Almighty Coach

Xu Zhongyi has come to the administrative position from the first-line coaching position, and because of his excellent performance as a coach, his career has been relatively smooth, and now he has become the assistant director of the Hanbei Provincial Sports General Administration. The Provincial Sports Bureau can be regarded as 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 of the bureau, and the hot water in the water dispenser had already boiled. Xu Zhongyi made himself a bag of instant coffee, and with the coffee spoon in the cup Stir, and the aroma of coffee begins to permeate the entire room.

Most of the sports coaches in China like to drink tea. A big tea pot, half a handful of big leaf tea, can relieve heat and thirst, and can drink all morning. But Xu Zhongyi is different. He is a swimming coach and stays in the swimming pool all day. It is not hot in summer and not cold in winter. He hates the humidity of the swimming pool even more, so he chooses coffee as a drink. He thinks that coffee can dispel physical fatigue. Moisture, as time goes by, also develops the habit of drinking coffee.

There was a knock on the door, and after Xu Zhongyi yelled to come in, he saw the director come in.

"Director! Why are you here!" Xu Zhongyi immediately stood up to greet him.

"I want to find you something." The director didn't come out, and sat directly on the sofa in the room.

"If you have something to ask me, just ask me to come 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 don't drink tea anymore, let's have a cup of coffee with you."

"Okay, I'll make it for you. But there's only instant coffee, so don't dislike it." Xu Zhongyi said.

"I don't understand this, but I usually drink tea every day, and I come to your place for a change. The instant one is also very good." The director replied.

Xu Zhongyi made a cup of coffee for the chief, then sat on the sofa and asked, "Director, what do you want from me?"

"Our provincial training team used to have a coach named Li Dai, who was asked to leave by the National Table Tennis Team. This person came in through talent introduction, and you recommended him at the beginning. You should be familiar with him, right? "The chief asked straight to the point.

"Li Dai was recommended by me. At that time, he had a strong working ability. 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 for the past two years. It seems that he has gone to the United States. "Xu Zhongyi actually knew that Dai Li had opened a capable training center in the United States, but he was not sure why the director asked about it, so his answer was somewhat ambiguous, neither daring to admit that he knew Dai Li very well, I dare not say that I am not familiar with Dai Li.

As for whether he was familiar with Dai Li or not, it all depended on whether the director's family came down to talk about good things or bad things. If it was a bad thing, Xu Zhongyi would say that after Li Dai went to the United States, the two had no contact with each other, and try to distance himself from Li Dai; I'm out of luck. This can 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 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 in touch", which is deliberately creating a room for maneuver.

"It's good if we can get in touch." A smile appeared on the director's face, and he continued; "If possible, please invite Dai Li to come to our Sports Bureau as a guest and guide us in our work."

"What? Ask him to guide us?" Xu Zhongyi was stunned.

"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. track and field team is number one in the world, but we still have to hire him as the head coach. This is a matter of embarrassment to us. "The chief said.

"Really?" Xu Zhongyi was full of disbelief, but he also knew that it was impossible for the chief to joke about this kind of thing with himself.

"This Dai Li, I thought he was going to the United States to open a large gym, but I didn't expect to release such a large satellite for me!" Xu Zhongyi thought to himself.

At this time, Xu Zhongyi had already understood the director's intention. The director wanted to find Li Dai to "seek relatives". Inviting a head coach of the U.S. national track and field team to be a guest is obviously more prestigious than inviting domestic head coaches. Whether it sounds or said, it seems to be taller.

The director went on to say: "I'm thinking, this can be regarded as the success of our bureau's coach training system over the years! So, should we take this opportunity to sum up our bureau's experience in training coach talents, and make persistent efforts in the future? , continue to cultivate more coaching talents.”

"Old Xu, since you are a coach, I will leave this matter to you. Give me a detailed report later."

"Also, next week, there will be a meeting at the General Administration of Sports of China. I plan 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 supporting funds from the General Administration. .”

"Old Xu, are you okay next week? If you're okay, go to the General Assembly meeting with me. After all, you know that Li Dai. If there is anything I missed in the report, you can also add it to me."

Xu Zhongyi finally understood the director's intentions. The financial appropriation for sports was not enough. The director wanted to take advantage of Li Dai's wind to get more money from the National Sports Summary.

...

"Crack!" The sound of the can being opened, Gu Zhizhong took a few big gulps, and then let out a deep breath.

The collective retirement incident that year also cut off Gu Zhizhong's return to the national team. The higher authorities would not allow a person with such a great influence on the national table tennis to coach again, so Gu Zhizhong was assigned a vacant position, which is equivalent to a high-level enshrinement. , but he was not allowed to do anything.

