The annual track and field event schedule was quickly sent to the meeting room of the Athletics Administration Center. Comparing the schedule from August 23 to September 6 shown on the PPT, Sun Zhihai and others quickly began to discuss which event would be most suitable for Su Zhe, Zhao Zhixuan, Meng Hao and others to participate in.

The first things to be excluded from the schedule were the two Diamond League matches.

As the top international track and field league, the Diamond League has extremely high competition standards. Only the top 20 athletes in the annual ranking are eligible to participate. Currently, Chen Zhi is the only person in China who is eligible to participate in the Diamond League.

Among the recent domestic competitions, there are only two high-level competitions. One is the national championships that just ended not long ago, and the other is the world championship challenge which is about to enter the second day.

"This..." Zheng Wensheng pointed to the National Track and Field Grand Prix Finals on August 27th. "This is a domestic competition. Zhao Zhixuan and Meng Hao have both participated in the Grand Prix this year and have already qualified for the finals. Our center gave Su Zhe a wild card, so there is no problem in letting him participate."

"Hmm..." Sun Zhihai looked at the schedule for the next half month over and over again, feeling a little hesitant.

During this short period, after eliminating competitions where athletes were not eligible to participate and where the Athletics Administration had no wildcards to arrange, there were only three competitions left: the National Track and Field Grand Prix Finals on September 4, the National College Track and Field Championships on September 1, and the Asian Track and Field Championships Invitational held in Tokyo, Japan, also on September 1.

"The college track and field championship is unnecessary." Sun Zhihai pondered for a moment, pointed at one of the items and said in denial: "Zhao Zhixuan and Su Zhe are fine, but can Meng Hao still participate in this competition? Moreover, the level of the players in this competition is not good. I don't think it will inspire them to compete."

For athletes, their condition usually changes due to factors such as pre-match nervousness, training adjustments, the importance of the event itself, the strength of the participants in the same event, etc.

Many athletes with outstanding performance will automatically give up some low-level competitions in order to prevent themselves from losing their competitive form and rhythm in low-level competitions.

The arrangement of this competition was originally to allow Su Zhe and his team to find a better state and win a place in the World Championships in one fell swoop. In this case, time is limited, opportunities are limited, and more attention needs to be paid to the selection of competitions.

"In that case," Chen Guangzhi said, "then it's only the Grand Prix finals, right? If it's confirmed, we'll send out the competition notice as soon as possible and contact the organizing committee to reserve Su Zhe's spot."

After pondering for a long time, Sun Zhihai shook his head and pointed the pen towards the Asian Track and Field Champions Invitational Tournament: "This one, didn't the Japan Track and Field Association invite our track and field champions to participate? I remember that for the men's 100m event, our original candidate was Chen Zhi, right? Now, I think it's better to change it to Su Zhe."

"Asia Champions Invitational Tournament... Is it necessary to arrange for Su Zhe to go alone to participate in the tournament?"

Seeing that Chen Guangzhi and Zheng Wensheng were a little confused about this, Sun Zhihai pointed at the notebook on the table with a pen and explained: "Among the three of them, Su Zhe has the least experience in participating in competitions, especially international competitions. He currently has no experience. He will soon participate in the World Championships, so even if this time is just for training, it will be good."

"Besides, he is the one with the best chance of breaking 10.10 among the three. I think it is necessary to give him one more chance."

Su Zhe was not aware of the meeting at the Athletics Management Center and the public discussions on the Internet. After returning to the hotel arranged by his sponsor, he was immediately sent back to his room to rest.

After returning to his room, Su Zhe simply tidied up. He was too tired to care about anything else and fell on the bed, falling into a deep sleep.

When I woke up the next day, the sun was shining outside the window. After a night's rest and the restoration of my deep sleep skills, the heavy feeling of fatigue finally left my body.

It was only then that Su Zhe turned on his phone again and began to reply to the congratulatory messages from friends such as Shao Xingchen.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Su Zhe received a message from the organizing committee of the event, inviting him to participate in the photo shoot and magazine interview of the champion athletes of the previous day. At the same time, he was also notified that a mobilization rally for the World Championships would be held after the competition, that is, on the 23rd, and asked him to remember the time to attend the meeting.

