am i proud?

Chapter 93 Wang Dalin's little fan girl (asking for the first order)

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In Beijing at the end of June 2001, it is now the height of summer.

The sun scorched the earth, the air seemed to have been distorted, and there was a vague heat wave on the track and field.

Liu Xiang had just finished a round and was sitting in the shade under the stands, drinking a bottle of mineral water in one go.

Speaking of Liu Xiang, the people of later generations are naturally well-known, but in the summer of 2001 he was just a fledgling hurdling star.

(Everyone should know his name. In order to avoid suspicion, Lao Wang can only use this word instead!)

Liu Xiang was born in Shanghai, the "Magic City" in July 1983. He has shown extraordinary athletic talent since he was a child.

When he was just 7 years old, Zhong Suogui, the coach of the track and field team of Shanghai Guannong Xincun Primary School, took a fancy to this child and selected him into the school track and field team. Since then, he has started his brilliant track and field career.

Since then, he has been the main coach of sprinting, but in the fourth grade of primary school, he was selected by teacher Gu Baogang to be the main coach of long jump at the Shanghai Putuo District Youth Sports School.

In 1996, after a 100-meter sprint competition in Shanghai, Liu Xiang was spotted by Fang Shuiquan, the second-tier coach of the track and field team of Shanghai Institute of Sports Technology, and then began to practice hurdles.

In the same year, Liu Xiang won the second group championship in the 110-meter hurdles in the Shanghai Junior Athletics Championships, which was also Liu Xiang's first hurdling championship in his life.

In 1997, Liu Xiang once again won the Group B championship of the Shanghai Junior Athletics Championships in the 110-meter hurdles. Then he transferred to Yichuan Middle School, a traditional school in Shanghai. Since then, he has been training while studying, and his sprint performance has improved rapidly.

Many fans know what happened afterwards. Liu Xiang was selected for the Chinese track and field team in 1999.

2000年10月，在智利圣地亚哥举行的世界青年锦标赛男子110米栏比赛中，刘祥以13秒87获得No.4。一个月后，刘祥又在法国里昂室内赛上获得No.3。

2001年5月6日，刘祥在全国田径锦标赛暨系列大奖赛上以13秒32的成绩获得No.1。

5月24日，刘祥在大阪举行的东亚运动会上以13秒42夺得No.1。

He will participate in the Universiade in August this year, and the National Games in November, so Liu Xiang has been stepping up his preparations during this period.

Liu Xiang, who is only 18 years old, still has a trace of innocence on his face, but he has been holding back his energy in his heart.

Who said that people of the yellow race cannot win the world championship in sprinting?

He vowed to break the monopoly of blacks in sprinting!
"Huh...huh..." After taking a few breaths, Liu Xiang raised his head and cast his eyes on the center of the runway.

A girl with a high ponytail behind her head started running quickly after hearing the starting gun. She skillfully crossed one hurdle after another and ran across the finish line like lightning.

A smile appeared on Liu Xiang's face. Seeing the girl walking towards him, he also stood up and twisted his waist, then shook his legs.

Many people see athletes always move this and that when they are being interviewed, and feel that their behavior is not dignified at all. In fact, this is a complete misunderstanding.

The actions of the athletes are actually to stretch the body, and in most cases they are completely unconscious.

Just like many people often take the mobile phone in their hands unconsciously, maybe at this time he never thought about playing with the mobile phone...

The girl walked up to Liu Xiang with a charming smile on her face: "Brother, how was my run just now?"

Liu Xiang smiled and said: "It's okay, it would be better if the rhythm of the stalls was more stable! Zilin, you have made great progress during this period of time!"

The girl smiled and said: "Of course, I have been practicing so hard during this time, if I don't make any progress, I might as well just give up track and field and become a model!"

The girl Liu Xiang calls "Zi Lin" is more than 1.8 meters tall, and she is only slightly shorter than Liu Xiang.

Moreover, she has a beautiful appearance and a pretty good figure. Her two long and straight legs can make countless girls envious to death. This condition is perfect for being a model.

Liu Xiang laughed and said, "It's better to be a model than to go to a beauty pageant. If you participate in a beauty pageant, you will definitely win the championship in such competitions as 'Miss Universe' and 'Miss World'!"

