The school cafeteria didn't distinguish between a teachers' cafeteria and a students' cafeteria. Teachers and students ate in the same place.
Whatever the students ate, the teachers ate too.
However, since teachers often had a lot to do, they had a special express serving window set up off to the side.
If a teacher was in a hurry, they could get their food from the express window instead of waiting in line like the students.
But the coaches at the school were all very conscientious. They genuinely wanted to make basketball better, and they all felt they should be just like the students and not get any special treatment.
So coaches rarely got their food from the express window.
Only when something urgent came up and they were really pressed for time would a coach occasionally use it.
After Wang Yi and General Fan arrived at the cafeteria, General Fan glanced at the several serving windows with lines in front of them, then at the empty express window, and asked Wang Yi what it was for.
After Wang Yi explained, General Fan looked again at the coaches occasionally mixed in with the students' lines. He nodded.
"Mm, you've handled this very well. Students will respect their coaches more when they don't get special treatment. If we start a football school in the future, we should adopt this model."
Wang Yi brought General Fan over to join the students' line.
When the students saw Wang Yi, they all exclaimed excitedly, "Brother Yi, you're here!"
"Brother Yi, get in line ahead of me."
But Wang Yi said to the student, "If I get in line ahead of you, will the people behind you be okay with that?"
The students behind them answered in unison, "Yes! We're fine with it!"
Wang Yi shook