On August 14th, Fengxian X-Sports Factory welcomed a special group of guests.

The city government, the sports bureau, and the district leaders of Fengxian drove two cars over.

Lao Yang received a call in advance, guarded the position of the gatehouse, and saw the Shanghai brand Audi A6L driving over, and hurriedly walked to the door with Manager Zhong and others to greet him.

The big iron door of the electric cable was slowly opened, and the Audi car slowly drove to the hundred-year-old tree next to it, the door opened, and several people came down, and Lao Yang enthusiastically shook hands with everyone.

"Welcome, all the leaders have worked hard, and they have come to the small factory to guide the work in such a hot weather. ”

"Director Yang, it's us who bothered you!"

Both sides are very polite, especially the district leaders of Fengxian, the relationship with Lao Yang has always been very good, the policy support is in place, X-Sports is a big taxpayer, a star enterprise, Lao Yang always sponsors the district, and the two sides are in the honeymoon period.

What everyone is most curious about is the huge trees overhead, blocking most of the scorching sun, plus a small breeze, the flowers on the side of the factory yard on the street swing, and there is a trace of flower fragrance floating in the air, and you can't feel the summer heat at all.

"Lao Yang, your factory is doing a good job, such a thick tree, I'm afraid there are hundreds of years, right?"

"Yes, I have checked the geographical chronicles, and I have also asked botanists to come and see, the two old trees are indeed more than 100 years old, and it happens that in the urban road planning, they are zoned to the factory area. ”

"You have to make it a century-old factory. ”

"This is also our goal, and I hope that all leaders will support us!"

"Let's go to the factory. ”

The group happily went to the various factories to take a look at the modern shoe factory, rib manufacturing factory, among which there was a female leader, touched the fabric ready to be put on the machine, and praised the good quality.

After watching the flowers, I went back to the comfort of my office to talk.

The district leader of Fengxian specially introduced this lady: "Lao Yang, this is the section chief of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China and the Volleyball Sports Management Center, and I want to ask you about something." ”

Lao Yang hurriedly shook hands and welcomed again.

"That's right, we heard about X-Sports sneakers two years ago. ”

Lao Yang was stunned: "We didn't produce two years ago...... Oh, Chief Su, what do you mean by that volleyball player?"

Section Chief Su introduced: "Song Jun, he is the main attacker of the Hongfeng Provincial Volleyball Team, and he is also a substitute member of our 2008 Olympic National Volleyball Men's Team. ”

Lao Yang suddenly realized, and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, I remember!"

That incident is vivid, and it is also the first time that Yang Lei has in-depth cooperation with Infinet Sports, when Yang Lei seemed to be priced at 10,000 yuan a pair of shoes.

Section Chief Su introduced to the leaders of Fengxian: "At that time, our National Volleyball Management Center received news that Song Jun, the main attacker of the Hongfeng Provincial Team, applied to the team leader to customize a pair of sports shoes that can greatly improve the ability to bounce to participate in training, which is X-Sports' elastic shoes. ”

Fengxian leader was happy: "That's a good thing." ”

Section Chief Su said: "At that time, no one paid attention to it, and no one cared about it, so I applied to call it back." Song Jun's performance was mediocre, and he was not selected for the national team in this year's Asian Games, and in the end almost everyone forgot about it. But this year, X-Sports became the supplier of 20,000 pairs of sneakers for the Asian Games, and some people remembered the incident two years ago. ”

I see.

The leader of the Shanghai Sports Bureau also said: "The strength of our national volleyball team has always been weak, the women's volleyball team is slightly better, and won the bronze medal in the 08 Olympic Games, ranking fifth in the world." The men's volleyball team won fifth in the Olympics, ranked 10th in the world, and ranked 21st last year, but the men's and women's volleyball teams have been going downhill for the past two years!"

Chief Su said: "Yes, we are in a hurry. Volleyball, Brazil, Italy, Poland and other traditional strong teams have long been in the top three, in Asia, the strength of our Chinese men's volleyball team is still behind Japan and South Korea!"

Lao Yang Hanyan, I originally thought that only the national football team was so bad, who knows, the men's volleyball team is not good, South Korea has 5,000 people, more than 100 million people, 1.3 billion people in China, and the men's volleyball team is still behind Japan and South Korea.

Alas, it's a shame!

Lao Yang couldn't help asking: "Why can't our country's three major balls work?"

A group of leaders are embarrassed, how can they answer this question?

Lao Yang suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly apologized with a smile: "I'm too talkative, I'm too talkative." In fact, our country's women's volleyball team is still very powerful!"

The women's volleyball team had five consecutive championships in the 80s, and the performance of women's volleyball athletes is an important embodiment of the Chinese spirit.

Chief Su said: "But our country's women's volleyball team has also been declining in recent years, and I came here today to visit X-Sports to see if there is a way to improve volleyball in our country a little, even if it is only a little." ”

Lao Yang's generation attaches great importance to the sense of collective honor.

As soon as he heard that it had risen to the level of national honor, Lao Yang immediately said solemnly: "My son is responsible for the sneakers, so I will call him over and report to the leaders." ”

Section Chief Su smiled: "Trouble Mr. Yang." ”

Fengxian's district leaders were also happy: "I knew that Lao Yang's consciousness was quite high!"

