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Chapter 17: The poor and the rich

After being brought to the school gate by the principal and a group of leaders, Yi Dun was surprised to find that the principal had arranged a flower-dedication ceremony...

The one who presented the flowers was not someone else, but Yi Dun's squad leader Tong Yangling.

Today, Tong Yangling put on a rare light makeup, which looked unique. She smiled and ran to Yi Dun with a bouquet of flowers.

"Congratulations, Yi Dun, the class meeting will be held at 7 o'clock in the evening. We want to give you a surprise, but don't be late..." Tong Yangling smiled sweetly.

Now Yi Dun is really flattered. The two gold medals are worth it. Are there any surprises tonight?

Is it the kind of surprise you think?

...

"Yidun, go to the office to chat with me. I want to hear about your competition history these days and let me, the old man, feel it."

The principal invited him warmly, and Yi Dun naturally couldn't find a reason to refuse. He smiled and nodded and went to the office with the principal.

"Xiao Liu, help Yi Dun make a cup of tea, so I can't bear to drink the big red sack I can't bear to drink."

After entering the principal's office, Luo Jianjun ordered someone to make tea for Yi Dun.

After a while, a cup of hot tea surrounded by hot fog was served.

"Try it. I usually can't bear to drink this tea. If others say nothing, I don't even look at it."

Luo Jianjun signaled Yi Dun to sit down, and then sat next to Yi Dun.

Yi Dun was a little strange at the moment. The principal treated him a little too much, which made him feel uneasy and felt that the principal was making some idea.

The two started chatting. Yi Dun was not the kind of person who was smart. If someone else had it, he might have taken this opportunity to flatter the principal.

After chatting for more than ten minutes, I didn’t talk about anything meaningful, it was all about family matters.

"By the way, Yi Dun, I heard that the provincial middle and long-distance running teams are going to recruit you?"

Luo Jianjun finally got to the point. This is the real reason why he asked Yi Dun to chat in private today.

If possible, he wanted to give up Yi Dun's idea of ​​joining the provincial team, let him stay at Songyang Sports School, and continue to shine for Songyang Sports School.

Faced with Luo Jianjun's problem, Yi Dun nodded.

"Oh, this reminds me of my youth. I was also a member of the provincial team back then. I missed those days so much." Luo Jianjun smacked his lips, his face full of nostalgia.

"Principal, you used to be a sportsman?"

"That's natural. Although I don't have the talent of you, I was also a sensational figure in our county at that time."

"After joining the provincial team, it is naturally excellent. There is food, equipment and logistics guarantee. We athletes don't have to worry too much, just need to train hard." Luo Jianjun said with a smile.

Yi Dun nodded. The principal said this at all. It is indeed such a benefit to join the provincial team.

If you enter the provincial team, all the athletes' training or life needs can be provided by the provincial team. The only thing athletes need to do is to train hard and achieve better results in the competition.

This is also the place where the provincial team attracts Yi Dun...

Because Yi Dun is so poor now that he has made 5,000 yuan in the previous marathon, he has already spent 70,000 yuan.

It is said that half-best boy is poor, but Yi Dun is undoubtedly half-best boy now, and he is quite big.

I practice three times a day, and I have to run fifty kilometers up every day. What kind of energy consumption is this?

How much does it cost to consume at least one and a half pounds of beef and mutton a day?

Nowadays, beef and mutton cost 31 pounds, and Yi Dun earns about 70 yuan for a small stove every day in the cafeteria.

It is natural that Yi Dun is reluctant to spend money like this, but the second uncle Yi Yeguang solemnly demands that Yi Dun must eat like this, otherwise he will not be able to keep up with the consumption and his body will not be able to bear it. Yi Dun can't even eat it if he wants to.

Yi Yeguang naturally helped Yi Dun as much as possible, but Yi Dun was embarrassed to spend his second uncle's money. Fortunately, he earned 5,000 yuan in marathons before, otherwise Yi Dun would not even be able to eat now.

Eating is a problem, and sports equipment is another problem.

It’s easy to say that quick-drying sportswear is, but it’s enough to wear it in two sets, but the consumption of long-distance running shoes is very high.

With Yi Dun's exercise volume and his tonnage, he can break a pair of long-distance running shoes in two weeks.

Fortunately, the quality of domestic Peak's long-distance running shoes is OK. Otherwise, if Yi Dun had to buy foreign brands, Yi Dun would probably have to borrow usury.

When he was in high school, Yi Dun didn’t understand the meaning of being poor, rich and martial. Now he really understands it.

Professional sports are really expensive. If the country does not provide logistics support, ordinary poor families will not be able to afford it.

Just as Yi Dun was thinking, Luo Jianjun spoke again.

"What a pity. If you join the provincial team, it's great, but there are many shortcomings, that is, you are too unfree and have too many constraints."

"I remember that on the first day I went, I signed a contract. What are the specific terms of the contract? How many years have passed, and I have long forgotten."

"Anyway, there are a lot of constraints and are quite unfree."

"I feel that it may not be suitable for your children of your age. Maybe it may be more suitable for you to get older in two years."

Yi Dun's mouth twitched. He was not a fool either. He didn't seem to agree with his own way of going to the provincial team after hearing the principal's words.

"Principal, I actually have no choice now. If I don't go to the provincial team, I might have to go to training barefoot this month, hungry and barefoot." Yi Dun said with a bitter face.

Luo Jianjun's face was stunned, and then a smile appeared on his face.

"Are you worried about food and equipment issues? Why didn't you say it earlier, your child?"

"Our school can provide you with these things. Of course, it doesn't mean that every student provides them. After all, you are special. If you win two gold medals for our school, the school will have to give you some special treatment."

"Let's do this, I promise you that the equipment and food problems you have at Songyang Sports School in the future will be solved by the school, and there will be a scholarship of 3,000 yuan per semester."

Yi Dun couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard the conditions offered by the principal.

What I am most worried about now is the diet and equipment issues. If the school can solve it, then I don’t mean I have to join the provincial team.

At first glance, joining the provincial team is indeed beneficial. In addition to ensuring logistics support, you can also get more opportunities for competition.

But Luo Jianjun just said that joining the provincial team and becoming an athlete within the system is quite unfree.

The first thing is the choice of sports. If Yi Dun joins the middle and long-distance running team, it will be difficult for him to do other events, and the leaders of the track and field center will never agree.

Secondly...

The second is that you can't make money.

To become an athlete within the system, unless you are an athlete like Liu Xiang, the most historically significant super athlete in China and even Asia, unless you originally had a mine at home, you rarely have a life after retirement.

In the past two years, Yi Dun was deeply impressed by the news that Zou Chunlan, the national weightlifting champion, became a bathing scrubber after retirement.

The top domestic athlete who won the national championship and broke the national record eventually lived in poverty after retirement, and gave people a bath of one yuan and two cents at a time...

When Yi Dun learned about this news, he was only a little heartbroken and resentful when he was in high school.

But now that he has really stepped into this circle, when he thinks of Zou Chunlan, he is not only heartbroken but also more afraid and worry.
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