Chapter 237 The Stock God is Never Just Buffett
Premier League Table:

1. LEI CITY——50
2. ARSENAL——49
3. CHELSEA – 47
4. THE SPUR——44
5. CITY – 43
6. LIVERPOOL – 42
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After the game, Independent reporter Krent was waiting on the road closest to Stamford Bridge. His task was to interview the fans after the game.

More than 6 fans came to the Emirates Stadium today. After the game, the fans poured out of the tunnel like a tide. Klent interviewed 5 Arsenal fans by randomly selecting lucky audiences. The last Arsenal fan interviewed was named Frederick, a German.

"Frederick, the commentator on the scene believes that Arsenal can win this game because Jiang returned to China to participate in the national team competition. As an Arsenal fan, do you agree with this view?"

"No no no!"

Frederick said "no" three times in a row, and his attitude was very firm: "The commentator on the scene is a Chelsea legend, and his views are definitely biased towards Chelsea. I express my views from an objective perspective. Even if Jiang did not participate in the national team competition, Chelsea would still lose. Arsenal is invincible when all the players are recovered from injuries!"

This German fan must have lived in London for a long time. His English is very fluent and he even has a bit of a London accent. If Frederick hadn't said it himself, Krent wouldn't even have recognized that he was a German.

“Oh, that’s what everyone says.”

Clent smiled. As a Chelsea fan, today's interview made him very uncomfortable.

"Frederick, Jiang participated in the national team competition in the middle of the season, and many Chelsea fans expressed condemnation for this. As an Arsenal fan, do you think Jiang's choice is correct?"

As a professional journalist, Krent knows which topics fans are interested in and which they are not.

Right now, the two hottest topics in the Premier League are both related to Chelsea.

1. Ibrahimovic to Chelsea
2. Jiang gave up the club competition

“Wow~ this is a great question”

Frederick's expression suddenly became serious: "It is understandable that Jiang participated in the national team competition. If Jiang participated in the Asian Cup, I would not say anything, but he participated in the U23 Asian Cup."

"So you think Jiang shouldn't play for the national team at this time? Haha, Frederick, you know, you are the first Arsenal fan I interviewed who is against Jiang's participation in the national team."

"that is the truth"

"If Jiang was a big-name player worth 4000 million or even 5000 million euros, there would be nothing wrong with him doing this, as top players should have some privileges. However, Jiang is only worth 2000 million euros, and he is even Chelsea's new signing this season. As a new signing, you cannot leave when you have just secured a starting position in the club."

"Everyone says it's a pity that Wenger didn't buy Jiang in the summer window, but I don't think it's a pity. We have no shortage of players worth 2000 million euros at Arsenal!"

Frederick folded his arms across his chest. Although he lived in the passionate city of London, he had a Germanic rigor in his bones.

……

Chelsea lost 1:3 to Arsenal and gave up their second place in the standings. For a time, Jiang Yuan was pushed to the forefront. Now that things have come to this, all Jiang Yuan can do is to play well in his national team games.

Fortunately, the Premier League's January matches have ended, and there will be no so-called schedule conflicts. Even if the Chinese U1 team defeats the Iraqi U23 team and enters the final, Jiang Yuan can still play the final in Qatar.

The Chinese team was also lucky. In the semi-final held at 1:26 pm on January 9th, Beijing time, China U23 defeated Iraq U3 with a score of 2:23 and advanced to the final under the watchful eyes of fans across the country, helping China get a ticket to the men's football event at the Rio Olympics.

Two hours after the match between China and Iraq, the match between host Qatar U2 and South Korea U23 was held in the same stadium.

Son Heung-min, who also gave up the club competition, scored a penalty in the game, defeating the host Qatar with a score of 1:0.

This means that on January 1, the South Korean U30 men's football team will meet the Chinese U23 men's football team in the final. There is no doubt that this will be a focus battle.

