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Chapter 44 Trying a New Project – 50-meter Butterfly!

"Yu Yu, you need to eat more while you're on the swimming team, okay?"

"We'll come back when we're tired!"

"Really, how could you two bear to part with such a young child..."

"It's all Li Sheng's fault, that wretched boy!"

"This brat wanted to be an athlete since he was a kid!"

"..."

Wu Jin's maternal grandparents, as well as his paternal grandparents, held onto him with great concern, not wanting him to leave, their faces full of reluctance.

Grandpa even secretly slipped him 100 yuan when he had a spare moment.

In the eyes of the elderly, the champion is definitely not as important as the health and well-being of their beloved grandson or great-grandson.

"Got it, Grandpa and Grandma!"

"Grandpa and Grandma, please take care of yourselves too!"

"I'll come back to see you all during the summer vacation!"

In their previous lives, Wu Jin and Wu Lisheng saw the four elderly people in front of them pass away one by one within two years. Among them, the grandparents died in the same year during the global viral infection.

And now, he is actually going through it again.

The outbreak from 03 is almost reaching Zhejiang Province, and there are already corresponding cases in Guangdong Province and Beijing.

"Let's go, Grandpa, Grandma, Grandpa, and Grandma!"

Wu Jin waved, and Xu Wanqin drove him back to the provincial team.

Wu Lisheng, on the other hand, has to go to work and definitely doesn't have the time.

"Mom, be careful from now on. It's best to stay in your rented room in Hangzhou and don't go to the factory!"

Wu Jin was holding a Nokia 7650 that she had just bought in the city that morning. It was touted as the world's first color screen smartphone, priced at 5700 yuan, and could also access the internet and take photos. It had just been launched globally at the end of last year.

Wu Jin really values ​​the internet access function, as it allows her to look up information.

Back then, Nokia hadn't been the king of mobile phones for more than two years; Motorola was the leader.

"What?"

Xu Wanqin asked as she drove.

She was dressed very stylishly; her son had bought her the clothes in the city that morning.

Of course, there were others as well, including Wu Jin's aunt and her aunt's younger sister.

"I checked on my phone, and it seems like I have some kind of infection!"

"It looks a lot like a plague, be careful!"

Wu Jin couldn't explain it too clearly, because at that time it hadn't been officially called SARS or Atypical.

"real or fake?"

Xu Wanqin was startled and turned to look at him while driving.

"real!"

"I'm not kidding, but be careful. You'd better buy some masks and disinfectant!"

Wu Jin said with a serious expression.

Although SARS didn't affect his family in his previous life, everything changed after his rebirth; the butterfly effect still had a significant impact.

Paying attention to these points is definitely the right thing to do.

"Oh oh oh!"

Xu Wanqin clearly didn't take it seriously and kept responding.

She still only saw Wu Jin as a 12-year-old child.

She even wore some makeup today.

Before her son achieved good results, Xu Wanqin had no time to dress up, but now things are clearly different.

She also had her own little schemes.

While it was the right thing to do, the makeup skills were really not that great.

"Mom, you look better without makeup than with makeup!"

Wu Jin couldn't help but say something, and Xu Wanqin rolled her eyes at him: "What do you know... 'no makeup,' where did you learn that from?"

"Anyway, you understand!"

Wu Jin was too lazy to argue with Xu Wanqin at this moment, so she picked up her newly bought phone and started playing Snake.

There's not much to do anyway.

More than three hours later, Wu Jin returned to the provincial team. As she got out of the car, she reminded Xu Wanqin that things would likely become tense all over the country in the coming months.

Wu Jin wasn't too worried about his training; his main concern was his parents.

"Okay, go in!"

Xu Wanqin, sitting in the driver's seat, waved to Wu Jin.

Wu Jin shook her head, knowing that her mother didn't take it to heart. She turned around, picked up her luggage and some personal belongings, and headed towards the dormitory.

I've almost spent the 10,000 yuan Rookie of the Year award today, but the other prize money hasn't arrived yet.

This was issued along with some records and proof.

Moreover, there might be deductions, such as coaching fees, development fund revenue sharing, etc.

