiangnan's media has shown strong competitiveness and has formed a unique provincial business card, but we still need to explore and develop more areas in the next step, which requires us to design and plan together."