Lei Qin had almost reached the throwing circle when he heard Dai Li's words. Once he heard him, he turned around and walked back.
Nobody understood what Dai Li was trying to do. They all looked at him. Dai Li recalled how to use the morale-boosting book.
"Step one, praise the athlete before he goes on stage. How? I suppose any praise will do!" After thinking about this, Dai Li told Lei Qin, "Lei Qin, you are awesome!"
"What?" Lei Qin's mouth was wide open. He had not expected these words to come out of Dai Li's mouth. He thought Dai Li was about to give some additional instructions, so he had put up an attentive look, preparing to listen while he was standing there.
"This is praise. It should work." Then Dai Li said, "OK. You can go now!"
Lei Qin suddenly felt clueless. He had been called back by Dai Li, expecting to receive detailed instructions. Yet all he had gotten was "You are awesome."
