After hanging up the phone number He Qigang, Zhang Kuang quickly went online to watch the lottery replay.
Asian Football Confederation divides the 20 teams into four tiers, Tier 1 (seed): Japan, Australia, South Korea, Iran, China.
Level 2: Uzbekistan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait.
Level 3: Bahrain, Syria, Oman, Iraq, United Arab Emirates.
4th gear: North Korea, Thailand, China Hong Kong, Indonesia, Lebanon
Zhang Kuang After watching the lottery repeatedly, I found that there was nothing fishy on the surface, but... how could it be such a coincidence?
First, the seed of group A was drawn and China National Team was drawn, and then the fourth seed of group A was drawn, and China Hong Kong Team was drawn?
After reading this lottery, he also understood that the Internet has probably exploded.
Zhang Kuang opens Weibo, and six of the top ten searches are related to this group.
"Asian Football Confederation God draws lots! China National Team VS China Hong Kong Team!"
"Group A of the top 20 tournament is released: China, Jordan, Iraq, China Hong Kong. Are you going to send a team from China to the top ten? Even Asian Football Confederation can't stand it. China National Team has not entered the top ten for three consecutive years. Is this a special arrangement for a team of China National Team to enter?"
"Are you pulling down, or are you walking? What if Jordan and Iraq are promoted? Where will China National Team and China Hong Kong Team be placed?"
"If China Hong Kong Team and China National Team tie, one team is only three points away from advancing. Who should we let go? China Hong Kong Team or the national team?"
"It doesn't feel right, something feels wrong somewhere."
"Hey, in the first stage, China Hong Kong Team was arranged to eliminate China Macau Team. Now that it's the top 20, should China Hong Kong Team be arranged to eliminate China National Team again?"
"Zhang Kuang will lead the team against China National Team? I want to see it, I want to see those people being tortured into dogs by Zhang Kuang."
"China Hong Kong Team got the lottery? No, this is the death lottery!"
"Both teams should not let their guard down, it will look better if they kill each other."
"Will Zhang Kuang betray China National Team? Will he become Hong Kong Team's traitor? If such a traitor rebels once, he will rebel a second time, right?"
"Let your uncle go! Zhang Kuang fucked your ancestor? You have so much malice towards him? He is still a traitor. Why did he become a traitor?"
"Haha, why, there is still someone who cleans up the traitor's territory. How much did he give you?"
"Eh? Why are there still traditional Chinese characters? Are you from Taiwan? Are you fanning the flames here?"
"..."
The comment area has become a quarrel.
Zhang Kuang flipped through a few pages of comments, and then clicked on his own Weibo.
He was hesitating whether to write something?
Just when he was hesitating, Jonathan called and told him that China media had requested a phone interview with him and asked him if he wanted to answer it.
Zhang Kuang thought for a moment and refused.
Then after thinking for a long time, he decided to post an article Weibo:
"Just one day after I returned to Manchester, I learned about the draw of the top 20 World Cup Asian Qualifiers. Then I got a result I didn't want to face. Yes, everyone understands what I am talking about.
Being placed in a group with China National Team is a result I don't want to face. Because if we win, my mainland fans will be scolded as traitors and traitors. If I lose, I will be scolded by Hong Kong fans as a traitor who sent Hong Kong Team undercover.
So, you all understand, this is a result I don't want to face. However, we were arranged together. I am not questioning the fairness of Asian Football Confederation, I just think it is a coincidence.
I heard that some people are working in Hong Kong and want to start a fight in Hong Kong similar to what happened in Middle East this spring. You said that if China National Team and China Hong Kong Team were playing on the court, they would be very angry and have a conflict because of a penalty.
Next, will the fans of the two teams get into a fight after being provoked by someone who is interested outside the stadium? Will someone then fan the flames and say something to Hong Kong fans (the content is vicious and how to edit it), and also say Hong Kong to the mainland fans (the content is vicious and how to edit it)?
Have you ever thought about the consequences of this? Will it eventually lead to tearing, conflict, and then something similar to what happened to Middle East this spring?
