Almighty Coach

by Stayrr

How could a poor graduate student without any background or connections become successful? With a coaching system? An upgrade? This is not a computer game, but real life we’re talking about! This will be a fantasy based on reality. Dai Li will fight back against all those who would mock and humiliate him with his astonishing and awe-inspiring training skills. From a nobody he’ll t

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Chapter 33: He Has a First-Class Athlete's Ability

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As a top sprinting coach, Coach Chen was very aware of speed. He glanced at Haiyang Chen and immediately knew that he had run pretty fast. Soon the results came out. First place had gotten a time of 10.64 seconds.

"10.64 seconds? Is that real? How can he be that fast?!"

"Hand timing is 0.24 seconds clear of automatic timing. 10.64 seconds plus 0.24 seconds equals 10.88 seconds. That is good enough to reach the national first-class athlete qualifying standard."

"The standard for a first-class athlete is 10.93 seconds with automatic timing, he has reached that requirement for sure."

"What is he doing? Why doesn't he go to official competitions instead? Is he here to show off?"

"I have been a PE teacher for decades, this is the first time I have seen something like this. This student is qualified to be in first-class, but he is here for a second-class athlete qualification test. What was he doing in the past?"

Everybody was talking about this. They were all discussing Haiyang Chen, who had just made a 10.64 second dash.

Because the result was timed by hand, according to tradition, the conversion to official automatic time should add a 0.24 second time gap, hence Haiyang Chen's final result was 10.88 seconds. The qualifying standard for a national first-class sprinter was 10.93 seconds. If evaluated by performance, Chen was on the first-class level.

Unfortunately, Chen could not receive a first-level certificate. Starting from first-level, the higher level athletes were not assessed by regular competitions. They had to get official grades in national contests. For instance, if a 100m sprinter wanted to be admitted as a national first-class athlete, his official result in a national competition must be under 10.93 seconds. Official contests applied fully automatic timing, so all grades were evaluated by automatic time.

Competitions were completely different from assessments. During competitions, sprinters would get nervous and thus were likely to make mistakes and play under bar. Mabe they were only able perform up to 70% or 80% of their full potential under pressure. Sometimes, one needed not only his ability but also goodd luck to succeed. Because of this kind of challenge, only higher level athletes had the possibility of getting test-free admissions to college.

Although Haiyang Chen had a nice grade, he still had a long way to go. He needed more professional training and sufficient practical experience to become a first-level sprinter. However, a beautiful performance was good enough to prove Haiyang Chen's capacity, and astonish Coach Chen at the same time. Haiyang Chen was only 0.11 seconds clear of Qingliang Xu, but a 0.11 time difference was evident enough to differentiate between the two levels. Between these two competitors, Lei Wang was not even worth mentioning.

Coach Chen had been going for Lei Wang, and had planned to offer him an admission to college, but Haiyang Chen had effectively changed Coach Chen's plan. One candidate had gotten 10.64 seconds while another had gotten 10.84 seconds. Anyone with a clear head knew what to do. Coach Chen turned around and left, leaving Director Zhao alone.

"Coach Chen, where are you going?" Director Zhao looked embarrassed. His hand was still suspended in mid-air, but Coach Chen had already walked away.

Zhao heard the crowd exclaim. He realized that someone had just gotten 10.64 seconds!

"Who—who did that? When did he show up?" Director Zhao was flabbergasted. He definitely knew that there was a big gap between 10.64 seconds and 10.84 seconds. He could only pray that the one with 10.64 seconds would not be eligible in some way, so that he would still have a chance to get the last admission spot.

"I think I have seen that student before. He also enrolled in our training program, but didn't show up to the orientation." Coach Zhou's voice rang in Zhou's ears, blowing away his last hope.

…

"Coach Li, I passed!" Haiyang Chen ran towards Dai Li with excitement, but Li was looking behind Haiyang Chen. Coach Chen hurried towards them.

"That is Coach Chen from the Provincial Sport University, he is here again. He admitted Qingliang Xu before, and this time Haiyang Chen got 10.64 seconds. Coach Chen will probably give him an admission, too!"

Thinking about this, Dai Li's face beamed. He welcomed Coach Chen, saying, "Hello Coach Chen, I never thought we would meet again so soon."

"You again? You are…What's your name again?" Coach Chen tried to recall Dai Li's name. Even though they had just met about half an hour ago, he didn't remember Li's name.

"Dai Li. My name is Dai Li," Li said, immediately giving his name without any dissatisfaction.

"Oh right, Dai Li!" Coach Chen took a look at Haiyang Chen, then asked another question. "Is this 10.64 second boy also your student?"

"Yes, he is also my student. His name is Haiyang Chen, a high school graduate." Dai Li pushed Haiyang Chen to the front, still introducing him. "Chen has great potential in the 100m sprint, and he is very hard working. He is the best among my students…" Dai Li was searching for every good word to help Haiyang Li, doing everything short of asking to be admitted.

But on the contrary, Coach Chen was not in a hurry now. He was no longer eager to recruit the boy. Instead, he was interested in Dai Li, the coach. The best performers had all been Dai Li's students. If Qingliang Xu had won the competition, he could say that Li was lucky to find such a gifted student; but here came another winner, Haiyang Chen. He could not convince himself that it was just a coincidence. With his extensive working experience, his intuition told him that this young man, was unusual.

Coach Chen looked behind Dai Li and asked, "How many students did you have for this assessment, Dai Li?"

"Eight. I mentioned to you before that I am working alone. I run a training class, and these eight students are trained by me. They have been with me for two months," said Li.

Coach Chen nodded and asked, "How many passed this assessment?"

"Seven," Li answered without hesitation.

"Seven out of eight students reached the second-class athlete qualifying standard. This attainment rate is extremely high! How could they have such a capable coach in such a small city? Perhaps I looked down on this young man. He may be a man of ability," Coach Chen thought.

Then a voice suddenly rang from a distance.

"Coach Li, I made it!"

This was Li's last participant. He was in the fourteenth heat. Dai Li smiled with relief, then turned to Coach Chen. "Coach Chen, now all eight students have reached the standard."

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Chapter 34: A New Opportunity

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Was it seven? How come it is eight now? Coach Chen couldn't make any sense of it for a second, but then understood. Dai Li said seven had passed because only seven students had taken the test at the time. Now that the last student had also passed test, it bumped Dai Li's number up from seven to eight.

All the students reached the standard, and two of them even ran under 11 seconds! If I were him I couldn't be that good, Coach Chen gasped in astonishment. He looked at Li in a different way. 100% passing rate. This is definitely not a coincidence. I was wrong. Qingliang Xu and Haiyang Chen are high-flyers, but this young coach, whom I neglected before, is the real man of genuine ability.

Coach Chen knew that it was way more challenging to find a capable coach than to have a talented athlete. A good coach could make the ugly look beautiful. Coach Chen had an impulse for cherishing the talent.

He asked Li, "How old are you? How long have you been a coach?"

"I just turned 22. I haven't been a coach for a long time. I just graduated from university, and I taught a PE training class for the senior high school entrance PE exam," Dai Li answered.

"Just graduated? What was your major? Physical Education, Sports Training or Movement Science?" Chen listed three majors, which were all related to physical training.

"My major was sports training," Li answered.

Coach Chen nodded again and asked, "Do you have any other jobs besides running your training class?"

Dai Li was a little embarrassed. Although he had made a lot of money recently, he was still unemployed. He hesitated for a second, then replied, "I haven't found a job yet."

"In that case, are you interested in being my assistant coach in the Provincial Sport University? PSU expands enrollment this year. I am looking for an assistant. Although assistant coaches are employed under contract, you could have benefits similar to formal teachers. You will have performance-related pay and training grants besides your basic salary," said Chen.

Dai Li's face lit up with pleasure. He was planning to work as a fitness coach after he finished his training class, or find similar jobs on the job market. He never expected to be an assistant coach for the Provincial Sport University (PSU) . This great opportunity had just fallen into his lap!

For Dai Li, the only drawback of this job was that he had to leave his hometown and move to the capital city. But training excellent athletes in PSU was his biggest dream. He was eager to gain more experience so that he could upgrade his training system.

Without hesitation, he nodded in agreement. "Thank you for your offer, Coach Chen. It would be my pleasure to have this job."

...

Director Zhao felt that he couldn't get any worse. Coach Chen had already been in front of him, but turned him away. His hopes were dashed. Luckily Zhao didn't have hypertension or heart problems, otherwise such radical changes would have sent him to the hospital.

Dai Li, you again! You dashed my dream! I couldn't get an admission, how can I justify myself to President Lyv? Mr. Lyv must feel disappointed with the result. I think I have to say goodbye to my vice-president position. Zhao's heart was full of hatred now. He would definitely not have fired that temporary worker if he could have predicted today's awful result. He had to pay for his mistake.

Zhao began to feel regret. What if he hadn't fired Dai Li? The situation would probably be the opposite. He would get both admissions for his school, and he would also gain honor and fame.

Zhao gave himself a resounding slap across the face. I was so stupid! How could I fire Dai Li?

...

Leading teachers from high schools were busy discussing.

"Who is that young man over there? The two best performers were both his students. One of them even got a time of 10.64 seconds, which is good enough for official competitions."

"He doesn't look like a high school teacher. I know almost every PE teacher in Yuzhou high schools, but I have never seen him before."

"Is he from any nearby town or district? Wait a minute, candidates from nearby towns were normally sent here by bus. Each of the town normally sent few dozens of people in the past, but he only brought eight students. There is no way he is from the nearby town ."

"Hey, I got some news! That young coach is named Dai Li. He just graduated from college. He runs a training class, and all eight students he teaches have passed the qualifying standard. That's a 100% passing rate! Moreover, all of the students are high school graduates, none of them are sports talent students. They were recruited to high school in a normal way."

"They all passed? How could that be possible? Does this young man have super powers? Even professional coaches from sports schools and the Yuzhou sports team could not attain such an achievement!"

"Right? I heard that before this test, the sports school claimed that they could get admissions for the independent recruitment and send their students to the Provincial Sport University. They are making such fools of themselves! The only two admissions were taken by that young coach!"

"I say that the sports school has nothing special if a newbie coach could easily defeat them! I'm going to report all these things to our president. There is no need to cooperate with the sports school at all!"

These high school PE teachers and sport school coaches were competitors. They had nothing good to say about the sports school's performance.

Not far away from the crowd stood Dabing Sun, an assistant coach in the sports school. He couldn't bear the bad words about his school, so he took a step forward to interrupt the conversation. "Dai Li was from our school."

"Hey dude, don't say anything you don't know. Li is a college student, while your sports school is a special secondary school. How can your graduates enroll in college?" someone asked.

"Li is not our student. I mean, he was an assistant coach, just like me," Sun explained hastily.

"Then why isn't he there now?" someone else asked with interest.

"Li was fired." Sun answered with a lower voice.

"He was fired? Your school is that good, huh? You fired such an amazing coach!"

"I would say that Li must have offended someone from the upper level, otherwise with his outstanding abilities, how could he be fired?" These PE teachers had nothing else to do, so they stood there gossiping. Meanwhile, Dai Li's name spread amongst the crowd.

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Chapter 35: Sophomore Coach at an Advanced Level

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Sport School, President's office.

Principal Lü did not look happy. He was dissatisfied with the results of the qualifying test.

40% of students from the sports school training program had passed the test, compared to the 30% passing rate of other high schools. Such results indicated that the sports school had a more advanced training system than the other schools. However, this "advantage" was only data. It didn't help much with the fierce college entrance competition.

In Yuzhou City, there were about one thousand graduates per high school every year. Out of these one thousand students, only thirty or forty were qualified as sports talent. Therefore, the 10% increase of the passing rate meant three or four more students would pass the qualifying test, and be offered with some advantages during the college entrance exam. But the increase of these three or four more students out of one thousand wouldn't make much of a difference in improving the college acceptance rate of the school.

The crucial factor was not the 10% passing rate, but the two admissions for independent recruitment. Sports talent students with this admission could be regarded as having a test-free entrance to college. This advertisement sounded way better than the "high attainment rate."

Consider this: a special secondary school has cultivated test-free college students. Isn't that nice? Even though getting college admissions sounded like a vanity project, it could polish Principal Lü's resume. He had only held the position for two years, and was really in need of some achievements to consolidate his power and enhance his reputation. According to Lü's original estimate, the school could have at least gotten one admission, maybe even two of them, but the cruel fact was that they had gotten none. In other words, Principal Lü hadn't achieved anything.

Feeling defeated, Principal Lü inquired into who had received those two admissions. The answer was a bitter pill to swallow. The two admissions were taken by a coach's two students, and that coach, Dai Li, was once an assistant coach in Lü's sport school, but was later fired.

If Dai Li had quit his job, Lü could find an excuse for himself that Dai Li looked down upon the sports school. But Li had been fired. It looked like the sports school had created a strong opponent themselves. They had shot themselves in the foot.

Principal Lü was unhappy. He immediately called the Personnel Sectional Chief into his office for the ins and outs. Standing in front of the president, the man looked aggrieved.

"Principal Lü, it was not my idea to fire Dai Li," the Personnel Sectional Chief tried to explain.

"It wasn't you? Then tell me, who else could do that? YOU are the chief of personnel!" Principal Lü sounded even more serious.

The chief hesitated. He noticed that Principal Lü was about to flare up. To keep himself safe, he told the truth. "It was Director Zhao from the training department who wanted to fire Dai Li. He said that Dai Li was too good to be in our school. That was why he fired Li."

Lü looked forbidding. What a bad excuse Zhao had found! Even a child would not have believed that. Lü could sense that there might be some private resentment between Zhao and Li. Zhao was using his power to satisfy a personal grudge. Principal Lü could bear Zhao's abuse of his own power, but what he couldn't stand at all was Zhao's damage to the school, let alone the huge loss of his achievements.

Lü then said with a cold voice, "You are in charge of personnel. If there is anything wrong, you report it directly to me. Don't follow other people's commands."

"Principal Lü, people had been saying that Director Zhao would take our retired vice-president's position and would be the future vice-president. That's why I listened to Zhao's command, I did not want to reject him." The chief shifted all the responsibilities of the decision to Director Zhao in order to keep himself free from punishment.

"He wants to be the new vice-president? Humph!" Principal Lü ended the conversation with a snort.

The chief shrunk. It looked like Director Zhao had just lost his superior's support. Zhao was going to have a hard time.

...

While the conversation between the chief and Principal Lü was taking place, Dai Li was on a train to Qingcheng City.

Haiyang Chen, Qingliang Xu, and all the other students were still on his training list, but once they couldn't receive Li's continuous training, they would automatically be cleaned out from the System. This meant that they would not be able to enjoy the benefits of the explosive force halo anymore, but Li didn't care. The students' training goal was to obtain a second-level athlete qualifying certificate, and now all of them had gotten it. Li had finished his job. He got paid to train them, and without further payment, they shouldn't expect him to help them forever.

If one was not aiming to be a professional athlete, the explosive force halo was not very useful. People who chose to be sports talent students were actually looking for an easier way to enter college rather than dreaming of being professional athletes. The certificate they had just gotten could speed up the process and help them pass the big, life-determining exam.

As for the special test the students were required to take before they got admitted to college, as long as they passed the fractional line they would be recruited. Li believed in his students. They could make it even without the halo.

Between Haiyang Chen and Qingliang Xu, one had C level talent, while the other had C level. Those two had the potential to become professional sprinters. But to become a qualified athlete, what they really needed was a combination of their talents and a lot of effort rather than a halo. In fact, soon after they finished the qualifying test, Li was no longer their coach. They were passerbys in each other's life. It was time to say goodbye.

...

Qingcheng City was not only a capital city, but a port city as well. Due to its resource advantages, Qingcheng City was economically developed. It was a leading city among second-tier cities, and was about to be in the first-tier.

As a big city, Qingcheng City had a well-developed sports industry. For physical education, in addition to the Provincial Sport University and the sports school, it had a special ping-pong training school, a basketball training school, and a soccer school, which was rarely seen elsewhere. As for commercial sports, it had a professional basketball team, which was eligible for A-level league matches; it also owned two professional soccer teams for domestic super league matches and First Division.

This city provided a nice opportunity for a coach's future development, but for a newbie like Dai Li, working experience was more important. At the end of the one-month probation after signing a one-year contract, Dai Li became a permanent employee in the Provincial Sport University.

Qingcheng City had a higher living standard than Yuzhou City, but it also offered a higher income. Dai Li spent most of his time on campus. He usually ate at the school canteen, which served cheaper food than the food in off-campus restaurants. He also lived in a 4-bed postgraduate dorm. It was way better than the dorm he lived in when he was in college. As an employee under contract, he was not qualified to live in a single room dormitory like the teachers, but he was satisfied. Dai Li had only left college a few months ago, yet he felt like he had time traveled back to his college days, living in a dorm, eating at a canteen, in and out of classes on time, and playing computer games or chatting with his roommates in his spare time.

As an assistant coach, Li's job was simple. Coach Chen would give him weekly training plans beforehand, then Li was the one who actually trained the athletes. Things like guiding stretch exercises and strength training was also Li's work. Coach Chen was too busy to take care of every athlete, so he only offered crucial guidance occasionally.

Dai Li owned the training System, so it was no wonder why his training was more effective than the other assistant coaches. As time went by, Coach Chen approved of his training, and Chen was willing to offer Li more training tasks.

Dai Li was eager to participate in training as much as possible. In the Provincial Sport University he was able to train some professional athletes who could bring him much more empirical value than high school students. Thanks to these professionals, Li's empirical value had been increasing rapidly. Within only three months, he had obtained the 3,000 points of experience he needed.

Finally, Dai Li had reached the senior phase of third-rate coach.

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Chapter 36: A Useless Reward

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Now that I'm a third-rate, senior phase coach, next time I will be level up to a second-rate coach. Even though it requires 5,000 points of experience, I could still make it one day. At this upgrading rate, I will become a second-rate coach within half a year, Dai Li thought, counting time on his phone.

"Half a year is not enough," rang the System's voice. Dai Li's enthusiasm was cooled abruptly by the chilling reality. The System continued to remind him, "It's December now, soon you will have winter break. The new semester begins in February, but ends in July. Remember that you can only gain points while you are working. So based on this speed, you won't be upgraded until next December."

"Oh no, I forgot that we have winter and summer breaks. Then does that mean that I need to wait 10 months? It seems like I need to reopen my training class in the summer," said Li.

"You are now at the senior phase of third-rate, which means that you won't get much experience points when training ordinary people. Once you reach the second-rate level, you may not receive any experience points from ordinary trainees at all." After a pause the System added, "but accordingly, your training will be more effective than before."

"That makes some sense. I do feel that my training is more effective than that of the other assistant coaches," Li said.

"Once you become a second-rate coach, your training effectiveness will increase rapidly, or even make an earthshaking change," the System added.

"That's something far in the future. I don't care. Well, show me my rewards, what do I get this time?" As Li thought this to himself, the System presented a gift pack in front of him.

Li opened the package. There was an antique book gleaming gold.

"A sparkling book? Wait, is this a book of Kung Fu secrets? Yi jinjing? Nine Men of Power? Buddha's Palm? Don't tell me it's Ritual of the Void, I would never castrate myself." Li picked up the book. There were two bold words on the cover: Slimming Exercises!

"Slimming exercises?" Li immediately looked through the book. It was a picture book, and had a little man that was presenting a series of movements, which looked like broadcasting gymnastics.

"What the heck is this?" asked Li.

"Slimming exercises, literally. Just follow the movements step by step, and after finishing the entire series, the trainee will lose weight. This exercise is very effective, and works immediately. The trainee can see the result within one day, be slimmer within three days, and be totally different after ten days!" the System introduced.

"That's impossible!" Li didn't believe it. He asked, "I'm not fat, I don't need to lose weight. Why did you give me this?"

"This is not for you, it's for your trainee. But you have to train your student by yourself. Otherwise these exercises won't work. If your trainee practices by themselves, it won't work either," the System explained.

"You mean that I have to lead the whole training, just like what I did in broadcasting gymnastics in high school? I act as a leader, and all the others follow my movements?"

"You are right. You are the leader. However, since the exercise won't work on you, no matter how many times you do this, you will not lose weight," the System added.

"Is there any size limit? How many trainees can I have at a time?" Li asked.

"There is no limitation. As long as that person is on your training list, and practices under your guidance, that individual can enjoy the benefits of this exercise."

Li was excited. "Hooray! I'm going to be rich! I shouldn't come to this university. How about I open a fitness center instead? There are so many people trying to lose weight, if I lead them through practice everyday, I could earn a lot of money!"

"Stop daydreaming. You are not going to be rich," the System said, bursting Li's bubble. "This slimming exercise only works for athletes. It will be of no effect if used by ordinary people."

"Then this is a piece of shxt." Li was upset. His dream of being rich was dashed.

How many athletes are there in this country? People like Haiyang Chen, who were at a C level, could only reach the amateur athlete level after a month of training. As for ordinary people, it was almost impossible for them to be professional.

"What a chicken rib! Such a useless exercise! It looks cool, but is not effective for ordinary people. The upgraded detector is helpful for detecting some talents, but this slimming exercise only works for a specific group of people!" Dai Li felt that life was so hard. He had been working and waiting for three months and was finally able to upgrade, but had gotten something bad! What a bitter surprise!

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Soon another month had passed. It was time for winter break. The whole school became empty, and many of the windows in the canteen were closed. Dai Li was not able to leave school with the other students. He was put on duty for another month, and had to spend Spring Festival at school.

It was a pity that Li was a newbie! In government departments, there was an unwritten rule that newbies should do more work than the others. Only seniors were able to live a leisurely life, drinking tea, reading newspapers, or doing whatever they wanted. Therefore, things like remaining on duty during vacation fell naturally to Li.

