Chapter 351: We Want Dollars

Asking for money from Zhang Guan, Coach Zhou is not the first, and definitely will not be the last. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The so-called goose plucking, not long ago, when Zhang Guan just returned to China, he enjoyed the warmest welcome, of course, there are hands stretched out to ask for money, the Athletics Association, the Basketball Association, the Tennis Association, and even the Sports Federation, all hope to be able to take out a sum from Zhang Guan's pocket.

The $500 million bet has long been known to the whole world, and everyone knows that Zhang Guan has just earned $500 million from the Mariya family, such a big number, naturally too many people want a piece of the pie, even if it is the swill filtered out of the leftovers, it is good to be able to catch a little. Besides, this is 500 million US dollars, just like the food of the emperor's family in the Forbidden City, even if it is leftover swill, it is much better than the meal of ordinary people.

Now Zhang Guan is like a poor boy who suddenly won the first prize of the lottery, relatives flocked to it, whether it was often coming and going or not seen for a long time, they hung out a smiling face, hoping to "borrow" a little, of course, this so-called "borrowing" is naturally borrowed or not returned.

And this situation is also very troublesome, if you don't borrow it, you offend people, people say that you have won such a big prize, you have so much money, anyway, you can't spend it yourself, what about helping you spend flowers? If you borrow it, there will be trouble, the seventh aunt thinks that she should borrow more than the eighth aunt, and the eighth aunt thinks that she should borrow more than the third aunt, and the third aunt says why do you give 30,000 to the seventh aunt and the eighth aunt, but it becomes 20,000 to me? A bowl of water is uneven, and lending money to others has become a matter of offending people, and those who have benefited will not be grateful, and maybe they will dislike you for giving less.

Of course, the situation will be better now, because the money is not worth much. won the first prize of the lottery, and I am afraid that I can't even buy a decent house in a first-tier city, and I have an excuse to send my relatives.

Such as the Athletics Association, the Internet Association, etc., of course, will not really "borrow money", they even save the word "borrow", and directly use the four words "development fund" to play Zhang Guan, take out the money, and give Zhang Guan a receipt, which can be regarded as Zhang Guan's contribution to the development of sports.

This is called "return money".

Under the domestic system, the state has cultivated you, and when you make a lot of money, you should take out a part of the "repayment money", which you can't save if you want to, if you save it, it is equivalent to confronting the whole system.

Besides, Zhang Guan doesn't plan to save this money, some money should indeed be spent, the difference is just to spend more and spend less.

Zhang Guan is not short of money, and 500 million US dollars will not be spent in several lifetimes. There is an idiom called nine cows and one hair, if you compare it with this idiom, Zhang Guan is the kind of yak full of hair, even if it is a handful of hair, at most it is a bald piece of skin that is ugly, there is no substantial damage, and it will rise back in a few days. Besides, Zhang Guan has been an athlete for so long, enjoying the convenience provided by the national team, and accepting the training of the national team, if you want to say that you have no feelings for the national team, it is false. Those leaders in the national team are not bad to themselves, and if Zhang Guan is not a dime, he is really sorry for the country's training.

On the other hand, the development of sports in the country really needs money. As Coach Zhou said, after the end of the Olympic Games in the capital, the funding of various sports is being cut, and some of the sports that have been commercialized, such as basketball and football, can still be very nourishing without the state's funding, but the vast majority of Olympic sports have left the state's funding, and the development will stagnate, and even gradually fall behind. As for non-Olympic events, it's even worse.

For example, the provincial team where Zhang Guan was originally located, because of the cultivation of athletes like Zhang Guan, can get more funding from the higher level every year than other teams, and the Provincial Sports Bureau, as Zhang Guan's registered unit, can also get a lot of advertising shares every year, so their lives are relatively much better, they can build their own vegetable planting base and animal husbandry base, and the welfare of the coaches is also good. But other provincial teams don't have so much "extra money", and after the funding cut, they can only start to live a hard life.

Facing Coach Zhou, a "relative" who played the autumn wind, Zhang Guan put down his chopsticks and said, "How much gap is there in the team's funds?" ā€

"Almost seven or eight million!" Coach Zhou said as he looked at Zhang Guan quite eagerly.

At the dinner table, everyone else also stopped their chopsticks and looked at Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan nodded silently, as if he was in thought.

The few people next to him exchanged glances, with different expressions and different ideas.

