Chapter 50: Formal Organize Personnel (1/2)

Chapter 50: Formal Organize Personnel

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

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.

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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.”