Chapter 76 Young Bolt
  "Hey! Wen Hao, we meet again. I didn't expect you to come to London too."

In the Crystal Palace Stadium in London, a tall man who was at least over 1 meters tall came to Wen Hao with a smile and said hello.

Time has come to July 7 in a blink of an eye, one day away from the opening of the 27 London Athletics Super Grand Prix!
  Wen Hao tied his shoelaces, looked up at the black young man in front of him who was putting pressure on him, and responded with the same smile:
  "I haven't seen you for two weeks, Usain. Where have you been looking for abuse during this time?"

"What? Looking for abuse?" Usain Bolt was immediately offended by this word. "What do you mean? If you lose a game, you can't call it an abuse of an athlete. Can it be considered abuse?"

There were words that were difficult to understand one after another, such as "Don't bully young people into poverty" and "sediment", which made the fat coach Glenn Mills behind him burst into laughter.

This small corner of the stadium was suddenly filled with happy air.

In 2006, Bolt, although he gradually got rid of his previous injuries due to his switch to Glenn Mills, his personal strength is still not among the top in the world.

At the previous Lausanne Super Grand Prix, Bolt was brutally beaten by Tyson Gay and Xavier Carter 12 minutes before Liu Xiang broke the men's 88-meter hurdles world record with a time of 110 seconds.

Especially Xavier Carter, Wen Hao was deeply impressed by this person because he was a veritable "Bolt Killer".

I have met Bolt 200 times in the 5m event in my career and won all 5!
  Of course, this is mainly because Bolt has not yet grown up, and his strength is still far from his peak.

Speaking of which, the process of Wen Hao and Bolt's acquaintance was somewhat "tortuous."

First of all, when Li Qing took Zhang Peimeng to North America for training in the spring, he met Tyson Gay's coach Lance Blauman.

In addition to Tyson Gay, Lance Browman also has an athlete named Wallace Spearmon, and Spearmon has a close personal relationship with Bolt.

When they were in Lausanne, Wen Hao and Bolt got to know each other only after going through two "middlemen", Lance Browman and Spearmon.

Both of them have extroverted personalities and the age difference is relatively small, so they started chatting quickly.

After being weird for a while, Bolt looked around and wondered: "Huh? The flying man who broke the world record, didn't he come to London with you?"

"Please, that's a world record. Do you think an athlete who has broken the world record can still compete abroad with peace of mind?" Wen Hao shook his head and smiled.

An athlete, before becoming famous, is eager to break various records and win more honors.

But when these things really come true, that athlete no longer belongs to him alone.

In 2003, Nike signed a lifetime agreement with Liu Xiang with a contract of US$30. That year, his worth was 160 million yuan.

After winning the 2004 Athens Olympics, driven by huge national popularity, his worth instantly skyrocketed to 2300 million yuan.

In 2005, because he failed to break the 13-second mark and did not win the World Championships, his value only increased by 300 million yuan. The commercial contract income for the whole year of 2005 was 2600 million yuan.

After the Lausanne Athletics Super Grand Prix broke the world record, the State Council sent a congratulatory message to Liu Xiang, the General Administration of Sports and the Chinese track and field team the next morning:
  "I am pleased to learn that Liu Xiang, a Chinese track and field athlete, defied strong opponents and fought hard in the men's 2006-meter hurdles at the 110 IAAF Super Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland. He broke the world record with outstanding results and won the championship, which demonstrated the good qualities of Chinese athletes. The technical level and spiritual outlook have won honor for the motherland and people. Here, I would like to express my warm congratulations to you and Liu Xiang who have achieved outstanding results! I hope you will continue to carry forward the spirit of not being arrogant in victory and not discouraged in defeat, and win more honors for the motherland! 』

After receiving this congratulatory message from the State Council, Liu Xiang naturally could no longer stay in Europe. After waking up, he packed his luggage with Sun Haili and booked the fastest flight back to China.

What awaits Liu Xiang is one commercial endorsement after another, and his net worth will quickly skyrocket from 2600 million to 5800 million, more than doubling!
  After winning the Osaka World Championships in 2007 and becoming the first "Grand Slam" winner in the history of the men's 110-meter hurdles, his worth would triple again, reaching 1.63 million!
  Under such circumstances and with such bounded interests, Liu Xiang's itinerary could no longer be decided by the two masters and apprentices.

