Ping Pong Life

Chapter 158 The target of public criticism
In the early morning of the next day, a group of more than ten people took a plane to Sakura Country to participate in the T2 Diamond Tournament. Among them were three male players, three female players, and several staff members in charge of various affairs.

The team is led by a female coach named Ge Miao from the Huaping women's team. She is in her 40s and slightly fat. , A vigorous and resolute person.

This team leader actually represents a certain attitude that Huaping conveys to the outside world.

"The competition you are organizing is too exciting. Our Huaping main team will definitely not come. If this is the case, the heavyweight coach of the men's team will naturally not come. Even the women's team will not be able to come. The head coach, at most A head coach."

Well, that's probably what it meant.

To Wang Chao's surprise, Zhu Ding was included in the men's team.

He remembered Qin Huachang clearly telling himself that he didn't know the other two candidates.

In other words, Zhu Ding actually replaced someone from the national team who was going to Sakura Country, jumped in the middle of the line, and got this spot.

As for the other player, he is from the second national team. He is only 15 years old. His name is Lu Feiyang. How did it arouse the opponent's desire to fight.

Although he defeated Bai Feng yesterday, which was an extremely amazing battle, he remembered very clearly that Cai Guodong specially issued a password ban afterwards. This game is only allowed to be discussed internally among the players and coaches of the national first team at the scene, and must not be disclosed Get out, or the leaker will be strictly held accountable.

This is Cai Guodong's good intentions, aiming to prevent the outside world from being too optimistic about Wang Chao and causing unnecessary pressure on the newcomers.

Strictly speaking, Wang Chao planned the change of Luo Jiu's rubber, but all the coaches are too bored to say anything about it. Unless Wang Chao really stands on the top of the table tennis world in the future, this matter will be revealed. It is a proper promotion and killing, which is harmful but not beneficial.

So Wang Chao was very puzzled. Lu Feiyang, who was in the second team, probably didn't know about yesterday's battle, so why did he challenge me?
Then Zhu Ding answered his question: "That kid, he is complaining about Liu Shu."

Wang Chao was even more surprised: "Who is Liushu? I don't know him."

"You didn't offend him, but he should have been one of the people who boarded the plane today, and now he has been replaced."

Zhu Ding was still wearing sunglasses, and he was reluctant to take them off even on the plane, so Wang Chao couldn't see his expression when he spoke, but could only see the corners of his mouth slightly upturned: "Liu Shu is a full-time training partner for the national team. He is one of the unsung heroes behind Huaping, and he is very respected by the players. In the match of Sakura Country, Lao Cai originally wanted him to take the opportunity to travel and relax. , and earn some dollars by the way...but now he can't go."

Wang Chao was stunned for a long while before he said, "But you should be the one to replace him, right?"

"That's right, it was me." Zhu Ding said with some gloat in his tone, "But do you think that kid dares to stab me?"

Wang Chao was speechless.

These days, 15-year-old kids know how to bully the weak and fear the strong?
"Don't think of him so badly." Zhu Ding actually comforted Wang Chao in turn: "He probably thought that I was destroyed by you, so he didn't take me seriously at all... You know, the country The little kids in the second team have been regarded as geniuses by the people around them since they were young. Their eyes are higher than the top, and they don’t even look up to the table tennis super. They all look like colored pencils."

Three and a half hours later, the plane landed at the Capital Airport of Sakura Country. After leaving the airport, the Cherry Blossom National Table Tennis Association had already arranged a special bus waiting outside, and pulled a group of more than ten people directly to a hotel near the competition venue.

The environment is very good, and there is even a very good hot spring on the ground floor of the hotel, which is one of the most enjoyable things for the Sakura people in this slightly cold October weather.

At this time, players from other countries have basically arrived, and Huaping was the last to arrive. This detail also highlights Huaping's special status in the world table tennis world.

Cherry Blossom Country always likes to play tricks when hosting games in the past, and has a lot of criminal records, but this time, it is probably because they really want to run the T-League well. In order to attract players from all over the world to play, they have done a very good job of entertaining. In place, each player is provided with a separate training place to ensure that everyone can have the best competitive state.

At 05:30 in the afternoon, everyone followed Ge Miao to the cafeteria on the [-]th floor of the building for dinner.

The Cherry Blossom National Table Tennis Association has also worked hard on food. The long tables in the restaurant are filled with all kinds of delicacies. Eating these sashimi rice balls and the like, even knowing that every bite is worth a lot of money, I still feel unsatisfactory. After wandering around, I finally chose tempura...

Well, it’s actually fried goods.

The fried food is dipped in the light soy sauce of Sakura Country, and a few rice balls are added, but it can barely handle it.