"Zhang Guan makes so much money a year, it shouldn't be a problem to give us seven or eight million."

"I think it's too much! It's nice to have five million. ā€

"Zhang Guan shouldn't give a point. It's from the team, and if you don't give a point, it's a bit too much to say. ā€

Zhang Guan looked around, as if the invigilator was examining the candidates, looking at the faces that were quite serious and full of nervousness, Zhang Guan suddenly smiled and asked, "Is seven or eight million enough?" ā€

"Huh?" This time, Coach Zhou was stunned.

"I personally donated 10 million to the team's development fund." Zhang Guan continued: "Make up a whole number. ā€

"Ten million!" Everyone looked at Zhang Guan differently, and the next moment, Coach Zhou waved his chopsticks more and more eagerly, and in a blink of an eye, Zhang Guan's plate was full.

For a person, 10 million is enough, enough for a person to be slightly rich for a lifetime; But for a provincial track and field team, 10 million is not much.

Athletics has enough small events, 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters, 1500 meters, 5000 meters, 10,000 meters, marathon, 110 meters hurdles, 400 meters hurdles, 3000 meters of obstacles, race walking, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus, hammer throw, javelin, decathlon, each small event must have eight to ten athletes, more than a dozen athletes, more than 20 events alone There are two or three hundred athletes.

This is only the men's event, although the women's event is different, the hurdles are 100 meters hurdles and the heptathlon is the heptathlon, but the number of athletes is only a lot more, the men's team and the women's team add up to so many people, 10 million If it is divided equally according to the head, each athlete is less than 20,000 dollars.

What can I do with the extra 20,000 dollars? If all of them are bought into beef, it is not enough for an athlete to eat for a year. Sixty yuan a pound of cooked beef, a strong young man can easily eat two pounds of a meal, and athletes eat more, assuming that a hundred yuan of beef is eaten a day, ten days of one thousand, one hundred days of ten thousand, two hundred days of ten thousand, two hundred days to eat. In fact, the vast majority of athletes in China cannot have beef to eat at a meal, and the nutritious and balanced meals provided by the canteen are mainly starch and vitamins.

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The so-called talking about money hurts feelings, that is, there are not enough figures to talk about. Zhang Guan's 10 million was scattered, and he instantly gained the strong feelings of the provincial track and field team, and the next dinner became extremely pleasant.

A few days later, Zhang Guan, who had turned into a fortune boy and scattered tens of millions of banknotes, finally finished playing all the "relatives", and at this time, some unknown people came to the door again.

Standing in front of Zhang Guan was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a thin figure and silver-framed eyes, who looked quite capable.

"Hello, I am Chen Dong, the deputy secretary general of the Snow Association." The middle-aged man smiled and stretched out his hand.

"Secretary-General Chen, hello." Although Zhang Guan had some vague doubts in his heart, he was also able to guess the other party's intentions. He has never had anything to do with the Ski Association, and the other party came to ask for money in a hurry.

"Secretary-General Chen, what are you looking for me for?" Zhang Guan asked knowingly.

"To tell you the truth, I came to you this time in the hope that you could donate a development fund to our Ski Association as a training fund for our Ski Association." Chen Dong was straight to the point, he spoke with a slightly northeastern accent, and directly said his intentions.

Zhang Guan nodded, tens of millions of dollars were scattered a few days ago, which can be regarded as confirming his reputation as a "fortune boy", especially after donating 10 million to the provincial track and field team, other provinces also sent people over to seek Zhang Guan's donations, of course, some of them regard Zhang Guan as a wronged leader, but the vast majority of them really need funds.

In fact, the domestic sports are all known to each other, which provincial team is having a good time, which provincial team is having a bad time, everyone has a number in their hearts, how much money the state gives every year is very transparent, and the provincial teams are also staring at each other, and everyone knows how much to give less.

For those who are really short of money, Zhang Guan will give some donations appropriately, and for those who are looking for "wronged leaders", Zhang Guan will always give 100,000 200,000 people. Some people come to find themselves, and the travel and accommodation cost money, and it is always not good for people to go back empty-handed. And the person who came to find Zhang Guan is not the kind of nobody, he has some positions, so even if he comes to find the "wronged boss", Zhang Guan will give others a little, which can be regarded as letting the other party live in face.

