The Era of Hard Work

The Institute of Physical Education, the highest institution for cultivating sports workers in Taidong Province, has management majors such as the social sports studies that Song Na studied, and there are more pure sports majors, which is what the ordinary people call Professional athletes.

It's a professional athlete, not a professional athlete.

Because there are too many sports, the public base is not broad. Except for the Asian Games and the Olympic Games, no one pays attention to them at ordinary times. There is no professionalism at all, and the market alone cannot support athletes.

There are a large number of professional athletes in the School of Physical Education. If Song Na and Huang Juan do not choose Social Physical Education and continue to practice high jump, they can also take the road of professionalism.

This year is 2001, the biggest event in the sports world. In addition to the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games and the national football team's impact on the World Cup, there is also the Ninth National Games that will be held in less than half a month.

The Institute of Physical Education is a large family of participating athletes in Taidong Province, and there will be more than 200 professional athletes participating in the National Games.

As a new campus with complete supporting facilities, the Sports College has a relatively complete variety of venues, and it is also the final training ground for many provincial teams heading to the Ninth National Games.

National sports events are inevitably directly linked to the achievements of sports officials, so many heads from the Taidong Sports Bureau also came to the Sports Academy to urge the teams to prepare for the battle.

Correspondingly, media reporters are also indispensable.

As we all know, any industry has a pyramid-shaped structure, and professional or professional sports is no exception. Especially in some unpopular sports, there are very few who can really reach the top. easy.

At the gate of the Physical Education Institute, when there were many people going in and out at noon, two people placed a piece of canvas in the middle of the engraved words Taidong Provincial Physical Education Institute, then squatted behind, and took the bag from behind.

When Lu Dong and Song Na passed by, there were not too many people there, and one of them, a tall and thin man, opened the torn schoolbag he brought, took out a large piece of paper from it, spread it on the canvas, and covered it with a few pieces of broken paper. The stone is pressed well.

Someone in front blocked his view, and Lu Dong only saw the word Help the size of a child's palm looking up!

The woman is not tall, and her figure tends to be strong, a bit like a dwarfed cuckoo. She took out another bag, and took out more than ten medals with ribbons from the bag!

From the appearance point of view, there are gold medals and silver medals.

The two people in front of them who were blocking their sight moved a step to the side, and Lu Dong saw it more clearly. He glanced at the two people who were obviously husband and wife, and his eyes fell on the big paper that said help.

Just like Lu Dong guessed when he saw the medal, what was written on the paper was the experience of the two of them.

These two are retired professional athletes, the male is a high jumper, and the male is a weightlifter. They have achieved good results in the provincial sports meeting many times, and even won a bronze medal in the Eighth National Games a few years ago. One got a silver medal.

It can be said that this is the pinnacle of their professional careers. After the pinnacle, there is a landslide. Years of professional sports training have brought about not taller, faster and stronger, but a whole body of injuries.

The man injured his meniscus in a training session after the 8th National Games. Although there are sports medicine experts abroad who can treat him, how can he go to Europe for surgery if he can't even win the national championship?

This is not table tennis, the National Games championship is even harder to win than the World Championships...

He can only choose to retire, because of conservative treatment, he can't do heavy work.

The woman is a weightlifter, so she doesn't have any serious injuries, but she is not in good health, with multiple muscle damages. Don't worry about heavy physical labor. What's worse... it's written on the paper because she was tricked by the coach Take banned drugs, lost fertility!

At present, the male is working in a family in Quannan in charge of sports equipment, not as a temporary worker. The female is doing some work in the Luokou clothing market in Quannan, pulling up trousers and repairing clothes. The money earned a month is enough, not to mention living. The two bought medicine.

Especially the man's legs.

People around were talking about it, especially the students of the Physical Education College.

The two sat on the ground silently, not talking to anyone, like stones.

But the furrowed brows, the hesitant demeanor, and the bowed head all showed the uneasiness and helplessness in his heart.

Compared with them, the major students of the Physical Education College live a much better life after retiring. After all, they have a junior college or undergraduate diploma, which is still valuable these days, and it is also a good stepping stone when looking for a job.

Unlike Lu Dong, Song Na kept looking at the woman. After a while, she let go of Lu Dong's hand, moved closer to the woman, and asked uncertainly, Are you... Liu Hongmei?

The woman raised her head slightly and looked at the beautiful female student with wheat-colored skin in front of her. She didn't know her, she was a stranger.

But what the other party said was the familiar Qingzhao dialect.

I am. The woman replied, puzzled: You know me?

Song Na originally wanted to smile and express her friendliness, but when she saw Liu Hongmei and the man next to her, for some reason, she couldn't smile at all, she just said: My name is Song Na, and I also came out of Qingzhao No. 1 Middle School. I graduated in 1998. Athletic students who practice high jump.

Hearing the last sentence, the man looked at Song Na slightly, and saw that the slender figure really looked like a high jumper.

