Chapter 536: Xia Dynasty

“What?!” Ricardo’s hand trembled, nearly dropping the document. “We…we? Fang Huan chose us?”
“That’s right. Bro, now you understand why they’re throwing such a huge piece of meat at us at this crucial moment?”
Ricardo instantly realized the truth, cold sweat pouring down his back.
“…Let them…be sensible and get out of here?”
“Yes. This is a cooperation agreement, but also a blackmail letter!
It’s telling us not to be ungrateful and take the benefits and get out of here!
If we refuse this ‘goodwill’ and continue to compete with them for Messi, then…”
Ricardo swallowed hard. “Then…there will be the most intense retaliation?”
“Now you understand why I withdrew voluntarily, right?”
Ricardo felt a chill run down his spine, as if the Grim Reaper’s scythe had just been hanging there.
His heart was pounding wildly in his chest like a rabbit on a high.
The legends surrounding Fang Huan's investments could fill a horror novel in the business world.
The disastrous fates of those foolish companies that dared to oppose Fang Huan are well-documented.
And they, just now, almost clashed head-on with this financial behemoth because of a football player!
"My dear brother... this time, you truly... saved our entire family!"
Ricardo hugged José tightly, his voice trembling.
"Yes... brother, the family business passed down from our grandfathers almost went up in smoke because of a football star!"
José was also shaken.
"Poor Messi, he rejected Middle Eastern oil and chose the ideal blueprint we painted, and the result...
He had no idea what he was facing.
In his career, he could make choices, but on Fang Huan's chessboard, he didn't even have the right to choose."
The two brothers exchanged a glance and simultaneously let out a long sigh of relief.
All things considered, this deal was a steal!
Although it felt bad for Messi, there was nothing he could do.
He was targeted by that dragon from the East!
***
Xia Country, Jiangjin Group.
"I knew it wouldn't be that simple," Qin Han muttered to himself, looking at the report in his hand.
"My initial proposal to unite the Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau and various cities to bypass the Football Association and create this 'Jiangsu Super League' was to see if we could forge a new path and revitalize the chaotic domestic football scene.
I never imagined Su Hao would be even more audacious than I thought!"
Whether in politics or business, it's all about the exchange of interests.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Every seemingly casual gift already has a price tag attached.
Qin Han had been pondering this; Su Hao's previous favor was far too great, so great that it made him uneasy. He always felt there must be a ulterior motive behind it.
Only today did he finally understand.
"I just wanted to organize a lively city league, but he went and wanted to bring in a true god!
Is he trying to... turn our little Scottish Premiership into a super-money empire that rivals, no... far surpasses, the Saudi league, all in one fell swoop!"
“Yes, Chairman,” the secretary added,
“And it’s not just football.
Golf, F1, basketball, tennis… Fang Huan plans to invest in all the popular sports with global influence, to make this market infinitely large!”
“And then, force all the other domestic companies to join him in burning money?”
“Exactly. If only Fang Huan invests, that one team dominates, and the league becomes a one-man show, which isn’t interesting for the audience.
He’s dragging all the domestic companies into this high-stakes gamble.”
Qin Han had always had little interest in investing in the sports industry.
The reason he made a small amount of sports investment was purely because his father was a fervent sports fan.
“If my dad were still alive, he would definitely be close friends with Su Hao, despite their age difference.
Their styles are exactly the same—crazy and domineering.”
“Chairman, I think this is probably more than just a simple matter of personal preference,” the secretary said, his expression extremely grave.
"Oh?"
"The logic behind Fang Huan's sudden massive investment in the sports industry is exactly the same as that of Middle Eastern tycoons!
They want to brand all culture and sports with the 'Xia Kingdom' mark, making Xia Kingdom the center of the world!"
This reminder instantly brought something to Qin Han's mind.
Su Hao had told him more than once that he wasn't "very interested" in sports.
Why would someone with no interest be willing to invest such an astronomical sum?
Just out of passion?
No.
Behind this lies a grand scheme that could shake the world!
"Under Fang Huan's influence, China's international standing is vastly different now.
Netflix, Picpic, Facebook, even Disney…
These global media giants have all publicly announced that they will continue to create works centered around Chinese culture."
"And that's not all! It's said that in the thousands of schools Fang Huan is helping to build in Africa, the first foreign language the children learn isn't English, but Chinese!"
"Wait…you mean…" Qin Han's breathing suddenly quickened.
"First, we'll capture the minds of young people worldwide with film, music, games, and other media culture;
Then, we'll use sports—the most hormone-stimulating entertainment for all ages—to capture everyone's leisure time…
When the whole world is watching our movies, playing our games, listening to our songs, and following our leagues…
Where else could be the center of the world besides China?"
The center of the world…is China!
"Currently, with Xia Kingdom's cultural products being exported at an unprecedented rate through various channels, the number of foreigners learning Chinese is increasing exponentially.
At this rate, it won't be long before Chinese becomes a language familiar to everyone, subtly and deeply ingrained in people's hearts!"
"Ultimately, will Chinese become a global language on par with English?"
"Yes! At that time, the pulse of global culture will beat in accordance with Fang Huan's will!"
Even those who don't frequent the internet but have a deep love for sports will ultimately be unable to escape being completely 'eroded' and 'assimilated' by Fang Huan's sports culture empire!
Only now did Qin Han, a seasoned businessman, finally glimpse Fang Huan's breathtakingly grand ambition!
Fang Huan's actions were undoubtedly sending a crystal-clear signal to all domestic enterprises.
Would they choose to follow Fang Huan, investing billions, even tens of billions of yuan, to join this high-stakes gamble and jointly launch this magnificent Xia Dynasty?
Or would they choose to remain stagnant, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, ultimately being crushed to pieces by the unstoppable tide of the times?
This was a…
life-or-death choice!