According to his mother's suggestion, Du Ke first made a phone call to Director Wei of the Bicycle Fencing Center.

Director Wei sent a message to Du Ke, saying that Du Ke would contact him after returning to China and have important matters to discuss.

Why did Du Ke contact Director Wei first, because he wanted to cut off Director Wei's thoughts first, he will not engage in cycling in the near future, as for the future, let's talk about it later.

Director Wei, as a director of the center, took the head coach of the national cycling team, Zhu Gui, and they flew all the way from the capital to Nangang, and of course Du Ke couldn't send the two leaders back to the capital with a text message or a phone call. Even if you want to reject someone, you have to have a face-to-face interview, which is social etiquette and respect.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Du Ke, Director Wei and Director Zhu completed their first meeting in Room 308 of the Nanyue Sports Bureau Hotel.

The hotel of the Nanyue Sports Bureau only accepts people from within the sports system, or people from the relevant system, and it saves a lot of trouble to meet in this place that is basically not open to the public.

Du Ke wore sunglasses and a hat to the Sports Bureau Hotel, Director Wei and Director Zhu basically never left the hotel after arriving in Nangang, after all, they came to dig the foot of the wall, and they couldn't sit blatantly in the Nanyue Sports Bureau like Director Qin, and asked Director Liang where Du Ke went and when he would return to China? The main reason is that he is afraid of being bumped into by Director Qin, so he can only keep a low profile.

Du, Wei, and Zhu were like underground party joints, mysteriously meeting in the hotel room.

After greeting politely, Duke replied to Director Wei and Zhu that he would not engage in cycling in the short term, and the British triathlon competition was really just for fun.

Director Wei and Director Zhu were of course unwilling to give up, so they launched a 1-hour lobbying work for Du Ke, they looked back on the past and looked forward to the future, and it was very promising to engage in cycling, 9 Olympic gold medals in cycling were waiting for Du Ke to harvest, how exciting.

The most important thing is that China's cyclists have not broken through the shackles of 0 gold medals in the Olympic Games, as long as you can win a bicycle gold medal in the Rio Olympics, you will become a great figure in writing history, the country thanks you, the people love you, and the great achievements you have made will be engraved on the milestones of China's cycling, and you will become the first person in China's cycling. This is more enjoyable than swimming, the first gold in swimming has been taken away by others, and the tree moves the dead and the living, so why hang yourself on a tree......

But Du Ke still politely refused Director Wei's invitation: "Director Wei, to tell you the truth, I may go to participate in the track and field competition of the 12th National Games, if it turns out that I am not suitable for track and field, maybe I will consider other projects." ”

"What? Track and field? Director Wei was a little surprised, and he had nothing to say, there were many Olympic cycling gold medals, but there were more track and field gold medals, and the number one gold medal was track and field. Duke is too cunning, using track and field as a rhetoric to make me retreat? No matter how much I toss, I can't toss as many gold medals in cycling as there are in athletics, which is a special injury.

Director Wei still didn't give up, he had another plan: "Du Ke, if, I mean if, if you can't be selected for the national track and field team in the short term, please think about the cycling team again." Coach Zhu and I can pack tickets with you now, you don't need to do any team testing, as long as you are willing to engage in cycling, you can come to the national cycling team at any time to report, what do you mean? ”

Du Ke thought for a while and said, "Okay, if you can't enter the track and field team, then please ask Director Wei and Director Zhu to take me in." However, I won't be thinking about cycling until after the Incheon Asian Games at the earliest, but I assured the two leaders that if the track and field team doesn't want me, I won't think about anything other than swimming before choosing a bike. ”

Duke is leaving a way back for himself, because he doesn't have a bicycle burn page now, and he can't do it if he wants to, and he can brush a burn page back and add one or two hundred bonus points to the swimming competition of the Incheon Asian Games. So his reply to Director Wei was that we would talk about it after the Asian Games in Incheon next year.

The two sides seek common ground while reserving differences, and each step back is regarded as reaching some kind of unwritten agreement.

Director Wei went to Nangang and did not reap 100% satisfactory results, but he did retain a glimmer of hope. Because of his thirst for talent, Director Wei now even germinates a black-bellied idea, he hopes that Du Ke will best hit the street in the track and field competition of the 12th National Games, so that his bicycle project will rise to the first place spare tire......

After getting Director Wei, Du Ke still needs to deal with two characters, Director Qin and Director Liang.

After thinking about it, Du Ke called Director Qin first.

