Director Zhang’s face underwent several changes, but finally, he weighed the options on the scale in his heart.
"Old Chang, if you have an idea, just do it yourself." Director Zhang’s tone was blunt, "I just need to sign off."
He gave a cold snort and stormed out the door.
It was the sound of the office door being slammed shut.
At the same time, it signified a change in the person controlling the situation.
Nan Zhubin looked around at everyone in the meeting room and smiled, "Then let’s start working—Director Chang?"
Chang Ming nodded, "Let’s begin."
Chonghui gestured, indicating that he would still play a supportive role this time and let Nan Zhubin do the talking.
The female coach, who was coaxed back, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, not daring to meet the expression of Vice Principal Ma.
She watched as Nan Zhubin took out a form and, trying to stay calm, sat down and said, "What would you like to know, teacher?"
At this moment, in the small meeting room.
This conversation was to verify some doubts in Nan Zhubin’s psychological evaluation report, such as the causes of "anxiety disorder" and "neurotic anorexia."
Essentially, it was still "gathering information."
Therefore, Chang Ming invited Nan Zhubin and Chonghui to come along, and he handed over the initiative of the conversation to Nan Zhubin.
This also allowed Vice Principal Ma to be present; as Coach Wang’s immediate superior, he could also play a dual supervisory role.
If it weren’t for "gathering information," if it were an "investigation," "interview," or "inquiry," the atmosphere would not have been so relaxed, and neither Vice Principal Zhang nor Nan Zhubin and others could be present.
Nan Zhubin sat across from Coach Wang. Chonghui and Chang Ming sat behind Nan Zhubin, to his left and right respectively.
Vice Principal Ma sat on the far left, his eyes flickering across everyone’s faces, lost in thought.
"Coach Wang—Teacher Wang." Nan Zhubin adjusted his address.
He carefully examined the female coach in front of him. She appeared to be around thirty years old, with a simple ponytail, and a makeup-free and unkempt face that had started to show the roughness of prolonged work.
She wore a set of plain sportswear, quite loose; but from Coach Wang’s slightly sunken cheeks, it seemed she had a slender figure, not a teacher specializing in strength training.
While examining the other party, Nan Zhubin began his opening remarks on his own:
"It seems that Teacher Wang has just had a conversation with Director Zhang. Actually, the questions I want to ask are quite similar to his, except he approaches from a more official perspective, while I come from a psychological perspective. Essentially, our conversation content is not much different."
"Just treat this as an ordinary chat, no need to be nervous."
This practiced opening speech made Chang Ming, sitting behind, raise his eyebrows involuntarily, and Vice Principal Ma’s face grew even more somber.
Nan Zhubin then began browsing the notes from Director Zhang’s conversation, as the other party’s talk was quite superficial, and Nan Zhubin indeed needed to start this conversation shallowly and proceed in-depth.
From this point, Nan Zhubin wasn’t deceiving Coach Wang in front of him, he was still maintaining "Absolute Sincerity."
"We are mainly here for the situation of the student Li Mingchen. You know his situation, the accident of falling from a building—you are Li Mingchen’s coach, right?"
"I just heard that your school has specific coaches responsible for specific students, similar to the ’mentor system’ during my graduate studies."
Nan Zhubin said as if in casual conversation.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, Coach Wang began to explain: "No, no... our system is different from the university mentor system. A coach takes charge of a team of students, covering various specialties. I used to train in high jump, and for some events, it’s hard to give them due attention..."
Her language was extremely smooth, as if she had rehearsed in advance. Only when she accidentally glanced in the direction of Vice Principal Zhang did she stop.
Nan Zhubin acted as if he hadn’t noticed, but he had already grasped the meaning from this narrative.
—This Coach Wang was trying her best to distance herself from the students, thus reducing her responsibility.
"Speaking of which, Li Mingchen seems to train in a strength-related sport, which doesn’t align well with Coach Wang."
"Yes, so I usually only guide him in general projects like running, standing long jump..."
Nan Zhubin interrupted, "Since it’s such a mismatch, why was he assigned to Teacher Wang in the first place? Wouldn’t this mismatch in training philosophy lead to unsatisfactory outcomes, or even accidents?"
"This... well..." Coach Wang was at a loss for words.
"Ahem." At this moment, Vice Principal Ma suddenly chimed in, "This is mainly due to objective problems."
This time Nan Zhubin and others came to "initially gather information," not to "inquire" personally about Coach Wang; information could be gathered from Coach Wang or other coaches, but since she was Li Mingchen’s direct coach, she was prioritized for the conversation.
In other words, Vice Principal Zhang’s interjection did not break any rules here.
"We certainly understand that pairing each student with the most suitable teacher is ideal. But in frontline teaching, sometimes it’s impossible to cover all the bases..."
Looking at the gazes from Nan Zhubin and others, Vice Principal Ma explained, "Our school has a limited number of sports teachers, so we cannot, as Mr. Nan just said, perfectly match the students with mentors like in graduate studies."
"We are aware of the student distribution among the teachers. With so many student specialties and our limited number of teachers, we can only do our best to accommodate the students, but—"
Vice Principal Ma firmly stated, "Regardless, Teacher Wang is a national first-class athlete with high rankings in national competitions. Even if not perfectly aligned with the student’s specialties, her level is undoubtedly more than adequate for teaching!"
A rather smooth narration. From the perspective of a typical student’s parent, one might even start applauding.
But Nan Zhubin was not swayed by this macro narrative and immediately delved into the specific practical details.
"According to Director Zhang’s previous notes, this coaching method was learned from a study delegation to the United States? I’m not sure about the situation there, but when implemented here, it was constrained by teacher resources, and unable to be perfectly replicated one-on-one, correct?"
This effectively reiterated Vice Principal Ma’s words. He couldn’t deny it, so he just nodded.
"You learned advanced methods from a study delegation, faced local adaptability issues, but could still significantly boost the students’ admission rates!"
Nan Zhubin expressed interest and surprise, "This is a very successful localization measure, worthy of learning and even promotion!"
"I’d like to know how Coach Wang usually plans the students’ training schedules?"