"Warmly welcome 'Asia's No. 1 Flyer' home!"
A red banner was hung on the platform of the station. Mr. Chen, Coach Zhou, Zhang Guan's parents, and athletes who were familiar with Zhang Guan all came to the station to greet Zhang Guan.
The Provincial Sports Department gave Zhang Guan extremely high standards of reception. Several leaders attended the commendation meeting in person. The top leader of the Provincial Department personally handed Zhang Guan the key to the award house.
The chairman of the Provincial Athletics Association was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut during the whole process. For the provincial sports association, the achievement of an "Asia's No. 1 Flyer" is not only an achievement, not just a historic breakthrough, but more importantly, it can Helping units apply for more funds and financial subsidies in the next few years is a real benefit.
Since Zhang Guan's hometown happens to be the provincial capital city, this saves a lot of time. The next day, the city government also held a special commendation meeting for Zhang Guan. The city's deputy mayor in charge of publicity personally invited Zhang Guan to be the city's image ambassador, and Zhang Guan agreed on the spot. This kind of city image ambassador mainly borrows Zhang Guan's name, without Zhang Guan actually participating in anything, and of course there is no reward.
Zhang Guan’s schedule for the third day was to go back to school. Zhang Guan left the school after being selected by Mr. Chen to join the provincial track and field team a few months ago. When Zhang Guan came back after a few months, almost all the teachers and students of the school came to welcome him.
In the conference room, the principal personally handed a thick stack of A4 paper to Zhang Guan and said, "The school has helped you contact all the famous universities in the country, including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, Nankai University, Tongji University, etc. They are all here." They are all willing to interview you and accept your admission. The detailed information is here. You can go back and take a look. If you have other requirements, you can also mention them to the school and the school will try its best to meet you."
"Thank you, principal!" Zhang Guan took the manuscript paper and read it at a glance.
The conditions offered by each school are similar. These universities are willing to recruit Zhang Guan without expecting him to study. What the school needs is Zhang Guan's "reputation as Asia's No. 1 Flyer", so Zhang Guan only needs to go to the school to register his name. .
"Fudan University is good. I want to go to Fudan." Zhang Guan said.
"Fudan?" The principal was slightly stunned. He thought Zhang Guan would choose Tsinghua University or Peking University, but he didn't expect that he would choose Fudan.
"You can think about it slowly, don't be in a hurry, you still have more than half a year anyway." The principal said.
"I chose Fudan mainly because the Xinzhuang training base is there and the training conditions there are better. And I think the air will be better," Zhang Guan said.
"So that's it. The Xinzhuang training base is indeed the first-class track and field training venue in the country." The principal said pretending to understand. He didn't care about what Zhang Guan said about the air.
As a latecomer, Zhang Guan certainly knows how serious the smog in North China will be in the future. Although it is still several years before the smog breaks out in North China, the industry in the entire North China area has entered a period of rapid development. Although the air in the Yangtze River Delta region cannot be said to be very good, it is much better than the high pollution in North China.
Sports itself requires a lot of outdoor training. Zhang Guan didn't want to breathe smog every day, so he chose the Yangtze River Delta region where the air is relatively good. Once the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway is opened in the future, it will be very convenient to go to the capital.
In the next few days, Zhang Guan's schedule was also full, and he didn't have a single day of leisure during a short vacation.
After the busy vacation, Zhang Guan returned to the training ground.
Mr. Chen originally arranged for technical training, but Zhang Guanyatian told Mr. Chen about the soreness in his legs after the game. Mr. Chen immediately realized that it was a physical problem, so he immediately changed the training plan and added strength training. Improve Zhang Guan's physical strength level.
There are still two months until New Year's Day, and the schedule of domestic events is not that intensive. Only next month will be the year-end Grand Prix of the National Track and Field Championships. This event is a series of events, and athletes compete in multiple previous events to compete. Earn points, and those who reach the final points can participate in the year-end grand prix to compete for the annual championship. However, Zhang Guan did not participate in the previous events, so he did not gain points, so he will not participate.
Zhang Guan's next competition is to participate in the National Indoor Track and Field Championships after the Spring Festival tomorrow.
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November is already freezing in the provincial capital. Although the temperature in the weather forecast is still above freezing, a thin layer of hoarfrost has appeared on the branches and trees in the early morning. Most of the trees have fallen leaves and the grass has turned yellow. Only the pine trees and holly trees still retain their old green color.
In this kind of early morning, it is undoubtedly a very pleasant thing to be able to lie in bed and sleep in until the sun rises, the sun shines on your buttocks, then you can get up leisurely, lean on the bed and wake up in a daze. However, the athletes did not have the opportunity to enjoy this comfort. They got up before dawn and started running in the morning.
For Zhang Guan, getting up early in the winter is a very painful thing. However, after experiencing this pain for many times, he gradually got used to it. At least his efforts paid off, and he could feel that his body was getting better day by day. strong.