Director Qin didn't open his mouth after answering the phone, he asked, "Where is it?" ”

Doucle: "At home." ”

Director Qin: "Come to the office of Director Liang of the Nanyue Sports Bureau, and wait for you." After that, he hung up.

Okay, Director Qin and Director Liang seem to be together, so they can just get it done in one wave.

Du Ke drove straight to the Provincial Sports Bureau and came to Director Liang's office.

There were several people sitting in Director Liang's office, in addition to Director Liang, there were also Director Qin, Zhou Jianlin of the national swimming team, Luo Guidao of the provincial swimming team and others.

Du Ke confessed leniently, and took the initiative to speak first: "Leaders, I really went to the UK just to have fun, of course, I didn't greet the leaders in advance, this is my fault, I apologize to the leaders, please forgive me." Please also believe me, I will never quit swimming, unless I am old, seriously injured, unable to swim, and the country no longer needs me, then I will retire according to the normal process. ”

"I can make a guarantee in front of all the leaders, I will never leave the swimming program until I can't swim, if I break my promise and am willing to be punished, you can ban me, cancel my professional athlete qualification, not allow me to engage in any other sports, restrict my passport and visa, let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs blacklist me, so that I can't go abroad, no matter what, I will accept the punishment of the organization." I haven't participated in the Olympics yet, there are so many gold medals in swimming in the Olympics, I'm stupid, what are you not swimming for? ”

"Who dares to ban you!" Director Qin scolded with a smile, and his face turned from gloomy to sunny.

What Duke said was very sincere, and everyone could see that he was not pretending.

The leaders of the swimming front are most worried that Du Ke will be bewitched by others and announce his retirement from swimming, since Du Ke has vowed to never leave the swimming program, then he is not a traitor or a reactionary on the issue of principle.

In China, as long as there is no problem with the principled position, then everything is easy to say.

As long as Du Ke can guarantee the principle, he secretly went abroad to play triathlon, and the leaders will not continue to pursue it, after all, he came back alive, and he was not hung up or injured, which can be regarded as a false alarm. Swimmer, once in a while, it is also within the acceptable range of the leaders.

"Duke Duke, you kid really scared me to death, I thought you were a traitor!" It was Zhou Jianlin who spoke, and he took a long breath, "I brought you into the swimming national team, if you betray the master, I will definitely clean up the door with my own hands." At most, I will quit the assistant coach of this national team, and I will have to take you with me, Duke, don't laugh, I do what I say, don't look at me as just an assistant coach, I have other wild ways. I abolished you with my own hands, even if I was shot, I admitted it, and I exchanged my pawn for a car, and Lao Tzu did not suffer. ”

"Haha!"

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere tended to be harmonious.

Zhou Jianlin said to Du Ke again: "Okay, we are very relieved that you can express this attitude, and the triathlon is not to blame for the past." You have another day off today, and tomorrow you can go back to the provincial swimming team to resume training. You will report a 200 frog in the 12th National Games, this is actually your personal exhibition competition, you still have to take it seriously as much as possible, return to your hometown, and perform for our Chinese audience, you can't swim too badly. ”

"The 12th National Games will open on August 31, but the men's 200 breaststroke final will only start on September 6, Du Ke you can stay in the Nanyue swimming team until September 5 and then go to Shengjing City, you are the champion of the World Championships 200 breast, and your World Championships 200 breaststroke championship results will be carried into the National Games swimming competition, so you don't need to participate in the preliminaries, just perform a final. A week of recovery training is enough for you, after all, you have just finished the World Championships and you are still in shape, and it is OK to train for a few days to find your feelings. ”

"No problem." Du Ke nodded, and said: "Speaking of the upcoming 12th National Games, I still have a small personal request, please approve it to meet my little wish." ”

"Say, as long as it doesn't violate the principles, we will definitely approve it." Except for Director Leung, the rest of the leaders said that they would fulfill Du Ke's wishes.

Du Ke said very seriously: "Leader, I want to sign up for the track and field competition of the 12th National Games, as a second-level track and field athlete with a certificate, I have never participated in a national track and field competition, this is the biggest regret in my life." While participating in the 200 frogs, I also wanted to sign up for a few track and field events, and I thought, this shouldn't be against the rules, right? The final of the 200 frogs ended on September 6, and the track and field competition began on September 7, and the schedule did not conflict. ”

There was silence, and the atmosphere in the office that had just cleared up was instantly clouded again.

In addition to Director Liang, Director Qin, Zhou Jianlin, and Director Luo were all silent as statues with a sense of carving.

