Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 258 258. Red Lightning
"Have you heard? Someone is coming over for a test today?"

"Testing? Secondary athlete?"

"Level [-]? What is Level [-]? A first-level athlete!"

"No way? Level 2, don't you need to be recommended by [-] level [-] athletes?"

"I have already asked someone to help me get it, and I heard that the results are not bad."

"Oh, whose relative is it? How much is the score? If you can practice in a small place by yourself, you must have made a lot of progress after coming here."

"Cough, progress? What are you thinking? I heard that he is a guy in his 20s. I guess he sneaked in to cheat on the subsistence allowance."

"Impossible, how can a first-level athlete be so easy to mess up, and four referees are watching together!"

"Who knows, after all, if you don't have to do anything for a month, you can have more than 7000. Someone will definitely take the risk."

"You mean taking medicine?"

"Hey, what else? Are there really so many folk geniuses? If there were, they would have been discovered by the school and sent here when they were young."

"Cough cough."

The two were chatting excitedly, when a violent cough sounded behind them, the two were startled and looked back quickly.

A strange combination appeared in their eyes. They recognized the wretched person at a glance. It was Director Zhang who was in charge of athlete evaluation. When they saw Director Zhang's face, they immediately turned pale.

The two just said that today's evaluation might involve fraud for personal gain. Although Director Zhang is not the referee on the field, this is the department he is in charge of.

This is just bragging, and it is terrible to meet the rightful owner, and this rightful owner is also related to the selection of the two in the future.

If the other party has a small mind and gets stuck in the selection, it will be over if they don't let themselves be selected.

The director looked at the two who looked like children who were punished for doing something wrong, and shook his head helplessly.

It seems that the amount of training below is seriously insufficient, otherwise how could these little guys have so much time and energy to gossip here?
He took a deep breath and wanted to scold the other party, but he felt the gaze from his few hairs, so he forcibly held back.

He snorted coldly and said to the two of them:

"Do you think there are no masters among the people? I said that you are simply looking at the sky from the bottom of a well. With such a vast land area and outstanding people, there are not many masters hidden among the people."

"You guys who can't even make it to the national team, you still have your nostrils up every day, thinking that you are so awesome, go, follow us."

Speaking of Director Zhang, he continued to lead the way. The two were a little confused. They didn't know what the director was going to do. One of the young men with a black hairband asked:
"Why is the director going with you? We still have training here! We have to go back quickly."

Director Zhang said coldly without turning his head:

"You still gossip slowly in the aisle during training? I don't think your training is very important? Since it's not important, you don't need to participate. It's fine to go to your own coach and get punished. You just follow me now. Behind me, let's see if our evaluation is fair or not."

The two immediately put on two pain masks, the enhanced pain masks.

You must know that if you don't train on time, the punishment can be a bit heavy. Not only do you have to double the original training volume, but you also have to write a self-criticism.

Doubling the amount of training is not serious. The problem is that for these sports students, writing a 5000-word self-criticism with specific content, substance and sincerity is more painful than killing them.

But the directors spoke up. Although they were not the directors in charge of them, the other party's power was greater than that of the directors in charge of them. But the two could only follow behind with a bitter face.

After walking for a while, the hearts of gossip between the two began to burn again. Looking at A Cong who also looked depressed, they finally couldn't suppress their curiosity.

It was the same young man with the black hairband who poked A Cong's arm and asked in a low voice:
"Hello, my name is Zhang Yue. This is my brother Lynch. We are in football, brother, which team? Did you also say bad things about Director Zhang and the others and got arrested?"

A Cong glanced at the two juniors who were a few years younger than him, and rolled their eyes angrily. Although there is no high or low in sports, no matter where there is a chain of contempt.

And football is the bottom of the chain of disdain for Dahan's sports. Even basketball, which has not developed well, can completely ignore them, which shows how unpopular football is in Dahan's country.

That is to say, only those guys who are not high enough to be low enough will be willing to stay in the football team. Even if they have a little bit of ambition, they will try to switch to basketball even if they can't switch to a promising team like table tennis.

