Zhang Guan got a grand welcome when he got off the plane. Of course, flowers and banners are indispensable. Director Liu of the Tennis Center even came to the airport to meet Zhang Guan.
Two hours later, the tennis center held a press conference for Zhang Guan. The Australian Open trophy was placed in the most prominent position, which became the biggest highlight of the press conference. Of course, it was a replica, and the real trophy is still in Melbourne.
The four Grand Slam trophies are unique. The real trophies will only be used during the awards ceremony. Each championship will take a 1:1 replica. However, for these domestic journalists, this copied trophy is also full of appeal, and everyone can't wait for a 360-degree ring shot around the trophy.
After the press conference, there was a forum. After this championship, Zhang Guan has also participated in it many times, but they are all related to track and field. The relevant leaders will attend the symbolic meeting yesterday and encourage the athletes to make a few words. After that, the direct person in charge usually asks the champion player for opinions or suggestions. If the player encounters difficulties or has other needs, they can also put forward on the spot.
For example, the symposium held by the Tennis Center talks about things related to competitions or training. When it comes to a similar symposium organized by the local government, the champion players can even make some more practical requirements. For example, a certain Olympic champion said in a local symposium that his family lived in a 40-square-meter tube building, hoping that the superior could solve the housing problem, and the center immediately rewarded a three-bedroom apartment.
Zhang Guan once promised Sister Na that she would mention the "Golden Flower Single Flight" event, so she put it to Director Liu at the symposium.
Just listening to Zhang Guan said, "Director Liu, this time I participated in the Australian Open, I also learned a lot. I found that there is indeed a gap between our country's tennis development and the European and American countries, especially in terms of professionalism. We can say that it is almost zero, and not to mention developed countries in Europe and America, even many Asian countries are ahead of us!"
Director Liu nodded seriously, "You are right, we have been conducting related research and demonstration in the tennis center on tennis professionalization, and a series of reforms will follow. We are also crossing the river by touching stones. But the Olympics will be held next year, so there will not be many changes before the Olympics. You don't have to worry, after the Olympics, there will be changes."
Director Liu said that after thinking about it, he said, "Because of the importance of flying next year's Olympics, preparing for the Olympics is arguably our most important goal next year. What can be expected is that next year's funding will be adequate, It is also guaranteed to go abroad to participate in tennis professional events. We also need our main athletes to participate in as many games as possible, which is also considered as an active preparation for the Olympic Games."
Zhang Guan nodded, and next year's Olympics will be held in the capital, so as long as it is to participate in the Olympic Games, training funds must be sufficient, and one can imagine that there will be more opportunities for athletes to compete next year.
Director Liu can give this answer, and Zhang Guan can also explain to Sister Na and several other golden flowers.
Director Liu listened and then asked, "After the Spring Festival, do you have any important arrangements? If not, the center has a campus tennis promotion event, I hope you can participate."
Director Liu generally said that while taking out a thick copywriting plan from the documents next to him, he said, "We initially set this to be carried out in 50 key universities in 12 large and medium-sized cities. If you can participate in this promotion event, I believe that this event will attract more attention. However, if you want to run twelve cities in a row, it may have to delay you for some time, and the itinerary will be closer and be more comparable."
"No problem, I am not afraid of tiredness, I must participate!" Zhang Guan continued, "I also hope that more people can participate in tennis games."
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In the past few days in Beijing, Zhang Guan was not idle for a moment. First of all, he has to deal with all kinds of media interviews. In terms of TV media, a set of CCTV and Sports Channel made an exclusive interview for Zhang Guan. Among them, Sports Channel also made an Australian Open documentary for Zhang Guan. For paper media, several major sports publications lined up to interview Zhang Guan; online media are more active, almost wherever Zhang Guan goes, they follow.
Also, the big sponsors behind Zhang Guan are almost all dispatched, hoping that Zhang Guan will be able to shoot new versions of advertisements or makeup shots of advertisements. For example, one of the original advertisements was Zhang Guan's Mercedes-Benz on the track and field track, and now it is replaced by Zhang Guan fighting on the tennis court with a tennis racket.
For more than a week, Zhang Guan has been busy. As the Spring Festival approached, Zhang Guan had the opportunity to return to his hometown.
During the Spring Festival, train tickets were difficult to buy. Fortunately, Beijing was not too far away from the capital. Zhang Guan returned to the provincial capital with his commercial vehicle.
Unexpectedly, the car just got off the highway entrance, and the provincial team greeted Zhang Guan.
In the evening, the Provincial Sports Bureau held a special welcome dinner for Zhang Guan. The provincial leaders in charge of sports and several major leaders of the Sports Bureau also attended in person.
After the dinner, a deputy director seemed to drink too much and deliberately pulled Zhang Guan aside, saying that he would like to ask about tennis knowledge. However, the deputy director has something to tell Zhang Guan alone.
"Zhang Guan, we all know what the Tian Xie Management Center did a few days ago, and our province has always been paying attention. At that time, you were not in the country, and many things could not be told to you. Now you are back, so let me tell you about our position. You are an athlete trained by our province, so in any case, we will be on your side. Although our provincial bureau cannot affect the decision of the field management center, to our place, it can still be said in the bureau, the training venues, training equipment, training funds, trainers, whether it is track and field, tennis, or even other projects, as long as you need, the bureau can help you solve it. So don't worry about it." The deputy director said very sincerely.
Zhang Guan nodded slightly and thanked him.
Over the years, Zhang Guan has also realized that the more he goes to places, the more serious the protectionism for top athletes. Assuming that the Olympic champion is a giant panda, then at the national level, the giant panda is afraid that there will be forty or fifty pandas, and only those who are cute and know how to be cute and coquettish will only receive unique care; and at the provincial level, the number of giant pandas has become four or five. This treatment will improve a lot. Each giant panda needs special care. At the city level, there may be more than one panda in a city. It takes a few years to be assigned to a giant panda, and the treatment has been upgraded to another level. Even the ugliest and stupidest giant panda will also enjoy the top treatment.
Then Zhang Guan entered a busy state again. Provincial-level commendation conferences and symposiums, city-level commendation conferences, and symposiums, of course, also have things like advanced deeds reporting conferences.
This kind of day lasted until the eve of the Spring Festival. After Sharapova returned from the Pan Pacific Open, Zhang Guan pushed away all the activities and brought Sharapova to experience the unique Chinese New Year.