Chapter 347 Secretly Reminiscing about the Past
Luo Jiu held his forehead with both hands, "Qingyun, if you have bad news in the future, you should choose a time and situation to tell it if it's not urgent.
Why are you like a mourning bird? Come to me and tell me bad news once, and consider everyone's psychological tolerance. "
Lu Qingyun coughed awkwardly, "I thought we could all just feel bad together today, and it will be over tomorrow after a good night's sleep."
Luo Jiu waved his hand, "It's getting late, go down and have some rest."
As soon as Lu Qingyun left, Cheng Yaoyao hurriedly said, "We have to take this seriously. The medals we win now are basically based on our personal talents. If we can't master the skills, we won't be able to pass them down from generation to generation. If there are no players like Fubao, Sister Qi, and Chen Jing in the future, won't we get nothing?"
Luo Jiu nodded, "I am also worried about this. A temporary victory is nothing. We have to seek a long-term solution."
Luo Jiu pondered for a moment and said, "Well, starting tomorrow you should get in touch with outstanding small ball coaches from various countries, especially those of strong teams.
We will hire them for a period with high salaries, and when the Olympics are over, we will bring them back home.
Fortunately, our athletes all understand English, so there is no difficulty in communication.
As long as we train the first batch of technical players, the athletes can become coaches in the future and continue to train talents, thus completely realizing the goal of passing on skills from generation to generation.”
Cheng Yaoyao worriedly asked, "If I try to poach their coach, will it cause dissatisfaction among other national delegations?"
Luo Jiu smiled and lowered his voice: "We have to do this secretly, and don't make it public until it's done.
After the matter is done, it will be time for us to return home. They can complain as much as they want, but we can’t hear them.”
At this point, Zhong Jialing suddenly remembered, "There is good news that I almost forgot to tell you. Today I went to attend the royal wedding, and the foreign minister of Britain also went there and pestered me to talk to me about establishing diplomatic relations.
In the past two days, more than a dozen small countries in Australia that have confirmed the establishment of diplomatic relations have urged me to formally establish diplomatic relations. I think we should stop being so formal. I will hold a ceremony and sign a statement together to save trouble."
Luo Jiu said: "Okay, you can handle the diplomatic affairs. Your Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made great achievements during this trip. Let's celebrate together when we return."
Zhong Jialing leaned back on the sofa and said, "It's easy for me to say, I see the Ministry of Commerce is under a lot of pressure.
I heard from Vice Minister Luo of the Ministry of Commerce that when there were no buyers, you sent five cargo ships of goods from the country.
They are all scared to death. With so many goods unsaleable, they are afraid that the entire Ministry of Commerce will be reduced to street vendors and will have to push carts and sell groceries in Ouzhou for the rest of their lives."
Luo Jiu laughed, "The commercial will be released tonight and will be officially launched tomorrow.
At present, only twelve Chinese businesses have some samples we brought with us, which are displayed in their windows.
I told them that the products are only on display and not for sale, and that they need to make a reservation first if they want to buy.
The domestic cargo ship will arrive in five days. I am afraid it will arrive too late and there will be too little stuff to sell."
After Luo Jiu finished speaking, she got up and went to the inner room to make a phone call. The door was half-closed. Zhong Jialing saw her leaning on a recliner and said to the phone, "This is Luo Jiu. Connect me to the office."
Cheng Yaoyao looked at Zhong Jialing who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and bumped her shoulder, "What are you thinking about?"
Zhong Jialing whispered: "I have known Jiuer for quite some time, and I know she has always been very confident. But I am still scared by her confidence now.
The samples haven't been sold yet, but she thinks five cargo ships will be sold out? How can anyone be so confident? "
Cheng Yaoyao chuckled, "Do you want to know why?"
Zhong Jialing was shocked: "Do you have inside information?"
"No, but I heard something unrelated that might be related to this."
Zhong Jialing asked hurriedly: "What's the matter?"
"Xi Te sent someone to tell Jiuer that he wanted to hold a high-level summit and invite leaders from all countries to come here to discuss future development together."
Zhong Jialing's eyes flashed with surprise, "Is this true? He wouldn't invite everyone over and kill them all together, right?"
Cheng Yaoyao smiled and shook her head. "I don't think he's crazy enough to make the whole world his enemy. When he fights in a group, he also needs allies. How could he wipe everyone out at once? I guess he may not want to start a second world group war."
