Betting on sports

Author: De Jiu
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Features: The author of "Gambling on Football" served as the Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee and General Manager of the Bayi Football Club, having personally experienced the entire process of China's football market transition. He witnessed the behind-the-scenes of gambling, fake matches, and black cards in football. The author has published numerous works on football-related research. Due to this, he is able to adopt a high-altitude perspective and an insightful pen to reveal the essence of football corruption, profoundly and accurately pointing out that football corruption, as a complex struggle in both the economic and ideological realms, has a severe impact on social stability and unity. "Gambling on Football" is one of China's literary works themed around gambling, set against the backdrop of the Pearl River Delta region, where gambling is rampant. The book describes how overseas gambling groups manipulate matches, the entire process of rampant gambling, the various methods used to corrupt and recruit local government officials, and the sacrifices China's professional football has had to endure. The characters in the author's works, especially those in football—coaches, players, referees—face contradictions, confusion, bewilderment, pain, remorse, anger, and other struggles under the influence of gambling. These are depicted with extraordinary skill. Additionally, the various tragedies experienced by officials and fans swept up in the gambling wave, as well as the sinister activities and conspiracies behind the scenes by criminal forces, are vividly portrayed with a gripping intensity. In summary, the story and characters the author presents are fresh and even shocking. The author's courage lies in his willingness to open Pandora's box of gambling, revealing and analyzing that the root of all these evils is the collusion between criminal forces and corrupt officials. Behind the clamor of gambling disputes lies the plunder of money and a feast of blood and flesh. "Gambling on Football," in terms of its content and plot, belongs to the sports genre of investigative and detective fiction. The novelty of this work lies in its use of a novel to profoundly expose gambling, both well-known and little-known. The author does not repeat the old model of "hard training and winning gold," but instead starts from the football corruption that people are concerned about, from the issue of human greed and the confusion during the transition period, tightly grasping the social hotspots and the theme that justice will ultimately triumph over evil. Finally, the work concludes by emphasizing the return of humanity and the existence of the soul of Chinese football, creating a powerful artistic effect of "silence speaking louder than words." The entire work is close to life, aligned with human nature, vivid in plot, and believable in its authenticity.