World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 460 From CCTV5 to CCTV1
The hearing on Maritimo's illegal transfer operation was held at the Funchal City Hall.

At the request of Maritimo Club, this is a public hearing. About 200 journalists, fans and people from all walks of life attended the hearing, which was broadcast by local TV stations.

Gao Yuan personally participated in the hearing and defended himself.

"The accusation against our club's illegal transfer operations is completely unfounded, and it is discrimination and suppression against our club. I think this is in line with the recent series of suppressions against Chinese companies by Western anti-China forces! It is a bullying behavior against Chinese clubs! Some forces disregard laws, regulations and morality, wantonly wield the big stick of sanctions and move against the current, which is unpopular! We hope that some forces with ulterior motives can rein in the precipice and turn around! We also hope that the Portuguese Football Association can seriously investigate the truth of the matter, Return justice to our Chinese capital and the club! We will also take all means to resolutely safeguard our legitimate rights and interests!"

Gao Yuan's righteous remarks were comparable to the remarks of the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the members of the investigation team broke out in cold sweat.

We are here to investigate the issue of illegal signings. How can we talk about it? It's like an international political dispute!

"Mr. Gao Yuan, don't get excited. We are just investigating your club's illegal signings. Please don't misunderstand, let alone put it on the line."

"I am very calm. I am just emphasizing that the interests of the country and the dignity of the nation cannot be trampled on! Our Chinese capital invested in Portuguese football clubs with good intentions and for the sake of the long-term friendship between China and Portugal. However, some forces with ulterior motives are maliciously slandering our efforts and imposing trumped-up charges on us! This is completely wanton bullying by Western hegemony. We will never compromise on this and will resolutely fight against anti-China forces, unilateralism and hegemonism to the end! What we want to pursue is Bo Love and peace, against suppression and discrimination!"

In the end, due to Gao Yuan's plan and nonsense, the hearing was over, and it was announced that a second round of hearings would be restarted at another date.

Gao Yuan's goal has been achieved, he just wants to muddy the water and win space and time for himself to operate.

But what Gao Yuan didn't expect was that things suddenly developed in an unexpected direction!
After the hearing, the media reported Gao Yuan's speech at the hearing.

On the same day, a large number of Maritimo fans, as well as citizens of the Funchal area, took to the streets of Maritimo, holding high the Maritimo flag and Gao Yuan's portrait, and carried out spontaneous demonstrations.

"Severely punish the man behind the persecution of Maritimo!"

"Chinese capital is innocent! The friendship between China and Portugal will last forever!"

"Football, nothing to do with politics!"

"Unilateralism and hegemony go away!"

"Pursue fraternity and peace, oppose suppression of discrimination!"

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The demonstrations were sporadic and spontaneous at the beginning, but soon intensified, and more and more Funchal citizens joined the parade, and many of them were not even fans.

The taste of everyone's shouting has gradually changed from redressing Maritimo's grievances to "opposing unilateralism and hegemonism", "opposing the new Cold War mentality", "don't confront and struggle, but love and peace"...

The rallies and demonstrations in Funchal quickly swept Portugal and even spread throughout Europe through social media and interactive software such as FACEBOOK, ins, Tiktok, and Twitter.

In the context of the global economic downturn, constant frictions between superpowers, and a surge in unemployment, this seems to be a trend, attracting more and more people to take to the streets for demonstrations.

Most of the new people on the streets were teenagers under the age of 25. They held high the team flag of Maritimo and lofty portraits, but they may not be able to tell the cause and effect of the incident, or even who the person in the photo is, but it did not affect their enthusiasm for the rally in the slightest, and vented their suppressed anger.

"There can be no peace without justice!"

"Give more opportunities to young people!"

"Win-win cooperation, mutual benefit and symbiosis!"

"Do love, don't fight!"

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There are all kinds of slogans and different appeals. For these teenagers, the most important thing is to take to the streets to vent and express, but what is expressed is not so important.

