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Chapter 11: Hot World Cup

At the end of May 86, the Mexico World Cup was about to begin.

In his previous life, Wu Feng was a professional online writer, and he had access to a wide range of knowledge and information.

Sports is a branch of online literature. As a pseudo-football fan during my student days, I have read many excellent football articles and have some impressions of the Mexico World Cup.

For example, 'Hand of God' has been talked about by English football fans for almost forty years!

Lao Ma also used this World Cup championship to achieve his title of "King of Football"!
As a British colony, Hong Kong Island has a strong football atmosphere.

Of course, the World Cup is a pretty good betting target for Hong Kong residents!

The nearby Macau Island Casino has already opened odds for the World Cup, attracting gambling capital from all over East Asia and Southeast Asia.

Powerful social organizations in Hong Kong also joined in the fun and opened offshore betting platforms. The number of gamblers participating was staggering, and the amount of money flowing in was also considerable.

As the opening ceremony of the World Cup is about to begin, the entire Hong Kong Island seems to be affected and is getting agitated.

Wu Feng comes into contact with the most customers in nightclubs, saunas and acupressure rooms. Apart from talking about women, most of them talk about football and the World Cup.

He simply posted the match schedules of all World Cup teams and the real-time odds table of the Australian Casino in prominent locations in these entertainment venues for guests to comment and express their opinions.

No matter what era, the favorite thing for fake fans is to talk a lot and make all kinds of comments, as if they have already determined the World Cup champion.

Seeing such a lively scene, Wu Feng simply instructed the nightclub he was in charge of to set up a special football commentary salon so that interested guests could talk to their heart's content.

Unexpectedly, as a result, the nightclub business is getting better and better!
Not only the beer sales, but also the takeaway business of the food stalls outside is booming.

Even police officers from the Mong Kok Police Station are often seen coming here to drink and relax after get off work.

He immediately realized that this satisfied some guests' need to brag.

Thinking about the various businesses that would spawn during the World Cup in the future, he suddenly had the idea of ​​imitating it. It wouldn't cost much to try, but it would be more labor-intensive.

But before he could take any action, Brother Niu from Shuifang, whom he had met before, suddenly called him.

There is nothing else to do. This guy opened an underground odds for the Mexico World Cup in the name of a society, which is the so-called external betting point.

He knew that the nightclub that Wu Feng was in charge of had been doing a booming business recently and had attracted a large number of fans and fake fans who would definitely be happy to participate in the World Cup betting, so Brother Niu hoped that Wu Feng could open a special betting line in the nightclub.

Wu Feng readily agreed. Hongyi hadn't set up any illegal World Cup betting platforms, so there was no conflict of interest. He had simply clarified the commission split over the phone, stating that he would definitely not personally participate in any illegal betting activities.

Of course, he did not print the betting phone number directly in a conspicuous place, but instead mixed it in with the photo booklet of World Cup star players. Those who understand will understand.

It can only be said that global information was not well developed in this era, which naturally brought many benefits to Wu Feng at the moment. The commercial development level of European football is completely incomparable to that of later generations.

Naturally, there is no comparison between the ability of public opinion in different countries to create football stars.

In other words, the number of top football stars who became famous in European leagues was much smaller than in later generations.

This naturally made it easier for Wu Feng to cut out top-to-top photos of famous football stars participating in the World Cup from the sports column of the newspaper.

Collect the photos together, then find a printing factory that specializes in printing color photos of the stars and compile them into a book.

Such albums of color photos of football stars were sold at 30 Hong Kong dollars per copy in nightclubs with a strong football atmosphere, and were very popular. They even attracted the attention and imitation of the popular star Guan Zaisen.

"Brother Sen, are you so shameless that you won't let go of such a small business?"

In the private room of the Rich Man Sauna, Wu Feng angrily yelled at Guan Zai Sen standing beside him, "Are you after money?" "Damn, what you call a small business is selling over 300 albums of sports star photos in one night?"

Guan Zai Sen, wrapped in a bath towel, lay on his side with a boneless look on his face, cursing back, "Earning tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars in one night is not much worse than me!"

"What's even more infuriating is that you, kid, actually dared to sell this special edition for a hundred yuan a copy. And yet those drinkers were buying it up like crazy. What kind of world is this?"

"As if I haven't put in any brainpower and sweat?"

Wu Feng said angrily, "In order to find out the specific physical conditions of those stars, as well as their positions and performances on the court, I bought a lot of related videotapes and newspapers. I almost vomited after watching them. If I don't sell them at a higher price, I will be at a huge loss!"

That's right, in addition to the most basic color photo album of stars who play in nightclubs, he also made a "special edition" star data album, priced at one hundred Hong Kong dollars!
It's just an imitation of the player database in later football games, which is a poor version of the worst.

It only contains simple information such as height, weight, position, etc., but it is unexpectedly popular among fans and pseudo-fans, and it is no problem to sell 150 copies a night.

The two types of star brochures combined can make him more than 25,000 yuan a day.

And this rate of making money can last for about half a month!

In fact, he also thought of posters, exclusive jerseys and shoes for major stars, etc., which could at least make millions during the World Cup.

If he had a big enough platform and the help of professionals, if he couldn't make tens of millions from this World Cup, then there would be something wrong with him.

Unfortunately, he is not capable of earning such money at the moment.

Once the scale becomes large enough and attracts envy, the powerful people in the big societies will try to grab the cake.

Guan Zaisen who is around me is the best example. He will take advantage of any opportunity he sees without caring about his face at all.

Wu Feng had also thought about taking the opportunity to start a company in a more formal way.

After consulting a lawyer, I gave up this idea.

To put it bluntly, what he did involved the image rights of many stars, and even the interests of the clubs and sports companies behind them.

In essence, they are still walking on the edge of the law. Once the scale of funds involved is large, they can easily be slaughtered as fat sheep, and finally they will be labeled as criminals and sent to Stanley for further studies.

The current scale is just right. I can eat meat and the community can also make money.

My cousin's place isn't as extravagant, but he tried to imitate it, and his business is much better.

In order to avoid trouble, those star color books are not sold at the venue over there.

Even the Blue Lanterns under his command can live a comfortable life with money to earn and spend for a few days!

The job of delivering takeout to customers was taken care of by his subordinate Blue Lantern, and the fee for running errands was quite high.

Even if someone finds fault, they can just chalk it up to a personal act. There are plenty of people willing to take the blame and eat the government's food for free, since it's not a big deal and will only last a year or two at most.

Seeing Guanzai Sen looking smug and like he had gotten a great advantage, Wu Feng couldn't help but feel moved and said directly, "Brother Sen, how about we cooperate during the World Cup?"

"How to cooperate?"

Guan Zaisen asked curiously, "Do you want to open an overseas market with me?"

(End of this chapter)