On the day Zhang Guan visited Moscow, the Athletics Association also held a small-scale internal meeting.
One day ago, a big event happened in the sports world. The swimming center made a decision to expel the little diving prince from the national team. The main reason was that he used an agent without authorization. Another diving queen was only verbally criticized because she stopped immediately.
Using an agent without permission sounds like a very strange reason, but it reveals the determination of the Swimming Association. In terms of athletes’ commercial agency rights, the Swimming Association has shown an uncompromising stance, even if it uses very drastic and extreme measures. Methods.
Among athletes at the level of domestic Olympic champions, Zhang Guan also has his own agent. It is very common to shoot a bird in the head, especially Zhang Guan, whose head is still stretched out relatively long. Not only does he have a complete agent team, but he has also signed several big endorsement deals. And advertising, if no one is jealous, that is truly abnormal.
In the conference room, President Qu said excitedly: "I think the Swimming Association's approach is correct. Athletes are national assets, and their commercial value rights should belong to the association. Using agents without authorization is a violation of superiors. Disobedience should be punished for athletes who are disobedient and disobey their superiors. There are also such athletes in our track and field team, and they not only use agents without permission, but also form a team of agents! This diving The nature of that person is even worse and more serious. It is really outrageous! The Swimming Association has set an example for other associations, so I suggest that our association should take back the commercial value development rights of athletes."
Although President Qu did not mention his name, everyone knew that the person President Qu was talking about was Zhang Guan.
Including the president, no one expressed any objection, and of course no one expressed approval. However, everyone knew that the Swimming Association's approach indeed gave President Qu a basis. It is a very safe thing for public officials to make decisions based on the precedents of their superiors or units at the same level. If they do something right, they will get the credit; if they do something wrong, the main responsibility will belong to others. Just like the person who helped someone, no matter whether he hit the person or not, the judgment basis of the sentence "Why should you help him if you didn't hit him?" will be used as a reference for judging similar incidents in the future, even if the judgment is wrong. The blame is simply passed on, because there has been a similar judgment before, and the latter is just following precedent.
Director Luo is more inclined to Zhang Guan, and he also hopes to use Zhang Guan to explore a new path for the commercialization of athletes. But at this time he felt that things had become very passive. So Director Luo said: "I don't think it's appropriate to take back Zhang Guan's commercial value development rights. After all, this is the intention of the bureau leader, and the leader personally signed and approved it. We must implement the leader's instructions. "
"That was the instruction of the previous leader." Director Qu immediately retorted: "The Swimming Association's penalty decision must have been made after consulting the bureau leader, and the bureau did not object, which shows that the current leader still respects the Swimming Association's decision. And I think , although it is not expressly stated, the swimming association’s punishment feels that it illustrates the last opinion from one aspect, and at the same time, it also points out the next work direction for each of our associations.”
Director Luo frowned slightly. The previous Director Hou retired in December last year. However, the organization did not directly promote personnel from the bureau or the sports system. Instead, he chose a member of the reserve cadre system. Comrade serves as the new director. The new director has not only worked at the upper levels, but also has a lot of experience at the grassroots level. He is very capable, and he is also responsible for the next Beijing Olympics. However, the new director has only been in office for more than a month, and he should still sort out the work at hand.
It is a normal phenomenon for people to take tea to cool down, both inside and outside the system. If the original leader is promoted, the policy will still continue. If the original leader retires, everyone will understand the result. President Qu obviously grasped this point and put pressure on everyone.
"But we have signed a contract with Zhang Guan's brokerage team before this. If Zhang Guan's commercial development rights are taken back, his brokerage team can take legal channels. From a legal perspective, we do not occupy Take the initiative. This kind of breach of contract will definitely have a great impact on the image of the association." Director Luo said.
Chairman Qu had obviously already prepared the answer. He said: "We just asked Zhang Guan to take back the commercial development rights. He will take the initiative to agree to us. In this way, it will not be considered a breach of contract and no legal issues will be involved. .”
"How could Zhang Guan agree?" Director Luo showed an expression of "You are overthinking", but then he immediately realized that there was something in President Qu's words.
Sure enough, President Qu said: "If Zhang Guan doesn't agree, we can punish him, such as suspending him for a period of time, or follow the swimming association and not retain his national team qualifications until he agrees to us."
"Reference to the Swimming Association again!" Director Luo felt very unhappy when he heard these words, so he fell silent.
