Red network Changsha, June 14 (Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Xiang Qun intern Yang Juan) "What happened to the years? My babies are growing fast, while the sister is not so fast old. Otherwise, it will grow slowly, and let that sister accompany you more! On the evening of June 11, sitting on the high-speed train returning to Changsha from Shenzhen, Gong Ruina sent such a circle of friends.
Since resigning in August 2015 and leaving his post as deputy director of the Yiyang Merchants Bureau, the former badminton world champion has become accustomed to traveling from Changsha to Shenzhen to Hong Kong and back to Changsha. She started her business in Changsha this year, and now whenever she has time, she will go through such a trip almost every week, "because my two children are studying in Hong Kong, they want their mothers, and I can't do without them..."
From a former world champion to the deputy director of the China Merchants Bureau, now, she has one more identity - entrepreneur, and this mother is more adaptable to this role than she imagined. Next, she wants the children to be like the children in Changsha, "eating the breakfast made by their mothers every day."
The youngest division-level cadre in Yiyang
"Then, your director is so good, how did you resign?" "Well, seeing that you're living pretty well now, it seems that the choice (of resigning) is also correct."
Although almost 9 months have passed since I resigned last year, as long as I meet Gong Ruina, my friends can't do without the previous sentence. And seeing that Gong Rui was in good shape now, he had a second sentence.
Choosing to resign, Gong Ruina thought about it for a long time, "At that time, I worked in Yiyang for several years, and I felt more and more that something was missing in life, and later I found that it was the children who missed me, and I also thought of them, so I had the idea of resigning." After consulting with the gentleman, he was also quite supportive, so he submitted a (resignation) report to the organization..."
As the world champion of badminton and the number one women's singles team of Chinese badminton, Gong Ruina returned to her birthplace of Yiyang in Hunan province as deputy director of the Sports Bureau (deputy division level) the second year after retiring from her retirement in 2005. During this period, he was in charge of investment promotion in the Heshan District Government of Yiyang City for two years, and later served as the deputy director of the Yiyang Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau, "This experience has exercised me even more, I have learned some new people, new things, and better understanding of the economic industry." Gong Ruina said.
Gong Ruina was responsible for hosting the investment promotion of the Badminton World Cup that year, as well as finding sponsorship for the Yiyang Badminton School, "She has made a lot of efforts to promote the badminton sport in Yiyang and attract local investment." Some yiyang sports people who have worked with her introduced. In this regard, Gong Ruina also laughed and laughed at himself: "Although this is a matter of athletes, the 'celebrity effect' is still a little bit." ”
After the 2012 London Olympics, Gong Rana was appointed deputy director of the Yiyang Merchants Bureau. That year, Gong Ruina was only in his early 30s, and he was also the youngest department-level cadre in Yiyang at that time.
"Na Na Na is very capable of personal ability, and he is also very humble and studious. Now that she has resigned, we all respect her choice, but I still feel sorry for her. Speaking about Gong Ruina's resignation, Xiong Ni, a former Olympic champion who is now deputy director of the provincial sports bureau, said.
"Entrepreneurship choked on water, but still alive and happy..."
After resigning, Gong Ruina "crawled" with the children at home in Hong Kong for half a year, and she consulted with her husband and prepared to take the children to Changsha to live.
She decided to go back to Changsha first to "explore the water". Unexpectedly, I "choked on some water" at the beginning of the business. "Fortunately, I am still alive and happy..." When he said this, Gong Rui's face was full of smiles, and he could no longer see the frustration at that time.
