Chapter 243: Bluffing (1/2)

Chapter 243: Bluffing

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Dai Li sat down opposite Xiaochun Gao.

Xiaochun Gao stared at Dai Li. He thought Dai Li would be nervous, but in fact, Dai Li looked extremely calm. This wasn't a good start from what Xiaochun Gao had experienced.

The next minute, Xiaochun Gao played hardball and began talking. ”Coach Li, we have received some information about you, but I would prefer to hear from you in person. You must know our policy; there is a lighter penalty if you confess than the other way around. If you give up the other people involved, you can receive a lighter punishment.” Xiaochun Gao was staring at Dai Li as he spoke.

It was Xiaochun Gao's regular trick to bluff in the beginning, whether there really was a problem or not. This was a common trick. Many guilty and cowardly people sometimes just told the truth when they were being lied to.

The last sentence Xiaochu Gao had said was an attempt to persuade Dai Li to tell on more people. The more people that were involved, the bigger the case was, and Xiaochun Gao could make his dream come true.

Weidong Chu frowned. He seemed unhappy. Xiaochun Gao sounded like he was interrogating a criminal. Weidong Chu wanted to say something, but he held back when he remembered Director Wang's words, ”assist him.”

A clean hand wants no washing. There is nothing to worry about. Weidong Chu thought.

Dai Li nodded. Looking sincere, he said, ”I am responsible for not breaking the relay record. I personally think there are some problems existing in our training process. First of all…”

”Stop!” Xiaochun Gao smacked the table all of a sudden. ”I asked you to tell the truth. What are you talking about?”

”I am telling the truth!” Dai Li pretended to be cute and dumb. He continued, ”Aren't we talking about the fact that my team didn't break the National Team's record?”

Weidong Chu almost laughed out loud. Obviously he had underestimated Dai Li.

”What record! We are talking about the thing you did when you were selecting the team members for the relay group!” Xiaochun Gao groaned. ”Does that remind you?”

”You mean the selection for the relay team?” Dai Li shook his head and said, ”The athletes signed up themselves. We didn't run the selection process as we usually do.”

”Then why would only five of the seven be selected? It must have had something to do with you!” Xiaochun Gao inquired immediately.

”Director Gao, if seven people come to the tryout, are all seven of them supposed to be chosen?” Dai Li smirked. ”The sports bureau wouldn't agree with that. According to the rules of the relay team for the National Games, every team has to have five to six members. Seven members wouldn't work at all.”

Xiaochun Gao was embarrassed. He felt he had made a big mistake. He had acted unprofessional, as he seemed to have asked something before he had figured it out.

”Then what was your standard when you picked the five athletes? We heard that there was some shady play when you selected the members!” Xiaochun Gao continued his bluffing strategy.

”Shady play? Director Gao, you are overthinking. This is a sprinting competition; we only have two standards. Number one, how fast you run; and number two, how much potential you have to run faster. You can go over the records of the seven athletes if you want and see if the five athletes I picked were not qualified.” Dai Li paused, then continued, ”Sprinting is about running fast. I can't leave the fast runners aside and pick the slow ones, right?”

”But people reported you, saying the athletes gave you money to join the relay team!” Xiaochun Gao looked furious.