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Chapter 375 Another Butterfly Effect! (Seeking monthly votes)

Entering the 1990s, time seemed to speed up all at once.

Before they knew it, it was the end of May. Wu Feng and his teammates from the Hong Kong Island team boarded a plane to Italy to prepare for the upcoming World Cup finals.

He sat in first class with the coaching staff and senior executives of the Hong Kong Island Football Association, chatting about everything under the sun.

It’s funny to say!
The controversy he sparked on television was about whether or not to throw the game if England were drawn into the same group.

As a result, many so-called elites from the British faction gave a good performance to all the residents of Hong Kong Island, showing what it means to be a clown, what it means to be furious and lose face.

This debate even reached the British mainland.

However, the public opinion in the UK was surprisingly calm.

They seemed uninterested in the topic, yet also unwilling to go too far, which pushed the Hong Kong team to their limits.

There's no other reason. In their previous friendly match against Denmark, the Hong Kong team played a very close game, ending in a 3-3 draw.

Denmark's playing style is very similar to England's.

After all, it's a World Cup match that decides the outcome, so even an arrogant team like England wouldn't dare to be too boastful.

After that, in a friendly match between Hong Kong Island and Wales, they once again performed well and even won easily.

Two matches have shown that Hong Kong Island team is not a pushover.

Even the Hong Kong elites who were so enthusiastic about the England team have become much quieter in the face of the team's amazing performance.

Fortunately, the final group assignments brought an end to this heated debate that had lasted for three or four months.

Wu Feng speculated that the Hong Kong team replaced the UAE team and ended up in the same group as West Germany, Colombia, and Yugoslavia.

When the group assignments were announced, Hong Kong media outlets were in an uproar.

This group draw is undoubtedly a "group of death" for the Hong Kong Island team, making it extremely difficult for them to advance.

West Germany, needless to say, is the absolute favorite to win the championship.

The Yugoslavian team was also a top-tier team in European football.

Knowing that the Croatian national team of later generations perfectly inherited the strength of the Yugoslavian national team is enough to understand how formidable the Yugoslavian team was.

As for the Colombian team, just knowing that the famous madman goalkeeper Higuita is the main goalkeeper for the Colombian team means you know that this South American team is not easy to deal with.

In short, ever since the group assignments were announced, Hong Kong media have been offering all sorts of suggestions, and Macau and mainland media have also been making all sorts of noises.

Before the team headed to Italy for the World Cup finals, the media coverage was all about creating a lively atmosphere.

Such a vibrant football atmosphere has allowed the Hong Kong Island Professional Football League to reap the first wave of benefits.

Both public attention and income levels have seen significant improvements.

Putting aside other things, the comic and animated series "Dominating the Stadium" published by Wu Feng's publishing house became an instant hit in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and throughout East and Southeast Asia.

As mentioned before, the "Captain Tsubasa" manga published by Xiao Rizi contains significant factual errors. This time, the "Dominate the Field" manga published by Wu Feng's publishing house has a much more realistic style compared to Xiao Rizi's manga.

The main characters are all set in several football-strong cities in Guangdong Province, and their stories unfold as they gradually grow into football superstars.

The comic details how several football-strong cities in Guangdong Province, especially Meizhou, cultivate young football players and talents in primary and secondary schools.

To put it bluntly, if we follow the methods described in the comics to cultivate football talent in primary and secondary schools, as long as we can endure the loneliness, we will definitely reap the rewards, and the rewards will be substantial.

Teaching football skills and field rules only in physical education class does not interfere with students' study time.

Back then, the academic workload wasn't so heavy, and school ended early.

Any student who is interested in football can choose to continue practicing and improving their skills at school or other open spaces after school.

With ample match experience, virtually no talented young footballer will be overlooked.

Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, this model suddenly disappeared, and Meizhou, a nationally renowned football powerhouse, vanished without a trace.

The comic caused a sensation throughout Hong Kong Island as soon as it was released.

The content is so realistic that many readers even believe the characters and plots in the comics are real.

Putting everything else aside, if we follow the model depicted in the comics and receive formal training in football techniques and rules during our school years, perhaps a lot of professional football talents will emerge after we graduate from high school.

In Hong Kong Island, the income of professional football players is comparable to that of elite white-collar workers who sit in offices.

The key is that once you have fame, you can easily cash in or have other opportunities.

In the normal timeline, Kenny Ho, who played Zhan Zhao in the TV series "Justice Bao," was originally a football player.

Murong Fu in the 1998 version of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" was also played by a well-known professional football player from Hong Kong.

Not only in Hong Kong Island, but the comic and animation were quickly introduced to other parts of the world, causing a huge sensation.

Unless the readers are mentally unstable, they'll know that the "Captain Tsubasa" series produced by their own people is very unrealistic, almost like a dream.

However, the Hong Kong Island version of "Dominate the Stadium" is too realistic. Many so-called football experts, after careful research and demonstration, directly announced on television programs and newspapers that the plot in the comic may come true!
This is incredible!
Although the stock market has collapsed, the actual economy remains strong, and ordinary people still have a lot of money.

A football comic book from Hong Kong Island has actually received expert recognition; the emotional impact it has had is no exaggeration.

Some impatient football fans even flew directly to Meizhou, Guangdong Province, to experience the local football atmosphere and talent development model up close. Isn't it just like the one described in the comics?
It is said that so many people rushed over to observe that it alarmed the top leadership of Guangdong Province.

When they learned what had happened, they were both amused and exasperated.

But this is an opportunity, an opportunity to attract many fans, so it's not something to be easily let go.

At least for now, the talent development models of those football powerhouses depicted in the comics seem destined to continue, at least until this wave of enthusiasm subsides. After all, those are real foreign exchange earnings.

Wu Feng had no idea that his small selfish thought would have such a huge impact; clearly, the butterfly effect he had created was growing larger and larger.

(End of this chapter)