And such a thing may happen to Wen Hao sooner or later.

But compared to Liu Xiang, Wen Hao already has certain balancing methods to avoid being coerced by huge commercial interests as much as possible.

There are certain benefits to using music as a side job.

"Okay, I understand, I just want to go back to China and make a lot of money." Bolt said concisely.

Wen Hao raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Although the statement is a bit vulgar, it is true." Bolt immediately looked envious, "I'm so envious. So far, I only have one Puma endorsement, and the money given is not enough. It’s not much, and it’s hard to buy a small piece of land in Kingston to build a villa.”

"Buy a small piece of land", "Build a villa", "Effortless"

Look, are you speaking human language?
  Kingston? That’s okay, I thought it was New York.

After chatting for a while, Bolt had an idea, pointed at a sturdy black man not far away and said:
  "You said I was looking for abuse. I think it will be your turn to be abused next. In tomorrow's game, you should feel Asafa's dominance, hahaha!"

"It's an honor for me to compete on the same stage with the world record holder." Wen Hao was modest at first, and then imitated Bolt's words:
  "I am only 18 years old, still very young. Now is the age when I should calm down and settle down. Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. Don't bully young people into poverty!"

"Why did you steal what I said!"

Wen Hao said shamelessly: "No, no, no, can this be called stealing? This is called plagiarism, and the vocabulary I use is more advanced than yours. This is called polishing!"

"Okay, you have a high degree of education, you are awesome!" Bolt was helpless and turned to look at Glenn Mills helplessly. "Coach, do you think it's still too late for me to go to college?"

Glenn Mills smacked his lips and said with a smile: "Of course, as long as you are willing to study, it is not too late at this age. Kingston University will welcome you."

Bolt was overjoyed. After all, he was one of the best sprinters in the country. It shouldn't be difficult to get a diploma from Kingston University through connections.

Unexpectedly, Glenn Mills added another sentence: "But can you guarantee that after training, you will not go to the bar university to improve your pick-up skills and drinking capacity, but will honestly go to Kingston University to take classes?"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Everyone around him burst into laughter again, and Bolt, the person involved, turned his eyes white and felt that he urgently needed to find a crack in the ground to get in.

"God! Please listen to my prayer and give me a new coach immediately!"

After some chatting and laughing, Wenhao began warm-up training with Bolt and others.

On the edge of the track, Li Qing did not miss any opportunity to learn. He successively met with Bolt's coach Glenn Mills and Asafa Powell's coach Stephen Francis for learning and exchanges.

The phrase "Sports Without Borders" is sometimes ironic, but it does not mean that it does not really exist.

At least in the field of track and field, the level of scientific training concepts in North America and the Caribbean far exceeds that of other regions in the world.

Therefore, in addition to coaching outstanding athletes from their own countries, top coaches are also happy to recruit outstanding athletes with potential from other countries and regions.

The identity of "coach" can be taught to top coaches like Lance Blauman and Glenn Mills across countries and races.

Because the more top athletes they train, the more famous they become, and the more outstanding athletes they can attract to join their ranks, bringing them more fame and financial benefits.

It was in this open-minded environment that Li Qing was able to continuously absorb and learn advanced training concepts from North America and the Caribbean, and then combined Wen Hao's actual situation to formulate a more reasonable and scientific training plan.

Apart from Wen Hao, the only ones benefiting from this are Hu Kai and Zhang Peimeng for the time being.

However, when the 2006 season came to an end, Li Qing officially opened open track and field courses in Tsinghua University, and those who benefited were all Chinese sprint practitioners who were willing to learn!

 Thanks for the 200 reward because I love drinking iced Coke~
    Now that it's on the shelves, I won't hide it, and will unlock all the heroine's character cards later.

  Some readers hope that there will be a single female protagonist, but I set multiple female protagonists from the beginning. Each female protagonist has an important role in the protagonist's different life stages and aspects, so it will not be changed midway, but Sister Shi Definitely the first heroine.

  
   
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