Chapter 552: 551 [Sports for the Country]

There were 29 provincial (municipal) teams at the banquet, but because the four northeastern provinces were occupied by Japanese invaders, athletes from Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, and Rehe provinces all fled to Peiping. representative team.

In other words, Zhou Hexuan donates a total of 260,000 yuan to the provincial (city) team every year. Maybe there will be more in the future, because several provinces did not send representatives to participate in this National Games.

Let’s calculate it as an annual donation of 300,000 yuan. Is this much money?

The answer is: a lot!

This money was enough to buy a warlord army of tens of thousands of people during the Central Plains War.

However, it is very small when it is evenly distributed to thousands of athletes in 30 provinces and cities. Even if there is no corruption in the middle, at most it is used to buy some sports equipment, slightly repair the training ground, and add a few extra pieces of fat to the athletes for each meal.

Sports, like education, is a very money-burning field. What Zhou Hexuan can do is to improve the living conditions of the athletes, which needs to be promoted by the state.

But at this time, will the Nanjing government strongly support sports?

Of course not.

It is already very rare to spend 850,000 yuan to build a central stadium.

At this time, in the huge China, there is not even a State Sports General Administration, and only sports management agencies have been established in certain departments. And the "All-China Sports Association" (Chinese Olympic Committee) is actually just a non-governmental organization, and the Nanjing government will not invest a penny in sports.

Let’s say Liu Changchun participated in the Olympic Games last year. This is the first time for a Chinese to participate in the Olympic Games. But after Liu Changchun's competition, he couldn't even afford a boat ticket to return home, and needed the help of local overseas Chinese to raise funds.

As for the athletes of the provincial (municipal) teams, they are not trained by any special sports organization, they are basically from the sports department of the university. For example, Liu Changchun graduated from the Department of Physical Education of Northeastern University. His professional training comes from the physical education teachers of the university, and the training venue is only the playground of the university.

Therefore, Zhou Hexuan is not afraid that the money he donated will be embezzled. The provincial team leaders, coaches and athletes are not affiliated. They can negotiate and allocate funds in private.

Zhou Hexuan felt that the money was very little, and it was a drop in the bucket, but in the eyes of the athletes, it was undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

Let’s take Liu Changchun as an example. He graduated from Northeastern University last year, and now he is in exile in the customs, and needs to work while training. Not to mention maintaining the amount of daily training, sometimes he can't even afford to eat. With Zhou Hexuan's donation, Liu Changchun can at least not go hungry.

What's more, Zhou Hexuan also donated money to form the national team and bear all the expenses of the athletes during the Olympics. This made them no worries, at least not afraid of running out of money to compete abroad, and not afraid of running out of money to return home by boat after the game.

Liu Changchun recalled his Olympic experience last year, tears filled his eyes with excitement, and shouted the slogan "Long live Mr. Zhou" with extra vigor.

Wang Zhengting looked at everyone's reactions with a smile, and said, "Next, I would like to ask Mr. Zhou to say a few words to everyone."

Zhou Hexuan stood up, raised his glass and said, "I won't say much, I just hope that you will train hard and win glory for the country in the future, so that foreigners can also see the strength of our Chinese athletes. Come, cheers! Everyone contributes to the country through sports!"

"Sports for the country! Cheers!" The crowd shouted excitedly.

Zhou Hexuan also said: "In less than three years, the Berlin Olympic Games will open. At the end of next year, I will hire some sports coaches from the United States to become the coaches of the Chinese national team. At that time, there will be coaches from all over the country. Among the outstanding athletes, select some athletes to form the national team. These people will receive the most scientific training, and after one year of training, they will represent China in the Berlin Olympics in Germany. I believe that we Chinese will not lose to any nation, and we will definitely be able to win An Olympic medal!"

"Crack clap clap!"

There was thunderous applause from the audience, and many National Games champions are already eager to try, and they can't wait to fly to Berlin to compete immediately.

Sports, that is really important, it can greatly enhance national self-confidence.

As far as winning the next Olympic Games is concerned, since Germany rose to the first place in the gold medal list, it immediately increased the terrifying public support for Hitler. After the game, Hitler trumpeted the theory of the superiority of the Aryan race, and all the German people cheered like chicken blood.

The development of sports in the world is not perfect now. As long as the training and competitions are carefully arranged, China has a good chance of winning prizes in the Berlin Olympics.

For example, athletes from Ethiopia will win gold medals in free wrestling and classical wrestling. And North Korean player Sun Jizhen even won a gold medal in the marathon, becoming the first North Korean to win an Olympic gold medal.

North Korea, which became a Japanese colony, can win the Berlin Olympic gold medal. Why can't the Chinese?

After the speeches, the celebration banquet officially began, and the athletes ate their fat meat to their heart's content.

Zhou Hexuan went to toast with Chu Minyi and Wang Zhengting. They first came to the two tables of the Shanghai team that won the most gold medals. Then he went to the Northeast delegation. Zhou Hexuan solemnly said to Liu Changchun: "Mr. Liu, I admire your speech at the National Games very much. I respect you!"

"Don't dare, Mr. Zhou is too serious." Liu Changchun quickly responded with water instead of wine.

What did Liu Changchun say at the just-concluded National Games?

Not only the speech at the opening ceremony, but also the speech at the closing ceremony. He said: "Everyone can go home after the game, but I am waiting for the Northeast players to have a home. I hope that the next National Sports Conference of the Republic of China , can be held at Shenyang Beiling Stadium. The overall championship of the next National Games is to restore the colors of the mountains and rivers in Northeast China.”

This is a double entendre. "The general championship of the next National Games is to restore the color of the mountains and rivers in the Northeast." champion.

At that time, the audience at the closing ceremony shed tears and chanted the slogan "Resist Japan and save the country, return our country". Afterwards, the Japanese envoy to China strongly protested, and the other party demanded that Liu Changchun be severely punished and his competition results cancelled.

The National Games Organizing Committee was criticized by the Executive Yuan for this, and Liu Changchun himself was severely warned, and he was ordered not to openly shout slogans that undermined diplomatic relations.

It's ridiculous, but it happened, and the Japanese are so narrow-minded.

What was even more disgusting was next year's North China Games, when 500 students from the Nankai cheerleading squad held up banners and lined up the four characters "Don't forget the national humiliation". Such a move actually aroused the protest of Umezu Yoshijiro, the commander of the Japanese Garrison in Tianjin, and then sent a diplomatic note to the Negotiation Department of the Tianjin Municipal Government.

Nima who is the victim? Who is the aggressor?

Mr. Zhang Boling, the principal of Nankai, is still very cute. He called the student leaders and severely criticized: "You are annoying! You hate it very well! Next time you will be so annoying! But you need to hate it more subtly!"

The students were deeply aware of their mistakes, sincerely accepted the principal's criticism, and then went back to seriously study "smarter" techniques.