663 [Dark Horse] (Part 1)

The two of them made a bet on the spot. Jin Shuqiang, director of the Yandong Provincial Sports Committee, looked happily, thinking that this young man was overestimating his abilities. In today's men's 1500-meter competition, two members of the Niu Family Army left the others for at least ten seconds, and Zhang Yang was sure to lose!

The bet between them attracted a lot of people to watch. Looking at the domestic sports world, there were really no one who dared to challenge Niu Junsheng in the middle and long-distance running event. Xie Yunfei, deputy director of the Pinghai Provincial Sports Committee, called Li Hongyang over when he heard what they were betting. Why was Li Hongyang called? Xie Yunfei is not a fool either. He could also see that Zhang Yang is a thorny boy and did not sell his account as the deputy director of the Provincial Sports Committee. Xie Yunfei complained: "What are you doing? What bets? How bad is the impact!"

Li Hongyang smiled and said, "Director Zhang is having fun with Coach Niu, their personal affairs!" Li Hongyang had already figured out the fucking temper of this young boss, and he didn't think that betting was a big deal.

Xie Yunfei looked serious: "Personal matter? You said it lightly. Who treats this bet as his personal matter? People all think that Pinghai and Yandong are betting, which is related to our Pinghai honor. It doesn't matter if he bets, why should we put our Pinghai honor into it?"

"It's not that serious!"

"Tell him and tell him not to mess around. If it causes bad influence and damages our Pinghai honor, the province will definitely hold him accountable."

When Li Hongyang heard Xie Yunfei say this, he also felt that the matter was serious. He came to Zhang Yang, quietly called him aside, and whispered to the side of what Xie Yunfei had just said. Zhang Yang looked in the direction of Xie Yunfei, grinning and said, "Why didn't he tell me?"

Li Hongyang thought to himself, people don’t tell you because they are afraid that you will confront you in person and are not good at face. Of course, Li Hongyang cannot say such words. He sighed and said, “Director Zhang, our domestic mid- and long-distance running events are basically the world of the Niu Family Army. Take the 1500m event as an example. Niu Zhenwei’s personal best score has not yet reached three points, 4 minutes and 01 seconds. The two players of the Niu Family Army usually score 3 minutes and 40 seconds. The gap is too big. You bet with Coach Niu on this matter, wouldn’t you lose 100%?"

Zhang Yang said: "Why did you think I lost? Forget others, you don't have confidence in our Nancy athletes. You are the deputy director of the Nancy Sports Committee, so why don't you have any confidence in your athletes?"

Li Hongyang said: "This is not a question of whether there is confidence or not. Strength on the field determines everything. If the gap is within ten seconds, there may be another goal in the middle and long-distance running event, but now the difference is more than twenty seconds. Director Zhang, a good athlete, can run 200 meters in more than twenty seconds. What is the concept of being left out of 1,500 meters by someone?

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "On the one hand, the one hand, the other hand, no matter what you think, I am very confident in Niu Zhenwei." He ignored Li Hongyang and came to Niu Zhenwei again, patted Niu Zhenwei on the shoulder and said, "Niu, do you have confidence?"

Niu Zhenwei was forced to this point and could only bite the bullet and say, "Yes!"

"Speak louder!"

"Yes!" Niu Zhenwei shouted.

This voice attracted everyone's attention again.

Zhang Yang said: "Run well, today I will win this gold medal. On behalf of the Nancy Municipal Sports Committee, I will reward you with 20,000 yuan!"

There must be a brave man under the heavy reward. When Niu Zhenwei heard this, he was immediately excited. Twenty thousand yuan was more than the prize money for the conference.

Niu Junsheng looked at Zhang Yang from the side, and his eyes were full of contempt at this moment. He thought Zhang Yang could have any tricks, but in the end he would still have a material reward. You have a 20,000 yuan reward, but does Niu Zhenwei have the strength to get it? Everything on the court depends on his strength to speak. Even if you give out 10 million yuan, Niu Zhenwei will not be able to win the gold medal.