"Oh... Senior Brother, I will be proud if you say that!" The girl smiled, "By the way, Senior Brother, you are not from Shanghai, can you do me a favor?"

Liu Xiang asked with a smile: "Tell me, what do you want me to do for you?"

The girl smiled and said, "On July 7rd, our country's men's basketball team will play a few warm-up matches with Australia and New Zealand in Shanghai. Can you ask your family to help me buy tickets? I searched online, and the tickets for these games can't be bought online, they can only be bought locally in Shanghai!"

Liu Xiang froze for a moment, then asked, "Since when did you like basketball? I remember you said that they acted fiercely on the court, and they looked like a group of barbarians...you don't even remember?"

The girl took a sip of mineral water and said, "Yeah, I didn't like basketball before, but now I like it...because my idol will also be on stage in this game, I just want to go and see him, so you can tell me if you can help me?"

"Your idol?" Liu Xiang was stunned again, and then deliberately smiled wryly, "Zi Lin, didn't you say that I was your idol before? I will be jealous if you do this!"

"Oh, senior brother, of course you are also very good, but how can you compare with him?" The girl smiled slyly, "Seriously, my idol is not an ordinary person! He is the first player in our country to play in the NBA. He just won the Best Rookie and Best Sixth Man awards this year. He will definitely be a superstar in the world basketball world in the future! Why don't you... win the championship at the World University Games first?"

Liu Xiang jumped up and shouted strangely: "Okay, Zhang Zilin, why don't you take me with you? If you like Wang Dalin, you like to go, why belittle me? Anyway, I am also the national champion and Asian champion, okay? Why can't I be compared with Wang Dalin? What's so great about him, why didn't he make it to the NBA Finals this year?"

Zhang Zilin smiled and said, "But Wang Dalin is handsome! Besides, he is so tall, he must be very good standing next to me..."

Liu Xiang seemed to be choking, and said helplessly: "Handsome... tall? Well, I admit that he is tall and handsome, but can he be eaten if he is tall and handsome?...Besides, I am not bad looking? I am also tall, right?"

Liu Xiang is 188cm tall, with a well-proportioned and slender figure. If you ignore the pimples on his face, he is actually quite handsome... Many girls who train here have a crush on him.

"Haha, you're tall and handsome!" Zhang Zilin was out of breath from laughing, and finally stopped laughing, and then asked, "Handsome Liu, can you help me with this favor?"

"Okay... I'll help!" Liu Xiang gritted his teeth and said, "Who told you to call me senior brother? I'll call a friend to help you buy a ticket...By the way, the ticket is not cheap, so you can't renege on it!"

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Some people may feel that the name Zhang Zilin has never heard of it, but friends who have watched the movie "Tough Guy 2" starring Liu Ye should be familiar with it.

(Please forgive Lao Wang for having to use such "homophonic stalks" helplessly, Lao Wang is not Wang Jianguo!)

This beautiful girl is an authentic Beijing girl, born in a military family in Haidian District. She has grown taller than other children since she was a child, and most of the tall children have good athletic talents...as long as you don't suffer from "giantism".

When Zhang Zilin was in the sixth grade of elementary school, she was recommended by her physical education teacher to practice track and field in an amateur sports school. The main events were triple jump and women's 100-meter hurdles.

1998年，张紫霖获得北京市第十届运动会女子100米栏丙组冠军，在那届比赛中她还随队获得了女子4X100米接力赛的No.3。

In 1999, Zhang Zilin won No.100 in the women's 4-meter hurdles competition in the National Youth Athletics Competition.

Last year, after Liu Xiang participated in the World Youth Championships and Lyon Indoor Competition in France, as the most promising hurdling talent in China, the Athletic Management Center transferred him and coach Sun Haiping to the National Athletics Center for training. Zhang Zilin and the other top female hurdlers in China were naturally also arranged to train with Liu Xiang.

Liu Xiang has a cheerful personality and is very humorous. He soon became acquainted with this group of girls. Everyone called him "Senior Brother" and he also took good care of these "Junior Sisters" and often helped them improve their technical movements unselfishly.

Zhang Zilin was born on March 1984, 3. She is less than one year younger than Liu Xiang. Among these hurdling girls, she is the tallest and the most beautiful. Who doesn't like such a young and beautiful sports girl?

