All-round Athlete

Chapter 210 The Big Benefactor

In the hotel room, Sharapova was wearing only a large pajamas, leaning on a recliner, holding a half glass of red wine in one hand, and holding a mobile phone in the other.

After a long time, she turned around and said to Zhang Guan: "I can probably stay in China for three days, and I have to leave after three days."

"Go back to America?" Zhang Guan asked.

Sharapova shook her head: "No, go to Moscow. There will be a Kremlin Cup match on October 12th, which is a first-tier event, and I plan to go back early to visit my grandmother."

"Alright then! I'll take you to the airport then." Zhang Guan said slightly disappointed.

"I've read the game information, the Doha Asian Games will end on December 15th, can you come to Australia to find me later?" Sharapova continued: "I know a very good resort hotel, just on the Gold Coast , it’s also very close to Surfers Paradise, we can go surfing then.”

"Okay, as long as it doesn't delay your preparation for the Australian Open." Zhang Guan said.

"The Australian Open won't start until mid-January. I have two weeks to prepare. And if I go to Australia earlier, I can get used to the climate there." Sharapova said.

Zhang Guan thought for a while and said, "After the Asian Games, I may not have any major competitions for a few months. The IAAF Gold League events for next year haven't come out yet, and I don't know which events to sign up for. If possible, I will accompany you to the end of the Australian Open."

"Really?" Sharapova showed a happy expression like a little girl: "Then we've made a deal!"

...

The day after National Day, Sharapova boarded a plane to Moscow.

As soon as Zhang Guan stepped out of the airport and got into the car, he received a call from He Yiming.

"Come to my place at night and introduce someone to you." He Yiming said.

"Well, I'll go there now." Zhang Guan first agreed, but then asked about the other party's identity.

He Yiming continued to say: "It's a good friend of mine, Chairman Wang of Yadi Group. You should have heard of it!"

"I've heard of it." Zhang Guan nodded. He knew that Mr. Wang was a well-known entrepreneur in China. He was only 40 years old this year. He started from scratch and has developed Yadi Group into a first-class enterprise in China. Mr. Wang was once the richest man in the country.

On the phone, He Yiming continued: "Wang Dong is very interested in the free lunch plan of Champion Fund and wants to invest."

"Oh?" Zhang Guan suddenly became interested.

Although the "free lunch" plan has been started for several months, and because of Zhang Guan, this plan has also received a lot of attention, but there are so many primary and secondary schools in poverty-stricken areas across the country, the "free lunch" plan can really help In fact, it is only a small part. If there are big donors to participate, it will obviously be very helpful to expand the scale.

Soon after, Zhang Guan met Chairman Wang, and the two quickly talked about the "free lunch" plan.

Chairman Wang said with emotion: "I grew up in the countryside. There are eight brothers and sisters in my family. My father passed away when I was still in school, so the family conditions are very poor. Several of my older sisters got married before going to school, and my older brothers also dropped out of school to start working to earn money for my education, so I can best understand the pain of poor children who do not go to school. Over the years, I have also donated to build a lot of schools in poor areas Hope Primary School, I really hope that every child can go to school.”

"But after I read the report about your 'free lunch' program, I realized that it is not enough to build Hope Primary Schools alone. The school is just a place for education, and many children in poor areas don't even have enough food and clothing. If there is no guarantee, how can they go to school? I also realized that it is not enough to create opportunities for children to study, but also to give them the conditions to study.”

"Chairman Wang, I still have a question. The threshold for setting up a charitable foundation in China is not enough for you. Why do you value my champion fund so much?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Open and transparent." Chairman Wang continued: "I have been paying attention to your free lunch plan for the past few months, and I found that you have helped those schools. How much money is used every month, related personnel funds, etc. are all disclosed, so I give the money to your champion fund, and I feel at ease. At least I know that my money is used in useful places and given to those who need it. "

The disclosure of the accounts of the "Free Lunch" project is the principle that Zhang Guan has always adhered to. Zhang Guan will occasionally take pictures of some accounts and post them on blogs. In fact, this so-called account disclosure is also selective disclosure, such as how many students are there in which school, how much money is spent this month, how much is the labor cost, etc. These figures are easy to calculate and give people a more intuitive feeling.

Zhang Guan really wanted to do something to help those in need, so Zhang Guan dared to disclose the accounts, and some people do charity for other purposes, so naturally they dare not disclose the accounts.

