Chapter 80
When everyone present turned their attention to the young coach who was speaking, some people gradually recognized that he was the youngest head coach in the national track and field team.
Although the domestic coaching professional title rating has a requirement for years of experience, Coach Pei's professional title level is still very low, but his name after returning from Lyles College is well-known in the circle.
After hearing the plan proposed by Pei Dingshan, everyone present quickly realized - wasn't this Su Yu discovered by Coach Pei after he returned to China?
This is talking to the players you are leading!
But the coaches and officials from the General Administration of Sport and the Athletics Association present all felt that there was nothing wrong with what Pei Dingshan said.
After all, it’s like he said - what if Su Yu can prove his strength at the World Youth Championship in Tampere, Finland?
In fact, the officials of the Sports Federation and the Athletics Association do not receive as little information as many people imagine. For example, the discussion among Japanese track and field enthusiasts and media about the three young athletes Su Yu, Zhou Yuang and Jiang Yuan was compiled into a book by a specialist in charge of collecting online public opinion information and then submitted to them.
Come to think of it - those Japanese are still so wary of Su Yu, and they have privately discussed whether Su Yu can set a new record in the World Youth Championship.
Then why can we be so full of expectations for Su Yu during the World Youth Championship, but have to worry about his lack of experience and difficulty in coping during the Asian Games?
After thinking through this logic, the officials at the scene looked at each other and quickly agreed to Pei Dingshan's proposal.
The official on the rostrum who was in charge of presiding over the discussion also breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at the audience: "In this case, for the men's 200m event, only Zhan Youming will be the first candidate, Su Yu and Gao Yansong will be the backup candidates, and the official list will be reviewed and discussed for the last time after the World Youth Championships. Please raise your hands if you agree with this plan."
This time, officials from the General Administration of Sport, the Athletics Association, and the coaches of the national team all voted in favor.
Seeing this result, the host on the rostrum finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Well, since everyone agrees, the current Asian Games roster and reserve list will be sorted out by the staff and announced on the official website in three days. The national team coaches are also requested to do a good job of pre-match training and ideological work for the athletes."
After the most important issues were resolved, the meeting began to move towards a new process.
***
Three days later, the Athletics Administration Center made the first public announcement of the entry list for the Asian Games track and field events on its official website and official Weibo account. At the same time, an asterisk note was used at the bottom of the public announcement document to explain that the final list of some events in the public announcement has not been determined, and the final list of participants will be selected from the reserve list in the final announcement stage.
In fact, this asterisk note has also appeared in previous years, so this note is not important. What is important is the long list that has been released.
Under the official Weibo of the Athletics Administration Center, as soon as the first round of public announcements came out, track and field fans who followed the official Weibo of the Athletics Administration Center came uninvited.
Hot-blooded Youth: [Here it comes, we finally got to the first round of rosters! 】
I Love Track and Field: [That’s great, I finally got the first round list. I just took a quick look and they are all familiar names. I hope everyone can achieve good results in this Asian Games! 】
My name is Niu Boyi: [I took a look and saw that it was Captain Zheng and Brother Xiao Ming who won the men's 100m. That's great! With these two great generals on the field, we will definitely be able to achieve an outstanding result in Jakarta this time! 】
Uncle Liang: [There were no surprises in the long jump, there was nothing to worry about for the Five Tigers, and the men's high jump was the same as usual, with the bundled combination of Sun Yuhang and Zhang Xujian - to be honest, with Sun Yuhang's personality, if he doesn't bundle Zhang Xujian up to play, I'm afraid even his fans will find it hard to feel at ease, right? 】
Is Xu Gong bald today? [Haha, are my friends all serious? I am different. I came here today just to take a look at the men's 200 meters. Have the Sports General Association and the Athletics Association come up with a result? I originally thought that since it had been made public, there shouldn’t be any problems. But now it seems that the Athletics Association still hasn’t bothered to come up with a result! Both Su Yu and Gao Yansong are on the public list of candidates! 】
In fact, it is certainly not just the netizen named "Is Xu Gong bald today?" who really noticed this piece of information. As soon as the list came out, someone on the Track and Field Kingdom forum had already copied it.