The work was boring. With the students back home, there weren't many things left to do. The so-called "to be on duty" was actually waiting for any potential phone call in the office. Luckily he got paid 100 yuan everyday, which made him feel better.

Li liked this kind of life. He charged his phone at the two power banks at night, and on the second day he would kill time with WIFI, reading online novels, checking Moments on WeChat, playing King of Glory, etc. He also registered for a Tengxun TV prime membership, so when he got bored he would watch TV.

What a relaxing life! I would like to live this way. Dai Li sighed, then he looked up at the clock on the wall.

It's five o'clock. I'm off duty.

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Chapter 37: The Haunted Training Room

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It's five o'clock. I'm off duty. Dai Li glanced at the clock, then rose from his chair. He stretched out his body, then began to pack his stuff.

Ring, ring, ring… The telephone rang right as Dai Li was preparing to leave. He frowned with boredom. Who would want to receive extra work when it was time to go back home?

"Hello, this is the duty room," Li answered the phone.

"Is that Dai Li? I'm Lao Zhang from the general department. I checked the duty roster, today is your turn," the person said from the other side.

"Mr. Zhang, this is Dai Li speaking. What can I do for you?" Dai Li recognized the voice, as he had been borrowing training equipment from its owner.

"Well, Lao Qian, who is in charge of the training room on the third floor in our laboratory building, has food poisoning. He was sent to the hospital an hour ago, but he didn't lock the door. You know we have a lot of expensive equipment in that room. Could you clean up the room and lock the door? I will find someone to bring the keys to you. He will be there in around twenty minutes. You can keep the keys with you," Mr. Zhang instructed.

"OK. I will go," Dai Li said. He packed his stuff then moved towards the gate keeper's.

It actually took Dai Li more than half an hour to finally get the keys. The man apologized for being late, and explained that it was due to a traffic jam.

Daytime was short in the winter. In addition, Qingcheng City was an east coast city, so it was already dark. Dai Li had to walk towards the laboratory building under dim street lights.

Burr. So cold today. Dai Li shivered as a cold wind blew. In reality, the coldness he felt was more psychological than physical . Since there were no students on campus, walking alone in an empty school led to an illusion of chilliness.

The building was hiding in the dark, so Dai Li couldn't see much. He used flashlight on his phone as he entered the building. It was quiet and spooky, and Dail Li felt nervous. He fumbled in the dark and finally got to the light switch. However, after pressing on it, Dai Li found that it did not light up.

Which one is broken? The switch or the light? The property department should come and fix it. Dai Li could do nothing but complain. He kept holding his phone and headed to the third floor.

The biggest room over there must be the training room. I heard that that room was remade from a conference room. He moved closer and found that the door was unlocked.

This is my first time here. Where is the switch? Dai Li shined his phone on the wall, hoping to find the switch for the room.

"Wuwuwuwu…" Suddenly, a sound kind of like crying was heard.

What's that? Is someone weeping? Dai Li was taken aback by the sound. He had goosebumps all over.

"Wuwuwuwu…"The sound rose again.

I heard before that this place used to be a mass grave. Is it haunted now? Or perhaps there was once a girl who committed suicide by hanging herself in this room? Dai Li's mind was full of ghost stories.

Come on, don't be afraid. Forget about that! Darn, if I know I would be here tonight, I wouldn't have read those ghost stories lately. Why didn't I read novels that were full of positive energy like "Almighty Coach"? Dai Li tried his best not to thinking about the horror stories, but his thoughts inevitably flashed back to some of the most spooky scenes from those books.

I gotta go. Wait, let me lock the door first! he thought. But he was frozen on the ground. His legs began to shake.

Lock the door, lock the—Where is the lock? Ah, right here! Dai Li grabbed the anti-theft lock in his hand and was about to close the door.

"Stop!" A female voice suddenly rang. Dai Li looked towards where the sound came from and saw a figure of a young lady.

"Banshee!" Dai Li dared not to take a closer look. He ran away.

...

Dai Li escaped from the building. He ran all the way to a street light and finally stopped. After a while, he gradually calmed down.

Did I overreact? Was that a real person? But it is the winter break, nobody should be here right now. Li looked back nervously.

At the same time, his phone rang. It was a strange number.

"Hello!" Dai Li immediately answered.

"Is this Dai Li? I'm Lao Qian from the third floor training room!" The person on the other end used a low voice. He sounded like he was weak.

But such a voice made Dai Li delirious with joy. For someone who was seriously scared a minute ago, the voice of a human being was like the sound of heaven.

The caller continued, "I have got food poisoning, and now I'm still lying in bed having an intravenous drip. I can't go back to school tonight. Have you received the keys yet? By the way, I forgot to tell you before that Feifei Yu has been training in that training room recently."

"Feifei Yu? She has the same name as that world champion," said Dai Li.

"It is her," said Lao Qian.

"What? Are you serious? That Feifei Yu? The one who broke the world record, who got the career Grand Slam?" Dai Li immediately asked.

"Yes, that is her," Lao Qian answered.

"How come she is here? She is the world champion!" Dai Li said in a doubtful voice.

"Don't you forget that Feifei is on our provincial team. She has an affiliation with the provincial department of sports," Lao Qian told Li, gathering breath. "The provincial sports team arranged this. They sent her alone here for some physical fitness training, and made us keep it as a secret. Therefore, few people know about this. I guess they do so to avoid external interruptions. As a world champion she does have some privileges. Moreover, our training equipment is comparable with the ones they have in the department of sports."

"No way! Feifei Yu is here!" Dai Li suddenly recalled that the banshee he had just met looked similar to Feifei Yu.

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Chapter 38: World Champion or a Whiner?

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Few people in the country were unaware of Feifei Yu.

She began swimming at 6-years-old, and then competed with adult swimmers when she was only ten. Later she won the 50-meter freestyle swimming competition at the Provincial Games. She joined the national sports team at twelve, and got winner titles among all kinds of national competitions in the same year. The next year she even earned two gold medals in the Asian Games, and two silver medals at the World Swimming Championships. She was praised as a "Gifted Girl."

At 14, she won her first world championship of the 200 meter individual medley in the World Championships, and was the youngest world swimming champion. Two years later at the Olympic Games, she earned gold by breaking the world record in the 400 meter individual medley, and earned another gold by making a new world record in the 200 meter individual medley. The next year she received the "Best New Act" from the Laureus World Sports Awards.

After becoming a world champion at 14 years old and breaking a world record at 16, FeiFei Yu was a legend in the swimming world. She herself was regarded as the new hope of this country for the next ten years.

However, in the last two years, Feifei Yu hadn't performed well, and even showed a decline in performance. Last year in the Swimming World Cup, she was only seventh in the 40-meter individual medley, which she used to be best at, and placed third in a national competition.

The national team's explanation for Feifei's decline in performance was her unexpected injury, which had left a crushed bone in her ankles and caused a dull pain quite often. This was supposedly the reason why her training condition and game status had been affected.

Dai Li had realized that the "banshee" he met in the training room was probably Feifei Yu. But he could not understand why she was weeping alone there in the dark. Dai Li got his courage back, then went back to the laboratory building and moving towards the training room. This time, as he arrived at the third floor, the light was on. Dai Li walked closer to the training room on the tips of his toes, then took a careful look inside.

"Sorry to scare you." Dai Li looked towards the voice. It really was Feifei Yu.

Feifei Yu, it is her! She looks a little bigger than what I have seen on TV, perhaps she is wearing a thick coat. This is a world champion, the real person! Dai Li was so excited, he really wanted to take a picture with this celebrity, but he immediately gave up the idea as he remembered the confidentiality agreement.

Dai Li walked inside and noticed that Feifei was the only one there. Thinking about his terrible behavior, he smiled with embarrassment. "Hi, I'm Dai Li, an assistant coach in the Provincial Sport University. Today is my turn to be on duty. Mr. Qian suddenly fell ill, I'm here to take his place. I didn't know that you were here, and the lights were off, so I thought there was nobody in this room."

Feifei Yu looked him over. He was only a few years older than her. She would take him for a college student if he hadn't introduced himself.

Dai Li was looking over Feifei Yu at the same time. Compared to the little girl at the Olympics several years ago, she was grown up now. She had welts on her face and her eyes were red, as if she had been crying.

"Were you crying?" Dai Li sounded out.

"No, I wasn't," Feifei Yu denied.

"Did you hurt yourself when you were training? Should I call you a doctor?" Dai Li kept asking. He was worried that Feifei had hurt herself while training.

Feifei Yu was a world champion. If she got hurt here, Dai Li had to shoulder some responsibility. He spent so much effort getting this job, he definitely wanted to keep himself safe.

"I'm OK," she replied immediately.

"Was it because of your old wounds? Are you sure you are fine? I'd better find a doctor for you," said Dai Li. He was afraid that if Feifei was crying because of her old wounds, he still needed to pay for that. After all, he was only employed under contract. it would be easy for the school to fire him.

However, Feifei's eyes bulged in anger. She said with a rushed voice, " Are you expecting me to get injured?"

"I swear to God, I'm not." Dai Li felt something was wrong. He tried to lighten the mood. "You are the world champion, the whole nation wants you to be well-nourished and healthy."

Because of Dai Li's expectation, and hearing the words "well-nourished," Feifei suddenly burst out in tears.

"Wuwuwu...I know I'm plump, I know that I have gained 7 kilograms. I have been trying so hard to lose weight...I'm doing high intensity training everyday, I dare not eat...But I cannot lose even a pound, how could that happen...I don't want to be kicked out from the national team...I want to win another world championship, I want to break another record, I tried..." She was having an emotional breakdown, and was whining louder and louder.

Dai Li had no idea what to do. He never expected that a world champion would cry like a kid in front of him.

"You gained 7 kilograms? Be kicked out from the national team?" Dai Li connected the dots and finally figured out what was going on.

Athletes had to strictly control their weight, especially swimmers. They had to confront water resistance while increasing their own buoyancy. Seven kilograms overweight was a disaster. Being overweight led to being a larger size, which increased water resistance. In addition, a higher weight would reduce individual buoyancy, which meant that the swimmer had to spend a lot more effort supporting themselves floating on water. That meant less energy was left for moving forward.

There were some reports about Feifei Yu's decline in performance being due to her injury. But it looks like what was reported was false. Was it actually because of her substantial increase in weight? The Swimming Association must have blocked the information. What happened with the national team then? Is it that serious that she would be kicked out?

A thousand thoughts came to Li's mind. He suddenly realized, the Slimming Exercises might be best thing to help!

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Chapter 39: Let's Practice

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Since the day Dai Li had received the Slimming Exercises, he had not practiced it yet. The main reason was that he could not find a suitable trainee. The working conditions were too harsh, and it only worked on professional athletes. Normally, if an athlete could strictly control themselves, their weight would not change much. In addition, Dai Li was focused on training sprinters. Usually sprinters had low body fat, and it was a luxury to them to gain fat. Therefore, sprinters rarely need to reduce weight. Dai Li didn't have many chances to find an appropriate trainee.

Today was his lucky day. He had finally found an opportunity to prove the exercises to be effective. Thinking about this, Dai Li asked Feifei, "Alright, stop crying. You wanna lose weight? I have an idea."

Hearing that Dai Li had a way to solve this problem, Feifei Yu immediately stopped sobbing as if she was under his spell. She stared at Dai Li with fixed eyes.

Dai Li cleared his throat and said, "I have a series of secret slimming exercises—I mean, five-animal boxing, which was passed on from my ancestors. You know five-animal boxing, don't you? It was created by the miracle-working doctor Hua Tuo, so it is very effective for losing weight. They say you can see the results within one day, be slimmer within three days, and be totally different after ten days!"

Feifei Yu's face was full of doubtfulness. Dai Li must be exaggerating. Even though Yu was young, she would not believe in his "five-animal boxing."

The blood flushed into her face. He felt that he was overenthusiastic. Even a kid would not believe him. He added awkwardly, "Alright, we both know that it's not the five-animal boxing. But the exercise is indeed effective, would you like to give it a try?"

Yu shook her head decidedly, then responded with politeness, "Thank you for your kindness, but it's getting dark outside, I should go back for dinner."

Dai Li had spent so much time searching for this opportunity, how could he miss it? He stretched his arms to stop Yu and said sincerely, "How about you try first? It won't cost you much time, only about ten minutes. If it is not effective, you won't have lost anything. But what if it is effective? You could then lose weight and get back to your original status."

If it was someone older than Li she would label him a drug dealer, but he was still too young. She had been spending too much time on training, so she didn't have much social experience. Hearing Dai Li's words, she hesitated for several seconds, then nodded in agreement.

Dai Li was overjoyed. Finally he had a chance to prove it!

Let's first detect the world champion's ability level. Dai Li added Feifei Yu's name onto the training list, then detected her abilities.

Object: professional athlete;

Professional field:

200-meter individual medley; Ability: 643; Talent: S-;

400-meter individual medley; Ability: 677; Talent: S-;

50-meter freestyle; Ability: 532; Talent: A;

100-meter freestyle; Ability: 541; Talent: A;

100-meter backstroke; Ability: 502; Talent: A-;

100-meter breaststroke; Ability: 479; Talent: B;

Butterfly stroke; Ability: 582; Talent: A;

Butterfly backstroke; Ability: 565; Talent: A.

That's a lot! Is this what a world-champion-level athlete is like? Such an all-around swimmer! But now that I think about it, the medley contains freestyle, backstroke, butterfly stroke and breaststroke. She should be a master of all these skills.

Dai Li looked through the results. The whole list not only contained Feifei Yu's best performance in the individual medley, but freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly stroke as well. Except for the B-level talent in breaststroke, she had A-level talents for all the other events. She even retained an S-level talent for medley.

S-level talent means that one is capable of breaking world records, and Feifei Yu did create a new world record for the 400 meter individual medley. She has a 677 professional ability points. She deserves to be called "world champion." None of my trainees have a 200 ability points. There's such a wide gap, Dai Li thought to himself.

"600 more in ability points is not good enough to become a world champion, she is not even able to earn gold in national competitions," the System explained to Li. "Normally, ordinary world champions possess more than 700 professional ability points, while in fierce contests, only athletes with over 800 professional ability points have a chance to win."

"Then why does she only have 677 ability points? She is the record holder in 400 meter individual medley," Dai Li said.

"This is due to her performance decline. She was able to break world record, which indicates that she once obtained over 900 ability points when she was at the peak. It seems like she has fallen back rapidly if her current ability is only three-fourths of her previous capacity," the System explained.

After hearing this, Dai Li sympathized with Feifei Yu. She was once standing at the top, but now she was not even capable of winning one more gold in national competitions. Moreover, she was only around 18. How could she bear such dramatic changes?

I really hope that this exercise is effective. I want to help her, Dai Li sighed.

...

"Follow me. One two three four, two two three four, three two three four..."

Dai Li led the exercise while marking time. Feifei Yu stood opposite him, following his movements.

To be honest, Dai Li was teaching Feifei what he had just learned. Since he had never taught others this exercise before, it was his first time doing this. Fortunately, this exercise was simple, and with an experienced trainer like Dai Li, it was easy to follow the pictures step by step. At least he could fool Feifei, who was a beginner.

Why do I feel like I'm doing broadcasting gymnastics just like in primary school? Feifei was following Dai Li's actions, but she felt that something was wrong. Was Dai Li a liar?

As Feifei was debating whether to stop or not, she felt a warm current emerge inside her and gradually flowed through her body. It reminded her of the sunlight in a chilly winter morning that shined through the window. The golden sun shone on the lazy bum who was still in bed, and gently warmed up the comforter. One could almost smell the the pleasant scent that was brought by the sunshine. The warmth made Feifei so comfortable that she would like to go to sleep like this.

I have never experienced such warmth before during my training. Feifei had been an athlete for more than ten years. Every time during her training, she felt tired, exhausted, or even painful. This kind of warmth was not something that she had ever expected.

Is it working? Yu's attitude began to shake.

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Chapter 40: Try Once and You Will See the Effect

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Although Dai Li's face seemed to be full of confidence, it was all an act. He actually felt very timid. It was his first time using these weight loss exercises. He had no idea if it would work or not.

"System. You said one could see the effects after one day, is that true?" Dai Li asked again and again.

"100%. Just relax. If you don't believe me, you can weigh her after she finishes doing the exercises," the System said.

"So according to what you're saying, it's not after one day, but after one use?" Dai Li continued asking.

"You can say that. But it depends on the person. According to the theory, the fatter one is, the more obvious the result. Pay attention here. I didn't mean weight when I said fat. Whether or not someone is fat is based on height, age, gender, etc.," the System said.

"What does that mean? Please explain it to me," Dai Li didn't want to try and figure it out himself. It was easiest to just ask the System to explain to him.

"Picture this: there are two people of the same height and weight but they are different genders. After they finish the weight loss exercises, the weight loss results will be better for the female than the male. Because men are typically heavier than women, their potential ability to lose weight is lower. Let's use another example. There are two people of the same height, weight, and gender, except one is in their 40s while the other is in their 20s. The one in their 40s will lose less weight than the one in their 20s because the latter is in better physical condition, so the somatic function works better. They share the same mechanism," the System said.

"Okay, I see. I hope this exercise works really well for Feifei Yu!" Dai Li sighed deeply. The weight loss exercise had almost come to an end.

"Okay, we are done!" Dai Li finished the last movement and looked at Feifei Yu. "How do you feel? Are you tired?"

"Good. Not that tired. I just feel so warm," Feifei Yu said.

"Okay, let's go weigh you on the scale to see if you lost any weight," Dai Li said seriously.

"Are you kidding? It only took me 10 minutes to finish your exercises from beginning to end. How could I lose any weight in ten minutes? Your exercise is not a knife that can cut the fat off me," Feifei Yu laughed.

"What if—" Dai Li stopped for a second and continued, "Anyway, your training today has come to an end. Let's check your weight just as a regular activity to track your progress."

"I checked half an hour ago. I cried because I didn't lose any weight," Feifei Yu mumbled in low voice, walking to the electronic scale. Obviously she was expecting results a little sooner too. She stood on the scale and was unable to speak for a while when she saw the number on it.

"Have you lost any weight?" Dai Li's voice trailed off. He felt a lack of confidence because he was afraid the exercise had had no effect.

Feifei Yu turned around suddenly with her face full of joy. She jumped off the scale and shouted, "I'm thinner! I really am! 150 grams lighter! I have finally started to lose weight!"

"150 grams? That's a lot!" Dai Li was surprised too. He didn't expect the effects to be so good after just one exercise.

Losing weight was painful and hard for ordinary people, and especially for athletes. Eating less and working out more were the two key methods for ordinary people. But these same simple methods didn't work for athletes who wanted to lose weight. In fact, it took double or triple the effort for an athlete to both lose or gain weight compared to the average person. Most athletes would keep their weight the same for the duration of their sports careers. In fact, maintaining the same weight was also difficult.

Weight loss of 1.5kg to 2kg after a day's training for athletes was very normal, as the energy consumption and water consumption inside of their bodies put them in a slight dehydrated state after intense training. Their sweat might even be more than 0.5kg or 1 kg. This meant nothing for weight loss, as it would come right back after they drank water.

However, today was different. The exercise had only been 20 minutes. Feifei Yu hadn't even broken a sweat, but her weight had still dropped by 150 grams. It was not intense, either, so it couldn't be the water weight—she was actually thinner.

One practice helps lose 150 grams? This result rocks! It works even better than the sauna. Dai Li acted really calm, as if he was familiar with what had happened, when actually he was incredibly nervous. The exercise had taken less than 20 minutes. Even Dai Li himself hadn't sweat at all, but the results were apparent. It was unbelievable. There was no scientific mechanism that could explain it at all.

Maybe the others would dissect me like I was an alien if they knew what happened, Dai Li thought to himself. But it would be okay if a small group of people knew it. I can say that it was handed down from my ancestors. Anyway, this weight loss exercise is so difficult to use. There are too many restraints. The person has to be an athlete, and I have to lead him or her through the exercise. There is no way that this could be used on a large scale. Dai Li thought about it and calmed himself down.

Feifei trotted over to him and said with a begging face, "Please, please teach me again right now."

"Okay, let's do it again then." Dai Li got ready in the position and counted the rhythms.

"One and two, three and four. Five and six, and seven and eight…"

…

Feifei Yu ran to the scale after the second round of exercise.

"I dropped more than 100 grams again! I worked out for two months without dropping any weight!" Feifei Yu was very excited and jumped over to Dai Li with her begging face again.

"It's seven o'clock already, miss! I am starving. How about we call it a day today and continue tomorrow? I'm too tired to make another move," Dai Li said, looking at her painfully.

Feifei didn't want to give up. But then she looked at the time and found that it was actually quite late. She also felt famished now that Dai Li brought it up.

"Thank you so much for today. Let me buy you dinner!" Feifei Yu said.

"Dinner? I don't think so. The cafeterias are all closed now," Dai Li said.

"I'm not talking about cafeterias in your place. I'll bring you to the cafeteria that belongs to the provincial sports team. There shouldn't be any traffic right now. Let's take a taxi. It won't be more than 10 minutes," Feifei Yu said.

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Chapter 41: The Reason Why People Get Fat

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Professional athletes were very strict with food. Especially athletes who were on the same level as Feifei Yu—champion of the Olympic games, world record holder, and champion of all swimming competitions. She was as precious as a baby panda. She had to pay full attention to everything she was putting in her stomach.