Having two Premier League giants in an Asian U23 match can be said to be a history-making event.

The AFC is also prepared to take this opportunity to promote the level of Asian youth football to the world and is spending $10 on advertising for this purpose.

To be honest, there is actually no need for the AFC to do this. No matter what level of competition it is, as long as the Chinese team participates, there will definitely be a lot of people watching.

There is no other reason, there are really a lot of Chinese people!
Preparations for the tournament are underway, and the Chinese and Korean U23 teams are also training at their respective training grounds. This is a game that both the Chinese and Korean U23 cannot afford to lose.

The champion and the runner-up are only one word apart, but their meanings are completely different.

Fans in China, Japan, South Korea and some other Asian countries are focusing their attention on the final three days later.

The reporter of Seoul Sports News even waited outside the hotel of the South Korean team, and interviewed the captain of the South Korean U23 team, Son Heung-min, a star from Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League, while the players were returning to the hotel after training.

"Captain Son Heung-min, you will play against China U23 at Khalifa Stadium in three days, and your opponent will include Jiang Yuan, who is also from the Premier League. Because Jiang Yuan performed outstandingly in the tournament, most fans are optimistic that China U23 can win this game. As the captain of the South Korean team, what do you think of the fans' attitude?"

Son Heung-min had a smile on his face, as if he would never be sad: "He is a very good player, but I hope the fans of the Republic of Korea can support us. The difference in value of several million euros does not determine anything."

As the reporter expected, Son Heung-min spoke some encouraging words.

A few million euros of difference in value doesn't determine anything, and Son Heung-min is indeed qualified to say this. Because in this season's league, Tottenham beat Chelsea!

After Son Heung-min said this, what was originally a match between China and South Korea has now turned into a confrontation between Tottenham and Chelsea.

Both are new signings this season, both are left wingers, and both are Asian. Tottenham was ridiculed by fans of other clubs for half a season because they bought Son Heung-min instead of Jiang Yuan.

The U23 Asian Cup final three days later is Son Heung-min's chance to prove himself. Beat China, beat Jiang Yuan, and respond positively to the doubts of the club's fans.

Why is 1600 million euros not as good as 2000 million euros?

As the final is getting closer, everyone's attention is on January 1th. However, at 30 a.m. Beijing time on January 1th, a piece of news shocked the world of football.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the Chinese U23 players gathered at the training ground. Seeing Jiang Yuan getting off the bus, Liu Binbin walked over with his mobile phone.

After a brief greeting, Liu Binbin asked Jiang Yuan a very strange question: "Brother Yuan, does M stand for one hundred thousand?"

Afterwards, Liu Binbin showed the contents on his mobile phone to Jiang Yuan.

Player:Jiang Yuan（Left Winger）

Nat.：CHN
Age: 17
Club: Chelsea
MarketValues: 75M (Jan.28th)

"Just now, the values ​​of all Chinese players were updated. This is the first time I've seen M. Is this 100,000?"

Liu Binbin looked at Jiang Yuan, blinking his eyes.

Jiang Yuan shook his head: "Brother Bin, M stands for million"

"Milan?"

There is no problem for Liu Binbin to speak Shandong dialect, but it is indeed a bit difficult for him to speak English.

"Brother Bin"

Jiang Yuan smiled and put a hand on Liu Binbin's shoulder: "Foreigners like to count in 4 digits, million means millions."

……

Because China is approaching the Spring Festival, many people did not get up at 6 a.m. By 12 noon, the comment section of the country's No. football app had exploded.

"7500 million euros, Jiang Yuanli breaks the record of the single increase in transfer value on Transfermarkt!"

This pinned message was posted at 6:02, with a photo of Jiang Yuan roaring after scoring Chelsea's first goal. As of 12:15232 noon, this pinned message received a total of comments.

Chinese football fans opened the APP hesitantly, originally wanting to see if there was any new information about the China-South Korea match, but the football emperor made a drastic move right from the start, suppressing the enthusiasm of the China-South Korea match.

