Rebirth: My dad is too obedient

Chapter 500 Strange and Unusual Ways of Cheering Up
Thursday the 26th was the day Xie Bingran participated in the preliminary group stage.

Xu Chen slept in the dormitory on the first floor of the southwest building last night, and got up very early this morning.

To be honest, I still felt a little pressure and tension for Bing Ge.

After all, today will be Xie Bingran's first time facing Black and White athletes with innate genetic advantages.

Xu Chen had no idea whether "telepathy" existed, nor did he know whether his current tension and stress were related to Xie Bingran, who was far away in Europe.

Since Bing said she would "go straight to the finals," it means she is confident and assured about today's group qualifying match.

Xu Chen naturally trusted Xie Bingran, but he still couldn't suppress his anxiety and excitement about the upcoming match.

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The morning class was a general philosophy course at school, but I was completely lost and wanted to daydream even more.

Xu Chen huddled in the back row, yawned, and couldn't resist picking up his phone again.

In the project group of "Chenfeng Technology", messages kept flashing.

During this period, "Chenfeng Electric Vehicles" were being distributed in the northern market, and every day there were various good news, sales reports, and new sales records posted in the group, creating a very enthusiastic atmosphere.

Guo Liang comes from a sales background and is very good at these morale-boosting actions. His entire distribution and sales team is now in a state of high energy, often sending out battle reports in the group at three or four in the morning.

Guo Liang's team consists mostly of newly recruited employees, who are relatively young and passionate. Moreover, Guo Liang has implemented excellent performance incentive policies, which has fueled their enthusiasm.

In addition, Zhao Feng and Li Rui also had a few younger brothers who transferred to Guo Liang's distribution and sales team. They were all Bing Ge's brothers back then.

Guo Liang's side had always been short of people. Although these brothers were young, Guo Liang found them to be clever and reliable after talking to them, so he took them under his command.

Working in sales requires dealing with all sorts of people, and naturally, you need all sorts of people.

It is said that Zhao Feng was bored in the security department and had once gone to Guo Liang's place for a "rotation," but he returned dejectedly after going to the market twice.

It's not that Zhao Feng is incompetent or lazy; it's mainly that "Brother Feng" has a very strong temper, and he can't even control his anger and frustration towards customers and consumers, which is both funny and exasperating...

In the group, the junior manager in charge of channel distribution in Hebei and Henan provinces successively posted some of the latest store photos to the group.

The stores are, of course, the stores of "Datuo Auto Shop", which is currently our main partner.

Xu Chen clicked on the photo and saw that the materials for "Chenfeng Electric Vehicle" were based on the idea of ​​taking over the entire "Datuo Vehicle Store".

Xie Bingran and the huge poster of "Chenfeng Electric Vehicle" almost filled the entire car dealership.

And the rows of "Chenfeng Ice Power" cars are almost squeezing out other brands of cars.

Xu Chen couldn't help but leave a message in the group:
[If you didn't know better, you'd think this was one of our own directly operated stores...]

Guo Liang saw "Little Xu's" message and explained in the group:
[There happened to be Bingge's matches these two days, and "Da Tuo" saw the buzz, so they added more materials and promotional activities for him.]

Our "Chenfeng Ice Power" was launched at "Datuo Auto Sales" at the same time, and they also launched a series of sales activities to support it...

[And coincidentally, Aibang Electric Vehicles and Shenbiao Electric Vehicles sabotaged the business by secretly limiting the supply to Datuo, which allowed us to fill all the vacant sales slots!]

Xu Chen jokingly left another comment:
[It seems like Mr. Guo is really about to take off this time!]

Guo Liang: [Judging from the momentum, it's about to take off, mainly thanks to Brother Bing!]

Xu Zhiquan also saw the message in the group and surprisingly appeared at that moment:
[President Jiang just messaged me, he's also looking forward to Ranran's match today!]

"General Manager Jiang" refers to Jiang Huaqin, the owner of "Da Tuo Auto Dealership".

Through this wave of distribution cooperation and the previous events involving "Red Star," "Datuo" and "Chenfeng" are now deeply intertwined in a certain sense.

Meanwhile, Xu Zhiquan and Jiang Huaqin had already become good friends in private.

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While Xu Chen was distracted by his phone, Huang Hao, Qian Xin, and others next to him were also engrossed in their phones, clearly not paying attention to the lesson either.

Bai Miao, a senior student, will also participate in today's preliminary round. The college has also organized various activities to cheer her on remotely, and the overall atmosphere and sense of anticipation have been well created.