Will Zhang Kuang be pushed to the center of public opinion, and then can people with ulterior motives destroy me gently?
In this way, not only can a China football superstar be easily destroyed, but it can also provoke a serious tear between the two places.
Are you suspecting that I am making up stories and deliberately exaggerating? There are some things in this world that are more malicious than you think.
Why do I make such a judgment? Because looking at the current trend of public opinion on the Internet, many netizens have recently been led by so-called opinion leaders and people from a certain place who have sneaked into our Internet. As a result, many netizens are very violent in their hearts.
This is not only true in the Mainland, but also in Hong Kong. Netizens hear complaints led by various opinion leaders every day, which makes their emotions influenced by these opinion leaders.
As long as this anger comes through a game, an unfair penalty, fans scolding and fighting outside the field, and then it will be directly provoked to do things that make relatives happy and haters happy... Have you ever thought about the consequences?
So, when I saw this grouping, I couldn't help but think a little too much. Of course, I still said the same thing. I was not questioning the unfairness of the draw of Asian Football Confederation, but I was thinking of some bad situations.
Now that this is the result of the draw, we are not saying that we should change it. We can only say that the competition on the field is fair, and whoever wins or loses should not be taken advantage of by outsiders. Of course, if someone still wants to call me a traitor, traitor, etc., you can call me a traitor, but you can do anything to disgrace the country and the nation...
Then I would like to advise those with ulterior motives, don't think that no one can do anything to you if you hide behind the Internet. There are always some people in this world who have powers that you ordinary people are not aware of, and they will punish some people with ulterior motives. If you don't believe it, you can give it a try."
Less than an hour after this Weibo was posted, the number of comments exceeded 100,000.
"Holy shit, Zhang Kuang, you are a football star, and you started a political conspiracy theory just for a game? I admire you, I admire you, you are really a shemale with many tricks."
"What are these words? What do you mean by public intellectuals setting the pace? You are slandering advanced elements. You are enjoying advancement alone in Europe, but you are not allowing the elites to lead us into advancement?"
"No, Zhang Kuang, you're a football player, why are you playing politics? Are you still engaging in conspiracy theories? Is this what you care about? Just play the ball well. You're not making excuses in advance, are you?"
"That's right, Zhang Kuang has ulterior motives and secretly accuses Asian Football Confederation of being a shady person. Zhang Kuang is rubbish!"
"..."
"Holy shit, what's going on? Why are those who scolded Zhang Kuang ranked in the top 50? Are they deliberately targeted? Weibo, don't you guys check it out? Zhang Kuang is such a good blog post, even if you don't agree with it, it's not like there are so many people slandering and insulting Zhang Kuang, right?"
"Weibo, Zhang Kuang also endorses your brand, and you just play with them like this?"
"I think what Zhang Kuang said makes sense. Regardless of whether it's true or not, should we prevent this from happening? What if Zhang Kuang really says it? Then wouldn't we have fallen into someone else's trap?"
"You damn Weibo, are you being controlled by outsiders?"
"Oh my god, it's too dark. Go check out NetEase. There is a reposted article from Zhang Kuang's blog, which is one-sided and scolds Zhang Kuang. This is obviously being manipulated. Shouldn't a normal debate have both support and opposition? NetEase's one-sided scolding, there are tens of thousands of comments."
"Oh, the boss of that company, I don't want to say anything, everyone who understands understands, and those who don't don't need to understand."
"The country must be aware of the dangers mentioned by Zhang Kuang, and don't be used to alienate people!"
"..."
This blog post by Zhang Kuang was not only posted on Weibo in the Mainland, but also on Facebook, the social platform that Hong Kong netizens like to visit the most, and it is also the social platform with the most registrations by Hong Kong netizens.
Similarly, after Zhang Kuang's blog post was published, it was also criticized and attacked by many people. The voices supporting Zhang Kuang could hardly make waves and were quickly drowned out.
