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Game fan sees football more important than job
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-06-15 08:49

A football fanatic quit his job at a Beijing IT company in order to stay at home watching World Cup matches, Xinhua news reported.

Wei, 23, handed in his resignation and returned to his hometown in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

His boss offered him a pay rise in a bid to win him back, but Wei refused. He said that the World Cup was more important than his job.