I almost touched the moon

Chapter 348 I Want to Give Him a Chance

"what's up?"

Song Zilang said with difficulty: "Director Qu wants me to replace Zhiyuan and participate in tomorrow's relay. I said I can't do it. The last time I practiced obstacle pursuit was three or four years ago. How can I participate?"

"What?" Cheng Che was also a little surprised. "Is Director Qu crazy? You are not good at ski cross, and you haven't gotten used to it yet. Why would he let you participate?"

"I guess Zhiyuan made too many mistakes today, so the higher-ups want to replace him..." Song Zilang sighed, "But I definitely can't do it. I'll just fall even harder if I go. I told Director Qu that I couldn't do it, and he asked me to call you over to ask for your opinion."

After listening to this, Cheng Che patted Song Zilang on the shoulder and said, "I understand. Don't feel pressured. I won't agree to a replacement."

Arriving at Director Qu's room, as soon as he saw Cheng Che, his face was full of smiles, and he even said in a flattering tone: "Captain Cheng is here, come and sit down, what would you like to drink? Let me make you a cup of tea, I brought some good tea leaves, you are from Hangzhou, you should like Longjing tea."

"Thank you, Director Qu. You're welcome. Just call me Cheng Che. I don't like drinking tea, so I won't waste your good tea." Cheng Che declined his kindness and said bluntly, "I heard from Zilang that you hope he will participate in tomorrow's obstacle course relay?"

"Yes." Director Qu nodded, sat down opposite Cheng Che and said, "You saw how Xiao Chen performed today. If it weren't for your final effort, we wouldn't even be able to enter the finals. If there is another mistake like this in tomorrow's game, then our Chinese team will become a laughing stock for the whole world."

Cheng Che immediately said: "Director Qu, Zhiyuan's fall is very common and normal in obstacle pursuit competitions. Many athletes will experience this, and I have experienced it too.

Even in today's semi-finals, he fell or was knocked down by other players, so I don't think this is a serious problem. I have also communicated with him and given him some advice. Zhiyuan will definitely try to avoid similar problems tomorrow."

Director Qu disagreed with his opinion and shook his head and said, "Xiao Cheng, you are still too young. We finally made it to the finals, and you just won the gold medal in the obstacle course. We must win a medal in tomorrow's competition. I think Xiao Song has better results in competitions and more experience, so he is definitely more suitable than Xiao Chen."

"No." Cheng Che refused bluntly, "Zilang has almost never received any training in obstacle course pursuit. Speed ​​​​competitions and skill-based competitions are different, and you can't just do both. Moreover, he has never participated in our training before, so he lacks tacit understanding."

"Why not? I see you are very good at both events. You won two gold medals." Director Qu continued to talk to himself, "Besides, Xiao Song and Xiao Hui from the women's team are siblings. Siblings are born with tacit understanding and don't need extra training."

"..."

After hearing what he said, Cheng Che was completely speechless. He tried to speak gently and said, "Director Qu, it still won't work. In the obstacle course relay, the distance between the runners is closer and the competition is more intense. Zilang has no experience and will easily get hurt if he rushes into the competition."

“Does it require experience?”

"There must be one." Cheng Che repeated, "So we don't have anyone to replace."

"That's easy." Director Qu suddenly became very confident. "Xiao Cheng, I told you that you are too young. Why don't you just borrow someone from the snowboarding team? I remember that guy, Xu Qiye. He is pretty good."

"..."

Cheng Che was speechless again, and because he was too speechless, he even smiled, "Director Qu, you must know that freestyle skiing and snowboarding are two completely different sports."

"I know." Director Qu said shamelessly, "But they are all skiing, so they are definitely the same. Xiao Cheng, this medal is very important, and there can't be any mistakes."

Cheng Che immediately said, "If we don't change people, there won't be any mistakes. I can lead them to the finals today and I can lead them to medals tomorrow. You don't have to worry."

"What if we can't get it?" Director Qu asked, "If we can't get it, who can take the responsibility?"

"I'm responsible."

Cheng Che was a little angry because of Director Qu's words and attitude, and he was no longer so polite. "Director, since you said so, medals are important. I joined the national team at the age of 16, and it has been 15 years now. I have won countless medals for the ski team. If these can't win your trust, I have nothing to say."

Director Qu knew Cheng Che's contribution and did not dare to confront him. He could only continue to smile and said, "That's not what I meant. If we win a medal tomorrow, we will be the first Asian country to win a medal in this event. It means something different."

Cheng Che had no intention of continuing to argue with Director Qu, and said directly: "Director Qu, I didn't want to participate in the obstacle pursuit relay. I am old and my energy is limited. I participated in this event purely to win an extra medal for our country and give these children a chance to exercise.

