Zhang Guan received a grand welcome as soon as he got off the plane. Of course, flowers and banners were indispensable. Director Liu of the Tennis Center even came to the airport to greet Zhang Guan in person.
Two hours later, the Tennis Center held a press conference specifically for Zhang Guan. The Australian Open trophy was placed in the most conspicuous position, becoming the biggest highlight of the press conference. Of course it was a replica, the real trophy is still in Melbourne.
The trophies of the four Grand Slams are all unique. The real trophies are only used during the award ceremony. The champion of each session takes away a 1:1 replica. However, for these domestic reporters, this replica trophy is also full of attraction, and everyone can't wait to take a 360-degree photo around the trophy.
After the press conference, there was a symposium. Zhang Guan has participated in many such symposiums after winning the championship, but they were all related to track and field. Relevant leaders will make a symbolic appearance at yesterday's meeting to encourage the athletes. Then the person directly in charge will usually ask for opinions or suggestions from the winning players. If the players encounter difficulties or have other needs, they can also put them forward on the spot.
Symposiums such as those held by the Tennis Center all talk about things related to competition or training. When it comes to similar symposiums held by local governments, champion players can even make some more practical requests. For example, one year an Olympic champion said at a local symposium that his family lived in a 40-square-meter tube building and hoped that his superiors could solve the housing problem. As a result, the local government immediately awarded him a three-bedroom apartment.
Zhang Guan once promised Sister Na that she would mention the matter of "Golden Flower's solo career", so he mentioned it to Director Liu in a subtle way during the symposium.
Just listen to Zhang Guan say: "Director Liu, I have learned a lot from participating in the Australian Open this time. I found that there is indeed a certain gap between our country's tennis development and that of European and American countries, especially in terms of professionalism. , we can say it is almost zero, and in this regard, not to mention the developed countries in Europe and the United States, even many Asian countries are ahead of us!"
Director Liu nodded seriously: "You are right. Regarding the professionalization of tennis, we have also been conducting relevant research and demonstrations at the Tennis Center. We will also carry out a series of reforms in the future. This matter We are still trying to cross the river by feeling the stones. But the Olympics will be held next year, so there won’t be many changes before the Olympics. You don’t have to worry, there will definitely be changes after the Olympics."
Director Liu said this, thought for a while, and then said: "Because next year's Olympics is so important, preparing for the Olympics can be said to be our most important goal next year. It can be predicted that next year's funding will be relatively sufficient. Going abroad to participate in professional tennis events is guaranteed. We also need our main athletes to participate in as many competitions as possible, which can be regarded as actively preparing for the Olympics."
Zhang Guan nodded. Next year's Olympic Games will be held in the capital, so as long as they participate in Olympic events, training funds will be sufficient. It is conceivable that athletes will have more competition opportunities next year.
If Director Liu can give this answer, Zhang Guan can explain it to Sister Na and several other golden flowers.
Director Liu then asked: "The Spring Festival is over, do you have any important arrangements? If not, the center has a campus tennis promotion event, and I hope you can participate."
Director Liu said normally, while taking out a thick copywriting plan from the documents beside him, and continued: "We have initially decided to carry out this project in 50 key universities in 12 large and medium-sized cities. If you can participate in this promotion activity, I believe that our activity will definitely attract more attention. However, if you have to travel to twelve cities in a row, it may take some time for you, and the itinerary will be tighter and more complicated. tired."
"No problem, I'm not afraid of getting tired, I will definitely participate!" Zhang Guan continued: "I also hope that more people can participate in the sport of tennis."
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During these few days in the capital, Zhang Guan was never idle for a moment. First of all, we have to deal with exclusive interviews from various media. In terms of TV media, CCTV One and Sports Channel each conducted an exclusive interview with Zhang Guan. Among them, Sports Channel also made an Australian Open documentary specifically for Zhang Guan; in terms of paper media, Several major sports publications lined up to interview Zhang Guan; the online media were even more active and followed Zhang Guan almost wherever he went.
In addition, almost all the major sponsors behind Zhang Guan came out, hoping that Zhang Guan could shoot a new version of the commercial or reshoot the commercial. For example, a certain advertisement originally showed Zhang Guan running on a track and field track, but now it shows Zhang Guan fighting on the tennis court with a tennis racket.
For more than a week, Zhang Guan was busy. As the Spring Festival approaches, Zhang Guancai has the opportunity to return to his hometown.
It was during the Spring Festival travel period, and it was difficult to buy train tickets. Fortunately, the capital was not too far away, so Zhang Guanye returned to the provincial capital in the author's own business car.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the car got off the highway entrance, a team from the province appeared to greet Zhang Guan.
That evening, the Provincial Sports Bureau held a special welcome dinner for Zhang Guan. The provincial leaders in charge of sports and several major leaders of the Sports Bureau also attended in person.
After the meal, a deputy director seemed to have drunk too much and deliberately pulled Zhang Guan aside alone and said that he wanted to ask for some tennis knowledge. However, in fact, the deputy director had something to say to Zhang Guan alone.
"Zhang Guan, we all know what the Tiantian Management Center did a few days ago, and our province has been paying attention to it. You were not in the country at the time, and I couldn't tell you many things. Now that you are back, so am I Let me tell you our position. You are an athlete trained by our province, so we will stand on your side no matter what. Although our provincial bureau cannot influence the decision-making of the field management center, when it comes to our own place, The bureau still has the final say. Training venues, training equipment, training funds, training personnel, whether it is track and field, tennis, or even other sports, as long as you need it, the bureau can help you solve it. So you don’t have to worry about anything." The deputy director said sincerely.
Zhang Guan nodded with some emotion and expressed his gratitude at the same time.
Over the years, Zhang Guan has realized that the more places he travels to, the more serious the protectionism towards top athletes becomes. Assuming that the Olympic champion is a giant panda, then at the national level, there are probably forty or fifty giant pandas, and only the cute ones who know how to act coquettishly will receive special care; and at the provincial level, , there are four or five giant pandas, the treatment will definitely be improved a lot, and each giant panda needs special care; when it comes to the municipal level, a city may not be able to get even one giant panda, or a city may not be able to get even one giant panda. It takes a few years to be allocated a giant panda, and the treatment has been upgraded to another level. Even the ugliest, stupidest, and badest panda will enjoy the top treatment.
Next, Zhang Guan entered a busy state again, holding commendation meetings and symposiums at the provincial level, commendation meetings and symposiums at the municipal level, and of course things like advanced deeds report meetings are indispensable.
This kind of days lasted until the eve of the Spring Festival. After Sharapova returned from the Pan Pacific Open, Zhang Guancai canceled all activities and took Sharapova to experience the unique "New Year's flavor" of China.
The first chapter was delivered, even later. Sorry, the temperature here is getting cooler today. I didn’t wear enough clothes. I was probably freezing and feeling dizzy, so I took a nap in the afternoon. It's spring. I remind you to pay attention to weather changes and beware of colds. In addition, I said yesterday that there will definitely be no shortage of alliance leaders adding updates, but it will be later.
(End of chapter)