This "International Athletics Grand Prix" can be considered a truly top-level international athletics event.

The fact that senior student Bai Miao was able to qualify for the competition is a pioneering achievement for Tonghai University, and the university has naturally done a lot of publicity about it.

At this moment, the front page of Tonghai University's official website features a report about Bai Miao's participation in the competition.

Xu Chen couldn't help but think that the atmosphere at Huahai Normal University, where Xie Bingran belonged, must be even more vibrant.

In addition to the attention from the "local" and "grassroots" communities, official and mainstream media have also begun to generate buzz and discussion about this "International Athletics Grand Prix".

CCTV Sports Channel and Shanghai's Five Star Sports have both confirmed that they will broadcast the group qualifying match that Xie Bingran and Bai Miao are playing today.

In fact, CCTV originally did not plan to broadcast the "International Athletics Grand Prix" live. Even the group qualifying match that Chen Lan participated in yesterday was not broadcast. It was only reported in subsequent sports news.

The fact that they specifically chose to broadcast today's match speaks volumes about the expectations and attention from official bodies and state media...

In yesterday's group qualifying match on the 25th, senior student Chen Lan failed to advance from the group stage and missed the finals.

Perhaps due to the "big competition mentality," Chen Lan did not achieve good results in the group stage and failed to break her personal best (PB).

In the news video, senior student Chen Lan left the stage to be interviewed by CCTV reporters, still unable to hide her regret, and cheered on her two junior students Xie Bingran and Bai Miao who would be on the track the next day.

There's actually a slightly awkward situation regarding Chen Lan's side.

Chen Lan belongs to the Beijing team and trains in Beijing every day. The head coach is a big name in the track and field world in Beijing.

Xie Bingran and Bai Miao are both currently in Shanghai and are both under the tutelage of head coach Sun Mouping.

In any field, there are still struggles over so-called affiliation, factions, sides, and competition, which are difficult to completely avoid.

In domestic hurdles track and field events, the "Beijing system" has always been dominant.

From Feng Youping, the champion of the previous two Asian Games, to Chen Lan, who was originally slated to "succeed" her, all of them originated from the "Beijing faction".

However, Xie Bingran's sudden emergence and "seizure of power" completely pulled the Shanghai system and head coach Sun Mouping's side up, firmly suppressing the "Beijing system".

In this "International Athletics Grand Prix", Xie Bingran and Bai Miao, both under Sun Mouping's management, have secured two qualification spots. Xie Bingran even has the opportunity to win a "groundbreaking" final spot, which undoubtedly makes the "Beijing faction" look bad once again.

Most importantly, Xie Bingran completely suppressed Chen Lan, while Bai Miao followed closely behind Chen Lan and was also much younger than Chen Lan.

It is foreseeable that as Chen Lan ages and her competitive form declines, the "Shanghai system," represented by Xie Bingran and Bai Miao, will completely dominate the women's hurdles track and field system.

Athletes, track performance, medals and awards... all of these are just the "front line" and the "surface".

Behind the scenes, there are even more hidden struggles and conflicts, such as promotions, balancing acts, resource allocation, and the fight for power...

Xu Chen had occasionally heard Xie Bingran mention some scattered and trivial details behind the scenes.

Xie Bingran is a clear-headed person, but she may not be able to see through the complexities behind things.

But Xu Chen, being a "veteran" who had been reborn, still saw some inexplicable undercurrents behind the scenes.

Xu Chen had roughly assessed that Xie Bingran's "contribution" to the domestic track and field system was too great, so she was generally protected by the "system." She wasn't likely to be embroiled in the behind-the-scenes power struggles between the North and South.

Even if they get involved, there will be even greater forces on Xie Bingran's side.

After all, she is someone who could very well "make history," so the "national team" naturally has to take good care of her.

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Besides Chen Lan, the bronze medalist from India, Rolehana, and the fourth-place finisher from Japan, Kaoru Akabane, also failed to advance from the group stage.

Thus, the last chance for Asia to qualify rests on Xie Bingran and Bai Miao, who will be playing today.

But almost everyone, including Bai Miao himself, knew that if there was a chance to "qualify," it could only be Xie Bingran.

Bai Miao's current personal best is 13.01 seconds, and he has never broken into the 12-second range. Therefore, the probability of him reaching the finals in a real international competition is very low.

In sports like track and field, which are not highly competitive in terms of skill, the possibility of someone unexpectedly "breaking out" in a major competition is extremely low.