Niu Zhenwei was extremely excited and Zhang Yang patted his back. Niu Zhenwei felt a warm current coming into his body. He was in a surprisingly good condition at this moment and shouted a few times one after another.

Niu Junsheng frowned, numb, why are he so excited? Shouldn't this guy feed the athletes stimulant?

No one else said anything, but Niu Zhenwei's coach couldn't bear it anymore. He came over and said to Zhang Yang politely: "Director Zhang, the game is about to begin. Please leave the athletes and don't put too much pressure on him."

Zhang Yang smiled, gave Niu Zhenwei a thumbs up and said, "Gold medal, 20,000!"

Chang Haixin couldn't help laughing, she had never seen anyone encourage athletes so nakedly.

Zhang Yang left the track, but he stood by the field and didn't walk far away. Today he wanted to witness Niu Zhenwei's gold medal with his own eyes.

Except for Zhang Yang himself, no one would believe that Niu Zhenwei could win the gold medal.

In the VIP seat, Liu Chengping, deputy director of the State Sports Commission, and Zhao Yongfu, the boss of Taihong Steel Group, both came. The two knew that the bet was a little later. After hearing about this, Liu Chengping couldn't help laughing: "After all, I am young and energetic. Even though I know I will lose, I dare to bet with Coach Niu!"

Zhao Yongfu smiled indifferently and said, "Youthfulness and overestimating one's ability are two different things. Doing it even though you know it is impossible is not courage, but stupidity!"

Liu Chengping said: "Miracles often appear on the field!"

Zhao Yongfu smiled and said, "You said that the Chinese team will occasionally defeat the Brazilian team once, but you said that the Chinese team can defeat the strong team in a row and win the World Cup championship. I don't believe it. Will you believe it?"

Liu Chengping smiled and said, "I don't believe it either!" In the men's 1500-meter competition, there were many strong players, and Niu Zhenwei ranked low. Even if two players from the Niu family army did not participate in the competition, his hope of rushing into the top three was slim, and these athletes could not perform well collectively.

After the starting gun rang, Niu Zhenwei rushed out with the lead. When his coach saw this scene, he was so anxious that he stamped his feet. According to the strategy he had formulated in advance, Niu Zhenwei should adopt the tactic of following the running. As long as he follows the first team, he may be able to rush into the top five. No one expected that this would happen at the beginning of the game.

When Niu Junsheng saw the situation on the scene, he hugged his arms and couldn't help but laugh. Medium- and long-distance running and sprinting are different. They need to pay attention to technical and tactical skills. At such a long distance, one of his physical energy must be assigned to the best state. If he starts too hard, he will be physically weak in the second half of the game. This method can be used, but it is just a tactic. When multiple players participate in the same game, one player will be used to disrupt the steps of other athletes, and this athlete is often the one who actively sacrifices his ranking.

Niu Junsheng calculated that Niu Zhenwei's advantage in leading after the first lap would be reduced, and his physical strength would be severely reduced. But what Niu Junsheng did not expect was that after the first lap, Niu Zhenwei's speed did not slow down. He was already about twenty meters ahead of the second place. Niu Junsheng frowned, and the second lap was still the same. Although Niu Zhenwei did not expand this advantage, the gap was not narrowed by the opponent behind him. Eight hundred meters had passed.

Niu Junsheng looked at the time on his watch and his face gradually became severe. His two disciples also began to accelerate, and they began to divide into three obvious groups on the field. The first group was Niu Zhenwei, and this guy was still ahead of the second place and more than 20 meters. The second group was Niu Junsheng's two disciples. They were running according to the pre-developed plan. The good physical fitness and training level were fully reflected at this time. The third group belonged to other athletes, and has now been left out by Niu Junsheng's two disciples for nearly 50 meters.

After most of the third lap, Niu Junsheng's two disciples shortened the distance between them and Niu Zhenwei, but there was still a ten-meter gap between them. Everyone in the stands was mobilized, and they shouted to cheer for the Niu Family Army! In the past game, I saw too many scenes of Niu Family Army coming from behind and winning gold and silver medals. Most people on the field thought so, and they all thought so, and the final victory was still from the Niu Family Army.