But this girl has always been careless, like a tomboy, and sometimes Liu Xiang even has the illusion that "she seems to be my junior".

He really didn't expect that this girl would like a basketball player?
Or a basketball player in America?

Liu Xiang called his friend. A few hours later, the friend called back and told him that he had already bought the ticket, but the ticket price was not cheap, and asked him to transfer the money as soon as possible.

"Damn girl!" Liu Xiang smiled wryly, packed up his things and went back to the dormitory.

This year, four tickets cost 1200 yuan, which is indeed not cheap. This is worth a month's salary for ordinary migrant workers in Beijing.

Liu Xiang's performance has been getting better and better in the past two years, and he even got a place in the international competition this year, but he didn't get much income from it, so he is really not picky, and he really can't afford to invite his junior sister to watch the game.

If you go to the Athens Olympic Games to win a gold medal in a few years, what is a few tickets worth more than 1000 yuan?
In the words of the Cantonese, it means... sprinkle water!
At the same time, Wang Dalin had just flown to Shanghai, an international metropolis, and finally reported to the national team.

How did he know that he still has a little girl in Beijing?

In fact, at the beginning of June, he had already finished all the games of the 6-2000 season, but he could not return to China immediately to report to the national team, because he still had a lot of things to deal with.

First of all, Schwartz helped him make appointments with many brands for endorsement negotiations, including two world-class clothing brands such as "Versace" and "Giorgio Armani", as well as watch brands such as "Omega", "Patek Philippe", "Rolex", "Vacheron Constantin", and "Tissot".

Of course, Schwartz also interviewed "Ford", "Cadillac", "Chrysler", "Chevrolet" and other car brands... He really looked down on Wang Dalin's "Raptor".

This kind of pickup truck in the United States in this era...that is a farm vehicle!

You say that you are a famous NBA star, and you actually drive a farm vehicle... You are shameless, and my agent needs to be shameless!
Although Wang Dalin was not required to come forward during the negotiation, he still had to appear in person when signing the contract. His agent could not help him sign the contract, so he really couldn't return to China for a while.

What's more, he has just finished a whole season, 82 games in the regular season plus 13 games in the playoffs, all high-intensity games, and he should really take a good rest.

After all, he is only 19 years old, and according to normal people, he is still growing his body. If he is injured due to excessive fatigue, it will not be worth the candle.

This is not alarmist talk, think about why Chairman Yao was frequently injured back then?
NBA players can rest for at least four months a year, and some players who don't need to play in the playoffs can even rest from April to September... Why do they have to rest for so long?
That's because after a long season, they really needed to rest for so long!

If you continue to participate in high-intensity competitions during the offseason, like Chairman Yao, you are likely to suffer sports injuries due to fatigue. The most common is "stress fracture", which is a fracture caused by fatigue.

After playing the playoffs, Wang Dalin found that his overall durability had dropped to 92, which is not a good sign!

Although the comprehensive durability of 92 is already quite high, who knows when the injuries will suddenly strike?He doesn't have a "copper skin and iron bone badge" now. If he is fouled maliciously, he may be injured suddenly at some point.

So Wang Dalin took a good rest and recuperated for a period of time. He just practiced shooting or dribbling for a few hours every day, and it was enough to maintain his state.

Soon the time came to the end of June, Wang Dalin signed three endorsement contracts for "Versace", "Tissot" and "Ford" respectively, and finally boarded the plane back to China.

In fact, the average annual price quoted by "Giorgio Armani" is slightly higher than that of "Versace", but Wang Dalin prefers the brand "Versace", and the term of the endorsement contract of "Versace" is only three years, which is one year less than other brands... Wang Dalin definitely hopes to sign a short contract.

The watch brand Schwartz helped him choose "Tissot", of course because "Tissot" has the highest quotation, and this brand focuses on sports and leisure styles, which is more suitable for Wang Dalin's current age.

As for the car brand... Schwartz is indeed a little speechless.

Wang Dalin chose to sign "Ford" because he really likes "Ford F-series" pickup trucks and thinks that this kind of large-sized car is the most suitable for him.

After signing the contract, Schwartz had already cursed in his heart—"You deserve to be driving a farm vehicle all your life!"

(End of this chapter)