The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 249 A Beautiful Misunderstanding!
It was quite late when we left the Huo family villa.

Previously, at Mr. Huo's invitation, we had dinner at the villa.

Ahem, Old Master Huo called out his eldest son to keep him company, and they chatted quite pleasantly.

The conversation had nothing to do with the martial arts world or external conflicts, but rather with football.

Clearly, Wu Feng's actions have earned the approval of this Hong Kong tycoon.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to even meet them, let alone have dinner at the Huo family's house and chat about football, which is of great interest to Mr. Huo.

Wu Feng was not at all reserved!
If we're talking about other things, he might hold back quite a bit, but when it comes to football, he's fearless.

Let's talk about football in Hong Kong first!

The level of football in Hong Kong in the 1980s was actually quite good.

Hong Kong Island's economy has developed rapidly, and coupled with the influence of the British colonial government, the football atmosphere is quite strong.

Many wealthy people on Hong Kong Island have the idea of ​​forming a football team for fun.

In addition, Hong Kong Island's unique environment not only attracts some semi-professional or even lower-level professional players from Europe, but also attracts relevant football talents from the mainland.

Mr. Fok has served as the president of the Hong Kong Island Football Association for many years.

In fact, Hong Kong already had a professional league at this time.

Despite its small size, it has quite a few professional football teams!

Overall, Hong Kong's football level, when placed in Asia at that time, could be considered top-tier third-rate, with occasional bursts of brilliance that could even reach second-rate levels.

To be honest, the level of football in Japan at this time is only comparable to that of Hong Kong.

do not doubt!
The Captain Tsubasa manga is incredibly popular across Asia, but the author's basic football knowledge is rather embarrassing, making him seem like a complete novice.

The most exciting part is the elementary school football episode, where the sixth-grade national football championship has two teams in the end. Isn't that ridiculous?
When Wu Feng was a child in his previous life, he also read the "Captain Tsubasa" manga and watched the anime.

It felt really strange at the time!
The two teams that made it to the finals ended up winning the championship because the penalty shootout was so drawn out that it was as if the rules of football were being played with for granted.

For a popular football comic artist to be so ignorant about the rules of football matches speaks volumes about the state of football culture in China at the time.

Back then, the Chinese national football team was still a top-tier team in Asia!
Because of their height and strength, and their talent for defeating smaller teams.

Indeed, the current level of football in Hong Kong is much better than it would be in the future when it's barely known.

Wu Feng has long wanted to invest in football!
At the beginning of the year, he also gathered a group of Hung Hing triad leaders to form an amateur team and invited them all to Sai Kung for a Lunar New Year Cup attacking tournament!

Because of ATV's live broadcast, it caused quite a stir on Hong Kong Island at the time.

At that time, the Sai Kung District Government and the Police Department temporarily formed an amateur team to participate in the competition.

In short, because of Wu Feng's prior request for an "offensive" rule, even though it was just a temporary amateur match, it was still exciting and intense.

As a result, Wu Feng and Jiang Tiansheng, the two organizers and sponsors of the event, easily caught the eye of a group of bigwigs in the Hong Kong Football Association.

Jiang Tiansheng also used this opportunity to successfully establish a relationship with the Hong Kong Football Association and, by leveraging this connection, successfully gain a foothold in the so-called high society circles.

However, both of them were subsequently preoccupied with other matters and did not take any further action.

This time, however, Wu Feng asked Old Huo to act as a messenger, and at the same time, he also revealed an important piece of information.

Jiang Tiansheng plans to use a portion of the revenue from the blockade of ships in the waters off Siam to invest in football and establish a professional football club.

Not only do they actively participate in the Hong Kong Island professional football league, but they also try to organize a championship tournament between teams from Hong Kong Island and Guangdong Province!
Upon hearing this, Old Master Huo immediately became interested!
If a championship tournament formed by teams from Hong Kong Island and Guangdong Province is successfully implemented, it will definitely be a mini-football extravaganza!

Seeing that Elder Huo was indeed interested, Wu Feng became even more enthusiastic in his introduction.

The Guangdong provincial football team in mainland China has always been known by the nickname "South China Tiger"!

"If we were to organize a championship tournament, we definitely wouldn't directly compete against the Guangdong provincial team, but would instead invite city teams from various cities in Guangdong to participate!"

"As for Hong Kong Island, any professional team that's interested can participate!"

"The organization of this event and the subsequent prize money are not a problem!"

