On April 11, the closing day of the 4th National Games, Chen Qiang did not sell milk powder, but attended the closing ceremony of the National Games.

After the closing ceremony, the National Games Preparatory Committee also announced the list of participating in the 9th Far East Games, with a total of 170 Chinese athletes participating in the Far East Games.

Chen Qiang is naturally on the list of participating, but Liu Changchun is unable to go to Japan to participate in the competition due to injury.

In fact, long before the National Games began, there were rumors that this National Games was actually a selection competition for the Far East Games. Those with outstanding performances at the National Games can go to Japan to participate in the 9th Far East Games.

Now rumors have become reality, and the first and second place in various events have become contestants of the Far East Games.

Of course, there are people like Cheng Jinguan, who are not champions, but because champion Liu Changchun was unable to participate, he replaced the quota and obtained the right to participate.

For Chen Qiang, the closing ceremony was still listening to the heavenly books. One by one, the Republic of China bosses who he didn't know at all came to speak on stage. They didn't say the local accent, but they often spoke some classical Chinese with "Zhihuzhe". It was very difficult for Chen Qiang to understand, so he simply did not listen to the turtle chanting.

After the closing ceremony, Chen Qiang first went to Baohua milk powder to make the wages, and then returned to the dormitory.

At the door of the dormitory, Chen Qiang met Liu Changchun again.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time." Liu Changchun walked up, handed a cardboard box to Chen Qiang, and then said, "I'm given to you!"

"What good thing?" Chen Qiang took the carton curiously.

"You can tell if you open it and look at it." Liu Changchun said.

Chen Qiang opened the paper box and found that there were brand new pair of running shoes with nails inside.

"Nail running shoes? Do you want to give them to me? No, this thing is too expensive, I can't accept it." Chen Qiang wanted to return the running shoes to Liu Changchun.

Nail running shoes are not produced in China, and they are all imported from the United States. The cheapest one costs 20 yuan. Better nail running shoes mean 40 yuan or 50 yuan. Of course there are better ones, but they will definitely not be imported from China, and no one will buy them if they are too expensive.

For American goods, it is normal to be expensive. For example, basketball is imported from the United States for 70 yuan, and a basketball is equivalent to the living expenses of a family in rural areas for three or four years. At that time, it was found on Sima Road, Shanghai that had a great service, which was three yuan. It was a 70 yuan option to find "Yangtze River Third" 23 times, and it would be 1 yuan left. So if it were you, would you go to find a lady 23 times, or buy you a ball!

(I don’t know what “Yangtze Third Year” is, and I go back to see Chapter 11)

The athletes who played basketball at that time were probably worried. They had to pass the ball gently and dribble gently, for fear of breaking the basketball. Fortunately, the leather field production in Tianjin began to produce basketballs, and a domestic basketball cost only 7 yuan.

It is precisely because the nail running shoes are too expensive that Chen Qiang refused to accept them. This pair of nail running shoes is worth a monthly salary of the working class, and even many ordinary people may not be able to buy a pair of nail shoes for a month.

You can imagine that a colleague will give you a gift if he spends a month's salary. If the relationship is not as good as a gay friend, I would be embarrassed to accept it.

In other words, if a colleague spends a month's salary to give you a gift, even if he wants to collect it, he will not dare to collect it. If in that case, you treat someone as a brother but want to sleep with you, is it implying something when you accept the gift at this time? Will the other party understand it wrong? If the chrysanthemum is not safe, it will be so embarrassing!

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Back to the point, Chen Qiang wanted to reject Liu Changchun's gift, which was too expensive after all.

However, Liu Changchun stubbornly pushed the shoe box into Chen Qiang's hand: "Chen Qiang, if you treat me as a friend, you will accept these shoes."

"It really doesn't work. How could I accept such expensive things as you!" Chen Qiang also shook his head firmly.

"Listen to me, you will go to Japan to participate in the Far East Sports Games next month. You are representing China to participate in the competition. How can you not even have a pair of nail running shoes?" Liu Changchun said.

Chen Qiang hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "I just received my salary from Baohua milk powder today. I can buy a pair of nail running shoes by myself."

Liu Changchun said, "I give you these pairs of shoes, and I hope you can wear them and win a championship at the Far East Sports Games! I have never participated in the Far East Sports Games. If you wear my shoes, it can be said that I have stepped onto the Far East Sports Games!"

Chen Qiang knew that Liu Changchun was kind-hearted. The reason why he said this was just to find an excuse to take over the shoes.

"How about I give you the money for my shoes, I'm just as rich as I'm on it." Chen Qiang said and was about to pay.

Liu Changchun stopped Chen Qiang: "I trained at Northeastern University, and I don't have food and accommodation, and I also sent out training clothes and shoes. I have several new pairs of shoes. If I charge you money for the things I send to me in this school, it will change and I will have trouble."

Chen Qiang nodded and understood what Liu Changchun meant.

It's like eating a work meal, with enough lunch boxes. If you can't eat it yourself, you can give it to other colleagues. You may even feel pitiful to beggars on the roadside, so it's okay to give him a lunch box. But if you take out the lunch box for five yuan each, the nature will be completely different.

By the same token, if Liu Changchun gave it to other athletes, it is understandable. It is common for Liu Changchun to give each other jerseys after basketball and football matches. But if Liu Changchun collects Chen Qiang's money, it will become a reselling training materials distributed by the school.

Chen Qiang finally took the running shoes and looked at Liu Changchun's departure back, Chen Qiang felt more and more that the shoe box in his hand was heavy.

Chen Qiang knew that Liu Changchun gave him these running shoes out of good intentions.

Chen Qiang also knew that Liu Changchun must be very sorry for being unable to participate in the Far East Games.

Perhaps this pair of running shoes does carry Liu Changchun’s desire for a championship!

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Back in the dormitory, Chen Qiang took out a cloth pocket, which was full of oceans, and it was the salary Chen Qiang got from Baohua milk powder.

Chen Qiang sold milk powder for a total of six days. Although he had a salary of 15 yuan in the past two days, Manager Hu still calculated 30 yuan in the ocean, so Chen Qiang made a total of 180 yuan in the ocean.

For Chen Qiang, this was a huge sum of money, which was enough for him to spend at least half a year on living expenses.

Of course, Chen Qiang's living expenses are also higher. After all, he needs to supplement nutrition. Chen Qiang eats and drinks well, so the expenses are naturally greater. If he is an ordinary salary in Shanghai, 180 oceans is enough for the whole family to live for more than half a year.

Manager Hu of Baohua Milk Powder wanted to stay with Chen Qiang for a few more days, but Chen Qiang refused. He wanted to return to Shanghai and prepare for the Far East Games.

Chen Qiang once thought of giving Baohua milk powder a speech and charging some endorsement fee, but later he gave up this idea.

Chen Qiang was just a champion of the National Games, and his fame was not as high as Liu Changchun, and his endorsement fee was not much higher. In the future, if Chen Qiang won the Far East Games championship or even the Olympics championship, he would become a national hero, and the advertising endorsement fee would definitely soar. If this is the case, it would be a bit of a loss to accept advertising endorsements now. As long as he was not very short of money, Chen Qiang would not sell the endorsements so easily.

Manager Hu of Baohua Milk Powder is a friend. Before leaving, he gave Chen Qiang two boxes of milk powder, one box of eight cans, a total of sixteen cans, which is enough for Chen Qiang to drink for a while.

After packing the money, Chen Qiang took the shoe box again and took out the running shoes that Liu Changchun gave him.

Heavy running shoes.

It's really heavy to weigh!

Because there is a piece of iron plate inside the shoes.

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Chapter completed!