This has evolved into a peculiar social phenomenon.Some experts pointed out that this is a cultural retro and reincarnation!
Young people today are just like young people in the 60s and 70s. In the cracks of the superpower Cold War, they are eager to express themselves and vent their emotions, so as to relieve pressure and express their confusion about the unknown.

As if to confirm what the experts said, young people in London took to the streets and sang Bob Dylan's classic song "the times they are A-Changin'"

"People from all over the world gather quickly

Know the tide is rising

Doom is at hand
If you cherish life, you will ride the waves

Otherwise, it will be like a stone sinking into the sea
Times are changing after all”

In this campaign, the names of Gao Yuan and Maritimo seem to have become a cultural symbol, representing the resistance to unilateralism and hegemony, and the spirit of self-improvement in the midst of bullying by power.

Like Che Guevara and the revolutionary spirit, became a kind of spiritual totem and symbol.

Although in essence, the intensified demonstrations in Europe and the United States have nothing to do with Maritimo, but because of the influence of the incident, the Portuguese Football Association was forced to withdraw its investigation team and held consecutive meetings for emergency consultations.

Now that the matter has come to this point, it is impossible to die down, after all, the Portuguese Football Association must have credibility!In other words, to save face, it is impossible not to punish Maritimo. However, since the incident is so serious, he dare not punish Maritimo again, for fear of causing further trouble.

After thinking about it again and again, the Portuguese Football Association gritted its teeth and bit the bullet and made a penalty decision:
Maritimo will be banned from registering new players in the next transfer window and fined 10 euros.

As soon as this penalty came out, Maritimo was overjoyed!Compared with the original expectation of "banning the registration of new players for two consecutive years, a fine of one million euros and deduction of league points", this kind of punishment is simply scratching the surface.

The only thing that may have a little impact is the ban on signings in the middle of the league, but it doesn't matter, the existing players are completely enough!There is even the possibility of competing for the championship!

And next season, if Maritimo breaks into the European competition, it will not be too late to sign up big!This season should be used to save money for next season!

But Gao Yuan was not satisfied, he asked the club administration department to draft an announcement:
"The Maritimo Club accepts the punishment of the Portuguese Football Association, but does not agree with the decision of the punishment. Some hegemonic forces are afraid of the growth and progress of weak forces, and do everything possible to suppress and exclude them by using their power. We Maritimo people are not afraid of suppression and exclusion. We will face up to difficulties, advance bravely, and use our excellent performance on the green field to prove that we cannot be defeated..."

As soon as this declaration came out, it immediately pushed the Maritimo Club and Gaoyuan to the forefront.

The Portuguese Football Association was naturally very furious and warned Maritimo to shut up quickly, otherwise he would be severely punished.

The major media are delighted to see the hunting, and act upon hearing the news.Gao Yuan's announcement was enough for them to use it for a week!It can be said that Gao Yuan supported the entire European media industry by himself.

And the general public, especially the majority of young people, is completely regarded by Amaritimo and Gao Yuan as the spiritual totem of "mighty and unyielding".Considered the contemporary Che Guevara.

Even the cover of the US "Time" magazine used a set of photos for comparison.The old black and white photo is a portrait of an American hippie holding Che Guevara high in the 60s, while the color photo below is a photo of a Portuguese young man holding high aloft. The movements and expressions of the two are exactly the same!
And all of this naturally made Gao Yuan so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear during the day, and couldn't close his legs at night!
If it is said that before, it was still a mistake, and in order to fish in troubled waters, it resulted in such a big event that swept across Europe.So now, he is making the best use of the situation.The public and the media like to see themselves as what they are, and they will show them what they are.

Gao Yuan, who likes to make things happen, finally made an earth-shattering event!He also successfully became a man from CCTV5 to CCTV1.And the biggest benefit is the surge of prestige points, almost exponentially increasing.Not only quickly made up for the previous loss, but also brought unexpected additional gains.

Now it seems that the system product "nuclear weapon modifier" that I dream of but feels out of reach is not so out of reach!

For something, Gao Yuan really thanked Mendes from the bottom of his heart.

"Thank you for the opponent's divine assist! I really have to thank your eight generations of ancestors!"
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