The national team's invitation has undoubtedly thrust Zhou Chen back into the spotlight of public opinion.
The limelight was unparalleled for a time.
Everyone in the entire Fanjia County knows about this.
After all, Fanjia County does not have a single national-level professional athlete.
County leaders visited the school several times to speak with Zhou Chen about this matter.
The more popular Zhou Chen becomes, the wider his stories spread. Similarly, the behavior of the three ungrateful siblings has once again become a topic of discussion.
Compared to Zhou Chen's inspirational and outstanding qualities,
Zhou Na, Zhou Ling, and Zhou Chuan were despised and looked down upon by many people. This public opinion was no longer limited to the school; the discussion outside the school was even more intense.
Many negative terms, such as ungrateful and repaying kindness with enmity, were used to describe the three of them.
Someone, wanting to avenge Zhou Chen, threw excrement into Zhao Kun's yard late at night.
Zhou Na was pelted with crumpled paper or other objects more than once.
The worst off was Zhou Chuan, because the county cooperated with Fengcheng City to heavily publicize Zhou Chen, and everyone who was detained saw the news about Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chuan already hated Zhou Chen with a vengeance, believing that Zhou Chen was responsible for his current predicament. Now that Zhou Chen was about to become a national athlete, he shouted on the spot that Zhou Chen was unworthy, attracting everyone's attention.
The guards reprimanded him sternly, saying nothing but explaining the relationship between Zhou Chuan and Zhou Chen. That night, Zhou Chuan was severely punished and suffered greatly.
Zhou Chen did not refuse the national team's invitation, but he made a request: he should not be forced to go to the national team training center and should be given a certain degree of freedom.
Furthermore, the coach cannot be changed; it remains Lu Guoliang.
Lu Guoliang was deeply moved by this, because given the national team's emphasis on Zhou Chen, they could easily have assigned him a separate coach, and many professional coaches would be willing to take on this responsibility.
Any future achievements Zhou Chen makes will be attributed to the new coach.
Lu Guoliang was prepared to have his credit taken away because he hoped Zhou Chen would get better and better and go further, but Zhou Chen's insistence on making him his coach was undoubtedly the greatest recognition for him.
This also made Lu Guoliang extremely gratified.
The national team did not immediately agree, saying they would give a reply in a few days.
"Xiao Zhou, do you know that insisting on having me as your coach might cost you this opportunity to join the national team? Is it really worth it?"
Lu Guoliang said with mixed feelings.
Seeing the ashamed look on Lu Guoliang's face, Zhou Chen smiled and shook his head, not feeling particularly sorry.
He admitted that joining the national team was a good thing and that he would have great potential, but he would not forget his roots. He said that if it weren't for Lu Guoliang's support, he wouldn't have become a sports student. It was Lu Guoliang who discovered him and gave him encouragement and attention.
Now that he has gained fame, he naturally wants to repay Lu Guoliang.
Once the national team agrees to his request, Lu Guoliang will no longer be just a high school physical education teacher; he will also gain more titles.
This is what Zhou Chen wants most.
Even if the national team doesn't agree, so what? He believes that gold will shine wherever it is.
To avoid making Lu Guoliang feel guilty, Zhou Chen explained that this was something he had thought about long ago; even if he couldn't make it into the national team, he could still make it into the provincial team.
"If you're considering the provincial team as a backup, then you're the only one left in the whole country."
Lu Guoliang was moved, but also somewhat helpless, and said with a wry smile.
Zhou Chen smiled slightly but did not reply.
The school team members were all shocked by Zhou Chen's request to the national team.
But immediately afterward came deep admiration.
Ask yourself, which sports student, faced with the opportunity to join the national team, wouldn't immediately accept it, dare to make demands, and refuse to change coaches? I'm afraid Zhou Chen is probably the only one in the entire country who would do that.
Could they have done that?
To be honest, that's not necessarily true.
Because making it into the national team is the dream of every athlete.
The news spread quickly and became known to all the teachers and students in the school.
After hearing this, the homeroom teacher, Wu Yingjie, was stunned for a while, then touched his chin and nodded silently.
Other subject teachers, while appreciating Zhou Chen's thoughtfulness, couldn't help but feel sorry for him. It's always the national team that makes the demands, not the other way around. It's a sacred place for athletes that others want to go to but find difficult to reach.
The national team will most likely refuse Zhou Chen's request, thus missing a golden opportunity.
The teachers remarked that Zhou Chen was a good child, but he was just too considerate of others.
This may have offended some leaders of the national team, leading them to withdraw their invitations.
The students had different opinions about this. Some admired Zhou Chen, saying he was a role model for the high school, while others were sarcastic, saying that Zhou Chen was ungrateful and arrogant.
Of course, this part of the sound is relatively quiet.
Public opinion is currently on Zhou Chen's side because Zhou Chen is so outstanding that it's hard to find any faults or shortcomings in her.
Actually, the people who were sarcastic and sarcastic towards Zhou Chen, apart from those who were secretly envious and jealous, were mainly Zhou Ling behind the scenes, instigating a small group and stirring up public opinion.
When Zhou Ling learned that the national team had accepted Zhou Chen, she was furious. She felt that Zhou Chen was not worthy of becoming a professional athlete for the country. Moreover, because of this, her house was emptied of things several times. Not only that, but she was also attacked with rumors, which led to Zhao Kun being scolded as well.
Zhou Ling blamed everything on Zhou Chen, and felt resentful.
Unexpectedly, good news came in the blink of an eye: Zhou Chen made a request to the national team, which made Zhou Ling feel great. Then she asked Sun Tingting and others to say some things that were unfavorable to Zhou Chen.
Hearing Sun Tingting's feedback, although public opinion was still on Zhou Chen's side, those negative voices would still have some impact, which could be considered as revenge in a way.
"Zhou Chen, you've made yourself out to be a loyal and righteous person, but it's made us three siblings look like rats in the street, ridiculed by everyone, and we'll completely lose our chance to join the national team."
Zhou Ling sneered. She believed that the national team would definitely not agree to Zhou Chen's request. How dare a nobody from a small place make demands of the national team? Zhou Chen was not qualified.
Just two days later
Zhou Ling received some good news that made her burst into laughter.
Sun Tingting told Zhou Ling the news she had heard: the national team had indeed not agreed to Zhou Chen's request to be admitted to the national team.
This made Zhou Ling extremely happy, and she decided to celebrate.
Inside the principal's office,
"Zhou Chen, although the national team rejected your request, allowing Lu Guoliang to hold a temporary position in the provincial team is a tacit agreement. You can first join the provincial team, train and study there, and after the college entrance examination, you can decide whether to pursue a professional athlete career or a combination of academics and athletics based on your scores."
As the principal looked at the young Zhou Chen, he felt quite moved as he spoke, realizing that Zhou Chen had truly done Lu Guoliang a great favor.
Being directly assigned to the provincial team is a privilege few physical education teachers in Fengcheng City enjoy.
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