In the hotel room, Sharapova was wearing only a large pajamas, leaning on a lounge chair, holding a half glass of red wine in one hand and holding a mobile phone in the other.
After a long time, she turned around and said to Zhang Guan: "I can probably stay in China for three days, and I have to leave in three days."
"Going back to the United States?" Zhang Guan asked.
Sharapova shook her head: "No, go to Moscow. There will be a Kremlin Cup match on October 12. It is a first-level event, and I plan to go back early to visit my grandmother."
"Okay then! I'll take you to the airport then." Zhang Guan said slightly disappointed.
"I have read the competition information. The Doha Asian Games will end on December 15th. Can you come to Australia to find me later?" Sharapova continued: "I know a very good resort hotel on the Gold Coast. , it’s also very close to Surfers Paradise, so we can go surfing then.”
"Okay, as long as it doesn't delay your preparation for the Australian Open." Zhang Guan said.
"The Australian Open won't start until mid-January. I have two weeks to prepare. And if I arrive in Australia early, I can also adapt to the climate there." Sharapova said.
Zhang Guan thought for a while and said: "After the Asian Games, I may not have any major competitions in a few months. The projects for next year's IAAF Golden League have not been released yet, and I don't know which projects to sign up for. If possible, I will accompany you until the end of the Australian Open.”
"Really?" Sharapova looked as happy as a little girl: "Then we've settled!"
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The day after the National Day, Sharapova boarded a plane to Moscow.
Zhang Guan walked out of the airport and got in the car when he received a call from He Yiming.
"Come to my place tonight and introduce someone to you." He Yiming said.
"Well, I'll go over now." Zhang Guan agreed first, but then asked about the other party's identity.
Just listen to He Yiming continue to say: "It's a good friend of mine, Chairman Wang of Yadi Group. You should have heard of it!"
"I've heard of it." Zhang Guan nodded. He knew that Director Wang was a well-known entrepreneur in the country. He was only 40 years old. He started from scratch and had developed Yadi Group into a first-class enterprise in the country. Director Wang had also become the richest man in the country.
During the phone call, He Yiming continued: "Director Wang is very interested in the free lunch plan of Champion Fund and wants to invest."
"Oh?" Zhang Guan suddenly became interested.
Although the "free lunch" program has been launched for several months, and due to Zhang Guan, this program has also received a lot of attention, but there are so many primary and secondary schools in poor areas across the country, and the "free lunch" program can really help In fact, it is only a small part. If there is the participation of big investors, it will obviously be very helpful to expand the scale.
Soon after, Zhang Guan met Chairman Wang, and the two quickly talked about the "free lunch" plan.
Chairman Wang said with emotion: "I grew up in a rural area. There are eight brothers and sisters in our family. My father passed away when I was still in school, so the conditions at home are very poor. Several of my sisters got married without going to school, and my brother also dropped out of school and started working to earn money for me to go to school. Therefore, I can best understand the pain of children from poor families who do not go to school. Over the years, I have also donated and established many schools in poor areas. Hope Primary School, I really hope that every child can go to school.”
"But since I read the relevant reports about the 'free lunch' plan you created, I realized that just building a Hope Primary School is not enough. A school is just a place for education, and many children in poor areas don't even have enough food and clothing. If there is no guarantee, how can they go to school? I also realize that creating opportunities for children to study is not enough, but also gives them the conditions to study."
"Chairman Wang, I still have a question. The threshold for establishing a charitable foundation in China is currently very low for you. Why do you value my Champion Fund so much?" Zhang Guan asked.
"Open and transparent." Chairman Wang continued: "In the past few months, I have been paying attention to your free lunch plan. I found that you will help those schools, the specific situation of each school, and the details of each school. How much money I spend every month, related personnel expenses, etc. are all made public, so I give the money to your champion fund, which makes me feel at ease. At least I know that my money is used in useful places and given to people in need. "
Zhang Guan has always adhered to the principle of making the accounts of the "Free Lunch" program public. Zhang Guan occasionally takes photos of some of the accounts and posts them on his blog. In fact, the so-called disclosure of accounts is also selective disclosure, such as how many students are in which school, how much money was spent this month, how much the labor costs are, etc. These numbers are easy to calculate and feel relatively intuitive.
Zhang Guan sincerely wants to do something to help those in need, so Zhang Guan dares to make the accounts public. However, some people have other purposes for charity, so naturally they do not dare to make the accounts public.