Seeing that Director Luo no longer objected, President Qu's eyes flashed with victory, and then he decided to pursue the victory and settle the matter in today's meeting, so President Qu continued: "In my opinion , we can talk to Zhang Guan now to give him a notice, and we must make it clear to him that if you still insist on going your own way and disobey your superiors, you will definitely be punished."
Director Luo suddenly remembered something and asked, "How do you think President Naqu should talk about it? Should we talk in person? Or should we talk on the phone?"
"Of course, talk to him in person! How can we talk about such an important thing on the phone? It's too informal. I think we need to send a secretary to record the main content of the conversation to prove that our work is You did a good job." President Qu said. After President Qu finished speaking, he found that Director Luo narrowed his eyes slightly and looked calm. This made President Qu a little confused and felt that something was wrong. He I already had a hunch that Director Luo must have a backup plan.
I saw Director Luo say: "President Naqu may have to wait for a while. I'm afraid there is no way to talk to Zhang Guan now."
"Why?" President Qu asked immediately.
"Zhang Guan went abroad to compete." Director Luo flipped through the notebook in his hand, deliberately pretending to be looking for work records, and then said: "Zhang Guan is in Moscow now, participating in the Moscow Indoor Track and Field Championships."
"Moscow? Why did he travel so far away? How could he be allowed to go abroad!" President Qu asked immediately.
Director Luo said slowly: "A few days ago, Zhang Guan submitted an application to the center, saying that he had not participated in a competition for too long and was afraid that he would be unfamiliar with the state and not find the feeling of competition, so he applied to participate in a few competitions in Europe. The state of the game.”
"Going to compete abroad to find the status? How could it be such a coincidence! Could it be that he deliberately found an excuse to hide?" President Qu thought to himself, but could not say it out loud. He then asked: "What about Liu Feiren? He also went abroad to find his status?"
"That's not true." Director Luo shook his head: "Liu Feiren should be in good condition. Regarding this issue, I also want to explain to you that Liu Feiren has participated in many competitions over the years and has accumulated a lot of experience. Competition experience, the level of experience in maintaining competitive status is much better than Zhang Guan. After all, Zhang Guan has only conducted professional sports training for less than two years, and has participated in very few competitions, which can be counted on the palm of one hand, so in There are definitely deficiencies in maintaining competitive state. There is no rush on how to maintain competitive state. This is a matter of experience, and it must be improved through a certain amount of time and the accumulation of a large number of games."
The president sitting in the middle nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with Director Luo's explanation.
"What about the funds? Zhang Guan's trip to Europe must cost a lot! Our funds are so tight now, we need money everywhere, and the budgets for many competitions this year have exceeded the standard. Even if we can maintain competitive status, You can find somewhere closer, instead of going all the way to Europe!" President Qu immediately questioned, feeling that he had grasped a key issue.
"Zhang Guan participated at his own expense and did not spend the center's money." Director Luo looked at the notepad in his hand again and continued: "And Zhang Guan holds the world record and participates in many small and medium-sized events. The organizers require Those who pay an appearance fee, according to regulations, must hand over 15% of the appearance fee to the association development fund, so this time Zhang Guan goes out to compete, not only will it not cost the center a penny, but he should also hand over some development funds. This is also This can solve the problem of our lack of funds to a certain extent.”
Director Luo's words made President Qu completely lose his temper, but he still did not give up, but said: "When will Zhang Guan come back? We can wait for him to come back and talk to him about disbanding the agency team. !”
At this moment, the door of the conference room was opened, and the office director walked in. He nodded to the leaders present, then walked up to the president, handed a piece of information to the president, and attached a note to the president. The report was whispered in his ears, and judging from the president's happy expression, it was probably a good thing that made him happy.
After the office director finished his report, he stood aside. Then the president cleared his throat and said, "Here is some good news for everyone. In the Moscow indoor track and field competition held yesterday, Zhang Guan clocked 6.38 seconds. Won the championship and broke the world record in the men's 60-meter dash!"
"Another world record has been broken!" President Qu showed shock on his face, while Director Luo smiled happily.
The president continued: "Next, Zhang Guan will go to Germany to compete. I think at this time, we should not distract the athletes. Let's postpone the discussion of other matters. We must let Zhang Guan compete well and win more championships. Show the heroic demeanor of our Chinese athletes in front of the whole world!"
President Qu suddenly felt like a deflated rubber ball. He knew that his words just now were in vain!
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