To ensure the food she was eating was safe for her to eat, she only went to places that had specified meals. Even if she ate out, she had to stick to the principle that she would not eat any meat, since all commercial meat had antibiotics, and sometimes even chemical hormones that were used to help animals grow faster. Antibiotics and hormones were taboo for athletes. Once one ate meat with those chemicals, even if by accident, it meant that he or she couldn't pass the urine test, and they would be forced to stop participating in sports games. It could even end their sports career.

The restaurant Feifei Yu brought Dai Li to was in the provincial sports school. All the ingredients came from specific facilities. All meat had to be tested before being sent to the kitchen to ensure that it was safe for athletes to eat. The restaurant provided a nutritious menu, and they even provided a private cooking service for some chosen athletes, who would make whatever they ordered.

Feifei Yu was obviously one of those chosen athletes. As the world record holder, Feifei Yu enjoyed special benefits from the national team, so of course while she was back with the provincial team she was treated with the highest of benefits.

The chief who was on his duty cooked two hot dishes and some salads. In the blink of an eye, four dishes were ready on the table. Dai Li made himself at home and swallowed the food like a horse.

Dai Li was always focusing on food when he ate. He didn't like speaking during meals, which was the opposite of Feifei. She was very talkative, and she began to share her life with Dai Li.

"In these last two years I have always gained weight. Especially last year, I gained 7kg. My weight took a toll on my physique," Feifei Yu said.

"Why is that?" Dai Li asked with the food all over his mouth. He mumbled. "You must really not have liked to work hard in training!"

"No, it's not like that!" Feifei Yu argued. "I didn't slack off at all in training. I even increased the amount of exercises. But it didn't make any changes. My weight just soared to the sky. There was one period of time that I felt I was even gaining weight by drinking water."

"Did you go to the hospital?" Dai Li continued asking.

"Yep," Feifei Yu said shyly. "The doctor said that it's normal physical development."

Dai Li understood immediately. Normal people who went through adolescence from a teenager to an adult experienced an increase in their height and weight. In most cases, it was seen in height first, then in weight. Many people stopped growing once they turned 18-years-old, but their weight gain wouldn't stop immediately. It was a normal physical phenomenon.

However, this kind of normal weight gain was a disaster for athletes like Feifei Yu. It could lead to a decline in performance in sports games. It had clearly happened very quickly for Feifei Yu, whose record was already on the bottom of the national team on the internal test at the end of last year.

Feifei Yu said, "The national team helped me a lot. They even hired the top nutritionists and trainers to help me lose weight. Still, the results were very limited, and the rebound from training was awful. It turned out that they didn't have any ways to help in the end."

"It's against human nature to want to stop one's weight gain during their physical development period," Dai Li said. He continued, "Then why did you show up in the training room of the sports university? It is not the holiday for the national team yet, is it?"

"They asked me to take the holiday earlier. They said they wanted me to go home earlier for the New Year and fix my condition." Feifei Yu's eyes were very firm. "But I'm not okay with just going back home like a loser. I knew I could be slimmer as long as I kept trying harder. So I didn't go back home, but went back to the provincial swimming team. However, the main coach, Zhongyi Xu, was away, and the environment was not very suitable for training. So I came to the sports university."

Dai Li looked at this stern young girl and nodded silently. Feifei Yu was like all the other girls, in that she didn't want others to know the reason her condition had gotten worse was because of her weight gain. Especially the press. She didn't want them to write articles about this. That was why she had found a quiet training environment for herself to train on her own.

In this city, only the sports university had training gear and facilities that could be utilized by the provincial training team. There were no students here since it was the winter holiday, either, so in this tranquil environment she could get away from reporters.

The less people that knew she was training in the sports university, the better. Even Dai Li, who was the coach on duty, didn't know about it. If it was not for Mr. Qian, who was in charge of the training room, going to the hospital because of food poisoning, Dai Li and Feifei Yu paths probably never would have crossed.

Dai Li put his chopsticks aside and asked, "So you cried in the training room just because you hadn't lose any weight?"

Feifei Yu nodded with a blush on her face. "I worked out for the whole day. But a cup of water after training brought all my weight I had lost right back. I felt like a loser, so I cried."

…

Dai Li went back to his apartment and accessed the System, beginning to remember all the moves of the weight loss exercise.

Feifei Yu would come back the next day for sure. Dai Li couldn't fool her with some made-up moves again. He felt obligated to learn the entire set of exercises tonight. Even if he couldn't remember it like the back of his hand, he should at least know all of them.

He checked his condition unconsciously and was surprised by the number he saw:

Name: Dai Li

Coach Level: Sophomore Coach, high level (1,006/5,000)

Others: Explosive Force Halo

Skill: Weight Loss Exercise

Training List: Feifei Yu, Youguang Zhao, Guan Sui, Qiusheng Chen…

My empirical value is 1,006? More than 1,000? I remember I stayed at 955 for a long time. How come I'm at more than 1,000 all of a sudden?

After he had gotten to the high level of sophomore coach, Dai Li could only earn 30 points a day. And it had to be an entire day of training to reach the standard. If he worked any less than a whole day, he earned even less than that. His value was 955 before, and he had to stop training because of the winter vacation. His value was not growing because of the halt. He had been 955 points for a few days already. However, it was now at 1,006, which meant he had earned 51 points of empirical value.

But I didn't do any training today, how? And it's almost double the number I usually earn. What's happening? Dai Li thought about it and found there could only be one possibility.

It seems like teaching Feifei Yu the weight loss exercise also helped me gain value. It's counted as training too! I gained 51 points just by taking her through two rounds of exercise. Does that mean I earn more value by teaching the weight loss exercise than normal training?

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Chapter 42: Fantastic Result

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To Dai Li it was unbelievable. As a coach, he always thought that training was the real deal; something like weight loss exercises were nothing more than some kind of sub-training in his eyes. However, this "sub-training" had given him even more empirical value.

"What are you thinking about? Weight loss exercises are just a normal kind of training. They won't bring you more value," the System's voice echoed in his mind again.

"Then how do you explain the 51 points?" Dai Li asked immediately. "I cannot gain more than 30 points usually with a full day of training, but I gained 51 points just by teaching her two rounds of exercise."

"Don't forget who Feifei Yu is! She is the Olympic champion, the world record holder! Compared to those athletes you're used to training, the highest being national top-level athletes, the difference is like day and night . Remember what I told you before: the higher level the athlete you train has, the more empirical value you will get. So, one world record holder is equal to hundreds of national top-level athletes," the System said.

"One is equal to hundreds of national top-level athletes? That's crazy," Dai Li sighed.

"It's not crazy at all. If we look at it as a ratio, thousands of athletes wouldn't be able to compare to one world record holder, let alone hundreds of them.," the System continued. "You really have good luck."

"Good luck? What do you mean?" Dai Li asked confusedly.

"You are only a sophomore coach on the bottom of this system." The voice of the System couldn't sound more careless. "Your level is too low to train any world champions. Even if you were to get involved in the training, you wouldn't be able to make any effect on them. However, you meet a world champion who needs you to help her lose weight. So now you, a sophomore coach, gets the chance to train a world champion."

Dai Li did not appreciate the System looking down upon him. The System continued, "Just make good use of this opportunity. After all, you could get a lot of empirical value from Feifei Yu, which would help you become a junior coach."

Dai Li nodded silently. "You are right. Two rounds of exercises make 51 points. If we practice for one whole day, I might get even more empirical value!"

…

Qian was in the hospital, which meant Dai Li was temporarily in charge of the training room on the third floor. When Dai Li came to the training room the second day, Feifei Yu was already there.

"You are pretty early! Have you had breakfast? I can bring you some if you haven't. The soymilk today is savory." Dai Li held a dough stick in one hand and a cup of soymilk in the other, enjoying his breakfast so much.

However, Feifei Yu looked like she was in a hurry and pressed him. "Finish your food as soon as possible, that way we can continue your weight loss exercise!"

Dai Li laughed looking at Yu's anxious face. The words "weight loss" were very attractive for women, especially to an athlete who was looking forward to losing weight so she could go back to her normal condition. Yu performed the exercise the entire day and she lost 0.55kg. It was not as good as the first night, but still good enough to make her feel excited.

She had been gaining a lot of weight instead of losing some for a while now, even though she was on a calorie-limited diet. The best she could do was maintain her weight to keep it from increasing. She hadn't seen her weight go down in a long time, so the 0.8kg she lost in two days made her very happy, something she had never felt before.

In fact, as time went on, the results of the weight loss exercise decreased. In the very beginning, she could lose 0.55kg one day. Then it changed to 0.5kg, then 0.45kg, then 0.4kg, and so on. It was because she had now gotten closer to her normal weight, which meant that her potential for losing weight decreased. But although the efficiency was declining, she had still lost 6kg in 15 days. This put her pretty close to her weight from one year ago. The fact that she had lost that much weight in 15 days was nothing short of incredible.

Li had also gained a lot of experience during the 15 days. Like what the System had said, training Yu gave him more value than training 100 national first-class athletes. Dai Li's empirical value was already over 400. He would upgrade to junior coach very soon.

…

"One and two, three and four, five and six, and seven and eight…"

Li's chanting echoed in the training room. Yu was very motivated, as usual. Although it was very boring to do the exact same exercise, because it worked very well for her weight loss it gave her a lot of hope.

"Coach Li, take a rest. I've already remembered all the moves, I think I'm able to do it by myself," Yu said.

"No!" Dai Li shook his head and said, "This is an exercise that was handed down by my ancestors. What matters is not the movement, but the tempo. You are not familiar with the rhythm, so you would make no progress if you practice on your own."

Li would never let Yu do the exercise by herself. The requirement to make it effective was to have Li leading her through the exercises. If Yu did the exercise by herself, she wouldn't see any change in her weight.

"I don't really see what tempo you're talking about though!" Yu pouted her lips. Obviously she didn't really buy Li's words, but still, she obeyed him. It had been a habit of hers for more than ten years to obey the coach.

Li exhaled and stretched his body. "Nice. Let's do it again. Ready, one and two, three and four, five and six, and seven and eight…"

The footsteps got louder outside the training room, but they were covered under the chanting voice of Li. Suddenly someone shouted out of the blue, "What are you doing?"

Dai Li and Feifei Yu stopped together and looked at the door. A tall middle-aged man stood there. He was a little fat with a black cap. His sideburns were gray. He had bushy eyebrows and big eyes. His nose was very tall and his smooth and glowing skin was very light. Li could imagine how handsome he must have been 20 years ago.

"Who is it? I don't think I've ever met him before. He shouldn't be a teacher here!" Dai Li was about to walk forward when he heard Yu begin talking with him.

"Coach Xu, welcome back!" Yu looked very surprised and happy. She walked over to him quickly.

This is the Coach Xu that Yu has been talking about. Dai Li exhaled deeply.

However, Coach Xu looked very serious, and he glanced at Li and Yu. "You said you wanted to lose weight here, didn't you? Why are you doing broadcast exercises?"

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Chapter 43: Coach Xu

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Dai Li stood to the side awkwardly. The movements of the weight loss exercise looked like the broadcast exercises that students did in school a lot. It didn't surprise Li that Coach Xu thought it was a broadcast exercise. He didn't explain because he knew it wouldn't change anything. Only the people who had practiced the exercise with him would know about its results.

However, it annoyed Feifei Yu a little it. The exercise had helped her lose a few kilos in a short period of time. She had no doubts in both this exercise or in Dai Li. She stated, "Coach Xu, this is not a broadcast exercise, but a weight loss exercise."

"Weight loss exercise?" Coach Xu frowned and continued asking, "Where did you learn that from?"

"Coach Li taught me." She pointed at Li and continued, "Excuse me, I forgot to introduce you two. This is Coach Li from the provincial sports university. He has been helping me train these days."

She turned to Dai Li after she finished. "Coach Li, this is Coach Xu from the provincial swimming team. He is also my esteemed coach."

"I've heard of Coach Xu for a long time. It's nice to meet you." Li stretched out his hand immediately.

Li had heard about him many times through Feifei Yu. His name was Zhongyi Xu, an ex-swimmer. He became a coach after he retired, and his wife was also a famous swimming coach. Feifei Yu began swimming around the age of six. Mr. and Mrs. Xu were both working at the sports school at that time. She became Zhongyi Xu's student, and was treated like she was their own daughter. After that, Yu got into the provincial team, while the couple was promoted to swimming coaches for the provincial swimming team. They continued teaching her until she joined the national team. Zhongyi Xu was also promoted to the main coach of provincial swimming team because he had cultivated the world champion Feifei Yu. He was one of the best, even among the entire provincial sports team.

A few days before Feifei Yu had just come back to the provincial team, the couple had just brought some of the athletes to the north to train. He had come back to Qing City this morning, and the first thing he did was come to find his talented student Feifei Yu. Yet he had only just found out that she was here practicing weight loss exercises.

With Li's hand still in the air, Zhongyi Xu didn't show any politeness. He snickered, "What a messy exercise. This is the official training room, not a gym!"

As a professional coach who worked for more than 10 years, he didn't believe anything like weight loss exercises. To Zhongyi Xu, it might be effective for ordinary people, but not athletes. It was just a waste of time.

The mechanisms in weight loss exercises were still about consuming energy. No matter how many calories the exercise could burn, it could never compete with high intensity training for athletes. To Xu, the movements of this exercise looked exactly the same as the broadcast exercises that were meant for primary and middle school students. He felt that this exercise couldn't even make people sweat.

Li felt his malice. Xu stopped him just as he was about to explain. Xu stared at him and said with a very strict tone, "Coach Li, you are pretty young. How did you become an official coach at the sports university?"

"I'm just an assistant coach as of right now," Li explained immediately.

"An assistant coach." Xu suddenly changed his expression, and looked as if he was trying to contain his anger. He shouted in a low tone, "You are an assistant coach, how dare you train Feifei Yu? Don't you know that she is an Olympic champion, the world record holder? How dare you make up some weight loss exercise? Do you think it's a gym here? You think the Olympic champion is a young lady who practices yoga in the gym? What's wrong with your sports university? How could they make such a big mistake to send an assistant to train her? I'm not letting this go!"

"It's not like that, Coach Xu. Could you please listen to me—" He was interrupted by Xu in the middle of his sentence.

"Explain? I'll need an explanation from your boss! In your school, the assistant coach has the qualifications to train a world champion? So does that mean the assistants in your school are better than the coaches on the national team? Your school has to give me an official explanation!" Xu said seriously.

From his perspective, he couldn't tolerate an assistant coach being involved in Yu's training. After all, she was a world champion. She should have the best coaching team in the nation. A low-level coach might not only be useless to her, but do her a disservice. If there was something wrong with the training method, it could lead to an injury. That was why Xu would never tolerate a young assistant coach training Yu.

"I just want to help her lose weight," Li explained.

"Lose weight? With your broadcast exercise? Do you think you are teaching a primary school student? They hired many physical strength coaches and even nutritionists from universities. Even they couldn't help her lose weight. You think your shxtty exercise will help?" Xu shouted in anger.

Dai Li was annoyed by his word "shxtty." He changed his expression immediately and spoke without showing any sign of superiority or inferiority. "I can tell you honestly that my exercise works better than those physical strength coaches from national teams and nutritionists from universities!"

"You know nothing!" Xu said coldly. "I have no idea how a loser like you could be an assistant coach in the sports university. How dare you compare yourself to the coaches from the national team? How dare you put yourself in the same sentence as nutritionists from universities? You don't understand the complexity of things at all! I can say that you can't even compete with one of their strands of hair!"

"Actions speak louder than words. Let's look at the real results. I can help her lose weight. I can make the number on the scale go down, but the coaches from the national team can't. Neither can the nutritionists from the universities. That means I'm better than them when it comes to helping people lose weight," Li said, going tit for tat with Xu.

Xu was extremely angry, and was breathing deeply. "Sure. If you say so, then show me! Let me see your 'real deal!' Don't just brag and bark. Everybody knows how to bark, but not everybody knows how to bite."

That was all Li wanted. He asked directly, "Coach Xu. Do you remember what her weight was before she came back to Qing City?"

Xu hesitated and said, "About 70kg!"

"Alright. I'll show you her weight now." After he finished his sentence, he pointed at the electronic scale, which was not far from him, and said to Yu, "Feifei, get on that scale and show Coach Xu if my exercise works or not!"

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Chapter 44: Don't Believe It

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The potential for swimmers was generally quite high. It was a sport where the taller the athletes were, the more advantages they had. Tall people usually had excellent arms that they could use to speed up as they pushed through the water. And when they reached the finish line, the people with longer arms could touch the line quicker as well. However, it might be difficult for those people who were too tall to turn their bodies into streamlines. The resistance in the water might be greater for them. This meant that the people who were too tall were not born to be swimmers.

On the national swimming team, all the male athletes were around 1.85 meters to 2 meters. And the female athletes were more than 1.70 meters. Some of them even reached 1.80 meters. Feifei Yu, for example, was 1.70 meters. She could only be considered a short girl on the national swimming team.

As for weight, most of the female athletes weighed between 60kg to 65kg. Those who were very tall might be over 65kg. As for normal females, people who were around 1.70 meters might think they were fat if they were 60kg. However, because the athletes had lower body fat percentages, they actually looked slimmer than normal people of the same weight and height as them.

A few years ago, when Feifei Yu broke the world record, she was only 55kg. But considering the fact that her body was not fully developed at the time, the weight was appropriate. But as she aged, she grew, and her body was in a period of development. Because of this, her weight soared to 70kg immediately.

According to the evaluation from the coach on the national team, she needed to be under 62kg to return to the standard she was at when she became the world champion. Most athletes who were the height as her weighed around 60kg to 63kg, which meant she had to lose at least 8kg.

…

In the training room, Dai Li and Zhongyi Xu argued intensely. Feifei Yu, who was next to them, tried to stop them, but couldn't even find an opportunity to speak. Finally, she heard Li ask her to stand on the scale. She felt very happy, but she still looked at Zhongyi Xu first, as if she was seeking permission.

"Go ahead!" Xu looked at Li carelessly and said, "I'll see what tricks have you left."

Li made a gesture and continued, "Coach Xu, this way please. Let's see it together. Let's see how much weight she lost in these last few days."

Xu snickered and walked towards the scale. Li followed him. Yu stepped on the electronic scale and held her body steady. The number on the scale eventually stopped fluctuating.

"Please have a look, Coach Xu!" Li said, pointing at the number.

"63.11kg?" He was so surprised that he couldn't control his facial expression. He raised his head up and looked at Yu, and then he looked at the number again with a face of disbelief.

"How's that possible? She lost 7kg? Yu, it hasn't been 20 days since you have been back in Qing City! How could you lose so much weight in such a short period of time?" Xu asked first.

Without waiting for Yu's answer, Li said immediately, "The reason she lost so much weight is because of my weight loss exercise!"

"Nonsense! Your broadcast exercises could make her lose 7kg?" Xu still didn't believe that the exercise was effective. He turned around and looked at Yu seriously. "Feifei, tell me the truth. Have you taken any medicine to lose weight?"

"No, coach, I haven't! It's all because of Coach Li's exercise," Yu said.

Xu knew that Yu would never lie to him, but he still couldn't believe that something like a broadcast exercise could help her lose weight in such a short time. Even the coaches from the national team and the nutritionists from the universities couldn't solve the problem. It went completely against Xu's knowledge.

According to the number on the scale, Yu was currently 63kg, which was very close to her goal of 62kg. If she could keep going and get back to her condition from before, she could her world champion ability again.

Everything came very suddenly for Xu. It was said that you should only believe what you saw and never believe what you heard; however, he still couldn't believe it, even though he saw the number of 63kg with his own eyes.

No way. It's very difficult for athletes to lose weight. If she lost 1kg or 1.5kg in 20 days, I might believe it. But 7kg? That's crazy. There must be something wrong with it! Let me think about it again. Xu suddenly became quiet and started to go over what had just happened.

He turned around suddenly and pointed at the scale. "I got it. There is something wrong with this scale. You've done something with it, haven't you?" he said to Li harshly.

Li laughed carelessly and pointed at it. "If you think there is something with that one, you can try the one over here."

"God knows if you did something to that one too or not! If you could change one scale, then you could change two. Maybe you changed all of them." Xu snickered, clearly not trusting him.

"Alright, you go on that scale and check your weight then. You should know how much you weigh, right? Then you will know if I've done something to this scale or not," Li said.

Yu got off the scale right away and let Xu step on the scale.

"85.53kg. I didn't expect you to be this heavy!" Li joked around.

Xu didn't say a word. Of course, he knew how much he weighed.

I weighed myself the day before yesterday and I was over 86kg, but less than 86.5kg. Although the number is different, there is only a 0.5kg difference. It's understandable. So does that mean this scale is accurate? Xu couldn't help but look at Yu. She had lost 7kg. The inaccuracy couldn't be that great.

"No!" Xu shouted suddenly. "I got it. Feifei, you must be sick for you to have lost so much weight! Go home now and get a good rest. I'll take you to the hospital tomorrow for an physical examination!"

Li didn't know if he should laugh or cry.

Why can't he just believe that my weight loss exercise really works?

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Chapter 45: This Is Not Broadcast Exercise

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Dai Li completely understood why Zhongyi Xu didn't believe the slimming exercise worked.

Seven kilograms in twenty days was a very difficult challenge for the average person, let alone athletes who needed to use even more effort to lose weight. People with an average IQ wouldn't believe that a slimming exercise could help Feifei Yu lose seven kilograms. But although Xu was very impulsive, he was not stupid. On the contrary, he was actually quite smart. Otherwise he wouldn't have been able to become the main coach for the provincial swimming team.

Xu was very angry when he saw that Dai Li was teaching Feifei Yu something as basic as a broadcast exercise. He was ready to beat Li up. However, now he had calmed down, and his normal reasoning had returned. He didn't believe the effects of the slimming exercise, and came to the conclusion that Yu's weight loss was due to illness. He planned to take Yu to the hospital and do a medical examination.