The Athletics Management Center acted very quickly this time. After confirming the schedules of Su Zhe and the other two, they quickly contacted Su Yinsheng himself and notified him directly. At the same time, they asked him to submit Su Zhe's relevant materials immediately, and the Athletics Management Center would go through the green channel to complete the application for the official passport as soon as possible.

When Su Zhe learned that he needed to apply for a special passport for official business, he was curious: "Can't I just use a normal passport?"

Su Yinsheng said nonchalantly, "Sure, if you don't want the prize money."

Although the competition on the previous day had ended, there were still many things to do after this challenge. After breakfast, Su Zhe followed Zhao Zhixuan to the designated location arranged by the event organizing committee. It was an advertising company that undertook the publicity work for this World Championship Challenge. It was also a company carefully selected by the sponsor, the Kuangbiao Group, and had some fame in the industry.

When we arrived at the advertising company, the staff of the brand promotion team of the Pulse Group were already waiting outside the door. The shooting of the championship promotional photos was actually one of the requirements set by the Pulse brand promotion team when planning the overall event promotion nodes. These promotional photos can be used for some event-related welfare distribution, and can also be used in conjunction with some news and brand promotions.

After entering the studio, Su Zhe felt a long-lost sense of familiarity. After all, a few months ago he was still clearly an artist.

Compared to the promotional photos and stills of idol artists, the photo shoot for athletes is much simpler.

When Su Zhe and his companion arrived at the studio, several champion contestants from the previous day were already waiting there. Two makeup artists were simply performing facial retouching on them. The makeup they applied was not as complicated as that for celebrities, and the only purpose was to make the facial features appear more three-dimensional and clear in front of the camera.

When it was Su Zhe's turn to put on makeup, the makeup artist was stunned for a moment, then said in surprise: "Oh, you are Su Zhe! I saw your live broadcast of the game and the interview at the airport yesterday. Your skin and facial features... are much more delicate than on TV!"

"Uh, thanks."

Su Zhe smiled and thanked the makeup artist for the compliment.

During this period of time, with the 24-hour care of the sand sculpture system's perfect maintenance aura, Su Zhe's skin has become much more delicate and perfect than when he was still in the entertainment industry.

It was at this moment that Su Zhe felt that the Sand Sculpture System was indeed worthy of the name "Perfect Idol System".

Although the makeup artist wanted to give Su Zhe a detailed look, as a promotional photo for this event, there was really no need for anything fancy. Every athlete was wearing casual sportswear prepared by the Hurricane Group, so the makeup artist had to simply sketch Su Zhe and let him go with regret.

Unlike makeup, which is quick and simple, the photographer's job is a little more troublesome.

You have to know that these athletes, even if they are outstanding on the field, are just ordinary people outside the field. When facing the camera, their instinctive reaction is to be stiff and dodge.

Photographers have to constantly guide athletes to perform the movements they are most familiar with in their usual training or competitions, allowing them to show their more natural side, and then capture some wonderful moments from them.

But even this method has its headaches. It’s not so bad for track athletes, who each have their own technical movements. When it comes to track athletes, they basically just have to show their starting positions and movements. Some of the movements they do in their daily training are also difficult to show the image of the runners in promotional photos. So when photographing the champions of the track series, the photographer had a headache.

In the end, the photographer chose to take individual photos of each track athlete's starting movements and action freeze-frames during running. Although there was nothing particularly outstanding in the movements, each track champion had his or her own aura, which looked very good.

As a former professional artist, Su Zhe's promotional photo shooting process was much smoother than that of others. After all, it was just a few limited movements between starting and running, so it was not difficult to shoot.

After completing a full set of filming and interviews, it was already afternoon.

Although Su Zhe was exhausted from the game the day before, after a day of rest, the thought of "wanting to move" once again took over Su Zhe's mind.

Su Yinsheng also knew his idea. After Su Zhe and others rested the day before, he and Zhao Changhe discussed the game status of Su Zhe and Zhao Zhixuan overnight and re-planned a set of adaptive training content for the two of them before the game in September.

