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Chapter 236

It turns out it was him

"I can understand learning English, but Chinese is very difficult to learn. Do you really plan to learn it?" Although Chinese is called the most popular language in the world, its general scope is not wide, and it is basically limited to some countries in China and Southeast Asia. Moreover, the square-like Chinese characters are simply an extremely huge challenge for foreigners who are accustomed to letters. With the ever-changing expression of Chinese, it can be said that Chinese is the most difficult language in the world.

"Yes, you have to learn English and you have to learn Chinese. Isn't the World Swimming Championships held in Shanghai, China in August? If I can learn a little Chinese now, I believe it will be of a lot of help at that time, and at least it will get the favor of many Chinese swimming fans!" Yilena's words made Xia Li's heart active. China's 1.3 billion population is an extremely huge market. This is not just for enterprises, but also a huge "market" for a sports event and a sports star like Yilena.

If it can be recognized by the Chinese market, it will be a leap forward for Irena's international influence. When Yao Ming, the number one star of Chinese basketball, entered the NBA, was able to successfully squeeze O'Neal's first center in the NBA All-Star Game, and relied on not being able to surpass O'Neal's strength, but the joint support of countless fans in the huge Chinese market. This shows how huge the influence of the Chinese market is. As Irena's agent, she has ignored this before.

"I will find you the best foreign language teacher, but this time you have to study hard for me. You must not spend halfway. Next month, you will go to China to participate in the World Swimming Championships. Before that, you'd better learn some simple common Chinese." Since Irena's words reminded herself, Charlie began to think about how to use the Shanghai World Swimming Championships, an excellent opportunity to push Irena successfully to the Chinese market, and gaining the favorable impression of her by Chinese audiences is the most critical step.

"Yeah!" Of course, Yilena didn't expect that Xia Li would handle things outside of training and competitions for her properly, and there was no need for her to worry. Thinking of the mysterious Chinese youth before, Yilena seemed a little dazed.

Li Tian spent half an hour running back to the hotel, took a hot shower, and changed into a clean set of clothes. The sleeves of the light blue sports jacket were stained with blood, and it was obvious that they could not be worn anymore. After having breakfast with Teacher Cook at 8 o'clock, the two rushed to the event organizing committee of the IAAF Golden League Paris Station to report before the game.

Among all the contestants participating in this competition, Li Tian is one of the earliest people. Gatling and Powell have not yet set off from the United States. However, when Li Tian was handling the registration procedures for the contestants, he got unexpected news. Green, the champion of the Berlin station this year, voluntarily gave up the competition because he accidentally sprained his right ankle during training a few days ago. The one who replaced him will be another American sprinter. Crawford, the 200m champion of the 200m Olympics, is that Li Tian plans to challenge Green again, and another plan for the men's 100m is changed because British player Chambers was suspended from the IAAF for the fight, and his qualification was replaced by Wilson, a famous French local sprinter.

In the next two days, Li Tian had been using a small track and field competition near the hotel for simple training. Since the Paris competition was in the final stage of the four-year Football World Cup, almost all sports media around the world focused on the German World Cup, so the attention of the Golden League was greatly affected. During the three days when Li Tian arrived in Paris, only a few local French media came to interview, and the others were reporters from China. This situation was simply unimaginable in the past.

"Li Tian, ​​you are very handsome today. I heard you came here very early!" On the night before the official competition, Li Tian finally met Gatlin, Powell and others. At this welcoming dinner organized by the French Athletics Association, the contestants participating in this competition all appeared in front of everyone in suits and dresses. Gatlin noticed Li Tian sitting aside drinking juice silently, and came over to say hello.

"It's nothing. I've never been to Paris before, so I've visited this city a few days in advance. You'll be late this time and will be a competition tomorrow. If I win, you can't make excuses!" Gatlin didn't care about Li Tian's words. Americans' confidence is extraordinary no matter what time it is.

"If it weren't for the sake of next month's National Open, I really didn't plan to participate in this game." Gatlin's words surprised Li Tian.