Director Liang was mentally prepared, because Du Ke's mother had already blown the wind with him, and he didn't speak, but was observing the expressions of several leaders on the swimming front.

In fact, only Director Liang and Director Qin are really leaders and have administrative levels, and the two coaches Zhou and Luo are actually ordinary people, and they do not have an official position.

Director Qin was the first to react, and he directly rejected Du Ke's wish: "No, I don't agree to your proposal." I know you've practiced track and field before, but that's before, don't play any tricks anymore, you kid just swore that you would never leave the swimming world, it's only been less than ten minutes, and you're going to set foot in the field again? Are you just going to have fun? Doucle, why are you so playful! ”

Zhou Jianlin answered: "Athletics? How do you want to play, my Uncle Du, please, let's not make trouble, okay? ”

Director Luo said: "Du Ke, you go to play triathlon, after all, there is still a swim in triathlon, and there is room for you to play." But you may not be able to engage in track and field specialty, swimming and track and field are completely different events, and technical requirements and muscle strength have their own emphasis. I know you've practiced a lot of sports before, but at that time you were still in a semi-amateur, semi-professional state, and you could practice anything, as long as you were energetic. ”

"But now the situation is different, you are invincible all over the world in the swimming world, go to the track and field arena to play, fulfill your wishes, make up for regrets, you may not be invincible in the world, but the international top masters in the swimming world are bullied by domestic track and field players all over the ground, which is not a good thing for you personally. So, bear with me, there will always be some regrets in life. ”

Du Ke: "Anyway, I'm going to fulfill my wish, and other track and field athletes want to abuse me, and I don't have a problem." If this doesn't work out, I still go to the track and field competition of the 12th Games, because the 200 frog is finished before the track and field competition, so it will not affect my swimming program, it will affect, and swimming will affect track and field. If I'm being abused by other track and field athletes, then I'm not going to talk about track and field anymore, and I'm not going to talk about anything other than swimming. ”

"Got it, I got it." Director Qin said, "You kid just want to do other sports part-time while engaging in swimming, right?" What are you going to do, to be the king of all-powerful sports? That's right, the Sports Federation does not explicitly stipulate that the same athlete is not allowed to participate in two or several different events, the National Games will be participated by teams from all provinces, and the provincial sports bureaus will coordinate and manage the registration matters of each province, and our swimming center cannot interfere with the registration work of each province. ”

"As for whether you can participate in the track and field competition of the 12th National Games, Director Liang has the final say, and I don't count." After speaking, Director Qin glanced at Director Liang, who had not spoken.

"Well, what ...... about this" Director Liang picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then said in an unhurried official tone: "What is the slogan of the 12th National Games, it is 'National Fitness, Share the National Games', the last four words are actually a slogan, but the first four words are indeed the purpose of the 12th National Games, and national fitness is also a basic national policy of our country." According to the spirit of the latest edition of the "National Fitness Project Work Guide" issued by the Sports Federation, we can comprehend the ......"

"Ouch, Lao Liang, don't sell it! We all understand the spirit of the document, and we will pick up the key points. Director Qin was anxious.

Director Liang took another sip of tea and said, "What is national fitness? I believe that it is the participation of the whole people in the exercise of fitness to strengthen the body and benefit future generations. The 12th Games, the province's registration work has come to an end, among them, the youngest registrant is 13 years old, the oldest is 69 years old, they are not professional athletes, and there is no athlete certificate, but our bureau still approved their registration application, they will represent my province to Shengjing City to participate in the 12th Games. This is the core guiding ideology of the national fitness project. ”

As he spoke, Director Liang pointed at Du Ke: "He also has a track and field second-level athlete certificate, according to the spirit of the relevant documents, Du Ke is eligible to sign up for any event in the 12th National Games, including track and field, of course." As for what he can achieve in the track and field arena in the end, that's his own business, or that's the sentence, it's about participation. ”

Du Kele smiled, he smiled at Director Liang: "Thank you Liang Bureau, that's right, national fitness, focus on participation, results are not important, what is important is the spirit of hard work, I will definitely carry forward this 'friendship first, competition second' in the track and field field of the 12th National Games of the new era of athlete spirit." "It seems that you don't have to do it yourself, my mother has already taken the first step and helped me get Director Liang done?

Director Qin was forced hard, damn, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, Lao Liang, you are actually in the same group as Du Ke! This Nanyue Sports Bureau is really a wolf's den, what a big pit! (To be continued.) )