No.40040006 Fucai betting station is located next to Jie Fangbei Pacific Department Store. This betting station, which is crowded with retail stalls and rental consulting offices in an aisle of only a few square meters, is unremarkable in the most prosperous business district of Chongqing. However, this "pocket" betting station was recently awarded the title of "National Excellent Betting Station" for its thoughtful and meticulous service. Even more surprising is that the owner of this site, Xu, is 74 years old this year. Lao Xu is the oldest boss of all betting stations in Chongqing. Besides being the owner of "National Excellent Betting Station", he also has a louder name-he is the coach of diving world champions Tian Liang and Xu Xiang.
Lao Xu has been working as a diving coach since 1956. As the first coach of Tian Liang, the world champion, he has successively trained Liu Jirong (the coach of Gao Min, the world champion), Tian Liang, Xu Xiang and other China diving backbones, and is known as "the pioneer of diving in Sichuan Province and the founder of diving in Chongqing". When talking about his favorite disciples, Tian Liang and Xu Xiang, Xu is even more eloquent. Lao Xu said that diving is his indelible and eternal memory.
Six years ago, Xu, who retired from the diving team, opened this lottery betting station in Jiefangbei. Lao Xu said, "At that time, I wanted to find something to do after retirement. I just heard someone say that you can sell welfare lottery tickets and raise public welfare funds for social welfare undertakings. I think this is a good thing. " Seo's son happened to have such a small facade in Jie Fangbei, so the old man opened a lottery betting station here.
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Although the store is small, Lao Xu does everything possible to provide thoughtful service for lottery players: the store is full of charts of various games of Fucai, and tea and fans are provided in summer. Although the space is very small, Lao Xu put some simple tables and chairs in the corridor. In his words, "the lottery ticket is coming, it's a guest, you have to sit down." Lao Xu's son said, "Father is a restless man. At the beginning of the betting station's business, he went to buy some books about lottery tickets and pondered it himself. In order to learn more about lottery tickets, my father in his 70 s even learned to surf the Internet. "
"When the weather is good, Lao Xu will come to the betting station. He likes to chat with lottery players." Mr. Wang, a salesman at the site, told the reporter, "There are many lottery players who come to buy lottery tickets, especially to listen to the story of jumping into the river."
After receiving the honorary certificate of "National Excellent Betting Station", Lao Xu looked very happy: "As a coach, my life has not been in vain. People told me that Xu coached you too much, and I felt particularly proud to hold up a world champion in one hand. Unexpectedly, after retirement, I also made contributions to society. Running this Fucai betting station is the biggest gain after my retirement. "