Xu Zhongyi has moved from a first-line coaching position to an administrative position, and because of his outstanding performance as a coach, his official career has been relatively smooth. Now he has become the assistant director of the Hanbei Provincial Sports General Administration. The Provincial Sports Bureau is considered a department-level unit, and Xu Zhongyi, the assistant director, is equivalent to a deputy department-level cadre.
In the early morning, Xu Zhongyi came to his office. The room had already been cleaned by the comrades from the bureau office, and the hot water in the water dispenser had been boiled. Xu Zhongyi made himself a bag of instant coffee, and poured it into the cup with the coffee spoon. Stirring, the aroma of coffee began to fill the entire room.
Most domestic sports coaches like to drink tea. A big tea vat and half a handful of large leaf tea can relieve heat and thirst, and can last all morning. But Xu Zhongyi is different. He is a swimming coach and stays in the swimming pool all day long. It is not hot in summer and not cold in winter. He hates the moisture in the swimming pool, so he chose coffee as a drink. He thinks coffee can dispel physical stress. Moisture, over time, also developed the habit of drinking coffee.
There was a knock on the door, and after Xu Zhongyi shouted to come in, he saw the director walking in.
"Director! Why are you here!" Xu Zhongyi immediately stood up to greet him.
"I have something to ask you." The director sat directly on the sofa in the room without anyone noticing.
"If you want to see me, just ask me over. Why do you have to come in person? I'll pour you a cup of tea." Xu Zhongyi walked to the water dispenser with a smile on his face.
The director sniffed and said, "Have you made coffee? That's just right. I won't drink tea anymore, so I'll give you a cup of coffee."
"Okay, I'll make it for you. But it's only instant coffee, so don't mind it." Xu Zhongyi said.
"I don't understand this. I just drink tea every day and come to your place for a change. The instant one is also good." The director replied.
Xu Zhongyi made a cup of coffee for the director, then sat on the sofa and asked, "Director, what do you want from me?"
"Our provincial bureau training team used to have a coach named Li Dai, but he was later asked to leave by the National Table Tennis Team. This person came in through talent introduction, and he was recommended by you at the beginning. You should be familiar with him, right? "The director asked straight to the point.
"Dai Li was recommended by me. At that time, he was very capable at work. I thought he was a talent, so I recommended him to the training team. I heard that he has not been in the national table tennis team in the past two years. He seems to have gone to the United States. ." Xu Zhongyi actually knew that Dai Li had opened a very capable training center in the United States, but now he was not sure why the director asked about this matter, so his answer was a bit ambiguous, and he did not dare to admit that he was familiar with Dai Li. I dare not say that I am not familiar with Dai Li.
As for whether he is familiar with Dai Li or not, it all depends on whether the director's family came down to talk about good things or bad things. If it's a bad thing, Xu Zhongyi will say that they have no contact with Dai Li after he goes to the United States, and try to distance himself from Dai Li; if it's a good thing, Xu Zhongyi will definitely say that he and Dai Li have an irreversible friendship. No more tricks. This can also be regarded as Xu Zhongyi’s political sensitivity.
The director then asked, "Are you still in touch with him?"
Xu Zhongyi secretly observed the director's expression and found that the director's expression was not very serious, but had a faint sense of expectation.
"I can contact Dai Li." Xu Zhongyi replied. He did not say the words "keep in touch", but said "can be contacted", which was deliberately creating a room for maneuver.
"It'll be good if we can get in touch." A smile appeared on the director's face, and he continued; "If possible, please invite Li Dai to visit our Sports Bureau and give us guidance on our work."
"What? Let him guide our work?" Xu Zhongyi suddenly looked confused.
"It seems you don't know yet! This 'old colleague' of ours is now the head coach of the U.S. national track and field team! The U.S. is number one in track and field in the world, but we still have to ask him to be the head coach. This is a matter of pride for us. "The director said.
"Really?" Xu Zhongyi was full of disbelief, but he also knew that it was impossible for the director to joke with him about such a thing.
"This Dai Li, I originally thought he was going to the United States to open a large gym, but I didn't expect that he would launch such a large satellite for me!" Xu Zhongyi thought to himself.
At this time, Xu Zhongyi already understood the director's intention. The director wanted to find Li Dai to "become a relative". Inviting a head coach of the U.S. National Track and Field Team as a guest is obviously more prestigious than inviting domestic head coaches. Whether it sounds or speaks, it seems to be taller.
The director continued: "I'm thinking, this can be regarded as the success of our bureau's coaching training system over the years! So should we take this opportunity to sum up our bureau's experience in cultivating coaching talents and make persistent efforts in the future? , continue to cultivate more coaching talents.”
"Old Xu, you are a coach, so I will leave this matter to you. Give me a detailed report later."
"Also, next week, there will be a meeting at the State Sports General Administration. I am also going to report this matter to the leaders of the General Administration at the meeting. By the way, I will see if I can apply for some special matching funds from the General Administration. .”
"Old Xu, are you okay next week? If not, come with me to the sports meeting. After all, you know that Dai Li. If there is anything I missed during my report, you can fill it in for me."
Xu Zhongyi finally understood the director's intention. The financial allocation for sports was not enough in the first place. The director wanted to take advantage of Li Dai's east wind to get more oil and water from the national sports summary.
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"Pop!" The sound of the can being opened sounded. Gu Zhizhong took a few big gulps and then let out a sigh of relief.
