Chapter 242: Can't Be Sold Cheaply

In an indoor training ground in the training bureau, Chen Zhongzhou looked at the newspapers in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.

Zhuang Wei, who was standing beside him, looked at one report after another, and grinned even more, "Why do you feel like you're suddenly famous?" ”

Athletes are famous, and as a team member who works together, he naturally rises to the top, and as a physiotherapist, he knows very well that as long as he works with athletes, he is basically certain that he will continue his entire athletic career.

With this qualification, even if Ye Qin retires later, it is enough for him to go to which team, or to leave the national team to open a physiotherapy shop.

Chen Zhongzhou looked at Zhuang Wei, who was in full bloom, and shook his head slightly, "That's not it, after the Olympic Games last year, in fact, some media also noticed Ye Qin, but at that time, Liu Yangyu had too much impact, although in our opinion, the men's 200m into the final and won the sixth result is shocking enough, but in the eyes of many media, it will only be the champion." ”

"It's the same thing, competitive sports, only the champion is eye-catching enough." Zhuang Wei nodded and said with a smile, "Isn't there a joke about it, someone asked, what is the world's highest peak?" Everyone knows that it is Mount Everest. And what about the second highest peak in the world? It seems that few people know about it. The second is still true, let alone the sixth. ”

"It's not a very apt analogy, but it's a good idea."

Chen Zhongzhou bowed slightly, expressing his approval of Zhuang Wei's statement.

In the past few days, the media has suddenly paid more attention to Ye Qin, and the biggest reason is that Ye Qin won the men's 200m and men's 400m indoor championships in three stops in the indoor track and field championships for the first time.

Although it is only an indoor track and field championship, six gold medals are in hand, which is enough for media people with a keen sense of smell to get articles that can be written.

Of course, on the other hand, there is also the reason why Liu Yangyu rushed to Shenghai Station, it is said that there was not a lot of verbal criticism of Liu Yangyu in the media at that time, and Liu Yangyu was under a lot of pressure. It is even rumored that Da Yao, another top sports star at Shenghai Station, has specially comforted each other in the past.

Although he also won the championship in Jinmen later, the media will still be willing to give some attention to some other athletes. There is a saying on the field that the defeat of senior athletes is often an opportunity for younger athletes.

In the competitive arena, whether it is a professional team or a coach, most of the time they will choose experienced athletes when they have a choice, especially in some group events. This is not to say empiricism, the coach leader preference, but that trust in a person is based on knowing enough about it.

In the same state, the veteran athletes have enough competition experience and a more composed mentality, and are more able to properly cope with the difficulties they face. The opportunities of junior athletes often appear in the case of injuries or poor form of old athletes.

Historically, many rookies have risen to the occasion to act as a key moment or show their potential.

Analogous to what has happened in the media in the past few days, Ye Qin was able to occupy a certain page this time, in fact, on the one hand, his results have arrived, and he has won the championship of three stations and two events that surprised many people, and it is also the beginning of the season, after Liu Yangyu rushed to the first stop, many people focused on other players.

In addition to Ye Qin being a little uproar these days, there is also a Guangdong player Wen Yongyi, who has also become the focus of attention of many media, three men's 60-meter champions, and the last Yanjing competition, which refreshed the national men's 60-meter record. Such a result is indeed very rare for a track and field athlete.

"Hey, Zhuang, please come over for a moment."

Chen Zhongzhou and Zhuang Wei were watching the newspapers of the past few days on the sidelines, and on the other side, Randy Hunter was wearing a baseball cap and beckoned to Zhuang Wei.

"Oak Oak!"

Zhuang Wei was excited, and instantly stuffed all the newspapers in his hand into Chen Zhongzhou's arms, ran over with a smile on his chubby face, and asked, "Coach Randy, what's the matter with me?" ”

Zhuang Wei watched Randy Hunter finish saying this, but his head tilted slightly, and he winked at Ye Qin.

Because Chen Zhongzhou has a good English foundation, the track and field team did not give Randy Hunter a translator, although Ye Qin can't understand some of the professional terms, but there is no problem with daily communication, and with Chen Zhongzhou from the side of a little explanation, basically can quickly understand the meaning.

Only Zhuang Wei doesn't know anything about English, and his communication with Randy Hunter is not necessarily particularly smooth.

Ye Qin sat on a yoga mat, watching Zhuang Wei's movements, he couldn't help but be a little funny, and said: "I'm going to do a group of training to help me angels and activate muscles, and the coach asked you to come over to help." ”

"Okay, got it, got it."