These track and field fans who had been waiting for the Asian Games list started talking about the result as soon as possible. In addition to expressing their admiration for the fact that Lao Ma Benteng, the senior big brother of the forum, was indeed well-informed, they were also discussing the purpose of putting Su Yu and Gao Yansong on the same list of candidates.
Floor 56: [This list has been released for public viewing, why is there still a double backup? Is this something that the Sports Federation hasn’t finished figuring out yet? 】
Floor 61: [Tsk, actually I think the dilemma is over. I guess the result of double alternatives will be the result. The main reason is that most people probably want to choose Su Yu, but considering Su Yu’s age or some other factors, they just put him on the double alternative list for the time being, and wait and see if there is any opportunity to make the final decision. 】
I have to say that there are quite a few smart people on the forum of the track and field kingdom. Just from such a casual chat in this post, it is almost certain to be the truth.
Some people even speculated that perhaps the General Administration of Sports just wanted to see Su Yu's results and performance in the World Youth Championship before making the final decision.
This speculation was also agreed by most people. For a while, there were more and more discussions about the World Youth Championships in the track and field kingdom.
***
National Track and Field Team Training Base
Before the current public list was officially released, Sun Gaoshu and Zheng Sheng had already talked to Gao Yansong privately.
They talked to Gao Yansong privately, not because they wanted to suppress Gao Yansong by relying on their authority and status as coaches, but out of the public conscience of a coach and the person in charge of the sprint team.
As a 200-meter sprinter, Gao Yansong's men's 200-meter sprint is somewhat like Zhang Xujian's men's high jump and Feng Chuming's men's 100 meters.
In the past seasons and competitions, Gao Yansong has always been the absolute second choice in the men's 200m event.
At the same time, as an athlete, Gao Yansong has been training diligently and constantly improving his strength - just like Feng Chuming in the men's 100 meters. If he successfully improves his strength and breaks through his limits, he will win glory like Feng Chuming did in this Asian Games trials.
But unfortunately, he didn't.
Not only did he fail, but he also lost to Su Yu, who was much younger than him.
Now, because of his loss to Su Yu, the Asian Games qualification that was almost certain to be secured may be taken away. This matter is bound to have an impact on Gao Yansong.
Although Gao Yansong did not explicitly express that he was not in good shape, it was impossible for Sun Gaoshu and Zheng Sheng to wait until Gao Yansong showed problems such as low form or abnormality before coming to him to make amends.
"Coach Sun, Coach, you are here?"
Gao Yansong was stunned for a moment after opening the door, but soon seemed to figure out why the two people came to see him, so he didn't hesitate and directly made way for the two people, allowing them to enter his dormitory.
As senior players in the team, players like Gao Yansong and Zhan Youming have the privilege of living in a single dormitory. At the moment, his things are the only ones in his room, and they look tidy. However, the TV in the single dormitory is on, and the scenes played on TV look familiar to Sun Gaoshu and Zheng Sheng - it is the first men's 200-meter race that Su Yu will run this season.
Seeing this, Zheng Sheng asked tentatively: "Yansong, what are you doing...?"
Gao Yansong was also very calm: "Study the opponent."
Hearing what he said, Sun Gaoshu and Zheng Sheng looked at the sofa and coffee table in front of the TV and saw that there were indeed several books of materials piled on them. These materials looked very familiar to both Sun Gaoshu and Zheng Sheng. They were the event data materials shared by all events within the national team after Pei Dingshan launched the "scientific auxiliary training" work this season.
These materials are not only for the coaching team, but athletes in the same event can also apply for their own data materials for study and analysis.
