Ping Pong Life

Chapter 197
Another big event happened in the table tennis world in October.

The official website of the Bay Island Table Tennis Association issued a notice: Bay Island veteran, Bay Island star, Zhuang Huishen, a living fossil player who has made an indelible contribution to the development of Bay Island table tennis, officially retired on October [-], and there will be no future Entering the intention of coaching by the Bay Island Table Tennis Association, he will completely withdraw from the table tennis world.

When the news came out, all Bay Island fans were emotional and left messages on the official website, urging Zhuang Huishen to play for a few more years. Many fans claimed that they grew up watching his football. If he stopped playing, they would not watch it anymore.

They all remember that in the darkest moment of Wandao table tennis, Lao Zhuang has been struggling alone, supporting a province by himself for 20 years. It is really not easy for him.

So someone built a building on the official website, and every floor has the same sentence: Lao Zhuang has retired, and my youth is over.

Zhuang Huishen did not respond, and remained silent the whole time.

This has led to speculation from the outside world.

At first, some people speculated whether he was suppressed by the Bay Island Table Tennis Association, because he had indeed had a lot of trouble with Bay Island head coach Jiang Peirong in the past two years. Intention" also looked extremely suspicious, as if they were forced to retreat by Jiang Peirong.

The fans of Bay Island were excited for a while, and they actually wanted to rush Jiang Peirong to death.

It can only be said that the Internet fishing boat is really irrational and scary.

But soon an insider revealed that Jiang Peirong visited Zhuang Huishen three times in a row in three days, asked him to come out to coach, and said, "The conflict between you and me is a personal conflict, but it is a blessing for you to become a coach." touching remarks.

Then Bay Island supernova Lin Zijun stepped forward to refute the rumors, saying: "Senior Zhuang, he doesn't want to fight anymore. I've been persuading him for a long time, but it's useless. Don't think wildly."

The Bay Island fans died down because they liked Lin Zijun very much and expected Lin Zijun to lead the Bay Island Table Tennis Association to a new glory.

In the training base of the Huaping National Team in the imperial capital, when the news came, all the bosses who stayed behind were supervising their disciples' practice on a daily basis.

Zhu Zeshi couldn't hold back at that time, and snorted heavily, causing Lu Feiyang, who was shouting and fighting, to stop, turned his head to look curiously, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong, master, did you quarrel with my wife?"

Zhu Zeshi gave him a hard look, seeing his shameless appearance, couldn't help but feel a sense of anger, walked over, slapped him on the head, and cursed: "It's all your fault."

Lu Feiyang was puzzled, and secretly glanced at the screen of the master's mobile phone, only to find out that Lao Zhuang had retired.

He is very wronged.

It's none of my business for Lao Zhuang to retire...

But it turned out that not only Zhu Zeshi thought so, but also several other people, because within a few minutes Qin Huachang came, then Wang Lu came, and finally even Cai Guodong came.

Lu Feiyang was inexplicably nervous.

Several big brothers didn't speak when they met, but just looked at each other. There was an atmosphere called regret and regret flowing in the air. Afterwards, Qin Huachang sighed, ran over and slapped Lu Feiyang on the head, shook his head and said with a sneer : "It's just troublesome for you rich family, it's all these bullshit things."

Wang Lu didn't speak, but he also lined up and patted Lu Feiyang.

In the end Cai Guodong came up, Lu Feiyang still had a bit of luck, thinking that the head coach is high and powerful, so he must have some face, right?

But Cai Guodong was expressionless, and the "slap" slap on his head was actually heavier than the others.

After filming Lu Feiyang, the bosses left quietly.

There was no dialogue in the whole process, only eye contact, not only Lu Feiyang was dumbfounded, but the 19-year-old Huaping full-time sparring player who was just selected from the provincial team opposite him was also dumbfounded.

"Master, what did I do wrong?" Lu Feiyang couldn't hold back his character: "Didn't I just win against him in T2? Do you want me to lose to him on purpose? Besides, who knows that he So fragile, if you lose, you will retire, what are you doing, like a child."

Zhu Zeshi glared at him, slapped him up and down again, as if he wanted to slap him, thought for a while and said, "We will practice for three more hours tonight."