After all, if basketball is chosen, the salary and treatment are still good, but the reputation may be a little bit worse, but there is no shame in making money.

However, when others greeted him, he, the senior, could not answer with a cold face. After hesitating for a moment, he still spoke in a low voice:
"Zhou Zicong, from the long-distance running group. I didn't speak ill of anyone behind their backs. I just happened to apply for the test in Director Zhang's office, so let's take a look together."

!!!

Lin Qi and Zhang Yue immediately thought of something when they heard the name Zhou Zicong.

The two looked at each other, and then they looked at Zhou Zicong with the eyes of a wounded animal.

Although the Provincial Sports Department has a large number of people, generally speaking, as long as they are not athletes in the same group, it is difficult to recognize everyone.

Of course, some special people are exceptions, such as those masters who have a good chance of being transferred to the national team, or some very beautiful young ladies or handsome little brothers, or some guys who often make troubles are likely to be different. identified by group members.

Of course, there is another kind of people that is also widely known. This kind of people is less in number and has a tragic color, which makes it easier for people to remember and feel empathy.

That is, because of excellent grades, he has already entered the national team, and was retired for various reasons. The one who came back is like this Zhou Zicong in front of him.

After only 4 years of training, he was regarded as a substitute by the national team, but was returned due to injuries within a year.

However, the two seemed to realize that their expressions were not quite right, so they quickly bent over and bowed to apologize:
"I'm sorry, senior, we didn't mean that, don't get me wrong."

Zhou Zicong waved his hand. He had seen the expressions on the faces of the two of them a lot. He felt aggrieved at first, why did these guys dare to look at him with such expressions.

I have entered the national team before, although it is only a reserve, although I was returned, but it is much better than those who mixed in the provincial team.

But later he discovered that the reason why everyone showed such expressions was not because of malice, but because they felt sorry for themselves, so they showed such expressions. Although they were still a little uncomfortable, they gradually got used to it.

All the way without a word, several people soon came to the urine test room, and the urine test room was already brightly lit.

Four referees in black referee uniforms were already waiting inside, and Director Zhang called to inform them before going out.

After all, there was an announcement early today that the evaluation would be conducted, so the few people came very quickly.

Director Zhang asked in a calm tone:
"Did you take any cold medicine, fever-reducing medicine or cough medicine before you came here?"

Li Xiao shook his head quickly. It seemed that after getting the system, his body got better. His body, which used to get sick every now and then, hadn't been sick for several months.

Even after going into the water several times in winter, there was no abnormality after that.

Director Zhang nodded with satisfaction:
"It's fine if you don't have one. Then take the cup and go to the compartment for a urine test. The four referees will watch here together. If you have any questions, you can ask them immediately. Okay, you guys are busy here first, I Go and record your information into the computer."

As he walked into it, an older referee whispered a few words beside him, then turned and left the urine test room.

But before leaving, Director Zhang still said:
"You three boys just follow along and let you see if our provincial sports team is operating in secret? After reading it, write me a 3000-word report with specific content, meaningful words, and sincere feelings." Give me the feedback the day after tomorrow."

As he spoke, he deliberately paused before continuing:

"By the way, my impressions are the same as your coach's review. I don't want him to be the same."

After finishing speaking, he didn't look at the three of them, and turned around with a smile on his face as if he had swallowed several catties.

I sneered at the little guys in my heart, I have been in this position for so many years, and I still don’t know what you people are most afraid of, each of you has no place to vent your energy all day long, and you always want to make big things come out.

Punishing them has no effect at all. The best punishment is to let them write a confession and write a review.

In his impression, no matter how thorny a guy is, as long as he writes six or seven times of self-criticism, he will become obedient and won't cause trouble at all.

The urine test cubicle is like the kind of toilet in elementary school. Although it is separated, the behavior of people who are going to the toilet can be seen from all directions.

Li Xiao wasn't too embarrassed. After all, they are all old men. Hurry up and finish urinating. There will be 20 tests later. Time waits for no one.

Four people confirmed at the same time that there was no cheating, and then handed over the urine samples to the staff.