"Coach, listen. I'm not sick. I couldn't be healthier," Yu explained.

"How could you lose so much weight if you are not sick? Feifei, listen to me. We are going to the hospital tomorrow." Zhongyi Xu looked at Yu worriedly.

"Coach, I lost weight because of Coach Li's exercise," Yu repeated. However, Xu didn't take it seriously, and still insisted on taking Yu to the hospital.

Finally, Li stated, "Coach Xu, if you don't believe my slimming exercise works and you look down upon it, why don't you just follow me and see if it works or not for yourself."

"Try your broadcast exercise?" Xu looked very reluctant.

"Coach Xu, you just said that it's easy to say but difficult to perform. So why don't we just do it and see!" Li smiled confidently and continued, "Do a set of slimming exercises with me. If there is no effect, then I'll admit that I'm a liar. Would you like to try and expose the fact?"

"Why not? I'll uncover your fraud right now!" If Xu rejected his proposal now, it would make him look like he was afraid. So, he made up his mind and agreed to take the challenge.

Li had gotten the answer he wanted, and his eyes were glittering. He put Xu on the training list. Xu used to be an athlete, which meant the System put him in the category of professional athletes, even though he was retired. Because of that, he could fully benefit from the effects of the slimming exercises.

Then Li said, "Coach Xu, let's start it slowly since you haven't practiced before. You might need some time to get familiar with the moves."

Dai Li was prodding him into action. Xu acted exactly the way Li wanted. He waved his hand and said, "Don't bother! Let's do it as fast as we can. This low-level broadcast exercise is not gonna get me. I knew of your tricks dozens of years ago! I'll catch on without making any mistakes."

"Alright, let's get started! Ready…go!" Dai Li chanted. "One and two, three and four, five and six, and seven and eight…"

…

Xu couldn't be more careless. He looked at Li with his eyes full of sarcasm.

Playing tricks. He thinks he can grab any old broadcast exercise, change a few moves, and make it a slimming exercise. Well he might be able to fool the ordinary person who works out in the gym, but not a professional coach like me!

He snorted to himself and felt a warm stream inside of his body. It spread all over very quickly. It was like a cozy sunshine during a cold winter that fell on his body, filling every cell with spring-like warmth. A strange feeling occurred in his body. As an experienced coach, he'd never experienced anything like this.

It's nothing. I should feel hot because I'm doing exercise. It is like when people do warm-ups, they sweat too! It's because this room is too hot. It must be.

He tried to calm himself down, but the feeling was getting stronger. It went to his veins, and even into his bones. Xu could feel all the cells waking up in his body, as if they were doing exercise with him on the same tempo.

What's wrong? Why do I have this strange feeling? Am I delusional? Xu took a deep breath and looked at Li with a serious expression.

"One and two, three and four…" Li was still chanting. To Xu, it sounded like the beat of drum motivating soldiers to move forward. It kept him following every movement that came afterward.

It's nothing but a broadcast exercise. There is no way that it could make him lose seven kilograms. I need to believe in science. Xu comforted himself again.

Finally, the exercise was finished. Li and Xu stopped at the same time.

"How do you feel, Coach Xu?" Li asked.

"Childish!" Xu pouted and acted as if he was calm. "I was the one who lead students through the broadcast exercise when I was a student in the sports school."

Li didn't pay much attention to his bragging. He pointed to the scale. "You were 85.53kg a few minutes before. Let's see if you have lost any weight or not."

"Are you crazy? Your exercise didn't last twenty minutes. It took less energy than swimming 200 meters. Look, I didn't sweat at all. Lose weight? Where did the sports university find a psycho like you?" Xu was very annoyed, and felt insulted.

"My slimming exercise works whether you sweat or not. Besides, it works after the first time," Li said. He wasn't afraid of anything.

"After the first time? Okay, I'll show you reality." He walked to the scale quickly.

Xu stood on the scale and balanced his body until the number on the screen stopped fluctuating. He looked down and felt very nervous once he saw the number.

85.21kg? How heavy was I before? Right, 85.53kg. I dropped 0.32kg? This goes against nature. Is there something wrong with this scale? Suddenly his mind was full of chaos.

There had only been twenty minutes between the first and second time he weighed himself, yet the difference was 0.32 kilograms. If he had gone to the restroom during that period, it would be understandable. However, he hadn't gone anywhere. As he had said, he hadn't even broken a sweat. Now he couldn't explain why he had lost 0.32 kilograms.

Li walked over to him and looked at the number on the scale. "Coach Xu, you lost 0.32 kilograms. It seems like my exercise is working well."

Slimming exercise! Now, even if he didn't truly believe it, he had to face the music and admit it worked. In the last twenty minutes, he had done nothing but argue with Li and do the exercise. There was no way that arguing had helped him lose 0.32 kilograms, so the only explanation was that the exercise worked.

How's that possible! The slimming exercise I did is almost the same as a broadcast exercise. It's not difficult at all, so it shouldn't help me burn a lot of calories. Did I take my keys and wallet out of my pocket? He searched his pocket and found his keys and wallet still there.

So, this exercise really does work? He looked at Li with an astonished expression and tried to find the answer on Li's face.

Li smiled. "Coach Xu, now you should believe me. This exercise really works. That's how Yu was able to drop seven kilograms in twenty days. Now you have done it with me, and even you dropped 0.32kg yourself."

The truth was there. Coach Xu had to believe it. He stepped off the scale and fell into silence.

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Chapter 46: The Wind Blows

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Xu went back home, but still felt lifeless. What had happened tonight was like a plot from a movie. He kept replaying it in his mind. Every time he thought about it, he felt shaken. Li's slimming exercise had gone against all the principles and knowledge in Xu's head.

One set of exercise helped me lose 0.32kg. I would never believe it if it had not been me who experienced it! Where is this young Coach Li from? How is he able to do that? Xu was deep in thought.

Xu had already realized he had misunderstood Li and that he should apologize to him. However, remembering Li was just a young assistant coach, he shook his head. He himself was the main coach of the swimming team, and he was very overbearing today. He would feel so ashamed if he went to apologize.

One set of exercise could help people lost weight. There is no science supporting that at all! I don't believe this witchcraft! He stood up and tried to recall all the movements in Li's exercise. He started practicing in his living room.

What's the next move again…? Xu thought to himself as his wife walked towards him.

Xu's wife, Qian Liu, was also a swimming coach. She looked very anxious.

"Xu, something happened!" Qian Liu started.

"What's wrong?" Xu asked.

"Feifei is in trouble." Qian walked very quickly with a phone in her hand. "It is being said that she is going to be kicked off the national team. It's all over social media."

He grabbed the phone and looked through it quickly. "It's a rumor. There is no source."

"The problem is that some of the websites already have some related news. You can google it if you don't believe me," she said.

Xu picked up his own phone and searched it. The screen was full of news that had been retweeted by all the main news websites, many with the headline: "Feifei Yu is going to be kicked off of the national team.

"Recently, many media outlets have received anonymous emails saying that Feifei Yu is going to be kicked off of the national team. According to the email, she doesn't work very hard on training, which has lead her to gain a lot of weight. The weight gain has had a bad influence on her condition in sports games. She is already over 70kg as of today. If she is asked to go back to the Hanbei provincial team, she will be kicked off of the national team.

"The reporter contacted the swimming sports center of the national sports bureau concerning the information about Feifei Yu, but he was unable to get a clear reply. According to what the reporter learned, Feifei Yu is not on the national swimming team currently, but went back to the Hanbei swimming team which might be evidence supporting the rumor. We'll keep updating the information about this story."

After reading the entire news story, the expression on Xu's face had completely changed.

"Somebody is trying to frame her! It must be someone from the national team, otherwise they wouldn't have known her weight," Xu said immediately.

Where there were humans, there was competition. Every industry had its dark side—even sports. To fight for the opportunity to represent the team, teammates who were best friends betrayed each other all the time. There used to be situations where an athlete would add stimulants to their teammate's water.

Feifei Yu, as the representative athlete of the national swimming team, enjoyed special benefits whether it was in training or competitions. For example, the 200m and 400m medley relay race always placed her as one of the candidates. Even if she was not in her best condition, and even if there was only one person that could take part in the competition, the swimming management center would give it to her. The national team was willing to waste competition chances on her just to help her get back to her normal condition.

If Feifei Yu left the national team, there would be someone benefiting from it. Besides the quota for taking part in sports games, as long as she left, all the training resources that she took in the national team would be dispersed to others. There would be more than one people who would benefit from her leaving.

"Shxt, I will ask the swimming management center to investigate thoroughly as soon as I go back!" Xu felt very indignant. However, his first priority now would be to deal with reporters' interviews.

"What should we do now, Xu? Obviously, somebody was trying to frame her!" Qian Liu said anxiously.

However, Xu laughed all of a sudden. "If you told me this news a few hours ago, I might have panicked and had no idea what to do. But now it is different. I'm not afraid no matter how many media outlets gather together, because she's already dropped the weight!"

Saying that, Dai Li's face popped up in his head.

That was close! He shows up in time! It looks like I really should say thank you to this Dai Li.

…

Feifei Yu was not older than 20. Normally athletes her age should have been like the sun, rising from the horizon and continuing until they reached the highest point in the sky. However, she was the opposite. Her records had dropped, which had filled many people with questions.

Some people thought she was too proud of herself and wouldn't get trained seriously; Some people thought that she participated in too many commercial events that influenced her training; Some even questioned that Feifei Yu's former records were obtained using illegal methods like using stimulants, and because she didn't use them anymore after she had gotten famous her records had dropped.

The first two rumors were okay and could be dealt with, but the last one was taboo that could destroy an athlete's career forever. Obviously the people who questioned if she had used any stimulants were intent on destroying her professional sports career.

She was a champion when she was 14-years-old, and broke the world record when she was 16. It was actually unbelievable enough that others began to question. If she could keep working harder and get better records, she could empty all the questions and doubts. Unfortunately, however, she was going in the opposite direction.

The national team stated that she was injured when posed those questions, and blamed everything concerning her bad records on her ankle pain. Everybody understood when an athlete's records were affected by injuries, especially if she had hurt her ankle during training.

Now there was another aspect of her condition that excited many conspiracy theorists. There were all kinds of rumors. The fact that she had gone back to the provincial team to get trained was taken as a sign that she was going to be kicked off of the national team. All the media outlets in Qing City had rushed to the story like eagles who had seen some rotten meat.

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Chapter 47: The Cloud Moves

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In the swimming management center of the sports general administration, everyone relevant to the situation was discussing it in the meeting room.

"As the main coach of the national swimming team, it's my fault that I didn't manage it very well. I failed in bringing the team together which caused this problem. I take full responsibility and I apologize to all the managers…" The main coach of the national swimming team, Donglai Huo, looked down and was very sincere when he made his self-criticism.

"Come on, Huo. You are not the only one at fault. Improper competitions between athletes have happened before. Everybody knows the incredible records you left during these years of management. Nobody wants things like this happen."

The person who spoke was in his early forties. He looked very smart and capable. He was the vice director of the swimming management center, Hongjun Zhuge, and was also in charge of the sub operations.

Zhuge continued, "It's the internet era now. The news spread very fast, and there are many internet users who have questioned the matter for no reason. What we should do now is discuss how to deal with this problem and make its influence miniscule. Huo, as the main coach of the national team, you go first!"

Huo nodded and composed himself. "Feifei Yu works very hard during her daily training, so the rumors floating around of her being lazy are not true at all. As for her weight gain, it's the truth. But it's a normal physical phenomenon that everyone goes through during their growing development period. We've already taken measures to help her lose weight. However, the result is not obvious. Although we hired some nutritionists from the capital medical university, there is still no progress. And what's worse, she is becoming even fatter."

"This kind of weight gain during the physical development period can't be reversed. Normal people that are 26 years old can't be slimmer than they were at 16. I think it's a very ordinary phenomenon for people who are Feifei Yu's age," Coach Bai said, who was next to them.

"He has a point. But if this kind of weight gain is nonreversible, does that mean she will never be able to get slimmer, which would mean she will never get back to her peak condition? Her recent records were not as good as we expected. She couldn't even rank in the top of the national competitions. Do we have to waste our resources on an athlete like her?" someone asked. He was the department head in swimming management center.

"Department head Jiang, are you saying we should give up our development of Feifei Yu? She was the career grand slam swimming athlete and broke the world record!" Donglai Huo said anxiously.

Jiang argued immediately, "That was a few years ago. And the reason she was able to make such good records is because of our swimming center's development program. Now that it has become hard for her to get back to her former competing condition, it would be a waste to still spend so many resources on her. We'd be better off using these training resources on other athletes. Maybe we could cultivate a second or third Feifei Yu."

"But she is under 20-years-old. She is still very young. There must be some potential that we could explore," Huo said.

"There are many athletes who are 15 or 16 with potential that are reserves for our national team. They might have more potential!" Jiang fired right back.

"That's different. Besides, she took part in many important competitions where she showed her ability to everyone. As long as she can lose weight, she will be able to return back to her normal condition for sure," Huo retorted.

"Could she? If she was able to lose weight, she wouldn't have gained 7kg last year!" Jiang continued.

"Alright, we are discussing problems here, not fighting or arguing!" Hongjun Zhuge waved his hand and continued helplessly, "Department head Jiang, I can see that you've got something to say. Let's hear from you."

"Well, I think that this is a chance for our swimming center. Since the media has brought this thing up, why don't we use this chance to ask Feifei Yu leave the national team. Then we can allocate our training resources in a better way. It's good for the national team's future sustainability in the long run," Jiang said.

"So you are kicking Feifei Yu off of the national team?" Huo asked, his eyes opening widely.

Jiang smiled slightly. "Coach Huo, I know that Feifei Yu is your favorite student and you don't want her to leave. You are worried about her future. When she broke the world record, the country gave her an apartment that was worth 5 million yuan. Count the income from commercials she participated in and that is more than 10 million. That should be enough for her to use for the rest of her life. You don't have to be worried about her future."

"But she did nothing wrong, and she is working very hard during her daily training!" Huo looked at Hongjun Zhuge with an expression of helpless.

Zhuge followed him and nodded. "She is our representative athlete for the swimming team, which earned a great reputation for us, after all. It might be inappropriate to kick her out right away. There could be some bad repercussions. We also have to consider that she is very valuable in terms of commerce. If we lose her, we might suffer some type of loss."

As the leader of the swimming management center, Zhuge considered everything from a more general perspective. Athletes like Feifei Yu had income from many commercial events and advertisements coming in every year. According to the regulations, national athletes needed to hand in 5% of the income. If they kicked out Yu, they would lose more compensation from her commercials.

"I didn't think about that," Jiang said. "But I think that we should rethink the allocation of training resources that Feifei Yu is utilizing now. We can improve the general ability of our swimming team. What Feifei Yu needs to do is lose weight. That requires nothing but staying on a balanced, scientific diet and doing lots of exercise. There is no need to let her use up so many of out training resources!"

When athletes were on the national level, talent and hard work were the only keys to success. Training resources were also very important. Many excellent athletes were developed by many training resources. This was similar to shooting training on military teams. As long as you were willing to provide more bullets, the soldiers would be able to practice and become more skillful.

Top-level athletes always had the best treatments. They had the ability to use training facilities, and even train in foreign countries. For example, the swimming athletes went to Australia to get trained, which cost more than one million yuan per person. This meant there could be only two or three people that went. If the same money was spent on ordinary athletes, a few more people could benefit from it.

As the discussion was taking place, the secretary knocked on the door and walked in the room. She whispered in Zhuge's ears.

"What? Press conference? Hanbei provincial swimming team held the press conference by themselves? It's already started?" Zhuge's face turned very gloomy.

"What's wrong with the main coach, Zhongyi Xu in Hanbei? How could he hold the press conference without asking for our permission? Doesn't he know that we need to make sure we prepare the answers together? Even if he doesn't want to prepare with us, he should still at least tell us. Feifei Yu is still on the national team after all!" somebody in the meeting room said, dissatisfied.

Somebody opened their phone and gave it to Zhuge.

"Director, look. Somebody is showing this press conference live."

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Chapter 48: The press conference

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As the main coach of the Hanbei Provincial swimming team, Zhongyi Xu sat in the center of the platform during the press conference. There were dozens of reporters sitting in front of the stage. Some were from local media outlets and some were here representing each of their respective internet sites.

"Coach Xu, I heard that Feifei Yu was expelled from the national team. Is that true?"

"Coach Xu, it has been said that Feifei Yu gained a few kilograms and that she is over 70kg now. Is that accurate?"

"Coach Xu, as the enlightened coach of Feifei Yu, what do you think of her being less hard-working during training?"

Xu waved at the reporters to signal to everyone to be quiet. He didn't speak until everyone else finished speaking. "I saw the news on the internet. So I'll take responsibility here and announce that those are all rumors. Feifei Yu is still a member of the national team!"

A reporter raised her hand and asked, "Because Feifei Yu hasn't been expelled from the national team, why hasn't she stayed with the Huajing National team? Why has she returned to Qing City?"

"New Year's Day is right around the corner. It's the most important traditional festival, and every person who leaves their hometown should know that the only thing they are looking forward to is going back home to celebrate the festival together with their family! Athletes are also some of those people! Her hometown is in Qing City, it is normal for her to want to come back. Even though she is back here now, she is still training."

After finishing his thought, he began to play the victim and said, "However, such a normal thing is used as a rumor by some people with evil intentions! I suggest those without moral principles and a conscience stop it as soon as possible. It's still not too late to take it back. Don't make up news just to get others' attention."

Going back home to celebrate the spring festival couldn't be more normal. Although the reporters were not satisfied with the answer, they couldn't argue that something was wrong if it was true that she had come back for the new year!

…

In the conference room of the swimming center, the volume was set to the max. Everybody was watching the press conference.

"Zhongyi Xu behaves very rashly, almost like an uneducated person. I didn't know that he was such a good actor. Look at his face. It looks like he has been feeling upset for a long time!" Zhuge bursted out laughing.

"He used to be an excellent athlete when he was young. After all these years being a coach, he knows what to say and what not to say in front of the reporters," Huo explained.

"Right. As long as he doesn't make irresponsible marks, this conference might have been for the better," Jiang said. "I'm just worried about those reporters asking abnormal questions!"

Right as he finished, they saw a reporter raised her hand.

"Coach Xu, it has been said that Feifei Yu gained a lot of weight because of her boredom in training. What do you think about that? Is her reported weight that has spread across the internet true?"

They all looked at Jiang after they heard the question. He shut his mouth immediately because even he himself felt he was the one who had spoken it into existence. A reporter had just asked a very sensitive question, right after he had said he was worried something like this would happen.

The camera shot to Zhongyi Xu. He didn't look nervous. He said cautiously, "Whether it is for the provincial team or the national team, she is always very hard-working when it comes to training. She hasn't changed at all this year, even though she broke the world record. So, the rumor on the internet saying that she didn't work hard during training is a fake story meant to target Feifei Yu's feelings."

He stopped a second and continued, "As for her weight, I need to clarify here. As an athlete, to keep weight in a normal range you should balance your diet so you can absorb various types of nutritional food, It's more than just doing a certain number of exercises. And because the national swimming team has the best training coaches and nutritionists, her weight is not over 70kg as the rumor stated."

"How can you prove that?" another reporter asked immediately.

"There is no need to clarify this. But because it has gotten the attention of so many people, I will ask her to weigh herself right here, right now, in front of everybody, just to prove that it is true!" He waved at the staff. They brought out a scale and put it on the platform. "Let her weigh herself!"

All the reporters stretched their necks waiting to see the result.

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In the meeting room of the swimming center.

"Asking her to show her weight in front of all these reporters? Is he sure?"

"I think he is. Otherwise he wouldn't do that!"

Somebody began to speak in a low voice inside the meeting room. Zhuge looked at Huo and asked, "What's her weight now, exactly?"

"She was 70kg when she went back to Qing City a few days ago. She might be slimmer now," Huo answered.

"How many days have past since she left?" Zhuge asked.

"20 days." Huo thought about it, then gave a more accurate number. "24 days!"

"Only 24 days? That's too short." Zhuge frowned and asked, "How much weight do you think she could have?"

"Well it's hard to say!" Huo began sweating.

Jiang interrupted, saying, "I've read some papers saying that normally, if a professional athlete can lose about 2kg in a month, it would be massive progress."

"2kg in one month? That means one can only lose 1-2kg, then? Let's say 2kg. Then she should be 68kg now! There is no difference between 68kg and 70kg! Zhongyi Xu is messing around! What will they tell the press if she has only lost 2kg?" Zhuge's voice became very harsh. Everybody could tell he was very angry.

"Xu is not that stupid." Huo frowned and thought it over. He patted his forehead and said loudly, "I got it! That scale! He must have done something with that scale!"

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Chapter 49: Weigh in Front of Everyone

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Donglai Huo's guess was like a gunshot in the middle of the night that attracted everyone's attention.

"You think Zhongyi Xu did something to the scale?" Hongjun Zhuge nodded silently. "I think it's a good idea. That way, even if she didn't lose any weight, the number would look good anyway. I didn't know that such an honest person like Xu would be able to come up with such a tricky idea. What a crafty scheme!"

"But that scale looks like an electronic scale. I heard that it's very difficult to use underhand methods with the electronic scale," someone next to them said.

The scales that were put in front of the pharmacy were always pointer scales. This kind of scale was a mechanical scale, whose science inside was Hooke's law and leverage balance. Its lifespan was 8-10 years, so people could use it to weigh for a long time.

