Almighty Coach

More than a dozen reporters surrounded Sebastian, the microphones and recording pens were all pointed at Sebastian's mouth, and the flashes of the cameras kept flickering aside.

"Coach Sebastian, according to the doping scandal that was exposed not long ago, you have been using illegal drugs to athletes. Is it true?"

"Coach Sebastian, please respond to the doping scandal!"

"Coach Sebastian, as the head coach of the U.S. track and field team, you have been involved in the largest doping scandal in U.S. history. What are your thoughts now?"

The reporter asked questions in a hurry, as if they were bombers, so Sebastian couldn't find the southeast and northwest.

Sebastian wanted to forcefully leave, but he was completely surrounded, so he had no choice but to stop and said: "I have already responded before, I have never used illegal drugs on my athletes, and I have never used illegal drugs in the past. Yes, not now, and never in the future!"

"The first one on the list of coaches involved in the doping scandal is you, how do you explain it?" the reporter immediately asked.

"That's a rumor, it's slander! I've already found a lawyer, and I want to sue that investigative reporter for defamation! His false investigative report ruined my reputation!" Sebastian shouted.

Another reporter next to him said: "Three of the coaches involved in the list have admitted to using prohibited drugs to the athletes, and more than ten of the athletes involved have admitted to using prohibited drugs. The survey on prohibited drugs The report, doesn't look like it's fake."

"The list involved nearly a thousand people and hundreds of prohibited drugs. What does it mean if only a few people admit it? A doping athlete," Sebastian retorted.

"Coach Sebastian, according to reliable sources, Mr. Lewis, the chairman of the International Anti-Doping Organization, has come to the United States, and he has also brought the latest prohibited drug detection technology. They will check all the athletes involved on the list. Urine samples are tested, including several athletes you coach, are you worried that they will be tested for illegal drugs?" Another reporter asked.

"Of course I'm not worried, because I have never used illegal drugs to athletes." Sebastian paused, and then asked: "What you just said, Mr. Lewis, the chairman of the International Anti-Doping Association, came to the United States. When did it happen? Why don't I know?"

"Mr. Lewis's itinerary this time is confidential. It was not revealed until this morning that he has been here for three days, and during these three days, hundreds of urine samples from athletes have been tested. .” The reporter replied.

Sebastian made an expression of sudden realization, but he was extremely flustered in his heart.

When the doping scandal was exposed, Sebastian, as a relatively famous coach among the coaches involved, and also the head coach of the rookies of the US Track and Field Team, naturally attracted everyone's attention, and Sebastian was the first Time has denied that it has doped its athletes.

Of course, Sebastian would not admit it. He finally became the head coach of this year's US team and has just reached the pinnacle of his life. If he admits to using illegal drugs to athletes, his reputation will definitely be ruined.

More importantly, Sebastian has a fluke mentality. He feels that as long as he refuses to admit it, others will have nothing to do with him.

Many people who have made mistakes or committed crimes are like this. Of course, their first thought is not to admit their mistakes, but to find ways to cover up their mistakes, and they may even use another mistake to cover it up. catastrophe.

...

Sebastian found a place where there was no one, took out his mobile phone, and called Franklin.

"Professor Franklin, it's me, Sebastian." Sebastian said.

"Why are you calling me at this time? Don't you know that in this situation, we'd better not get in touch? The FBI has already started investigating the doping scandal. Maybe our phone is being monitored by the FBI." Franklin said angrily.

"An advanced laboratory like yours should have anti-eavesdropping measures." Sebastian didn't dwell on this matter, but said quickly: "Let me make a long story short, I have something I want to confirm with you Let’s see, is it true that the anti-doping organization can’t detect the product you provided me?”

"Did you hear something?" Franklin asked back.

Sebastian lowered his voice and said; "The chairman of the International Anti-Doping Organization came to the United States three days ago and brought a new type of doping detection technology. I was worried about the products you provided me. They will be detected."

Franklin on the other end of the phone gasped, and then said, "Whether they can detect it, I'm not sure."

"Not sure? What do you mean? That's not what you said when you gave me that thing! You told me that your technology is at least two years ahead of the International Anti-Doping Organization, and they will never be able to detect it. This is You must have forgotten what you said." Sebastian's voice was a little anxious.

"I did say those things, but the premise is that the International Anti-Doping Organization does not know our core secrets. But now it is different, they have our core secrets." Franklin said.

"What core secret?" Sebastian asked.

"It's those molecular formulas! The investigation report published the molecular formulas of 27 kinds of steroid derivatives, and two of them are exactly what we used. As long as a laboratory with a little strength knows the molecular formulas, Even if it cannot be copied, it can still be detected." Franklin explained.

"That is to say, the International Anti-Doping Organization must be able to find those things!" Sebastian's face suddenly turned pale, and he had already realized the seriousness of the matter.

The next moment, Sebastian growled angrily: "How do you keep your secrecy measures? That is your core secret. How could it be easily obtained by that investigative reporter?"

"It wasn't leaked from us. It's all Blatcher's fault. The investigative reporter stole those things from Bretcher's company." Franklin's voice was also very bad.

"Blatch, that 'father of pro-hormone'! Damn it, you guys really collaborated with that devil? No, you're devils too! If I had known that you were working with Blatch, I would never have had anything to do with you Any contact!" Sebastian cursed.