Due to the advancement of technology, it only takes 1 minute for the rapid inspection of the sample to produce the result, so several people are waiting for the result to be negative before proceeding to the next test.

Of course, there is a possibility of mistakes in the quick inspection, so the remaining urine will be sent to a more stringent institution for in-depth analysis.

If there is an abnormality after the in-depth analysis, this evaluation will still be declared invalid, and the contestants will also be blacklisted and banned for 3 to 5 years.

The easiest test to start with, and the one that all athletes need to train for, is running.

Running can exercise most of the muscles of the body, and can strengthen the lung capacity. Basically, whether an athlete is strong or not, you only need to look at his running. If he is not qualified for running, it is difficult to make much improvement in other aspects .

Two referees are at the starting line, and two are at the finish line. Of course, they only play a supervisory role as referees, and they are not responsible for timing or starting.

Moreover, running events have now been completely taken over by electronic equipment, which is not only more accurate, but also prevents fraudulent personnel.

Li Xiao had also changed into his sportswear, did a few warm-up exercises, and stood on the starting line.

When they saw Li Xiao's complete set of red sports equipment worth several thousand yuan, the three members of the review group were a little envious.

But seeing Li Xiao's clumsy warm-up exercise, everyone burst into laughter. Now that there is no director here, they dare to act presumptuously.

Because Li Xiao's warm-up exercise is too amateurish, even a sports enthusiast who just started can't do such an amateur warm-up exercise. It seems that the warm-up is open and closed, but in fact many muscles and joints are not fully opened.

It is quite good to be able to exert 70.00% of the strength in such a warm-up exercise. After all, the muscle response in the winter is slower than usual.

Li Xiao glanced at it, and the three laughing beside them couldn't help rolling their eyes, laughing, how happy they are laughing now, how painful their faces will be later.

The starter was a young lady in a white dress and a red headband. She was still sweating, so she was probably still exercising just now.

When she was suddenly called in to help, she still looked dazed, but as a professional athlete, she basically does things like starting every day, so she picked up the starting gun with ease.
"preparation."

The electronic starting gun in her hand was raised, and Li Xiao took a deep breath.

"run!"

The electronic starting gun in Miss Sister's hand made a bright gunshot, and at the same time the electronic timer on the trigger started immediately.

In the complex gazes of ridicule, expectation, and indifference.

The only red figure on the runway flew towards the distance like an arrow from the string.

All the people present were professional athletes. The moment Li Xiao started, everyone's eyes changed.

The young lady in white looked at the galloping man, and immediately became astonished with the helplessness on her face that had been pulled from a strong man.

She immediately covered her mouth with her hands, for fear that her cry would affect the performance of the red lightning on the track.

The first thought in everyone's mind is, fast, too fast, like lightning, like a red lightning.

There was a sudden sound of swallowing saliva neatly in the field, and before a few people could react, there was a beep from the other side of the track, which meant that Li Xiao had crossed the 100-meter finish line.

The atmosphere on the originally empty runway suddenly became frozen, and everyone's breathing became short and heavy, because they saw the numbers displayed on the timer at the finish line.

【10.404】

! ! ! ! ! !
The three members of the review team, who were still laughing on their faces, were about to drop their jaws to the ground. What did they see at 10.404 seconds? ? ?
As professional athletes, they are of course familiar with the results that athletes of different levels can achieve, and the 100-meter sprint that is the most tested is the most tested by everyone.

The 100-meter run standard for second-level athletes is 11.74 seconds, for first-class athletes is 10.93 seconds, for national-level athletes is 10.50 seconds, and for international-level athletes is 10.25 seconds.

Everyone swallowed again, this time louder, and everyone looked at each other, as if they saw something incredible.

And the two supervising referees standing at the finish line also had a look of astonishment on their faces. They looked at the electronic timers in their hands, and the electronic timers erected beside the track had exactly the same time on both sides, 10.404 second.

The oldest referee quickly picked up the walkie-talkie:
"Immediately check the starter of the starting gun and the infrared device above the starting line for any problems."

