An Qingyi stayed in his office, looking restless, and he was waiting for news from Tianjin.

"Chen Qiang won't run 200 meters. This time, he should be sure to win. Why do I still feel so nervous?"

Kishi Kiyuk couldn't help but remember the previous match in North Korea. He was also waiting for good news to come, but unexpectedly, what he waited for was a bad news that made him desperate.

"There is an old Chinese saying that once you are bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of a well rope for ten years. It means that I am in this state now." An Qing looked at the wall clock on the wall and thought in his heart that the competition in Tianjin should have ended.

The sound of rapid footsteps sounded from outside, followed by a knock on the door.

"Please come in." An Qingyi said.

Kenjiro Nakano pushed the door and walked in. He was holding a telegram that had just been sent from Tianjin, and his expression looked very serious.

Kenjiro Nakano's expression made Kishi Kishi's heart tighten.

"No way? Is it another bad news? Awujun and Sasaki Jun lost?" Kishiki felt his heart twitching, and then he asked anxiously: "How is the situation in Tianjin? Have you won?"

Kenjiro Nakano shook his head and said in a heavy voice: "President, I'm very sorry, we lost again!"

After hearing this news, Kishi Kishi was so shocked that they sat back on the chair and remained silent for a long time. More than a minute later, Kishi Kishi finally came to his senses. He sighed and asked, "What's going on? How are the achievements of Awujun and Sasakiko?"

"Atake Iwato and Sasaki Yoshizo both scored 22 seconds 6." Kenjiro Nakano replied.

"This score is still normal. What about Chen Qiang? What about his score?" An Qingyi asked again.

Kenjiro Nakano confirmed the telegram in his hand and said, "Chen Qiang's result is 22 seconds."

"So fast!" An Qingyi took a breath of air conditioning.

As the president of the Japanese Sports Association, he certainly knew that 22 seconds 2 in 200 meters was definitely the top level in Asia. This result was enough to win a championship in both Japan and the Far East Games.

In front of his subordinates, An Qingyi could not show his disobedience. He tried hard to calm himself down and then asked, "Chen Qiang can't run 200 meters at all, why did he run so fast!"

"Shiro Kitashima of the Consulate General in Tianjin sent a detailed report saying that Chen Qiang had already gained a huge lead in the corner ahead. He believed that Chen Qiang had deceived us. The situation we had obtained before was fake. Chen Qiang not only could run 200 meters, but also had a very good level." Kenjiro Nakano said, handing the detailed telegram to Kishi Kishi.

An Qingyi took the telegram and read it carefully. After a long time, he sighed again.

"So, we were all fooled by this Chen Qiang?" Kishi Kishi's tone was full of self-deprecating, and I don't know if he was asking Kenjiro Nakano or talking to himself.

Kenjiro Nakano just lowered his head and did not answer, and he couldn't answer this question. If he answered "yes", it means that his boss is stupid, and if he answered "no", it means that he is stupid.

"Okay, Nakano, you go out first. Let me be quiet by myself." An Qingyi waved his hand.

Kenjiro Nakano said "hi" and retreated.

An Qingyi sat on the chair and looked at the computer on the table, and suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

This time, he failed again. Not only was he unable to kick Chen Qiang off the altar, but he made Chen Qiang's "god character" more stable. Chen Qiang defeated two Japanese athletes in front of all the elders of Tianjin, and would inevitably become famous and the character of a national hero has taken shape.

In order to deal with Chen Qiang, An Qingyi has tried all his skills, but he will steal chickens and lose rice every time.

"It's still the difference in strength!" Kishi Qingyi clenched his fists. He knew that the only reason for all this was that Japanese players were not as skilled as others.

This is how competitive sports are. What is competing is the strength of athletes, especially track and field. There is no opportunistic way to run faster, jump higher, and shoot farther, that means stronger!

"Oh, it's a pity, Chen Qiang, you are a Chinese. If you are a Japanese, that would be great. Maybe we are drinking and having fun now!"

As a Japanese, Kishi Qingyi was instinctively admiring the strong, so he didn't have much hatred for Chen Qiang, but instead had a feeling of admiration.

But it is precisely because An Qingyi is a Japanese that he has to do everything he can to prevent Chen Qiang from becoming a Chinese hero.

...

The next morning, Chen Qiang was called to the principal's office.

In addition to Zhang Bolin, there is also a middle-aged man wearing a long gown and a short jacket on his face.

"Chen Qiang, I will introduce you to Mr. Xiang, the general manager of Wuzhou Pharmacy in Tianjin!"

"Uncle Zhang, you should just call me my name. In front of you, I am always a junior, but I can't call it "Mr." said the man in the jacket quickly.

"This is Chen Qiang you are looking for." Zhang Boling continued to introduce.

"Hello, Jianjiang Chen."

"Hello, Mr. Xiang."

After the two sides greeted each other and the guest and the host took their seats, Zhang Boling continued to introduce: "Mr. Xiang's cousin is Xiang Songmao, the 'Soap King', and is also my old friend."

