17 years on ice [figure skating]

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"Advertising privately?" Lu Xi was stunned when he heard it. This is a very serious crime for a national team athlete.

"I don't know." He said, "Is Deng Chang accepting advertisements outside?"

"I don't know the specific situation." Chen Qi said, "Anyway, you should come here first, you stay with him all the time, if he really takes private orders outside, you will also be questioned."

"Okay." Lucy whispered.

He pressed his hand on the doorknob, it was very cold, and his heart sank uneasy as if he had been hit by something.

"Coach, didn't you ask Deng Chang to talk about foreign training?" Lu Xi couldn't help but asked again, "Why did it become about him accepting commercials privately?"

"It was really meant to talk about foreign training." Chen Qi said, "Botouer talked with Deng Changdan, and I don't understand how it happened."

Lucy was very upset, because of the prohibition of privately accepting advertisements, he was repeatedly ordered from the first day of joining the team, and placed on the most eye-catching page of the athlete handbook.

Athletes must take the route of the national team for all activities, share with the national team, the team trains players, and gets rewards from the players.

Private advertising means that players bypass the national team, do not need to share with the team, and can earn more money at the same time, not to mention harming the interests of the team. The poor quality control of some advertising products will seriously affect the reputation of the players and even the team.

There was an athlete who received a private order for a small loan before, and the impact was very bad. In the end, the team had to expel him.

Deng Chang is not a particularly obedient person, but he will definitely not do such a thing that will affect his career.

Lucy closed the door, the corridor was empty, only the echo of his own words.

"Coach." Lucy said, "I didn't take the advertisement outside, and Deng Chang certainly didn't either. No matter what the situation is now, please trust him."

Chen Qi was silent for a while: "Okay."

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After hanging up the phone, Lu Xi went to the conference room, running wildly all the way, feeling very confused on the way.

He believed that Deng Chang would not do such a thing, but he didn't know what the situation was now.

The small conference room is located in the national team office area, on the second floor of the training hall.

Bypassing the viewing fence on the second floor of the ice rink, there is a corridor on the left, which is the kind of corridor in an ordinary office building. Compared with the bright and lively side of the ice rink, it is gray and gray.

Lucy was usually very reluctant to come here, because he was going to have a meeting when he came here. Today was night, there were no people, and the atmosphere was more depressing, with only a gloomy light leaking from the crack of the door.

At the end of the corridor is a small conference room. Lu Xi rushed to the door and knocked twice. When Bao Zhongjie said "Come in", he pushed the door open.

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Deng Chang and Bao Zhongjie were the only two people in the small meeting room. The closed projection screen and drawn curtains added to the depressing atmosphere, and even Chen Qi was asked to avoid suspicion.

Deng Chang sat on the side away from the screen, and the head coach Bao Zhongjie sat beside him, with complex expressions of anger, sadness and disbelief on his face.

When Deng Chang saw Lu Xi who pushed the door and came in, his expression changed instantly. He quickly looked at Bao Zhongjie, and said in a very aggressive tone, "Why did you ask him to come?"

"Lu Xi stays with you almost every day, and asking him for inquiries is a necessary procedure." Bao Zhongjie replied.

Deng Chang's expression was tense, as if he really didn't want to see Lu Xi appear here, but in the end he just said "um" and avoided Lu Xi's sight.

Lu Xi was a little at a loss, Bao Zhongjie pointed to the chair opposite him and asked him to sit down: "Xiaoxi, do you have any impression that Deng Chang has filmed commercials in recent months?"

"Of course, he signed a lot of contracts." Lucy said immediately, he had rehearsed the questions he would be asked on the way here, "but these contracts are all compliant, let him go to his agency."

"Don't worry." Bao Zhongjie kindly motioned Lucy to wait a moment, "Then do you have the impression that he has frequent contact with strangers?"

"No." Lu Xi said, "Deng Chang is with me every day except for filming, so he doesn't have time to contact other people."

Bao Zhongjie smiled, "Okay, I understand, then do you remember that he had a shoot last week? In Songcheng."

"I remember, but that was also arranged by the company." Lu Xi said without hesitation, "Coach, Deng Chang won't take private orders outside, you have to trust him."

"I fully understand your feelings, Xiaoxi, and I tend to believe Deng Chang, but we will only start the investigation process after receiving a report and having certain evidence." Bao Zhongjie sighed.