Then someone sat down on the chair opposite him, gave him a friendly smile, and said, "Hi."

Wang Chao subconsciously replied, "Hi."

Then the other party murmured a bunch of things he didn't understand.

Although Wang Chao's English is not very good, but he is sure that what he heard should not be English.

Sitting across from him was a blond and blue-eyed boy who was handsome and looked like a movie star, but there was a racket in his shoulder bag, which indicated that he should be a competitor.

However, I can't understand...

The little brother probably also knew that there was a problem with communication. He started to gesture, pointing at Wang Chao, pointing at himself, and making a gesture of crossing his hands, then took out his racket from his bag and showed it to Wang Chao.

Wang Chao was completely puzzled, but when he saw the little brother's racket, he couldn't move his eyes away.

All I can say is, this racket...is very badass.

It turned out to be an irregular polygonal racket.

This racket takes the racket handle as the central axis. It is symmetrical from left to right, but asymmetrical from top to bottom. The area of ​​the upper half is larger than that of ordinary oval rackets, while the lower half is smaller. The edges of the racket have sharp obtuse angles, full of A kind of arrogance like performance art, set off the handsome face and brilliant blond hair of the younger brother, made Wang Chao feel in a trance that this should not be a player, but an artist.

So... probably really an artist, right?
This racket is probably not used for playing, but some kind of performance art, right?
Wang Chao tried to use his poor English to come up with a word: artist (artist)?
The little brother was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and shook his head again and again.

Wang Chao blinked, and unexpectedly came up with another word: joker (joke)?

The little brother shook his head more vigorously, followed by a series of murmurs, and found that it was useless, so he forced the racket into Wang Chao's hand and motioned him to watch carefully.

Wang Chao was a little apprehensive, but after all, he was not worried about the other party’s forced buying and selling for blackmail, so he studied it carefully and tapped the part of the racket that was not glued with his knuckles. I pressed my fingers on the rubber on both sides, and I was a little surprised by the result.

Because this racket is of good quality both on the base plate and the rubber, it is not flashy, but a really good racket.

So, this little brother is really here to play the game?
Wang Chao thought about it carefully, but he just didn't expect that there was such a wonderful figure among the top fifteen men's singles players in the world.

Europeans are enthusiastic by nature. After taking back the racket, this little guy chatted with Wang Chao for a long time. The main way of communication is you say yours and I say mine. I pretend that you understand me, and you pretend that I understand. In your case, so Wang Chao is talking about the food experience in the restaurant. As for what the little brother said, only God knows.

Five minutes later, the little brother bid farewell to Wang Chao, and gave Wang Chao a big hug before leaving.

Just as Wang Chao took a breath and ate a rice ball, another person sat down across from him.

This time he was a young man with a cropped head, with a slightly dull expression, slightly flattened features, single eyelids, and thin lips. He had the most common external features of a certain peninsula race in East Asia, so Wang Chao immediately recognized him as a contestant from the country of kimchi.

The pickle country player said: "*&*&*&......%%)(".

Wang Chao: "..."

The contestant from the Kimchi Country also realized it. He stretched out his index finger, pointed to his chest, and then pointed to Wang Chao's chest. His movements were strong and powerful, and the wind was rustling. Then he smiled coldly, raised his head proudly, and turned to leave.

Wang Chao was a little confused.

He could probably tell that this man had come to declare war.

But he didn't know what happened. He obviously didn't know anyone, so why did people always come over to influence him to eat?
He looked around.

He didn't pay attention just now, but when he started to observe actively, with his extremely keen perception, he found that many people in the restaurant were looking at him vaguely, and only seven steps away from him, a certain black-haired The Asian teenager is using tongs to pick up sushi on his plate, and glances here as he picks it up.

Wang Chao sighed and waited silently.

He hoped that this boy would come over quickly, because this person was Bay Island supernova Lin Zijun, at least one who spoke Chinese, and Wang Chao just happened to ask him what happened.

But Lin Zijun was shy and introverted. He glanced at Wang Chao once, twice, and thirdly, as if he was affectionate, but after he glanced over, he reluctantly walked away with his plate...

Wang Chao was helpless.

Fortunately, soon there was another wind, and a third person sat down in front of him.

Wang Chao took a look and felt a little headache.

He also knew this person, but Zhang Benkuang, the talented young man who had recently gained fame in the Sakura Kingdom.

But what is the use of knowing?His understanding of Sakura language is limited to a few words such as "Yada", "Yabai" and "Yameda", which are only suitable for special occasions and are completely useless in daily social links.

