“Lao Si, you will be participating in this year’s Spring Sports et.” Tian Lei passed an application form to Feng Yu.
“Spring Sports et? I am not interested, but I can sponsor so clothing or equipnt. How about Li Ning’s sports attire?”
This Sports et was an athletic event. If there were sports like basketball or soccer, Feng Yu would be interested in taking part. He was not interested in track and field sports.
“But we do not have enough people. There is an event which needs lots of people.” Tian Lei said.
Could it be soccer? If it’s soccer, then I will take part.
Feng Yu looked at the different categories of events in the application form. The only ball related event listed in the form was shotput!
Right at the bottom of the form, Feng Yu saw the even Tian Lei was talking about. Damn, it was a tug-of-war. This sport really needs lots of people! Who was the one who thought of including this sport into the sports et?!
“Are you talking about a tug-of-war?”
“Yes. 20 n tug-of-war. It will be faculty vs. faculty. There can be 5 substitutes, and 10 participants must be from the 2nd and 3rd years. 5 will be from the first years. With your fitness and you do not take part, who else will take part? Furthermore, this will be a fast event and does not need much training.” Most of the university students were skinny.
“Fine. I will participate. Hmmm…… u will also sponsor everyone a short sleeve top, a pair of sports shoes and a cap. It will all be Li Ning brand.”
Feng Yu called the Tai Hua Trading’s Beijing distributor and asked him to help to purchase a batch of sports attire. It was for every student in his faculty, no matter if they were taking part in the sports et.
Feng Yu also instructed the distributor on sothing else. This was Beijing University’s sports et and was considered a major event for the school. This was an opportunity to promote so of his products.
“Lao Si, do we really have to pin this on our tops?” Tian Lei frowned.
“That’s right. What’s wrong? All the attires were sponsored by the company and what’s wrong with putting so advertisent on it? Those that are not willing can don’t take the attire.” Feng Yu was thinking in his heart. I did not print my logos on the clothes and only ask you to pin it on the attire. After the sports et, all of you can remove the logos and wear it. The whole set of attire was not cheap. Feng Yu does not believe that any student would give up this attire!
“What about all these banners?” Tian Lei pointed to a mountain of banners on the floor.
“Those that are not participating in the events also received the sponsored attires. When they are watching the competitions, they can help to raise the banners. So of these can be hung outside. Those are all so encouragent phases.”
Tian Lei suddenly felt that it was not a good idea to let Feng Yu participate in this Spring Sports et. Their Managent faculty will be the center of attraction.
This center of attraction might not be a good thing for the faculty.
Tian Lei and so other fellow students went to distribute the sports attire, while Feng Yu brought so students to hang the banners.
“Here, facing the stadium. Higher, make it more noticeable. Not this banner. This banner should be hung over there.”
So students from other faculty walked past and saw the banners. Those banners were interesting, and they wondered who was the one who ca up with those phrases on the banners.
Spring Sports et, Managent will be number one; Sun rises from the East, Managent will not be beaten; If Managent participates, who else will be the top; Beijing University’s Sports et, Managent will win it all.
None of these phases had a hint of humbleness. All of the banners were shaless praising the Managent Faculty. Those people from the Managent Faculty wants to be the number one in the sports et? Don’t talk about the overall winner, they might not even win a single event!
The students also noticed that at the bottom of every banner, there will be a logo of Wind and Rain, Aiwa Electronics, etc. These banners were not from the Managent Faculty.
All the students knew about the companies on the banners. They watch their comrcials on TV every day. But what do these companies got to do with the Managent Faculty?
But who cares about all these details. All the other faculties were determined to make the Managent Faculty look bad. This Managent Faculty was too arrogant with their banners. They will be a joke at the sports et!
When the athletes from other faculties entered the stadium, they were shocked. What’s with the attire of those from the Managent faculty? Everyone else was wearing their either their school uniforms or a white top. But everyone from the Managent Faculty was wearing the sa short sleeves sports attire.
It was normal for the students to wear uniform attires, but why was there a white cloth pinned onto their backs and logos of Wind and Rain and Aiwa Electronics were printed on it!
All the other students were wearing clean attires. At most, they will pin the Party or school badge on it. This was the first ti they saw people wearing the logos of companies on their attires. Was this a form of advertising?
The Principal and the other leaders of the University at the stands were not looking well. They knew about these two brands. The Managent Faculty Feng Yu’s family owns these two companies! Why were these two brands appearing on the Sports et?
