Chapter 34: 34: Not Accepting Endorsements
With the title of World Junior Figure Skating Championship and the endorsement of CCTV news, He Hui became famous.
He Hui is now a member of the provincial team. As soon as the World Youth Championship ended, the provincial team received advertising endorsement proposals like snowflakes, with rich categories and attractive prices.
Some brands even promised that the price and other conditions were negotiable in order to get He Hui to take over the endorsement.
Zhu Jianyong has been walking with a breeze these days and smiling whenever he sees someone.
At nine o'clock in the morning in the office, Lin Xiaoman saw for the first time that Zhu Jianyong had a smile on his face even as he flipped through the training schedule.
"What good thing happened?" Lin Xiaoman asked curiously.
Zhu Jianyong took a sip of tea, and with his eye-catching crow's feet, he said, "Recently, the team has received a lot of advertising invitations from He Hui, and there are still many biddings in progress. I think we can generate good income."
After hearing this, Lin Xiaoman's eyelids twitched imperceptibly.
"Well, I advise you not to be happy too soon." Lin Xiaoman decided to pour a basin of cold water on Zhu Jianyong.
Zhu Jianyong put down the teacup in his hand, frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Have you asked He Hui's opinion?" Lin Xiaoman asked clearly.
"Why would she refuse such a good thing as an endorsement that can easily make money and gain fame?" Zhu Jianyong was puzzled.
"Is He Hui short of money?"
Zhu Jianyong: ...
"It seems that there is no shortage." Zhu Jianyong did not give up, "But this is a good thing to increase exposure, right?"
"In short, I personally suggest that you ask He Hui what he thinks first."
Lin Xiaoman raised her eyebrows, chose to stop there, and then continued to bury her head in revising the training plan and schedule.
Zhu Jianyong: ...It seems to make sense.
*
An hour later, morning ice training began.
The Huang Renxin incident came to an end during the World Youth Championship, so after Lin Xiaoman returned to China, Kong Ziqiu officially joined Lin Xiaoman's team.
Although many people in the team were extremely shocked by this strange pair of opponents becoming teammates, most of them only dared to talk about it in a low voice from a distance.
Kong Ziqiu seemed to have come out of her previous bad state. She walked lightly and greeted He Hui with a smile: "Good morning... Senior Sister."
She pronounced the word "senior sister" very softly, probably because she was a little embarrassed.
In contrast, He Hui responded very naturally, "Good morning, Junior Sister."
Lin Xiaoman did not care about Kong Ziqiu's mediocre grades. On the contrary, she was patiently helping Kong Ziqiu to get rid of some bad habits that he had developed under Huang Renxin.
But Kong Ziqiu has great potential, in that her Lz blade is quite clear. It's just that sometimes F occasionally gets a blurry blade (!) mark, or it is easy to miss.
You know, in international competitions, there are very few players who can do both well like He Hui. The referee was willing to give her a promotion after just a few times, and it was not entirely without reason.
Kong Ziqiu was practicing 3F+3T on the court, while Lin Xiaoman was watching with her arms folded and her brows slightly furrowed.
"Try to use the shallow inside edge to enter and do the Flip." Lin Xiaoman said.
"Shallow inner blade?" Kong Ziqiu tilted his head in confusion.
"In fact, if you look closely at He Hui's Flip, she also uses a shallow inside edge to enter." Lin Xiaoman explained, "A deep inside edge will make the arc of entry too large, making it difficult to control the center of gravity, and it is easy to deviate or miss. If the landing is not good, it will be more difficult for you to catch the ice later."
While thinking, Kong Ziqiu used shallow inside edge and deep inside edge to slide out arcs on the ice.
"That's it." After repeated entry, Kong Ziqiu discovered the reason why her F jump was unstable.
Now that the problem has been found, the next thing to do is to correct it.
Kong Ziqiu kept feeling the changes in the use of the blade on the ice. She had a good understanding and basically made most of the changes on the first day.
After the training, Kong Ziqiu wanted to practice for a while as usual, but was discovered by Lin Xiaoman.
She forced Kong Ziqiu to leave work, "Don't be in a hurry, you need to combine work and rest, go home first."
Kong Ziqiu was a little hesitant at first, but after Lin Xiaoman's repeated requests, she left the ice rink.
Come to think of it, this seemed to be the first time she had finished training on time in nearly a year.
On the other side, He Hui was also taking off his ice skates and preparing to go home.
Zhu Jianyong suddenly appeared out of nowhere and stopped He Hui, "He Hui, I want to talk to you about something."
He Hui didn't understand, but nodded anyway.
However, her two tall bodyguards followed her closely as if she were a bad guy, which made Zhu Jianyong feel cold.
When He Hui entered the meeting room, the bodyguards stood guard at the door, always on guard.
This made Zhu Jianyong somewhat embarrassed, and he explained before entering the door: "I... am not a bad person."
The bodyguard looked straight ahead and did not answer Zhu Jianyong, but just continued to stand guard.
Zhu Jianyong knew that he was bored, so he touched his nose, half-closed the door, and sat down face to face with He Hui.
"What do you want from me?"
Zhu Jianyong felt awkward for no reason. He was the one who was discussing something with He Hui, so why was the atmosphere now reversed?
He cleared his throat and said, "Recently, quite a few advertisers have approached the team and said they want you to be their spokesperson. The conditions they offered are very good."