【? ? ? ? ? ? ? 】

[Oh, I just found out that Transfermarkt has been updated. Let me see what’s going on… I’m so excited. I’ll sleep for a while.]

[Fuck, 7500 million euros??? What the hell???]

[Is the Korean trembling now? 】

[Son Heung-min said that the difference in value of several million euros is not big, but what if it is tens of millions of euros? 】

[Hiss... My previous guess of 5000 million euros was still conservative]

[No, buddy, how can the opponent play if you cheat like this? ]

[I'm saying this now, King of Football, who has any objections? Just tell me whether this goal scoring efficiency is worthy of 7500 million.]

[Porto is losing money like a fool, but not as much as Arsenal, Arsenal is really losing a lot]

[Fake financial management: stocks; real financial management: buy Jiang Yuan and then sell it]

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Transfermarket, Germany - At 1:28 on January 0, Berlin time, the value of football athletes has been updated, breaking the record of the value increase of football athletes in half a season. The top ten football athletes are:
L. Messi (BAR)——120M
C. Ronaldo (RMA)——110M
Neymar (BAR) - 100M
Gareth Bale (RMA) - 90M
Thomas Müller (FCB) – 90M
Luis Suárez (BAR) – 90M
J. Rodríguez (RMA) – 80M
Harzard (CHE)——75M
Jiang (CHE)——75M
Pogba (JUV) – 75M
Among the top 10 most valuable athletes in the former football world, the two La Liga giants each have 3, Chelsea have 2, and Bayern and Juventus have 1 each.

If his performance at the beginning of the season is any indication, Hazard would most likely drop out of the top ten this year, but fortunately Chelsea has recovered and his original price of 7000 million euros has increased to 7500 million.

As the biggest winner of this market value update, Chelsea posted a tweet on Twitter and Instagram at the same time. However, this tweet did not make any direct comment on the skyrocketing value of Jiang Yuan. Being in the center of the storm, Chelsea is actually the calmest among all the clubs.

The tweet contained a photo of Mourinho, with the team's Portuguese coach standing on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets and a very serious expression.

There is also an English sentence on the photo: BUFFETT! (Buffett)
It seemed as if nothing was said, yet it seemed as if everything was said.

The most outrageous thing is that Buffett’s Twitter account also liked Chelsea!
That night, Jiang Yuan lay on the soft bed in the Garden Hotel, watching the news, feeling quite relaxed.

On the one hand, the 7500 million euros worth was very shocking. On the other hand, the sudden surge in worth also successfully pulled Jiang Yuan out of the previous atmosphere of public opinion.

If it weren't for the transfer market pulling Jiang Yuan in, Jiang Yuan's decision to miss the game against Arsenal would probably have been criticized by all Premier League fans.

Now, Jiang Yuan is still popular, but there are no more people criticizing him. The Japanese media took this opportunity to promote their country's U23 team. Of course, what the Japanese media said had nothing to do with Jiang Yuan. "Ding-ling-ling!"

At this moment, the iPhone 6 in Jiang Yuan's hand suddenly began to vibrate. This was a call from Mourinho.

At that time, WhatsApp had not yet launched the video call function, so Mourinho could only use WeChat if he wanted to make a video call. Unfortunately, the Portuguese did not have the habit of using WeChat.

Jiang Yuan answered the phone. Because the two had argued for a long time about the national team's game, the first thing Jiang Yuan did when he got on the phone was to apologize to Mourinho: "Jose, the national team's matter... You know, I have difficulties too."

"Let's not talk about this, it's just one game, you have to play well in the final"

Mourinho's words were encouraging. Regardless of whether Jiang Yuan played in the final or not, it would not affect his next game at the club. In this case, Mourinho might as well let Jiang Yuan play freely.

But there is a prerequisite.

"Don't get injured," Mourinho emphasized.

