After the welcoming ceremony on the dock, the award-winning athletes were picked up again and attended a special commendation meeting.

Nanjing sent a deputy chief of the Ministry of Education to attend the commendation meeting.

Sports during the Republic of China period were under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. In the future, the Ministry of Education will also have the position of sports supervisor, in charge of sports affairs across the country.

Chen Qiang attended many commendation meetings in his previous life, but it was nothing more than a leader speaking and praising the athletes’ achievements; the athletes expressed their opinions and said that the leaders were good at achieving results; the leaders said that athletes were very hard to train, and the athletes said that they were all winning glory for the country and it was not hard to do anything. Both sides praised each other, and then the leaders expressed their sincere hope to continue their efforts; the athletes said that they would achieve better results in the future.

Chen Qiang is so familiar with this process that he can't be familiar with it anymore. Later generations hate this kind of commendation conference. It is the same, and every time he speaks the same thing, the reporter directly pastes and copies the manuscript from the last time, and then uses it to change his personal name.

At this time, the representatives were almost the same. In a conference room, the leader was sitting on the stage and the athletes were sitting off the stage. No matter who spoke, they could be hilarious. It was enough to clap with others when it was time to applaud.

However, Chen Qiang broke the Asian record of 100-meter sprint at the Far East Games, so he deserved to be an athlete representative and went on stage to speak, and then there was a link to receive a commendation certificate.

Perhaps because he was worried that athletes would not be able to praise the leader, someone had already prepared the speech for his speech, so Chen Qiang could read it as soon as possible. The person who handed Chen Qiang the manuscript comforted him and told him not to be nervous.

Of course, Chen Qiang is not nervous. After all, he is a university professor. He teaches students all day long and has taught a lot of open classes. Things like reading manuscripts on stage are all small scenes for Chen Qiang.

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The host of the commendation meeting was Hao Gengsheng, the president of the National Sports Association. Chen Qiang knew this person. He was a modern physical education educator, who had studied in the United States, and was the first Chinese student studying in the United States at that time to specialize in sports. Hao Gengsheng was the Sports Supervisor of the Ministry of Education of the National Government in 1932, and also served as the chairman of the National Sports Committee. He was in charge of sports administration across the country. He can be regarded as the official "number one" in sports.

Since Chen Qiang wants to be an athlete, he must leave a good impression on President Hao.

It is impossible for a well-known athlete to not deal with official people. Chen Qiang is planning to establish a good relationship with the official. He does not ask for much support from the official, but just hopes that they will not hinder the hindrance at critical moments.

In addition to President Hao, Chen Qiang also saw another famous figure on the rostrum, a famous Chinese educator, Mr. Zhang Boling, the founder of Nankai University who was "the father of the Chinese Olympics" by many later generations.

As a sportsman from later generations, Chen Qiang was full of respect for Mr. Zhang, not only because he was a great educator, but also because of his contribution to Chinese sports.

Mr. Zhang was one of the initiators of the National Sports Association of China; Mr. Zhang was also one of the initiators of the Far East Games. He first proposed that China should join the International Olympic Family, advocated the inclusion of Olympic education in the school curriculum, and also initiated China's Olympic bid.

In addition, there is also the famous Olympic three-question.

When will China send athletes to the Olympics?

When will our athletes win an Olympic gold medal?

When will our country hold the Olympics?

The first question was answered by Liu Changchun in 1932;

The second question, Xu Haifeng answered in 1984;

And the third question, straight road, was only answered in 2008.

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The commendation meeting was gradually coming to an end, and the deputy director of the Ministry of Education, who came from Nanjing, began to make a summary speech.

"...Our sports athletes live up to the expectations of the people, are proactive and hardworking, have excellent overall results, outstanding highlights of the competition, demonstrate firm will, superb level, and good spirit, and have won honors for the country..."

"...I hope athletes will practice hard, not only the Far East Games, but also go to the World Games in the future, win the championship, add glory to the country, cleanse the shame of the sick husband in East Asia, and strengthen our Chinese nation!"

After the Deputy Minister of Education finished speaking, warm applause immediately came to mind in the conference room.

The commendation meeting ended successfully, and the leaders stood up, walked off the rostrum, and prepared to leave, but at this time Chen Qiang walked towards the direction of the Deputy Minister of Education.

Some staff members stopped Chen Qiang, but the deputy chief waved his hand and signaled to let Chen Qiang come over. When the other people saw the deputy chief stop, they stopped one after another and did not leave. After all, it is a routine to let the leader leave first. If the leader does not leave, the others would have to wait a little longer.

"Your name is Chen Qiang, right? The young man is good. He broke the record of 100-meter sprint in Asia. You are the fastest in Asia now!" The deputy chief smiled kindly, and then asked, "What's the matter if you come to me?"

"Reporting to the Deputy Director, I do have something to bother the Ministry of Education." Chen Qiang said.

"If you have difficulties, just say that you athletes are fighting for the country, and our Ministry of Education is your most solid backing." The deputy minister said a very generous sentence.

"Reporting to the Deputy Director, I want to go to college." Chen Qiang said directly.

The deputy director was slightly stunned, as if he didn't understand what Chen Qiang meant. Although there were not many college students these days, going to college was not new, especially in Shanghai, public universities, private universities, and church universities. There are many universities. Do you need to find him, the deputy director of the Ministry of Education, for such things as going to college?

Chen Qiang continued: "Second Minister, I want to go to college, but I can't afford the tuition."

"So that's how it is!" The deputy director nodded suddenly and thought to himself that Chen Qiang is a person from a bad family, so he can't afford the university tuition.

"This problem is easy to solve. If you want to go to college, then come to National Central University. I will ask someone to write a letter of introduction to you to waive your tuition and miscellaneous fees!" The deputy director agreed.

The power of the Deputy Minister of Education to exempt a student from tuition and miscellaneous fees is just a trivial matter. He doesn't have to speak, and his subordinates will get things done.

However, Chen Qiang continued with a shameless face, "Second Minister, I have no source of living expenses except for tuition and miscellaneous expenses."

After hearing this, the deputy general thought to himself, Chen Qiang is really trying hard to get more and more. He has waived tuition and miscellaneous fees for you. Could it be that the Ministry of Education will even have to take care of the meal?

Chen Qiang continued to explain: "The deputy director of the report, I used to be a coachman, and I made money by driving rickshaws. If I went to college, I would have no source of income."

"What did you say? You were a coachman before? You were not a student!" The deputy chief couldn't help but show a surprised expression.

"I used to be a student, but I didn't finish reading the books." Chen Qiang continued to explain: "My hometown is from Jinan. I suffered a disaster in the 17th year of the Republic of China. All my family died, and I was the only one left. I fled to Shanghai."

When talking about Jinan and the 17th year of the Republic of China, the Deputy Minister immediately understood what Chen Qiang had experienced. The next second, the Deputy Minister showed a sympathetic expression on his face. He sighed and said, "It's not easy for you to say that. Let's do this, our Ministry of Education will allocate you an additional allowance to ensure your daily life."

At this moment, an old man nearly 60 years old behind the deputy suddenly stood up and said, "Chen Qiang, if you are willing to come to Nankai University, Nankai can also waive tuition and miscellaneous fees, and provide you with allowances according to the standards of teaching assistants."

Everyone immediately looked in the direction of the voice, and it was Mr. Zhang Boling, the president of Nankai University, who was speaking!

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Chapter completed!