602. The man who sells it
Gardeli is about 1.62 meters tall, which is indeed a bit too short for an Icelandic man, but his overall proportions including his limbs are very good, and he is relatively slender, if he is a big man of 1.9 meters, it is definitely an athlete's configuration.
The second jockey is shorter than him, probably just over a meter five and definitely less than one meter six, and his name is Jefferson Kirksson, who is twenty-one years old and very young.
Jefferson was dressed as a cowboy, and although he tried to wear high-heeled boots and jeans with a waistband, it was still evident that his body was not well proportioned.
After seeing him, Chen Song was silent, did he have to go to Reykjavik for an interview? This jockey who took the initiative to send him to the door was too stumbling, one had a serious injury enough to ruin his career, and the other was simply not suitable for professional sports.
He tried to keep his gaze as gentle as possible, but Jefferson was sensitive to what he meant.
Chen Song felt that he couldn't blame himself for this, it wasn't that he was disrespectful: he wanted to recruit a professional athlete, and then a dwarfism patient came, which was also a bit disrespectful, right?
Jefferson attaches great importance to this interview, he is serious about his preparation, which can be seen from his trimmed beard, hairstyle and clothing, and he gave Chen Song a resume, and said: "I took the liberty of going straight to the door, Mr. Chen, in fact, I sent an electronic resume to your mailbox, but I didn't get a reply from you, so I came to take a look." ”
Chen Song apologized to him, he didn't have the habit of looking at his email, which did conflict with Icelandic habits, Icelanders like to use email to communicate, especially for more formal things, such as work, they have to send emails.
Jefferson said frankly: "No need to apologize, Mr. Chen, after I didn't receive your reply for a long time, my family told me that I didn't have a chance, and you don't want to deal with me." But I don't think so, I think you're hesitating, you're thinking about me, God gave me a chance, so I plucked up the courage to come to the door and sell myself, and if you had replied to the letter in time, I probably wouldn't have had that chance. ”
Seeing how honest he said, Chen Song simply opened the skylight: "Do you know that I will reject you?"
Jefferson laughed, "Twenty-eight jockey farms have turned me down, so you know, I'll be prepared." ”
"I appreciate your attitude, but Mr. Kirksson wants you to understand that horse racing is a strenuous sport that requires professional jockeys, and I don't want to underestimate you, but you may not be able to cope with some situations on horseback," Chen Song said. ”
Jefferson said sincerely, "I understand your misunderstanding of me, because I am a dwarfism in your eyes. But you don't know much about me, I think I'm a natural good jockey, specifically for the sport of Icelandic horse racing. ”
After a pause, he continued: "You know, jockeys need great physical qualities, like balance, like strength, like look, but often the older the person, the better the physical fitness, but the Icelandic horse is too small, which is a contradiction. ”
Speaking of this, he took off his coat to reveal the vest inside, his small body propped up the vest, and he curled up his arms again, the muscle lines were unusually clear, and the muscle mass was as hard as a rock.
"Mr. Chen, my illness is natural, so I enjoy many benefits, even if I don't work, I can live a good life in this life, and the government and welfare organizations give me subsidies every month are enough for my life. But I don't want to be like this, God has his intention to let everyone come to this world, he must not want me to eat and wait for death, he has set such a suffering for my life, let me endure so many hardships, there must be a more important role for me. ”
Staring at Chen Song, Jefferson said slowly: "I was looking for this role until I saw the horse racing when I was fifteen years old, and then I understood everything, I was destined to be a champion jockey, a legendary jockey, and then to encourage others, others who were going through the same hardships as me." ”
Chen Song was greatly shocked by the other party's words, his willpower is indeed extraordinary, which is a necessary quality for an excellent professional athlete.
But Chen Song couldn't be emotional, he asked: "Sometimes if you want to succeed, you need not only a strong heart, but also a strong business ability." ”
"This was my internship experience, I started working on the horse farm when I was fifteen years old in high school and started working part-time as a jockey assistant after college, and I think I already had some of the skills and experience to become a jockey, and all I need now is an opportunity," Jefferson said. ”
He shows some work experience, and he really has a lot of experience.
Chen Song looked at his resume and asked, "You are indeed very good, but there were so many horse farms before, twenty-eight, right? Why don't they give you a chance to prove yourself? Why do you think I will give it to you?"
"Because they're all old racers, they think it's humiliating to hire a dwarf jockey, and I don't think you think that's the case, and everybody who wants to win the Green Cup doesn't think that," Jefferson said. ”
After reading the resume, Chen Song patted it and said: "You are right, I will give you a chance to assess, you have to prove that you can win in the field, there will be an excellent jockey to guide you and assess you, I hope you can pass." ”
He held out his hand, and Jefferson took his hand.
The palms of this small young man were rougher and more powerful than those of Gardley.
Due to the late recruitment of the jockey, Chen Song has no hope for this year's race, he just wants his foal to get a feel for the atmosphere and prepare for next year's race.
You can't rush into horse racing, it takes time to get results, and many horse farms have been operated continuously for several generations, such as Black Dragon Jimmy Racecourse.
Gardley was a very ambitious and paranoid jockey, so when he found out that his colleague was a dwarf, he was very upset, and his partners needed to help each other, and if his partner was not good, it would be better not to have a partner, so that at least he would not be held back.
Chen Song could only reassure him and said, "He, like you, needs the green cup to prove himself, and I think he will help you in the end." ”
Gaudelly said solemnly: "It's not that I'm conceited, all my self-confidence is based on the fact that I once won the green cup, and where does his self-confidence come from?"
Chen Song thought for a while and said, "Maybe God gave it to him." ”
Gardley's dissatisfaction lasted only two days, and when he saw Jefferson's care for the horses and his performance on horseback, he went out of his way to find Chen Song and said: "This guy is okay, he has a little short legs, which will affect the consistency of some of his movements on horseback, but other than that, he has no shortcomings, he is a talented jockey." ”