On the Guangdong team's side, the female swimmers alone occupied half of the table.
Although sisters Yang Xiuzhen and Yang Xiuqiong live in Hong Kong, they participate in the competition as athletes from Guangdong. In addition, Liu Guizhen, Chen Huanqiong, and Liang Yongxian, who are equally famous as Yang Xiuqiong, are all from Guangdong. They performed amazingly at this National Games and were merged
Known as the "Four Female Heroes of Chinese Swimming".
Yang Xiuqiong suddenly put down her chopsticks and whispered: "Sister, Mr. Zhou is here."
Yang Xiuzhen quickly wiped the oil stains from the corners of her mouth, arranged her hair specially, and sat upright.
The same goes for the other female athletes at the same table. After all, they are still young girls and pay great attention to their own image. They all dressed up beautifully for the banquet tonight.
"Mr. Zhou is so handsome, and he is also tall and strong." Liang Yongxian whispered.
Chen Huanqiong immediately teased: "Axian, you are not interested in Mr. Zhou, are you? I can help you."
"Fuck you, you're just talking nonsense." Liang Yongxian's face turned red with embarrassment.
"Ahem," Liu Guizhen coughed, "Stop talking, Mr. Zhou is already here!"
Zhou Hexuan came over with a wine glass and said with a smile: "Heroines, what are you talking about? You are talking so happily."
Yang Xiuqiong suddenly said: "Let's talk about you again, Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "It turns out he was talking bad about me quietly."
"No, no," Yang Xiuzhen said quickly, "We are praising Mr. Zhou for his donation to sports."
Zhou Hexuan said a few words to several female athletes and chatted with the male athletes at the same table. Then he raised his glass and said: "All athletes, I would like to toast you and wish you better results in the future."
"We also respect Mr. Zhou." Everyone quickly stood up and clinked glasses.
Only then did Zhou Hexuan realize that the female swimmers here were all very tall, with long legs. Even Yang Xiuqiong, the youngest, was close to 1.7 meters tall, and Liu Guizhen, the tallest, was even over 1.75 meters tall.
This kind of height was nothing in China in later generations, but it is very rare now. After all, the nutrition of most Chinese people cannot keep up.
Not only that, their figures are also very good, both strong and slim. Slim refers to the overall feeling, and strong refers to their strong strength, and their arms are often much thicker than ordinary adult men.
After Zhou Hexuan clinked glasses with everyone, he warned Yang Xiuqiong: "Ms. Yang, you are now the darling of the media and I hope you will not be affected by this. You must train harder."
Yang Xiuqiong said quickly: "Remember Mr. Zhou's teachings."
What does a writer, a scientist, or an athlete fear most?
is famous.
After becoming famous, all kinds of honors are added to them and countless entertainments are waiting for them. As a result, writers have no time to create, scientists have no energy to conduct research, and athletes have no time to train. From then on, they stagnated or even regressed.
This is especially true for Yang Xiuqiong in history. She will defeat Japanese players at the Far Eastern Games next year and win four gold medals in women's swimming. Her fame and achievements will be achieved instantly.
As soon as the Far Eastern Games ended, she was immediately invited back to Nanjing to perform in competitions and was personally received by Wang Zhaoming. Coupled with her beautiful appearance, Yang Xiuqiong became the darling of the upper class and attended various banquets every now and then.
Yang Xiuqiong was just a teenage girl. She was gradually lost in the boundless glory and spent all her training time on having fun and socializing. As a result, she lost the 50-meter freestyle gold medal in the subsequent National Games and won it again in the Berlin Olympics.
Zero eggs.
Continuous failures finally woke up Yang Xiuqiong, re-invested in arduous training, and won eight gold medals in the National Games. Then she met Fan Haer...
What Zhou Hexuan said was just to give Yang Xiuqiong a warning. He couldn't help but turn his head and look at the other table, where the equestrian athlete Tao Boling was eating meat. What a pitiful guy.
Tao Boling is also very famous and is known as the "No. 1 Jockey in the North". He will marry Yang Xiuqiong four years later.
The wedding of the two caused quite a sensation. One was the "No. 1 Jockey in the North" and the other was the "Mermaid in the South." They were called a golden boy and a beautiful girl, a perfect match.
Unfortunately, less than half a year after their marriage, Fan Haer beat the couple and took Yang Xiuqiong by force.
Alas, if you can help then, just help, Zhou Hexuan thought to himself.
…
The next day, morning.
Zhou Hexuan visited Wang Zhengting at his home and began to discuss the details of forming the national team.
Wang Zhengting took out a plan and said: "Mr. Zhou, this plan was carefully prepared by me. Due to limited funds, I feel that not all projects should be supported, and we should focus on cultivating our strong projects."
Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile: "Are there any strong sports projects in China?"
Wang Zhengting explained: "The so-called strong events are those events that broke the Far East Games record at this National Games. For example, men's sprinting, women's swimming, etc. Only limited funds can be pooled and used.
event."
"This idea is very good, but why not expand the funds?" Zhou Hexuan said.
"Alas," Wang Zhengting sighed, "Mr. Zhou, it's not like you don't know that it's impossible for the central government to invest money in sports. It relies solely on social donations, and its financial resources are really limited. It's difficult for me as president to do it."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Why not conduct commercial operations?"
"Business operation?" Wang Zhengting was extremely puzzled.
At this time, sports had nothing to do with business. It would take at least two or three years before a businessman would think of advertising and putting trademarks on famous athletes.
Zhou Hexuan explained: "I saw that at the National Games, the surrounding fences were empty, and the athletes' clothes only had the names of their respective provinces and cities printed on them. Why can't they advertise?"
"How to advertise?" Wang Zhengting still didn't understand.
Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "For example, for next year's North China Games, we can find sponsors in advance. The sponsors will pay to put trademarks on the fences of the stadium, or put trademarks on the athletes' competition uniforms."
Wang Zhengting said confusedly: "Is this possible?"
"Why not?" Zhou Hexuan said, "There are tens of thousands of spectators in a large-scale sports meeting, and many newspapers will report it. Once advertisements are placed on the scene, the effect will be very obvious for businesses. Special competitions are advertisements on athletes.
, if this athlete wins an award, the reporter will definitely take a photo of him receiving the award. If a certain trademark is printed on the clothing, then the trademark will be reported along with the winning photo, and all newspapers will report it. What a deal!"
"It seems feasible," Wang Zhengting was somewhat moved and said quickly, "Mr. Zhou, please explain it in more detail."
Zhou Hexuan said: "You can also let businesses find sports stars to endorse. For example, for a drink, you can let Liu Changchun and Yang Xiuqiong endorse it, and tell everyone that the reason why these two athletes won the gold medal was because they drank their drinks.
These are business opportunities and long-term strategies to promote the development of sports, and they must not be wasted!"
Wang Zhengting burst out laughing: "Haha, Mr. Zhou really has business acumen, no wonder he can make so much money!"
Zhou Hexuan cannot be the "Father of China's Olympic Games", but he can certainly be the "Father of China's Commercial Sports".