It is obvious that the materials in Gao Yansong's hands were applied for by himself. He then watched and studied them repeatedly against Su Yu's game videos. These materials were also filled with Gao Yansong's conjectures or questions about some of Su Yu's techniques and performances.
Gao Yansong saw the stunned looks on Sun Gaoshu and Zheng Sheng's faces and couldn't help laughing: "Coach Sun, and coach, I know why you came to see me tonight, but don't worry, I'm fine."
It's 'no big deal', not 'nothing'.
That day, after losing to Su Yu, Gao Yansong didn't even believe it himself to say that he was not affected at all - although as an athlete, winning and losing are common things, Gao Yansong did feel a sense of boredom in his heart at that time.
In the final of the Asian Games trials, he ran a time of 20.86 seconds - as many people know, this result was already among his top three this season, but he still lost to Su Yu.
Young people are so awesome!
For a moment, Gao Yansong even felt that "I am no longer needed in the 200-meter event."
After all, before this, the reason why he seemed indispensable in the 200-meter event was simply because he was the second strongest player after Zhan Youming.
But now, he thought that Su Yu would probably surpass him soon.
With this thought in mind, he was alone and depressed for a long time that night, until Zhan Youming noticed that something was wrong with him, and then poured him a large glass of boiled water. The two of them drank the boiled water as if it were wine and chatted for a long time.
Gao Yansong couldn't remember exactly what they talked about, but he remembered the last sentence that Zhan Youming said - "Since you think your opponent is strong, then study him carefully and think about why he is strong?" 】
——[If you only see that your opponent is strong, but don’t see why he is strong, then your opponent will only continue to become stronger and leave you far behind the starting point. 】
——[As long as you still have fire in your heart and still want to rush forward, then go and see why your opponent is so strong, and then find a way to catch up. 】
At that time, when he said this, Zhan Youming laughed and said to him: "You don't know? When I met Hartman and his group of perverts, I was thinking the same thing in my heart - 'Gan, why are these guys so strong? Let me study why they are so strong'."
"Anyway, no matter how abnormal a genius you are, I will never give up easily!"
***
"That's about it."
Gao Yansong did not hide anything, but frankly told Zhan Youming about the help he had received and his current thoughts.
Sun Gaoshu and Zheng Sheng looked at each other and shook their heads - these two old men were late!
Fortunately, although Zhan Youming looks lively, he is actually quite sensitive to the situation of his teammates.
Thinking of this, Sun Gaoshu first said to Gao Yansong: "This is probably the situation. Your coach Zheng and I came here to check on you. We are very pleased that you are in your current state. In addition, based on your and Su Yu's results in the selection competition this time, everyone finally decided at the discussion meeting of the Sports Federation to put you and Su Yu on the reserve list first, and then make a final list before the final registration in a month."
Gao Yansong thought about the time point one month later and understood: "Are you waiting for the result of Su Yu's World Youth Championship?"
Sun Gaoshu and Zheng Sheng had no intention of hiding it from him and simply nodded in acknowledgement.
Gao Yansong asked: "Is the Sports Federation worried that Su Yu lacks experience in international competitions?"
Sun Gaoshu nodded: "Yes, so I plan to see if Su Yu can hold up in the World Youth Championship. If he can, there is a high probability that many people will tend to choose Su Yu to play."
At this point, Sun Gaoshu paused and said, "Dan Yansong, this month is not only Su Yu's opportunity, but also your opportunity."
Gao Yansong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that this season's domestic races had indeed all ended before the Asian Games trials, but events such as the IAAF Challenge and the Diamond League would not be affected by the holding of the Asian Games.
When Zheng Sheng arranged his schedule for this season, they discussed the period before the Asian Games and finally decided to have him participate in the IAAF Challenge in Madrid, Spain and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to improve his competitive state before the Asian Games through training through competition.
Yes.
In the next month, the World Youth Championships is Su Yu's chance, so are these two IAAF Challenge Championships also his opportunities?
