Chapter 241: Temptation
After Li Cai announced his retirement from the Magic Capital Masters, he had nothing to do.
When Li Cai was about to return to the capital, he received a call from Sister Na.
It just so happened that Sister Na also participated in this magic capital master, but she didn't win the championship.
However, after learning the news of Li Cai's retirement, Sister Na called as soon as possible.
After all, if Li Cai hadn't helped her, Sister Na would not have been able to win an Olympic gold medal at the Olympics.
In a restaurant on the Bund, Sister Na hosted a banquet to entertain Li Cai.
At the dinner table, Sister Na said to Li Cai: "Xiaocai, you really plan to retire, you are so young now, you haven't retired even when I'm so old, you don't think about it anymore." ”
Regarding Sister Na's persuasion, Li Cai just smiled and didn't say anything.
Seeing Li Cai's appearance, Sister Na knew that Li Cai's withdrawal from tennis was a foregone conclusion.
As a Chinese tennis player, Sister Na has experienced a lot of dark times, as early as 09 years ago, the tennis players of the national team have poor results, restricted by the domestic tennis center, many games can not be participated, the results can not be played, naturally will not be taken seriously, Sister Na has retired for a time, no longer playing.
Thinking of this, Sister Na said to Li Cai: " You are not cultivated in the tennis system, there are some things you must not know, in the 2002 Busan Asian Games, our tennis project collapsed across the board, and a lot of problems were exposed at that time, at that time, neon South Korea and even Thailand, Southeast Asian countries, tennis has been professionalized, and we are still working behind closed doors, I remember that at that time, I couldn't play 10 games a year, and we were not allowed to fly solo in China, and the loss of the game was blamed on our athletes, thinking that we couldn't produce results if we didn't work hard, and were scolded by a lot in ChinaIf it weren't for my husband's persuasion and the help of Director Sun of the tennis center at the time, I wouldn't have come back to play tennis again. ”
"It's only 10 stops, so few?" Li Cai frowned, 10 matches are really pitiful in tennis, such as Federer or Nadal, athletes of this level will participate in about 15 to 20 tournaments a year, which is a relatively normal number, and "model worker" Davydenko can play more than 30 tournaments a year.
Of course, for Li Cai, a "sloth", 10 races a year is a lot.
Sister Na continued: "You also know my temper, at that time I was really angry, I didn't even notify the people of the national team, and I retired in a fit of anger, after all, you also know that tennis is a highly professional sport, and if you want to improve your level, you can only participate in more competitions, of course, for you, the "sloth", this truth does not work, in the previous management model, we can't participate in a few games a year, how can we improve the level of tennis, and the game is to blame for the loss. ”
For Sister Na's words, Li Cai naturally agreed, if it weren't for the time house in the system, he would have to play more games in order to improve his tennis level.
Sister Na babbled a lot, and Li Cai also listened patiently, I don't know what Sister Na is telling her about these things now, so it doesn't matter if you listen to these things, you should learn about the inside story before.
After talking a lot, Sister Na finally got to the point this time.
"Then you're retiring like that, and you're no longer touching tennis?"
Before asking Li Cai to come, Sister Na received a phone call, it was her former leader, Director Sun, who asked her to play tennis again.
As the former director of the tennis center, Director Sun has made many contributions to the development of China's tennis industry.
At the beginning, Sister Na retired without notifying the national team, and was naturally banned by the tennis center, and she was not allowed to play tennis, until Director Sun helped her, improved a lot of benefits for the national tennis team, and even sought the most important benefit for the four golden flowers of the national tennis women's team, that is, to be able to fly solo and not be restricted from participating in the competition by the domestic tennis center.
After all, professional tennis is a very expensive sport, and the world is flying around to play games, and the transportation expenses alone are a lot of expenses.
Therefore, let the athletes fly solo by themselves, although they spend their own money and do not contribute money from the national team, but the competition bonus and commercial endorsement handed over are much less, as long as the bonus is handed over at a rate of 8%, the income from commercial development, that is, the income from advertising endorsements, also needs to be handed over at 12%.
It's much better than turning in 65% before flying solo, and the athletes themselves will work hard for the sake of profit, unlike before when they didn't have any motivation, after all, they didn't even get half of the income from hard practice and competition, so they naturally had no motivation to play.
After all, not everyone can insist on such tiring training every day and endure so much hardship.
So having athletes go solo is a win-win.
It's a pity that there is a lot of resistance and obstruction in China, and many officials think that their interests are being moved, and if this is the case, athletes in other sports will also fly solo, so it will not cost a lot of money to do so.
After all, if you can get more than half of your income, how can you see only 12% of your income.
Therefore, after Director Sun took the position, he did a lot of work on the issue of solo flight, and the tennis players at that time did not perform well, Director Sun thought of a lot of ways to facilitate this matter.
This also made Sister Na very grateful to Director Sun, after all, if she couldn't fly solo, she wouldn't have won a grand slam yet, and she wouldn't have the strength and results she has now.
So Director Sun asked Sister Na to help probe Li Cai's tone and see what Li Cai's plans were, after all, among the current male tennis players in Huaguo, only Li Cai is a powerful one, and there are very few tennis players in the top 200, among which the highest ranking is Xu Feng, who used to be Li Cai's sparring partner.
This is where there is now, let Sister Na test Li Cai.
Regarding Sister Na's question, Li Cai thought about it for a while, and still said: "When the country needs me, I will go back to play, and I will definitely participate in the Olympic Games." ”
Sister Na rolled her eyes, the Olympic Games are held every four years, if you don't play for four years, how dare you be assured to let you participate, in fact, according to the advice given to her by Director Sun, she just wants Li Cai to guide the athletes of the national tennis team and cultivate another tennis genius.
Don't be as powerful as Li Cai, as long as you learn one-third of Li Cai's skills, you will be very powerful.
When Sister Na brought it up, Li thought for a while and felt as if he had retired, and indeed there was no one in Chinese men's tennis.
When Li Cai didn't plan to spend it on it now, he had to say to Sister Na: "I look at the situation, I will guide them when I have time, after all, I still have a lot of things to do." ”
Although Li Cai did not give a clear answer, Li Cai did not object, and said that he would go when he had time, Sister Na felt that with Li Cai's lazy temperament, it would be very good to be able to say this, and besides, she also said what she had changed, and she also asked what she should ask, and the rest was none of her business.
So, the two talked about things and left each other.