Chapter 62 Chapter 62

[Ahhhhh, those who have snagged the qualification to watch today's game are so lucky! The first game is Sister Xi's match.]

I hate that I'm not from Kyoto. I was so envious the last time the shooting team visited Jiangbin Province, and now they're here again!

[According to this schedule, tomorrow should be Sister Xi's final, right? I only got a spot on the second day, so I'm not sure if I can catch Sister Xi's final.]

Now it's my turn to be envious. But the last time the shooting team visited our Jiangbin Province, I already got a photo with them, hahahahahaha.

There is frequent heated discussion about the selection competition online.

At this time, the Jiyue brand headquarters.

Yu Wanya stood at the head of the conference table, with Chu Xi's data and popularity on various platforms for this quarter playing behind her.

"Chu Xi's uniqueness lies in the fact that she actually switched careers from the entertainment industry to become an athlete. Furthermore, her performance in all competitions so far has been exceptional, and it's safe to say she's already secured an Olympic qualification."

"Everyone can see that this quarter, sales of the clothing line endorsed by Chu Xi have tripled since last year's World Cup. She even directly revitalized one of our clothing production lines. The clothing line, which was originally about to be discontinued, is now selling like hotcakes, and even offline stores are selling out."

"So, based on my observations, Chu Xi's future commercial value will continue to rise."

Yu Wanya continued, "Today, I ran into our old rival, Vice President Sun from Hongke, at the competition. He kept asking me all sorts of questions. I have a feeling Hongke might also want to poach Chu Xi, so we need to come up with a plan ahead of time."

The vice president crossed his arms on the table and nodded. "Well, since Director Yu is so confident, then let's proceed as you wish. We fully support you."

…

After Chu Xi finished the game and had just finished lunch, he was called to the office by Song Anshan.

"Do you know about the Red Hacker Movement?" Song Anshan raised his hand to gesture for Chu Xi to sit down. "Their leader called me out of the blue and said he wanted to discuss your endorsement."

Chu Xi was stunned. "Didn't I already sign with Ji Yue?"

"Yes, Hongke said they can offer better endorsement conditions, and are also willing to help pay Jiyue's liquidated damages." Song Anshan repeated the exact words of Hongke Vice President Sun.

Chu Xi frowned slightly.

"Forget it, I've been working with Jiyue since the beginning, there's no need to change brands at the last minute."

Song Anshan rubbed his hands together, a hint of joking in his eyes: "The endorsement conditions offered by Hongke are really generous. Are you really going to consider it again?"

Chu Xi sighed softly, shook his head, and stood up. "I'm already too busy with training and competitions every day, so how can I have time to engage in business wars? I still have a competition tomorrow, Coach Song, just help me reject it."

After he finished speaking, Chu Xi turned around and walked out of the office.

Song Anshan watched her back disappear, then withdrew his gaze and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Soon, he called Hongke's Vice President Sun back and personally rejected the matter.

Just as Song Anshan finished the call and was about to put down his phone, the phone rang again.

Song Anshan paused, glanced at the screen, and saw that it was Yu Wanya calling.

Previously, he was responsible for helping to promote the signing of endorsement contracts between the Jiyue brand and the team players, and he and Yu Wanya also exchanged phone numbers at that time.

After two seconds of contemplation, Song Anshan answered the phone, "Hello, Director Yu?"

"Coach Song, it's me. Um... Regarding Chu Xi's endorsement, we just came up with a new plan. The salary and conditions will be better."

When Song Anshan heard this, he immediately understood what was going on.

"Director Yu, are you afraid that Hongke will poach your people?" Song Anshan asked with a smile.

Yu Wanya on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, "Ah, this..."

"Let me be frank. Chu Xi just told me to reject Hongke, so don't worry about it. The endorsement has already been signed. As long as you don't violate the contract, we will definitely not change it."

"You know, they are very busy with training and competitions, and they don't have any extra energy to devote to other things."

Yu Wanya immediately felt a little apologetic. "I'm so sorry, we were just overthinking it and wasted your precious time. Then... we won't bother you anymore. You're busy."

Song Anshan responded: "Okay."

The phone was hung up.

Yu Wanya in the conference room silently put down her phone.

Managers from various departments around him cast inquiring glances, probably expecting a fierce battle for talent.

"Okay, everyone go back and rest. The endorsement issue has been resolved." Yu Wanya cleared her throat, waved her hand, and announced the disbandment.

The people around were immediately stunned and looked at him with doubt.

"Director, did we win?"

