The national track and field team returned home with great honors this time. Both the General Administration of Sport and the Athletics Administration Center were very generous in rewarding the entire team and individuals.
In the words of Wang Zhengsheng, director of the Farmland Management Center: If we want soldiers to fight well, we cannot let them suffer hardships, win awards and still be poor.
All in all, the Athletics Administration Center has taken very good care of the athletes' welfare and other aspects. Even when various brand advertisers come to the center and ask the athletes to shoot commercials, the commission taken by the Athletics Administration Center is the lowest among all sports centers, with a commission of only 10% for the athletes.
This time, after the athletes returned to China, they first received a wave of awards from the General Administration of Sports, and then received layers of awards from the Athletics Center and the national team. In addition, because this Asian Championships received widespread attention, the relevant provincial and municipal units where these athletes were located also awarded the athletes different awards, including additional sponsorship awards from companies in some of the athletes' cities.
To be honest, the athletes of the track and field team can be said to have reaped both honor and money.
In the past few days after returning to China, Su Bai did not force them to train too much. The main consideration was the recovery of Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen, who had been overloaded for several consecutive days. Therefore, everyone was in a quite relaxed state during training.
Qiu Wen happily counted the rewards he had received in the past few days with Su Bai, and then vowed to work harder in the competition next time.
Su Bai looked at Qiu Wen's silly look, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Why? Are you competing harder just to get more bonuses?"
Qiu Wen's face immediately changed, he raised his head and stood up to salute: "No, no, of course it's for the honor of the motherland!"
As soon as these words came out, not only Su Bai, but also Zhang Ziyi beside him patted him on the back of the neck with a smile: "Alright, it's not shameful to fight for the bonus. Just remember to win glory for the country."
Seeing Qiu Wen's expression, Su Bai also laughed and shook his head: "Alright, just remember to train well and play well. As for the rest, we are all members of the national team, and no one will treat us unfairly. Just don't put your mind on other things."
Qiu Wen blinked, then nodded with a silly smile: "Of course not. If I dare to only care about money and not train well for the competition, my grandfather will be the first one to beat me ten miles away with his walking stick, not to mention others!"
Qiu Wen's grandfather is an old coach of the S Province Track and Field Team. Although Qiu Wen has now joined the national team, he will still contact his grandfather by phone or video whenever he is free, and report his training experience to the old man. As he said, if he really dares to only care about money, his grandfather will be the first to deal with him.
Su Bai certainly understood all this, and he also knew that the athletes on the team did not have such thoughts yet. However, as the track and field team received more and more attention, there might be more or less financial temptations appearing around the members of the track and field team.
At this moment, he was expressing his attitude to other members of the team by criticizing Qiu Wen, hoping that the players in the team could also keep their hearts.
Su Bai glanced at Qiu Wen, nodded to him, and then said with a smile: "Okay, go train well."
Of course, the other contestants around also saw what was happening between Su Bai and Qiu Wen. Su Bai did not hide his intentions too much, and the contestants around him also knew what was going on.
In fact, to be honest, Su Bai's restrictions on them in this regard are the most relaxed among all the coaches in the national team. In other teams, once the players become a little famous, the coaches will start to control this aspect more strictly.
The main reason is fear. In the sports world, due to commercialization and other reasons, even some athletes who have already achieved good results are constantly being drawn into the commercial circle, striving for fame and fortune, and ultimately wasting their own talents.
Money is not a bad thing, but for some athletes, when they encounter a bottleneck in their performance, if they know that there is a way out that allows them to gain fame and fortune without having to work so hard, it is possible that the determination to fight for success that helps them grow will be eroded.
In the past few days, everyone had indeed made some insignificant jokes about this reward. After hearing Su Bai's invisible warning, everyone calmed down and withdrew their thoughts from their previous achievements and awards.
There is a chance to get rewards in every game, but if the spirit is scattered, it will not be easy to gather again.
Looking at the players on the training ground straightening out their originally loose state, Su Bai breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed his forehead.
The longer you coach these players, the more problems you will face. From training, life to the players' psychological level, all aspects need to be considered as a coach. It is really not easy to be a good coach.
After using the excuse of beating Qiu Wenye to talk to the other players on the team, Su Bai suddenly received a call from Pei Jinan, asking him to come to his office.