After his morning run, Zhang Guan came to the cafeteria to have breakfast. The breakfast in the athletes’ cafeteria is quite rich. Soy milk, milk and eggs are essential breakfast items for athletes every morning. Other items such as noodles, steamed buns, steamed buns, fried dough sticks, etc. are also available. In addition to several kinds of pickles, there are also The ham, dried tofu, and millet porridge are much richer than those sold at stalls outside.
However, the nutritionist has already formulated a special meal plan for Zhang Guan. You must not eat fried dough sticks and the like. The ham contains too much starch and the bean paste buns are too sweet with sugar. These are not suitable for Zhang Guan. Rice cannot be eaten. You can drink some millet porridge, eat as much milk and eggs as you can, and beef jerky is also specially allocated as Zhang Guan's special food, which can be used as snacks or as a dish. In short, Zhang Guan’s meals are less oil, less salt, less sugar and more protein.
Asia's number one flyer is entitled to some special treatment, not to mention that next year is an Olympic year. If logistical issues affect Zhang Guan's Olympic performance, it will obviously be more gain than loss.
The same is true for lunch and dinner. The special menu prepared by the nutritionist and the small stove specially opened by the chef are much better than the big pot rice in terms of quality and taste.
In terms of accommodation, Zhang Guan also enjoyed an independent dormitory with separate toilets and bathrooms, which were all equipped according to the standards of coaches.
Regarding commercial development, the Athletics Management Center did not contact Zhang Guan. Until not long ago, Director Yu called and told Zhang Guan that Nike, the world's most famous sports brand, hopes to sign Zhang Guan as a spokesperson and has contacted the Athletics Association. .
And a week later, someone finally came to the center.
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A director surnamed Sun came from the center, and two people came from Naike Company, one was the business manager surnamed Wang, and the other was the lawyer surnamed Zhu.
Director Sun directly handed several pieces of A4 paper to Zhang Guan and asked Zhang Guan to sign. Obviously, he had no intention of giving Zhang Guan a choice. Zhang Guan picked it up and took a quick look. It was a contract authorizing commercial development. There was no agreed time limit. If Zhang Guan signed it, he would fully authorize his future commercial development to the center.
Zhang Guan did not read every word carefully, but he could tell that the contract was very rough. Many parts of the contract were not clearly marked, and there were loopholes that could be exploited. There were also several clauses that were obviously overbearing. This was are not protected under the Contract Law.
Zhang Guan thought about it again. As a management department, it is not surprising to come up with such a contract. When they formulated the contract, they did not regard the athletes as equal parties, but believed that the athletes must accept their management and requirements, without considering reasonable issues at all. This phenomenon will not improve until a few years later, when the Sports Federation continues to issue various regulations and standards.
Zhang Guan picked up Nike's endorsement contract again. Compared to the previous one, Nike's endorsement contract was much more professional. Every detail was stipulated in a thick stack of paper and was densely packed. A large explanatory page is enough to make ordinary people dizzy. Zhang Guan estimated that if you read this contract carefully, you would not be able to finish it in an hour.
"Professional contracts are just different." Zhang Guan sighed in his heart. Compared with it, the contract at the center is like the menu of the Caotai team.
Based on Zhang Guan's experience, you don't need to read this kind of complicated contract too carefully. It should be a professional lawyer's job to check that there are no loopholes in the explanations of the contract. Even if you are a layman, you can find faults. Lawyer Zhu is not just a decoration. Just saying a few words and using a lot of professional legal rhetoric that he does not understand is enough to fool him around. So Zhang Guan only picked up the sentences with numbers to read carefully. Among these numbers, It also includes the most important information, such as endorsement time, endorsement fees, etc.
Finally, Zhang Guan found what he wanted to know on the third to last page.
The endorsement fee offered by Nike is 300,000 yuan in cash and 200,000 yuan in sports equipment sponsorship per year. It is the same price as Liu Feiren's endorsement contract this year, but the term is as long as five years.
Sports brands often choose long-term contracts when signing spokespersons. NBA stars, for example, sign contracts for 10 years at a time, or even lifetime endorsements. However, Zhang Guan is very dissatisfied with the price. Zhang Guan felt that with his potential, the price of 300,000 was clearly a bargain.
Moreover, the five-year term also shows the shrewdness of Nike. Five years later will happen to be the Capital Olympics. If this endorsement contract takes effect immediately, Zhang Guan will carry the Nike brand through the Capital Olympics. Zhang Guan will be in the Capital If Zhang Guan achieves good results in the Olympics, Nike will naturally increase the price and renew the contract without hesitation. If Zhang Guan does not perform well, Nike will probably not continue to spend money. But one thing that is certain is that as long as Zhang Guan, as the host athlete, can compete in the Olympics, the endorsement brand behind him will definitely make a profit.
Zhang Guan thought for a moment, put down the contract, and said, "I'm afraid I can't sign this contract."
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