Liu Hongmei said: I graduated in 1993.

Song Na said softly: I know, I have seen your name and photo on the county's sports record, and you still keep the county's shot put record.

Knowing that there were not many people who practiced shot put before, Liu Hongmei believed that Song Na came from Qingzhao No. 1 High School.

Lu Dong followed Song Na all the time, and the conversation between the two could be heard clearly. Maybe the other party graduated too early and was a sports student. Song Na knew that there was this person in No. 1 Middle School, but he didn't have any impression.

I practiced shot put when I was in school, and later changed to women's weightlifting. It seems that it may be quite big. After all, women's weightlifting is an unpopular among the unpopular. It was not even an Olympic event in the past. The people below are basically not zero or almost. It is estimated that many people are engaged in this , are all modified later.

So, her on-paper claims of her infertility due to her medication may be true.

Don't forget, when Lu Dong was in high school, because of his natural strength, he briefly practiced sports. At that time, the sports team chose weightlifting. This is one of the reasons why he was very familiar with Song Na and Baoya Liu. All kinds of information, coupled with the fact that there was no qualitative information at that time, were quickly thrown away and quit.

During this period, I heard people say more than once that in this business, many people eat what they eat, which will cause great harm to the body.

Lu Dong and Song Na came out early, and there weren't too many people on the road. At this time, the Physical Education Academy had finished school or finished training at noon, and more and more people gathered around.

Song Na exchanged a few words with Liu Hongmei. Maybe she also practiced sports before. Hearing what Liu Hongmei said, she felt chills in her heart.

It's not that Song Na has never heard of some things before, but because she doesn't practice professionally, she doesn't think much about them.

This is my partner Feng Xin, who practices high jump. This year, his legs hurt so much that he can hardly walk. Liu Hongmei was confused and hopeless: If there is no other way, Feng Xin and I can't walk. Throwing face away, running here to do these shameful things, there is really no other way.

While talking, suddenly a media reporter separated the crowd from outside and squeezed in.

Lu Dong turned his head and saw that he still knew him, from the Evening News office.

After all, the nearest media unit is the Evening News in the business center.

Coming closer, the reporter also saw Lu Dong, and greeted him with a smile: Mr. Lu...

This is the brother-in-law of the immediate boss.

Lu Dong glanced at Liu Hongmei, since the Qing photo came out, you can know the truth by asking about her, and you can't deceive anyone.

He nodded to the reporter: Come out to run the news?

The reporter looked at Liu Hongmei and his wife: This is not someone who just provided a news thread for me.

Lu Dong said directly: That's my alumni.

When the reporter turned his head, he understood, and said, Don't worry, Mr. Lu, in our line of business, we must do business properly.

Lu Dong pulled Song Na down and stepped aside: I won't disturb your work.

Seeing a media reporter approaching, Liu Hongmei's originally dull face showed a glimmer of hope.

In the past, it's not that he didn't think about it, but no one paid attention to it. The so-called Provincial Games champion and the National Games won the rankings, which is not enough to look at.

The superiors don't care, and the media doesn't care.

Song Na was not in a hurry to eat, she just stood aside, watching the reporter take pictures, preparing to interview on the spot, with a serious and scary face.

Lu Dong patted her on the back comfortingly. He could understand Song Na's mood, because Song Na almost embarked on this road of practicing professional sports.

Don't think too much. Lu Dong said softly, You are different from them.

Song Na held Lu Dong's hand tightly, but without saying a word, she just took out her mobile phone and sent a text message to the teacher at her alma mater.

Not long after the meeting, the SMS notification sounded on the mobile phone. Song Na took a look: I just asked Huo Henglong from the sports team. He knows about Liu Hongmei, and it is true.

She added: Feng Xin is from No. 5 Middle School, and now Qingzhao men's high jump record holder.

Lu Dong nodded slightly, Song Na was sure that this should be easy, after all, Qingzhao women's high jump record is still in her hands.

Suddenly, a stern voice came from the periphery of the crowd: It's all gone! It's all gone! This is the school gate! What does it look like to gather here? Hurry up and disperse!

Song Na and Lu Dong turned their heads to see that the crowd was dispersing. Seven or eight people in security uniforms came with a few people in white shirts.

This person is the leader of the Physical Education Institute, and the surrounding students of the Physical Education Institute quickly dispersed. Under the persuasion of the security guards, others also stayed away.

It's really not a good thing to be blocked at the school gate, this is a university after all.

Lu Dong and Song Na also left a little bit, Song Na is a student of the school, it is definitely unwise to directly confront the leader.

In the white shirt, there was a man in his forties. When he came to Liu Hongmei and his wife, his face immediately became ugly when he saw the interviewing reporters and the medals and letters of appeal on the ground.

Comrade reporter, stop first. The man stopped the reporter first, and then looked at Liu Hongmei: You two, if you have any difficulties, you can respond through normal channels. How decent is this!