At this point, Wu Feng smiled nonchalantly: "Mr. Jiang is still very enthusiastic about investing in football. The profits from the blockade of ships in the Siamese waters can easily cover all the investment!"

"In fact, given Mr. Jiang's own financial resources, he didn't need to go to such great lengths!"

"Large-scale investments in football are permissible, but these funds must be auditable!"

Upon hearing this, Old Master Huo was somewhat moved.

He wasn't concerned about Jiang Tiansheng and Wu Feng, or the large sums of money they might invest in football.

It meant nothing to him.

The key point is that Wu Feng's attitude made him quite satisfied.

Since Wu Feng dared to make a guarantee, regardless of whether Jiang Tiansheng was truly willing or not, he was determined to pay this money, and it would be done under the guise of profiting from the boat blockade.

As a result, Old Master Huo was quite satisfied.

As the saying goes: comparing people will only lead to misery, comparing goods will only lead to waste!
Back then, when Mr. Huo helped the man from Macau obtain a gambling license and become a world-renowned figure in the gambling world, it wasn't without conditions.

Putting aside other things, Mr. Huo has basically donated all of his profits from the casino to public welfare.

It's highly likely that there are also relevant requirements for the person in Australia.

I don't expect to donate all the profits to charity, but at least a portion of them should be donated!

Clearly, the person from Australia went back on their word and did not fulfill their promise.

As a result, Mr. Huo's relationship with that person quickly reached a freezing point, and he sold off his share of the casino without hesitation, never again getting involved in the casino business in Macau.

Unfortunately, by then the situation in Australia had already become too volatile to be suppressed by Huo.

At present, the fact that Chiang Tin-sang, a leader of a triad, can agree to invest part of the profits from the ferry jam into football in Hong Kong Island and the mainland, how could it not touch the heart of Mr. Fok?
Wu Feng certainly wouldn't spout nonsense, nor would he need to!
One of the paths he offered Jiang Tiansheng to get out of poverty was to become a sports tycoon.

Clearly, since connecting with the Hong Kong Football Association and receiving significant positive feedback, Chiang Tin-sang has made up his mind to become a sports tycoon.

In fact, at this time, the cost of becoming a sports tycoon in Hong Kong Island was not high.

At least, unlike the wealthy people who later bought Premier League clubs, they didn't have to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to have any chance of getting the returns they wanted.

Right now, having ten million Hong Kong dollars is enough to cause a huge stir in Hong Kong's football scene.

Is ten million Hong Kong dollars a lot of money for a tycoon of Mr. Fok's stature?

This is also the main reason why Wu Feng believes there is a significant difference in thinking between himself and Hong Kong's long-established tycoons.

With Mr. Fok's financial resources, supporting the Hong Kong Island football team on his own would be a piece of cake.

If they train well and can hire a good coach, they might even make it to the World Cup finals. The resulting impact would be incredible.

Even if qualifying for the World Cup finals is difficult, what about winning a place in the Asian Cup finals? If it were Wu Feng, who was suppressed by the Hong Kong British government, he would find other ways to make a name for himself.

Unfortunately, Mr. Huo was only interested in football and may have invested a lot of money, but he did not see any significant positive changes.

As for the other wealthy Chinese in Hong Kong, their conglomerates may own one or even several professional football clubs, but they have no intention of investing heavily in them.

Wu Feng felt as if it were something done to follow the trend and for the foreigners in the Hong Kong British government to see.

Even in later generations, those so-called Hong Kong tycoons were still the same!
Putting everything else aside, if they wanted to pay the British Trade Department's "security fee," they could have done so by investing in a football club.

If the team performs well, even the English mainland will look at them with more respect.

If you own a top-tier club, you can easily wield considerable influence and power in England, which is no small feat.

In later generations, the Hong Kong businessman who bought Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League was quite famous for a period of time.

Unfortunately, if Bolton had achieved good results back then, he might have been dealt with leniently even if he had run into trouble in Hong Kong.

As for the super-rich second-generation heir who bought Inter Milan, one can imagine how famous he is in the football world.

It seems that the established Hong Kong tycoons all adhere to the philosophy of making a fortune quietly.

It's not that it's bad, but it doesn't seem quite right in the sports world.

Similarly, Wu Feng did not proactively reveal that he and Jiang Tiansheng both planned to buy a professional football club in Europe, saying that it would be better to discuss it after the deal was finalized.