In the next two days, Su Zhe completed the training plans that Su Yinsheng had prepared for him and Zhao Zhixuan respectively, and also participated in the World Championship mobilization meeting after the end of this challenge.

In addition, the organizing committee of the World Championships also urgently printed out the promotional photos taken previously and made them into cute little banners. At the same time, they asked Su Zhe and others to sign their own promotional banners one by one - this is a small gift for the athletes' fans, and it is also one of the gifts given to the volunteers of this challenge.

After hearing this, Su Zhe applied for some extra banners from the organizing committee and posted them on Weibo, intending to give them to the young fan girls who had always supported him.

After a few days of fermentation, public opinion on the Internet has finally formed a complete logical chain. A series of competitions from Su Zhe's debut to his retirement from the entertainment industry and return to the sports circle have been made into a long popular science picture, which also includes the trailer of "Chasing the Light" shot by him and Shao Xingchen and his interview video at the airport, etc., completely combining the previously talked-about airport sports handsome boy with Su Zhe's own identity as an athlete and his former life as an artist.

With the emergence of new hot topics every day, this hot topic in the past two days has gradually disappeared from the eyes of ordinary spectators. But even so, the product promotion team of the Kuangbiao Group has successfully completed its promotion plan and goals this time.

On August 24, all events of this World Championship Challenge have ended.

By the end of the challenge, a total of 21 domestic events had obtained places for the World Championships, and a total of 52 people had qualified to participate. After the competition and the mobilization meeting were over, Su Zhe, Zhao Zhixuan, Zheng Jian and Su Yinsheng and their party quickly flew back to City S that afternoon.

On the Internet, because of the Hurricane brand's promotional event, many bystanders learned that the World Athletics Championships are about to begin. As a result, the World Championships berth, which was originally only discussed in the track and field circle, has also been brought to the attention of ordinary bystanders.

For the general public, the grand event in the sports world is basically the Olympic Games held every four years. In fact, the Olympic Games are indeed the most influential in the world, but the World Championships, as a high-level individual sporting event, is actually on par with the Olympic Games in terms of its specifications.

After learning what the World Championships are like, many talents were surprised to find that there are still many events in which their own country's athletes failed to obtain a place to participate, and there are even more events in which they failed to obtain a full quota of places to participate.

【? ? I just found out about the World Athletics Championships and saw the entry form. Are there still so many events where we haven’t been able to get a place? Aren’t all the Challenge Tournaments held? Can’t the Challenge Tournament champions participate in this World Championships?】

Comments and questions like these appear from time to time on Weibo, and many sports enthusiasts appear in time to answer questions for bystanders.

[This competition is the highest level of individual events, and there are requirements for the qualifications of the participants. Only those who have reached a certain performance standard can participate... and the number of participants from each country is limited. ]

[The above is right. There is a probation period for the qualification to participate in the World Championships. Only during this probation period, if you achieve the standard results in the official competition, can you obtain the qualification to participate in one event.]

[The way to qualify for the Olympics is actually the same, but people rarely pay attention to this detail, so they don’t know the actual situation.]

Our country is a sports powerhouse, but no matter how strong a sports kingdom is, it is impossible to dominate in all aspects and events. For example, in the large category of track and field, except for marathon and long-distance walking, the track events can almost be said to be completely wiped out.

For sports enthusiasts, it would be great to take this opportunity to promote more sports-related knowledge. Once more people can become interested in sports and track and field, interest will drive commercialization, commercialization will bring in funds, funds will bring in talent, and track and field projects can gradually become better.

The reason why the marathon quota for the World Championships is fully occupied in both men's and women's events is inseparable from the popularity and fame of marathon in the country and various event promotions.

In order to allow the general public to better understand track and field events, sports enthusiasts have tried their best to produce a variety of simple and easy-to-understand popular science content for ordinary spectators.

All the hard work was not in vain. From their popular science, the spectators quickly learned about the status of the World Athletics Championships, the honor and hardship of qualifying to participate, and the most important point - the performance qualification period for the event is calculated until September 7, so many events that have not yet had anyone meet the standards are working hard to arrange opportunities for relevant personnel to participate, and strive to win more World Championships qualifications for the country within a limited time.

