All-round Athlete

Chapter 185 Competing for Favors

This year's Golden League Brussels station is different, because this year marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Belgian Olympic Committee, and the Belgian government specially arranged the celebration ceremony for the opening ceremony of the Brussels station of the Athletics Golden League.

In addition to the Belgian royal family and dignitaries, IOC President Jacques Rogge will also attend the celebration ceremony. Ordinarily, it is difficult to invite the chairman of the International Olympic Committee to the founding ceremony of the National Olympic Committee, but Rogge himself is Belgian, so he naturally wants to participate.

The presence of Rogge, the chairman of the Olympic Committee, invisibly raised the level of the competition in Brussels. The Belgian government also announced that athletes who broke the world record in Brussels will be given the title of honorary citizen of Brussels and the city key. million euro prize.

In fact, monetary rewards can only be regarded as second. The most important reward is that players who break the world record in Brussels will be invited to a private dinner hosted by the Belgian royal family tomorrow night. IOC President Rogge will also attend. This is not an ordinary dinner. If an athlete can participate, it means that the athlete has won the friendship of the Belgian royal family and IOC President Rogge.

Obtaining the friendship of the Belgian royal family obviously greatly improves the commercial value of the athlete. At least in Europe, the athlete's worth will definitely increase greatly. Of course, this is not the key, the most important thing is the President of the International Olympic Committee Rogge.

Rogge is a Belgian himself. If he can break the world record in Brussels, it will not only be a big gift to Belgium, but also a favor to Rogge in disguise. What about the president of the International Olympic Committee?

For an athlete, if he can establish a relationship with the chairman of the International Olympic Committee, his future development path will be much smoother, especially if he chooses to enter politics in the future, there will be many conveniences, such as the election of members of the Olympic Committee, The country where the country is located has extra points for bidding for sports events, etc. There are many examples of this at home and abroad. For example, a champion in the national football event back then had a good friendship with the then chairman of the Olympic Committee. After entering politics, this champion has repeatedly won important tasks and has been promoted all the way.

The sponsors of star athletes are also gearing up to perform. The sponsor of the men’s 3,000-meter obstacle race athlete Shaheen announced that if Shaheen breaks the world record, all the audience and the ball will be invited; behind Isinbayeva Car sponsors have promised to send her the latest luxury SUV once she breaks the world record.

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Zhang Guan was resting in the hotel room when he heard a knock on the door. Zhang Guan opened the door and saw the guide Yu walking in front followed by a man in a suit and leather shoes. Zhang Guan still knew this man. Counselor Zhu whom Guan met.

"Zhang Guan, we meet again!" Counselor Zhu said with a smile!

"Counselor Zhu! Hello, it's been a long time! Come in and have a seat!" Zhang Guan will guide and Counselor Zhu into the room.

During the Athens Olympic Games that year, Counselor Zhu came to convey the invitation of the Prince of Dubai, and then Zhang Guan met Sharapova for the first time at the dinner of the Prince of Dubai. Now after two years, Zhang Guan saw Counselor Zhu again, and Counselor Zhu's appearance has not changed much, but he looks a little thinner than two years ago.

Director Yu said as he walked into the room: "Now you can't be called Counselor Zhu, you should change your name to Director Zhu."

Director Zhu immediately answered and said: "I no longer work at the Athens embassy, ​​because I had a lot of contact with the Olympic Organizing Committee during the Athens Olympic Games, so the organization transferred me to the 2008 Olympic Organizing Committee. Now I mainly It is in Lausanne, Switzerland, responsible for some Olympic liaison work."

After several people sat down, Zhang Guan took the lead to ask: "Director Zhu, what instruction do you have for me this time?"

"How can there be any instructions! I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, and ask for help!" Director Zhu said, hesitant to speak.

"It's okay, Director Zhu, please tell me. I will definitely do what I can do." Zhang Guan said.

"Okay, I'll just say it directly!" Director Zhu took a deep breath and said, "We hope you can break the world record in the Golden League Zurich competition!"

"What?" Zhang Guan's eyes widened in surprise. Zhang Guan noticed that Director Zhu used the word "we", which was obviously not Director Zhu's personal idea.

Director Zhu continued with some embarrassment: "We also know that this request is too abrupt, and we also understand that breaking the world record is not just a play, and it is possible to add up various factors, but if... I It means that if possible, we hope you can challenge the world record. If it is not possible, then forget it.”

Zhang Guan thought for a while, and then said: "I will try it in the competition! But is it convenient for me to know what is the purpose of breaking the world record?"

"It doesn't involve any secrecy, so let me tell the truth!" Director Zhu continued: "This time the Zurich station of the Golden League will hold a celebration for the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Belgian Olympic Committee, which you must know. The athletes who broke the world record in the Zurich station can participate in the private dinner of the Belgian royal family. This private dinner is small and not many people attend, but IOC President Jacques Rogge will be invited to attend.”

"Do you want to use me to get close to Rogge?" Zhang Guan asked.

Director Zhu nodded in acknowledgment, while Zhang Guan then asked: "Is there any request for him?"