After Zhang Boling finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Okay, since you have known each other, I am the one who matches each other in the middle, and I have completed the task. You two young people will chat in private, and I will not get involved."

After Zhang Boling finished speaking, he said goodbye and left, leaving only Mr. Xiang and Chen Qiang in the room.

After a few greetings, Mr. Xiang said, "I have witnessed Chen Jianjiang's performance yesterday. I admire Chen Jianjiang very much, so I want to invite Chen Jianjiang to advertise for our Wuzhou Company."

Chen Qiang already understood that Mr. Xiang was here to be the advertising spokesperson. At the same time, Chen Qiang also understood why Zhang Boling had introduced Mr. Xiang’s background to Chen Qiang. Zhang Boling wanted to tell Chen Qiang that the other party was his friend and could be trusted.

There is an advertising endorsement that Chen Qiang will naturally not refuse, so he asked, "Mr. Lu, what products does your company produce?"

"We have several major businesses now, one is selling medicines, Wuzhou Pharmacy. Chen Jianjiang must have heard of them. They are all our companies' industries. In addition, we also produce some Western medicines, imitating German Yidian therapy devices. However, our biggest business is to produce soap." Mr. Xiang introduced.

"Dare you ask Mr. Xiang, do you want me to advertise medicines or to advertise soap?" Chen Qiang continued.

"Of course it's a medicine. Our Wuzhou Pharmacy has just improved several new products, such as the new artificial blood and Wuzhou Human Pill..." Mr. Xiang listed several.

Chen Qiang nodded, and then asked: "Dare you ask Mr. Xiang, are those you are talking about medicines that can cure diseases or health products that cannot cure diseases?"

Chen Qiang has always been very resistant to those deceptive health products. If it is a health product, Chen Qiang does not intend to endorse it, so as not to gain a reputation as a deceptive one.

Mr. Xiang thought for a few seconds before he understood what Chen Qiang meant, so he answered: "It is a medicine that can cure diseases, but it also has the effect of health care."

"Since it is a medicine that can cure diseases, I will accept this advertisement!" Chen Qiang was not worried that Mr. Xiang would deceive himself and deliberately said that health products were drugs.

This person was introduced by Zhang Boling. Even if Chen Qiang can't trust Mr. Xiang, can he still trust Zhang Boling?

The two talked and finally finalized the advertising endorsement fee of 1,000 yuan a year. During this period, Chen Qiang also needed to go to the Wuzhou Pharmacy site during holidays and holidays to personally support the Wuzhou Pharmacy to help them sell products. Each time there will be an additional 10 yuan a trip subsidy.

A thousand yuan a year, and the average monthly price is 83 yuan. If Chen Qiang sells products twice a month, then Chen Qiang can get more than 100 yuan from Wuzhou Company every month. With the allowances given to him by Nankai Development, Chen Qiang has now become a high-income group and dares to buy a house in Tianjin even if he saves money.

However, Chen Qiang still chose to rent a house because Chen Qiang knew that there were not many years of peace in China. After the Japanese called him, even the property in the concession could not be preserved.

What's more, Chen Qiang needs to supplement nutrition now. He spends money every day with big fish, meat, eggs, milk powder, vegetables and fruits. Moreover, Chen Qiang also plans to go to a shoe factory in Tianjin to customize several pairs of special nail running shoes for himself, which will cost a lot of money.

...

In the afternoon, Chen Qiang came to the principal's office again and informed Zhang Boling of the endorsement fee of 1,000 yuan a year.

"Yes, this thousand oceans should be able to solve your worries." Zhang Boling paused and continued: "Actually, after winning the game the day before yesterday, several merchants wanted to ask you to advertise, but I think those merchants have bad reputations, so I decided to make a decision for you. You won't blame me, right?"

"How could it be? I am not familiar with the place in Tianjin. If a principal checks me, I can't ask for it!" Chen Qiang replied.

Zhang Boling continued: "This Wuzhou Pharmacy is a relatively conscientious enterprise. During the Xuantong period, they produced something called 'natural drug rehabilitation pills', which helped many people quit opium. Later, they also developed a 'artificial blood', which was very effective in treating anemia, and was even sold to Europe, the United States and Southeast Asia, and has won awards in the United States. At present, this 'artificial blood' manufacturing factory is in Tianjin. I heard that the Germans have imitated this 'artificial blood'!"

"Some years ago, the partners of Wuzhou Pharmacy split up. One of the partners, Boss Huang, sold the shares to Xiang Songmao. Since then, Wuzhou Pharmacy has become Xiang Songmao's exclusive property. Later, Xiang Songmao acquired the soap factory and several other chemical factories, and he also became the "soap king" in Shanghai. A few years ago, when the school was out of money, I even had a relationship with him. Although Xiang Songmao is a businessman, he has a good character and is a friend. It is also because of this reason that I introduced you to them."

...

The first snowfall after winter began in Tianjin.

The cinder runway, whether it rains or snows, will become muddy. Some cinder runways with poor drainage functions will seem to be able to raise fish after a rain.

