"Have you heard? Someone is actually coming over for a test today?"

"Testing? Level 2 athlete?"

"Level 2? What's Level 2? It's a first-level athlete!"

"No way? First level, doesn't it require recommendation from two first level athletes?"

"I've already asked someone to help me get it, and I heard the results are pretty good."

"Oh, who is a relative of whom? How high is your score? If you can practice in a small place by yourself, I guess you will definitely improve a lot after coming here."

"Ahem, progress? What are you thinking about? I heard he is a guy in his twenties. I guess he sneaked in to cheat on the subsistence allowance."

"It's impossible. How can a first-level athlete be so easy to mess with? Four referees are watching at the same time!"

"Who knows, after all, you can get more than 7,000 people without doing anything in a month. Some people will definitely take risks."

"You mean taking medicine?"

"Hey, what else? Are there really that many folk geniuses? If they really were, they would have been discovered by the school when they were young and sent here."

....

"Ahem..."

When the two of them were chatting, a violent cough sounded behind them. The two of them were startled and looked back.

A strange combination appeared in their eyes. They recognized the wretched person at a glance. It was Director Zhang who was responsible for evaluating athletes. When they saw Director Zhang's expression, their faces immediately turned pale.

The two of them were just talking about the possibility of favoritism in today's evaluation. Although Director Zhang is not the referee on the field, this is the department he is in charge of.

This casual bragging, but he actually met the real owner, which is really fatal, and this real owner is also related to the future selection of the two.

If the other party is too narrow-minded and gets stuck in the selection process and prevents you from making the selection, that's the end of the world.

The director looked at the two people who looked like children who were punished for doing something wrong, and shook his head helplessly.

It seems that the amount of training below is seriously insufficient. Otherwise, how could these little guys have so much time and energy to gossip here?

He took a deep breath and wanted to curse the other person, but felt the gaze coming from his few hairs, so he held back.

He snorted coldly and said to the two of them:

"You think there are no masters among the people, right? I say you are simply looking at the sky from a well. The Han Dynasty has such a vast land area and many outstanding people. There are countless masters hidden among the people."

"You guys, you guys who can't even make it to the national team, still keep your nostrils in the sky every day, thinking how awesome you are, go ahead and follow us."

Director Zhang continued to lead the way. The two of them were a little confused and didn't know what the director was going to do. One of the young men wearing a black hairband asked:

"Why are Director going with you? We still have training here! We have to go back quickly."

Director Zhang didn't look back and said coldly:

"You're still chatting and gossiping in the aisles during training? I don't think your training is very important? Since it's not important, you don't need to participate. You can just go to your coach and get punished when the time comes. You just follow it now.

I’ll see if our evaluation is fair or not later.”

The two immediately put on two pain masks, which were strengthened pain masks.

You must know that the punishment for not training on time can be a bit severe. Not only do you have to double the original training volume, but you also have to write a letter of apology.

Doubling the amount of training is not serious. The problem is that for athletes like them, writing a 5,000-word self-reflection letter with specific content, meaningful words and sincere feelings is simply more painful than killing them.

However, the director spoke up. Although he was not the director in charge of them, the other party had greater power than the director in charge of them. They had no choice but to follow at the back with a grimace.

After walking for a while, the two people's hearts for gossip began to burn again. Looking at A Cong, who looked equally depressed, they finally couldn't suppress their curiosity.

It was the young man with the black hairband who poked Acong's arm and asked in a low voice:

"Hey, my name is Zhang Yue, and this is my brother Lin Qi. We are from football, brothers, which team? Did you also get caught for saying bad things about Director Zhang and the others behind their backs?"

A Cong glanced at the two juniors who were a few years younger than him and rolled his eyes angrily. Although there is no hierarchy in sports, there is always a chain of contempt no matter where they are.

Football is at the bottom of the contempt chain of Han sports. Even basketball, which has not developed well, can completely ignore them. This shows how unpopular football is in the country.

That is to say, only those guys who are not good enough but not good enough will be willing to stay in the football team. Those who have a little bit of ambition will try to switch to basketball even if they can't transfer to a promising team like table tennis.

After all, if someone is chosen to play basketball, the salary and treatment will still be good, but the reputation may be a little worse, but there is no shame in making money.

However, when others greeted me, it was hard for me, a senior, to keep a cold face and not answer. I hesitated for a moment, and then spoke in a low voice:

"Zhou Zicong, from the long-distance running team. I didn't say anything bad about anyone behind their backs. I just happened to be in Director Zhang's office to apply for the test, so we took a look together."

!!!

When Lin Qi and Zhang Yue heard the name Zhou Zicong, they immediately thought of something.

The two looked at each other, and then looked at Zhou Zicong as if they were injured animals.