However, it was very easy to change the gears of a mechanical scale in order to change its accuracy. For example, it was not difficult to do something to the traditional scale that people used in the market. Those scales with saucers on the top were also easy to change. That was why if you bought vegetables in the market, the real weight might be lighter than the scale said.

This was different from an electronic scale, which used a force sensor. The surface changes happened when you put weight on it. It caused changes in the built-in resistance, which would result in the changes of the resistance number. The electric current changed because of it, and would create an electrical signal that would turn into the numbers that we see. If you wanted to change the number, you had to change the force sensor or the built-in resistance, which required very advanced technological knowledge that normal people were not familiar with.

The meeting room was completely silent. Everybody knew that it was not easy to do something to the electronic scale, and that only professionals who worked in the industry could do it. The sports coach would never have been able to do that.

"Maybe he found some professionals who could change it," somebody said.

The secretaries tried many times, and finally managed to connect the phone to the projector in order to project what was happening on the screen. Everyone finally stopped squeezing together in front of the small screen.

Zhongyi Xu spoke into the screen again. "I think some of the people here might think that we did something to the scale. Why don't we invite a few reporters to come up to the stage and weigh themselves first? Then we could tell if this scale is accurate or not. Who would like to volunteer?"

Reporters never got tired of causing trouble. Many people raised their hands right after he said it. Everyone in the meeting room panicked.

"What is he doing?"

"It will let the cat out of the bag if he invites the reporters to check the scale!"

"Could it be that he didn't change the scale?"

"He is cornering himself."

The meeting room was full of complaining voices. Huo's expression looked the worst among them. He had just said Xu had done something to the scale, yet the next second Xu had invited the reporters to check.

…

At the press conference, four reporters came up the stage and checked the scale. Finally, they came to the conclusion that nothing was wrong with the scale. Suddenly, Feifei Yu walked out from a separate room next to the stage and waved at the reporters.

"Feifei Yu is here! She doesn't look fat at all!"

"Right, she hasn't changed too much from before. It seems that the rumor on the internet saying she gained a few pounds was wrong."

"A few pounds usually looks very obvious on a girl. I guess it really was nothing but a rumor."

"What do you know about it? The body fat percentage of athletes is very low, so much so that they look slimmer than normal people."

The reporters continued discussing Feifei Yu in low voices.

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In the meeting room of the swimming center.

"Coach Huo, you are the main coach of the national team and you are the most familiar person with Feifei Yu. Do you think she looks slimmer?" Zhuge asked with high expectations. He really wanted a "yes" from Huo.

"It's so hard to tell from this unclear screen. And she is wearing winter clothes, so it's really hard to say." Huo began to sweat a little bit. He really didn't want to bear any responsibility in front of all these people, including the administrative leaders like Zhuge. So he had only said that he couldn't tell.

Zhuge signed deeply. Although he could see what was happening in the conference, there was nothing he could do since Huajing was so far away from Qing City. All he could do was at God's mercy.

Feifei Yu walked over to the scale.Everyone at the conference held their breath and looked at her. All the reporters who had been conversing in low voices had all stopped talking. Nobody was speaking right now.

In the meeting room of the swimming center, everyone was still. They all had anxious expressions. Even the sound of their breathing could be heard because of how quiet it was. The sweat on Huo's forehead was even clearer. There was a complicated look in his eyes, full of anxiousness, anger, helplessness, and expectation.

On the other side of the spectrum, you could read nothing from Zhuge's face. It seemed like he had fallen deep into thought, where he was looking for methods to solve this issue later.

…

Feifei Yu stood on the scale. The number fluctuated as she settled onto it, then finally became stable as she stopped moving.

"62.49kg!" a reporter shouted out the number unconsciously.

Click, click… the sound of cameras echoed here and there.

The dazzling flashing lights moved in front of Xu, but they didn't bother him at all. A smile of victory appeared on his face.

"Here is the truth. Now I'm pretty sure you all shouldn't have any other questions," Xu said.

All the reporters flushed with embarrassment after hearing what Xu said. They thought they had caught a big news story. However, it had turned out to be fake. The information that said she had gained weight because of her boredom in training was a total lie. Feifei Yu had come back to Qing City just to celebrate New Year's Day.

"We should never believe those rumors on the internet!"

"Which idiot posted the news? It has made us all look foolish!"

"We can't just let it go. We should find the one who started it."

The reporters felt that they had been fooled, and now they felt very angry.

…

In the meeting room of the swimming center.

62.49kg? That's already in the normal weight range, isn't it? Huo said 70kg, didn't he? She lost 7.5kg in 15 days? How's that possible? It looks like Huo is hiding something. Thinking of this, Zhuge turned to Huo and looked at him. What surprised Zhuge was that Huo also looked very shocked. It looked like he couldn't believe what had just happened.

Huo was the main coach of the swimming team. He had tried every method to help Feifei Yu lose weight for more than a year, including going to the medical university and looking for a nutritionist for her. However, it hadn't worked at all. But now, Feifei Yu had lost 7.5kg in 20 days. This enormous gap made Huo very shocked, and also made him feel like he was a loser.

Feifei Yu followed me and trained for one year, yet she gained 7kg. She went back to Zhongyi Xu and trained for 20 days, and now she has lost 7.5kg. Why? That doesn't make sense!

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Chapter 50: Formal Organize Personnel

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After sending back all the journalists, Zhongyi Xu breathed a sigh of relief. Finally the crisis was defused. He took out his phone and noticed that there were several unanswered calls.

It was Donglai Huo calling. I didn't tell the national team anything about this press conference, Huo must have been worrying about this. Coach Xu smiled. He dialed the caller.

He only had to wait two seconds for someone to pick up. Huo immediately answered the phone. Apparently he had been waiting beside his phone the entire time.

"Xu, it took forever to hear back from you! Why did you hold this conference all of a sudden? That was a surprise!" Huo complained.

"You know, it was sudden for me, too. Who could predict that this would happen? I was unprepared and had no choice. The only thing I could do was hold this briefing to clarify everything." Xu paused, then continued, "The reason why I didn't warn you before was because I didn't want to cause more trouble and make the situation even worse. I was busy enough dealing with the scoop."

Huo understood Xu's reasoning. He was indicating that there was someone who had done harm to Feifei Yu secretly.

"Xu, I will investigate the whole thing and find out where the problem came from." Huo sighed, then continued, "You have no idea what happened today. It was quite risky. The leadership in the swimming center were discussing just a few seconds ago whether they should ask Feifei Yu to leave the national team for this excuse."

"What? Are you going to fire Feifei?" Xu became serious.

"Don't yell at me, I did nothing. There were some people arguing that because Feifei hasn't done well recently, she shouldn't take up more training resources." Huo lowered his voice. "You know people in this department always hold different views than others. They only care about their own benefits. You used to teach on the national training team. You know how it goes."

Xu gave snorted in contempt. He asked, "Then what is your final result? Are you going to fire Feifei?"

"Of course not," Huo said. "But your press conference was held just in time. Seeing that she has lost more than 15 pounds, Director Hongjun Zhuge from the swimming center has instructed that Feifei will go to Australia for training in March with the other national teammates. So don't you worry about her, just let her return to the national team as soon as possible after the Spring Festival."

After ending the conversation with Huo, Coach Xu surprisingly found out that his forehead was sweating. Coach Xu knew what "training resources" meant to professional athletes on the national team, especially to those who were already at the top. If they didn't make the best use of training resources, or they didn't have access to resources, they would gradually be eliminated. Even though they were offered the best, they could only maintain their current condition. They were never allowed to be lazy.

I never thought that things would turn out this way. Luckily the press conference was held in time. Actually, no. I should thank Feifei for her timely weight loss. If it wasn't for Dai Li's slimming exercise, Feifei would have been fired, and her career would be destroyed. I misunderstood Li.

...

Qian Liu peeled an apple and gave it to her husband, Coach Xu. Xu looked unhappy.

"Why are you unhappy? Haven't Feifei's problems been solved?" Liu asked her husband.

"I did something wrong. I mistook Dai Li for a fraud," Coach Xu answered.

"Dai Li?" Liu recalled. "Was he the coach who helped Feifei lose weight?"

"He was. I embarrassed him by scolding him to his face the first time we met. Now thinking back, I feel ashamed." Xu took a big bite of the apple.

"Then why don't you apologize to him?" Liu said as she began peeling another apple. "Are you worried about embarrassing yourself?"

Coach Xu shook his head. "This has nothing to do with that. You have no idea how serious it was. Feifei was about to be fired."

He told Liu everything. Liu was astonished after hearing the whole story. "How could the situation be that serious? You are lucky to have met Dai Li, you owe him a lot. You really should go thank him."

"Li helped us so much, I would thank him for sure. But I'm now worrying about something else. Do you think Feifei will gain weight in the future?" Coach Xu asked.

"Feifei is a teenager, it would be normal if she gained weight again," Liu answered honestly.

"If she gained weight in the future, we would need Dai Li again, right?" asked Coach Xu.

"Yes," Liu nodded with agreement. But she didn't understand Xu's point. "What are you trying to say?"

"I want to recruit Li," Coach Xu said. "I think Li is a man with capacity. He will not want to stay in the Sport University forever. I want to recruit him to our team. In the case that Feifei needs further assistance, he could help her right when she needs it."

"That sounds good. But it won't be easy. The treatment towards contract workers on our national Sport team is not as good as what they have in the university. If he wanted to be formally employed, we would have to follow "talent introduction" procedures. It will be difficult," said Liu.

"You are right. Networking is going to be very important." Coach Xu sighed. " I hope my name still means something."

Liu smiled coyly and said, "Did you mention that Coach Li helped Feifei lose weight simply by using a slimming exercise? What kind of exercise could be that effective? Would you mind teaching me, too? I also want to lose weight!"

"Slimming exercise? I do not think it's the exercise that helped the situation. You know what? This afternoon I practiced several times under Feifei's guidance, but I didn't lose any weight at all!" Coach Xu shook his head. "I say that the exercise is only a disguise. Li must have some secret skills. Everybody has secrets, and if he doesn't want to tell me I won't force him to give it away. No matter what he does, as long as he does no harm to Feifei, I will allow him to keep doing so."

...

Coach Xu booked a room in the dining hall in the sports team training center to treat Dai Li.

"Li, my little brother, I never thought that your broadcasting gymnastics—I mean, slimming exercise, would be that effective. I failed to see such greatness in a person like you. I apologize." Coach Xu raised his glass and drank up.

After drinking several cups of wine, Coach Xu turned into another person. He kept calling Dai Li his "little brother," even though he was old enough to be Li's father, which made Li a little embarrassed. Dai Li could tell that Coach Xu was a good man. He was straightforward, especially when he was drinking.

Coach Xu said, " My little brother, I owe you so much. Next time, if you need me, feel free to tell me. If I can help, I will try my best. That's not fanfare, I mean what I say..."

"Alright, alright, Coach Xu, stop there, you are about to be drunk." Feifei Yu turned to Dai Li. "Brother Li, don't believe him. He always brags once he gets drunk."

"I'm not bragging! And I'm not drunk! I can't guarantee elsewhere, but in Qingcheng City, I have some connections!" Coach Xu looked at Li, rolled his eyes, then suddenly asked Li, "I say, brother, are you still a contract worker in the sports university?"

"Yes, I came here last September. I have been working here less than a year. If I had a chance in the future, I would try to get some type of organized personnel," said Li.

"Coach Xu, would it be possible for you to solve his problem?" asked Feifei Yu.

"I can't help if it's the sports university's organized personnel." Xu paused with a smile, then continued, "But if it's our provincial sport team's personnel, I could try. My brother, would you like to come to our team?"

"Coach Xu, are you talking about being an official employee for the provincial sport team?" Dai Li asked Xu looking for confirmation.

"Yes. But I can't guarantee that right now. I'm saying that there are some possibilities." Coach Xu picked at some food and said, "I recall that your major is athletic training, which fits our requirement. You also have working experience in the sports university. You can ask Coach Chen to write you a recommendation letter, and I will recommend you myself. Then it would be possible for you to be recruited."

"Really? Thank you so much, Coach Xu! Here's a toast to you!" Li immediately raised his glass.

If he could coach on the provincial sport team, even if it was a contract position, Li would not refuse it. Although working for the sports team meant more work, less salary, and no summer or winter vacations, it also meant that he would train professional athletes, which was way better than training college students in the sports university. In this case, Li would gain more experience and upgrade faster.

This dinner held by Coach Xu was a "thank you" dinner for Dai Li, but because Xu had promised to help him find a formal organized position, which was equivalent to a secure job, Li felt grateful for Xu.

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Chapter 51: An Iron Bowl

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To apply for "civil servant" positions in public institutions, individuals had to take recruitment tests. There were some companies and positions that didn't require test scores for people with special skills, however. When public universities, public hospitals, or scientific research institutions were seeking high-level workers, academic-based manpower, or academic leaders, they would help organize personnel, while also offering housing, arrange job for the workers' spouses, transferring children to another school, etc.

Coaching also required special talent. Every year the provincial sport team would offer test-free recruitment to new talent. Moreover, the sports team belonged to the Provincial Sport Bureau, which was a provincial institution. Working as a coach for the team was obviously superior to county-level sport teams.

When Coach Xu had said that he was capable of interfering with the sports team's recruitment procedures, he was not bragging. Maybe to some people being a sports coach held no value in the real world. In actuality, however, it was the opposite. Especially when one became a chief coach, he or she could take charge of a lot of things alone, and have much more power than the average person thought. Think about coaches from national teams—they lived in big houses, drove expensive cars, and enjoyed a lot of benefits.

Coach Xu was the chief coach of the provincial swimming team, and he had even helped Feifei Yu grow into the world champion. Around the nation there were only a few world champions, and on average there was only one world record holder across several provinces, which was quite low. Therefore, Coach Xu was at the top among all the coaches in the Hanbei Province, making him very respectable and powerful.

Coach Xu may not have been powerful enough to directly get a formally organized personnel, but he could recommend talent to superiors. If it was some other coach's recommendation, it might have been disregarded, but Coach Xu's words were quite powerful. He had coached the world's top swimmers, which had proved his knack for spotting talent. His recommendation was weighed heavily.

Social status mattered. Take online novels, for example: if a newbie's work could receive a famous author's recommendation, then both readers and other authors would think highly of them; if the referrer was not known by many people, then his recommendation would probably be useless.

...

Coach Xu knew that if Dai Li hadn't offered his help, Feifei Yu would probably have been destroyed. To pay Li back, he tried his best to work things out. He used his reputation to his advantage. Soon after that, Coach Xu heard great news—his recommendation was valued highly by a sub-administration vice-director of the Sport Bureau. The next day, Coach Xu want to meet this vice-director.

"Xu, you know I trust you. But this Dai Li, he is so young! His resume shows that he just graduated last year!" said the vice-director.

"Director, don't you worry about that. I took time to recommend him because he is still very young and worth cultivating. Just like with Feifei, I recruited her when she was only five, then at fourteen she won her first world championship." Xu paused for a second, then continued, "According to what I have heard, Dai Li was not employed through normal procedure, he was introduced into the sport university by Coach Yuejin Chen. You know if Chen likes him then he must be a good one."

The vice-director nodded in affirmation. He also knew Coach Chen pretty well. If Chen had taken note of Li's ability and had brought him here to Qingcheng City, coupled with Xu's recommendation, then it proved that Li was a competent person.

The vice-director remained silent for several seconds, then asked Xu, " I saw on Li's resume that his special talent is to help "maintain weight," what does that mean?"

"It's 'helping athletes maintain weight.'" Coach Xu hesitated for a few seconds, then leaned towards the vice-director and said, "Director, there is something that I must report. Did you hear a few days ago that Feifei was going to be fired by the national team?"

"Yes, I heard that. It was gossip, wasn't it? You were the one who held the news publication," said the vice-director.

Coach Xu lowered his voice. "Actually, not all of the gossip was wrong. Part of it was true."

"What do you mean?" the vice-president frowned.

"The part about her weight was true. Feifei Yu did weigh 70 kg at that time, and nobody could help. But it was this Dai Li who helped her lose 15kg! That was why we dared to let Feifei do the weighing on the spot. Li is very good at maintaining athletes' weight." Xu leaned forward again, saying, "Until I spoke to the national team's chief coach, Donglai Huo, I did not know that the swimming training center was having a meeting at the same time as I was. Their main discussion was about whether they should fire Feifei or not!"

"How could things be that serious!" The vice-director swallowed. "Feifei is the golden brand of our province, and is the only world record keeper in the entire province. She is not even 20. If she is fired, her future will be destroyed."

Coach Xu said, "Luckily we had Dai Li. He helped Feifei lose weight successfully. Otherwise we would have been in big trouble. Coach Huo from the national team asked me about what kind of methods we used to lose weight, I didn't tell him. I don't want Li to join the national team."

Coach Xu was pretending that Li was so popular that if the provincial sports team didn't recruit him, then the national team would grab him.

The vice-president seemed to feel the tension. He said, "So many professional coaches on the national team have tried to help Feifei lose weight, but failed to do so. How amazing that this young man did it! He must be competent, and worth further cultivation. We do have places for new employees this year. How about this—I keep his resume, and I will discuss with the other leaders on Monday's party committee meeting. I will let you know the result then."

Hearing this, Coach Xu felt sureness. Once Li's recruitment was mentioned on the party committee meeting, then there would be an 80% probability that Li would get the job.

...

Dai Li was lying in bed reading online novels on his phone when suddenly his phone rang.

"It's Coach Xu." Li immediately answered the phone call.

"My little brother, here is good news! You are all set! Authorized personnel! Next Monday, bring your person ID and student card, and come register at the Provincial Department of Sports!" said Coach Xu.

"That's great! Thank you so much, Coach Xu!" Li jumped out of his bed. "Authorized personnel" really inspired him.

Xu continued from the other end of the phone, "They gave you the personnel of 'physical training coach,' which means you could be allocated to any team. But I trust you. You will be fine wherever you are!"

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Chapter 52: Second-Rate Coach

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Sports University training room.

Today was the last day Feifei Yu was here. Now that her weight had dropped down to 62kg, she no longer needed to lose weight. Tomorrow she would go back to national team, then go to Australia for special training.

Feifei Yu was looking at Dai Li, reluctant to part ways with him. Her eyes were full of tears. She had been training with Dai Li for a month, and although they hadn't built a tight teacher-student emotional bond, they did have a deep friendship. They were of similar age and shared many interests in common, so they had became good friends.

Dai Li had successfully helped Feifei when she was at her lowest point, and now she had rebounded to her original condition. She completely trusted Li, and really appreciated his timely help. Now they were going to say goodbye, and naturally Yu showed her unwillingness.

"Alright, Feifei, don't cry. Next Spring Festival, after you return to Qingcheng City, we can meet there! Now let me show you out," Li said, comforting Yu.

Watching Feifei walk away, Dai Li gave a long sigh pityingly. He was also not looking forward to parting ways. He was able to gain a lot of experience value from Feifei Yu, and without her he had to find dozens of first-class athletes to make up. In addition, his upgrading speed would slow down.

World champions could not be found everywhere. When there was an Olympic Games, more than thirty new world champions could be found. But during the other years that did not have any worldwide competitions, there would only be a few world champions. Feifei Yu was a world record holder who was on top of the world. Li was going to have a hard time finding a substitute who was as good as Yu.

"At least I just finished guiding her through the slimming exercise one last time. Now my experience value is ready for another upgrade." Li smiled with relief. He had just become a second-rate coach seconds ago. Although he was still at the beginning stages, it was good news to him.

According to the System information, once one upgraded from a sophomore coach to a junior coach, his training effectiveness would have a substantial increase. Even though his performance might not be as good as famous chief coaches', he would outperform other ordinary coaches on the national team without a doubt. If Li was indeed allocated to the national team, he would be more than ready to handle whatever tasks were thrown at him.

The downside was that it required 10,000 experience value for one to move from the second-rate preliminary phase to the intermediate phase. Based on Dai Li's current upgrading speed, even including summer and winter holidays, it was going to take two years to obtain the requirement.

Dai Li couldn't stop complaining. Last year, when he had just gotten the System, it had only cost him 100 points to upgrade. But now after only one year, the minimum value amount to upgrade was 100 times greater, and it was only for moving up from the preliminary phase. According to this growth rate, it would be another 100 times increase if he would like to move on.

"It only cost me 1,000 points, 2,000 points, and 5,000 points to upgrade when i was a third-rate coach. But look how much I have to pay now! Will it cost 20,000 points when I reach second-rate senior? How about top-level coach? Should I obtain 50,000 points then? The total amount for the whole second-rate will be 80,000 points. It will take me two years to gain 10,000 points. Let me see...Sixteen years! I need to spend sixteen years to finally obtain 80,000 points! Such a long time! I will be entering my forties when I finally reach the top level!" Li made a bitter face.

"Sixteen years, I can feel the pain now...Whatever, I will let it be. Why bother? System, show me my rewards!"

"You have reached a brand new rate, so this time you will receive a big gift pack!" said the System.

"A big gift pack? Huh, not bad. I hope it is good enough to comfort me. But what is the difference between this one and the previous ones?" Dai Li asked immediately.

"Do you remember when you received a newbie pack when you were still a beginner? There were two items. That's what the difference is. A big gift pack contains two rewards, while an ordinary pack only has one gift for you," answered the System.

Upon learning that he would receive two rewards, Dai Li's face brightened. He couldn't wait to summon the gift pack and open it. There were indeed two rewards.

"Books! Like the last time!" Dai Li felt nervous. Last time, Li was given a book of Slimming Exercises. It was useless. If he hadn't met Feifei Yu, he would never have had a chance to use it. Unfortunately, this time the same thing had happened again.