"Why?"
"He's scared."
"What are you afraid of?"
Cheng Yaoyao glanced at Luo Jiu inside and said, "Didn't he say that he was afraid of her?
I think that the sudden emergence of our country this time has brought tremendous shock to the world.
The Chinese Business Daily revealed some information about domestic armaments. Even the war maniac Xi Te had to stop and think twice after seeing this. "
Zhong Jialing was shocked. "How could the Chinese Business News have information about domestic military equipment?"
Cheng Yaoyao: "They have lived abroad for a long time, of course they don't have any. So Jiuer asked me to send them some of them. The high-definition photos were taken by our Propaganda Department ourselves.
Didn’t they explode more than a dozen swarm drone self-destructing bombs to scare Lao Jiang last time? We took a lot of photos and videos, and this time we’re using them to scare the whole world.”
Zhong Jialing suddenly realized, "No wonder. I met several royal family members from the Arab Peninsula countries at the banquet today. They asked me if China really has a bomb that flies in the sky like a bee. I was wondering how they knew that. I was shocked."
Cheng Yaoyao smiled and said, "Then how did you answer?"
Zhong Jialing said: "I don't know what's going on, and I didn't dare to respond rashly. I just gave them a mysterious smile and let them figure it out on their own."
Cheng Yaoyao smiled and said, "The news spreads really fast. The newspaper was just published this morning. Within a day, the situation changed dramatically and all countries took action.
I guess Xit probably didn't sleep well all night, and after seeing these news today, he probably doesn't want to fight anymore.
So you just asked me how Jiuer could be so confident.
If you prevented a world-class war and saved half of the world's people from the flames of war, you would be so confident that you would be arrogant. "
Zhong Jialing nodded vigorously. Indeed, what is better than winning a war is to prevent it from happening.
Luo Jiu saved the world again, and this time it wasn't even intentional. She just had a meal, chatted for a while, and changed the world situation in the process.
Zhong Jialing sat there and suddenly recalled the time when she first met Luo Jiu.
First year of high school, new students start school.
Jiang An and Zhong Cunzhi were reluctant to let their daughter suffer, so they did not let her go to military training. So the first time Zhong Jialing saw Luo Jiu was not in the dormitory or on the military training ground, but at the freshman opening ceremony.
As a representative of the freshmen, Luo Jiu went on stage to speak.
She was wearing a washed and faded, low-quality military training uniform and a pair of cheap sneakers that she had worn for who knows how long. There were threads breaking at the connection between the upper and the rubber sole.
Luo Jiu's exposed skin was all dark due to being exposed to the sun, except for his eyes, which were calm, deep, and bright like the sea surface illuminated by sunlight.
She walked onto the stage without a script and gave a beautiful speech in front of the whole school with eloquence and passion.
At that time, Feng Qi and Cheng Yaoyao were clapping loudly in the audience, feeling extremely proud.
It was obviously the first time that Zhong Jialing met Luo Jiu and they were not familiar with each other, but she was impressed and couldn't help but clap her hands hard until they turned red.
Zhong Jialing believed that she had seen a lot of the world since she was a child, and many of the guests who visited her home were well-known people. But she had never seen such a calm and unrestrained demeanor in a young girl.
Although she was tanned, she still glowed and was dazzling.
However, there are always some bored people who are jealous and cannot stand others doing well.
When Luo Jiu walked off the stage and returned to the team, someone deliberately stared at her shoes and asked in a sarcastic tone: "Luo Jiu, where did you buy these shoes? How much are they?"
Zhong Jialing was sitting in the front row. When she heard this, she was furious. What was this? Was this a public humiliation?
She stood up suddenly, but saw Luo Jiu just glanced at the man calmly and replied calmly: "Supermarket at the door, thirty-five yuan."
The man said "Oh" and stretched out his feet to show off, "Cheap goods are no good, they are all broken. Look at my pair of shoes, the latest model, it costs about 1,700 to 1,800 yuan."
Zhong Jialing's eyes widened. She had never seen such bullying before.
What kind of quality is that? Just because you have a few bucks, you enjoy making fun of others?
She gritted her teeth, took off her 23,000 yuan shoe, picked it up in her hand and jumped forward with one foot. She was determined to smash the shoe on the man's head today.
Luo Jiu stopped her and turned to the man and said, "So what? Is it noble?"
