Hedao City is a sub-provincial city, a special economic zone, an economic bridgehead of Ronghai Province, an important central city, a port and a scenic tourist city on the southeast coast.

Similarly, the sports development of Hedao City has always been at the forefront of China, and in some of its advantageous sports, such as badminton, table tennis, swimming and other events, it is stronger than the provincial team of Ronghai Province, and has cultivated world-class top players.

In terms of track and field, due to the greater financial support received, many of the excellent coaches hired are veterans of the national brand, and they are inextricably linked with the national team. It is also an important part of the Ronghai Provincial Athletics Association.

June 12th.

After taking the green train for more than four hours, Su Zu finally arrived at the railway station in Hedao City.

There are many mountains and hills in Ronghai Province, and the speed of the train is slow, from Jianping City to Hedao City is only more than 400 kilometers, but the time spent on the train is four or five hours.

I am used to the high-speed train of later generations, and it is indeed a different experience to go back to this time to revisit the green train.

After getting off the train at the railway station in Hedao City, Su Zu looked at the somewhat familiar city buildings outside the station, and was slightly in a trance.

The city of Hedao, Su Zu has lived here for a long time, after graduating from university, he has come to Hedao City three times, knowing the last time, it is considered to be a foothold. Began to struggle from scratch.

Out of the train station, identified the direction of the bus stop, Su Zu was about to go to Minghu in Hedao City.

This time, he came to Hedao City to report, and he was alone. The parents at home have already said hello, and it is impossible for several coaches from the sports school to leave their work to accompany the report. And it's not a long distance, after Su Zu comforted his family and coach, there was no problem in reporting alone.

In 2002, Hedao City had not yet reached the stage of development in later generations, and the housing prices in the most prosperous areas of the island were only two or three thousand yuan per square meter at this time, which was simply frighteningly low compared to the high price of 60,000 or 70,000 yuan more than ten years later.

Although the city is not as prosperous as it was later, the general road framework has not changed much after more than ten years. Su Zu changed buses twice and soon arrived at his destination.

The Hedao City Competition Management Center is next to the city stadium, and the later generations of Su Zu were more impressed by this venue because they came to this venue to see several concerts.

Hedao City Competition Management Center is an organization affiliated to Hedao Sports Bureau, and its full name is Hedao Competitive Sports Project Management Center. Su Zu had a hard time talking to the guards and security guards at the gate of the competition management center, explaining that it was the athlete who came to report, and it didn't take long for a round-faced man in sportswear to run out from inside the competition management center. He is not tall, and his thick eyebrows and big eyes are very energetic.

"Hello Coach Li, I'm Su Zu, an athlete who came to report to you." Su Zu submitted proof of his reporting information to the round-faced man.

There was a recommendation from the provincial team Shen Guoying before, including Zhuang Tao, who communicated by phone, and Su Zu knew that his next coach was surnamed Li, named Li Zhizhong.

"You came by yourself?" Li Zhizhong looked at the certificate in his hand, glanced at Su Zu again, and the first thing he said was a little surprised.

After all, most athletes come to report with their parents and family members, and they come alone, and Li Zhizhong is really the first time to see him.

"I'm here alone." Su Zu replied, "It's not too far to take the train from Jianping. ”

"Okay, it's good to come, it seems that the ability to live independently is relatively strong." Li Zhizhong nodded with satisfaction. Most athletes leave their parents at an early age and enter junior sports schools, professional sports schools, and professional teams at all levels to train, and are relatively strong in both collective and personal life. The most feared encounter is the teenager who still loves his family and has poor ability to live independently, and many coaches not only have to be responsible for training, but also have to be a nanny in life.

"Come with me, go through the formalities for you first, the dormitory is almost arranged for you, you can tell me if you need anything when you look back."

Li Zhizhong is still quite satisfied with this new team member, he is not very old, but he is very mature in dealing with people, knowing that the other party is from the countryside, and he can still be calm and unhurried in a big city like Hedao, which is even more rare.

The two talked all the way and walked into the inside of the competition management center.

"Why don't you continue to stay in your sports school, look at your information, the training time in the sports school is not long." During the chat, Li Zhizhong asked this question.

Su Zu actually had some doubts at first, although the conditions of Jianping City Sports School were average, but he continued to train, and when his results were further improved, the provincial team didn't want him this time, but next time he had better results, maybe he wanted it.

But Zhuang Taoli ignored public opinion, and he didn't even care about Xie Caiwen's interference, and insisted on pushing him out of the sports school. The difficulties in this are much greater than those of ordinary people.

Many athletes go to the next level, and most of them are put forward by the superior unit, and the subordinate cooperates. For example, the national team valued the performance of a provincial team player in the National Games and proposed to send someone to the national team for training.

There are also local active recommendations, which involve an active and passive relationship, and the recommended ones need to be assessed and applied, and the process and procedures are much more troublesome. And the higher authorities don't have to.

Just like Su Zu this time, Zhuang Tao and his former coach Zeng Huizhen recommended it, but in the end, Su Zu failed to enter the provincial team.

But the meaning of Zhuang Tao's coach is also very clear, Su Zu has potential, an athlete who has only been professionally trained for four or five months, and his sprint performance has improved from the performance of a national second-level athlete to the level of a first-class athlete. And it's still on the rise, and he's going to support it anyway.

Although training can also be done in Jianping Sports School, it is easier to be delayed, and there is a gap between the software and hardware facilities and the big city. Even the electronic timer has not been able to apply for it yet, not to mention more equipment such as various ECG tests, fat content tests, etc.

The golden life of a sprinter is very short, he is now 15 years old, and it will only be ten years at most to produce results, and in these ten years, the real peak of sprinting may be only two or three years. If there are any injuries in this, it will be missed in a blink of an eye.

Su Zu briefly told Li Zhizhong about the situation, Li Zhizhong was silent for a while, and sighed, "Coach Zhuang Tao is really thinking about you." Including Coach Shen of the provincial team, he has his own concerns, but he still gives you a chance. ”

The two walked all the way in the competition management center, Li Zhizhong briefly introduced the internal division of the competition management center, office area, training venue, canteen logistics, etc., handled the reporting procedures for Su Zu, and led him into a brand-new dormitory building.

"You came at the right time, this dormitory building was just opened half a year ago, and the conditions are more than a little better than the old dormitory building before."

"The track and field athletes in the city are mainly in the long-distance running marathon, and some of the sprint athletes usually train in the city sports school, and only before the competition will they come to the city track and field team for training."

The Athletic Sports Management Center of Hedao City has a number of sub-projects under its jurisdiction, of which track and field is not the main focus, and several sports such as swimming and badminton occupy the main body.

This is different from ordinary sports schools, the strong projects in the provincial and municipal teams will occupy more resources, but some weak projects may have fewer people, and some are even affiliated to sports schools or other units for training.

Entering the dormitory building, Su Zu found that the conditions of Hedao City exceeded his imagination, worthy of being an economic bridgehead, and the assigned dormitory turned out to be a single room, nearly 40 square meters of dormitory with independent bathroom, TV, telephone, air conditioning and other equipment. The windows are bright and clean, and the conditions are better than those of ordinary bachelor apartments.

Li Zhizhong briefly explained, let Su Zu settle down by himself, and left first.

Su Zu didn't need him to accompany him all the time, he was adaptable, he didn't have to worry about others, he simply cleaned it up, and went out to buy some toiletries and bedding outside.

It's simple, and everything is in order. Su Zu stood in front of the dormitory window, looking at the high-rise building outside the window, which was not too much, and knew that a new challenge had begun.