Chapter 112: Freeloader (1/2)
Chapter 112: Freeloader
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Dai Li was completely confused. He stared at the red seal at the bottom of the document, knowing the appointment must be correct.
Dai Li looked up at Coach Lu for an explanation. Coach Lu smiled with embarrassment and said, ”Do not look at me like that. The appointment is correct; you are the chief coach of the long jump team.”
”Coach Lu, did you want me to coach long jump team?” Dai Li probed.
”It was not my idea,” Lu shook his head, ”In my report, I wrote the shot put team. But they decided to let you coach long jump team. It was the leaders' decision.”
”Then what about Coach Zhuang, the original coach of the team?” Dai Li wanted to know what would happen to the current coach of the long jump team.
The long jump team already had a chief coach, Xuexi Zhuang. If Dai Li went to long jump team, there would be two chief coaches. He would have to figure out their relationship, as far as who was primary and secondary.
Coach Zhuang had connections. His uncle was a vice director for the Provincial Sport Department. If Dai Li became Xuexi Zhuang's coworker, he would probably become his subordinate.
”Zhuang won't stay. He will become the chief coach of the shot put team,” said Coach Lu.
”Then it is like we exchanged jobs,” Dai Li sighed with relief. He did not want to work with someone who had connections like Xuexi Zhuang. Otherwise, he would always be the one who worked hard, while the other would sit and enjoy the fruits of his labor.
Coach Lu lowered his voice and said:, ”You know that Xuexi Zhuang is Director Zhuang's nephew, don't you? He thought that with Director Zhuang's special care, he would be promoted quickly. He only came to our youth team so he could move up. He was planning to leave once he made some achievements. However, he has been here for two years and still has not made any progress. None of his athletes have succeeded. We coaches are judged by our ability; if we have no good scores, we cannot be promoted. Director Zhuang lacks an excuse to promote his nephew, and he dare not to break rules.”
Dai Li nodded. If a sports coach was really outstanding, he could work in governmental institutions. For example, a vice director for the State Administration of Sports would have been a famous coach before.
But being a civil servant meant that one had to obey rules. It was similar to working for a private company, in that one had to strictly follow the boss's orders. If the boss asked you to be a manager, you could not be an inspector. When working for the government, the higher the level, the stricter the rules were. Especially when it came to appointing officials, leaders had to be cautious. They could never do anything that others could hold against them.
Because of this, Xuexi Zhuang had not been promoted for two years due to the fact that he had not achieved anything. If he could attain even a little progress, he would not stay on the youth team; his uncle would promote him to someplace better.
Coach Lu continued, ”To be honest, you should keep leading the shot put team. But Xuexi Zhuang wants your athletes. Jiankang Chen threw 17.11 meters, and Bin Wang got 17 meters, right? For teenagers, those are outstanding results.”