Since Bai Yu won the race in Hawaii again, strategies targeting Bai Yu have been developed.
The simplest and least difficult method to find fault with is the urine test, which is a problem that is unsolvable for every athlete.
Bai Yu naturally received the same treatment, basically undergoing daily testing until she returned to China from Da Piao Liang, after which she underwent 22 tests in 24 days.
Bai Yu really couldn't say anything about their reasonable and compliant requests; she could only let them take samples and conduct relevant tests.
The final result, naturally, was without any problems.
It's important to know that during this period, Bai Yu ate and drank only what his own team provided. When he ran out of what his team provided, he would ask for more from China.
Although the country cannot send supplies to them, they can coordinate. No matter where Bai Yu and his team are competing, and whatever they lack, the country can coordinate with local patriots to provide it.
This is just a track and field league. There are relatively few people participating in the competition in China. This year, due to the pandemic, only Bai Yu is participating.
If there were more participants, Bai Yu wouldn't need to worry about this; there would naturally be staff to handle the logistics.
In the past 24 days, Bai Yu participated in five regional competitions, winning four first-place finishes and one second-place finish. He is currently ranked first in the league. After the next three competitions, we can decide who will advance to the finals.
Based on Bai Yu's current points, he is basically guaranteed to be in first place, which reduces the pressure on him in the later stages.
Compared to the results at the branch station, what Bai Yu found most amazing was that their group of five had spent more than twenty days in Da Piao Liang, and when they returned, not a single one of them had been infected. This was truly miraculous.
It's important to understand that even though Bai Yu and his team spent most of their time in the hotel except during the competition, they were still, as competitors,
At least five of the contestants withdrew from the competition due to the pandemic. As for the spectators and the team members of each contestant, the number of people infected was even greater.
In contrast, Bai Yu and his group of five came and went safely, arriving and leaving just as safely.
Of course, upon returning to China, they will be subject to a 14-day quarantine period.
As for the quarantine location, Bai Yu and his companions couldn't just stay wherever they wanted. Instead, they had to follow the staff's instructions to stay in the corresponding quarantine hotel.
This is why Bai Yu doesn't have any matches in the short term. Otherwise, he might not have returned to China and would have stayed abroad until everything was completely alright before going back.
Now that there are no matches in the short term, he can safely quarantine in the hotel.
Moreover, considering his competitive form, Bai Yu stayed in a very high-end hotel. At least his room was a suite with a treadmill.
For someone in quarantine, going out is out of the question, so in order to maintain their physical condition, they must train in their room.
In addition, while Bai Yu was competing abroad, another major event was announced in the sports world: the Tokyo Olympics, originally scheduled for 2020, was postponed.
Bai Yu already knew this information; it was a memory he had, so he wasn't particularly surprised.
The postponement is actually a good thing. Otherwise, if the pandemic had followed the trajectory of 2020, and this Olympics had actually been held as scheduled, the ultimate outcome of the pandemic would have been uncertain.
As June approached, Bai Yu had completed his Grand Slam puzzle, except for the Olympics, with gold medals in three different events.
Unlike the 3,000-meter, 5,000-meter, and 10,000-meter events in China, Bai Yu participated in the 5,000-meter, 10,000-meter, and 3,000-meter or 3,000-meter obstacle course events.
The 3,000-meter event is included in some track and field events, but some leagues do not have this event and instead have the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
As the name suggests, this obstacle course race involves setting up obstacles on the track, such as hurdles. You have to clear five hurdles in one lap, and there is a water pit after the fourth hurdle.
Bai Yu participated in this competition. As long as it was a 3,000-meter event, Bai Yu didn't care whether it was an obstacle course or not. As long as it could complete the 3,000-meter grand slam, he would sign up for it.
After winning the last gold medal before the Olympics, Bai Yu's fame soared.
As the top male long-distance runner in China, and potentially the first to achieve a Grand Slam in long-distance running (possibly three events), his popularity has skyrocketed.