The man was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Luo Jiu to respond like this. He stuttered, "Noble... Noble, no matter how noble it is, you can't afford it anyway."
Luo Jiu smiled slightly, "How naive, a pair of shoes worth more than a thousand yuan makes you feel superior and noble.
It turns out that your nobility is only worth more than a thousand yuan.
I wear shoes that cost $35, but it doesn't stop me from walking up to the podium.
You are wearing shoes that cost over a thousand dollars, but you are still sitting here?
It seems that even if I give you such expensive shoes, it is useless and cannot make you stand in the spotlight."
The man's face turned red with anxiety. "Is it honorable to wear a pair of worn-out shoes on stage?"
Luo Jiu said frankly: "Yes, because I'm not going up there to show off my shoes.
You probably don’t understand these grand things like glory and dreams.
I sympathize with some people who have poor comprehension abilities. They cannot understand articles or speeches, and can only read price tags.
So what if you go on stage? This opportunity is given to you, what will you share with everyone? Tell everyone that your shoes are the latest model and cost more than a thousand yuan? "
There was laughter all around, and the man was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Zhong Jialing silently put on the shoes in her hand, and was glad that she was slow to speak. She almost shouted, "Is one thousand yuan so impressive? My shoes cost twenty-three thousand!"
She was almost scolded by Luo Jiu. It would be awkward to ask her to go on stage to show her shoes.
Luo Jiu went on stage several times that day. Not only did he have to speak on behalf of the freshmen, but he also had to receive a scholarship from the government and a financial aid company for the top scorer in the high school entrance exam, which added up to 30,000 yuan.
The prize money was made into a big sign. When the show was over, Luo Jiu came down holding it. Cheng Yaoyao and Feng Qi took Zhong Jialing and happily went to greet them.
Luo Jiu smiled and said, "Let's go out and have a nice meal to celebrate."
Feng Qi: "I heard that a barbecue buffet has opened in the MixC on Longkou Street. It costs 88 yuan per person."
Cheng Yaoyao: "Eighty-eight? Too expensive."
Feng Qi said, "It's cheaper if you have a student ID. The student price is 68."
Zhong Jialing was shocked: "Sixty-eight?" She was shocked. How could such cheap barbecue be eaten?
The three thought that she was complaining about the price, so Luo Jiu patted the prize money plaque in his hand and said, "It's my treat. I can feed my whole family, and tuition is free. This money is enough for us to spend. There will be a provincial math competition next month, and the special prize is 8,000 yuan. We will go to the competition after it is distributed, but we don't know when it will be distributed."
Zhong Jialing asked in surprise: "How come you don't know when it will be sent?"
"Because the timetable hasn't been announced yet," Luo Jiu answered confidently, "It hasn't started yet."
Zhong Jialing didn't understand, "You believed you could win the special prize before you even started the exam?"
Luo Jiu said: "As long as I get full marks, even if someone ties with me, it's still the special prize. Why can't I get it?" She didn't understand either.
Feng Qi said: "In a competition, if you win, you get it. We won't lose, so why should we be afraid of not getting it?"
At that time, Zhong Jialing felt that these two people were too crazy and seemed to have some problems.
She looked at Cheng Yaoyao: "What do you think?"
Cheng Yaoyao smiled and said, "I have no right to speak. I am just happy to win the first prize and 5,000 yuan in prize money."
A stiff smile appeared on Zhong Jialing's face. "Are you sure you can win the first prize?"
Cheng Yaoyao pointed at Luo Jiu and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. She got the special prize, but I can't beat her in the exam."
Zhong Jialing took a deep breath and wanted to call Jiang An.
Mom, my roommates are not normal...
The four of them were chatting there when the bored person passed by them, his eyes constantly staring at the sign in Luo Jiu's hand.
The man said sinisterly: "Congratulations, you have money to buy shoes."
Luo Jiu sneered: "Yes, I am rich. But even if I have money, I will not buy shoes that cost more than a thousand yuan, because I am not like you, who needs a pair of four-digit shoes to decorate myself, so that I can have the confidence to hold my head high and feel noble."
The man said disdainfully: "What are you so proud of? Aren't you just relying on your good grades and feeling superior? Wait until someone gets ahead of you and see what you still have to be proud of?
What's the difference between you and me?"
