Early in the morning, Zhang Guan rushed to the airport, preparing to return to the Xinzhuang base. While waiting for the plane, Zhang Guan received a call from Zhuge Wenbo.
"Zhang Guan, Coke's endorsement has been negotiated. In the 1930s, during the endorsement, there was an advertisement of 25 million a year. Also, I received several big companies yesterday to inquire about the endorsement." Zhuge Wenbo said.
"So fast? Before I went to Yokohama, wasn't Coke still talking about it? They think the price we offered was too high, and it was over a hundred thousand. How could I talk about it so quickly? Wenbo brother, you are efficient." Zhang Guan felt good immediately when he heard that there was money in his account.
"It's not that I'm efficient. It's thanks to you breaking the world record again. Originally, the Coke side was scratching. As soon as the news of your breaking the world record came, the Coke side immediately agreed to our conditions and asked to sign a contract. But Coke's news channel is faster than mine. At that time, I also kept an eye on it. Coke was so happy that I promised that there must be a change, so I deliberately made an excuse to delay for a few hours before I knew you broke the world record again. So I raised some prices, which was just negotiated yesterday." Zhuge Wenbo explained.
Zhang Guan nodded and broke the world record twice within a month. Zhang Guan showed extraordinary potential. It is foreseeable that he will be able to break the world record again shortly, which makes the championship team become the party holding the initiative. Therefore, Coke will only agree with Zhuge Wenbo to improve the conditions. The Nike company that has signed Zhang Guan now should be laughing.
After finishing the conversation with Zhuge Wenbo, Zhang Guan also began to prepare to board the plane, but when passing through the doorway, Zhang Guan's phone rang again.
"Mr. Zhang, hello, this is Huang Weida." Huang Weida continued: "Congratulations on breaking the world record again."
"Thank you. Same joy," Zhang Guan said.
"I have selected a few shops in a prime location in Hong Kong. The location, area, photos, and estimated prices have been sent to you. If you have time, check your email and see which one you reply to. I will find someone to negotiate the price." Huang Weida said.
"Thank you, President Huang. I'm preparing to get on the plane now. When I get back, I will check my mailbox immediately and then I will reply to you." Zhang Guan said.
"Things in the US have been done. The apple company's stock hasn't fluctuated much in the past two days, so the final transaction price is not too low, but fortunately, it's not too high." The FB you mentioned, their founders also agreed to our request, and eventually $1.5 million, in exchange for 32% of FB shares, but all are Class A equity. "
"Great!" Zhang Guan almost picked up excitedly. Although the current 32% of the shares will shrink a lot after the financing and listing, the final market value must be calculated in tens of billions of dollars.
"Thank you, Mr. Huang, thank you very much!" Zhang Guan said, but Huang Weida was a little surprised. No matter whether it was a store or an apple stock, Zhang Guan did not have such a big reaction. More than 100 million Hong Kong dollar transactions, but this FB area less than 20 million Hong Kong dollar transactions, but Zhang Guan seemed so excited.
"It seems that Zhang Guan is very optimistic about this FB! I don't know what a website is, what attracts him in the end." Huang Weida thought to himself.
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After the finals of the National Athletics Grand Prix, this year's track and field competition plan are considered to be over. Next, there will be no new track and field competitions in China until next March.
The next day of the National Athletics Grand Prix is the Mid-Autumn Festival. At the airport, Zhang Guan immediately transferred back to the provincial capital and finally arrived at his home in the evening. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhang Guan said goodbye to his parents and flew back to the training base again.
During the 11th Golden Week, a large number of tourists poured into the Huangpu River to visit the most modern city in China. Zhang Guan started training in the 200-meter sprint at the Xinzhuang base.
Yu Gui also rushed from the capital to the Xinzhuang base to give Zhang Guan one-on-one guidance. When he was a young man, his main event was the 200-meter sprint. He also broke the 200-meter national record many times, so no matter what his qualifications or level, he is the best choice for a 200-meter coach. However, the deputy head coach of the national track and field team has to start from the simplest starting posture.
What is the biggest difference between 100 meters and 200 meters? There is one more curve.
The 200-meter sprint starts in a curve, and the athlete's starting posture and sprint after starting need to be adjusted. When running at 100 meters, the head can be sprinted forward after starting, but 200 meters is not. The 200-meter start must be as agile as the 100-meter run, but it must also be adjusted for the curve.
The first thing to adjust is the placement of the starting blocks. In the 200-meter sprint event, the correct placement of the starting blocks can increase the time by about 0.2 seconds. This is a considerable time sprint event. The starting angle of the starting block should be appropriate so that the athlete will not rush out of the line when starting the curve, and the height of the starting block should not be adjusted too high, because it is impossible to accelerate to a straight line in the curve area, so Lower starting blocks make it easier and easier for athletes to take control of their bodies.
Try not to bow your head at the 200-meter start, pay attention to the surrounding athletes, and avoid physical collisions when one side starts too fast. Physical collisions rarely occur in straight runs, but in corners during high-speed running, the probability of limb collision will increase greatly. Especially in the starting stage, the athletes are closer and the acceleration is very fast. Once a collision on the limb occurs, it will inevitably represent a loss in speed. For a 200-meter dash, even a loss of 0.1 seconds is unbearable.