"This time the collision with the German World Cup during the competition period did not attract much attention at all. I heard that the ticket sales this time were quite bad. There was not a half of the number sold yet. Who can still be energetic to compete in the empty stands?" For Chinese track and field athletes, being able to participate in the International Gold League is definitely a more expensive opportunity than gold. If there is no special reason, they will never give up easily. But for high-level American players like Gatling, participating in the Gold League is like a common occurrence. Even if they take the initiative to give up one or two games, they will not feel a pity, because there are too many high-level events they can choose.

"But don't think I don't value this game. As long as I participate in the game, I will never want to lose. You have to be careful tomorrow. Moreover, Powell was squeezed out of the top three in Berlin last time, but after returning to the United States, he practiced very hard and was definitely not easy to deal with." When Gatlin said this, Li Tian also noticed that Powell, who was standing not far away, was staring at the position where they were sitting. For him, the "uncrowned king", being squeezed out of the top three in the game was a very shameful thing.

The dinner ended after more than an hour. After all, the competition will officially start tomorrow, and all the players need a good rest to adjust their condition.

"Ilena, come and see. The "Team News" published the last interview with you in the column today. The readers' reaction was very strong!" In the French swimming team's dormitory, Ilena had just finished two hours of foreign language class. The "quirky" pronunciation and complicated fonts in Chinese have made her brains traumatized these days, and the difficulty was much greater than she expected. Just as she was about to have a good rest of her brain, Charlie, the aunt and agent, rushed in with a newspaper.

"Oh, is it? Let me see." After just learning the headache-inducing Chinese, Irena felt a little tired, but when she heard her interview with the most authoritative sports newspaper in Europe, she still couldn't hide her excitement. She snatched the newspaper in Charlie's hand and looked at it in detail. It took about ten minutes before Irena finished reading the full page of the report, and her eyes revealed a joyful look. As the darling of the French sports industry, Irena's current status in France is as comparable to Li Tian in China.

"Hey, is it him?" When Irena casually looked through other pages and was about to return the newspaper to Xia Li, she was immediately attracted by a photo on the other pages and couldn't help but say in surprise.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the report? No, I've read it carefully before." Seeing Ilena's surprised expression, Charlie thought that something bad for her appeared in the report.

"It's this person, this Chinese. He is the Chinese young man who defeated the robber a few days ago and helped me get my handbag back!" Yilena said excitedly at the photo in the newspaper.

"Let me see!" Xia Li took the newspaper and the person who could be on the "Team Newspaper" should not be a simple person. After carefully reading the photos and the related texts next to the photos, she finally knew who Li Tian was.

"It turns out that his name is Li Tian. I didn't expect that he was a professional track and field athlete, and he was also the 'four champion' of the World Track and Field Youth Championships. The most incredible thing is that he is less than 17 years old and younger than me." The newspaper reported on this Golden League. As the focus of the contestants, Li Tian naturally introduced some of his general situation in the newspaper.

"Charlie,... can I go to watch this game tomorrow?" Ilena asked in a low voice. Since the incident a few days ago, Ilena's outing has been strictly controlled, and she must ensure that she is foolproof before the World Championships.

"Do you want to go to the game or to go to see him?" A "malicious" smile appeared on Xia Li's face.

"Of course I went to watch the game, but I thanked him after the game. Last time I didn't understand what he said at all, so he ran away. This time you have to be my translator." Ilena said "strivingly" that it would be impossible for her to ask for leave from the coach alone.

"...Well, okay, tomorrow night, I'll ask you for leave from the coach and accompany you to 'watch' the game." Xia Li thought about it and agreed. Over this period of time, Yilena's training and learning have been very hard, so it should be appropriately relaxed and adjusted. Moreover, with Li Tian's influence in China, if he could meet such a Chinese friend, it might have an unexpected effect on Yilena's future development of the Chinese market, at least it would not be harmful. Xia Li began to have a wishful thinking.

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