"Last time it was a shxtty slimming exercise, I wonder what I will get this time. I hope they are useful." Li checked the cover of the book.

"Fat Loss Exercise!" Li read the title and showed his disgust with a scowl.

"Slimming Exercise and Fat Loss Exercise, are you kidding? Why would you give another useless reward? Were they buy one, get one free?" Dai Li wanted to swear.

"I think I can feel your... anger?" asked the System.

"This is bullshxt! You have lied to me twice, how can I keep calm? Fat Loss Exercise? I already have the Slimming Exercise, I don't need this rubbish!" Li was trying to suppress his anger.

But the System remained calm. "As a physical training major, I'm sure that you know the difference between losing weight and losing fat?"

He of course knew the distinction between losing weight and losing fat. People who didn't know much about the difference would think losing weight meant losing fat, and that less weight meant less fat. To amateurs that made sense.

To professional athletes, however, such an understanding was ridiculous. In fact, there was a huge difference between losing weight and losing fat. Weight loss included losing fat and muscle, but losing fat aimed only to reduce fat and decrease body fat percentage.

Physiologically speaking, losing too much weight would cause some negative effects, such as the decline of one's basal metabolic rate, degradation of immunity functions, getting tired easily, etc. Comparing the two, losing fat was a safer and healthier choice. Muscles would be maintained, or even increase, while fat would be eliminated.

The System then asked Dai Li, "Most people think that athletes should maintain a quite low body fat percentage, but as a professional, you know that not every athlete wants to get rid of fat, right?"

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Chapter 53: Loss Exercise and Massage

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It was true that many athletes wanted to obtain a low body fat percentage, such as top-level sprinters, who could maintain a body that was 8% body fat. The same went for basketball players. More muscle and less fat could help increase their physical resistance.

Nevertheless, not all sports required a low body fat percentage. For example, skiers had to gain enough fat to keep themselves warm because a low body temperature would reduce cell viability, as well as make organs function slowly, which could affect their performance. Therefore, muscular men were rarely seen among skiers.

Other sports, like aquatic sports, also required athletes to have some fat. Fat could enlarge the volume of the body and increase buoyancy, meaning athletes could save effort when swimming. Water polo players were not muscular for this reason. Otherwise, before each game began, they would sink directly to the bottom of the pool.

Divers also needed fat to enhance their body coordination and do complex actions. In addition, because the body received such a strong impact when entering the water, fat could protect organs. Even though divers did have muscle, they were not as strong as bodybuilders for this very reason.

Moreover, swimmers needed fat for the same reason as water polo players. Fat generated a lot of buoyancy, which meant swimmers could save effort when accelerating in competitions. Because of this, it was not guaranteed that swimmers with a lot of muscle would win first place, while world champions may not have obvious muscle.

The system told Dai Li, "Slimming exercises and fat loss exercises are two different things. To athletes who do not need a low body fat percentage, the slimming exercise would be beneficial. But for those who want a low body fat percentage, they need the fat loss exercises to reduce fat while maintaining muscle."

"I understand what you mean. But where can I find so many athletes that need to lose weight? I used all my luck finding Feifei Yu, it is impossible to find another one like her. Her weight increased due puberty, but normally, with sufficient training everyday, it's really difficult for athletes to gain weight." Li was upset. Then he turned to the second book.

Fat loss exercise is a chicken rib. I hope this one will be better. He read the title carefully. There were four words: "Massage and Muscle Relaxation."

"Such a weird name!" Li scorned.

"After receiving a large amount of exercise, the trainee will have muscle soreness. Such pain will reach its peak after 24-72 hours, and later disappear after 5-7 days. In addition to soreness, the trainee will also have muscle rigidity. In less severe cases, the individual only feels tenderness. But when it becomes more severe, the muscle will swell and prevent normal actions. This is called 'Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS).' If we do overload training in hot weather, dehydration, hypocalcemia, low protein, and other symptoms will also be seen," the system explained.

Li continued discussing the topic. "I know. There are three factors that lead to muscle soreness. The first one is physical injury, caused by rapid increase of muscle tension and elasticity, or the change of the head structural component; the second factor is stronger toxic effect raised by more metabolon from the augment of metabolism; and the last one is muscular spasms, caused by the change of neuromodulation. I have already learned all of these!"

"Then you should know that a massage could adjust and improve the mechanism of the central nervous system while reducing fatigue. Those anaerobic metabolites can be transformed or eliminated through massage. That's how it works." The system paused, then moved on. "In addition, for athletes, massage can take the pressure off the muscles and ligaments, thus avoiding ligamentous injury and muscle strain."

Athletes received high-intensity training every day, which meant their muscles were always in a tense state. This could easily cause muscle strain. Take a bow for example: if one pulled the bow for too long, the bow would lose elasticity and could even snap.

It was the same for the human body. If athlete stayed in a tense state for too long, he or she could get injured easily. Therefore, when doing high-duty exercises, trainees needed some aids to facilitate their performance. Massage was one of the economical and practical methods. Many training teams had professional masseuses. Some professional teams also had a reflexologist and acupuncturists to assist with relieving muscle strain. Because he had learned all the things the system had introduced, Li felt tired during the presentation.

"All right, all right, I got you!" Li yawned. But all of a sudden, he realized something was wrong.

"Wait, you are quite talkative today. Did you say 'for athletes'? is there anything else you haven't told me yet?" Li suddenly asked.

"Yeah, I haven't told you this yet. This massage is effective for anyone," the system explained.

"Anyone? Including ordinary people?" Li immediately asked.

"Yes, it is effective even on ordinary people. But the fat loss exercise only works on athletes," said the system.

"Sounds good. Looks like the massage book is more useful than the fat loss exercise." Li felt a little more comfortable.

"To be honest, I don't see any difference. You are now a junior coach, would you be willing to massage ordinary people in your spare time?" the system chastised.

Daydreaming for a second, Li felt that it did make sense. He was different than he had been just one year ago. He was coaching junior middle school students during that time. But now, because he had trained many people, including a world champion, he would not bother massaging ordinary people.

"Then it's not as useful as I thought," Li thought.

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Chapter 54: Fitness Coach of Weightlifting Team

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Provincial Weightlifting Training Center. Chief coach office.

The weightlifting chief, Coach Guangming Song answered the phone.

"Hey Song, here's some good news for you. Did you mention that you want a fitness coach for your weightlifting team? Well now we have found one, a formal authorized one!" the caller said happily.

"How could it have been done so fast? A formal authorized one?" Coach Song was astonished. He had even changed his tone unknowingly.

"Big surprise, huh? It's not easy to get authorized personnel. You reported that your team was lacking a coach a few days ago, so the leaders solved your problem. They attach importance to your team by giving you this personnel. Don't disappoint them!" the person said.

Coach Song's heart jolted, his face turning pale. He managed to cover it up, though, saying, "Of course! I won't let you down! I will train harder and improve my performance! When will the new coach be here?"

"He will register in the Provincial Department of Sports, and after he finishes all the procedures I will send him to you."

Coach Song hung up, looking uncomfortable. He thought for a while, then made several phone calls. He wrinkled his brows in concentration. Ten minutes later, the vice-chief coach of the weightlifting team, Guangyi Ma, went into Song's office hurriedly.

"Hi Coach Song, what's going on?" Coach Ma asked.

"Ma, sit down and have some water first." Song gave Ma a cup of tea, and waited until Ma was breathing normally. Then Song said, "Ma, bad news. Your nephew may not be able to work for our team in the future!"

"What? Why? How?" Coach Ma looked at Song wide-eyed.

Song nodded, "I just received a phone call from the department. They have arranged a new fitness coach with authorized personnel. He will come register next Monday. Now that we have a formal employee, it will not be possible to ask for another one for three years. If your nephew wants to work for our team, he can't be recruited for several years."

Coach Ma sank in his chair and sat in silence. After a while, he raised his head. "Coach Song, why has he come all of a sudden? I didn't hear anything about him before."

"I have inquired about him. This new coach is a young man around twenty. Coach Zhongyi Xu recommended him to the provincial department himself. The Party Committee has already proved," Coach Song explained.

"Coach Xu recommended him!" Coach Ma's face turned deathly pale. He felt detested about the new coach, but he could do nothing to change it.

Coach Song comforted him. "Ma, don't you worry. Let me see if there is any way out. Worst case scenario, your nephew becomes an assistant coach for a while. Even though assistant coaches are contract employed, he will be given priority once we recruit authorized coaches."

"Thank you Coach Song. Please allow me to discuss it with my nephew." Coach Ma thanked Song, then stepped out of his office. His face was filled with sullenness.

"Come register next Monday? I don't care who you are, but 'the mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent. You are in my place now. You'd better be a good boy, otherwise I will let you know my power! You dare grab my nephew's position? Just wait and see!" Coach Ma thought to himself viciously.

...

Ma's nephew was also an athlete, but not a gifted one. It would be difficult for him to come up with some outstanding performance, so he decided to retire this year. Athletes like him had to look for jobs by themselves, so Coach Ma wanted to put him on the weightlifting team as a coach.

Being a coach was the easiest path for a retired athlete. The recruitment of the Provincial Department of Sports was not very strict—participants were only required to submit their work experience and others' recommendations. As for job hunting for a coaching position, a recommendation from the national team was more persuasive than a Master's Degree.

Unfortunately, however, Coach Ma was only a vice-chief coach for the weightlifting team. Even though he was at the top of this team, he was nothing in the eyes of the Provincial Department of Sports. That was why Ma had asked Song to help him. Song had promised to recommend Ma's nephew. After all, Ma was his assistant. He would help Ma without hesitation.

A few months ago, Song began telling people that the weightlifting team was in need of a new coach. According to Song's original plan, he would propose the idea first, this way when he recommended Ma's nephew as a new coach, it would not be so out of the blue.

As this was going on, Ma's nephew began to apply for retirement. The whole procedure was very complicated, and he could not get everything done all at once. Unfortunately, in the meantime, Coach Xu had recommended Dai Li to the department, and the leaders recalled that Coach Song had been complaining every day that their team needed a coach. Therefore, the leaders made a quick decision: send Dai Li to the weightlifting team.

But this meant that Li had taken Ma's nephew's place. Because there was already a new coach, if Song kept asking for another position, nothing would come of it. Song was not so stupid that he would offend any of the leaders just for a little boy, so he had just given up.

...

On Monday, Dai Li went to the Provincial Department of Sports for registration.

"Li, you are all set here. According to our stipulations, your first year here would be an internship. At the end of the year you can come back here, follow the necessary procedures, and become a regular employee. Here is an information form for you. Bring this to the canteen and get your meal card. The card is effective in the departmental canteen and all the other sub-canteens that belong to our training teams," the official said as he signed the form.

"Thank you, Director Liu." Dai Li took the paper with two hands to show his appreciation.

The newly employed workers in governmental institutions had to go through an internship. The internship was one year for undergraduates, and three months for post graduates. As for the other regular workers who transferred from other institutions, they did not require an internship.

Li already knew that the so-called one year internship was nothing threatening. As long as he didn't make any mistakes during the year, he would definitely turn into a formal worker at last. As a new employee, he wouldn't have much power. Even though he wanted to be able to make a big mistake, he was not qualified to do so.

After he got his meal card, Dai Li headed to the Provincial Weightlifting Team Training Center.

"Luckily it is a fitness coach. I have never trained any weight lifters before. If I was about to be a training coach, I could not make it." While he was thinking, he arrived at the gate of the training center.

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Chapter 55: An Experienced Athlete

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The chief coach of the weightlifting team, Guangming Song, guided Dai Li to the central training room.

"Alright guys, assemble!" As Coach Song clapped his hands, all the coaches and trainees stopped to gather together.

"Please allow me to introduce you to our new colleague. This is Dai Li, our new fitness coach." Song pushed Li forward a bit and said, "Li, could you introduce yourself?"

"Hello everyone, I'm Dai Li from Yuzhou City. You can call me Li. Nice to meet you," said Li.

"Dai Li, nice name! I read a novel recently where the main character is an athlete named Guan Zhang. You two can be a pair titled 'Zhangguanlidai!' That's hilarious!" an outgoing coach said.

Coach Song jumped in with a big smile. "Come on, Xiang Huang! Do you know that your name means 'yellow shxt?' I feel sorry for you!"

"Hey coach, don't make fun of me!" Huang laughed.

Coach Song pointed at Xiang Huang and introduced him to Li. "This guy is named Xiang Huang. He has a big mouth, and often tells cold jokes. Come here, let me introduce the others. This is Coach Guangyi Ma, he is our vice-chief coach, and is in charge of trivialities."

"Nice to meet you, Coach Ma," Li immediately greeted.

"Hi," Coach Ma nodded at Li, not saying anything else.

"This is Coach Wei Wang, this is Coach Tao Liu, and that one is..." Coach Song introduced everyone there. Li was trying to remember everyone's names.

"OK then. Dismissed!" Song finished the introductions then waved to Coach Ma. "Hey Ma, could you show Li around? He is new here."

"Sure," Coach Ma nodded. His eyes shined with coldness.

...

Coach Ma showed Dai Li around the training center so he could know his way around.

"Alright, Li, this training center is a small place, so that's all we have here. Now how about we talk about your arrangements?" Ma glanced at Li then asked, "We lack manpower. Would it be OK if you started working today?"

"No problem, I'm always ready," answered Li.

"Good. Have you ever trained any weightlifters before?" asked Coach Ma.

Li shook his head. "I saw some other coaches do it, but I have never done itt myself. I'm not sure about professional training, but I'm pretty good at fitness training."

"Right, you are a fitness coach." Coach Ma paused, then continued, "Then I won't give you any professional training tasks. You are new here, it would be better if you get familiar with your job first. How about I pair you up with an experienced weightlifter. You can work with him for a while."

Coach Ma turned around and said, "He is very skilled in techniques, so he doesn't require much technical guidance. You can focus on strength and physical training. This way you can also learn about our training process."

"Thank you Coach Ma." Li looked at Coach Ma with appreciation. He thought what Ma had said was reasonable. By pairing him up with an experienced athlete, Ma was taking good care of him as a newcomer.

"OK, if you don't have any questions, then let's do it," Coach Ma said, leading Li to a corner. There was a strong man holding a barbell rod doing basic training.

Getting closer, Li finally saw the man's appearance clearly. This man was over thirty, less than 1.7 meters tall, and dark skinned, but had big eyes, bushy eyebrows, a large nose, thick lips, and protruding ears. His hairline was pretty high and Dai Li could see he was going bald. In general, he was not bad.

Coach Ma moved closer to the athlete and said, "Aiguo Jiang, this is our new coach, Li. I bet you heard his name during Coach Song's introduction. Coach Li will be in charge of your recent training."

"Nice to meet you Jiang, my name is Dai LI." LI took a step closer, offering Jiang his hand. But Jiang only replied with a contemptuous look. He ignored Li's hand, only nodding. "Got it," he said.

Jiang's coldness astonished Dai Li. Even though they were meeting for the first time, Jiang's alienation was not what Li had expected.

Coach Ma gave some unimportant instructions, then left. Jiang still looked cold as he stared at Li, then asked, "Li, how old are you?"

"23 years old," Li answered, not telling the truth. He was actually younger than that.

"You are too young to be a provincial team coach. Did you get here through a relationship?" Jiang asked.

Li was silent. He couldn't answer it. Technically, he had used some relationship. He had been recommended by Coach Xu. Otherwise he would not be able to work for the provincial sport team. He was sill brainstorming for an acceptable answer when Jiang waved his hand.

"I see. I was wondering what kind of coach the team had to offer, but I never expected to have a young coach like you."

Li suddenly realized that the reason Jiang was being so cold towards him was because he was too young to be an skillful coach. Besides, he was recruited through a supporting relationship, so Jiang looked down upon him.

People who worked in any sport were completely reliant on their own abilities, or performance, so to speak. The one who achieved the better performance, more honor, or more gold medals gained more respect. It was the same for coaches— with more famous trainees came more authority. Newbies like Li would have a hard time working in this field because he was not famous at all. Most athletes didn't think much of him, let alone experienced athletes like Jiang.

"Hey Li, from now on, when I'm training, you work as my assistant. You do whatever I want you to do. Clear?" Jiang said in a cold tone.

"Huh? I'm not an assistant coach!" Li thought angrily to himself.

The assistant coach was at the bottom of the whole team, which was similar to a training partner. Although in weightlifting training partners were not needed, the so-called assistant coach was actually doing the same job. Even ordinary athletes could give them orders.

Li felt it was unfair, since he was an authorized employee. He had a higher position than those contract-employed coaches, so he deserved more advanced tasks. How could Jiang consider him a little coach's assistant?

But keeping calm, Li realized he shouldn't have quarrels with other team members on the first day here. So Li held back his anger and nodded in agreement.

"Don't look for trouble! There is still time! Gold will shine everywhere! Li thought, comforting himself."

: Zhangguanlidai, a Chinese idiom, literally means "to put Zhang's hat on Li's head", the actual meaning is "to confuse one thing with another."

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Chapter 56: Relaxing your muscle

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It was lunchtime. People were gathered in the canteen, eating and chatting.

"Have you heard that the new coach is paired up with Aiguo Jiang!"

"Ew. Jiang is old and bad-tempered, he thinks he is superior to everyone else. Jiang must treat this new coach in the same way. Poor Li is going to have a hard time here!"

"I heard that Jiang had made some nice achievements. He was a national champion, wasn't he?" someone asked.

"That was ten years ago. Who would remember that!"

"I heard that the leaders are dissatisfied with Jiang's current status. They say that he is not capable of being an athlete any longer, and are planning to force him to retire. Is that true?"

"I would say it is 90% true. Jiang is 32 years old, his status can only get worse. Besides, he hasn't had any good performances in the last few years. In the men's 69-kilogram category, Liang Peng and Dongshan Cao are way better than Jiang, and they are pretty young. They are only in their twenties. Those young men should have plenty of room to grow. If I were the one who made the decision, I would definitely keep the young men and ask Jiang to leave!"

"If I were Jiang, I would apply for retirement myself. Why is he so shameless?"

"He must do that for money. This is his fourteenth year as a professional athlete. If he could stay here for fifteen years, he would receive a much better discharge bonus than he would right now. That's why he stays. But judging by his current condition, he may not be able to stay much longer. I heard that they have selected some high-flyers and are planning to send them to our team. If so, the leaders must reorganize our team for the newcomers. Jiang would be eliminated for sure."

"If you say so. The new coach Dai Li is unlucky. He is an authorized coach, but is paired up with a bad athlete who has neither good temper nor a bright future. I would say Li might be at the bottom when we have year-end performance appraisal."

"There is more to it than this. Jiang treats Li as an assistant coach, and orders him around all the time. Do you think that Li has displeased Coach Ma, so Ma is now retaliating against Li?"

"Here is a rumor!" someone suddenly lowered his voice with excitement. It was Xiang Huang. He seemed to have some big news.

The others immediately got into a huddle. Xiang mysteriously looked around, then told the story in a low voice. "This newcomer did offend Coach Ma in a terrible way. Coach Ma has a nephew who is an athlete and is going to retire this year. Coach Ma was planning to recommend his nephew to work for our team as a coach. He discussed it with Coach Song, and Song agreed. Ma thought it was all set. You guys all know that it is quite hard to be employed onto our team, don't you? Being a coach here is a decent job. What wishful thinking Ma had! But all of a sudden, out of nowhere, the leaders put Dai Li on our team. Li took the place of Ma's nephew, which means that Ma's nephew loses his future job. No wonder Ma is pissed off! I say Li is going to live in hell from now on. Poor Li has no idea what's going on."

"I see. So that's why Coach Ma kept mentioning his nephew to me, he was preparing for his nephew's recruitment! I can't believe that Ma is such a mean person! It looks like he is taking care of Li, but he is giving a smile of treachery!"

"Coach Ma is our second chief with power. If Li displeases Ma, he won't be able to stay here for long. I say you'd better stay away from trouble. Don't get too close to Li."

...

At the same time, Coach Ma was collating documents in the reference room. Not too long ago the weightlifters had a fitness evaluation. What Ma was collating now were the results.

This is Aiguo Jiang's evaluation report. No wonder he has been in such bad condition for so long, his body is overloaded. If he keeps training this way, there is an 80% possibility that he will have irreversible muscle strain!

Coach Ma concentrated on the phrase "irreversible muscle strain." Ordinary people may not have known much about this, but as a professional coach, Ma knew what it meant. It meant that the athlete would no longer be useful, and they would be just like a piece of scrap paper.

It was not rare to hear that an athlete was scrapped. These athletes would sustain lifelong injuries, and while the lucky ones might still be able to take care of themselves, the others may suffer from permanent disabilities. Regardless of how it happened, their careers would be brought to a premature end.

Jiang couldn't bare such intensive training any longer. Li is Jiang's coach, he is responsible for Jiang's performance. If one day Jiang fails, Li should take all the responsibility! When that happens he must leave! I won't give him any other choice!

Coach Ma was pleased with himself. He could see everything happening in front of him. That day would be one of the best days of his life.

I should hide this report so that no one else can read it, especially Li. If the others knew the truth, how could I kick Li off of our team! Ma hid the report inside his inside pocket.

...

"Li, come help me raise the barbell," Jiang instructed.

Dai Li immediately held the barbell. Jiang clenched his teeth, beginning to raise the barbell.

He is struggling. Is is too heavy? Wait, there must be something wrong. He looks like he is in so much pain! Li wrinkled his brows.

Is it due to injury? It's common for athletes like Jiang to have some kind of injury." Li glanced at Jiang's arms subconsciously. As an athlete, Jiang had very strong arms with a lot of muscle. However, what Li witnessed was Jiang's muscle trembling all the time. Li realized that Jiang must have reached to his power limit. The next second, Jiang seemed to be exhausted. He put down the barbell, breathing heavily.

