Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 257
Under the guidance of Xie Bing, the three entered the side entrance of the sports department with ease.

The main reason for going through the side door instead of the main door is that there are too many applications for going through the door, and the semi-closed management is implemented here.

If you want to drive through the main entrance, you must also leave from the main entrance when the time comes. If the vehicle leaving from the main entrance does not have a corresponding clearance strip, according to the rules here, you must conduct a full vehicle inspection.

Li Xiao didn't worry about whether to enter through the main entrance or the side entrance after listening to it. After all, he was not the young master of a famous family, nor was he a high-ranking official, let alone a famous person in society, so he didn't care about such things at all.

It is so convenient to enter from the side door, only a fool would struggle with this.

When they came to the door of the side door, the security guard at the door saw a strange Mercedes-Benz and did not open the door directly, but walked to the side politely to ask the other party's purpose.

After Peng Yuqing took out his first-level referee certificate and second-level athlete certificate, he explained the reason for coming here.

The security guard didn't ask any more questions, and after confirming the authenticity of the certificate, he immediately let him go.

Although Li Xiao could clearly see the surprise and doubts on the opponent's face, Li Xiao didn't care too much. Indeed, his age was indeed too big for a new athlete.

If it were me, I would be surprised and puzzled.

After parking the car, Li Xiao followed the two to the office area step by step. After a short walk, the three came to an office on the third floor.

Peng Yuqing hastily arranged his clothes, cleared his throat by the way, knocked on the door during the day, and shouted into the door:
"Director Zhang, it's me, Peng Yuqing, are you free now?"

The people in the office responded immediately when they heard the voice:

"Oh, it's so early, come in quickly."

"Then I'm in."

After speaking, Peng Yuqing pushed open the door of the office.

There were only two people sitting in the office, and one was sitting behind the desk, with a Mediterranean hairstyle. Although he was slightly fat, his body looked relatively strong, not considered obese.

On the opposite side of the desk sat a thin young man, about seventeen or eight years old, very young, with obvious marks of acne marks on his face.

When the three came in, the two were still talking:
"A Cong, it's not that I don't give you approval, it's that you really can't meet the standard of a first-level athlete."

"There are 20 project standards in total, and you only meet 16 of them. Besides, I have given you two chances here, but you failed both times. I can't help you."

The young man named A Cong had a flattering smile on his face, bowed his head and begged:
"Director Zhang, please, please give me one last chance, really the last one, if it doesn't work this time, I will really give up."

Director Zhang of Zhonghai saw that A Cong was still stubborn, and his face was a little displeased, but he quickly suppressed it. He sighed softly, and said helplessly:

"A Cong, if it's not the director, I won't help you. I also understand that you want to apply for a first-level athlete. When you retire, you can get a little more monthly subsidy and your reputation will be better. Even if you want to apply It’s easy to apply for jobs like coaches.”

"But you also know that so many people in the provincial team are staring at the quota, but how can it be so easy to get it tomorrow?"

"It's not the director, I won't give you a chance. I've given you two chances for the assessment, but you don't live up to it."

"You have to know that applying twice is already an exception. If it weren't for the fact that you have entered the national bench before, I would not have granted you the second test quota at all."

"When I approved the second quota, other people already had a lot of opinions. If you hadn't been injured for the country, you would have been pointed at the spine and scolded."

The young man who was somewhat expectant on his face collapsed when he heard the director's refusal, but he didn't give up immediately.

He hesitated for a while, then begged in a low voice:

"Director, just give me one last chance for the sake of my injury for the country. Really, I promise it will be the last time I swear."

Although Li Xiao didn't understand what happened here, he could clearly see the helplessness written on Director Zhang's face.

Seeing the three people walking in, Director Zhang quickly changed the subject:
"Okay, Cong, I'll think about your matter. You can go back to training first. I still have things to do."

Seeing that the young man was still unwilling to leave, Director Zhang looked at Li Xiao and made a plan and quickly pointed at Li Xiao and said:

"The director is here to show you a clear way. To be honest, it is difficult for the director to apply for another quota for you, but there is another way to apply for a quota."

"You apply for direct retirement first, and then find two second-level athletes and two first-level athletes to guarantee you, and then you can reapply for a test for first-level athletes."

Hearing the director's method, the young man showed ecstasy. He had never thought of such a method before, but before he was happy, Director Zhang continued to speak.

Although Director Zhang was already a little bored with A Cong, he had no intention of harming him. He added at the end:
"But you have to think about it clearly. If you want to use this method, you can only choose to retire directly and become an ordinary person."

"You're not even a second-level athlete. You can't get the more than 2000 yuan a month. If you fail and can't be selected as a first-level athlete, then all your benefits have nothing to do with you. You think Be clear."

Hearing the director's words, the young man named A Cong was obviously frightened.