Yu Wanya lowered her head and touched her nose, "Let's just call it that."

She was actually a little embarrassed.

As soon as she returned to the company, she immediately started to make a big move and tried to compete with Hong Ke for people.

As a result, after a phone call, I found out that Chu Xi and Coach Song didn't take this matter seriously at all.

This made it seem like she and the hacker were making a big deal out of nothing.

However, Hong Ke must be more upset. In order to win Chu Xi, he must have given up a lot of benefits, but in the end he was rejected.

…

After lunch break, Chu Xi went to the training range to practice as usual.

The final is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, so there is still time to consolidate my gun feeling.

Time passed quickly and night fell. Chu Xi and Lu Meng walked towards the dormitory together. The road ahead was illuminated only by a faint light.

"Come on tomorrow, let's go to the Olympics together." Chu Xi suddenly spoke when they were halfway there.

Lu Meng smiled slightly, "Okay, let's go to the Olympics together."

The next morning, the men's 10-meter air pistol qualifying round began.

The contestants are Lu Wenxuan, An Hongran, Song Jingbo, Shi Lei and others.

Everyone knows this is the last chance to qualify for the Olympics.

In the qualifying round, all the players performed exceptionally well.

Song Jingbo and Shi Lei also improved a lot during this period, and finally advanced with the fourth and fifth place in the qualifying round.

Compared with their previous results, the two have made great progress.

It’s just that people who are better than them are also making progress.

After two international competitions, Lu Wenxuan and An Hongran have become much calmer in both mentality and character, and their performance has become more stable, leaving others with no chance to catch up.

Soon, it was afternoon.

The women's 10-meter air pistol final begins.

Chu Xi and eight other contestants appeared on the field one after another, and the audience burst into applause and cheers.

"The competition has begun. This round of the finals is divided into two stages. In the first stage, each contestant will shoot ten shots, and the scores will be accumulated to form the ranking. In the second stage, it will be an elimination stage. After every two shots, the last-placed contestant will be eliminated."

After the rules were announced, the contestants stood in front of their shooting positions and began to prepare for shooting.

Chu Xi stood in the middle, her back straight and firm, her arm holding the gun steady and straight.

The shooting continued, shot after shot.

Chu Xi's ranking always remains at the first place.

Suddenly, a sharp pain came from the wrist, and the usually calm Chu Xi frowned slightly.

When this shot was fired, it was obviously affected and only scored 9.8 rings.

The sudden change caused a burst of exclamations from the audience.

"What happened to Chu Xi?"

"I guess she was a little nervous and made a mistake. It's not a big deal, she can catch up later."

The audience began to murmur.

Chu Xi exhaled lightly, calmed down, and aimed his gun again.

This time, the stinging in my wrist was more pronounced.

But Chu Xi was prepared. She pursed her lips, endured the discomfort in her wrist, and continued shooting.

10.5 rings.

With the last few shots, Chu Xi's shooting performance returned to a stable state.

The audience who were worried just now finally put their minds at ease and quickly forgot about Chu Xi's sudden mistake.

Song Anshan was watching the game on site.

After the game, Chu Xi hurried off the court.

He frowned slightly, quickly stood up, left the audience quietly, and then came to the contestant waiting area.

Walking into the venue, Song Anshan quickly saw Chu Xi sitting on a lounge chair, holding her wrist.

"What's wrong?" Song Anshan quickened his pace and walked over.

Chu Xi shook her head. "My wrist hurts a little. It might be because I practiced holding a gun for too long a few days ago, and then I accidentally bruised it during physical training."

The wrist is one of the most fragile parts of the human body. Even a slight scratch can easily affect the joints.

"Let's go and ask the team doctor to take a look." Song Anshan immediately took out his cell phone and started calling the team doctor.

Chu Xi stood up and followed Song Anshan out of the venue.

Soon, the two arrived at the team doctor's medical room.

The team doctor held Chu Xi's wrist and examined it carefully, then frowned. "It's possible that the wrist is fatigued from training too long, and then accidentally bruised, which increased the burden on the wrist."

"Let's go to the hospital first and take an X-ray to see what's going on. If it's nothing serious, you can recover after a few days of rest."

Chu Xi nodded, "Okay."

Song Anshan didn't say anything, and directly called someone to prepare the car, "Hurry up, I'll drive the team to the hospital to take an X-ray."

…

At the entrance of the training base.

Many fans were so tired that they sat on the curb at the door, holding Chu Xi's support banners in their hands.

"Chu Xi is out!"

A scream caught the attention of the whole audience.