So before the competition, I told Director Xu that my first request was that I would be responsible for all matters related to the relay, including the confirmation and replacement of personnel. Director Xu also agreed to my request. If you want to replace people, I don’t agree. If you insist on replacing, then I can only withdraw. I don’t want to waste time. ”

Director Qu didn't expect Cheng Che to be so tough, so he said with a serious face: "Xiao Cheng, don't think that you can be arrogant just because you have good grades. Wait for me, I'll call Director Xu."

Soon, Director Qu finished the call and said angrily, "Okay, I'll listen to you. It's not good to change people at the last minute."

"Okay." Cheng Che nodded and said, "Thank you Director Qu for your understanding. I'll go back and rest now. Goodbye."

After returning to the hotel, Cheng Che told Wen Song what happened today. He lay on her legs and hugged her waist and said, "Wife, are you really speechless? Our director actually thought of letting the snowboard athletes participate in the double-board competition. I really wanted to tell him that the double-board level of the snowboard players is far worse than that of my wife. It would be better to let my wife participate."

Wen Song laughed dumbly, "How can I participate? I'm not Chinese."

Cheng Che continued to hug her and acted coquettishly, "Oh, baby, it would be great if you were Chinese. With your level, you would definitely be able to join the national team, and we could be teammates. I wouldn't have to worry so much about the relay tomorrow."

"Even if I'm Chinese, I can't participate." Wen Song laughed again, "Don't relay races require two men and two women? I don't meet the requirements."

"It doesn't matter." Cheng Che pretended to be serious and said, "Transgender is allowed now. You just need to say that you think you are a man, a transvestite, and that's it."

After hearing this, Wen Song threw a pillow at him and said, "I'm not a man! You are a man, and your whole family is men!"

"I am a man to begin with." Cheng Che laughed even more happily, "My wife and I are a family. Are you scolding yourself?"

Wen Song snorted, not wanting to pay attention to him, and said to him, "Why don't you let Cheng Xuan go? He's Chinese, he's a man, and he's your brother. What did your director say? Siblings have a natural tacit understanding, and you brothers must have an even better tacit understanding."

"Why is Xuan going? He doesn't even know how to use a snow pole." Cheng Che smiled and sat up, hugged her, and gently kissed Wen Song's lips, "Don't be angry, baby, I was just joking."

Wen Song pinched his face and said with a smile, "I'm not angry. But I found that the way you speak now is so similar to me. Especially the few words you said to your director, you really inherited my true teachings."

"Yes, as the saying goes, 'Birds of a feather flock together.' Am I your favorite student?" Cheng Che looked at Wen Song with a proud and complacent expression.

"Yes." Wen Song nodded. "This is good. You had such a good temper before, and you had no bottom line. Some people would take advantage of you just because you are so easy to talk to. I like it this way now."

"That's for others, I will definitely not change for you." Cheng Che smiled and hugged Wen Song, kissed her ear and said, "My bottom line is you."

"How corny!" Wen Song exclaimed, pushing him away a little, and said in confusion, "Actually, I heard from Shu Ning that Zilang also practiced ski cross, but the effect was average. But he has more experience in competitions. If you really replace him, I think although the speed will be insufficient, it should be more stable."

Cheng Che smiled and asked Wen Song, "Baby, if you have a doctoral student who works hard and has good talent, but lacks experience and has average ability, would you not let him participate in your project?"

"There is no such thing as an if." Wen Song immediately denied, "There is no one among my doctoral students who is incompetent, because such a person would not even pass the interview."

"I know." Cheng Che smiled. "Of course I know that all the PhD students supervised by Prof. Iseylia are outstanding. I was just giving an example. What if I say that one of your PhD students has always performed well, but made a mistake in a certain project because of nervousness, but it was not fatal. You and others corrected the problem, and he also said that he would work harder and be more careful in the future. Would you fire him?"

"No." Wen Song shook his head and said, "Even the smartest and most hardworking people make mistakes. This is not a big deal at all. As his supervisor, it is my responsibility to discover and guide him to correct the problem. I can't deprive him of the right to participate in subsequent work because of this kind of thing."

"Yes." Cheng Che nodded, looked at Wen Song seriously and said, "So I also want to give Zhiyuan a chance. I believe he will improve in tomorrow's game."

"Yeah." Wen Song also said, "Just believe it."

She took the ice pack and continued to apply it to his leg, and asked softly, "Does it still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore." Cheng Che hugged Wen Song and shook his head, "It doesn't hurt anymore, don't worry, honey."