Zhang Kuang didn't expect that the current public opinion would be controlled to such an extent. He really wanted to learn programming by himself and fight in person.
However, after thinking about it for a while, I decided to forget it.
He is not here specifically to engage in public opinion wars. It is enough that some things can be seen by those who can make decisions, and those who can distinguish right from wrong. There is no need to change everyone's ideas.
This is like a food delivery person in his previous life who was constantly being told that he didn't know how to think independently, and then he argued with others, 'Does independent thinking require the courage to question reasonably? Then I question monotheism as false, and ask them to use physics to prove the existence of heaven and hell, and ask them God to show up for everyone to see, or ask their god to build a stone that even their god can't lift for me to see, otherwise I will reasonably question the authenticity of monotheism.'
Then the other party angrily cursed, 'God cannot be questioned, and the West cannot be questioned. That is civilization and a beacon.'
Zhang Kuang asked, 'Does that mean the West does not allow independent thinking? Doesn't not allowing reasonable questioning mean that it does not allow independent thinking?'
This is a double standard. They are allowed to say that your work is full of loopholes and problems, allowing you to learn to think independently and question it. But you are not allowed to question their stuff. If you question it, you are blaspheming civilization.
The key is that without first falsifying the authenticity, uniqueness, and beacon-like nature of Western civilization, how can we learn it with confidence and boldness? What if all we learn is rubbish? It's not as good as our own stuff.
You say that your own thing is the best, the most civilized, and the most beacon in the world, but you do not allow others to falsify it. So are you teaching people to think independently, or are you teaching people to become devout believers who cannot question the Lord?
Therefore, arguments like this will never end. If you really want to get into this, Zhang Kuang doesn't have to play football anymore. You can just argue and argue every day.
Therefore, he only needs to say some things, and the rest will be scolded where needed and supported where needed.
As for the disgusting practices of several platforms, Zhang Kuang will not accommodate them.
Send Weibo directly:
"There are several platforms that are really disgusting. Even if you are just pretending, you have to let a small part of the voice that supports me show up? Just like this one-sided scolding from beginning to end? Is there really no objective and reasonable content in my blog post? Has it really aroused national anger?
Or are you trying to use curses to cover up my revelation of your truth? It's okay for you to use some rhetoric to deceive the people in the country. Can I, the person you said want to "go out and see the world" and learn to "think independently", can your words and methods still deceive me?
There are some things that you are setting the pace in the country and acting as a guide for foreign forces. I don't want to expose these behaviors. After all, I am a football player, and I am not here to engage in public opinion offensive and defensive wars or debate public opinions.
How you set the pace for ordinary China people is your business. Although I want to take care of it, I don't have the power or the energy to do so, so it's up to you. However, if you dare to use this method against me, some people, don't think that I don't know your details. Don't push me. I have revealed everything from the master behind you to how you fell, and who is on your list. Do you believe it or not?
Don't think that my private messages are only for netizens who exposed Barcelona for bribing Vice Chairman Spain Referees Committee. Many of our compatriots have sent me a lot of your dirty information. It's just that I don't want to get involved in this matter. Do you believe that I will make it public and promise to clean you from head to toe?
Let me reveal something first, all the manipulators behind you are United States Democracy Foundation, and the one who goes to our Hong Kong to direct the battle with the mainland is the United States International Affairs Democratic Association Hong Kong office.
This office also regularly organizes some cultural exchange activities through domestic foreign consulates stationed in China to publicly cultivate the leading party.
Especially the guy named Cho from a certain website, you and a certain media group in the south behind you, do you want me to take off your underwear? I don't care how you treat others, but don't provoke me.
Alas, we still have a long way to go to control the right to speak in the media. The key is that overseas platforms are made to be one-sided and criticize me. After all, it is other people's territory, and they do not allow me to tell the truth.
Why is it that even one-third of an acre in China is doing this? Is it possible that the departments that control media and public opinion have collectively fallen into decline?"
Zhang Kuang's words are very serious, serious enough to accuse some people of their inaction.
