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Chapter 70 - 70 Winning the Championship (A Word with You
Chapter 70 - 70 Winning the Championship (A Word with You
Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Winning the Championship (A Word with You All)
Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Winning the Championship (A Word with You All)
Carrying a bicycle significantly increased the burden of running more than he had anticipated.
It wasn’t just that his body weight had increased, but it also significantly affected his movement.
But Li Ang didn’t care, his strongest attribute at the moment, aside from physical strength, was still physical strength.
Moreover, with countless spectators cheering for him along the road, even an ordinary person could perform beyond their usual capabilities under such circumstances.
In this situation, Li Ang suddenly had some insight; this exhilarating feeling, wasn’t it also the power of the spirit?
He finally crossed the finish line, and the cheers of the crowd reached their peak at this moment.
The first to rush up wasn’t a staff member, but Sheila.
Eric had also arrived, but he was a step too late, seeing Li Ang already surrounded, he could only stand on the outskirts.
“My dear Li, how are you feeling right now? I think you need to go to the hospital for a full body check immediately.”
Her eyes at that moment were more crystal-clear than usual.
In contrast, Li Ang patted her back and said,
“Actually, I feel quite good, the kind that probably wouldn’t have a problem with another hundred and fifty kilometers.”
If it had been the Li Ang from before, he might not have been so confident about his body and perhaps would have been afraid of internal injuries.
But since practicing the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training, the thing he trained most every day was his resistance to blows.
So he was very clear about what degree of impact would cause what kind of damage.
He could feel that he only had some superficial scrapes and that his bones hadn’t been injured at all.
But to ease Sheila’s mind, and to seem like he could get a free check-up, he agreed to the examination.
“By the way,”
Li Ang looked at the staff next to him and asked,
“You guys will reimburse the hospital check, right?”
“Of course, of course,”
The staff nodded vigorously, as this was a problem that had occurred on the racetrack, and as maintainers of the order on the grounds, they surely couldn’t shirk responsibility.
If something happened to Li Ang, it would not be a laughing matter.
In this competition, Li Ang won the youth category without any controversy, and he even surpassed the adult category, achieving the best completion record.
This was an unprecedented event in the history of this competition, giving the media plenty to write about.
Elsewhere, Holt’s boss in the office had already smashed two coffee cups and couldn’t calm down for a long time.
He wasn’t just angry, but also felt a trace of relief and fear.
Originally, this competition was meant to be Holt’s grand debut, winning the youth category with results surpassing the adult category and riding the wave of popularity.
For this, he had even found two beauties to sneak into adult seed player Harry’s room the night before, to seriously drain his stamina.
The media reporters had been arranged, and even the staff from variety show crews were there, but who could have expected that this accomplishment would be snatched away by a random Asian kid who popped out of nowhere.
But he wasn’t mainly angry at Li Ang.
Even to some extent, he had to thank Li Ang.
Because he also realized that if Holt had been leading in the end, the person who rushed out and targeted Holt would have made a crash inevitable, with no chance to achieve this feat.
What angered him was that these people really knew no limits, using such tactics, that a bit of bad luck could have left an athlete with permanent injuries, ruining his entire career.
Luckily, this Asian athlete was quite fortunate; such a severe crash didn’t cause him much harm.
He had always believed that luck was part of strength, especially when this athlete’s strength had outclassed all the other contestants present.
“Maybe I should talk to him.”
He settled back into the sofa.
“Louis, bring me another cup of coffee and also remind Rick to hurry up with the information on that athlete that I asked for.”
Amongst the club owners, he was far from the angriest one.
In the office of Falcon Club headquarters, several directors were watching their boss without daring to breathe too loudly.
“Fuck! I need an explanation, why did this athlete appear on our list, but in the end didn’t represent our club in the competition?”
A minute passed, and finally, someone unable to withstand the pressure, said in a low voice:
“Mr. Bruce, the selection of the foreign aid for the Jacksonville area was entirely Qiaos’s responsibility; we were all unaware of this.”
“And where’s Qiaos? Why hasn’t he rolled into my presence yet?”
Such explanations obviously didn’t mitigate his anger.
The most vexing thing for a person is often not what they’ve never had, but those things they almost had, even had in their grasp, only to lose at the last moment.
“He has been notified and I believe he will be here soon.”
Five minutes later, a sweaty Qiaos knocked on the office door.
The sweat wasn’t just from rushing over; a large part of it was out of fear.
He knew what was going to happen, but still wanted to take a bet, as not showing up would only make his fate worse.
“I need your explanation, Qiaos.”
Bruce spoke calmly, as if he had completely calmed down.
But those familiar with him knew that this meant he was extremely angry.
“Regarding Li Ang, I had already politely invited him to my office for a discussion, and many people can testify to that, but afterward, we didn’t come to an agreement on the sponsorship fee, which is why he didn’t choose our club.”
Qiaos’s expression was dead serious as he spoke, and indeed, every word he said was true, but he deliberately omitted part of the story, resulting in a reality that was far from the truth.
“I see,”
Bruce smiled.
“So you’re saying he turned down a two thousand dollar sponsorship to instead choose a small furniture factory that even my grandmother has never heard of to cover the sponsorship?”
Bruce’s voice grew louder, and even in the air-conditioned room at 18 degrees, Qiaos’s sweat was about to drip down.
“Yes, I’m not quite sure why that happened.”
“Very good, Qiaos, you’ve really outdone yourself. Do you think that if you don’t tell me, I wouldn’t know anything?”
Bruce walked up to Qiaos, looked him in the eye, and said deliberately,
“Did you really offer Li Ang two thousand dollars? Or do you think a furniture factory’s judgement is better than that of our professional club?”