"Choking water" is just after the end of this year, Gong Ruina and a few friends tried to create a badminton amateur competition. The competition was held, but from planning, investment promotion to final execution, everything must be done personally, "it is almost exhausting." Fortunately, he was born as an athlete and had a big heart, otherwise he really couldn't stand it..." Recalling this test, Gong Ruina is now calm. "In the past, it seemed quite easy to watch others host an event, but I didn't expect to get it myself, it was really difficult." Just when I was confused and confused, some friends told me that in fact, starting a business is now 'professional people doing professional things', and I suddenly seem to wake up. ”
After this, Gong Ruina figured out the direction - still the most familiar badminton, the project is called "Rena Sports", "that is, through the bond of badminton, to help friends around them to establish a close parent-child relationship, while creating a badminton sports life concept for improving the physical fitness of the people." Gong Ruina said.
"Look, these kids are all my students now." On the afternoon of June 13, the badminton hall of Changsha Yucai Primary School, Gong Ruina taught the children to practice by hand and then retreated to the reporter.
Nowadays, her "Rena Sports" has been launched, invested 1 million yuan, and cooperated with some schools in Changsha City, "to build the badminton school into a 'Changsha Badminton Reserve Talent Base', on the one hand, to cultivate children's hobbies of playing badminton, exercise, and also hope to strive to cultivate some badminton talents for the country through three or five years of hard work." Now, her title has changed to "Teacher Gong" in the mouths of children.
"As a mother of two children, it is difficult for you to find the murderous spirit of that as a world champion now..." Talking to friends about Gong Ruina, this is the most direct change in their eyes.
Her daughter, who is about to turn 9, and her 7-year-old son are the topics that Gong Rui is most willing to talk about, and there are often children in her circle of friends. "When the children were young, they were busy with work all day and didn't have time to accompany them, but as they grew up, especially when my son graduated from kindergarten last year, I felt the regret of being a mother who was missing in the process of growing up..." Speaking of this, Gong Ruina paused for a long time.
"Fortunately, I chose to resign, and the children were very happy at that time." Gong Ruina said. When her son was not yet two years old, she had taken him to play at the Provincial Games (2010 Xiangtan Provincial Games), and he "especially liked it". And her daughter has been training in badminton. "You see, this is the trophy that my daughter and I have participated in a Hong Kong badminton parent-child competition in the past two years, which is more precious than the world championship I won that year..."
Gong Ruina pulled out this photo from his mobile phone. The daughter is currently in the third grade of a primary school in Hong Kong, and last year the mother and daughter competed in this competition (the 13th BOC Hong Kong Family Funun Badminton Doubles Junior Mother-Daughter Group) and won the second place. This year, the mother and daughter won the championship.
"Unfortunately, her trophy is very important to place at home, and my (world champion) trophy and gold medal can only be pulled aside..." Speaking of the child's story, Gong Ruina's eyes lit up.
Changsha's work has just started, but Gong Ruina has already discussed with the children that when they finish this school year, they will transfer back to Changsha, and she does not have to run to Hong Kong every week. "In the second half of the year, the daughter should be in the fourth grade, and the son should also be in the second grade." I will let them eat their mother's breakfast every day like the children in Changsha, take their mother's car to school every day, and let their mother attend their school's parent-teacher conference every semester..." Gong Said.
Mother who travels between Changsha and Hong Kong
Dialogue with Gong Rena
Xiaoxiang Morning Post: Three identities (deputy director, sports star, entrepreneur), which do you prefer?
Gong Rena: I like it all. Of course now I prefer the latter, after all, I can spend more time with my children.
Xiaoxiang Morning Post: As a former deputy director and world champion, how do you think such an identity will help you start a business now?
Gong Rinna: Help is quite big. Teammates like me before in the national team were very supportive of me. Including Tawfik (Indonesian badminton player, Athens Olympic men's singles champion), after hearing that I started my own business, told me, "As long as there is a need, I must come to help." Of course, it was more that people recognized some of the things I had done before, so we quickly reached a cooperation intention with some schools and units.
Xiaoxiang Morning Post: You founded a badminton school in Changsha, will your two children go to training when they come back in the future?
Gong Rinna: Of course. However, they play ball only as a hobby, and they do not have to take the professional path. I've found that badminton can really make kids healthy, especially very close to me...