Ultimately, those who can succeed are based on their most basic level of physical athletic ability.

Will the women's 100-meter hurdles, a top-tier international track and field event, welcome its first Asian athlete in the final? Let's wait and see!

Sun Mouping, head coach of the national track and field team: Xie Bingran and Bai Miao are both in very good competitive condition.

But this was their first time participating in an international competition directly against Black and White athletes, so the pressure, challenge, and excitement were all at their peak…

Xie Bingran's condition has remained very stable.

From the Asian Games to the recently concluded National Athletics Championships, Xie Bingran's track times have consistently remained within the 12.40-second range, an unprecedented level of performance in Chinese women's hurdles.

"At 10:00 AM Zurich time, which is 5:00 PM Beijing time, please tune in to Five Star Sports..."

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During lunch, the conversation still revolved around the evening's match.

Both Huang Hao and Qian Xin are a little nervous and excited about tomorrow.

Qian Xin suddenly remembered something and exclaimed, "I'll go back to the dorm to change into my battle uniform later."

"What battle robe?" Pei Qian, his roommate, asked.

Qian Xin: "'Burning Ice's' combat boots, and the same Louis Vuitton jacket worn by Ice Bro!"

He looked smug and put his arm around Huang Hao's shoulder, saying:

"Speaking of Senior Bai Miao, when will you get a spokesperson?"
This will also stimulate your spending.

Huang Hao looked speechless, as if he didn't want to talk to him at all, and started eating in silence.

As someone in the advertising and marketing industry, Xu Chen naturally knew that given Bai Miao's current situation, the chances of her getting a good commercial endorsement were not high.

Although she is considered the third most sought-after person in China, in the business world she is practically only the "first most sought-after person," and being the third most sought-after person is equivalent to being zero.

The so-called "winner-takes-all" principle applies here. All business resources will converge on the "number one" position.

Unless Senior Bai Miao generates other buzz and popularity—what later generations would call "traffic"—...

Xu Chen's phone vibrated, and he found it was a group chat from his company, where people were discussing watching the game together that evening.

Nie Fei had arranged for Nana to order pizza and fried chicken, and was asking, "What time will Mr. Xu be able to come over?"

Before Xu Chen could reply, Wu Feifei left a happy message in the group chat:

"I'll rush over as soon as get out of class is over! I want a Margherita pizza, please save me a slice..."

Su Rong immediately followed up with a cute emoji: "Feifei, I miss you so much!"

She really knows how to act cute and adorable.

Xu Chen's roommates were discussing going to the lecture hall in the Little Yellow Building together in the evening.

"Let's go together! The atmosphere is better with more people!"

Naturally, the question also came to Xu Chen, so he said with a grin:

"I have to go to the company!"

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After the last class in the afternoon, the students chattered as they left the teaching building and headed to the lecture hall in the school's small yellow building.

The event was so lively that many people wanted to participate.

Besides being Bai Miao's juniors, many others naturally came to see Bing Ge.

For example, Chen Qiong and He Sisi, two girls who had previously watched Bing Ge's competition live in Doha...

Xu Chen took a few steps out of the classroom and bumped into Su Rong, who was waiting for him in the corridor.

Xu Chen glanced at Miss Su's appearance and paused, looking puzzled.

Why are you carrying a suitcase?

Su Rong was holding a small pink suitcase in her hand.

"We're flying to Zurich tomorrow to watch Bing Ge's competition, so I'm going to leave my luggage here."

Xu Chen still couldn't understand:

"It's not like we're not going back to the dorm tonight, there's no need to drag it out now, is there?"

Su Rong looked slightly embarrassed.

She seemed to organize her thoughts before explaining earnestly:
"We went to Zurich to watch Ice Brother's final, but the prerequisite for the final is that we must qualify from the preliminary rounds today..."

I packed my luggage in advance and carried it with unwavering determination, just to encourage Bing Ge!

Xu Chen looked puzzled. Why did this logic sound so strange?
Su Rong exclaimed "Hi!"
"I'm not going to talk to you anymore, I can't explain it to you!"

Anyway, I packed my luggage in advance and dragged my suitcase along, just to let the gods know that Bing Ge is determined to make it to the finals!

This will be a boost for Ice Bro in today's game!

Xu Chen couldn't help but mutter to himself:
Does dragging a suitcase give Bing Ge a boost in the game? That's really... a strange way to cheer him on.

Miss Su's bizarre imagination seems to have grown even more.

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(End of this chapter)