The collective withdrawal incident that year also cut off the door for Gu Zhizhong to return to the national team. The superiors would not allow a person with such a great influence on the national table tennis to coach again, so Gu Zhizhong was assigned a false position, which was equivalent to being enshrined. , but he was not allowed to do anything.
You must know that Gu Zhizhong is only in his forties, in his prime, but he has to be forced to support himself. This kind of blow is really too big.
In the past two years, Gu Zhizhong also started to try to do business overseas. He collaborated on some projects with several familiar businessmen and finally found something to do. However, Mrs. Gu knew that deep down in his heart, Gu Zhizhong still couldn't let go of table tennis or his disciples.
Gu Zhizhong would occasionally guest commentate on table tennis, but of course he could only go to online platforms that broadcast table tennis matches. In Gu Zhizhong's current situation, the TV station did not dare to invite him, lest he get into trouble. The former head coach of the national table tennis team went to the Internet platform to explain, which is enough to show his inseparable feelings for table tennis.
Gu Zhizhong's wife came out of the kitchen with a plate of dishes in her hand. She looked at Gu Zhizhong and asked with some confusion: "Why are you drinking again? During the Chinese New Year, you drank with my dad once After that, I haven’t touched alcohol again this year.”
"I'm happy today! Very happy!" Gu Zhizhong's tone sounded excited.
A trace of pity flashed in Mrs. Gu's eyes. Ever since Gu Zhizhong retired as the head coach of the national table tennis team, it was rare to see him drinking happily like this.
"What makes you so happy?" His wife came over and sat next to Gu Zhizhong.
"There's good news." Gu Zhizhong took out his cell phone and handed it to his wife: "Look at this."
"The U.S. track and field team hired us Chinese as coaches? Isn't this new?" Although Mrs. Gu said this, she was wondering in her heart. If it wasn't table tennis news, what could make Gu Zhizhong happy
So she asked: "When did you start paying attention to track and field?"
"What I pay attention to is not track and field, but this person!" Gu Zhizhong pointed to Li Dai in the photo and continued: "This Li Dai was recruited from the Hanbei Provincial Track and Field Team to the national table tennis team and became a physical fitness coach."
"So that's it!" Mrs. Gu already understood why her husband was happy.
Gu Zhizhong drank the remaining beer in the can in one breath, and then said: "After I left the national table tennis team, my players either chose sides and joined other teams, or they were kicked out of the national team. Li Dai is I personally poached the national table tennis player, so he was also implicated by me. He was assigned to a committee to apply for World Boxing World Heritage. Haha, someone who has the ability to be the head coach of the U.S. International Track and Field Team actually has to manage the boxing here. Apply for World Heritage! Ridiculous!”
Gu Zhizhong calmed down and continued: "I am really happy to see that Dai Li can develop like this! He is a capable person. He needs a platform to display his abilities, and now he has found this platform , I’m happy for him!”
Mrs. Gu frowned slightly. She knew that Gu Zhizhong had been blaming himself over the years. After the retirement incident, Gu Zhizhong's team members in the national table tennis team were either idle or suppressed. For example, Li Dai, He was promoted and demoted secretly, and was assigned to work as an idle member of a Tai Chi World Heritage Committee.
Gu Zhizhong always felt that those colleagues who were idle or suppressed were all because of him and were implicated by him, but Gu Zhizhong had no way to help them. Gu Zhizhong has always blamed himself and felt guilty about this.
But now, Dai Li has become the head coach of the U.S. track and field team and has made better progress, finally easing the guilt in Gu Zhizhong's heart.
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In the back seat of the luxury car, Huang Zhicheng compared the notepad in his hand and reported to Xiao Dingtian one by one.
"Chairman, these are your itineraries for today. Do you think there is anything that needs to be changed?" Huang Zhicheng asked.
"Let's stick to this first. If something happens temporarily, we'll make changes." Xiao Dingtian replied.
"Okay." Huang Zhicheng closed the notebook. He hesitated for a moment and then said, "By the way, there is one more thing I want to report to you. Dai Li has become the head coach of the U.S. national track and field team. Now the domestic media Everyone is reporting on this incident, saying that he has brought glory to the country."
"Oh, I understand." Xiao Dingtian replied lukewarmly, as if he was indifferent.
Huang Zhicheng smiled slightly, then sat upright and said nothing.
Soon after, the car arrived at Dingtian Group, and Xiao Dingtian also started his day's work.
There is a lounge outside the chairman's office, and Xiao Dingtian's bodyguard is sitting on the sofa on standby. Huang Zhicheng finished his work and ran to sit on the sofa, feeling a little relieved.
"Assistant Huang, our quasi-consort has become the head coach of the U.S. track and field team. This has brought us a lot of face. Now he is being praised in the news, but the chairman doesn't seem happy at all. Ah!" the bodyguard said.
"Unhappy? How can you tell that the chairman is unhappy?" Huang Zhicheng asked with a smile.
"I was sitting in the passenger seat of the car just now and looked at this with the rearview mirror in the car. After you told the chairman the news, he simply agreed without any joy on his face." The bodyguard said. replied.
"The chairman doesn't show his emotions or anger, but he is actually very happy in his heart." Huang Zhicheng said while looking at the door of the chairman's office.
Inside the door, Xiao Dingtian lost all his usual seriousness. He was humming a ditty and his body was swaying along with the ditty. He looked really complacent.