Luo Jiu smiled and said, "I don't have a sense of superiority, because I believe that everyone in this world is born equal, and a person's character is not affected by any external factors such as family background, clothing, grades, etc.
There are no lowly people in this world, only lowly character.
I believe that normal people are naturally noble. No matter what shoes they wear, whether they wear shoes or even have no feet, they can still walk in this world with their heads held high.
Unless someone does something despicable, you will feel that others are stepping on your head and crushing you with a sense of superiority.
Why don’t other people feel this way? Oh, maybe because they didn’t mess with me.”
The man turned around and left angrily. Luo Jiu suddenly said, "Wait a minute, you just said that I relied on my good grades. Let me remind you that my good grades are national records, and I look forward to you breaking them.
I will be number one in the rankings for the next three years. If you don’t want me to be ahead of you, here’s a good suggestion: transfer to another school!”
The man covered his ears and fled.
Cheng Yaoyao smiled and said, "These shoes worth over a thousand yuan are really good. They made me run really fast when I ran away."
Everyone laughed and went out to have a buffet.
In order to save money, Feng Qi said she knew a small road so she could walk there without taking the bus.
What a damn path, Zhong Jialing will never forget it in her life.
How could that be a path? It was a path that did not exist originally. It became a path only after many brave people like Feng Qi walked on it.
Go out from the school and walk through the alleys, then through the urban village. Inside the urban village are half-demolished earthen houses and a stubborn household.
The family kept a big dog and placed forks, sticks and hoes at the door. The people in the house were always ready to fight with the demolition workers.
When she arrived at the door of the house, Zhong Jialing was already numb. Looking at the dead end in front of her, she asked in despair, "Where is the road?"
"Shh!" Feng Qi asked her to keep her voice down. "Don't make any noise. This dog is very fierce. Last time, a member of our martial arts team ran past here and was almost caught by it."
"Ah? Then let's go back." Zhong Jialing already felt her legs shaking.
Feng Qi tempted her, "It's only a thousand meters away from the roof of this house. Don't you want to eat barbecue?"
Zhong Jialing shook her head, "I don't want to think about it anymore."
She was afraid of getting a stomachache from eating the 68-dollar barbecue.
The three of them thought she was scared and kept comforting her.
Feng Qi said, "Don't worry, I'll lead the dog away, you guys go over and wait for me."
As Feng Qi spoke, he threw a stone over, and the dog suddenly stood up. It was so big that Zhong Jialing was so scared that she didn't dare to breathe.
As soon as Feng Qi ran, the dog let out a howl, jumped out of the courtyard wall and chased her madly.
Luo Jiu patted the two of them and said, "Hurry up and go upstairs."
Cheng Yaoyao and Zhong Jialing climbed up in a few steps, turned around and pulled Zhong Jialing up as well.
This wall has been in disrepair for many years and it creaks when you step on it.
Zhong Jialing wailed inwardly: I am here to study, why should I go to a room!
The three of them had just climbed onto the roof when someone inside heard the noise and came out, holding a big stick and looking fierce, "What are you doing? What are you doing on my roof?"
Luo Jiu hurriedly said guiltily: "Look at your dog, your dog is going to bite people!"
Feng Qi was chased by the dogs for a long time. He turned around and saw them climbing up the roof. He didn't bother to circle around anymore. He quickly ran over, climbed up the wall in three or two steps, and quickly jumped down from the roof.
The owner of the house held a stick and shouted, "If you go over my roof again, I will break your legs!"
The four of them jumped down and ran away in shame. After turning the corner, Zhong Jialing didn't care about the dirt and leaned against the wall weakly, "I can't do it anymore. I have no strength left. You guys go away and don't worry about me."
Luo Jiu said: "You can't stay here even if you are bored. It's so unsafe in the wilderness."
Cheng Yaoyao said: "That's right, what are you going to do here by yourself?"
Zhong Jialing thought: What should I do? I can just take a taxi back. I won't move a step.
Feng Qi said: "It's okay. If you feel tired, I'll carry you on my back."
As he spoke, he grabbed Zhong Jialing's arm and threw her on his back. Luo Jiu suddenly realized, "I almost forgot. You are not in good health, right? You didn't have military training."
Feng Qi said: "This is ridiculous. If you were not feeling well, you should have told me earlier. We would have taken the bus."
Zhong Jialing was silent for a moment, and finally said, "It's a long story."
She really wanted to talk about her situation, but where should she start?
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