Growing up in the mountains, he managed to become an athlete of the provincial team. Hard training and a physique that surpassed ordinary people allowed him to make rapid progress.

He quickly emerged in the youth training team, and because of his better and better performance, he was even sent to the national team as a backup.

However, in the qualifiers of an international competition, because some of the main members were unable to play due to physical reasons, he was sent to the field by the coach when he was only 17 years old.

However, no one knows that in this qualifier, which is very light in weight and does not have a great impact, the opponent from the Mafia on the track next door deliberately reached out to tie the inexperienced A Cong down when he was cornering. on the ground.

After A Cong was tripped, he was trampled on by other players following him and injured his ankle and arm. This accident directly led to A Cong's injury and retirement.

Although the medical conditions in Dahan Kingdom are quite good, sports medicine has always been a problem for all countries.

In fact, many athletes have already recovered to seven or eighty-eight after the operation, and their normal life will not be affected in any way.

However, the training intensity of athletes is extremely high, and they have to exercise and even fight a lot every day. If they are not careful, these old injuries will break out during exercise.

Moreover, professional sports competitions race against time, not to mention recovering [-]% or [-]%, even recovering [-]% of their strength is not enough. The athletes of the first echelon are very lucky to maintain the third echelon after recovering from injuries.

A Cong stood up in a daze. He really didn't dare to try Director Zhang's suggestion.

In fact, he knew very well that with his current physical condition, even if he tried his best, regardless of the cost of not being able to walk for the rest of his life, it was still very possible to pass the test of a first-level athlete.

But he is not willing to use the cost of being a wheelchair in his next life to make such an attempt.

It's okay if it happens, it's more than 7000 yuan a month, plus the injury insurance bought by the state, there are more than 1000 medicine expenses a month, which adds up to nearly 9000 yuan.

In addition to some benefits that the provincial sports department will distribute to first-level athletes every year and festivals, it can be calculated as a monthly income of less than 1.

The high-income people who can definitely get this income in their own home, even if they can't walk with their legs, need to use crutches or even wheelchairs, there are a lot of girls who are willing to marry into their own home.

But this is the best situation. In case I retire as an ordinary person, even if I find someone to recommend, if I fail the test, I will not even have the monthly subsidy of 2000 yuan.

Thinking of the environment at home, he sighed softly, he had no way to stop him, he simply couldn't afford to gamble.

If not only could he not walk with his legs, but he didn't even have the most basic living expenses every month, then he might as well die.

When a useless person returns home, he only harms others and himself, dragging down those two parents who have worked so hard to raise him, and dragging down his younger brother who is still in high school.

In the already impoverished family, if there is another elder brother who can't walk, no matter how hard my younger brother works, no girl will marry into it.

His high head slowly lowered until his eyes fell on his faded sneakers.

Seeing his performance, Director Zhang unconsciously showed a smile on his face. This move is to retreat and advance, and it really works.

Although he also had some sympathy for Ah Cong's experience, after all, this is indeed a good seedling.

The physical fitness is good enough, and the key is to be able to bear hardships and stand hard work enough. The coach asked him to train for 4 hours and he trained for 5 hours. He never went out to play during training camps and holidays, and stayed in the team to continue training.

If there were no accidents that time, I would go out with the team to watch it twice more, and then go to the game with the team a few times, I am afraid that I can really get one or two rankings that are not bad.

But it's a pity, a runner's ankle is injured, isn't that equivalent to a sports car engine being flooded and overhauled?
Normal exercise is fine, but when it comes to competitions, all kinds of things go wrong.

And because the impact of that injury on A Cong was too great, even if he replayed the game, he would shrink back and slow down subconsciously to protect himself and not get hurt again.

And just judging from these two first-level athlete tests, although A Cong's training did not drop much, his physical data has obviously begun to decline.

Seeing Ah Cheng like this, Director Zhang didn't drive him away, for fear of irritating him. After all, he was once a man who won glory for the country.

He walked around the desk and walked in front of Li Xiao, looked him up and down with some doubts in his eyes.

Although Li Xiao's height is not bad, 1 meters, but this height is very common among athletes, even a little short.

Although he has some muscles on his body, his body fat percentage is obviously unqualified. Under Director Zhang's piercing eyes, this guy in front of him is at most just an ordinary sports enthusiast.

His mind was full of doubts, and he didn't quite understand how those retired old guys in the team recommended such a person to his side?

You must know that each person has only one recommendation quota. If you recommend this one, you will have no chance in your life.

You must know that there is no age limit for this kind of recommendation quota. If there are outstanding seedlings among your own juniors, it is also a good way out to recommend some friends to the provincial team.

But with this guy in front of him?How can he get two first-level athletes and two second-level athletes to vouch for him?Let him participate in the selection of first-level athletes?
But he still asked politely:

"Are you the guy who was brought up to compete in Division I today?"

