If you have ever seen the new city of "Lucerle" specially built by Qatar in the desert for this World Cup, you will definitely have a new understanding of the words "trench inhumanity".
Qatar reportedly spent a total of $220 billion to host this year's World Cup, more than a dozen times more than the World Cup in Brazil and the World Cup in Russia.
In this regard, many netizens exclaimed, Qatar, a small Middle East country with a population of less than 3 million, how can it pay so much money for the World Cup?
Some say that's because Qatar has oil and gas. This answer is correct, but not entirely correct. After all, there are so many countries with oil, but how many can be rich to the extent of Qatar?
To answer this question, we must first understand a woman, that is, Sheikh Moza, known as the "Wu Zetian of the Middle East", because this woman is the real operator behind the Qatari wealth myth.
Friends who pay attention to the fashion industry should be familiar with the name Moza, because of the love for Valentino's haute couture clothing, Moza once spent nearly $1 billion to buy the entire Valentino!
Moza not only loves to spend money, but also makes money with money, and it is with shrewd business acumen and skills that she can gain a foothold in the Middle East, a place where women have a very low status, can show her face everywhere without wearing a veil, and become one of the most powerful women in the world.
Moza, born in 1958, can be said to have lost at the starting line from the beginning, because her father offended the king and was a prisoner.
The king of Qatar at the time, Khalifa, coveted the vast wealth of oil and gas and was bent on monopolizing. But this move was opposed by many people, and Moza's father was one of them.
As a result, Moza's father was imprisoned and the family was exiled to Kuwait.
That year, Moza was only five years old.
Despite the sudden change in her family, little Moza was not confused and depressed, she overcame many difficulties, worked hard to study, and was admitted to the sociology department of Qatar University with excellent grades.
At Qatar University, Moza is also outstanding, not only is she smart and capable, but she is also very beautiful, and she is a popular figure in the school.
Perhaps fate arranged freely in the underworld, where she attracted the attention of a man named Hamad with her charm.
And Hamad is the eldest son of King Khalifa.
At that time, the king had arranged a political marriage for Hamad and asked him to marry his cousin, but Hamad, who had been educated in the West since he was a child, did not eat this and insisted on marrying his true love Moza home.
For this daughter of the enemy, the king was unwilling to accept it from the bottom of his heart, but he could not resist his stubborn son, and in the end he could only give in.
However, he still asked Moza to enter the royal family only as a "side concubine", and Khalifa's cousin was still the main palace, the future queen of Qatar.
Even more egregiously, the king did not allow Moza's family to attend the wedding, and Hamad's eldest wife was replaced by Hamad's eldest wife during the ceremony.
At the wedding, the king did not have much smile on his face, but said coldly to the new daughter-in-law: Recognize your place.
In the midst of this humiliation, 18-year-old Moza married Hamad and became his second wife.
In this new home, the father-in-law hates himself, and the eldest wife also looks down on himself. The eldest wife once ridiculed Moza: You should go to prison, you accompany your father. The rough gravel will never give birth to beautiful pearls.
The eldest wife's words angered Moza, who had been forbearing, and she laughed and asked rhetorically: How can the snake vultures in the wasteland know how to appreciate pearls? Wait and see, the royal palace is the best place for me to stay.
It turns out that gold always shines, not to mention having such a perfect stage as the royal family.
In 1979, Moza found a priceless natural black pearl that the auction house valued at $700,000. The king was very dissatisfied with her for not offering the treasure, and in a fit of rage, he bought it for $1 million.
With this initial $1 million in funding, Moza started by investing in cultured pearls and grew the business step by step with outstanding business acumen and vision. It not only replenished the national treasury, but also solved the employment problem of many people.
This made her husband Hamad rely more and more on Moza, and he had to consult Moza in everything.
In 1985, when the king asked Hamad to marry his third wife, Hamad made a condition to his father: let Moza run the royal family's affairs, including financial power.
This woman from a humble background relied on her own wrists to gain a foothold in the palace.
1995 was definitely the year Moza raised his eyebrows. That year, Moza's husband, Hamad, called the king, who was on vacation abroad, to inform him of the coup.
When the king hurried back home, he found that all his assets had been frozen, and military power had fallen into the hands of his son, so he could only flee to France in a hurry.
And just like that, a somewhat absurd "bloodless coup" was completed. After that, Moza's father was acquitted, and the family was finally reunited.
It stands to reason that Hamad was originally crown prince, and it was only a matter of time before he ascended the throne.
Why did he risk the world's condemnation to oust his father? Among them, Moza's pillow wind must be indispensable.
Some say that Moza is a veritable "queen of vengeance", she entered the royal city alone, married the son of an enemy, endured all kinds of humiliation, and endured for many years for this day.
It is difficult to tell whether this statement is true or false, and we do not know whether the 18-year-old married Hamad because of love or hatred. But one fact cannot be falsified: the old king Khalifa was discredited, and she Moza became the most powerful woman in all of Karta.
After the old king stepped down, Hamad followed Moza's advice and carried out drastic reforms throughout Karta, gradually achieving free medical care and compulsory education for all.
Of course, high welfare of the population means high expenditure of the treasury. When it comes to making money, Moza once again showed her extraordinary vision.
She said to her husband: There will always be a day when oil is finished, and we should now exchange oil for dollars, and then use dollars to invest... When one day our investments spread all over the world, we will be able to free ourselves from the shackles of the small size of the country and the welfare of our citizens will be maintained for a long time.
Hamad trusted his wife so much that he set up the National Investment Agency and appointed Moza as the head to help the treasury make money.
With her husband's trust and support, Moza embarked on a global investment journey.
She invested in real estate around the world and also bought the London Olympic Village; She spends a lot of money on all kinds of art, invites the top designers, and turns the Qatar Museum into the world's top art museum, which only attracts tourists to drive hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue...
Under the couple's rule, Qatar was simply rich. The unemployment rate is infinitely close to zero, and even the poorest people have cars and homes.
In addition, Moza is active in creating high-quality educational conditions for the Qatari people.
Back in 1995, the "Year of Revenge", Moza established the Qatar Fund for Education and Scientific Development.
In 2000, she presided over the construction of an education city and invited famous American schools to open branches in Qatar, so that Qataris can enjoy the world's best education without going abroad.
Not only that, but Moza also broke with Qatari tradition and became the first woman in the royal family not to wear a veil. Under her leadership and encouragement, more and more women in Qatar have been able to take off their veils and generously go out of their homes and entertainment venues.
The people of Qatar know that they can live such a good life, in large part because of Moza's blessing.
So they gave Moza the honorable title: the greatest miracle in the history of Qatar.
Seeing this, have you fallen in love with this princess of Qatar who dares to love and hate, full of wisdom and beauty?
By the way, the current Moza should be called "Queen Mother", because the current king of Qatar is the son born to her and Hamad.
In the upcoming World Cup, I believe we can see the beautiful figure of the legendary Queen Mother again.
At $220 billion, can the largest investment of her career continue her previous success? Let's wait and see.