Therefore, this blog post immediately aroused huge popularity. Both netizens and the media were collectively excited. What happened? A football player, a football group event, can lead to such a big controversy?
Then countless people were contacting Zhang Kuang, all wanting to break some news about Zhang Kuang.
Of course, Zhang Kuang now has no time to deal with the media, because some officials contacted him and asked him if the evidence he said on Weibo was true.
Zhang Kuang killed the other party with one sentence: I will give you the evidence, do you dare to take action? Or will you help them cover? Or are you just on the same side with them and came here to test me? Who else is trustworthy? How many of them have not been infiltrated?
Zhang Kuang's words directly shocked the world, and then...
Forget it, we are just football players, so we won't write those things.
Anyway, this matter is very complicated. Later, many people came to contact Zhang Kuang, and Zhang Kuang did provide some evidence provided by netizens.
There are many netizens who really have some real information, but they cannot speak out, so they send it to many famous people in an attempt to get others to speak out. However, it is impossible for some celebrities to take this risk, and some people get the information and in turn sell it to the bad people in the information.
Therefore, over time, these people did not easily send information to others, to Zhang Kuang, because they found that Zhang Kuang dared to directly reveal the things about Barcelona and Spain Referees Committee.
This matter was very popular on the Internet, but it only became popular for a day or two, and then some platforms did restrict some rhythmic slander against Zhang Kuang, reducing at least 70% of the homogeneous rhythmic content.
And Asian Football Confederation also jumped out to clarify: The lottery process for the top 20 competition this time is transparent and the procedure is fair. All group results are the result of the lottery. There are no intentional arrangements and no political intentions.
As for Mr. Zhang Kuang's doubts, they are purely personal thoughts. We only need to ensure that our procedures are just and the process is fair and legal. As for everything else, sports are sports and politics is politics. We adhere to the principle of non-interference and Asian Football Confederation is not a tool for others to use.
Asian Football Confederation's clarification directly triggered two waves of people. One wave directly said, "Zhang Kuang is suffering from delusional disorder and persecution delusion." There were even some extreme people who said, "I really hope Zhang Kuang's worries are true. Then I hope that the forces of freedom will achieve their goals and help us move toward civilization."
Of course, there are also many people who support Zhang Kuang, citing many negative cases of the so-called 'sports is sports, politics is politics'.
But no matter whether they criticize or support, everyone is looking forward to one thing: September 2, Hong Kong Stadium, China Hong Kong Team VS China National Team.
Tickets for that game were sold out on August 1, the day they went on sale.
Scalper tickets sold for HK$5,000 each, but demand still exceeds supply.
Zhang Kuang did not pay attention to these.
He is immersed in the Carrington training ground, making final preparations for the new season.
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But some China reporters came here to block Zhang Kuang. As soon as Zhang Kuang came out, Carrington Training Ground was surrounded by reporters.
Reporter: "Your Weibo recently posted a comment about the top 20 groupings, which caused a lot of controversy... Why do you want to conspiratorialize sports politics?"
Zhang Kuang: "Oh, actually, if you want to smear me, you don't need to interview me and then find loopholes in what you say. You can just smear me directly.
What do you mean by me turning sports politics into a conspiracy? Isn't it that there are always these crises behind it? I made the crisis clear to nip it in the bud, and I was originally a hero, but now I have been smeared by you and become the spreader of conspiracy rumors?"
Reporter: "Zhang Kuang, do you harbor deep malice towards everything?"
Zhang Kuang: "Haha, isn't it your media that is smearing me? I posted a warning blog post, but the media smeared me one-sidedly, and now they are saying that I have deep malice? Why, you still want to beat me up?
Come on, do you see? I have a pinhole camera here, and I will record my interactions with media reporters in the future to avoid being distorted by you."
Reporter: "..."
They were stunned, so how could they go back and smear him? They accepted the task, used some words to lure Zhang Kuang into saying something, and then quoted it out of context to form articles and videos that smeared him. Now Zhang Kuang even recorded a video of him, which is ridiculous.