Li Xiao quickly stretched out his hand and responded with a smile:

"That's right, hello, Director Zhang, I came here to take the test today."

Although Director Zhang was full of puzzled question marks, since he was willing to recommend him, there was no reason for him to reject it.

He glanced at the watch in his hand, the time was only 8:[-] a.m., a little faster, and the work could be done in one day, so he greeted quickly:

"You should be clear about what needs to be tested, right?"

High jump, pole high jump, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus, javelin throw, hammer throw, 2 hurdles, 4 sprints, 5 long-distance runs, and finally an obstacle course, a total of 20 tests.

Among them, there must be 18 items, which can only be obtained if they are qualified or above.

Of course, in addition to being able to obtain this test, it is also possible for first-level athletes to obtain rankings in national or even international competitions.

However, this method creates a paradox. Those with poor evaluation results have no chance to enter the national group for national-level competitions.

Therefore, most of the athletes who can enter the national team need to get a first-level athlete.

After a few years in the national group, even if you can't get a good result in the single competition, you can still pass the qualifications in the team competition.

After all, without credit, there is also hard work, and there are not a few people waiting in line to be promoted to become a first-level athlete.

If there is no way to enter the national group, you can only pass this kind of assessment. There is an assessment every 4 years. In addition, individuals can also apply for the assessment.

But the leaders usually won’t approve it. After all, the process is too cumbersome, and more than 4 first-level referees need to be used each time, and the whole process needs to be videotaped and recorded, which consumes a lot of manpower and material resources.

And like Li Xiao, it is almost impossible for outsiders to apply successfully, unless, like him, they happen to know a few retired athletes who seem boring.

And these old guys happen to recognize your strength very much, so they can pass the application and ask for an assessment.

A Cong, who was still silent at first, suddenly widened his eyes when he heard that several strangers who walked into the director's office were going to take the first-level athlete assessment.

He couldn't believe it. He begged his grandpa to sue his grandma for an assessment, but he couldn't do it. This guy who doesn't know where he came from can actually take the assessment directly?
He excitedly stood up from the stool, staring at the three uninvited guests behind him with wide eyes.

Two of them are obviously impossible, and the faintly visible white hair on their heads shows that they should be at least 30 years old.

The only possibility is the young man in the middle, but the young man is not really young, and someone in his early 20s is considered an old man here.

All three of them are older, only the one in the middle is more likely, but although he is an athlete, his eyesight is not as good as Director Zhang's. He didn't see anything special about the guy in front of him at all.

The hands and feet are not particularly long, and the muscles on the body do not look particularly explosive. It is simply unreasonable for such a person to be recommended for the evaluation of a first-level athlete.

Seeing this young man named A Cong glaring at him angrily, Li Xiao also felt a little helpless, how could he be so unlucky to encounter such a bad thing.

Looking at the other party's staring eyes, people who don't know will think that they have robbed the other party's spot.

Please, Xie Bing and the others found this spot, okay, and I heard from this director that you have failed twice, and you were told to try again, but you didn't dare, obviously you don't have confidence in yourself.

However, he also understands the feeling of struggling at the bottom of the society, after all, he himself was a person who was living on a monthly subsistence allowance of 1500 yuan.

That kind of feeling is really terrible. If you eat a little more today, you will eat less tomorrow. If you have today's meal, I don't know if you have the feeling of tomorrow's meal. I'm afraid he will never forget it for the rest of his life.

And wanting to get more wages has never been a conscience-stricken desire.

Li Xiao just nodded slightly to the other party, then turned around and followed Director Zhang out of the office.

After all, as I said just now, if the speed is faster, all the projects can be tested in one day.

Li Xiao also didn't want to test most of it today, and spend more than half an hour tomorrow to come here to test the remaining one or two.

However, no one expected that the young man named A Cong had been following everyone behind him.

Director Zhang also noticed something was wrong, and quickly turned around to see A Cong, who was at the end of the crowd. He pointed at the dodging young man with anger on his face and asked:
"If you have something to say, go back to training if you have nothing to do, why follow us?"

A Cong's eyes dodged a little, and he argued:
"I have already applied for a half-day vacation from the coach. I thought it would be fine anyway, and I want to follow the director to grow my eyes."

Although this sentence was said politely, anyone with a discerning eye could hear the dissatisfaction in the other party's tone.

Director Zhang frowned and wanted to turn on the mic, but then he thought that there was an outsider here in front of him, and there were two retired athletes, so he didn't want to make too much noise.

If a director scolds people in public, people will think that the internal atmosphere of the provincial team is not harmonious.

He took a deep breath, calmed down, nodded and said:

"Follow if you want to, just don't make trouble for me, stand far away from me while watching, understand?"

"understand."

(End of this chapter)