"Arranged by the company, but bypassing the national team to meet with him privately, this is a private advertisement. You don't have to have him contact a partner to call it a private order. Of course, Xiaoxi, you don't have much business experience, so it's normal to not understand these things."

He looked at Deng Chang again: "But Xiao Chang, you have been doing filming work since you were a child, so you should understand."

"I understand." Deng Chang, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke up, "I did not take private orders."

"The share with the national team is not included in the contract, but there is a supplementary agreement. It should be sent today, and it will be sent to the team's exclusive express cabinet as before."

Hearing Deng Chang's words, Lu Xi finally let go of his hold.

He knew that Deng Chang had always been reliable in his work, never fouled anyone, and never left a message for others.

But then he noticed Bao Zhongjie's expression and found that things didn't seem so simple.

"Do you know who is in charge of the keys of the express cabinet?" Bao Zhongjie asked Deng Chang.

"Liu Xinyu." Deng Chang replied.

It sounds a bit outrageous for an athlete to be in charge of the keys of the express cabinet, but it is precisely Bao Zhongjie's design.

Most of the express cabinets store team-related documents. Even if other people have ideas about these documents, it is not easy to ask the athletes directly, and the athletes are usually not so easy to approach.

Even if someone really shamelessly asks Liu Xinyu for the key, Liu Xinyu can also ask the other party to find Bao Zhongjie directly.

Some people originally approached Bao Zhongjie directly, and it was difficult for Bao Zhongjie to refuse because of his lesbian relationship, but with the addition of Liu Xinyu, he could smile and say, "Brother X, let's not embarrass the athletes", and then easily reject it.

What puzzled Lu Xi was that Bao Zhongjie didn't look very happy when Deng Chang answered this question.

His doubts were quickly answered.

Bao Zhongjie pondered for a while and asked, "You know that Liu Xinyu is in charge of the keys. Then, on the day when the supplementary agreement you mentioned was sent, the key to Liu Xinyu's mailbox disappeared in the locker room. Do you have any idea about this matter? "

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Lucy almost exploded.

To say that is to ask Deng Chang directly if he took the key to the mailbox.

If you were asking him, he might just flip the table over, how could he be so suspicious for no reason!

But Lu Xi also understood why Bao Zhongjie thought so.

After all, if Deng Chang really received a private order outside, and now the key is gone, even if the "Supplementary Agreement" cannot be found in the courier, he can insist that the courier lost it during the time when the key was lost, and there is no proof of the matter.

"It's not me." Deng Chang said, "You can check the surveillance."

"In order to protect the privacy of the team members, the surveillance in the locker room cannot cover the lockers. You know this better than anyone else. Because the express lockers are placed together with ordinary express delivery points, there are many people every day." Bao Zhongjie paused and said, "And, to put it bluntly, as long as you get the key, you don't have to pick it up by yourself."

Although Lu Xi kept telling himself I will bear it, I will bear it, I will bear it, but he stood up immediately when he heard this: "So coach, you have already decided that Deng Chang did it, right?"

"Xiaoxi!" Deng Chang's expression changed, and he immediately tried to stop him.

Bao Zhongjie also frowned, Lu Xishi didn't see it, and he pretended not to hear Deng Chang's words.

He is the one who dares to reply to Gilles in public interviews, but he just speaks in front of the coach to such an extent, to be honest, he won't think so much when his mind is hot.

Now Bao Zhongjie cannot let Deng Chang be wronged.

"Coach, don't you think this is too coincidental?" Lu Xi asked, "Just after Deng Chang was reported and Liu Xinyu said that he lost the key, it just happened to be a critical time not long after the news of the foreign training was sent."

"What do you mean?" Bao Zhongjie frowned.

"Deng Chang will never accept private orders." Lu Xi said, "The loss of the key is only what Liu Xinyu said, and even if it is really lost, it does not mean that Deng Chang did it. There are too many people who are jealous of him. .”

Bao Zhongjie was silent for a while, and said seriously: "Xiaoxi, I understand your trust in Deng Chang. We will seriously investigate the possibility you mentioned, but you must also understand that we will come here only after we have some evidence. Ask Deng Chang, and you should not rashly accuse your teammates without factual basis. It is very irresponsible to say such a sentence lightly."

"I didn't say Liu Xinyu did it, I just said he..."

Before Lu Xi finished speaking, Bao Zhongjie interrupted: "Okay, it's late today, I have understood your thoughts, and we will ask Deng Chang to understand the situation after we investigate."