"No way!" Lu Feiyang was about to cry: "I'm already in special training for eight hours a day, master, I'm underage, you can't squeeze child labor..."

Zhu Zeshi crossed his arms, looked at him coldly, as if he had never heard of it, and said a few words: "Keep practicing, don't stop."

Lu Feiyang let out an "oh", and continued practicing obediently. After playing a few balls, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, and couldn't help but said: "No wonder Fan Xiaodong's mother said that Coach He is the best... Today is just He The coach didn't hit me anymore, and he is the only one who understands me."

Zhu Zeshi glanced at him, and said calmly: "He understands you, he took Luo Jiu to Qatar to play."

This incident is just a small episode in life. The 15-year-old Lu Feiyang may not be able to figure out why these national team bosses are so sad for a mere Bay Island veteran. It is because he did not know that more than 20 years ago, Lao Zhuang had trained in this base for a long time. At that time, Lao Zhuang was young and vigorous, just like Lu Feiyang today. Is his defeat.

The coaches at that time were not as old as they are now, and they were not as oily as they are now. They were not yet able to see through the world, so they were more likely to be emotional. In their eyes, no matter Wang Wendong or Zhuang Huishen, they were both disciples and younger brothers. , more friends.

Zhuang Huishen is a few years older than the other contestants, so he is more like a friend.

On the night Zhuang Huishen left Huaping and returned to Wandao, Zhu Zeshi and others saw him off, drank most of the night, and vomited like a grandson the next day. In the end, no one could tell what was on his face. Wine or tears.

Bay Island is a part of China, but the Bay Island Table Tennis Association has an independent right to compete in the international table tennis world, so the bigwigs knew at that time that this farewell, I am afraid that there will be no chance to fight side by side in this life.

On the day they left, they actually asked Zhuang Huishen: "Do you want to stay?"

Zhuang Hui shook his head deeply: "There is no one in Wandao. If I don't go back, the table tennis world in Wandao will be finished."

Then he said with a smile: "After I go back, I won't come here again. Don't miss me. After tonight, we will be enemies and not friends. See you on the field."

Sure enough, Zhuang Huishen traveled all over the world for more than 20 years, but never stepped into the Huaping training base again.

No one knew whether he was afraid of touching the scene, or whether he was cheated too hard by Wang Wendong, a big silver coin, and broke his heart.

Time is too fast, like running water, Zhuang Huishen retired in a blink of an eye.

Although he is 38 years old, Zhu Zeshi and others occasionally talk about him, and each other evaluates and speculates that they all feel that he can play for at least two more years.

After all, Lin Zijun has just made his debut, and still needs to be led by a veteran.

That being the case, he must have been stimulated by some kind of stimulus to retire now, which caused him to be disheartened.

What could be the stimulus?
He retired after returning from T2, so the excitement must have happened in T2. ​​He played a total of one game in T2 and lost to Lu Feiyang.

Moreover, Lu Feiyang was still talking nonsense in the interview after the fight, obviously not paying attention to Lao Zhuang.

How can a 38-year-old veteran, who is full of honors and injuries, stand the contempt of a 15-year-old brat?
So, you see, the evidence is conclusive and the inference is tenable. If the culprit is not Lu Feiyang, who else could it be?

Time to fight!

……

Regarding Zhuang Huishen's retirement, there is another interesting anecdote in the international table tennis world.

Belarusian veteran Ochumelov issued a public post to persuade: "Why do you want to retire? Playing table tennis is a happy thing. If you don't treat it as a profession, but as entertainment, then even if you are my age, You can still stand on the field.”

He has the confidence to say that, because he is 42 years old this year, four years older than Zhuang Huishen, but he is still ranked No.10 in the latest world ranking this year, which is regarded as being squeezed into the first echelon, which makes him extremely proud , At the same time, he is also the strongest in Belarus in the past ten years. Even though he is getting older, no one can replace him. Hans Bayer, the strong king of Europe, echoed each other from a distance, which can be described as bright for a while.

But although he has no opponents among the male players, there are still real ashes among the female players.

Ni Lilian, a Chinese player from Luxembourg, then posted: "I also think that playing table tennis is a happy thing, and if you can always rank No.1 in the association while being happy, you will be even happier. From this point Looking at it from the outside, I support Xiaozhuang’s retirement, because there is a Xiaolin in Bay Island, Xiaozhuang is no longer the highest-ranked Bay Island player in the world, and it is better to retire bravely than to fight in vain.”