If he can achieve good enough results in these two games, it may not be known who will get the spot in the end!
***
When Sun Gaoshu and Zheng Sheng came out of Gao Yansong's office, they both sighed.
"Old Zheng, we are still not paying enough attention to the players!"
As for Gao Yansong's situation this time, if Zhan Youming had not done psychological work on Gao Yansong beforehand, who knows what state Gao Yansong would have been in when they came to find him.
As the perennial runner-up in the men's 200m event, Gao Yansong's title doesn't sound good and he isn't well-known, but his contributions to the national team are definitely not small. If it's really because they didn't pay enough attention to the athletes in time that they developed psychological problems, then they must regret it.
Zheng Sheng also sighed: "Fortunately, the result this time is not bad."
In fact, it’s more than just not bad.
Gao Yansong's current state is obviously stimulated by Su Yu. Compared with his calm appearance in the past, Gao Yansong is now more serious and proactive.
This is a bit like the positive impact that the competition between the Five Tigers and Jiang Yuan brought to the athletes in the men's long jump event of the Asian Games trials, but the impact brought by Su Yu will last longer.
The positive and proactive influence between these players is exactly what coaches like Sun Gaoshu and Zheng Sheng want to see.
Now Gao Yansong's performance makes Sun Gaoshu and Zheng Sheng very happy.
In the current 200-meter event, although young athletes such as Su Yu and Zhou Yuang have emerged - but if mature athletes like Gao Yansong can also raise their strength to a higher level, wouldn’t it be better?
With such expectations, Sun Gaoshu and Zheng Sheng even walked a little faster on their way back.
***
The first round of public lists for the Asian Games were released on June 22. At that time, the training camp for the World Youth Championship had already begun, and all the starting players for the World Youth Championship had been gathered in the national team for the final stage of training before the World Youth Championship.
In fact, the training for the World Youth Championship started at the end of May, but Su Yu, Jiang Yuan, Zhou Yuang, Ye Minghao and others did not follow the schedule of the World Youth Championship training camp. Instead, they participated in a round of competitions outside before returning to participate in the training.
This is also the consistent treatment of the national team for the "strong ones". After all, sports cannot train elites by unified training. Behind every top athlete there is their own coaching team, which makes better plans for their careers based on their familiarity with their physical and competitive conditions.
Just like the national team's annual winter training, which is very strict, it also lacks meaning and constraints for players such as Zheng Tianxi and Zhan Youming.
On this day, after the World Youth Championship training camp was over, the news that the first round of the Asian Games roster was being announced spread. Many players in the training camp could not help but look in the direction of Su Yu. However, no matter how hard they looked, Su Yu was still a young player who looked only 15 years old. Not only was he the youngest in the training camp, he was also the weakest physically.
God knows how shocked they were after observing Su Yu’s training volume!
——That’s it? That’s it? !
——Is this the amount of training Su Yu does for the whole day? !
They originally thought that since Su Yu could achieve such results at such a young age, the amount of private training he must have done must be astonishing.
Now they know...it's quite 'astonishing', but astonishing in a different sense.
***
There was actually very little time left between June 22nd and July 15th, but in addition to regular training, Su Yu also received another job - shooting endorsement photos and videos.
Su Yu:……?
Even Su Yu himself was confused when he received this invitation.
Endorsement photos and videos?
If he had at least paid attention to content related to sprinting before his rebirth, then endorsement photos and videos were really completely unfamiliar areas for Su Yu.
In his opinion, this is a job that only players at the level of Zheng Tianxi, Feng Chuming, and Zhan Youming can have.
The staff member from the Marketing and Promotion Department of the Field Management Center who came with Pei Dingshan looked at Su Yu with a smile and said, "Yes, endorsement."