The leaders of the Shanghai Sports Bureau immediately touted commercially: "Xiao Yang is very good at sports equipment, look at our Shanghai men's basketball team, the penultimate last season, this season was acquired by Yao Ming, Xiao Yang changed his equipment, and immediately became the fourth positive number!"

Lao Yang called his son and came back happily and said, "He will come over soon, he is on the highway, and he will be there in ten minutes." ”

Section Chief Su smiled: "It's okay, we're not in a hurry, we've been waiting for seven years, and we're still ten minutes away?"

Everyone laughed bitterly, talking about the development of volleyball, the spirit of the women's volleyball team in the 80s was lonely for more than ten years, and it was not until 2003 that it regained the World Cup championship, but it was not possible in the next seven years.

Great China, with a population of 1.3 billion, only wants ten strong men who play well, is it okay?

………………

Yang Lei was driving, hung up the Bluetooth phone, and said secretly: "The person arranged by Shiwei is really here." ”

In his heart, there will always be a Chinese soul.

But what can he do for the women's volleyball team?

When he came to the factory, Yang Lei came to the office with a computer bag, and heard the lively conversation inside, laughing and laughing.

Seeing Yang Lei appear at the door, Lao Yang hurriedly walked over and pulled him to introduce: "This is the leader from Zhongjing, Section Chief Su of the Volleyball Sports Management Center." ”

"Hello Section Chief Su. ”

Yang Lei shook hands with her with a smile and also greeted several other leaders.

After Section Chief Su explained his intentions, Yang Lei kept thinking about how he could help.

Yang Lei said: "The pair of sneakers I designed for Song Jun two years ago is actually an illegal work, which violates the equipment requirements of the FIVB. ”

Section Chief Su secretly said badly: "What do you say?"

Yang Lei said: "I remember that the FIVB clearly stipulates that sports shoes must be heelless, soft and lightweight rubber-soled shoes or leather-soled shoes, and during major competitions, the Volleyball Federation will arrange referees to check each piece of sports equipment, right?"

"Yes, the FIVB does. ”

"I have a little spring mechanism in it, and it's still metal. ”

"Adidas sneakers have a similar device in them, which seems to be called Formotion. ”

"But Formotion is rubber, and the elastic column is encased in gel. ”

Yang Lei turned on the computer, and Shi Milk Dog's spy company had specially searched for Adidas' technology, and he had searched for the core technology diagram of Formotion.

To put it simply, Formotion is known as a quick emergency stop, which allows athletes to change direction quickly, and it uses a hard rubber column + cushioning gel, similar to the cushioning of a car, which is transverse.

At the beginning, what Yang Lei did to increase the bounce height was the spring piece, which acted vertically and longitudinally.

Section Chief Su roughly understood the difference between the two.

If you have to pick out the words, Adidas is also against the spirit of sportsmanship, sneakers are external devices, and everyone should play barefoot games to be truly fair.

Actually, is this possible?

Therefore, Yang Lei sighed: "Adidas is an international large enterprise, it can affect the Olympic Committee, and I am a small brand can never convince the IOC, this kind of typical metal spring shoes will definitely not pass, if you use it, it is easy to attract the attention of the referee, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Yang Lei said this, and Section Chief Su was a little discouraged.

Lao Yang was a little anxious: "What about your popcorn shoes, are there any violations?"

Yang Lei said: "Popcorn shoes are not illegal, let me provide popcorn shoes no problem, but Chief Su, the women's volleyball national team doesn't even have a sneaker sponsor?"

"Yes, 360° sponsored the Asian Games this year, including sneakers. ”

Yang Lei spread his hands: "See, 360° has already sponsored, I can't help it." ”

Lao Yang didn't understand: "360° sponsorship, do all athletes have to wear this brand?"

Section Chief Su explained: "Tens of thousands of people in the Asian Games, including the clothes and shoes of the staff, are all sponsored by 360°. But the traditional sponsors of the national team are Nike, Li Ning and other companies, they don't need to sponsor the Asian Games, they can also enter the Asian Games by sponsoring the national team curve, is this relationship clear?"

"Clear. ”

"But each sport is independent, the volleyball project was originally sponsored by Li Ning, but it is about to expire in September, and it will be re-signed after the end of the Asian Games, which leads to the Asian Games, the volleyball team is in a vacuum, theoretically Li Ning's 3-month buffer period, or 360° Asian Games coverage, or choose your own shoes. ”

Embarrassing three regardless.

It's also embarrassing that no one wants it.

Because volleyball is very rubbish, the volleyball league is not eligible to be broadcast on CCTV, so several teams across the country play each other, and occasionally show their faces in the competition.

There is no topic, confiscated ratings, no results, who cares about the people?

So corporate sponsorship of a volleyball team is basically a waste of money!

Yang Lei said: "Section Chief Su, I don't know much about volleyball, but I heard a saying that the current development trend of volleyball is more and more about the physical confrontation of athletes, and not too much attention to tactical skills?"