Jiang Yuan was lying on the bed with his cell phone on the pillow. Although he couldn't see Mourinho's face, he was used to looking at his cell phone while making a call.

"So you called me just to tell me not to get hurt? Jose, tell me the truth, are you here to urge me to go back?"

Jiang Yuan jokingly said that the match against South Korea U23 ended on the evening of the 30th, and there were only 4 days left before Chelsea's next match against Crystal Palace. Including the flight and time difference adjustment, Jiang Yuan might only have less than 1 day to get familiar with the club games again. There was a reason why Mourinho was so anxious.

"Oh? I'm not here to urge you to go back."

"I'm here to collect my 7500 million"

"Hahaha, do you really have to make this joke?"

Jiang Yuan's face was full of helplessness, but unfortunately Mourinho on the other end of the phone couldn't see Jiang Yuan's current expression.

"This is not a joke, Jiang, tell me the truth, a price tag of 7500 million euros, is this a surprise to you?"

"Of course it's a surprise!"

Jiang Yuan answered without hesitation.

"Wow, to be honest, Jiang, I'm not surprised at all, because it was me who specifically asked for the person, and my judgment can't be wrong."

Brown sat on the sofa opposite Mourinho in Cobham's office.

Seeing Mourinho hang up the phone, Brown moved his butt forward: "Jose, did you really think Jiang could reach such a high value... in such a short time?"

"certainly"

Mourinho touched his nose and his ears turned slightly red.

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Four hours after the news came out, several staff members of the English Football Association worked overtime to edit the video, and finally released an 4-minute video using the Premier League's YouTube account. The content was a replay of Jiang Yuan's 8 goals so far this season. Once the video was released, it caused quite a stir in European football.

【Jiang is my God】

[To be honest, I'm envious. Is there any solution? ]

[I am a Chelsea fan, I am really happy now, hehe. I remember Jiang Houtian has a match against South Korea U23, is it necessary for South Korea to play? ]

[I don’t know. The first time I watched the Asian Games, I did it just to see Jiang. But the pace of the Asian Games was so slow, I wanted to sleep…]

[7500 million euros, my god, has Asia ever produced a player worth this much? This is too outrageous]

[When Jiang first came to Chelsea, I knew he had a high ceiling. Fast wingers are not weak, just like Bale! ]

[No, Jiang is more comprehensive than Gareth (Bale), he can also take free kicks, otherwise he would not be so valuable]

[In fact, I feel that the transfer market is still conservative. If Jiang uses kung fu, Leo may not be the most valuable player.]

[You can’t use Kung Fu in football games, it’s cheating! ]

[This is the first time I am looking forward to an Asian game so much. I will watch China play against South Korea on the afternoon of the 30th. I want to cheer for China! ]

The English Football Association's move was really smart, taking advantage of this opportunity to harvest a large wave of traffic. After all, Jiang Yuan and Hazard, the two wingers of Chelsea, are the two most expensive players in the Premier League, which can be said to be the face of the Premier League.

At the age of 17, he was worth 7500 million euros, which was something he could not even dream of. But sometimes, reality is more magical than dreams. For a time, news about Jiang Yuan spread all over the world of football, and the most popular one was a video interview with a reporter from The Sun.

"Mr. Mitro, as a reporter for The Sun, you said in a newspaper article four days ago that Jiang's participation in a low-level league was wrong and would damage his future. Is that right?"

Obviously, in order to absorb this wave of popularity, The Sun suddenly brought out the reporter who spoke ill of Jiang Yuan a few days ago and flogged him.

“I wrote this and it’s true.”

Mitro nodded, his posture a little stiff, but he didn't show any discomfort. It looked like he came prepared!

"You think I'm blaming Jiang, but you obviously misunderstood me. Well... as we all know, geniuses all have their own unique preferences. Leonardo da Vinci didn't like to sleep, Picasso always carried a gun with him, and Michelangelo didn't care about hygiene. Jiang's hobby is to play in some low-level leagues. Well, geniuses are like this."