When Zhuang Wei heard Ye Qin say this, he immediately understood, made an OK gesture at Randy Hunter, and then began to lean down to assist Ye Qin in completing the next training moves.

Seeing this, Randy Hunter didn't say much, and in the case of the language barrier, he communicated less with Zhuang Wei, but felt that this chubby physiotherapist sometimes needed to be urged to do things.

"Chen, are you reading Ye Qin's report?"

Seeing that Ye Qin's training was on the right track, Randy Hunter immediately walked to the sidelines and walked towards Chen Zhongzhou, saw the newspaper in the other party's hand, and asked.

Chen Zhongzhou handed over one of the newspapers with Ye Qin's photos of winning the championship, and replied with a smile, "The National Indoor Track and Field Championships, the champion of three stations and two events, Ye Qin has attracted great attention from the media. They called Yechin the second Michael Johnson. ”

Randy Hunter laughed, "It's an interesting statement, I've seen Michael's past results, and when compared to his age, Yechin is really not worse than Michael." ”

Chen Zhongzhou heard Randy Hunter's words, but his pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly, "Randy, are you sure this is true?" I thought it was the media's claim. ”

At this point in time, even Morris Green's influence on the track and field sprint event is far less than Michael Johnson's, with two inhuman world records in hand, and Michael Johnson is comparing him even after retiring from the top sprinters in track and field.

"Of course." Randy Hunter smiled, "Michael Johnson is not much better than Yechin in sprinting at Yechin's age, however, there are many talents in this world, I went to Jamaica this time, visited the Kingston Training Center, they have an athlete, probably the same age as Yechin, oh yes, the two of them should have met at the World Junior Championships, he is the champion, Yechin is the third place, the other party ran in the first two years to achieve Michael Johnson almost 20 years old." If it weren't for the poor performance of the opponent at last year's Olympics, he would have been a well-deserved track and field star in Jamaica. ”

"Reaching Michael Johnson's 20-year-old at the age of sixteen or seventeen, such a talent?!"

Chen Zhongzhou chewed it silently, shook his head slightly, and couldn't help but feel a little emotion in his heart.

"So, Chen, the results now are not indicative of the future, and I've seen too many athletes show unparalleled talent when they were teenagers, but they didn't make it to the end, or they died early before they reached their peak, and there are a lot of factors in that. Many talented athletes in the United States have mostly lost to public opinion and money. ”

Randy Hunter waved the newspaper with Yechin's picture in his hand, "Now, lo and behold, they're coming to the door, too." ”

"It's inevitable to be able to produce in the field and be chased by the media." Chen Zhongzhou thought of the scene of Liu Yangyu becoming the number one superstar in the country almost overnight after the Athens Olympics, and couldn't help but say softly.

In the past, he had only heard about how European and American sports stars were sought after, but when such athletes really appeared in China, in fact, the performance of Chinese people was not necessarily more rational than others.

"Of course, I just hope it doesn't interfere too much with our normal training." After all, Randy Hunter has seen a lot of such situations, although he doesn't know much about China, but he has always had the same mentality of people chasing winners, and then he seemed to think of something, and asked, "By the way, Chen, I remember that Ye Qin doesn't seem to have a commercial endorsement, right?" ”

Chen Zhongzhou was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment before he spoke: "It shouldn't be, yes, I remember no." ”

"That should be coming soon." Randy Hunter sighed softly, "Chen, I have a message that I hope you can help me convey to your leaders. ”

"Tell me." Chen Zhongzhou's expression became a little serious.

"Before this year's World Championships, don't let Ye Qin accept any commercial endorsements or related behaviors." Randy Hunter had a faint smile on his face, "I don't want my athletes to be sold for money. ”

Chen Zhongzhou was stunned again, he began to think that Randy Hunter wanted to protest against this, and hoped that the field management center and the team would not let Ye Qin accept commercial activities, so as not to affect his training and competition progress, where did he think that Randy Hunter would actually say this.

But come to think of it, Randy Hunter coaches in the United States, and the business behavior of athletes is normal, and his concern is that the commercial value of Yechin is undervalued now.

Before last year's Olympic Games, he remembered that Liu Yangyu and a gymnast had a commercial advertisement, and no one cared too much about it at the time, after all, before the Olympic Games, the domestic sports circle may be a key training player, and it is still relatively unfamiliar in the eyes of the public.

But after the Olympics, Liu Yangyu's worth doubled, and this company's commercial advertisement made a lot of money, which can be put into advertising planning and marketing courses.