Undoubtedly, Jiang Lizhang and the Contemporary Group behind him, as a foreign enterprise to take over the Chongqing Football Club, its purpose is not just to help the development of soccer in Chongqing Municipality. In retrospect, when the Contemporary Group acquired Jiang Lizhang's Double-Edged Sword Company, it aimed to incorporate the then-popular sports industry into its listed company's business. Jiang Lizhang, as one of the key decision makers of the contemporary Mingcheng, its eyes on Chongqing soccer, also in order to broaden the territory of the sports industry, and plans to use the soccer industry as a bridge to enter the real estate industry, including the high profit market at the time. However, Chongqing's policy on the soccer industry has always been strict, which is why Chongqing Lifan Club, even though it owns the 20-year-old Yanghe Soccer Base, has not been able to transform it from a cultural and sports site into a commercial site. Contemporary Group took over Chongqing soccer, although invested heavily, but did not reap the expected returns. As a listed company, the Contemporary Group must weigh the input-output ratio of its enterprises.
As China's soccer environment continues to deteriorate, Contemporary Group has finally lost its patience. First, the head of the sports segment, Jiang Lizhang, parted ways with Contemporary Group, followed by the exit of most of his team. Wu Jiang, the club's spokesman sent by Contemporary Group, took over as head and faced the dual challenges of grief and hardship. He had to deal with the pressure of salary demands from players and club staff, while also trying to boost the team's morale and deliver satisfactory team results to Contemporary Group. During the 2020 and 2021 seasons, Wu Jiang was on the crater almost every day, trying to maintain a seemingly insignificant balance. Fortunately, he successfully completed the Contemporary Group's mission and delivered impressive results in both seasons.
Chongqing has profoundly practiced soccer realism over the years. They have firstly clarified their own positioning and found the strategy for the survival of small and medium-sized clubs in the professional league; they are good at making a big difference with a small amount of money and have introduced foreign aiders with growth potential, which do not cost much, but instead appreciate substantially after a period of exercise. Moto is one of the best. In the second half of the 2020 season, the team in the relegation situation is clear, and even the core foreign aid loan to other clubs, not only to save the high foreign aid wages, but also through the rent of a small amount of money, this initiative has also created a new model of the Super League rental foreign aid. 2021 season, the club simply will be high-paid foreign aid all sold. These initiatives were the main reason why Chongqing could survive in the Chinese Super League that year.
Another major strength of Chongqing is the team's unity. The Chinese Super League is characterized by frequent internal problems within the team, with too many big-name players and rampant headhunting, making it difficult for the team to form a whole, which has become a common problem for Chinese teams. Chongqing's stable performance in recent years is the power of unity. There are no absolute big names in the team, but Wu Qing, the current pillar and centerpiece of the team, is a calm and less desirous person, without the desire to control and jealousy. Head coach Zhang Wailong is also a selfless person, and this staffing makes Chongqing almost an ironclad team.
Despite Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic struggling to survive relegation as tragic heroes in the final hurdle of the 2021 League, their plight will not be completely better.