Wu Jin doesn't actually object to this; sharing money with the country and coaches is normal and appropriate. However, it shouldn't be too outrageous!

Ning Zhetao, who would later become the first man to win a World Championship gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle, was ruined by this very thing.

Therefore, Wu Jin will definitely have to keep her future endorsements under her own control, just like Yao Ming did.

The situation is actually a bit better in the Yangtze River Delta region, where it's possible to negotiate with local authorities and make appropriate modifications and concessions for specific athletes.

The provincial team hasn't talked to him about this yet, but it's definitely coming soon.

Having won the championship, Wu Jin has already demonstrated the potential for personal commercial value, so he will definitely be sought after for institutionalized commercial development agreements.

However, in recent years, especially with the commercial development of the National Aquatics Center, there have been a lot of problems.

The diving prince serves as a cautionary tale.

Therefore, this negotiation should not be taken too far, but it also should not be like Ning Zhetao, where he was too easily manipulated.

One of the key aspects is difficult to grasp.

Of course, there are failures as well as successes.

At worst, Wu Jin can hire her own coach, just like Li Na; however, swimming is different from tennis, and you can't register privately, which is a bit of a disadvantage.

The only reference we can take is the future Sun Yang.

But that was many years later. The country made many changes to the commercial development of athletes over the next ten years.

This is to ensure a balance among the athletes, coaches, and local communities.

Wu Jin could only take it one step at a time and plan ahead. He had talked to his aunt and uncle yesterday.

His uncle-in-law owns a factory, has some connections in society, and knows lawyers.

My aunt is an accountant, not in a family business, but a proper graduate of Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics.

Although it was all said in jest, the team is indeed going to be built.

"Let's wait for the people from the center to come and find us!"

After Wu Jin put away her luggage, she was surprised to find that Sun Yang hadn't arrived yet, even though the others had already arrived.

"What's up with this kid?"

Wu Jin asked her roommate.

The group shook their heads in unison.

Obviously, nobody knows.

Wu Jin had called this guy that morning, but he didn't answer.

"Could it be that he was provoked and stopped swimming altogether?"

Wu Jin chuckled and walked towards the training venue in her team uniform.

Almost everyone arrived, except for Sun Yang, who disappeared.

Wu Jin glanced at Zhu Zhigen's expression, but couldn't tell anything. He probably didn't take Sun Yang seriously yet.

"Let's warm up first!"

"Then you all need to swim a lap and see if you've regressed!"

Xu Guoyi also came over and whistled at Wu Jin and the others.

After he finished speaking, Wu Jin quietly stepped forward and said, "Coach, I'm going to try the 50 butterfly!"

"Oh?"

Xu Guoyi was clearly interested in Wu Jin's desire to practice another skill: "Did you achieve any results in butterfly stroke before at Chen Jinglun?"

"no!"

Wu Jin has at least won a top-three finish in the city's freestyle junior group.

I've never even made it to the butterfly finals, and my performance in breaststroke and backstroke is even worse.

"Then swim a bit later and show me!"

"Let me see your swimming style!"

As Xu Guoyi was talking, Wu Jin nodded and walked to the side to start warming up.

He also wanted to see what his "real" level of 50-meter butterfly was.
The premise is that there are system skills to support it.

Without a system, he knew it would be a terrible mess; with a system, it probably wouldn't be any better.

Of course, this is not because he lacks talent in butterfly stroke, but because he really hasn't practiced this event properly.

Thinking of this, Wu Jin immediately added all the gold medal experience rewards he had earned in the previous championship to his intermediate acceleration skill.

2150 experience points, just enough to level up two levels faster, with 150 points left for backup.

moment--

Swish!
His intermediate speed-up skill then became level 4.

【加速】：中级lv4（4000/5000），可获得18秒的游泳速度加持，额外水系亲和增加10%！

"18 seconds?"

"That's almost enough to power up the entire 50-meter lane, right?"

Wu Jin was amused, but also curious about how much her 50-meter freestyle had improved.
I feel like this could break the national record!
"Try it!"

Try it all out every now and then!
First 50 butterflies, then... 50 meters!

(End of this chapter)