44 This is a thing of the past
It was also after they finished the Finnish Cup that Amy returned home from the training center and unexpectedly saw Lu Bolin sitting on the sofa.
After Lu Bolin became an adult, they spent very little time together. He went to England to study at the age of fifteen, and the family of three lived a life of separation for a long time. It wasn't until he graduated from college and returned to China that the three were finally reunited. However, because of his habits in the United States since he was a child, Lu Bolin is not used to living with his parents, so Lu Xiaokun quickly bought him a house near the company.
Their family basically adopts a non-interference way of getting along. Lu Xiaokun never gave any opinion on Amy's return to the figure skating center, but did his best to give her the greatest support in her career, and their parents, in the process of nurturing Lu Bolin to grow up, also respected their son's requirements and ideas as much as possible.
Lu Xiaokun once said in a past TV interview that if Lu Bolin was not interested in this industry, he would never force him.
Amy believes that her husband is telling the truth, and that the choice her son makes after graduation is also something he seriously intends to do, and it is also something that has its value.
The fans of these athletes are not very old, and they have some idealistic tendencies, and they will think that athletes should devote all their energy and energy to training, and those messy business activities, advertising endorsements, etc., are all the dregs of this society full of capital. As a result, Lu Bolin and his brokerage company have always been the target of some people's attacks.
Amy didn't say much about it, but she thought in her heart that her husband and son were doing something in this field that had no reason to be so blamed.
The training of athletes is not an idealized process, even now, many matters are not completely perfect, many athletes who cannot continue their careers due to injury, or athletes who have worked hard all their lives but still fail to win a gold medal, are also facing the situation of insecurity after retirement, which is also one of the reasons why many athletes choose to naturalize in the early years.
Of course, sports entertainment is not the way to solve this problem, but it undoubtedly opens up another possible path for athletes, and also relieves some of the pressure on their shoulders to a certain extent, and at the same time achieves a certain communication effect. It does, however, make competitive sports shallow and quick to achieve, as others say, because once the threshold for success is lowered, more people will flock to it.
This has always been a double-edged sword.
Although Amy never gave any opinion on her son's career decisions, it was inevitable because they looked at athletes from a completely different perspective, and many of his actions would make her feel less comfortable. However, she also understands that there are some things that cannot be solved "just as they should be".
So because of the long distance between the two and the estrangement carved by time, Amy was somewhat cramped in the face of her adult son.
"Why did you come back?" she asked calmly, still.
"Hmm. Lu Bolin nodded normally. "I'm looking for Dad. β
"Have you eaten?"
"I've eaten it. β
"Have you made an appointment with your dad?"
"Yes. I wanted to make an appointment at the company, but then I felt that it was better to be at home, and I haven't seen you for a long time. β
"I've been preparing for the Grand Prix lately, and I've been very busy. "Sometimes I just live in the dormitory at the training center. β
"Is it going well?"
"There are two people who have not been able to settle down, and they want this and that, and this part is a bit troublesome. Amy said, "But it's pretty much going well." β
"I remember," Lu Bolin asked, "you were in charge of Han Lu's new choreography?"
"Nope. Amy shook her head and sat down at the other end of the couch. There was a considerable distance between the two people. "I'm just offering some advice. The choreographers were mainly her partners. β
Xu Haoyang.
Lu Bolin remembered this person, he refused several invitations to variety shows and advertisements, which made him feel a little difficult. Generally speaking, these matters of communication with athletes do not need to be personally responsible for him, but will be assigned to other departments under his command to deal with them, and only athletes of Han Lu's level - who can win considerable benefits for the company, he will personally communicate and deal with them.
However, after Han Lu was injured, although he made the decision as quickly as possible, that is, to abandon Han Lu and distribute her original resources to Jiang Xin and another table tennis player who was also in his playing year, however, it may also be related to the transfer of interest from the audience, and the feedback brought by these two people, in terms of data, is far less than Han Lu's back then.
He really didn't naively think that star making was so simple and that brilliance could be easily replicated - on the contrary, he knew very well that Han Lu's era was unavoidable, so he would do everything he could to push her to the top. Compared with Jiang Xin, the star of the current figure skating team, she admittedly has a group of fans and a certain appeal, but because of the lack of the quality of personal image that attracts others for a long time - in other words, whether it is personal personality or skill, she has no reason for a sufficient number of people to like her for a long time.