His muscle seems to have reached its limit. He can't keep training like this, otherwise he will hurt himself! Li had professional knowledge, and he made a judgement at once.

I must stop him. He needs muscle relaxation. Thinking about this, Li asked, "Jiang, how about taking a break and allow me to give you a massage?"

"You? Are you sure? I never allow amateurs to do that on me." Jiang looked at Li surprisingly. In Jiang's eyes, Li was the one with no true ability. Even if Li did know about massage, he was definitely not a professional.

"I learned basic manipulations. Trust me, I can help you relax your muscle."

Jiang hesitated for a while, but finally he nodded. "Alright then, massage my arm first."

"Sure!" Li rolled up his sleeves and got to work.

I've been practicing on my pillow for days. Finally I can practice it on a real arm! Li stretched his arms. It was finally show time!

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Chapter 57: Magical Massage

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Based off previous experience, Li predicted that this "Massage and Muscle Relaxation" must be effective. He began with "Stroke." The so-called "Stroke" was actually a type of massage that involved rhythmically massaging the other person. It was different from "Knead.""Stroke" contained palm stroking and finger stroking. Usually, palm stroking was for massaging the torso, while finger stroking was for massaging arms and legs.

Jiang was in a daze. He had been an athlete for years, and had experienced many masseuses, so he could easily tell good from bad. From Li's manipulation of his body, he could see that Li knew what he was doing.

Hm, this boy does know something. Maybe I misjudged him, Jiang thought secretly.

While on the other side, Li began to shift from one skill to another. Press, stroke, push, knead, pinch, rub, scrub, knock. He presented everything he had learned from the book.

Jiang gradually closed his eyes. His face was full of enjoyment. Hey, this is comfy. I felt soreness when I was practicing, but now with Li's massage, I feel much better.

However, Li's face became serious. How could his muscles be so stiff? It's OK for people with low body fat percentages to have hard muscle, but his muscle is stiff. This is not good. How could this happen? Li thought carefully for a while and finally came up with the answer: muscle overload.

Long, intensive training would produce too much pressure on muscles, thus leading to muscle overload. If a muscle has been overloaded for too long, muscle fibers and connective tissues will be torn or even broken. That's the condition Jiang has been facing. His muscle hasn't received enough rest for years, that's why it is so stiff.

Li sped up a bit. As the massage was going on, Jiang felt more relaxed. His muscle was no longer stiff.

...

Several minutes later, Jiang slowly opened his eyes. He looked at Li in astonishment.

"How do you feel, Jiang?"

"Hmmm, not bad. Keep going!" Jiang tried to behave normally, but his eyes let out his surprise. My soreness has completely disappeared! How could it be possible! I have been suffering from pain for years, even specialists in Provincial Hospital warned me that unless I stopped training and had good rest for at least three months, I would not recover. How could Li loosen up my muscle simply by several minutes of massage!

Jiang closed his eyes again, enjoying Li's massage. Gee! This is so good! I have never experienced this before. So comfy and relaxing, like lying on a cushion filled with feathers!

At this moment, Jiang felt that his arm, which was being massaged by Li, didn't belong to him. He felt aches and pains all over his body after his intense training except for his arm. No ache, no pain—he only felt ineffable relaxation.

His arm was getting lighter and lighter. Jiang could not even feel it. He had an illusion that this arm is no longer his, and that it was about to fly away to some beautiful place.

"Jiang, would you like to be massaged elsewhere?" Li's voice woke Jiang up with a start.

"Sure!" Jiang laid down, allowing Li to continue massaging him. Li's hands seemed to have magical powers. Wherever he touched, the pain vanished.

Hmmm... Jiang was immersed in comfort. He felt as if he was surrounded by white clouds, and up above him was a sky full of stars; beneath him were rolling hills. He was the ruler of this world; with a mere snap of his fingers the stars changed positions, and with a stomp the mountains shifted seasons.

Am I dreaming? Jiang suddenly opened his eyes. He was still in the training room, but the relaxation remained in his body. It was real.

Jiang didn't want to move at all. He wished he was a puddle of mud, so that he could lay there comfortably forever.

"OK, that's all. What do you think?" Li stopped. He could tell from Jiang's face that the massage had worked out pretty well.

"That's it? The massage is so short." Jiang sat up. To him, the massage only took a few seconds. That was nowhere near enough. He would like to have more.

"It's not very short. See, it's already five o'clock. Dinner time," Li smiled.

Jiang looked up at the clock. It was 5:10 pm. He scratched his head, muttering to himself, "Time passed so quickly without me noticing. It actually took half an hour. How can I believe that?" Jiang stood up and wiggled his body. He could feel neither pain nor tiredness.

I wonder what kind of massage it is? I have been an athlete for such a long time, and have tried hundreds of massages. None of them were as effective as this one. I really enjoyed the relaxation. It feels like I have slept for three days! Dai Li is way better than those professional masseuses! Jiang was shocked. He looked at Li, who was packing his own stuff.

But in actuality, Li was examining his empirical value in the system.

Ha, just like I expected, giving athletes massage can earn empirical values. See how much I have earned today! Perhaps I should change jobs, I can be a masseuse and only work for famous athletes. I would earn plenty of value! What if I'm lucky enough to massage a beautiful athlete... 'Do you have chest pain? Don't worry, let me help you!'... Oh my, that's awesome! An evil idea came into his mind. Li's mouth began watering.

"It's only five o'clock, see how hungry you are!" Jiang's voice rang. He waved his hand. "Come on, let's have dinner!"

Li was stunned. "Are you talking to me?" he asked with uncertainty.

"Of course!" Jiang paused, then suddenly smiled. "You are good!"

Jiang smiled with genuine joy. Li knew that Jiang had changed his attitude.

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Chapter 58: A Father's Responsibility

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Every year, the sports team could receive a large amount of dining subsidy. Therefore, their canteen always offered tasty food for a low price. If one pleased the chef, he could even receive one more dish for free.

The canteen used to offer free food, where individuals could choose a limited amount of meat, unlimited vegetables, and rice. Later on, in order to avoid food waste, the canteen began to charge for food, but the price was very low—only one-fifth of the usual price of outside restaurants. Moreover, athletes and coaches had a dining allowance every month, which was directly sent to their dining cards, most of them didn't need to pay extra dining fee. Therefore, even family men would prefer to have dinner here in the canteen.

Jiang and Li sat at the same table, face to face. The other coaches were all surprised to see this.

"Am I seeing things? Is Li, the newcomer, sitting with Aiguo Jiang?"

"This Dai Li must have something special. He has been here for only one day, how could he get along well with Jiang? You know Jiang is famous for his bad temper."

"I heard that Dai Li once displeased Coach Ma, that's why he is paired up with Jiang. I think Ma is trying to fix Li in this way. Unfortunately, it is not working as Ma expected."

While the other coaches were busy gossiping in a whisper, Li started a conversation with Jiang.

"Hey Jiang, I noticed that your muscle was stiff when I was massaging. I think it was due to muscle overload. Do you feel...how should I put it, uncomfortable, during training?" asked Li.

"Uncomfortable? Just say painful." Jiang was quite straightforward. He didn't want to hide anything. "I know that I'm in a bad condition."

Jiang put down his chopsticks. Sorrow flashed through his eyes. He calmed down, then said, "Last year, I went to the doctor. My doctor told me that because of my continuous training without sufficient rest, my muscle has already been overloaded. If I keep practicing like this, I will probably get injured."

"Did the doctor give you any advice?" asked Li.

"Yes, he said there were two ways to help me out. The first one was to reduce my workouts and let the muscle gradually repair itself; the second way was to stop training for at least three months to give myself a break," said Jiang.

"You didn't listen to him, did you?" asked Li.

"No I didn't. I can't reduce my workouts, nor can I take a break. There are fierce competitions everywhere on the team, and people are seeking chances to kick me out. I'm old now, if I slack off, I won't be able to stay. I don't want to retire. I can't retire!" Jiang said with firmness.

A 32-year-old athlete was about to retire. Li wouldn't feel anything was wrong if Jiang retired this year. But he also noticed that Jiang used "can't," which indicated that he must have had some reason not to do so.

Jiang continued, "This is my 14th year as an athlete, next year is going to be my 15th. According to the governmental stipulations, I could receive much more retirement subsidy if I work up to 15 years. Therefore, if I could stay here for one more year, my retirement subsidy would increase by thousands."

"Are you risking your life for money? Just in case you don't know, your body is now in such bad condition that you could get injured or disabled at anytime! Is it worth putting the rest of your life in darkness just for some money?" Li asked, becoming serious.

"Of course!" Jiang smiled. But in Li's eyes, that smile conveyed helplessness.

Jiang took out his wallet, pulled out a picture, and handed it to Li. It was a family picture. There were three people: Jiang, a women, and a one-year-old baby girl.

"Are they Mrs. Jiang and Ms. Jiang?" asked Li.

"Yes, you are right. My wife and my daughter." Talking about his daughter, hope raised from the bottom of Jiang's eyes. "My daughter is a poor baby. She was born with a cleft lip, and received her first surgery when she was only three-month old."

"She looks pretty now," said Li.

"She does look better. But that was only the first surgery. She needs many surgeries in the future to finish the repair. She will receive her second surgery when she is five, the third one when she is eleven, and the last one will be held when she reaches eighteen. The latter ones will cost more and more money if we want to make her look normal. I'm guessing the last surgery will cost me at least hundreds of thousands of yuan. You know, we athletes are not rich, and we don't have any other special skills to make lots of money. The retirement subsidy is my last hope."

Jiang paused, then let out a long sigh. "If my baby was a boy, I would only let him receive basic surgery, like sewing his mouth up. But she is a girl, and she will become a pretty woman in the future. I can't leave her with a cleft lip. I'm trying my best to give her a bright future."

"That's why you insist on training intensely every day? You wish to work for one more year so that you can have more money for your baby girl?"

Jiang nodded. "To be honest, everyday after I finish training, I can barely endure the pain. Often I can't even get up from bed. But thinking about my baby, I keep working hard. This year when I've been training, I can feel sharp pain in my right arm and shoulders. Luckily your massage helped me out, otherwise I couldn't even raise my chopsticks."

Li looked at Jiang, his heart full of respect. This father had been training intensely and working so hard to earn money for his daughter's surgery, even though it meant risking his life and suffering from pain everyday. And he had insisted on doing so for years. Who else could make such a sacrifice except for a parent?

"I don't know why Jiang looks cold, unfriendly and bad-tempered. The real him is a great father. He is worth respecting." Li took a deep breath, deciding he would help Jiang by any means.

"My muscle relaxation could help Jiang relieve his muscles to a large extent. Then, even if he begins intense training again, I can still comfort his muscles and repair it back to the best condition. I will reduce his symptoms and stop the muscle overload. This way, he may not get injured during his training. Hopefully he can stay for another year."

Thinking about this, Li told Jiang, "Jiang, if you think my massage is OK, I can do that for you every day!"

"Thank you!" Jiang only said two words, but that was enough to convey his gratefulness.

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Chapter 59: Advertising Effect

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Weightlifting training center.

"Coach Huang, can I borrow your 5kg plate?" Jiang asked, raising the plate.

"Jiang, be careful. Don't hurt yourself. You have been training so hard these days," said Xiang Huang.

"Don't worry. I'm good!" Jiang showed a rare smile.

Xiang Huang stared at Jiang's back, murmuring, "Does Jiang have some good news? He looks happier than usual, and is smiling for once. Did he win a prize in a lottery?"

"The key point is that he is building up his workload. He's almost where I'm at. I say he is back to his youth again!" The speaker was an athlete named Dongshan Cao, who was 22-years-old. He was a very powerful top-level athlete.

Coach Ma was standing not too far away, feeling strangely uncomfortable.

Do whatever you want, Jiang—you don't have much time left! The day you fail will be the day I send you and Li home!

Jiang was now receiving Li's massages two or three times a day. He was no longer suffering from muscle overload. He was now at his best every time he trained. Jiang even felt as if he was getting gradually younger and stronger. Because of this, Jiang increased his amount of training. As an experienced athlete, he knew his body very well and knew what he was doing. And because he felt he was under less pressure, Jiang smiled more often, and was not as cold as before.

Nobody could stay calm when they were facing illness. Think about the patients in a hospital: they were either complaining about everything being unsatisfactory, or felt sad all the time. It was very rare to find a patient who had been lying in bed suffering and still looked happy.

Jiang had been in a similar situation. Because he had been suffering from pain for such a long time,and had to force himself to train intensively, he was physically and mentally exhausted. Being in such a bad state for years, it was no wonder he had turned into a bad-tempered cold man. Now that the pain had disappeared, he had less to worry about, and thus became more and more optimistic about life.

As for Dai Li, he had learned a lot from Jiang by massaging him. Li had had no idea how weightlifters trained. Through working with Jiang, he had now learned the basic concepts of training methods and skills needed for the activity. Li thought that if he worked as a weightlifting coach, this time he would know what to do.

Coach Ma had been anticipating the day that Jiang could no longer raise the barbell anymore so that he would have a wonderful excuse to kick both Jiang and Li off the team. However, Jiang seemed to be getting better and better. He couldn't find any signs indicating that Jiang was close to slowing down. Ma was beginning to doubt whether or not the report he had received was fake.

A month passed without any change, and by this time Li had adapted himself to the job.

...

After a full day of training, nothing was better than taking a shower. Athletes and coaches were gathering together to head to the bathhouse. Splashes, laughs, and grumbles were intertwined together like a symphony circling overhead.

Dongshan Cao occupied the shower in the corner next to Jiang. Cao took his head out of the water and asked, "Jiang, could you do me a favor?"

"Scrub your back? No problem, give me the bath towel. But I should mention, I have a lot of strength!" said Jiang.

"No, not that." Cao hesitated for a while, the said, "Could you help me wash my hair?"

"Wash your hair? How old are you, can't you do it yourself? Wanna call your daddy for help?" Jiang asked, making fun of Cao.

"I've been over-training recently, and now my muscle is overloaded. I'm always in pain. I can't even raise my arm," Cao complained, pouring out his grievances.

"I see. OK then, lower your head, let me wash your hair," Jiang said, agreeing easily.

It was common that athletes suffered from muscle strains, especially weightlifters. They had to raise more than 100 kilograms of weight everyday, so muscle strain was a long-standing problem for them.

"Thank you Jiang." Cao lowered his head and said, "I made an appointment with the team masseuse, Zhang, today, but he went on vacation. I have been practicing pretty hard these days, that is why I'm in such a difficult situation. Speaking of that... Have you gone to Zhang recently? I I have not seen you there in a while."

"Bah! That old man is arrogant with poor skills. He always flaunts his seniority and never listens to me. Why should I waste my time with him?" Jiang gave a snort, then continued, "Besides, Li is taking good care of me, I don't need that old man anymore!"

"Li? You mean the newcomer, Li? I see him giving you massages quite often. I never would have thought that he would know how to give a massage since he is roughly the same age as me. He is so young! I only ever see old coaches giving massages to trainers," Cao replied.

"He not only knows the skills, but he is actually very good at massaging! You know, I have been an athlete for many years, but have never received a massage as effective as his! Would you like to give it a try later?" asked Jiang.

Cao was moved, but he declined, "I'd better not. Coach Li is yours, not mine."

"It doesn't make any difference. You are our team member, Li is our team coach, what are you worried about?" Jiang faced the shower room and called Li. "Hey Li! Could you give Dongshan Cao a massage later?"

Li had just finished showering and was putting on his clothes. Hearing Jiang's request, he immediately answered, "No problem! Take your time, I will wait outside."

To Li, massaging athletes meant getting some empirical value. Although Cao was young, he was a trump card for the weightlifting team, and once won a bronze in a national competition. He was a top-level athlete in this field. If Li could massage an athlete like Cao, he would gain a lot of value for sure.

Cao was asking Li for help, so he didn't want to keep Li waiting. He finished showering as quickly as possible, put on his shorts, then rushed to Li's.

"Here you are. Come sit down." Li invited Cao to sit down, then began massaging.

Cao was in a better state than Jiang, but still not very good. Li showed everything he had learned from the book, shifting from one skill to another.

Amazing! I don't feel the pain anymore! All the soreness has disappeared! How could this massage be so effective? Cao was astonished. He never would have thought that Li's muscle relaxation techniques had instant effects.

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Chapter 60: The Busiest Person in the Weightlifting Team

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Dongshan Cao sat on the bench and closed his eyes a bit. You could tell from his eyebrows that he was really at ease.

"It's very comfortable! The strength I feel every time you massage me is exactly what I want. Not too heavy, not too light. You stimulated the part of my muscle that hurt the most! Now I feel like my arms have become lighter, almost like floating in the water. My muscles don't ache anymore, and even the soreness has gone away. It's just like when I woke up this morning. No, it's even better than that!" Shandong Cao's eyes were completely closed. He enjoyed the massage and almost fell asleep.

"Alright, now the other arm!" Dai Li's voice woke him up. He found that Li was on the other side of him and began massaging the other arm.

Dongshan Cao waved the arm that had been massaged by Li and didn't feel any uncomfortability. He could barely raise his arm before. Now, not only could he reach his arm behind his head, but could also did many moves. He even thought that maybe Dai Li had given him a new arm.

Your massage techniques and results are much better than that professional Zhang on our team! He is a professional masseuse, but the way he does it always hurts me. Coach Li is different. I can feel the effect right away! No wonder Aiguo Jiang doesn't go to Zhang any more. He has coach Li, who is 100 times better than Zhang! He keeps raising his training level these days. It's all because of coach Li's massages!" Thinking about that, Dongshan Cao looked at his watch unconsciously.

This coach Li has some talent. I remember the first day he came here, he became very close with Aiguo Jiang. I was wondering how a bad-tempered person like Aiguo Jiang could get along so well with Dai Li. Now I understand. He is going to become very popular here with his massage techniques.

Cao had a flattering smile on his face thinking about that. "Coach Li, your massage techniques are really good. Could you please massage me too when you have time?"

How could Li reject the empirical value that was calling his name. He promised immediately, "No problem. If you are not worried about having lunch later, you can come to me every day after you finish training. I'll do the massage for you!"

…

The next day, it was time for training to end.

"Cao, let's go eat," someone told Cao.

"Liu, you go first, bro. I have a reservation with coach Li for a massage," Dongshan Cao answered.

"Coach Li? Which coach Li?" Liu asked.

"The newcomer, coach Li! He has really good massage techniques that are much better than Zhang who works in the massage room!" Cao walked in the direction of Dai Li, happily finishing what he was saying. He didn't want to keep Dai Li waiting.

Better than Zhang? I heard that he asked for two weeks' vacation. So he could only come back next month. Maybe I should go to coach Li for a massage too. I just don't know if he is really good or not. He is only 23 years old. He is too young to be better than those professionals. Liu followed Cao and thought about it.

After a few minutes, he saw Cao's face and he could tell that Cao was really enjoying it.

Look at his face. It looks like he is really enjoying this. If I only looked at his face, I might think he is having some special massage service! He doesn't look like he is pretending. Could a massage be so comfortable? He mulled over it, then said, "Coach Li, could you please give me a massage too, if you are available?"

"Sure, no problem," Dai Li said, not turning down the offer. After ten minutes, Liu's face looked exactly as Cao's face had. He couldn't help but drool a little bit.

It's so good! I feel like my muscles are under no pressure at all. I could never relax my muscles like this, even if I stopped training for three whole days. No wonder Cao rushed here as soon as training ended. If I were him, I would rush here too. Liu looked at Dai Li and decided that he should get along well with him.

Another day passed. Training had just ended. Not only did Cao and Liu come to Dai Li for massages, but another two athletes as well. Everybody had positive things to say about his massaging abilities, and good ratings spread very fast. The weightlifting socialization network was not very big, so one would tell another, and another, and so on. There were more athletes coming to Dai Li for massages. After a short while, all the athletes on the weightlifting team had experienced his massage.

It was also because Zhang had asked for a vacation. Before, many athletes went to Zhang, and they had to make reservations. But because Zhang was now on vacation, the athletes had nowhere to go but Dai Li. Whether he was good or not, everyone would come and try.

Everybody who tried it, however, found that they couldn't resist his massages anymore. Athletes were not stupid—they could feel the effects. Everybody wanted to have a good rest after training instead of suffering from soreness to the point where they couldn't even raise their arms.

In a few days, Dai Li became the busiest person on the weightlifting team, especially every time after training. Nobody could wait to receive a relaxing massage from Dai Li.

…

Xiang Huang held the plate and pointed to the food in the container. "Mr. Cai, please give me more chicken and less pepper please. Please don't shake your hand, two pieces of chicken just fell off!"

"I'll add two more pieces, alright?" The chief who held the big spoon added two more pieces and asked, "Have you been training longer than usual these days?"

"No. It's the same training time as before." Xiang Huang asked.

"Then why do all the athletes come so late for meals? It's been happening for a few days, especially today. All the people who have come are coaches. No athletes have come yet," Cai said.

Xiang Huang looked around and saw that it was true. All the people eating were coaches. No athletes were in sight.

"Those athletes are standing in line for massages, I guess!" Xiang Huang laughed.

"Massages? They quit eating just for a massage? How could it be more important than food? Is it because my dishes are not delicious enough?" Cai looked very dissatisfied and began mumbling to himself. He felt very frustrated.

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Chapter 61: Coach Also Needs Massage

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"Alright, done!" Dai Li said as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"Thanks, coach Li." The athlete who had just enjoyed the massage stood up and shook his arms, looking very satisfied.