Although he couldn't catch up with Liu Jingling, Bai Yu could still feel that he had become famous, truly famous.
When Bai Yu returned to China after the final competition, he was greeted with flowers by people both on the plane and after landing. Some people even came to pick him up at the airport, something he would never have dared to dream of before.
Bai Yu really has to thank the pandemic for bringing about the current situation.
This is not because of the epidemic. Whenever there is a large-scale outbreak across the country, a community or county has to be locked down, or even a city has to be locked down.
For this reason, once we're locked down at home, what can ordinary people do?
Of course, besides watching TV, it's scrolling through my phone.
During the first half of the year, Bai Yu frequently traveled abroad to compete, winning first place seven times in eight different events and trending on social media seven times, more often than some top celebrities in the entertainment industry.
The final result is quite easy to understand: Bai Yu became a frequent topic of trending searches during that period, and over time, more and more people became familiar with him.
Then his past deeds were dug up again, such as how many championships he had won and how much supplies he had donated during the early stages of the pandemic.
This is something that was just exposed during the Chinese New Year period, and it was exposed again six months later.
Even with the rapid pace of internet updates, Bai Yu's frequent appearances on the list have made him a household name.
This is evident from the fact that he has over 60 million followers on Douyin and a staggering 80 million followers on Kuaishou, demonstrating the extent of his fame.
With over 100 million followers across all platforms, he's practically the top influencer on both platforms. Not to mention individuals, even many official media outlets can't compare to him.
In the first half of 2020, Bai Yu had 60 million followers on Douyin. Only two official media outlets on the entire platform had more followers than him, and no other personal accounts had any.
Even a certain sheep, who later claimed to have 100 million fans, only broke through 50 million at the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021. Remember, it broke through 50 million.
Of course, now that Bai Yu is famous, the troubles he encounters have also increased accordingly.
With the domestic epidemic under control, as long as there is no large-scale outbreak in China, it will basically not affect people's travel.
Bai Yu returned to China at this time, and with no pressure from subsequent competitions and the postponement of the Olympics, his training was put on hold.
Then he received a series of tasks assigned to him by the team. Bai Yu had seen the schedule the team gave him. Apart from the endorsement, he had to appear on fifteen programs and do eleven interviews in a month. That guy's schedule was even more packed than that of a top-tier celebrity.
He had never reached this level of activity even during his busiest competitions in the past.
Normally, given Bai Yu's personality, he would refuse anything he could refuse. He wouldn't even want to do an interview, let alone appear on a TV show.
It's not that Bai Yu doesn't want to, but he doesn't want to make any promises before he wins the Grand Slam. Even if he has the confidence, he still doesn't want to make any promises.
However, since starting the company, Bai Yu's personality has changed a lot. At least in handling certain matters, she is no longer as reckless as before.
So Bai Yu started negotiating with the team about the schedule they sent him. Twenty-six announcements a month, plus some invitational tournaments later on, the intensity was just too high.
Even if he was paid, Bai Yu didn't want to take on too many jobs; he wanted to make things easier for himself.
As for advertising, the team did not force Bai Yu to take on any tasks. Instead, as Bai Yu said, they would wait until he achieved the Grand Slam and reached the peak of his value before accepting any tasks, so that he could bring the team the highest revenue.
After Bai Yu's bargaining, the number of shows he was to appear on was reduced to five, and the number of interviews was also reduced to five.
Of these, only four fall under the business model category: one involves appearing on a TV show, three involve interviews, and the others are tasks that cannot be refused, which are assigned by superiors.
Bai Yu then stayed in the capital for a month, living in the national team's base dormitory every day. He would go whenever there was a call to action, and otherwise he was free to do as he pleased.
A month later, Bai Yu's fan base grew significantly again, gaining tens of millions more fans across both platforms.
Bai Yu also appeared on television a few times, expressing his expectations and confidence for the Grand Slam, before returning to Sanya, his hometown.
Upon returning to her hometown, Bai Yu rested at home for a day before going to the company to discuss a meeting with the company's main leaders.
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