Niu Junsheng was obviously nervous. He shouted loudly on the sidelines and made acceleration gestures. The remaining distance was only four hundred meters. What made Niu Junsheng wonder was that Niu Zhenwei seemed to be very strong.

Liu Chengping and Zhao Yongfu in the stands were also a little stunned. Liu Chengping opened his mouth wide. He really didn't expect that the men's 1500-meter race would have a dark horse. Although he didn't know what the final result was today, at least from the current situation, this athlete from Nancy was still ahead.

Niu Junsheng's two disciples began to accelerate, and the cheers in the stands were higher and higher. The distance between them from Niu Zhenwei in front was getting closer and closer, ten meters, eight meters, seven meters... five meters, four meters... Just as they were about to complete the overtake, the sidelines shouted: "Niu Zhenwei, 30,000 yuan! Bounce for me! Look ahead and rush forward!" He was much higher-profile than Niu Zhenwei's coach.

Niu Zhenwei did have psychological fluctuations when two Niu family members were constantly approaching himself. He thought that he had performed extraordinaryly today and his physical strength began to decline a little at this time. Depending on the situation, he could get third place. This was his best result in history. There was still a distance of 300 meters. He could not outperform the two Niu family members. Once a person had an idea, he would inevitably be distracted. Give up often starts spiritually.

So Zhang Yang's voice was particularly critical. He woke Niu Zhenwei up with one throat, and he added another 10,000 to the original bonus. What kind of stimulation is this? Niu Zhenwei bit his lip tightly, damn it! I fought today, even if I was so angry that I vomited blood, I still had to fight it once.

Two athletes from the Niu Family Army were already on the same side as him. Seeing the situation at this time, Niu Junsheng's expression finally returned to relax. He thought Niu Zhenwei was at the end of his strength. And his two disciples still retained considerable physical strength, and there was no suspense about the outcome. Niu Junsheng looked at Zhang Yang in the distance with pride, thinking to himself, you are looking for something ugly today!

But when his eyes returned to the field, he found that the situation had changed again. Niu Zhenwei, who originally thought he had exhausted his strength, began to accelerate again, and soon threw away his two players, and the distance was constantly widening.

The scene was quiet, why did it be quiet? The reason is very simple, because the audience thought that it must be the Niu Family Army who won the championship. Now that the situation is wrong, it is actually an athlete from Pinghai who ran first. The psychological gap is too big, so he didn't turn his mind away.

All the sports workers on Pinghai were excited, including Xie Yunfei, deputy director of Pinghai Sports Committee. He waved his arms and his face was red with excitement: "Come on, come on!" Everyone has a sense of collective honor, and Xie Yunfei is no exception. He also wants Pinghai athletes to win the gold medal, but because they Pinghai do not have this strength in the middle and long-distance running event, they dare not think about it. Now that he sees success at his fingertips, he is of course excited and of course cheering.

Seeing the finish line getting closer, Niu Zhenwei became more and more excited. He ran faster and faster, and the distance between the two members of the Niu Family Army was getting farther and farther away. Finally, the cheers of the scene rang again. Niu Zhenwei raised his hands to cross the finish line with everyone's cheers and cheers. After crossing the finish line, Niu Zhenwei still couldn't believe this fact. When his coaches and teammates rushed to him to congratulate him, Niu Zhenwei realized that he had won the gold medal. He covered his mouth happily, and tears fell down. He collapsed on the ground like a loss of strength, sleeping on the track. After a long time, he stood up again, clenched his fists and shouted.

Niu Junsheng had a blue face. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never believe this fact. Niu Zhenwei won. An unknown athlete actually took away the man's 1500-meter gold medal and won it with an absolute advantage. His result was finally frozen at 3 minutes and 36 seconds. Not only did he break the competition record and the national record, but he also broke the Asian record. Niu Junsheng thought of his bold words before the game and felt extremely depressed. Although it was just one of the men's mid- and long-distance running events, he made a bet with Zhang Yang. The game he thought he would definitely win actually lost. Not only did he lose on the field, but his bet also lost, and he lost so badly!
Chapter completed!