Ping Pong Life

Chapter 389
Wang Chao's return with honor this time actually triggered an undercurrent in Huaping. After all, his achievements this time are too amazing, which will definitely have a great impact on Cai Guodong's player evaluation.

It’s just that on the surface, everyone is still quiet and peaceful, and when the large troops from the German expedition returned to the base, the only people who greeted them were the uncle at the gate and the lady sweeping the floor in the square.

This kind of calm demeanor, which is not surprised by favor or humiliation, is unique in the world.

Afterwards, all the training continued as usual, the men's team was calm, but the women's team made a commotion.

The reason is that Wang Wendong asked Tang Yuanyuan to give a public speech, talking about his feelings of practicing mixed doubles and going abroad during this period of time, as well as his mood of winning consecutive championships.

He probably wanted to stimulate the patriotism of the girls, and deepen the theme of "winning glory for the country" that Huaping has been pursuing for decades.

However, Tang Yuanyuan was careless. She said in front of everyone: "Mixed doubles, it's actually quite simple. You can play as Wang Chao tells you to play."

"Practice? Of course he is the one who decides. I can practice whatever he asks me to practice, and I can catch the ball as he tells me. Now I can't play singles because of him. As long as I see the ball, I will It’s all doubles routines, one by one the rules he set, remember clearly, as long as you don’t violate the rules he set during the game, he won’t scold you.”

"So, if I were to sum up the experience of winning the championship, there are only two words, obedient, obedient, or obedient."

Speaking of which, she still remembered the head coach's advice, and forcibly returned the topic to today's topic: "So, if you want to win glory for the country, listen to Wang Chao!"

Tang Yuanyuan stepped down from the stage with her head held high, and there was thunderous applause and laughter. Only Wang Wendong turned blue. As for Ge Miao, she was so ashamed that she hid behind the other coaches.

She no longer knew whether it was an honor or a disgrace for her to have such a disciple.

During training that afternoon, Liu Wen talked about it as gossip.

She actually wanted to see how Wang Chao would react, but after waiting for a long time, Wang Chao not only didn't smile, but became serious instead.

"You won't be angry, are you?" Liu Wen was a little puzzled, she was thinking, could it be that this guy has become more tempered after getting good grades recently?Can't take a joke anymore?
Xiao Fei also asked: "Wang Chao, what's wrong?"

Wang Chao said seriously: "I feel... there may be something wrong with our mixed doubles."

He didn't wait for the two to ask questions, and continued: "It stands to reason that if Lao Wang wants to engage in ideological education, it should be when Tang Yuanyuan and I won the championship for the first time. It’s relatively big, so it’s actually me who is in the limelight, and it has nothing to do with her. At this time, Lao Wang hastily asked Tang Yuanyuan to give a speech, which is a bit like a temporary ceremony, as a small compensation for her.”

Tang Yuanyuan was at a loss: "I didn't get compensation either."

The three of them looked at her without saying a word.

In fact, coming back to give a speech after winning the championship is the meaning of returning home. Lao Wang’s original intention should be to record the speech and select some content to be broadcast on the news channel of China TV Sports Station. This is equivalent to showing to the people of the whole country and calling them names. Well, all the relatives, friends and acquaintances in Tangyuanyuan's hometown can see it, and it is indeed a matter of Guangzong Yaozu.

However, because Tang Yuanyuan's speech was too weird, in the end China TV Sports Channel only reported a few sentences in the news last night without any live voice, and Tang Yuanyuan herself didn't watch sports news at all, so naturally she couldn't feel it. honor.

In any case, Wang Wendong's old silver coin would not do such a thing out of nowhere. He is giving a sweet date, and there must be a slap in the back after giving it.

"Don't worry, both of you are invincible in mixed doubles, no matter what they do, they won't break it for you two, right?" Xiao Fei saw that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, so he made a joke.

He didn't expect that he actually made a crow's mouth once, which became a prophecy.

The next morning, Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan were called to the conference room by Cai Guodong. When they opened the door and entered, they found that most of the coaches were there.

Soon, Wang Chao understood what was wrong.

In fact, it is not really necessary to dismantle the mixed doubles, after all, Cai Guodong has not yet reached this level of insensibility.

However, for the time being, they have to be dismantled.

Do you still remember the national-level diplomatic ice-breaking trip of "a small ball turning a big ball" about Huaguo and Meiguo 50 years ago?

The so-called small ball refers to the table tennis ball, and the so-called big ball refers to the planet we live on.

That was probably the most glorious moment of table tennis in the international arena, which led to the first formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the two superpowers.