"Do you think I'm willing to cooperate with him? Now because of Bretcher's relationship, I have several investors who plan to withdraw their funds!" Franklin's voice also became angry, and he continued: "Don't call me in the future , I still have a lot of things to deal with here, and our cooperation has come to an end."

"Are you going to kill the donkey? Franklin, I tell you, if you make it difficult for me, I will definitely drag you into the water!" Sebastian asked angrily.

"Don't do this with me, you should be very clear about it, you are already in danger. The International Anti-Doping Organization will soon find out that all of your athletes have used doping. It will depend on how you respond Public explanation. You will definitely be ruined earlier than me!"

After Franklin finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly.

...

After finishing the call with Sebastian, Franklin was also full of anger.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Franklin's assistant hurried in.

"Professor, we just received a fax from Hans Pharmaceuticals. Their board of directors has decided to temporarily stop sponsoring our laboratory." The assistant said.

"Stop the sponsorship! Why? Did you think it was about that?" Franklin stood up directly from his chair.

"Yes, because of the doping scandal, Hans Pharmaceuticals learned that we have a deep cooperative relationship with the 'father of hormones', Bretcher, and they don't want to have any relationship with Bretcher, even if it is very indirect. , so their board of directors voted unanimously to suspend our sponsorship." The assistant said and handed a faxed document to Franklin.

Franklin hurriedly took the faxed document, read it hastily, and his expression became depressed.

Bu Laiqie has long been notorious, and those biological laboratories dare not openly cooperate with Buiqie, even if Buiqie invests in the laboratory, the cooperation between them can only be carried out secretly.

However, those well-known laboratories cannot only have Bu Laiqie as an investor. Scientific research is a huge bottomless pit. Let alone a whole laboratory, even if it is just a scientific research project, there will be many companies behind it.

Investors invest in science labs for returns, but no one wants to get into a lawsuit. And Bulaiqie is just the kind of guy who can experiment with living people. The laboratory invested by Bulaiqie may also do illegal activities, which will naturally discourage other investors.

At this moment, Franklin felt that the thin fax paper was as heavy as a thousand catties.

The phone rang suddenly, and after a lot of rings, Franklin reacted and answered the phone.

The receptionist's voice came from the receiver: "Professor, I just received a call. The caller's name is Davis. He claims to be the lawyer representing Qianfan Investment Company. He wants to make an appointment to meet with you."

"Qianfan Investment Company is also one of our investors. We have cooperated for many years, and the relationship has been maintained very well. Why did you suddenly find a lawyer?" Franklin asked with an ominous feeling in his heart. : "Did the other party say that they want to meet me because of something?"

"I asked the Davis lawyer, and the other party said that our laboratory was involved in the doping scandal, which caused a very bad social impact. This violated the original investment contract, so he wants to make an appointment with you. Now, let’s talk about liquidated damages.” The receptionist’s voice became weaker as he spoke.

"Liquidated damages! You want us to pay him money!" Franklin suddenly felt dizzy and almost fainted on the chair.

It is indeed a very worrying thing for investors to withdraw their funds, but in comparison, investors not only withdraw their funds, but also demand compensation for liquidated damages, which is enough to make Franklin feel deep despair.

Franklin put down the phone, then locked the door and closed the window. He didn't want to hear any sound now, he wanted to be alone.

But things backfired, the phone rang again, and it was still from the receptionist.

"What's the matter? Does anyone want me to pay liquidated damages?" Franklin asked angrily.

"No, professor, it's the FBI. Two FBI agents want to see you." The receptionist said timidly.

"The FBI really came to the door." Franklin slumped on the seat again.

...

In the small bar, Edward Snow and Dai Li sat at a small table, having a drink.

"Looking at your appearance, the wound has healed. You can drink now. Here, let me toast you." Dai Li picked up the wine glass.

"The wound hasn't healed yet. I still don't dare to do large-scale exercise to avoid tearing the wound again. But it's okay to drink a little wine. And after drinking, the wound doesn't hurt so much." Snow As he spoke, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and then asked, "How is your lawsuit going?"

"The verdict will be decided immediately. I don't think it's a big problem with lawyer Wilfrid's defense of innocence." Dai Li said.

"I also want to tell you some good news, Bu Laiqie is finished, this time it is really finished!" Snow said with a smile.

"It's over? What do you mean?" Dai Li asked.

"The company and personal assets have all been frozen. The next step is to seize them, and then liquidation. No one can save him this time." Snow took another sip of wine, and then continued: "In fact, his company has quite a few assets. After the doping scandal broke out, the bank stopped giving him loans and urged him to repay the loan as soon as possible, and other financing institutions also shunned him, and his capital chain was about to break."

"In fact, in the doping scandal more than ten years ago, the situation that Bulaiqie faced may be worse than today, but at that time Bulaiqie had several patents in his hand, and those patents became the funds for Bulaiqie." Cows'. And now, those patents have expired, and there is no way to resupply Bu Laiqie, and his capital turnover is naturally impossible."

"Besides, without sufficient funds, it is impossible for Bretcher to hire a top barrister to file a lawsuit for him. This is a very important aspect of his end. If you have money, you can hire a powerful lawyer. If you have money, you can bribe the prison guards, and you can live well even in prison; if you have money, you can bribe the "gang boss" in the prison, and no one will dare to mess with you in the prison. Snow shrugged: "If you don't have money, you can only be a man with your tail between your legs."