You must know that Gu Zhizhong is only in his forties, and he is in his prime, but he has to be forced to provide for the elderly. This kind of blow is really too great.

In the past two years, Gu Zhizhong also began to try to do business in the sea, cooperated with a few businessmen he knew well on some projects, and finally found something to do. However, Mrs. Gu knew that Gu Zhizhong still couldn't let go of table tennis and his disciples deep down in his heart.

Gu Zhizhong would occasionally make a cameo commentary on table tennis. Of course, he could only go to the online platform that broadcast table tennis matches. With Gu Zhizhong's current situation, TV stations dare not invite him, lest he get into trouble. The former national table tennis head coach went to the Internet platform to explain, which is enough to see his inseparable feelings for table tennis.

Gu Zhizhong's wife came out of the kitchen with a plate of food in her hand. She looked at Gu Zhizhong and asked in confusion, "Why are you drinking again? During the Chinese New Year, you drank with my dad once." After that, I have never touched alcohol this year."

"I'm happy today! I'm very happy!" Gu Zhizhong's tone seemed very excited.

A trace of pity flashed in Mrs. Gu's eyes. Ever since Gu Zhizhong retired from the position of head coach of the national table tennis team, she rarely saw him drinking like this.

"What made you so happy?" His wife came over and sat beside Gu Zhizhong.

"There is good news." Gu Zhizhong took out his mobile phone and handed it to his wife: "Look at this."

"The U.S. track and field team hired us Chinese as coaches? Is this new?" Although Mrs. Gu said so, she wondered in her heart that it wasn't about table tennis news, so what should Gu Zhizhong be happy about.

So she asked, "When did you start paying attention to track and field?"

"I'm not concerned about track and field, but this person!" Gu Zhizhong pointed to Dai Li in the photo, and continued: "This Li Dai was recruited by me from the Hanbei Provincial Track and Field Team to the National Table Tennis Team and became a physical coach."

"So it is like this!" 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 Guoping, my people either chose sides and joined other teams, or they were cleared from the national team. I personally found the national table tennis player, so I was also involved. He was arranged to go to a boxing application committee. Hehe, someone who is capable of being the head coach of the US International Track and Field Team has to deal with boxing here. Inscription! Ridiculous!"

Gu Zhizhong calmed down, and then said: "I am really happy to see Li Dai's development like this now! He is a capable person, and he needs a platform to display his ability, and now he has found this platform , I am happy for him!"

Mrs. Gu frowned slightly. She knew that Gu Zhizhong had been blaming himself for all these years. After the turmoil of retiring that year, Gu Zhizhong's people in the national table tennis team were either idled or suppressed, such as Li Dai, It was because he was promoted secretly and arranged to go to a Taijiquan World Heritage Committee to work as an idler.

Gu Zhizhong always felt that those colleagues who were left idle or suppressed were all because of him and were implicated by him, but Gu Zhizhong couldn't help them. Gu Zhizhong has always blamed himself and felt guilty for this.

But now, Dai Li has become the head coach of the US track and field team, and with better development, he finally smoothed out the guilt in Gu Zhizhong's heart.

...

On 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 you want to change?" Huang Zhicheng asked.

"Follow this first, if there is something urgent, we are making changes." Xiao Dingtian replied.

"Okay." Huang Zhicheng closed his notebook, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "By the way, there is one more thing to report to you. Dai Li has become the head coach of the US National Track and Field Team. Now the domestic media They are also reporting this incident, saying that he is winning glory for the country."

"Oh, I see." Xiao Dingtian replied lukewarmly, as if he didn't care.

Huang Zhicheng smiled slightly, then sat upright without speaking.

Not long 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. Xiao Dingtian's bodyguards are sitting on the sofa waiting for orders. After finishing the work at hand, Huang Zhicheng also ran to sit on the sofa, feeling a little relieved.

"Assistant Huang, our son-in-law-to-be became the head coach of the U.S. track and field team. This has won us a lot of face. Now the news is praising him, 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.

"Just now I was sitting in the co-pilot of the car, and I looked at this with the rearview mirror inside the car. After you told the news to the chairman, he just agreed flatly, without any joy on his face," the bodyguard said. replied.

"The chairman is not showing his emotions or anger. In fact, he is very happy in his heart." Huang Zhicheng looked at the door of the chairman's office while talking.

Inside the door, Xiao Dingtian completely lost his usual seriousness, he was humming a little song, and his body was shaking along with the little song, really complacent.