Chen Qiang can no longer train in this kind of weather and track conditions. At this time, Chen Qiang missed those indoor training halls, no matter how bad the weather was, it would not delay training.

However, in this era, indoor training halls just think about it. At this time, there are probably no indoor track and field fields all over the world.

Indoor track and field competitions emerged in the 1960s. At that time, some European countries had no way to perform outdoor track and field sports because they were colder in winter, so indoor track and field fields were built one after another.

In Asia, Japan was the first to build indoor track and field stadiums. As for China, indoor track and field competitions were not started until the 1980s.

After looking at the flowing snowflakes outside the window, Chen Qiang took a few newspapers that he just delivered today and read them carefully.

Most of the content in the newspaper is the "Customs Import Tax Rules" implemented on January 1 next year, which also marks that China has begun to implement tariff autonomy.

In 1928, China took the lead in signing the Sino-US Tariff Treaty with the United States, and then signed the "Amenity and Trade Treaty" or the "Tariff Treaty" with Norway, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Spain and other countries. The signing of this series of treaties also means that China has finally recovered its tariff autonomy.

Since the Qing government signed the Treaty of Nanjing in 1840, China has gradually lost its power to tariff autonomy, and by 1930, a full 90 years have passed. This time, the recovery of tariff autonomy is hailed as the largest diplomatic victory in the history of the Nanjing government. Naturally, various newspapers have been repeatedly praised and uninterrupted. In recent days, various news about tariff autonomy have basically been slaughtered.

"Withless countries have no diplomacy. Tariff autonomy is something that belongs to China, but now it is just taking back what belongs to itself. But the people think this is an unprecedented victory!"

Chen Qiang sighed silently, and he suddenly felt that the people of this era were really too easy to satisfy. As long as they were given a little dignity, they would cheer, even if this dignity originally belonged to them.

"I'm just a little man, just an athlete." Chen Qiang shook his head. He regretted it. If he had known that he would have traveled to the Republic of China, he might not have chosen to be an athlete in his previous life. He would have been a soldier, a scientist, a businessman, and with the knowledge in his head, he might have saved the country from water and fire.

Unfortunately, he has been in sports for most of his life and only knows sports and can only be an athlete.

An athlete is not enough to change the direction of the wheels of history.

But an athlete can at least win honor for the country and make the people feel a little insignificant national dignity!

"This is the only thing I can do!" Chen Qiang turned the newspaper pages in a heavy mood. He didn't want to continue reading the news about tariff autonomy. He wanted to find something else.

Finally, in a corner of the newspaper, Chen Qiang saw a piece of news related to sports.

"The Shandong Provincial Government issued a notice that the 15th North China Games will be held in Jinan, Shandong from May 27 to 30, 1931! The time for the North China Games has finally been set."

The North China Games are the most influential and longest-lasting regional games in the history of modern Chinese sports. Compared with the National Games in Old China, the National Games were slightly inferior.

In 1929, the North China Games had been held to its 14th session, while the National Games was held to its 4th session in 1930.

When Chen Qiang was still a newspaper boy in Shanghai, he read the news about the 15th North China Games.

The 15th North China Games was originally planned to be held in May 1930, but it conflicted with the time of the Fourth National Games. The North China Games were postponed to October. However, as October approached, the problems of funds and competition venues were not resolved, so we could only decide to postpone them again.

The founder of the first North China Games was not someone else, but Mr. Zhang Boling, the president of Nankai University. Now Chen Qiang is a student of Nankai University, so he has to go to Jinan to participate in the 15th North China Games for both public and private purposes.

"Not long ago, the capital of Hebei Province moved from Peking to Tianjin, and Tianjin also changed from a municipality to a provincial city. I don't know if Tianjin will form a team alone in this competition, nor do I know if I will represent Hebei or Tianjin."

"As for the competition, you must participate in the 100 meters, and you must register for the 200 meters. If you want to be 400 meters, you probably won't be able to escape, so I will definitely have my share!"

Chen Qiang thought about the situation during the National Games before. The Shanghai team signed up for him three events: 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. If it weren't for food poisoning, he might have to complete the 200 meters and 400 meters competition.

Athletes in this era all have multiple positions. Chen Qiang, the fastest in Asia, will naturally not be wasted. It is impossible to just run 100 meters if you want to be lazy.

To put it another way, if Chen Qiang participates in the 400-meter competition, even if he can't win the championship, he will have 3 points for a runner-up, 2 points for a third place, and 1 point for a palace army. At that time, Chen Qiang's participating team will have an advantage in competing for the championship.

"After the New Year, in addition to practicing 200 meters, I have to practice 400 meters. Otherwise, when I was in the North China Games, I would lose too badly and I would not be able to bear the face!"

Thinking of participating in three sprint events at the same time, Chen Qiang couldn't help but think of Liu Changchun. He also participated in these three events at the National Games. With injury, he not only won the 200 and 400 meters championships, but also broke the national record of 400 meters.

"Northeast will also send players to participate in the North China Games, and I will meet Liu Changchun on the field again!"

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Chapter completed!