That's right, the first time they saw this result, although they were surprised, the first question they thought of after they realized it was that the machine had made a mistake, not that the guy who suddenly popped out of the rock was a national athlete .

Li Xiao was also surprised when he saw his result. It seemed that there were still some deviations in his timing. He had never run so fast before.

This immediately exposed his strength, but fortunately, the problem was not too big, and it didn't exceed the standard too much.

If he accidentally broke the world record just now, it would be a lot of fun. Li Xiao guessed that he would be locked up in the national team for the rest of his life to win glory for the country, so don't even think about it.

The frivolous inspection even alarmed Director Zhang who had already returned to the office to drink tea.

Seeing that the number 10.404 was still displayed on the finish line, the calm Director Zhang rubbed his eyes for fear that he might be mistaken, but after confirming the number above, he also took a deep breath.

He hurried to several referees and whispered again, after confirming that there were no problems with the machinery and equipment, as well as the start and finish.

Director Zhang's original face of calmness also completely disappeared, and he changed into a serious expression, and he re-examined Li Xiao.

Very standard 1.8 height, neither tall nor short, good height for formal sports.

The muscle tissue on the body is very well-proportioned, and you can tell that it is a very healthy muscle at a glance. It is not the kind of muscle that is eaten by eating protein powder. It is very suitable for exercise. The muscles on the legs are especially suitable for explosive growth.

The eyes, the eyes are very sharp, and they are very energetic at first glance. As long as they are cultivated a little, they must be a sports genius.

As for age, it doesn't matter how old you are, as long as you do well enough, age is not a problem at all.

As the saying goes, no matter whether a cat is black or white, it is a good cat if it can be a good mouse.

After getting the results, Director Zhang's attitude completely changed. After all, he is going to join the provincial team of Guangdong Province now.

If he really enters the national championship in the future, and gets a good ranking in national or even international competitions, when others mention him, they will mention that he is an athlete from the Guangdong Province of the Han Kingdom.

At that time, I was well-developed. As the director who discovered him by himself, it was not easy to get promoted and raise his salary?

Under Director Zhang's order, everyone checked the equipment again, and this time the starter also changed from the young lady who came to make up the numbers temporarily to Director Zhang.

Such a genius needs to be taken good care of, and keep a little bit of love. When Li Xiao wins an award in an international competition, he must have everything in the thank you list, let's get one for himself.

Besides, the original test is to be run three times. Of course, if you run out of the standard in one run, you can actually only test it once.

But as a newcomer, Li Xiao didn't know their internal rules at all, so he was called back foolishly.

Seeing the reappearance of Director Zhang, he was a little surprised, but how could an old man like Director Zhang reveal his secrets, and quickly said with a smile:

"I'm done with the things over there. I just came here to have a look. I'll give the order for the second test. Hurry up and get ready."

Although he felt that Director Zhang's attitude had suddenly changed 180 degrees, but he didn't know the reason, and he was a little puzzled, and returned to the starting point.

When he saw Li Xiao standing in a standing posture and getting ready to start, even Director Zhang's well-informed, calm and well-controlled face couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

He felt his teeth hurt a little. Could it be that the 10.404 seconds just now were run out with this kind of amateur starting movement?

However, he did not ask, but shouted loudly:

"Get ready!!! Run!!!"

The electronic starting gun was pulled again and the sound of the gun sounded again, and a red lightning bolt appeared again on the empty track.

This time Li Xiao slowed down a little by half a step, but the speed was still quite fast.

Everyone immediately looked at the timer
【10.505】

Although it was 0.1 second slower, according to the habit of removing the last decimal point, Li Xiao's result still reached the level of a national athlete.

Seeing this scene, Peng Yuqing and Xie Bing, who were the recommenders, immediately showed proud expressions on their faces.

The faces of the two were very happy. Although they had done a basic test for Li Xiao before, but that test was done with the simplest stopwatch after all, and of course there would be some mistakes.

Moreover, Li Xiao's speed was not so fast at that time, at most he had reached the level of a first-class athlete. They were overjoyed to have such a result.

(End of this chapter)