Extraordinary Genius
Chapter 853 - They really won the gold medal
"That African team really won? How come somany spectators are cursing?" Li Na asked softly.
"These people should have placed bets...o...b..azil, and Nigeria won. Now, their betting tickets are all worthless. How canthey be happy?" Feng Yu explained.
"Did you also bet?" Li Na asked curiously.
"A little. If I did not place any bets,Nigeria"s payout would be several times higher." It"s a pity that there is alimit to how much bets Feng Yu can place. If not, the returns will be higherthan trading futures.
Feng Yu had also placed bets on Nigeria,winning the gold medal. In the US, many lottery companies allow people to placeseparate bets. Dong Xuebing had placed some bets and if he won, he would get afew hundred million USD. These lottery companies should be making a loss thistime.
Feng Yu had never thought of making moneyfrom betting and had bought those tickets for fun. He had told many people thatNigeria will win the finals, and no one believed him. Even Kameda Masao, whotreated Feng Yu like his G.o.d, did not believe him. The only person that trustedFeng Yu was Kirilenko.
Kirilenko had placed ma.s.sive bets onNigeria winning the tournament with the lottery companies in Europe and hisfriends all laughed at him.
How can an African team win the firstplace?
But now, many people were not thatconfident. Nigeria had performed much better than expected!
There were lesser spectators during thethird-place match and some of them were there to jeer the Brazilian team.Although Brazil won Portugal 5-0 in that match, they were still labeled as thelosers.
Before the Olympic Games started, theBrazilian team boasted that they will get the gold medal. But now, they hadbecome a laughingstock.
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The final match started, and Feng Yu didnot go to the stadium. It was too crowded there, and the weather was too hot.Watching live telecast in the comforts of his home was better. Feng Yu had aprojector at home and his house was fully air-conditioned.
"Mr. Kirilenko, have some fruits." Li Naplaced some fruits she washed on the table for Kirilenko, who had come over towatch the match with Feng Yu.
"Feng, you are so lucky to have a beautifulgirl by your side." Kirilenko laughed.
Li Na blushed and sat beside Feng Yu andfed him with oranges.
"You… Why are you not getting married? Youare in your 30s already." Feng Yu glanced at Kirilenko.
"Soon. My father had issued the finalwarning, and I must get married latest by next year." Kirilenko grumbled.
"Political marriage?" Feng Yu asked.Kirilenko"s family will most likely choose someone from a similar background tohim.
Kirilenko nodded. "Yes. Let"s not talkabout this. The match had started. I had listened to you this time and placedheavy bets on Nigeria. If they emerge as champions, I will get a huge payout!"
Kirilenko was fine even if Nigeria loses ashe had placed bets on Nigeria, reaching the top 4 and had made profits!
"Let"s watch the match." Feng Yu replied.It"s been a while since he felt excited and nervous, and he likes this feeling.
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"Lopez had got through the defense andscored! I knew it. Nigeria will not win. That Chinese beverage alliance willnever win us. The final winner will be us, Pepsi!" Pepsi"s Deputy CEO, Cruise,clenched his fist.
The rest of Pepsi"s top management,especially the person in charge of signing spokesmen, were cheering. That goalwill increase the commercial value of Lopez, and their contract with him isworth it!
But after a while, Nigeria"s Babayaroscored an equalizer. Cruise snubbed his cigar and had a bad feeling. Will theArgentina team also lose to these Africans?
Before halftime, Argentina"s Crespo scoredwith a header. 2-1 and Argentina got the lead again.
Cruise was relieved as Argentina is still astronger team. Pepsi"s upcoming marketing campaign will be focusing on the OlympicGames Football team. All the scorers will be featured in their posters!
Football can be claimed as the most popularsports in the world and using football stars to endorse their products, Pepsi"ssales will inevitably increase. They will have no problem suppressing Chinesebeverages and might even win Coca-Cola in some regions!
Coca-Cola had signed sprinters andbasketball players. But those athletes were not as influential as thesefootball stars. The matches they played were telecast all over the world andhad high ratings!
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"Ahh… What the h.e.l.l are these N***ers doing?How can they allow the Argentinians to get the lead again?!" Kirilenko wasfurious.
Luckily there are only 3 of them in thehouse, and if Feng Yu"s bodyguards heard him, there might be trouble. Afterall, most of Feng Yu"s bodyguards are blacks.
"Don"t worry. Nigeria will make a comeback.Look at their previous few matches." Feng Yu replied slowly.
"I did not watch their previous matches.Will they get a draw?" Kirilenko was excited. Since Feng Yu said this, then itwill not go wrong.
Feng Yu kept quiet and watched the matchsilently. Kirilenko sat beside him and took a big gulp of Vodka. Most peopledrink beer while watching football matches, but Kirilenko drank Vodka!
After a while, Kirilenko jumps up. "Feng! Didyou see that? They scored!!! It"s a draw!"
"I saw it. Sit down. Why are you soexcited?" Feng Yu was also very excited. Amokachi must also be on thepromotional poster!
After a while, Argentina scored, butNigeria equalizes within 5 minutes.
The score was 3-3 until the final minute,and Kirilenko was restless. Is this match going into extra-time again?
"Eh… that guy had gone past the defence,and he scored! We won!! Feng! We won!!!" Kirilenko roared and jumps up and downlike a kid.
The match ended, and Nigeria won the goldmedal!
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Bang!
"What is wrong with that referee? How canthat be not offside?! Who can this goal be counted?!" Cruise banged the tableas he cursed. The rest of Pepsi"s staff dare not make a noise.
Lost. Argentina loses to that African team.Before the compet.i.tion start, who would expect Nigeria to emerge the Champions?Even the Nigerians did not expect this result.
Not only Argentina lost the match. All ofPepsi"s spokesmen had lost to some African athletes whom no one had everthought of signing them.
Pepsi had wasted their endors.e.m.e.nt fees!
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Feng Yu was relieved. Nigeria really won!MBL company had signed the whole Nigeria team, and the Chinese beveragealliance had won big time!
Translator"s notes: Seriously, who would take note of Olympic"s football champion? Anyone who watches football will know World Cup is the most prestigious tournament and Olympic Games is nowhere near it.