In short, the football-related exchanges alone made Mr. Huo and his eldest son quite happy, and they didn't mention anything else.

However, when Wu Feng took his leave, Old Master Huo's meaningful look made him feel a little embarrassed.

Once he left the villa, he completely forgot about the slight embarrassment and didn't take it to heart at all.

Next, it's time to have some fun with that guy from Australia.

On the other side, when Young Master Huo saw Wu Feng off and returned to the villa lobby, Old Master Huo was waiting with tea in hand.

He hurried over, sat down on the sofa next to him, and asked curiously, "What is it, Father?"

"What do you think of the person who just left?"

Old Huo spoke leisurely, his expression calm and showing no signs of emotional fluctuation.

"He's a promising young talent in the business world!"

Young Master Huo was somewhat puzzled, but still replied, "He is quite witty and humorous!"

"Haha, you think it's funny!"

Old Huo said bluntly, "That's because that kid deliberately brought up topics that interest this old man!"

"Did you notice that the kid only talked about football the whole time?"

Is there a problem with this?

Young Master Huo was somewhat bewildered and asked, puzzled, "I think he put it very well!"

At this point, his tone was still somewhat excited as he said, "This guy is really daring, actually planning to require all teams in the Champions League to focus on attacking. That's asking all teams to play an all-out attacking game!"

"Just imagining that scene makes me think that the match would be incredibly exciting!"

"The old man also thinks that this kind of competition will be very exciting!"

Old Huo chuckled and said, "However, how to persuade the participating teams and how to contact the relevant football authorities in the mainland—these are things that I, this old man, will have to handle myself!"

"Oh, does that mean martial arts performers don't need to show up?"

Young Master Huo asked doubtfully, "That's impossible. Didn't he also plan to buy a team to participate in the competition?"

"Hmph, now that he and Jiang Tiansheng have paid, they certainly won't get involved in any more trouble later!"

Old Huo said helplessly, "Otherwise, why would he have gone into so much detail?"

Young Master Huo suddenly realized, and said unhappily, "This kid is quite cunning!"

"Ha, if you didn't have cunning and skill, how could you have gotten to where you are now in just a few years?"

Old Master Huo said slowly, "Don't underestimate this man's strength!"

"His properties on Hong Kong Island aren't exactly core or key; they're more like light assets!"

"The truly core assets are all in mainland China, and we also have influence in various parts of Southeast Asia!"

At this point, he sighed and said, "If it weren't for my connections in the mainland and the thorough investigation I did, I could easily have been fooled by this kid!"

Seeing the puzzled look on Young Master Huo's face, he sneered, "This time, that guy from Macau has really messed up!"

"If he doesn't resort to those underhanded tactics, that's fine. Wu Sheng probably doesn't want to cause too much trouble and end up displeasing the Hong Kong British government, making it difficult for him to establish himself in Hong Kong in the future!"

"But if you resort to underhanded tactics, you'll be stirring up a hornet's nest..."

At this point, he couldn't help but recall the startling contents of the investigation materials.

Fenghua Group has nearly 30,000 formal employees in mainland China, half of whom are veterans.

Damn, just thinking about it is terrifying.

Even with Old Master Huo's mindset, he felt somewhat horrified; he understood the implications very well.

It's possible that many of the veterans under the Fenghua Group participated in the Sino-Mountain War.

In other words, many of the employees of Fenghua Group have experienced the baptism of blood and fire!
What is this concept?
Let alone the triad's firearms squad, it's questionable whether even the Hong Kong and Macau garrisons could defeat these veterans; they are a truly formidable force.

Knowing this information, Huo Lao subtly pointed out to Wu Feng during their conversation that Wu Feng was hiding something from him, wondering if he was planning something big.

Wu Feng misunderstood Huo Lao's meaning, thinking that Huo Lao had seen through his thoughts and that was why he made a pointed remark.

What a beautiful misunderstanding!

Some things, once said, might hurt someone's feelings, but that's actually a good thing.

Putting all that aside, ATV's public broadcast of the fierce conflict between the man from Macau and Hung Hing, Hong Kong's top triad, instantly caused a huge sensation.

No one expected that ATV would broadcast it so bluntly.

For a time, the reputation of that person from Australia plummeted like a waterfall.

For no other reason than that nobody likes someone like him who sends out assassins whenever there's a conflict of interest.

No one could stand this situation...

(End of this chapter)