There are loyal fans, everyone has them, but there are not enough.
The data is not good-looking, and if it does not support the confidence of investors, it is equal to zero.
When there was no other feasible candidate, and the new plan could not be confirmed, things seemed to move forward slowly as usual, during this period, Jiang Xin also argued with him a few times because he thought that the resources Lu Bolin gave her were inconsistent with the previous discussion, Lu Bolin nodded on the surface, but in fact he did not take it to heart.
Then she offered another quid pro quo.
Today, he returns home to discuss with his father a new plan between the two companies, and in his drawer there are two athletes on the verge of retirement, who he sees as an opportunity to make a full transition from the world of sports to the entertainment industry. It is necessary to communicate this idea with my father first, and then how to operate it, and then delegate it to subordinate departments.
He hadn't expected to see his mother in this place, there was very little communication between them, and after he grew up, he didn't have much memory of being with his mother gently. So, naturally, he didn't know her very well either.
This gap is inevitable, in any generation, between two people.
After Lu Xiaokun also went home - Lu Bolin had already made an appointment with him in advance, and the father and son did not choose to be in the office, but to talk in their own study. After they agreed on a new plan, they talked about another crisis facing Lu Bolin, that is, the poor commercial performance of the existing spokesperson.
Lu Xiaokun saw his son's past decisions. He believes that he lacks sufficient foresight and judgment, and more importantly, he does not make sufficient predictions of the crisis when Han Lu is at his peak.
In other words, Lu Xiaokun solemnly pointed out that Lu Bolin did earn a lot of money and fame because of Han Lu, but, to a certain extent, he regarded this irreproducible miracle as his own strength.
Take the right time, luck, and opportunity as what you should have and accept it as a matter of course.
But they didn't think about what they could do if the opportunity didn't exist.
This kind of thing is not uncommon for young people who have just started their careers, so Lu Xiaokun has not said anything about it. It was only at this time that he opened his mouth to say his thoughts because Lu Bolin took the initiative to talk to him.
This made Lu Bolin a little embarrassed.
"However," Lu Xiaokun added, "but judging from the results, there will not be any big difference." β
"What do you mean?"
"I mean Han Lu. Lu Xiaokun said, "If her injury cannot be avoided, how to deal with it in the follow-up will not make much difference from the results." β
"I really should have planned ahead. Lu Bolin nodded.
"You should have told her earlier," Lu Xiaokun smiled, "let her take care of herself for you." β
Regarding his father's obvious joke, Lu Bolin suddenly shook his head and laughed.
"Yes. "I've always thought so." β
"Prepare for tomorrow's interview. Lu Xiaokun said, "This is also your own ability, so that everyone is interested in your relationship." β
The next day's interview originated because an e-sports team that Lu Bolin participated in the investment was officially established, and after asking several related questions, the reporters naturally turned the direction to his personal feelings.
Lu Bolin, although he is the president of a brokerage company, is also because of his relationship with the entertainment industry, in the eyes of reporters, he can basically be regarded as an entertainment figure. At the same time, of course, he is different from other artists, there is no so-called agency and personality style, etc., so he has taken a setting where he has something to say and let himself go.
His chaotic emotional relationships with sports stars, entertainers, models, etc., are also the focus of reporters. Coupled with the fact that Lu Bolin himself does not seem to have any rejection of these topics, he can be said to have become the favorite of reporters to a certain extent.
This time, however, the reporters prepared more information β or more premeditated, as they showed a photo of Mr. Jiang and him in front of the hotel and asked about his relationship with the female figure skater, who had not been made public before.
Athletes, in the minds of the public, are somewhat different from artists and models, for whom the audience often has stricter moral standards. This photo is indeed beyond Lu Bolin's imagination, and it is rare for him to not know what to say for a while.
His silence didn't last longβa public gaffe was not something he could allow himself to do.
"It's a thing of the past. He said so.
And in this live interview, Jiang Xin was an unaware audience throughout the whole process.
From suddenly becoming a key role to being abandoned by Lu Bolin so mercilessly, she was the first witness.
It's a subtle feelingβit's like being a bystander watching the fate of a person named "Jiang Xin" being rewritten and pronounced all at once.