"So Mr. Mitro, do you think Jiang's participation in the lower-level league is a unique hobby of his?"

Mitro crossed his fingers and placed his arms on the table: "Of course! I believe Jiang has his reasons for doing this. A relaxed mood can improve an athlete's performance in the game. This is an important reason why Jiang can reach a value of 17 million euros at the age of 7500. He is very relaxed."

With media reports and fans' comments, the value of the China-South Korea match is getting higher and higher. In this update, Son Heung-min, who was originally worth 1600 million euros, is now worth 2000 million euros, which also means that the total value of the players of the two teams in the final will reach 1 million euros.

与之形成对照的是2015年1月韩国和澳大利亚的亚洲杯决赛，当时两队大名单46名球员身价总和为9750万欧，低于今年U23亚洲杯决赛大名单42人的1亿零870万欧元。

AFC:?

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北京时间1月31日18：30，距离U23中韩大战还有4个小时，中国队的大巴车缓缓驶向哈里发球场。

"Brother Yuan, I can't believe that I can be teammates with a player worth 7000 million!"

Zhang Yuning, who was sitting in the front, put his hands on the back of the seat. He wanted to switch seats with Liu Binbin and sit on the left side of Jiang Yuan, but Liu Binbin did not agree.

"Brother Ning, performance is one thing, but my age is a big advantage. Those Germans like to put a high price on young people."

Jiang Yuan had earphones on one ear and nothing on the other.

"That's it..."

Zhang Yuning blew his nose, seemingly disagreeing with what Jiang Yuan said: "Brother Yuan, I'm only 19 years old, why do I only have 30?"

Zhang Yuning counted on his hands and realized something was wrong: "Damn, you can buy 200 of me!"

"Ha ha!"

Zhang Yuning's words suddenly made the originally calm bus lively. Liu Binbin directly hit Zhang Yuning on the head: "Silly man, didn't Brother Yuan say that we should perform well in the game? How many goals did you score?"

"It's useless for me to score more goals. I play in the Eredivisie, where there are only bald coaches and no players worth more than 5000 million euros."

"Yu Ning, the Eredivisie is already very impressive, so don't compare yourself to Brother Yuan. If you think about it this way, even though your market value of 30 euros doesn't seem high, you're still in the top 50 in China!"

Xie Pengfei interjected and said that he was right, the gap was revealed by comparison. Although 30 euros seems very cheap when compared with 7500 million euros, the fact that you can sit on this bus means that your football level is in the U23 age group, and you are at least one of the 25 best players in China.

As for Jiang Yuan...

To be honest, Zhang Yuning shouldn't use him as a reference.

Jiang Yuan seemed a little awkward sitting on the chair because he had no common topics with his teammates, but fortunately the bus was about to arrive.

The familiar Ben Khalifa Stadium, but there were obviously a lot more people outside today. Someone shouted "China" and the crowd rushed forward.

"China is awesome! China is awesome!"

"Jiang Yuan!!! I want to see Jiang Yuan!"

"Where is Mr. Jiang? I flew here from London. Let me see first, let me see first!"

"..."

In the final, the fans' enthusiasm was undiminished. The stadium only had more than 1 seats, but judging from the size of the crowd outside, it seemed that all 1 seats might not be enough...

"What's going to happen now?"

Jiang Yuan glanced at Fu Bo who was sitting in the front row. According to the rules, the U23 team did not have any pre-match interaction, but from the current situation, it seemed that the fans had taken the initiative to start the pre-match interaction.

"The rules are fixed. Didn't we interact with each other during the group stage? There's still a long time for the game, so we can't let these fans down."

Fu Bo smiled and pulled down the seat of the bus, apparently preparing to sleep.

4 hours later.

"China Media Group, China Media Group!"

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(End of this chapter)