Those who can get mixed up in their positions are not fools, the two parties don't know each other, Zhang Guanken gives 100,000 200,000 to sell face, and they will not continue to force themselves to be bored.

It's just that most of the sports associations that came before were related to Zhang Guan, such as the Ski Association, who had nothing to do with Zhang Guan, and they were the first.

"Secretary-General Chen, if you want funding, you should go to the Winter Sports Management Center, right? Or is it looking for the general manager, how did you find me? Zhang Guan looked at Chen Dong with interest.

Chen Dong grinned dryly, but this smile looked quite embarrassing, and then he said: "I don't know how much you know about winter sports, let me introduce you first!" To put it simply, in addition to ice, winter sports are snow, and in the management of winter sports, we have a winter sports center, and there are four associations under the center, the skating association, the ice hockey association, the curling association and our ski association, so in terms of funding, the center also distributes four associations to us. Among them, the cost of the skating association and us is more than that of the curling association and the ice hockey association, mainly because the ice hockey and curling competitions are relatively simple, so the cost of training will be less. ā€

Chen Dong paused, and then said: "We have a lot of projects with the Skating Association, and the ice skating is mainly speed skating, short track speed skating, figure skating and skeleton skating, which are also carried out in the venue. Our ski programs include alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, ski jumping, freestyle skiing, bobsleigh, luge, biathlon, Nordic combined ......"

"I see, you mean you have a lot of projects, so you're more lacking in funding?" Zhang Guan interrupted Chen Dong's words, Chen Dong introduced a round of projects, and Zhang Guan did not remember a few.

"All of our projects are done outdoors and the venue is too expensive. As long as there is an ice rink on the ice, even if the air conditioning is turned on all year round, it will cost more electricity at most, and they can train in the summer, but we can't! We had to find a place with snow, we had to have a formal ski resort, and we needed a lot of grounds. Chen Dong said.

Zhang Guan nodded, skiing requires much larger venues than ice skating, and it is also more difficult to maintain. An ice rink can be used to create a good ice surface by turning on the chiller and driving a special machine, but the ski field has requirements not only for the terrain, but also for the thickness and quality of the snow. In terms of cost, skiing is definitely more expensive than skating.

I saw Chen Dong smile embarrassedly, and then said: "It's a shame to say that we haven't made much progress in skiing over the years, and in ice skating, figure skating and short track speed skating, we have achieved great results in international competitions, so in terms of funding, the Winter Sports Center is more inclined to allocate funds to the Ice Association." There are so many funds in total, more for the Ice Association, less for us, and we can only raise the less part. To be honest, our days are very tense now, originally our training base in the northeast, now only two slopes are retained, and the others are open to tourists, and tickets are charged to supplement our training funds. ā€

Seeing that Zhang Guan listened very seriously, Chen Dong gave a detailed introduction, or told how difficult skiing is.

"I heard that after you returned to China, you donated a special development fund to the Athletics Association, and later I heard that some provincial sports bureaus also got donations from you, so I came to give it a try, and I came to you to see if you could also donate a little to our association, so that our athletes would not break their normal training...... I really had no choice but to come to you. Chen Dong said honestly.

Looking at Chen Dong's slightly embarrassed and expectant eyes, Zhang Guan couldn't help but ask, "How much is your funding gap?" ā€

Chen Dong stretched out two fingers and said at the same time: "Two million, we need two million." ā€

Zhang Guan nodded silently, two million is not much for him with deep pockets. If you think of the other party as a national organization, the funding of 2 million is even less. The provincial team took 10 million from Zhang Guan, and a National Snow Association only needed 2 million, and Zhang Guan even felt that he couldn't take it.

"It looks like it's really difficult. But think about it, I have the impression that the women's short track speed skating of the national team is quite good, but in comparison, skiing has really never produced results, maybe it has been too long to ********. If two million can help them tide over the difficulties, the money will not be lost. ā€

Thinking of this, Zhang Guan said: "Secretary General Chen, it sounds like skiing in our country is indeed very difficult, if what you say is true, I am willing to sponsor 2 million as a special fund for skiing." ā€

"Thank you, thank you so much!" Chen Dong looked very excited, and then he seemed to suddenly remember something very important, and immediately became embarrassed again, looking like he wanted to say something.

"Secretary-General Chen, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Guan asked.

"I forgot to mention just now, I said two million, it's dollars!" Chen Dong then added: "We need dollars! (To be continued.) )