This Ni Lilian is even more incredible. She is 59 years old this year. She used to be a female table tennis member of the Huaguo national team. She is higher than Cai Guodong in terms of seniority. , unable to adapt to the ultra-high-intensity internal competition of Huaping, she quit Huaping and chose to play in a small country like Luxembourg. Today, decades have passed, and she has become a Luxembourg national treasure athlete, ranking first among Luxembourg female table tennis players. The throne of the top player has never been shaken. In a certain Olympic Games, she also became the standard bearer of the Luxembourg sports team.

Such an experience can be called a legend, but what is even more legendary is that the 59-year-old Grandma Ni does not play all health balls. She can get good rankings in a series of European competitions every year, and occasionally get a card. It can be said that there is no one before, and no one after.

With the speeches of these two Versailles, Zhuang Huishen's retirement event finally came to an end.

Because there is new news that has attracted the attention of the world table tennis world.

On November [-]th, the Chinese National Table Tennis Super League finally came to an end. In the end, the Shanghai Fire Phoenix Club won this year's Table Tennis Super League Championship, and the team's single player, Bai Feng, also successfully won the league championship. The title of "Mvp Player of the Year in Table Tennis Super League" coveted by countless people.

At the same time as the championship was announced, this year's Table Tennis Super League team also surfaced: Imperial Capital New City.

This team will play a relegation match with the champion team from the Table Tennis A in a week later. The winner enters the Table Tennis Super League, and the loser enters the Table Tennis A. There are five games, and each game is five rounds. Heaven or hell depends on this war.

So all the eyes that paid attention to the table tennis super team turned a corner here, and fell on the next level of table tennis.

The rules of the table tennis playoffs are very simple: the four teams, the team with the first points in the regular season will directly choose their opponents, but the second-ranked team is not allowed to choose.

The No. [-] team is Jingyue Bay Club.

The Chinese National Table Tennis Association officially held a grouping ceremony for this purpose.

Seeing the beautiful team leader and coach of Jingyue Bay Club step forward to choose an opponent, the coach of Bingcheng Pharmaceutical covered his eyes in pain.

Why?

Because the third and No.4 teams are spades Q and Xiangshuihe respectively.

The situation is delicate.

The selection rules for the table tennis playoffs only allow No.1 to choose an opponent from the third No.4. In fact, it is to avoid strong encounters, because theoretically speaking, the strongest team must be ranked first.

But the problem is that this year's situation is very special. The strongest spade q fell to the end due to the absence of personnel.

And the second strongest Poseidon Club didn't make the playoffs directly because of Zhu Ding's accident.

So Fang Yuan didn't even think about it, and directly chose the Xiangshui River Club.

At this moment, except for Bingcheng Pharmaceutical who was crying, the other three teams were very satisfied with this grouping.

Jingyuewan felt that he had selected the weakest team.

Xiangshuihe thinks it is difficult to play, but Jingyuewan is definitely a relatively easy team to deal with.

Spade Q didn't care, anyway, Wang Chaolai killed them all.

The team members of Bingcheng Pharmaceutical looked at each other and sighed, they all knew it was over.

Their strongest is doubles. In the first round, because someone was injured, they were taken advantage of by the Q of Spades. They were very unconvinced and vowed to fight back in the second round.

But now... still playing hair.

With Wang Chao's return from T2, all the previous tactics formulated by Bingcheng Pharmaceutical were invalid.

When Wang Chao became the spade q, the spade q has become an absolutely invincible team in the table tennis.

No one can beat Wang Chao in singles, no one!
Only a very small number of people are likely to beat Geng Shuai in singles, such as Niu Linjun, but the problem is that Niu Linjun is on the first single, and Geng Shuai is now on the second single.

If Wang Chao is a dimensionality reduction blow in the circle of the first order, then Geng Shuai is also a dimensionality reduction blow in the circle of the second order.

So in theory, the q of spades can even control points now.

If they want to beat each other 3:1, let Wang Chao play the first and fourth games.

If they want to play each other 3:2, let Wang Chao play the first and fifth games.

Just so capricious.

Three days later, the playoffs officially started.

(End of this chapter)