Although there are many people in the Provincial Sports Department, generally speaking, it is difficult to recognize everyone as long as they are not athletes in the same group.

Of course, there are exceptions for some special people, such as those who have a good chance of being transferred to the national team, or some particularly beautiful young ladies or particularly handsome brothers, or some guys who often make troubles may be treated differently.

recognized by group members.

Of course, there is another kind of person who is also well-known. This kind of person is smaller in number, and has its own tragic color, which is easier for people to remember and empathize with.

That is because of his excellent performance, he was already on the national team, but was withdrawn due to various reasons, and the one who came back was like this Zhou Zicong in front of him.

After only 4 years of training, he was spotted by the national team as a substitute, but was withdrawn due to injury within a year.

However, the two of them seemed to realize that something was wrong with their expressions, and they quickly bent down and apologized:

"I'm sorry, senior, we didn't mean that. Don't get me wrong."

Zhou Zicong waved his hand. He had seen the expressions on the two people's faces many times. At first, he felt aggrieved. Why did these guys dare to look at him with such expressions?

I have been in the national team before. Although I was only a reserve player and even though I was sent back, I am still much better than those of them who were mixed in the provincial team.

But later he discovered that the reason why everyone showed such expressions was not because of malice. On the contrary, they showed such expressions because they felt sorry for themselves. Although they were still a little unhappy, they gradually got used to it.

Silently all the way, the group of people quickly arrived at the urine test room, which was already brightly lit.

Four referees wearing black referee uniforms were already waiting inside. Director Zhang called to inform him before going out.

After all, I was notified early today that I was going to conduct an evaluation, so a few people came very quickly.

Director Zhang asked in a calm tone:

"Did you take any cold medicine, antipyretics or cough drops before coming here?"

Li Xiao shook his head quickly. It seemed that after getting the system, his body got much better. He used to get sick every now and then, but he hadn't gotten sick for several months.

Even after going into the water a few times in the winter, nothing unusual happened.

Director Zhang nodded with satisfaction:

"It's fine if you don't have one. Then take a cup and go to the cubicle to do a urine test. These four referees will look here together. If you have any questions, you can ask them immediately. Okay, you guys are busy here first. I

Go and record your information into the computer."

As he walked towards it, an older referee whispered a few words and then turned around and left the urine test room.

But before leaving, Director Zhang still said:

"You three guys, just follow me and watch. I want you to see if our provincial sports team is operating behind the scenes? After reading it, write me a 3,000-word article with specific content, meaningful words, and sincere feelings."

Give me the feeling you want the day after tomorrow."

As he spoke, he paused deliberately before continuing:

"By the way, my thoughts after watching this are the same as your coach's review. I don't want him to be the same."

After saying this, he didn't even look at the three of them. He turned around and left with a smile on his face, as if he had swallowed several kilograms of food.

I sneered at these little guys in my heart. I have been in this position for so many years, and I still don’t know what you people are most afraid of. You all have nowhere to vent your energy every day, always thinking about making big things happen.

Corporal punishment has no effect at all. The best punishment is to let them write a letter admitting their mistakes and write their thoughts after reading it.

In his impression, no matter how irritating the person is, as long as he writes six or seven self-criticisms, he will become submissive and will not cause trouble at all.

The urine test cubicle looks like the kind of toilet that used to be used in elementary school. Although it is separated, the behavior of people going to the toilet can be seen from all directions.

Li Xiao was not too embarrassed. After all, he was an old man. He had to finish urinating as he had to take 20 tests later. Time waited for no one.

The four people confirmed at the same time that they were not cheating and handed the urine samples to the staff.

Due to the advancement of technology, rapid testing of quantitative samples now only takes one minute to produce results, so several people wait for the results to be negative before proceeding to the next test.

Of course, there is a possibility of errors in the rapid examination, so the remaining urine will be sent to a more rigorous institution for in-depth analysis.

If anomalies occur after in-depth analysis, the evaluation will still be declared invalid, and the participants will be blacklisted and banned for 3 to 5 years.

The simplest test to start with is the one that all athletes need to train for, which is running.

Running can exercise most of the muscles in the body and strengthen lung capacity. Whether an athlete is strong or not depends basically on his running. If he is not even qualified in running, it will be difficult to make any big improvements in other aspects.

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There are two referees at the starting line and two at the finish line. Of course, as referees, they only play a supervisory role. Whether it is timing or starting, they are not responsible for it.

Moreover, running events are now completely taken over by electronic equipment, which is not only more accurate, but also eliminates the possibility of personnel fraud.

Li Xiao had also changed into sportswear, did a few simple warm-up exercises, and stood on the starting line.
To be continued...