Domestic philanthropy started relatively late. Especially in special years, philanthropy was often criticized as "an ornament used by the ruling class of the old society to paralyze the people." It was not until the recovery began in the 1990s that it was still There has been a lot of resistance, and most of them are government-run or semi-government-run. In terms of the supervision mechanism, it is basically self-supervision. Just like the welfare lottery fund, there will always be some part that is misappropriated, occupied, or simply disappeared. Even if it is on the news, no one is found in the end. So, let it go.
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After reaching an agreement with Chairman Wang on the capital injection of the Champion Fund, Zhang Guan first went to visit Mr. Chen, and then spent another week at home before returning to the national team to report and participate in the training camp of the Doha Asian Games.
Zhang Guan had just returned to the dormitory and was still packing his luggage when he saw Liu Feiren come in with half of his face extended.
"Seeing that the door was open, I guessed that you were back. Let's go have dinner together." Liu Feiren said as he walked into the room, and continued: "I really envy you for having such a long vacation. I came from Athens After I came back, the team gave me three days off, and then I had to prepare for the Asian Games."
"It's not because of your previous injury that delayed some training." Zhang Guan stopped packing his luggage and directly called Liu Feiren to walk towards the cafeteria. As he walked, he continued: "But I, a layman, have to advise you. A few words, you should think carefully about changing your eight steps to seven steps before going up the hurdles. Although I have never practiced hurdles, I am also a long jump champion. This suddenly becomes a take-off leg, just like we hold chopsticks with our right hand. It will definitely be difficult to suddenly become left-handed, and the increased stride range will also be a burden on the legs."
"I know, but I want to give it a try." Liu Feiren continued: "According to my current physical condition, I may have reached the limit. I want to go faster, so I can only use this method. And Cuba's Robles You also know that he uses the seven-step climbing technique. Look at how fast his performance has improved this year. At the beginning of the year, he was only the runner-up in the indoor competition. By the end of the year, he was already able to win a medal at the Track and Field World Cup. If I can learn the seven-step climbing technique, I will definitely be faster than Robles."
There is a saying in the future that the root cause of Liu Feiren's injuries in the middle and later stages of his career is that he changed his eight-step climb to a seven-step climb. Zhang Guan didn't have much experience with this at the time, but now that he has become a professional athlete, especially after practicing strides and long jumps, Zhang Guan can deeply feel that changes in this set of techniques have a great impact on the athletes' bodies. . Zhang Guan could even feel that if he hadn't learned the "strengthening the knees" skill in advance, he would probably have problems with his knees now.
Hearing Liu Feiren's answer, Zhang Guan sighed, but he did not continue to persuade Liu Feiren. Based on Zhang Guan's understanding of Liu Feiren, no amount of persuasion would be effective. This is not because Liu Feiren is stubborn, but because Liu Feiren has always been pursuing the championship.
Liu Feiren did not continue to talk about this topic, but said: "You should know about Director Yu's retirement, right?"
Zhang Guan nodded: "Director Ma has already told me, but the center has decided to re-employ Director Yu. I think Director Yu will not be able to retire in the past two years."
"Also, the list of the track and field team going to Athens has been finalized. There are 66 coaches and athletes in total. Director Luo is still the team leader and Director Ma is the deputy team leader." Liu Feiren continued: "We have sent a total of 22 people to the men's event. Participate personally in the Asian Games.”
"22 people? It's quite a lot, more than I thought." Zhang Guan said.
"Actually, except for the race walking event, all other events require one person to participate, oh, not counting someone like you who does several events by one person." Liu Feiren pointed to Zhang Guanshu with his fingers: "There are 110-meter hurdles Da Shi and I, the 400m hurdles are Meng Yan, the 3000m hurdles are Lin Xiangqian, the 100m hurdles are Hu Kai, Wen Yongyi and you, the 200m hurdles are Yang Yao and you, the 400m hurdles are you, the 800m hurdles are you, 1500m It's you… "
When Liu Fei said this, he seemed to suddenly remember something: "By the way, speaking of the 800-meter and 1500-meter middle-distance running, the team has assigned you a special middle-distance running coach. He may report it soon!"
"Mid-distance running coach?" Zhang Guan suddenly felt a little irritated.
For Zhang Guan, if it were for other events, Zhang Guan would definitely be happy to be assigned a specialized coach, but for middle-distance running, Zhang Guan was not prepared to spend time on specialized training.
Zhang Guan's middle-distance running relies entirely on a "following running" skill. This skill means that Zhang Guan will run as fast as the person in front of him runs, so it doesn't matter to Zhang Guan whether he practices middle-distance running or not. Zhang Guan felt that if he had that extra time, he might as well practice his physical strength and endurance.
"No, I have to talk to Director Ma about this. Don't arrange a middle-distance running coach for me."
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