The fans immediately stood up, quickly took out their mobile phones, and aimed the cameras at the entrance of the training base.

Sure enough, a black car slowly drove out of the base.

There was no film on the car windows, so Chu Xi could be clearly seen sitting in the back seat.

In an instant, excited screams rang out.

Fans all stood up and took pictures on both sides of the road with cameras in their hands.

Although excited, the order at the scene was still good. Fans just gathered on both sides to take pictures, and did not block the road when the car drove out.

Soon, the black car slowly drove away, leaving only its shadow.

"Ahhhhhh, my squatting was not in vain, I actually saw Chu Xi in person!"

"I'm so lucky that I can even squat like this."

"What's going on? In the video I took, Sister Xi was holding her wrist the whole time. Is she injured?"

Half an hour later, Chu Xi finished the X-ray at the hospital.

"It's nothing serious. It's just wrist fatigue. You'll recover with a good rest over the next few days. You should always take care of your wrists. The body is like a machine; it will wear out if you use it too much. You athletes train intensely, so you should take good care of your bodies when you're not training, otherwise it will cause problems in the future."

The doctor gave earnest instructions.

Song Anshan nodded quickly, "Okay, I'll make sure to keep an eye on her and let her rest when I get back. Doctor, will this situation affect her subsequent training and competitions?"

The doctor glanced at Chu Xi and said, "It's not a big problem. She's still young and will recover after a few days of rest. But you still have to be careful. If you keep overexerting yourself, the condition will recur. If it recurs too often, the damage will be quite serious."

"Okay, okay, we got it. Thank you very much." Song Anshan hurriedly thanked the doctor.

The team doctor who came along patted Chu Xi on the shoulder and said, "The tryouts are over now. You should have a good rest these few days."

Chu Xi nodded and did not refute: "Yeah."

After Chu Xi returned to the team, he went straight to the infirmary and took an ice pack to apply cold compress to his wrist.

When she felt the stinging in her wrist gradually subside, she breathed a sigh of relief and put down the ice pack.

At this moment, Jiang Wannan rushed in from outside, "Chu Xi! I heard from the coach that you were injured?"

Chu Xi looked up and saw Jiang Wannan panting, probably because she had been running all the way here.

She explained, "I'm fine. My wrist is just overtired. The doctor said I'll recover after a few days of rest."

Jiang Wannan frowned and lifted Chu Xi's arm to take a closer look. "I'm telling you, you must take good care of your wrist. Our senior sister Xue Yaning injured her wrist and has to retire now. If she continues to practice in her condition, her hand will be crippled."

"Yeah, I know." Chu Xi raised her head. "It's okay, don't worry about me. You should prepare well for tomorrow's game first."

Jiang Wannan, who always had a smile on her face, showed no emotion at all.

She pulled out a chair and sat down next to him. "Chu Xi, we agreed on that day when we climbed the snow mountain that we would participate in the Olympics together. We will work hard together to not fall behind, and you too."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another burst of busy footsteps.

"Sister Xi! What's going on? The coach said you were injured?" Lu Wenxuan rushed in anxiously. After coming in, he leaned his hands on the edge of the table and stared at Chu Xi nervously.

Afterwards, An Hongran and Lu Meng, who had just finished training, also arrived.

"I'm fine, I just bruised my wrist." Seeing everyone so serious, Chu Xi quickly explained.

She always knew what was going on.

I have been practicing shooting for more than ten years, and my wrist has had many problems. I can only say that this is a necessary injury for shooting athletes. As long as you practice for a long time, there will be some root cause of the problem.

But everything is still under control and will not affect the competition and daily life.

The team doctor came over with a smile and changed the ice pack for Chu Xi. "Here, apply the ice again. You don't have to worry too much. Her condition is not serious and it won't affect training and competition."

She had seen many more serious situations within the team.

Chu Xi: This is not a big deal at all.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

"You guys go eat. I'll put on some ice and eat later." Chu Xi raised her hand and pushed Jiang Wannan, indicating that they didn't need to wait for her here.

Jiang Wannan turned around and waved her hand, "You guys go, I'll stay here with you."

"Okay, call us if you have any problem." After seeing that Chu Xi was indeed fine, Lu Wenxuan and the others left with peace of mind.

Before Lu Meng left, he glanced at Chu Xi and said, "We agreed to go to the Olympics together, don't fall behind."

"No." Chu Xi smiled slightly and spoke in a firm tone.

Soon, the trials ended one after another, and the list of candidates representing the Chinese team in the Olympics was officially released.