Longevity for Two Thousand Years

Duanmu Ci, courtesy name Zigong, a native of the State of Wei in the late Spring and Autumn period, was a highly esteemed disciple of Confucius, who has lived for two thousand years.

He once ...

Chapter Thirty-Nine Sailing Club

Duanmu Ci took out a copy of his application to join the Harvard sailing team from his briefcase. "Of course I know, because I'm a Harvard alumnus, and I pay attention to certain information. Besides, I was once a key member of the Harvard sailing team, leading the members to compete in waters all over the world."

Xu Youmei picked up the document and began to read it. At the bottom was a dark red stamp, which looked like it meant "approved," but… "How do I know if it's real?"

Duanmu Ci took out a disc from his briefcase. "This is a video of me competing with the Harvard Sailing Team. You'll see what I mean when you watch it."

Xu Youmei plugged the disk into the B port, clicked the mouse a few times, and the screen switched to displaying the image.

The towering Gothic buildings standing on both sides of the mighty river immediately make it clear to viewers that the match is taking place on the Thames in England.

"This is when we play against Oxford University," Duanmu Ci explained from the sidelines.

The footage showed a live sailing race between Harvard University and Oxford University on the Thames River. The athletes from both sides took turns to enter the arena. Among a group of Western faces, Xu Youmei immediately noticed Duanmu Ci, who was an Easterner—it seemed that what he said was true.

The race began immediately afterward. Xu Youmei kept a close eye on the sailboat that Duanmu Ci was piloting and found that his skills were indeed quite good, worthy of being a former star player of the Harvard sailing team.

After watching the competition video, Xu Youmei asked, "Why did Teacher Duanmu suddenly decide to help? Is it possible that he's offering to help the school clubs on a voluntary basis?"

Duanmu Ci said, "Of course, it's not a voluntary help. Actually, I want the sailing club to join my club."

Upon hearing the terms, Xu Youmei instinctively wanted to refuse. To make the sailing club your subordinate department? What a joke! But after a second thought, she said, "This is a serious matter. I can't make the decision myself. I need to ask our club president, who is also my brother, Xu Chuncheng."

Shortly after the phone call, Xu Chuncheng and several boys arrived. As soon as they entered the office, he asked, "I heard someone wants to take over my sailing club?"

Duanmu Ci said, "It's not swallowing, it's merging."

"Isn't that just swallowing?"

Duanmu Ci, “…” It seems so…

Xu Chuncheng said, "In short, I will not allow anyone to interfere with the sailing club! Teacher Duanmu, please leave!"

"So, it doesn't matter even if the sailing club loses?" Duanmu Ci suddenly said, "Right here on the beach outside the academy, in front of everyone, our Chinese university's sailing club lost to the American university's sailing club. Can you really afford to lose face like that?"

Of course I can't afford to lose it...

However, Xu Chuncheng still stubbornly retorted, "So what if you graduated from the Harvard Sailing Club? Do you think we'd know if you're an inside man? In any case, the Sailing Club can't be merged with anyone else!"

Duanmu Ci said, "I can tell you about the weaknesses and tactics of the Harvard sailing team."

Xu Chuncheng scoffed, "We can figure that out ourselves, there's no need!"

"I can buy you new racing boats, and I can help you repair the old ones."

"We can handle this ourselves, it's not necessary!"

“I can hire Zhao Dongyang as the coach.”

"We can do this ourselves... What! Zhao Dongyang?!"

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