Zhang Benkuang said: "Hi, I'm Zhang Benkuang, nice to meet you."

His voice is a little hoarse, probably because he is only 15 years old and still in the voice changer.

But to Wang Chao's surprise, Zhang Benkang actually spoke Chinese with perfect pronunciation.

Wang Chao couldn't help asking: "Have you ever studied Chinese?"

He wasn't surprised either.

After all, over the years, players from Sakura Country have liked to come to China to play in various leagues in order to improve their level. Over the years, almost every generation of "first brother" and "first sister" in Sakura country have been training in the Hua Guo Table Tennis Super League. What came out also achieved excellent results.

Therefore, in the Cherry Blossom Country table tennis team, Chinese is the second common language. This sentence is really not an exaggeration at all.

But Zhang Benkuang laughed, and he said, "Don't you know? I am originally Chinese, and my hometown is in Western Sichuan Province."

He roughly explained to Wang Chao that Zhang Benkuang's original name was Zhang Kuang, and his father's surname was Zhang. He was originally a professional player from western Sichuan Province. He only came to work in Sakura Country after retiring to seek better development. Considering that the competition in China was too fierce, the father simply chose the Sakura nationality for the child, and also changed the original Chinese surname "Zhang" to the Sakura country's surname "Zhang Ben".

Even in today's era, there are still many people who are worried about the issue of player's change of nationality and naturalization, but in Wang Chao's view, this is actually just a purely personal choice of future. There is nothing wrong with it, and there is no need to go online , with things like patriotism.

Facts have proved that Zhang's father's choice is correct. Zhang Benkuang, who may not be able to play well in China, started to make rapid progress after coming to Sakura Country. Today, he is already a super genius boasted by Sakura's domestic media in unison. It is still in the past. Participated in four consecutive international open tournaments within a few months and won a bronze medal.

Don't underestimate a bronze medal... Although Hua Guo's players won the gold medal, for other national table tennis associations, winning the bronze medal is really a carnival.

So now, the Cherry Blossom Country media have directly compared Zhang Benkuang to Lin Zijun of the Bay Island, saying that Zhang Benkuang is the leader of the new generation of world table tennis "anti-China".

After figuring out the whole story, Wang Chao felt a little more cordial towards Zhang Benkuang, and asked, "What happened? From the time I came in to now, everyone seems to be watching me secretly."

Zhang Benkuang was a little surprised: "Don't you know?"

Wang Chao shook his head.

"Didn't you receive the brochure about the competition when you checked in?" Zhang Benkuang said, "You should read it carefully. It contains not only detailed arrangements about the competition rules and schedule, but also Details of all contestants."

He paused, and said with a smile: "Everyone else's information is only one page, but yours is only one page, and you have written five pages. In order to highlight your importance, they also specially selected a new generation of Huaping. Six Little Dragons, your nickname is Wushuang Shenlong, you are ranked first among the Six Little Dragons, and you are known as one of the biggest favorites to win the T2 Diamond Tournament, second only to Bay Island player Lin Zijun in approval rating."

Wang Chaoren was numb.

What did you do?
I have played table tennis for more than two months, which is the lowest professional league in China.

Then there are five full sheets of personal information, and become the head of the six little dragons of the new generation of Huaping?

There is actually a Niubi nickname of the Peerless Dragon?

The talent of Wushuang, if I remember correctly, should have been settled by Cai Guodong at the national team training base yesterday, right?
In other words, the information about myself in this pamphlet was also created by the overtime work of Sakura Country yesterday?

Wang Chao smelled an extremely distinct conspiracy from it.

This is a proper flattery!
Praising himself is also praising Huaping.

The higher he was framed, the worse he would be scolded after losing, and even Huaping might have to face a lot of ridicule.

Seeing Wang Chao's changing expression, Zhang Benkuang couldn't help laughing: "My teacher said, you must have offended a certain figure in the Chinese Table Tennis Association, that's why other people targeted you like this. He told me not to tell these guesses. You, because it is easy to offend people... But I am Chinese after all, so I thought, I should take this opportunity to remind you."

　感谢“梦屿”的512+100+100币打赏。感谢“胧燨”的1500+186币打赏。

　　Thanks to "Autumn Wind House" for the 100 coin reward.

　　(Just to clarify, regarding Zhang Ben, I will not hack him, nor will I wash him specifically. I am annoyed by his yelling in competitions, but objectively I understand his behavior, because yelling can really help release After all, Wang Chao also shouted out a super-evolution. At the same time, it is quite taboo to write online articles now, and many things are not dared to play around, let alone international friends, so I will try my best to let him use his Please understand that a positive image of a pure athlete appears.)
　　
　
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