At this point, the staff member thought for a moment and said, "Xiao Yu, you probably don't understand. The endorsements for different products are divided into very detailed levels, such as global spokesperson, Asia Pacific spokesperson, China spokesperson, brand friend, brand ambassador, etc. Just those titles, let alone you, even those of us who have been in charge of this area for many years are often confused."
"The company that wants to sign a contract with you this time, Xiaoyu, is Jigu Video, an app that specializes in live sports video broadcasts. They are not signing a spokesperson title. They purchased the live broadcast rights for the World Youth Championships in Tampere, Finland from the IAAF. They will exclusively broadcast the World Youth Championships in China at that time."
The staff member continued to explain: "Because it is related to the World Youth Championship, they want to sign the most popular and discussed young player as the promotion ambassador for this World Youth Championship in Tampere, Finland."
So this job is actually nothing. To use the words of those fans in the entertainment industry, it is "a meaningless short-term job."
But for athletes, especially those who haven't achieved many results in official competitions, let alone this kind of "short generation", even lower-level advertisements are not available to them.
After all, when advertisers make advertisements, they want a promotional effect - so at least someone should know the person who is advertising for them, right?
Those players who don’t have many final competition results, few people know them, and they don’t have any fans. In this case, can we still expect them to receive advertising promotion?
Especially in the event of track and field, although the basic popularity in China is high, the popularity is really low.
In the event of track and field, athletes who are approached by advertisers to advertise are already at the top level of the event. Now that Jigu Video has approached Su Yu to be the spokesperson, it is already a pleasant surprise for the Athletics Administration Center.
After listening to the staff's explanation, Su Yu basically understood what it meant.
The staff smiled and said, "Don't worry, Jigu Video has a lot of experience in working with athletes regarding the commercial shoot. It will be scheduled on the rest day, Sunday, the 24th. It's estimated to only take half a day of your time. Don't be nervous, just finish the shoot."
Su Yu paused, but ultimately did not refuse the staff's invitation.
But... facing a new job that he had never experienced in two lifetimes, Su Yu couldn't help but pursed his lips and became a little nervous.
That evening, Zhou Yuang sent the news that Su Yu would be participating in the endorsement shooting of Jigu Video to the group. As usual, there was another red envelope rain in the group, flying all over the sky to celebrate Su Yu's "new job".
Jiang Yuan: [^^Congratulations to Xiaoyu! Looking forward to seeing the final feature film! 】
Jiang Ruohui: [This is great, Jigu Video, you have good taste! 】
Ye Minghao: [(Xiaoyu praying gif) Looking forward to the feature film! 】
Jiang Yuan: [(Xiaoyu praying gif) Looking forward to the feature film! 】
Su Yu: [……(Xiao Yu is silent gif)]
***
Although it was a rest day on Sunday morning, Su Yu had already gotten used to getting up at 5 a.m. to do morning training on an empty stomach. Even on rest days without training, they would still get up at the same time and maintain their condition through simple morning training.
But even though Su Yu had been acting the same as usual since he got up this morning, Jiang Yuan and Zhou Yuang still noticed something was wrong with Su Yu due to their long-term familiarity and tacit understanding.
Seeing Su Yu running in circles in front, Zhou Yuan quietly tugged at Jiang Yuan's sleeve from behind: "Yuanzi, do you think Xiao Yu is nervous?"
Jiang Yuan turned his head and glanced at him, ignoring him, and said two words: "Focus."
After the morning training was over and they had breakfast, Jiang Yuan and Zhou Yuang saw that Su Yu was still pursing his lips, and they finally confirmed that Su Yu was really nervous about the endorsement shoot this afternoon.
After all, Su Yu has never been an outgoing person. Even though he has gradually developed the bad potential of a black sesame filling under the influence of everyone in the group, he was essentially a complete autistic person in his previous life. He only had Jiang Yuan as his good friend. Later, after he became a graduate student, he was lucky that his roommates in the dormitory were all good people with cheerful personalities. Only then did he gradually make friends other than Jiang Yuan.