Domestic philanthropy started relatively late, especially in special years, when philanthropy was repeatedly criticized as "an ornament for the ruling class in the old society to paralyze the people", until it began to recover in the 1990s, but still There was a lot of resistance, and most of them were government-run or semi-government-run. In terms of supervision mechanism, it is basically equal to self-supervision, just like the welfare lottery fund, there will always be a part of it that is misappropriated, occupied, or simply unknown. Even if it is on the news, no one is found So, let it be nothing.

...

After reaching an agreement on the capital injection of the Champion Fund with Chairman Wang, Zhang Guan first visited Mr. Chen, and then spent a week at home before returning to the national team to report and participate in the training camp for the Doha Asian Games.

Zhang Guan had just returned to the dormitory and was still packing his luggage when he saw Liu Fei came in with half of his face stretched out.

"Seeing that the door was open, I guessed that you were back. Let's go to have dinner together." Liu Feiren walked into the room while talking, and continued: "I really envy you for such a long vacation. I came from Athens After I came back, the team gave me a three-day vacation, and then I will prepare for the Asian Games."

"Isn't it because of your previous injury that you delayed some training." Zhang Guan didn't pack his luggage, and called Liu Feiren to walk towards the cafeteria, and continued, "But as a layman, I still have to persuade you." A few words, if you change the eight steps before the hurdle to seven steps, you should think carefully. Although I have never practiced hurdling, I am also a champion of long jump. This suddenly becomes a take-off leg, just like we used to hold chopsticks with our right hand. It will definitely be difficult to suddenly become left-handed, and the increased stride range is also a burden on the legs."

"I know, but I want to give it a try." Liu Feiren continued: "According to my current physical condition, I may have reached the limit. If I want to go faster, I can only use this method. And Cuba's Robles You also know that he uses the seven-step hurdle technique. You can see that his performance has improved so fast this year. At the beginning of the year, he was only the runner-up in the indoor competition. By the end of the year, he was already able to win a medal in the Athletics World Cup Yes. If I can learn the seven-step hurdle technique, I will definitely be faster than Robles."

In the future, there is a saying that the root cause of Liu Feiren's injuries in the middle and late stages of his career is that the eight-step hurdle was changed to a seven-step hurdle. At that time, Zhang Guan didn't have much experience of this, but now he has become a professional athlete, especially after practicing striding and long jumping, Zhang Guan can deeply feel that this group of technical changes has a great impact on the athlete's body . Zhang Guan could even feel that if he hadn't learned the "Strong Knee" skill in advance, he might have problems with his knee now.

Hearing Liu Feiren's answer, Zhang Guan sighed, and he didn't continue to persuade Liu Feiren. Based on Zhang Guan's understanding of Liu Feiren, no amount of persuasion will be effective. This is not because Liu Feiren is stubborn, but because Liu Feiren has always had a heart to pursue the championship.

Liu Feiren didn't continue to talk about this topic, but said, "You should know about Yu Gui's retirement, right?"

Zhang Guan nodded: "Director Ma has already told me, but the center has decided to re-employ Director Yu, and I think Director Yu will not be able to retire in the past two years."

"Also, the list of the track and field team going to Athens has been finalized. There are 66 coaches and athletes in total. Director Luo is still the leader, and Director Ma is the deputy leader." Liu Feiren continued: "We have sent a total of 22 for the men's event. Participate in the Asian Games individually."

"22 people? That's not a lot, more than I imagined." Zhang Guan said.

"Actually, apart from the race walking event, the other events are one-person participation, oh, not including you who have participated in several events." Liu Feiren counted to Zhang Guan with his fingers: "There are 110-meter hurdles. Dashi and I, Meng Yan in the 400m hurdles, Lin Qianqian in the 3000m hurdles, Hu Kai, Wen Yongyi and you in the 100m, Yang Yao and you in the 200m, you in the 400m, you in the 800m, and you in the 1500m It's you……"

When Liu Fei said this, he seemed to suddenly think of something: "By the way, when it comes to the 800-meter and 1,500-meter middle-distance running, the team has specially assigned a middle-distance running coach for you, and it may come to report soon!"

"Mid-run coach?" Zhang Guan suddenly felt a little irritable.

For Zhang Guan, if it is for other events, Zhang Guan will definitely accept it with a special coach, but for middle distance running, Zhang Guan is not prepared to spend time on special training at all.

Zhang Guan's mid-distance running relies on a "follow running" skill. This skill means that Zhang Guan can run as fast as the person in front runs, so it doesn't matter to Zhang Guan whether he practices mid-distance running or not. Zhang Guan felt that with that extra time, he might as well practice his physical strength and endurance.

"No, I have to go to Director Ma to talk about it, don't arrange for me to run a coach."

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