[I looked at the table of entry standards, and Su Zhe's 100-meter result was only 0.02 seconds off? ? ? With such a short time, it feels like he can't even blink an eye... Isn't it very likely that he will get a seat? ]

[Yes, Su Zhe is currently the athlete with the best chance of qualifying for the men's 100m at the World Championships. The Athletics Administration Center has already arranged competitions for Su Zhe during this period. Let's look forward to his next competition! ]

Su Zhe, who returned to the S City Sports Team, welcomed an unexpected visitor, Shao Xingchen, on the second day of training.

The long-lost Shao Lao came to the sports team's training ground in a low-key disguise and watched Su Zhe's training quietly for a long time. Only after his set of training was completed and it was time for a break did he walk up to Su Zhe and say hello.

"Huh? Boss... No, Xingchen, why are you here?" Su Zhe was a little surprised at the sudden appearance of Boss Shao. The two had just had a brief conversation on WeChat the night before, and Boss Shao did not mention that he would come to the sports team the next day.

After greeting Su Zhe, Shao Xingchen's eyes brightened slightly, and his originally cold brows softened slightly.

He nodded and said simply, "I just happened to have some free time, so I came over to take a look."

In fact, after seeing Su Zhe looking exhausted after the game that day, Shao Xingchen had been a little worried. So after Su Zhe returned to City S, he couldn't help but come over to see him in person and confirm his condition.

Although he didn't understand the purpose of Shao Xingchen's visit, Su Zhe was very happy to see the boss whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He was planning to have a chat and a meal with the boss after the training. However, before he finished the training, Shao Xingchen was called away by a phone call.

Before leaving, Shao Xingchen only had time to leave him a blessing for good luck in the Japan competition. It was not until the end of the training that Su Zhe remembered that he should give Shao a small gift to commemorate the competition. So he found the small banner he had applied for from the organizer, took a photo and sent it to Shao.

[=w=! The souvenir from the World Championships Challenge... I forgot to give it to you! ]

Shao Xingchen smiled slightly after seeing the message, and quickly replied: [Wait for me to pick it up next time, good luck in the competition. ]

In the following period, training once again became the theme of Su Zhe's life, which is also the most normal state of life for every athlete.

Training, adjusting status, breaking through results, competition, training... it goes on and on like this. Even the most talented athletes cannot avoid this boring daily routine.

For Su Zhe, after returning to the sports circle, he has already adapted and gotten used to this kind of life in the past two or three months. Having experienced a high-intensity training cycle some time ago, he even feels unsatisfied with the current pre-match adaptive training.

This kind of training time always passes by in a flash. When he was about to go to City B to join other track and field athletes going to Japan to compete, a message from Jiang Hanning reminded Su Zhe of what he had forgotten. It was almost September, and his school, S University, was about to start registration.

After thinking about this, Su Zhe awkwardly called his counselor to explain the situation.

The counselor was quite open-minded about this. He smiled and said on the phone, "The college already knows about your situation. You have won honors for the school with your excellent performance in the provincial games, national championships and world championships in S Province. Do your best in the competition in Japan this time. I will handle the relevant procedures for you. You can register after you return to school."

The next day, Su Zhe saw a photo sent by Jiang Hanning on the high-speed train to City B. Outside the school building that Su Zhe was familiar with, there was a huge banner that read, "Congratulations to our student Su Zhe for winning the men's 100m championship in the National Track and Field Championships, winning glory for the country, and successfully qualifying for the 110m hurdles at the World Championships!"

Jiang Hanning, who sent the congratulatory message, immediately sent a series of laughing emoticons, and he simply couldn't stop laughing.

Looking at Jiang Hanning's face on WeChat, Su Zhe was silent for a moment, and then he threw out a long-awaited critical strike: [Student Jiang, did you pass the make-up exam? ]

Suddenly, Jiang Hanning, who had been smiling wildly, wilted like a frost-bitten eggplant, said goodbye firmly, and then pretended to disappear, refusing to say anything else.

That afternoon, after Su Zhe joined the team at the Athletics Management Center, he boarded an international flight to Japan with the team, and was about to take part in the first international competition of his sports career.