Although he is different from before after being reborn in this life, this difference is not enough for Su Yu to change to the extent that he can face the camera and shoot commercials.
It’s not quite right to say that I was scared, I just felt nervous and a little awkward.
It was the same complicated feeling he had when he found out that his mother had made a bunch of emoticon series for him, so that he actually had his own emoticon IP.
It's subtle, but not annoying, but it's certainly not without tension.
***
In the afternoon, when Su Yu was about to leave for the photo studio that he had booked with Jigu Video, he poked his phone casually and saw Zhou Yuang pop up in the group again, posting a series of videos -
Su Yu and his friends group
Zhou Yuang: [Videos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, @苏渚, hey, look, brother is good to you? I just searched for the commercials shot by Captain Zheng, Zhan Youming and Sun Yuhang, and I’ll give them to you for reference! 】
Jiang Ruohui: [Wow, that’s incredible, @周宇昂, Angzi, I didn’t expect you to be so considerate? 】
Zhou Yuang: [Xiaoyu proud gif, isn’t that right? 】
Just...
When Su Yu clicked on these videos, he saw videos like 'Zheng Tianxi took off his training suit with a dark face, and drank mineral water after sweating profusely', 'Feng Chuming, a muscular man, sweating and sprinting forward', 'Zhan Youming patted his chest muscles in a tight competition suit'...
Such as this, the style is very unified and particularly muscular.
Su Yu: […Xiao Yu is silent gif]
If he hadn't watched these ads, he might have just been nervous, but now after watching them...
Su Yu pursed her lips and looked at her body, which had not yet developed horizontally like Zheng Tianxi and the others. She really began to feel anxious.
So, what kind of advertising shooting plan did Jigu Video arrange for him?
His body type...
Jigu Video, I don’t think he will come out to show off his muscles...right?
While he was so nervous and anxious, Zhou Yuang in the group was still jumping around: [@苏渚, look, brother is good to you? 】
Su Yu looked at Zhou Yuang's speech, took a deep breath silently, and typed on his phone: [It's very good, but you don't have to be so nice next time. 】
After saying this, he very devoutly sent Zhou Yuang an emoticon that said "Thank you, boss".
Probably because he had confronted Zhou Yuang in the group, and after seeing Zhou Yuang's confused look, Su Yu felt a little relaxed.
Before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, the staff told him that they had arrived at the filming location.
After hearing this, Su Yu took a deep breath and got out of the car with a "heroic sacrifice" mood.
After he got off the car and was led by the staff to the dressing room to get ready, before the makeup artist arranged by Jigu Video arrived, he silently observed some of the costumes in the dressing room, somewhat concerned about how he would be dressed later.
He waited until the makeup artist knocked on the door and walked into the dressing room. Facing the makeup artist with shining eyes looking at him, Su Yu tensed his body nervously. Finally, he gritted his teeth and looked up at the makeup artist in front of him: "...Hello, can I ask what kind of look is arranged for today?"
Makeup artist:?
Seeing that the makeup artist didn't quite understand, Su Yu continued, "...It's like this, I'm only 15 years old this year, not yet an adult."
Therefore, there is no need to plan any styles that are too revealing or show off muscles!
The makeup artist looked at Su Yu's appearance and at least understood what he meant, but was a little curious: "Xiao Yu, don't worry about the styling. Of course, we arrange it according to the characteristics of the subject. It is definitely not the same for everyone!"
As he spoke, the makeup artist who also doubles as a stylist also became curious: "So, Xiaoyu, do you have any misunderstandings about our styling work?"
Su Yu thought about it, took out his mobile phone, and opened the series of videos of muscular men in the group chat.
Makeup artist: “…”
The makeup artist tried to hold it in for a long time, but couldn't help it and finally burst out laughing "Hahahaha", so much so that Su Yu's ears turned red with embarrassment. At the same time, she viciously drew another 'X' on Zhou Yuang's head in her heart.
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