Half a century later, suddenly, the same thing happened again.

Naturally, this time it is not a national-level task, but it was proposed by the Beautiful National Table Tennis Association. A mixed doubles bronze medal.

Although the bronze medal was purely lucky in the lottery, it has become the best achievement in the past few decades in the beautiful country table tennis world, breaking countless records in the country, and rekindled the pursuit of the people in the beautiful country table tennis association. Honor the ambition.

But ambition alone is not enough, they have no strength.

How to do it?

Very simple, find the thigh.

There are still capable people in the Beautiful National Table Tennis Association. They quickly remembered the grand event in the table tennis half a century ago, and suddenly thought: Why can't we do it again?

Anyway, the Chinese Ping Ping Champion won the soft hand, and this time is not bad, but if we can go one step further and win the silver or gold medal, then next year's domestic sponsorship will increase tenfold, right?
Well, that's probably the case.

In a sense, it can be regarded as the beautiful National Table Tennis Association holding a chicken feather as an arrow.

But the problem is that after this request was sent to the General Administration of Sports, it immediately attracted attention.

The history of "a small ball turning a big ball" is too heavy. Even if everyone can see that there is a suspicion of touching porcelain this time, it still needs to be taken seriously. After some discussion, the General Administration finally made a decision: to help the beautiful country improve table tennis The level of the ball is in line with our consistent policy and is absolutely zz correct.

The specific method of operation is to directly dismantle our champion combination, go to cross-match with the beautiful country players, and try to lead them to get a good result on the field.

Of course, it is only limited to the next Open. As for whether we can get good results, we can only say "we will try our best" without giving any expectations. It's your fault if you don't come out, and we're not responsible.

Huaping is extremely resistant to this matter, because the mixed doubles gold medal in the Olympic Games at the end of the year is very important and cannot be lost. The so-called state, the most important thing is to cooperate tacit understanding, so Cai Guodong is 1 unwilling to dismantle the Tang Dynasty combination.

He was really afraid, what if Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan forgot the cooperation habits of their old partner after practicing with their new partner?
If the gold medal is lost, can the General Administration compensate it?
But Lao Cai had no choice, because the documents from above were clearly written, not an application, not a consultation, but a decision.

Therefore, as the most outstanding sport in Huaguo, sometimes you are so helpless. You have to dismantle it if you are told to dismantle it. After dismantling it, you have to ensure that you win the Olympic Games. If you can’t win the championship, you have to be held accountable.

This is called making the horse run and keeping the horse from eating grass.

After understanding the situation, Wang Chao had a question: "If that's the only way, wouldn't it be the same to dismantle the rumored group?"

In fact, the world table tennis world has seen it very clearly. In terms of personal doubles ability, the Gossip team is stronger than the Tang Dynasty team. Whether it is Liu Wen's speed or Xiao Fei's killing board, they are all mixed doubles. Absolutely powerful weapons, their only shortcoming is probably their relatively backward style of play.

"We tried too, but we couldn't." Cai Guodong smiled wryly, but his expression was very subtle, and he looked at Wang Chao with a strange gossip color in his eyes: "The Lilith player from the beautiful country strongly requested to form a team with you, and claimed that It's your big fan, oh, by the way, you don't have to worry about communication barriers, because she is of Chinese descent."

Wang Chao was dumbfounded, but the heartless Tang Yuanyuan laughed out loud when she heard this.

With this smile, Cai Guodong's attention was immediately attracted, he looked over and glared at her fiercely: "Tangyuanyuan, learn foreign languages ​​for me, and communicate more with the Kazik players in the beautiful country, don't think it's nothing to do with you... ...Don't try to fool me, when the time comes, I will provide you both with a professional translator and accompany you all the way, and the General Administration will reimburse you for this fee."

Lao Cai hasn't mentioned this matter to the General Administration yet, and it was a temporary idea, but he said it very firmly and confidently.

After all, the General Administration threw such a big piece of shit over here, and only asked them to reimburse the cost of the translation, which was really cheap for them.

……

If the dismantling of mixed doubles is bad news, then what follows is great news: Wang Chao got the invitation letter for this Table Tennis World Cup.

As one of the three major events in the table tennis world, the World Cup is actually the one with the lowest gold content. It is held once a year and is divided into individual competitions and team competitions. Usually, there are one-year individual competitions and one-year team competitions.

(Parallel world, please do not delve into the rules.)
Last year's World Cup was held in Germany. In the end, Sun Tianlong gave up playing closed games in the semi-finals and lost to his younger brother Lin Li. Lin Li lost the gold medal in the final to Bayer, the king of Europe, and became Huaping. The biggest crisis that erupted last year.

