"Winning must be relegated, losing is possible to be relegated." This sentence sounds very strange, but it really appears on the field of China's top professional league. Today, let's review the story of the last round of the last A A.
In 2002, for the first time in the history of the Chinese men's football team, and so far the only time in the history of the Chinese men's football team, in order to make the national football team better prepared, the Chinese Football Association canceled the 2002 A A relegation system.
2004 is the first year of the Chinese Super League, in order to determine 12 participating teams (2003 A has 15 teams, there will be three teams relegated), the Chinese Football Association issued regulations: the 2004 Chinese Super League access needs to refer to the points ranking of 2002 A A and 2003 A A, of which the 2002 season ranking is multiplied by 0.5, plus the actual ranking in 2003, and finally the two add up to the top three teams, and the three teams with the largest value are relegated. If there are two or more teams with the same value, compare the 2003 A A rankings. According to this algorithm, before the final round of the last A-A in 2003, the points in the relegation zone were as follows:
| Ranked in '03 | Team | 03 years credits | Rank in '02 | Super League Points |
| 11 | Master Kang of Tianjin | 33 | 10 | 16 |
| 12 | Qingdao Belet | 32 | 8 | 16 |
| 13 | Chongqing Lifan | 26 | 6 | 16 |
| 14 | Bayi Xiangtan | 19 | 13 | 20.5 |
| 15 | Shaanxi national strength | 14 | 15 | 22.5 |
As you can see from the picture above, before the start of the final round, the Shaanxi team and the Bayi team have been relegated early. Chongqing Lifan is six points behind top place Qingdao Belet, so their Super League points and ranking have been determined, but 16 points are not enough to get them relegated, and they have to hope that a team has more Super League points than them. At this time, it was discovered that Tianjin Master Kang, ranked 11th, ranked 10th in 02, so it only needed to drop Tianjin Master Kang by one place, and Chongqing Lifan could be relegated successfully. If Chongqing Lifan deliberately loses in the final round, Tianjin Master Kang cannot defeat Shanghai International, which is ranking second and is attacking the league championship, Chongqing Lifan can be relegated successfully. (The following is the final standings if Chongqing loses to Qingdao, Tianjin cannot beat Shanghai International)
| Ranked in '03 | Team | 03 years credits | Rank in '02 | Super League Points |
| 11 | Qingdao Belet | 35 | 8 | 15 |
| 13 | Chongqing Lifan | 26 | 6 | 16 |
| 12 | Master Kang of Tianjin | 33/34 | 10 | 17 |
| 14 | Bayi Xiangtan | 19 | 13 | 20.5 |
| 15 | Shaanxi national strength | 14 | 15 | 22.5 |
At first, the Football Association did not believe in this situation, but after personally calculating it, it felt that the big thing was not good, if the loss can be relegated became a reality, the Chinese Football Association will become the laughing stock of world football. Immediately, the Football Association issued a notice to the clubs, hoping that everyone would not engage in unhealthy tendencies. At this time, Zhang Yifeng, the senior executive of Master Kang in Tianjin, was not idle, he found Xu Zexian, chairman of Shanghai International, and put forward a request for 12 million for 3 points, but was refused. Zhang Yifeng then found Nan Yong and Yang Yimin, who were senior officials of the Football Association at the time, hoping that they could do the work of Shanghai international players. Nan Yong found Shanghai International's captain Shensi and auctioned 8 million yuan, hoping to lose to Tianjin Master Kang in the last game. Shensi also found Qi Hong, Jiang Jin and Li Ming in the team, and the four agreed to join forces to release water together.
In 2003, the final round of the last A A came as scheduled, in Chongqing, Chongqing Lifan fell 3-0 in the first half after only 15 minutes, and the Chongqing fans did not sigh, but sang happily. In the end, they lost 3-1 to Qingdao Belet. But the result of the match at another venue surprised Chongqing fans, Shanghai International lost 2-1 at home to Tianjin Master Kang, and while sending Tianjin Master Kang to relegation, he also lost the league title himself.
Later, when the East Window Incident occurred, the four major powers of Shanghai International, Shensi, Qi Hong, Jiang Jin and Li Ming, were imprisoned, and Nan Yong and Yang Yimin did not escape imprisonment. Although Chongqing Lifan was relegated, in 2004, Yunnan Hongta team, which qualified for the Chinese Super League, withdrew from the professional league, and Chongqing Lifan bought Yunnan Hongta and successfully entered the Chinese Super League through the backdoor. The fact that a top league club buys another top league club in the same country is unheard of in international football.