"Go have a meal. The cafeteria's dishes are getting cold." Dai Li turned around and said, "I'll go wash my hands. Who's next?"

"It's me, coach Li. It's my turn!" somebody rushed immediately.

"Get away. It's me who's first! Coach Li, it's me!" Another person rushed and sat right in front of Dai Li.

Dai Li smiled helplessly. He was used to this already. And there were still 7-8 people in the line.

"Don't hurry, take your time. Or maybe you can go eat first and come back later?" Li asked.

"No, we are not leaving. What if you leave? Then we have no idea where to go to find you," someone said.

"I'm not leaving. I'll wait for you," Li said immediately.

"How could we make coach Li wait for us. We've been training all day. It's also a good chance for us to rest, get massaged, and then go get a meal. This way, we'll hold the chopsticks more stable," somebody said.

Dai Li smiled but said nothing. He focused on the relaxing massage.

They were all walking empirical value to Dai Li. Even though the athletes on the weightlifting team were on different levels, the number was great. If Dai Li could massage all of them, he could gain 70-80 points. If he included the training during the daytime, he could gain more than 100 points every day. It would not be long before he upgraded to the middle level for a sophomore coach.

He began realizing that it was such a good decision he had made to come to the weightlifting team. Although there were also many athletes in the sports university, the athletes in the university were on a different level than the students from the provincial sports team. The latter was more professional and had a greater general ability, which meant more empirical value for Dai Li.

At the same time, Dai Li's ranking in the athletes was soaring. This special sport meant that the training load was very heavy on athletes, and tested their endurance all the time. With Li's massage, it was like providing people who were walking in the desert with a full bottle of water. Whenever they were thirsty, they would chug a big mouthful of water and give themselves new hope. Helping someone in need was definitely better than helping someone who was not looking for help. And now, Dai Li was the one who helped athletes who were in need. He never said no to athletes who came for a massage.

Li was doing this just for the empirical value. He was eager to upgrade. However, in the perspective of the athletes, they thought that Li was really selfless to devote his eating and resting time to give massages to everyone. People like him with a very grand moral principle had not been here for almost fifty years.

…

The main coach iof n the weightlifting team, Guangming Song, had a meeting in the provincial sports bureau. It was 30 minutes past the clock-out time. When he passed the gate of the training department, he happened to see Cao coming out of the building and whistling.

It's Dongshan Cao! The training should have been over half an hour ago. He must have trained overtime if he is only getting out now. He's quite nice, very talented and hardworking. The only thing is he needs to be successful is time. Guangming Song looked very happy. He was proud of Cao, and asked him, "Cao, did you train overtime? Why did you end so late?"

"Ah, good evening, coach Song." Cao hesitated and said embarrassedly, "No, I didn't."

"You didn't? Then why did you come out so late? Why did you stay in the building instead of having your meal and going back to get some rest?" Guangming Song asked.

"I asked coach Li for a massage, which took some time." Cao said.

"Massage? Coach Li? Which coach is that?" Song asked.

"The new coach, Dai Li, who joined last month. His massage techniques are really good. All the fatigue goes away after his massage. Everybody goes to him after training is finished now," Cao said.

The newbie Li? Is he that capable? Song frowned and decided to see for himself.

He walked into the weightlifting training room and was shocked by what he saw. More than ten athletes were standing in a line that looked more managed than the lines in the cafeteria. And at the front of the line, Dai Li was massaging the arm of an athlete.

These people quit their meals just to stand in line and wait for his massage? Don't they feel hungry after an entire day of training? Did Dai Li cast a spell on them or something? Song found it so unbelievable that he just stood there and observed. The athlete who was enjoying the massage had a very peaceful and joyful expression on his face, as if he was enjoying a spring breeze.

It's nothing but a massage. They don't have to be like this! What a short-sighted bunch of people! Song despised the athlete. However, his concerns didn't go away.

"Coach Song is here!" Everybody looked at him because he had a very high reputation on the team. Even the athlete who was enjoying Li's massage stood up.

"Li, you are massaging these athletes?" Song put his hands behind his back and walked like a boss.

Li nodded. "Yes. I'll just play games if I go back to my dormitory. I'd rather stay here and give massages to everyone since I have nothing to do."

"There are a lot of people waiting in line," Song said with a smile, looking at the others.

"They are just being very nice to me." Li smiled shyly and asked carefully, "Coach Song, I think you are also tired after a long day. Maybe I could give you a massage, too?"

I was waiting for that. I'll see what tricks you are using to confuse them! Song smiled after thinking about it and said, "Sure. Please!"

The athlete who was sitting on the massage chair stood up right away and gave the chair to Song. Song sat on the chair and said, "I had a long meeting in the provincial bureau, and now my shoulders are aching. I sat for a long time today. Li, could you please massage my shoulders?"

"No problem." Dai Li stretched out his hands and began giving another one of his relaxing massages.

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Chapter 62: Even Periarteritis of the Shoulder Could Be Cured

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Using one's finger to push the muscles was more appropriate when performing the relaxing massage of the shoulders, but Song didn't expect anything of Dai Li anyway. He was just curious. However, the effects could be felt right away. Song felt the difference right as Dai Li's hands were on his shoulders.

He does know about massaging. The strength is perfect and the direction he pushes in is also very comfortable. It's true that his massage makes me feel very nice. I had a meeting for the whole afternoon, and my shoulders were felt as if somebody had put vinegar in them. But now with this massage, they are not aching anymore! It's so comfortable…

He began to enjoy the massage and his facial expression was showing it. He had completely forgotten that he was laughing at the athlete for being short-sighted a few minutes ago.

Song was completely into the comfort that the massage brought. His eyes began to blur and the thoughts in his head started to take over.

"Alright, coach Song. How do you feel?" Dai Li's voice dragged Song back to reality. Song then realized that the massage was over.

He stood up unwillingly and moved his shoulders. He could feel that his shoulders were very relaxed, almost as if they had lost weight. It was a feeling that was hard to describe with words. Even the periarteritis of his shoulders, which had bothered him for years, had seemed to disappear.

Li's massage was not powerful enough to cure his shoulder. The main cause of periarteritis of the shoulder was the pathological changes of the parenchyma. The result of the changes was that the ligament around the shoulder joint and tendon suffered from chronic inflammation. It would make the external forces less bearable for the shoulder. If Li did the relaxing massage to his shoulders, which could relax the muscles, then all the symptoms would be released effectively. This was what made Song feel like his shoulders had been cured.

"Li, your massage's effect is even better than many vegetarians!" Song praised him from the bottom of his heart. Song finally understood why these athletes had quit their meals and stood in line just for his massage.

"Coach Song, if you feel my massage is good enough, feel free to come again," Dai Li smiled.

…

Li's reputation grew and grew, to the point that both the athletes and the coaches praised him a lot when they spoke about him. The athletes' respect towards him was quite understandable. After all, Li could give them relaxing massages, so he was indispensable in their eyes. As for the coaches, they respected Li for the same reason. Coaches could improve strength training when the athletes were no longer suffering from muscle soreness. This made every single coach in the weightlifting team appreciate Dai Li very much.

Guangyi Ma, however, was not one of them. He kept looking for chances to drive Dai Li away. But it was very difficult considering the conditions now. He didn't give up. He thought about it for half a day and decided to speak to Coach Song. Even if he couldn't kick Dai Li out, he would give Guangming Song a bad impression of Dai Li.

…

Song shouted, "Come in" when he heard the sound of knocking. Guangyi Ma pushed the door and went in.

Song sat in front of the computer, which blocked half of his head. He raised his head and saw Guangyi Ma. He pointed at the sofa right next to him and gestured to Ma to sit down.

Ma said right after he sat down, "Coach, there is something I need to tell you. Dai Li is too overbearing. He grabs those athletes to do the massage every day, and it influences their times of having meals. The food is cold by the time they go to the cafeteria. They are already very tired after an entire day of training. It would be too horrible if they couldn't even have a hot meal! That might have a bad influence on their training."

He stopped and saw that Guangming Song was thinking deeply on the other side of the computer screen. He continued, "Even more than that, if they want massage, they can go to the professional. We pay the professional just to ask him to give massages to the athletes. Why does the amateur Dai Li do his job? He is doing someone else's duty instead of his. What if he hurts those athletes? Coach, I think you should do something. It might influence the daily training if we just let him be."

Ma looked at Song. Across the computer screen, Song was looking down. Ma could not tell what he was doing. He waited for 7-8 seconds and finally saw Song raised his head. Song stood up and pulled out the in-ear headphones.

Song laughed like he had no choice. "My wife just sent me a few long voice messages. I don't think it's very appropriate for others to listen to the things concerning my own home, so I put on the headphones. What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly."

Ma was very embarrassed that he had said everything with such a passionate and exaggerated tone, and all his saliva had burst out when he had spoken, yet it had all been for nothing. Not even a single word had gone into Song's ear! Ma had no choice but say it again.

"Coach, I was saying that…"

"Wait, it's time. Let's talk as we walk." Song stopped Ma and grabbed his coat, ready to leave. Ma stood up and followed closely.

"Coach, where are you going?" Ma asked casually.

"I'm going to Li for the massage!" Song said. "This newcomer Li is very talented. He knows how to massage, and he knows it well! The effects are even better than some of the professionals. My shoulder has bothered me for years, you know. I've gone to many people, but nobody could cure it. After Li massaged me last time, I felt much better. Last night it was raining, but I didn't feel uncomfortable the entire night. I moved from one side to another on the bed and it didn't hurt at all! I need to find him to massage me once more today…"

Song's words sounded like a commercial from the TV shopping channel. However, Ma felt like a herd of American bison had stepped on his heart. He was very confused. Coach Song had already confirmed Dai Li's massage, and he had even gone to Dai Li happily. There was no way that Ma could do something about this massage. He didn't want to go against Song's opinion! Now he felt very lucky that Song didn't hear anything because of his headphones.

"Right, what were you trying to say?" Song asked.

"Oh, well…" Ma wouldn't dare to repeat what he said, even if you had beat him to death. "I forgot. Look at me, I have such a bad memory!" Ma played dumb. He realized that Dai Li had already gained Song's favorable impression. It might be too late to kick him out now.

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Chapter 63: Degrade

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The cafeteria was always the best place for communication between colleagues. But whenever the paparazzi for Xiang Huang was here, the cafeteria became the center of gossip.

"Have you heard that some of the athletes will be forced to leave the team?" Xiang Huang said.

"Again? How many? Why?" someone asked.

"I don't know the exact number. But I heard that every team will have a quota. The new Olympic cycle starts again soon, so it is time to bring in new athletes to prepare for the next Olympic games," Huang said.

His voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for everybody around him to hear him clearly, including Aiguo Jiang and Dai Li.

Jiang's expression changed immediately. A feeling of sadness, anxiousness, unwillingness, and helplessness were all apparent on his face, making his expression very complicated.

Dai Li looked at him pitifully and tried to comfort him. "Don't take it seriously. It might be fake news."

"Li, don't comfort me. I know that if somebody has to leave, it will be me. I'm already 32-years-old and I'm still here. There must be somebody who doesn't like me and is trying to force me out. It is alright. It is not bad to retire early. I'm a loser anyway." Jiang stopped a second, looking as if he was trying to search through his memories, then continued.

"I was the national champion when I was young. I think it has been more than 10 years. I was in my early 20s when I won the national champion. I still remember lifting 155kg. I ranked No. 2. In the second round, I lifted 190kg without rest and won the championship because my record was 1kg heavier than my opponent's. Do you know who I competed with?"

Dai Li shook his head. Aiguo Jiang revealed the answer immediately. "It was Gang Shi!"

"You mean the champion of the Olympic games, Gang Shi?" Dai Li asked surprisingly.

"Yes, that's him. In the weightlifting championship, I was supposed to represent the national team and take part in the Olympic games because I was the champion. He was the second place finisher. However, I got hurt right before the game, so I had to quit. He took my place, and took part in the Olympic games, where he won the gold medal. Then you know how the rest of the story goes," Aiguo Jiang said slowly.

Dai Li remembered that Olympics. Dai Li was still on his summer holiday. He watched all the Olympic games relays because he had nothing else to do. He remembered the Men's 69kg. Gang Shi had won without any suspense, right in the foreign players' faces.

The Men's 69kg is our best event. If Aiguo Jiang had not gotten hurt and had taken part in the Olympic games, he must have been able to win the gold medal. If he had, he would not have to struggle for his daughter's surgery expenses now."

Dai Li sighed. He was not God; he could not turn back time. However, he had a coaching system that might be of use to Aiguo Jiang. This was all that he could do.

Dai Li hesitated a few seconds, then asked out of the blue, "Have you thought about changing to another weight class? The competition for the 69kg weight class is too intense. On our team alone we have two young men—Liang Peng and Dongshan Cao—who are in their 20s with great potential. Both of them are in the 69kg weight class. That's not even considering the athletes with potential around the world."

"Of course I've thought about it before. But the competition in 77kg heavyweight is also intense. I'm already in my 30s. I wouldn't be able to compete with those young men even if I got my weight up to 77kg. People of my age can't get themselves to be as strong as younger people, even if we rebuild our muscles."

Dai Li shook his head. "I'm not talking about the 77kg. I'm talking about the 62kg weight class."

"62kg heavyweight? You want me to drop weight from 69kg to 62kg? Are you kidding me?" Aiguo Jiang couldn't hide the surprise on his face.

Jiang seemed a little angry. He could not understand why Li would make such a bad joke knowing Jiang was close to being kicked out by the weightlifting team. That was not friendly at all.

"I'm not joking. I'm serious." Dai Li put down his chopsticks and continued, "Look, our priorities are on the 69kg and 77kg heavyweight. We have no athletes for the 62kg weight class, which means you would have no rivalry if you dropped to that weight. Then you'll have a bigger chance of staying. As soon as you get the chance to compete in a game and get a record, there is no doubt that you will be able to stay."

"That's useless. You think I haven't thought about what you said? There is a 7kg difference between the two weight classes. There would also be muscle loss accompanied with the weight loss. I might not even be able to compete with athletes from the 56kg weight class, let alone take part in sports games," Aiguo Jiang started.

"I got your back! I'm the expert in losing weight. I know how to help you lose weight while maintaining as much muscle as possible," Dai Li said as he patted his own chest.

Aiguo Jiang looked at him with an expression of doubt. Obviously, he didn't believe what Dai Li was saying. He might even make fun of Li if they had not been friends.

Li knew that Jiang would not believe him. He gestured at Jiang to come closer and said, "You know that there was a rumor on the internet saying that Feifei Yu did not work hard on her training and weighed 70kg a few days ago, and how it was said that she would be kicked off the national team. Did you hear about it?"

"Of course I did. It was big news. But it turned out to be fake. The swimming team even held a press conference and asked Feifei Yu to weigh herself in front of everyone. She was not even close to 70kg." Jiang saw that Li had a slight smile on his face. "Why is you smile so weird? You got some inside information?" Jiang asked.

"Don't call my smile weird!" The smile disappeared from Li's face. He lowered his voice and continued, "It's true that she weighed 70kg, but she managed to lose the weight."

"She must have suffered a lot to lose more than 5kg. Wait, you were not on our team at that time. How did you know that she weighed 70kg?" Jiang asked.

"It was me who helped her lose the weight!" He took out his phone and showed one picture to Jiang. It was a picture of Li and Yu.

"You took the picture with Feifei Yu? Did you use photoshop?" Jiang said immediately.

"Photoshop? Okay, I'll show you more. Look at this one, and that one. And this is a picture from when she was being trained." Dai Li slid his fingers across the screen of his phone and showed Jiang all the pictures he had taken when Feifei Yu was being trained.

"You really were involved in her training! She was a world-record holder!" The expression in Jiang's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at Li.

Dai Li lowered his voice and said secretly, "I know a weight loss exercise. You can see the difference after one single practice. She lost all her weight using it. You can come with me and try it after eating if you don't believe me."

"Sure! Let's go and try. I'll consider it a post-meal exercise to make my digestion better." Even though Jiang did not believe him, he still said yes because he was very close to Li.

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Chapter 64: Broadcast Exercises

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After lunch, Jiang weighed himself. The scale read 73.49kg.

The actual weight of a weightlifting athlete was more than the weight class they belonged to. For example, an athlete who was in the 69kg weight class had to weigh more than 69kg. But if one was heavier than the standard acceptable weight, then he or she would not be able to take part in the games. Athletes would lose weight before the date of the measurement by going on a diet and not drinking water.

Jiang was 73.49kg, which was 4.49kg higher than the 69kg weight class. However, considering the fact that he had just eaten a meal and was wearing clothes, the weight actually fell in the normal range.

Dai Li used his weight loss exercise again. He used the weight loss exercise instead of the fat loss exercise because he had already tried the weight loss exercise on Feifei Yu, which had turned out to be a success. He had not tried the fat loss exercise yet, so he didn't know if it worked or not. Because he had told Jiang the effect could be seen after a single practice session, he chose the weight loss exercise to be sure he would see the effect.

"Come on. Get ready. Follow me. One and two, three and four, five and six, and seven and eight…"

"Li, I think your weight loss exercises are more like broadcast exercises, which we practiced when we were at school!" Jiang mumbled while following Li's moves.

"Don't worry. The effects are completely different. Come on, continue. Five and six, and seven and eight…"

…

"Five and six, and seven and stop!" Dai Li stopped his moves.

"That's it?" Jiang drew back his lips. "Li, are you playing jokes on me today? This broadcast exercise only lasted about 20 minutes. I didn't sweat at all. You told me that I could lose weight with just a single practice? I would rather run around a few times on the playground!"

"Weigh yourself and you'll know if you've lost any weight." Li dragged Jiang and let him stand on the scale. They looked at the scale together as he stood still.

"73.38? It's almost the same as before! I only lost 0.01kg, which could be due to my digestion. It doesn't count," Aiguo Jiang said.

"Jiang, think about it. It was 73.49kg. You lost 0.11kg, not 0.01kg!" Dai Li said and reminded him.

"Yes, you are right. It was 73.49kg. I lost 0.11kg in 20 minutes? Just by performing a single round of broadcast exercises? Am I dreaming?" Aiguo Jiang was shocked. He looked like he had no idea what had happened.

Dai Li didn't answer him directly, instead pointing at the scale. "You don't have to believe me, but you have to believe the scale."

Jiang looked at the number on the scale, then looked at Dai li. He screamed, "Li, are you God? It seems like this weight loss exercise really works. If we keep going like this, I think I can lose 7kg and get to the 62kg weight class!"

However, Jiang shook his head the next second. "No, even if I can lose 7kg, I would not be able to compete in the games. The muscle I would lose when cutting weight would not be sufficient enough to perform well!"

"Don't you worry. I know how to deal with it. I can help you maintain as much muscle as possible. As long as you can lose 7kg, you will be able to compete in games!" Dai Li said confidently. However, Jiang still had an unwilling expression on his face.

"Jiang, my bro, if you stay in the 69kg weight class, you will be kicked out for sure. Even if going down to the 62kg weight class does not mean you can definitely stay, you will at least be giving yourself a chance!" Li kept persuading him.

His words resembled what doctors told their patients. Doing a surgery did not mean one's life could be saved, but not doing the surgery meant a 100% chance of death. When facing the choices of probably living or definitely dying, normally people would choose the first one. Even if the possibility might be very low, it was still a possibility.

Aiguo Jiang suddenly understood. If he went down to the 62kg weight class, he would still have a shot at staying. If he stayed in the 69kg weight class, however, he would have to say goodbye to the weightlifting team. And if he left the team, the expenses for her daughter's future surgery would be a problem. He had no choice but to believe in Dai Li.

He nodded his head the next second. "Okay, Li. Please help me lose weight. I want to get down to the 62kg weight class!"

…

In the weightlifting training center.

Xiang Huang had woken up a bit late today. He rushed into the training center just in time. The coaches or the athletes were already there.

I overslept by ten minutes and was almost late, Xiang Huang thought to himself. He saw that Li and Jiang were doing the weight loss exercises.

They've already started warming up. What kind of warm-up is that? Looks like broadcast exercises. That type of exercise that barely burns any calories might work for normal people, but not for athletes. I doubt it will help them. Xiang Huang scoffed and ran to his partner Dongshan Cao, ready to start training.

After an hour, Xiang Huang wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "Cao, let's rest for 10 minutes. We will drink some water and recover our physical strength." He took his big bottle and chugged some water.

Nice! Xiang Huang looked very satisfied. He looked around. He found that Li and Jiang were still doing the same exercises.

They are still warming up! It has been an hour and they have not finished yet? I knew it. Those broadcast exercises barely do anything. Xiang Huang shook his head and stopped paying attention to Li and Jiang.

After two hours, Huang took his second break to drink some water. However, he saw Li and Jiang were still practicing the exercises.

What the hell? Are they still doing broadcast exercises? Are they actually train this morning or not? Could it be that Jiang has decided to retire and become a PE teacher? That must be why he wants to learn broadcast exercises in advance!

After three hours, the morning training had almost come to an end. Many athletes began lowering their training load to soothe their bodies.

Huang looked in Li's direction again and found that Li and Jiang were still doing the same exact exercises.

Are they still doing broadcast exercises? Are they addicted to it? What kind of broadcast exercises are those, anyway? While Huang was thinking, Li and Jiang finished a round of exercises and stopped.

Li said, "My big bro, Jiang, let's stop it here this morning. Let's not interfere with your daily strength training."

Jiang looked at his watch and found that they'd been going at it for three hours. He nodded and began his strength training. Not far away, Huang's eyes were wide opened.

They are only beginning their training now, after three hours of warming up? It is almost time for lunch! Normally we warm up for 20 minutes, then train for the remaining time. But they did three hours of warm-ups with 20 minutes of training!

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