It was only natural for a family man like Zhang Yi to have his own interests at heart.
It was no longer as simple as when he was an athlete, when his focus on the road was purely on results and glory.
Once a man becomes a husband and a father, his thinking inevitably becomes tied to practical concerns.
After all, a person's energy is finite. If he was going to invest time in running a team, he naturally had to think about supporting his family.
Fortunately, his wife was also an athlete. Though both had retired, she now had a stable job. Thanks to her excellent track record, she had transitioned from athlete to assistant coach within the provincial team system and was now training new talent.
This greatly eased the pressure on Zhang Yi.
Even so, as a man, he still had to consider his own career growth.
To put it bluntly, if he was going to invest significant energy into training Huang Chong, would there be a corresponding return for him?