There were also lots of banners hang around the stadium. Those were all advertisents in disguise. It was like the Coca Cola advertisents appearing I the Olympics gas. This was a school et and why does it feel like a comrcial event?
After the opening ceremony, all the leaders left with a black face. As they were going, they saw the Managent Faculty raising another banner!
The whole afternoon, the Managent Faculty did not even win once. They do not even qualify for the finals of so events! Although this was only Beijing University’s Sports et, the students were all very competitive. All the students from the other faculties did not stop mocking the Managent students!
You had hung so many banners with arrogant phases and shouted so many slogans, but you did not even win one event. There was not a single one of you in your faculty that was better than the rest of the school in any gas.
The Great One had said that the body is the capital of the revolution. All of you do not even have the capital and what else can you do? Do you know what we drank before this sports et? Softshell Turtle essences!
Tian Lei was embarrassed. In this sports et, the main players were the year 2 and year 3. Those in the final year will not participate. Those freshn were still new, and not many of them signed up for this sports et.
“Lao Si, will we be the laughing stock of the school?” Tian Lei asked. The representative from the 3rd year had reprimanded him for what Feng Yu did.
“I am not sure about the rest of the events, but we will definitely win the tug-of-war!” Feng Yu replied calmly.
“Tug-of-war? We will surely win? Many of the students from the science faculties are from the soccer and basketball teams. We can win them?” Tian Lei could not believe what Feng Yu said.
“Other than the top 4, the rest of the matches are all knock out rounds? I guarantee that we will reach the semi-finals easily and win the competition! Co over here. I will tell you my tactics. Later at noon, look for a deserted place and inform the rest.” Feng Yu asked Tian Lei to move closer to him and tell him about his secret weapon!
Later in the afternoon, soone from the Managent Faculty finally won third place in an event. They still did not get first in any other gas. They were still the laughing stock of the other faculties. Soon, the tug-of-war event started.
“Ready……. Go!”
“Change the rice…… Change the rice…….” The youngest from the dormitory shouted into the loudhailer, imitating Guo Da voice.
The Mathematics Faculty students on the other side almost laughed out, and the Managent Faculty students took the opportunity to tuck vigorously on the rope.
“We won!” Everyone from the Managent Faculty cheered.
“This is unfair. They are distracting us.”
“All of you are also shouting ‘Pull, pull, pull’ too. You are also distracting us. Is there a rule that forbid us from shouting as spectators?” The youngest asked.
The referee hesitated for a while and announced: “The red marking had crossed the line. The Managent Faculty wins!”
“Yay…….”
This was their tactic. Shouting all sorts of funny cheers in different dialects. The Managent Faculty won all the preliminaries and entered the semi-finals.
But from the semi-finals onwards, there were 3 rounds for every match. The Managent Faculty won the first round by shouting “Change the Rice” in Northern Shaanxi accent. The opponents were not happy and swore that they will not fall for the sa trick again.
But for the second round, the Managent Faculty did not shout ‘Change the rice’. Instead, they shouted ‘collect chicken feathers’.
They won the second round!
During the finals, the other teams all knew about the Managent Faculty team’s tactics. The whole school was aware of their tactics. The Managent Faculty had used underhand thods to enter the finals.
But the finals started imdiately after the semi-finals. There was no ti for the teams to rest. Although the Managent Faculty team was weak, it had only played two rounds in the semi-finals, while the other side had played three rounds in the semi-finals. Their arms were still aching.
This ti, the Managent faculty team did not use any tactics. They used their own strength and won the following two rounds and beca the champion!
The opposing team was not happy. If the Managent Team did not use their underhand thods, they would be tired too, and the final results will not be the sa.
“Now all of you should know why we hung those banners? We focus on team spirit! We emphasize teamwork. Our teamwork is number one!” So Managent students shouted.
“What’s the use of drinking turtle essence? This is our real strength!”
Of course, there were a lot more students that were like Tian Lei and the rest. They lowered their head and left the stadium quietly. They had won the tug-of-war through underhand thods! Although Feng Yu claims that this was strategy and had told them in advance, they still felt ashad of themselves.
Tian Lei was regretting the most. In the future, he will not ask Feng Yu to participate in such events. Feng Yu should be banned from taking part in these events!
Translator’s notes: I googled “Change the rice” and saw this on YouTube. It seems that this was a funny song from the early 90s in China. “Change the rice” and “Collect chicken feathers” should be Chinese jokes. I also do not understand what they an. I think I should be from their sitcoms or so famous crosstalks.
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