Su Bai then handed over the task of watching the team members' training to Wang Ting and Zheng Xingguo, and went to Pei Jinan's office alone.
As a result, as soon as he arrived at the office, he saw Liao Jie, the deputy director of the Field Management Center, sitting in Pei Jinan's office.
Liao Jie is the deputy director in charge of the marketing and events department. He is sitting here with an assistant beside him. Su Bai immediately knows what is going on.
Seeing this, Su Bai smiled bitterly with a headache: "Director Liao, I just told the players in the team not to think about money, but to focus on training and competition, and now you are here."
Pei Jinan and Liao Jie watched Su Bai walk in, see them, and then smile bitterly. They didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that Su Bai had just beaten the players in the team.
Liao Jie smiled and shook his head: "Okay, most of the athletes in our track and field team are still relatively positive, so you don't have to worry too much."
As he spoke, Liao Jie took out various documents and forms in his hand and said, "In fact, at the beginning of the year, after the variety show was broadcast, as you know, the players in the team received many invitations, but the center blocked many of them. They felt that the popularity of the players at that time was all false. It was the same as what you were worried about, that the players were exposed to too much commercial content and would become arrogant. But this time is different. The Asian Championships is a touchstone. Not only has the popularity of track and field events been thoroughly recognized, but the strength of the players has also been beautifully displayed."
"On the day the Asian Championships ended, the center received a lot of invitations. I asked the staff in the department to carefully screen them. In the end, we only sent over the ones that we thought were suitable and offered good treatment to the players."
"It's not just the 400m event. We also have high jump, 100m, shot put... We have athletes from all events. Some are team invitations, some are individual invitations. The documents here are all brands with high brand awareness and guarantees. In short, you can pick them. I know you are worried that the athletes will not be able to keep their interest. However, these invitations are now in our hands. If you block them for the athletes, it may not be a big deal in the short term, but over time, this team will be more difficult to lead."
Su Bai listened to Liao Jie's words and just smiled and nodded. Liao Jie's words made sense, and he knew and understood that he didn't want to stop the players in the team from making money, but he felt that the timing was indeed a bit coincidental.
To be honest, he actually knows the personalities and characters of the current 400-meter runners, and he won't let his confidence swell just because of some advertisements. It's just that in the future, there will always be new and updated runners selected into the national team. In this case, we must start from now on to correct the trend, so that newcomers don't feel that they are being treated differently in the future.
Su Bai smiled and put these questions behind him for the time being, then casually took Liao Jie's invitation and started reading it. The product categories involved were mostly sports-related products, and some were nutritional supplements such as milk powder and milk. Most of them were endorsement and promotion products that were very consistent with the style of athletes.
As Liao Jie said, these brands have indeed been approved by the Athletics Management Center and are quite well-known. As far as Su Bai knows, they have always had a good reputation.
"Director Liao, you guys can handle it. I don't understand these things related to brand business operations."
What Su Bai said was the truth. So far, he has worked his way up from an athlete to a chef in the kitchen and then to a coach. He has no problem considering the physical and mental state of the players, studying various sports data, or even cooking. However, when he saw the business data that Liao Jie handed to him, he really had a headache.
Seeing that he had a headache, Liao Jie also smiled and said, "Okay, the main thing is to see if the advertising shooting time required by these brands will affect your training schedule. If you have no problem with these, then our commercial marketing department will take care of the rest."
Su Bai had indeed seen the requirements for the advertising shooting schedule. He took back the plans, flipped through them, and looked at the contents carefully. After making sure that there was no impact, he handed the plans to Liao Jie.
"It's no problem. The players in the team originally practiced six times a week and had one day off. The shooting time required for these commercials is not too long, so one day is basically enough. If that doesn't work, the training on Saturdays is also relatively easy, so one and a half days is usually enough."
Hearing Su Bai's answer, Liao Jie nodded. Seeing that Su Bai looked like he was about to leave, Liao Jie quickly stopped him: "Hey, wait, Xiao Bai, there are two more invited cases here."
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Su Bai was stunned for a moment, not knowing why Liao Jie handed the case to him separately. But when he took a look at the project plan, his face suddenly became a little strange.
The project proposal is just an ordinary project proposal, but the invitee...
Su Bai wanted to ask if he had filled in the wrong invitee?
Liao Jie and Pei Jinan saw his expression and laughed: "Xiao Bai, you were invited to these two cases."
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