On the afternoon of the next day, Su Feng followed Coach Tian to the training base of the Guangdong Provincial Track and Field Team. Although Su Feng did not have a certificate, Coach Arita led him all the way smoothly.
Even before approaching the main office building, there were already more than a dozen coaches and more than twenty athletes waiting there.
"Director Tian, you are here. Our team members are all ready. Which expert from the national team are you bringing? Do you need to warm up? We have already arranged the equipment on the track. When should we start?"
These coaches are all coaches with 100-meter and 200-meter athletes, so they are naturally very concerned about whether their apprentices can be selected.
Originally, they were worried that Coach Tian might not choose anyone, after all, although this Guangdong team has more talents.
But the members of the national team must be selected from across the country, and these people may not be competitive enough across the country.
However, yesterday's phone call made them feel at ease and relieved.
I felt relieved because I was finally sure that Director Tian would take someone away.
The reason why I raise my heart is because we still have to compete, and through the competition we will finally determine who will be brought to the national team.
"Ignoring the experts, please make it clear to the athletes. Although I want to look at the results, I don't just look at the results. The one who runs first may not be selected, it just has a higher chance of being selected.
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Coach Tian first reiterated what he meant. If this is not made clear, it will be difficult to end if there is any trouble.
"Of course, we have already made an agreement with them and there will be no problem." the head coach assured.
"Okay." Coach Tian nodded and immediately let Su Feng out.
At this time, Su Feng was still dressed as yesterday, with his hat and mask covering his face so tightly that it was difficult to recognize him without taking them off.
"This is the member of the national team I'm talking about, Su Feng. Your opponent this time is him." Coach Tian said with a smile.
They are all systematic people, so he naturally knew how honorable it was to find Su Feng, and he could not help but feel a bit proud in his words.
If Su Feng hadn't requested to come to Guangdong this time, he wouldn't have been able to get Su Feng to come. At Su Feng's level, athletes were no longer something he, not even the head coach, director, or even people from the General Administration could order at will.
Apart from anything else, the athlete Su Feng had his eye on before was not at the level of a master, and he didn't have any super talent. As a result, Su Feng was able to join the national team with just one phone call.
You know, this kind of special recruitment quota must be reported to the General Administration. If you don't have a great reputation, there are countless checkpoints along the way from the Field Management Center to the General Administration, and any one of them can get the applicant stuck.
"Su Feng!"
"It's actually Su Feng!"
After hearing Coach Tian's introduction, he looked at Su Feng's appearance after taking off his mask.
The dozen or so coaches of the Guangdong Provincial Team, including the athletes behind them, all showed shocked expressions.
After they received the call yesterday, they didn't think about who the so-called national team members were.
But when they thought about it, it was just Hu Kai, the veteran member of the relay team, and others, or at most Chen Zhilong and Liu Yu.
Or there are other athletes who don’t run relays. Most of those people’s results are about the same as, or even worse than, those of Hu Kai and others. They still have the confidence to compete.
Even the five elite athletes who will participate in the competition this time are secretly thinking that if they can perform well and beat the national team members, then their entry into the national team will be almost certain, if not certain.
But what they never expected was Su Feng!
No one knows Su Feng's current fame more clearly than those of them who are also athletes.
Not to mention those advertisements that the general public can see.
Just say that they can feel it personally.
Now every track and field competition is held, whether it is at the municipal or provincial level.
When they went to competitions in the past, even if there was government support, the prize money was pitifully low. Sponsors either didn't exist, or they were sponsored by city food factories or county wineries with just a little money, and people from the Sports Bureau had to go there in person.
pull.
Especially the spectators in the stands. Every time they see the empty stands, these athletes, most of whom are children, feel the urge to cry.
But after Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang appeared, everything changed!
It's not just the government that has increased funding for athletics.
Even every competition, whether at the county level, city level, or provincial level, will be covered by TV stations or newspapers at the same administrative level, and will also be videotaped.
Sponsors also came to us on their own initiative, and the conditions were easy to negotiate. Because the space was limited, so many on-site advertisements could not be placed, and the Sports Bureau even had to select some.
There are also so-called exclusive titles and exclusive sponsorships. Leaders in track and field have never heard of these things. They only understood it after going to the table tennis team to learn from it.
As for the audience, we cannot say that the venue is full, but there is no problem if one-third or one-quarter of the seats are filled.
In addition, the audience is seated separately. If you just look at it as a whole, you will see that there are people everywhere, and the feeling of being full and being noticed is something they have never experienced before.
Let’s talk about the family. In the past, they were regarded as useless children of other people’s families. Now they cannot be said to be regarded as role models by their neighbors, but at least they are regarded as people with legitimate professions.
People at home also support me more and recognize my value as an athlete.
How can people who can run to the provincial team not have their own willpower and persistence?
Some seniors who were still in contact and had given up track and field also told them, "You are really caught up in a good time."
And all of this was brought about by Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang.
Therefore, they have the deepest understanding of their influence.
This may be the most meaningful impact that Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang have brought to Chinese track and field.
However, now we want them to compete with Su Feng?
The more than 20 athletes who came this time, because they didn’t know that the members of the national team were related to Su Feng, almost all were 100-meter and 200-meter sprinters. There were no redundant people. Naturally, they had a deep understanding of them and Su Feng.
The difference in wind.
Therefore, except for the five people who wanted to compete with Su Feng, the rest of them distanced themselves from the five of them, leaving the five people in place, looking at them with somewhat sad eyes, making the five of them seem particularly helpless.
help.
These top athletes in the provincial team are all the bosses in the eyes of the juniors, and Su Feng at this time is equivalent to the godfather.
"The boss becomes a quail when he meets the godfather." No matter how they looked at this scene, they felt an inexplicable sense of joy.
"Su Feng, you go and warm up first." Coach Tian didn't understand the complicated relationship, but he also knew that a few people were probably nervous, while the people around him were gloating.
It doesn't matter, what he wants to see is the next performance of the five people. It doesn't matter if you can perform well when you meet the weak. Only when you meet the strong, you know you will lose, and you still have enough courage to motivate yourself to perform well.
The best level, this is what he needs from the national team players.