Perhaps thinking of Lin Xiaoman's secretive look in the morning, he took a breath before continuing: "So I wanted to ask what you think, do you have any preference for brands or categories?"
"Sorry, I don't accept endorsements." He Hui rejected Zhu Jianyong's proposal without any thought or hesitation.
Zhu Jianyong felt like there was something stuck in his throat and swallowed back all the persuasion he had prepared.
After a long while, he could only utter, "Do you want to reconsider it?"
He Hui smiled politely and shook her head, "Thank you, but I don't need this income, nor do I need this exposure."
Zhu Jianyong felt his heart shatter into pieces and fell to the ground. This was a huge sum of six or even seven figures! !
"Haha, it's okay." He laughed dryly twice and stood up to open the door for He Hui.
"Goodbye, Coach Zhu." He Hui stepped out of the door, nodded goodbye to Zhu Jianyong, and two bodyguards followed.
Looking at Miss He's graceful back as she walked away, Zhu Jianyong's smile froze on his face.
He stood at the door of the conference room, petrified.
Lin Xiaoman appeared out of nowhere, took a sip of water, and said calmly, "I told her she wouldn't answer it."
Zhu Jianyong: ...
He Hui hit her first, and now Lin Xiaoman is here to finish her off!
Oh, both the master and the disciple have bad intentions!!
*
After the World Junior Championships in March, figure skaters officially entered the off-season, and He Hui also had a short break.
Throughout April, He Hui returned to normal campus life. Apart from basic physical training, his schedule was no different from that of other students.
But because He Hui attends an international school, most of the children here will choose to study abroad in high school or at the latest in college, so the various so-called extracurricular activities are particularly rich and colorful.
The school also offers golf and horse riding lessons, which are popular among wealthy people.
He Hui has a deep sense of mission that "if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight."
However, she often paddles.
She was starting over again, not traveling to another time and space to become a robot. Flesh and blood bodies can easily get tired. She didn't want to be a perfect heir, so she decided to just do nothing when she needed to.
During the equestrian class, He Hui, wearing a heroic equestrian suit, secretly took a nap under a big tree in the corner.
"He Hui, why are you hiding again?" A crisp voice brought her back to reality from her dream.
She looked up and found that it was her deskmate, named Lin Sang, the eldest daughter of the Lin Food Group.
He Hui was not embarrassed at all about being caught. He just put his index finger on his lips, still leaning his head against the tree, "Shh, I'm catching up on my sleep. Don't attract the teacher."
"I understand, I understand. You work too hard." Lin Sang nodded and lowered his voice automatically.
"Thanks."
Lin Sang is the same age as He Hui, but she has begun to observe and learn some of the big and small decisions of the family business. As an heir, there is a lot to learn.
"I heard from the marketing department that you rejected our endorsement proposal." Lin Sang came to find He Hui, actually wanting to ask about this matter, "We want to promote a health food product and plan to find an athlete to endorse it. The price we offered is very good, but I didn't expect you to reject it without even chatting."
“I don’t want to take endorsements.”
"Why?" Lin Sang didn't understand from the bottom of his heart, "It should be easy to shoot a commercial, right?"
"Is there anything you particularly like?" He Hui asked back.
"Mom and Dad said..."
Before Lin Sang could finish his words, He Hui interrupted him and said, "I'm asking about things you like."
Lin Sang was silent for three seconds, and adjusted his bangs. "I don't know. I don't think there's anything I particularly like, right?"
"Then think about it again." He Hui said, "Life is a wilderness anyway, you can do whatever you want."
This saying, which was very popular in her previous life, seemed particularly philosophical to Lin Sang, a junior high school student. She showed an admiring look and then began to think seriously.
After a while, Lin Sang pouted, "But I seem to like money very much..."
He Hui laughed. She looked to be the same age as Lin Sang, but she acted like an intimate older sister.
"If it's a well-thought-out decision, go make more money."
"Well, then I still have to inherit the family business!" Lin Sang nodded affirmatively, but still puzzled, "You haven't answered me yet, why don't you want to accept the endorsement?"
"Because, I seem to like figure skating very much." He Hui used the same sentence structure as Lin Sang just now.
Lin Sang was stunned, then suddenly realized, "So, you don't want to waste any time on other things that are not related to figure skating."
"Yes." He Hui leaned against the tree and nodded.
The afternoon sun was dazzling, so she hid in the shade of a tree. Occasionally, there was a breeze, and she looked very relaxed.
Lin Sang's question was answered. She looked into the distance and said goodbye: "Then I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go talk to my horse. It doesn't listen to me today."
"Okay, see you in class later."
After saying this, Lin Sang’s figure became smaller and smaller.
He Hui closed his eyes again, replayed in his mind the part of his free skating that still had room for improvement, and thought about ways to improve it.
After meditating for a while, He Hui stood up.
She decided to show up for the final roll call.
He Hui pulled the horse rope twice and brought the pony back to the field.
When they reached a large green meadow, she jumped onto the horse again, kicked her legs, and the horse started running happily.
When the get out of class was over, He Hui's phone dinged and received a new text message.
"Hello He Hui, congratulations on being selected for the Chinese Youth Russian Training Camp! Please report to the National Winter Management Center on time at 9 am on May 2nd. Pre-camp training activities will be carried out at that time. Please reply when you receive it. Thank you."
He Hui: "Received, thank you."
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