Director Zhu shook his head: "Almost."

Zhang Guan suddenly felt that it was not in line with the clean-up. If you are looking for Rogge on official business, you can go directly through the official channels. There is no need to let yourself break the world record, and then approach Rogge at a private dinner. This is tantamount to going around a big circle. .

"Or it can be called public relations." Director Zhu then explained: "Rogge is a Belgian, and Zurich is the 100th anniversary celebration of the Belgian Olympic Committee. If you can break the world record in Zurich, it will be a gift to Rogge A favor, and what we need is this favor.”

"After Rogge took office, he implemented reforms in the International Olympic Committee and proposed to streamline the Olympic events. In the next Olympic Games, several events will be cut off. Since our successful bid for the Olympic Games, we have always hoped that the martial arts event It will be included in the performance events of the next Olympic Games. But there is a lot of resistance to this matter, the main reason is the plan to streamline the Olympic events promoted by Rogge."

"The Olympic Organizing Committee has also done a series of public relations work on the entry of martial arts into the Olympic performance event, but we have no way to do it on Rogge's side, so we hope you can follow the Belgian royal family's dinner and report to Rogge. Bring it up."

"Can Rogge agree?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Of course it's impossible to agree right away!" Director Zhu shook his head: "Our Olympic Organizing Committee has already prepared a corresponding plan, you can go and mention this to Rogge and get Rogge to agree to accept the plan. The next public relations work is our business. In fact, as long as Rogge does not clearly express his opposition to this matter, it will happen in all likelihood. What should you say at the banquet and what situations will you encounter? How to deal with it, we all have plans in advance and will teach you. But the premise is that you must break the world record tomorrow before you can participate in that banquet!"

Of course, Zhang Guan knew that the inclusion of martial arts in the Olympic performances was of great significance. Martial arts entering the Olympic Games, even if it is a performance event, is a stage for people all over the world to understand China. In Zhang Guan's memory, Wushu has been in operation for the next Olympic Games for a long time, and there are even news of failure several times. It can be seen that it was very difficult to do this at that time.

There are so many member states in the International Olympic Committee, and many people from each country serve on the committees under the International Olympic Committee. The interest entanglements are intricate, ranging from the right to bid for the Olympic Games to a certain individual competition. Such deep-seated things as public relations, operation, and interest exchange are out of reach of Zhang Guan. However, since the National Olympic Organizing Committee has made a request to itself, there must be a corresponding operation method. How to implement it, Zhang Guan will not I know, he doesn't want to get involved either.

Thinking of this, Zhang Guan said: "Since it is needed by the country, I will go all out in tomorrow's competition and get back one or two world records."

"One or two? He seems to only participate in two projects..." Director Zhu was a little uncomfortable with Zhang Guan's way of speaking.

Director Yu beside him shook his head silently, thinking in his heart that this kid Zhang Guan is going to start to get nervous again!

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Belgium very much hopes that some players will break the world record in the competition, which will be the icing on the cake for the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Belgian Olympic Committee. The athletes also come with the intention of breaking the world record, because the potential benefits of this world record are too many . It's a pity that the sky didn't come true. After the start of the competition, no player broke the world record in several events.

The queen of the Russian pole vault has secured the championship after jumping 4.81 meters, so she raised the bar to 5.03 meters to challenge a new world record, but unfortunately failed.

Dibaba, the famous women's long-distance runner from Ethiopia, came back in this station. At the same time, she also played in the women's 5000-meter world record. 14:33.78, far from the world record of 14:24.53. As for the men's middle-distance running king, Bekele lost the game.

Qatar's 3,000-meter obstacle king, Shaheen, had high hopes before the race. He also publicly stated in media interviews that he would challenge the world record for the 3,000-meter obstacle course, but Shaheen's final score was 8 minutes 04.32 seconds, far from his own The world record of 7 minutes 53 seconds 63 is still far away.

When Shaheen was the first to cross the finish line, he raised his arms and began to celebrate, but in addition to sparse applause, there were more dissatisfied boos from the audience. Shaheen's sponsor had promised before the game that once Shaheen broke the world record in the game, he would lighten the audience to drink beer, so the audience was a little disappointed with Shaheen at this time.

Rogge, who was sitting in the VIP room, looked a little gloomy. During the pre-match interview, Shaheen was full of big words, but in the end he lost the chain.

The seventy-year-old King Abel II of Belgium has left early, and Prince Philip is still sitting next to Rogge. Rogge can read from the expressions of excitement and disappointment of Prince Philip, this seemingly The very seasoned His Royal Highness Wang Chu actually hopes that some athletes can break the world record in Belgium.

Rogge suddenly felt quite humiliated at this time, people have vanity, even if he is the chairman of the International Olympic Committee, he couldn't help feeling a little anxious at this time. He personally attended the competition in Brussels to build momentum for the establishment of the Belgian Olympic Committee. If there was one less world record, the momentum would be lost.

At this time, the athletes of the next game began to enter the arena, and Rogge suddenly saw Zhang Guan's figure.

"It looks like the Chinese is going to break the world record!"

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