This meant that he didn't want to talk any more, and Lu Xi couldn't help it. He obediently stood up, but Bao Zhongjie said again: "Deng Chang, go back and rest first, and Xiao Xi, stay here for a while."

"He won't stay." Deng Chang said suddenly.

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Lu Xi was taken aback, and Bao Zhongjie was also taken aback. After Deng Chang said this, he looked at Bao Zhongjie with an expression that there was no room for maneuver in this matter.

Lu Xi thought that Bao Zhongjie just wanted to tell him that his teammates should be brothers and sisters, but it was nothing, if he just asked more, he originally wanted to take this opportunity to talk to Bao Zhongjie again.

But Deng Chang reacted greatly, so he didn't refute Deng Chang.

Bao Zhongjie didn't expect Deng Chang's reaction to be so intense, he was stunned for a moment, and actually explained to Deng Chang: "I just want to chat with Xiaoxi."

"He doesn't talk to you." Deng Chang was actually hostile when he spoke, he raised his chin and looked down at Bao Zhongjie, the neck bone line was very clear, showing the sharp and stabbing side of a young man which is rare.

Bao Zhongjie was obviously not happy, the two stalemate for a while, Deng Chang's expression was very stubborn, which Lu Xi had never seen before.

Finally Bao Zhongjie sighed: "Okay, let's go. Wait for my news."

"Okay." Deng Chang said.

His attitude was somewhat softened, but he was just as indifferent, but he wasn't as full of flammable and explosive atmosphere as before.After Bao Zhongjie finished speaking, he turned around and left. Lucy was stunned, and hurried to catch up.

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It's getting late, maybe it's going to rain, and it's a bit stuffy outside.

Deng Chang was still sullen, but he slowed down when he came out, and Lucy could easily keep up with him.

Things changed a little too quickly for Lu Xi, especially Deng Chang's sudden temper, but he was very understandable, if he himself was so wronged, he wouldn't be called Lu Xi unless his office was thrown away. Deng Chang is still rational and restrained.

But Deng Chang was really wronged today, so Lu Xi leaned over and put Deng Chang's shoulders to coax him.

"Okay, don't be angry. Baotouer's speech is not good today, and Liu Xinyu is enough, but the national team will definitely judge this kind of thing fairly. Everyone will believe in your character after watching you go all the way. of."

Seeing that Deng Chang still didn't speak, Lu Xi shook him twice: "But don't flirt with Baotouer, he is the head coach."

"I'm not angry." Deng Chang finally said, "I just don't want you to stay with him."

His voice was very low, and his tone was a bit strange. Lucy asked in a daze, "Why?"

Deng Chang stopped talking.

Lu Xi became more and more confused, and asked a few more questions, but Deng Chang remained silent, as if they had returned to the state where they hadn't communicated a long time ago.

The cicadas on the trees were noisy, and the night before the rain was so hot that you would sweat if you walked normally, not to mention hooking your shoulders like this.

Deng Chang usually doesn't talk much, but he won't ignore Lu Xi on purpose, and it's such a big deal.

"I'm really going to be angry if you pretend to be dumb again." Lucy said, "What are you doing?"

Deng Chang still didn't speak, but Lu Xi really got angry, let go and stood still: "If you don't say yes, then I will go to Baotouer now and ask him what he wants to say to me, and ask him what he thinks Liu Xinyu, how are you doing?"

He was really angry and wanted to leave, because he felt that he was helping Deng Chang wholeheartedly, but Deng Chang was hiding here instead, but as soon as he turned around, Deng Chang grabbed his wrist: "Don't go."

Lu Xi turned his head, and Deng Chang looked down at the ground.

The two of them stalemate in silence for a while, and Deng Chang finally said: "If you really want to know, I'll tell you, but maybe you don't want to know at all."

"Why?" Lucy asked.

"Actually, you guessed it, there is a problem with the theft of Liu Xinyu's key." Deng Chang said.

"Ah."

"Then who do you think is the most able to convince Liu Xinyu?"

Lu Xi shuddered, and Deng Chang's tone suddenly made him understand something.

The contract, the report, Liu Xinyu, these messy clues made him a little confused. They seemed to point to the boss in the dark who covered the sky with his hands in the distance, but it was also possible that the person was not far away.

"You mean..." Lu Xi looked at Deng Chang in disbelief, shock was beyond description.

"It's Bao Zhongjie himself." Deng Chang said.

The author says:

Let me just say, this article is an overhead world, no prototype, unrealistic, don’t substitute it into reality——