There are many technical points and precautions for starting on a single curve, but the technology of running in the back curve, the technology of turning a curve into a straight road, the technology of ventilating in sports, etc. are not found in the 100-meter sprint. It is new knowledge for Zhang Guan.
Also, the most important point when running a curve is not to step on the track markings. Stepping on the line means fouling, which means farewell to the game. At the same time, because the 200-meter sprint is also a sport of every second, requiring athletes to reduce the running distance in the corners as much as possible to obtain the advantage in time, so the athletes are running as close to the inner line of the runway as possible. Running on the inside without stepping on the line is a skill that must be mastered in a curve.
In sprint competitions, the athlete's eyes are primarily on the front. It is impossible to look down at the markings on the track. The top sprinter in the world has a speed of more than 11 meters per second at the end of the curve. At this speed, running along the inside without stepping on the line is difficult to control. This requires not only skills and control of the body but also a lot of training to accumulate experience.
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Yu Gui passed on the technical points related to the 200-meter sprint to Zhang Guan, but what disappointed Yu Gui was that Zhang Guan 's learning speed did not seem to be fast. At least he had practiced all day and did not see any obvious progress.
Without the help of the system, Zhang Guan's talent in sports is very general, otherwise, he will not be a national second-level athlete in his previous life. Don't think that athletes are all people with developed limbs and simple minds. Under this domestic selection system, athletes who can enter the national team must have excellent learning skills in sports technology in addition to first-class physical talent. That kind of IQ faced with a silly dumbfounded recharge, absolutely impossible to mix into the national team.
Although Zhang Guan is not stupid, it is not a genius, that is, the level of the average person. It is far from the national team's sports skills for learning a strongman. Previously, the 100-meter sprint had low technical requirements. Zhang Guan was able to do so in this way. Today's achievement is mixed in a short period. If other projects require more technology, Zhang Guan, even with systematic help, may have to learn one or two years before he can make it.
So after a day of training, Zhang Guan's performance in corners can still be described by the word "bad".
"Hey ..." Yu Guan sighed while looking at Zhang Guan on the track: "It looks like Zhang Guan, like many 100-meter athletes, can't run 200 meters!"
Yu Gui is the sprint coach of the national team. I have seen many athletes in my life. For Yu Gui, if an athlete has the potential to run 200 meters, it can be seen after two or three hours of training. Zhang Guan belongs to the kind that has no potential.
"Still don't let Zhang Guan practice for 200 meters! He doesn't seem to have this talent." Yu Gui shook his head slightly, then thought: "But if you tell him this directly, will it hurt his enthusiasm and self-confidence? After all, he's a young athlete. The psychological pressure-bearing ability is not as good as that of the old athletes. Pay attention to the methods and methods! "
Coach Yu thought about it while pulling out a stopwatch and said to Zhang Guan: "Yesterday you also practiced for a day. Let's try it once!"
Zhang Guan nodded and immediately walked to the starting line.
"Let's talk with the performance! With his current cornering technique, he certainly can't run well at 200 meters. After a while, he will show the results and tell him that he is not suitable for running 200 meters. Then he has to perform psychologically." Coach Yu thought about this and then began to give orders.
"Everyone, get ready, run!" Coach Yu even the gun to no avail. He called for a run and pressed the stopwatch in his hand.
At the same time, Zhang Guan after the start also launched the master-level "curve sprint" skill.
Yu Gui has sighed again. After Zhang Guan started, he could still lean towards the inside of the runway in the first two steps, but the back would not work, his body was not tilted, the swing of his arms and the landing of his feet were not right, and the position of Zhang Guan when he ran to the middle was wrong, yesterday's practice was in vain. Zhang Guan became a layman running 200 meters. Yu Gui suddenly felt that it might be a very wrong decision for Zhang Guan to practice the 200-meter sprint.
An athlete who can run a curve is accelerating in a curve, while an athlete who cannot run a curve is decelerating in a curve. A corner down, there may be a gap of more than one second, the gap of one second in sprinting is completely irreversible.
"Still don't let Zhang Guan practice for 200 meters first. You have to talk to him. His training time is too precious to be wasted." Guidance Yu was lost in thought. He didn't continue to observe Zhang Guan on the track and is thinking about how to enlighten Zhang Guan.
When Zhang Guan crossed the line, he guided the timer by the way. For senior coaches like this, it is already a conditioned reflex for the athlete to press the timer when he crossed the line. He repeated this action for more than thirty years. Do not need the brain to dominate at all. Even if you are instructing your mind to think about something else, you can still press the timer accurately in the blink of an eye when Zhang Guan crosses the line.
"Okay, that's it, it's time to talk to Zhang Guan, to dispel his idea of practicing 200 meters." Yu Gui, who had already thought about his words, walked towards Zhang Guan, and at the same time glanced subconsciously at the number on the timer.
Then, he stopped violently and opened his mouth in surprise. The number on the timer gave a blank in his mind...