So this year is the year of the team competition.

According to the rules, the team competition is registered by the association. Each association can finally select five players to form a team, and only three players will play in the final game. The other two are substitutes. For foreign associations, the substitute is to come I have seen it, but in Huaping, the substitute also has another meaning, which is to sit on the bench and win the championship title.

Don't look like it's a mess, but the champion of the three major competitions is much more important than the open competition.

Although it is a team competition, the ITTF still sends individual invitations to the top 10 players in the world in accordance with the practice of single competitions.

So, yes, you read that right, Wang Chao has finally broken into the top 10.

Before the German Open, he ranked 13th. Originally, he only needed to reach the semi-finals to enter the top 10, but in the end he won all the championships, and his points soared. .9.

It's a pity that Lin Zijun, who was originally ranked 8th, also got a good result this time, otherwise, Wang Chao would have a chance to move up one more place.

It is worth mentioning that although Fan Xiaodong has never won a championship, all the competitions he has participated in since his debut have been ranked high, and now he has officially reached the top of the list, ranking 24th, surpassing the former Swedish supernova Morad.

Of course, Morad has finally lifted the ban and will officially return at the Brazilian Open in August.

And the most amazing thing is Hook.

He was originally ranked No. 4, and his results in the Open this time were mediocre, and he only won the semi-finals. He rushed to the second position in one breath and achieved the best result in his career.

Three days later, Huaping's list for the World Cup team competition was released. This time, there were not so many complicated mechanisms for internal selection, because the team competition was too stable, and Huaping had almost never lost the chain in the past.

Compared with the upper limit of personal ability, there is still the possibility of upset in foreign associations, but compared to the thickness and depth of the team, Huaping is indeed invincible.

For example, in the Brazilian Table Tennis Association, although there is one Hook with amazing fighting power, the other two are completely extinguished. In this case, even if Hook is a god, the team competition can only be hated.

Based on this premise, the final list of team competitions is based on the world rankings. This is also the practice of Huaping.

The final list: Xiao Fei, Luo Jiu, Lin Li, Bai Feng, Wang Chao.

In fact, there are 10 Huaping players in the top 6 in the world, and Wang Chao happened to be ranked 6th. At the critical moment, it was Sun Tianlong who took the initiative to give up his qualifications, which made Wang Chao successfully squeezed into the big list. Obtained the status of the second substitute.

Sun Tianlong said that he has won several World Cup champions, and he doesn’t care. Instead of going out to compete, it’s better to heal his injuries quietly, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that he really values ​​Wang Chao and has been paving the way for Wang Chao. Not his disciple.

And Qin Huachang, who is far away in Guangdong Province, was even more emotional when he heard the news, because only he knew that Wang Chao had selfish intentions in the final of the German Open.

But he can't tell Sun Tianlong yet, because it won't do Huaping any good.

After all, everyone can see that whether the relationship between Wang Chao and Sun Tianlong is harmonious or not is the basis for the vigorous development of Huaping in at least ten years in the future.

At this time, Qin Huachang didn't know that, in fact, Zhuang Huishen in T2 last year had encountered the same problem as him. He also knew that Wang Chao had evil intentions, and he also didn't dare to tell the person involved, because there were only disadvantages and no benefits.

So, sometimes it’s not good to know too much. When you see too thoroughly, many beautiful feelings in the world will become sour.

For Sun Tianlong's selfless help, Wang Chao is very grateful, because he really longs for this World Cup gold medal.

As for whether he can play in the game, Wang Chao didn't care that much.

If it was a few months ago, he might be extremely eager for this opportunity to express himself, but now, through several consecutive open tournaments, he has fully proved himself, especially in the just-concluded German Open, he even created an unprecedented Record.

So now his strength has been thoroughly proven, the only thing left is to stabilize his form before the Olympics and not lose the chain.

Under such circumstances, if he speculates a bit, he should even try to play as little as possible, because if he doesn't fight, he won't lose.

With such a mentality, Wang Chao followed the team and boarded the plane on August [-]rd to the World Cup venue.

It is worth mentioning that Tang Yuanyuan is also accompanying the team, but Tang Yuanyuan is not in the five-man roster of the women's team.

So the answer is obvious: she can only be qualified to come here because of the mixed doubles.

Because Lilith and Kazik, who are about to cross-match with the Tang Dynasty group, are the beautiful country players.

And the host of the World Cup just happens to be in the beautiful country of Houston.

(End of this chapter)