Ping Pong Life

Chapter 478

With the end of the Olympic Games, some changes have quietly taken place in the world table tennis world.

First of all, within the Huaping National Team, the coaching staff decided to reschedule the seats immediately after careful discussion.

In the past few decades, this matter was done at the end of the year, because at that time all the competitions in the year were over, and it happened to be a big inventory of the total score. Clear incentives, a clear reminder to players who perform poorly, those who should be paid, those who should be fined, those who should be upgraded, those who should be relegated, no matter whether the result is good or bad, it can always make everyone happy Be at ease in your heart, don't worry about anything, accept your fate first, and then go home to celebrate the New Year.

Well, this is what I said before.

But in fact, the coaches have another hidden reason, which is more practical than the above reasons, that is-usually before the end of the year, there will be no obvious replacement of players in the team, and the team will temporarily maintain No one would gossip about the original seat, let alone argue.

For example, in large and important events such as the World Table Tennis Championships and the Olympic Games over the years, basically all the veterans who have won the championship are veteran players who have already played well. However, no matter how strong the young players are, no matter how good their performance is, it is easy to lose the chain when it comes to the largest events. Veterans beat with experience.

So in a sense, delaying the seating arrangement is actually a kind of "suppression" on the young generals, similar to Wang Wendong's suppression of Sun Tianlong, in order to make the young generals wait longer and suffer more mentally, so that they can grow up. Be more solid, and at the same time, let those veterans who have survived for many years to get ahead, stay in the high position that they have finally won for a while.

However, this year there is such a monster as Wang Chao.

In fact, the women's team also has monsters this year, whether it's Xiaohua Shensha and Wang Yu who have officially seized the class and power, or Chen Tong and Yin Di who are just behind them, or just joined the team in the second half of this year but have already made their mark Kuai Wan and others have posed a fatal threat to the veteran.

But the monsters of the women's team are still in the category of ordinary people. For example, Shensha, who is obviously stronger than Liu Wen, lost in the Olympic women's singles final because of psychological problems and competition experience.

Therefore, in fact, if there is no Wang Chao, the women's team's issues can be postponed until the end of the year. Jin Ling can sit in the position of the first sister of the Huaping women's team for another two months, and no one dares to gossip.

But the men's team couldn't hold back.

Huaping is obviously the most competitive ping pong farm in the world, and the internal competition of men's table tennis has obviously become fierce to the point that the managers in charge of table tennis have suffered from heart attacks. As a player of the national team, he still turned into a catfish. He regarded the fiercely competitive Huaping National Team as a calm fishing ground, and began to stir up the water crazily. In the end, he forcibly inserted a foot in it and snatched away a lot of champions. Grabbed the places in the three major competitions, and even grabbed the final championship gold medal.

With his own efforts, the first team of Huaping Men's Table Tennis formed a fairly obvious tripolarization.

Yes, you read that right, one more pole than polarization.

The first pole is a group of outdated veterans represented by Fang Xiaobo, Yan Ping'an and Zou Zhengyu. They could have survived in the national team for a year or two, but because the rookies were too good, they completely lost their chance to play and were forced to take the initiative. Choose to retire.

The second pole is a group of Buddhist veterans represented by Xiao Fei and Zhu Ding. They are not without strength, nor are they without dreams, but the competitors are too strong, and the latecomers are too fierce, plus some miscellaneous reasons. As a result, they lost their confidence in continuing to forge ahead, and chose to lie down. They could do whatever the coaching staff asked them to do. They could play games, practice with them, fish for fish. When the time came, they would immediately retire and become coaches. The perverts continue to compete.

It is worth mentioning that Liu Wen, the main player of the women's team, was originally one of them. She has almost decided to retire after the Olympics and become a coach. Holding on to his breath and fighting for another year, he wanted to get the title of "Grand Slam" in his pocket. Although he knew that the future would be thorny, he was unwilling to give up and fell into the trap of "sunk costs".

And the third pole at the end is the "Adversity and Rising School" represented by Luo Jiu, Bai Feng, Fan Xiaodong, and Lu Feiyang. This group of people is in their prime, and they are unwilling Just laying down, they either have a dream and become more courageous as they become frustrated, or they are still young and want to kill their predecessors, or they are open-minded and only seek the process rather than the result. In short, this group of people is the real hope of Huaping in the future. where.

Among them, Lin Li is a special case. He is older than Bai Feng, who is also one of the five main forces, and weaker than Luo Jiu, who is also one of the five main forces. This puts him in an awkward situation. He wants to fight, but he is rational Tell him that he can't fight for a few years, and it is difficult to fight for the top. He wants to lie down, but he is not that old, and because of Sun Tianlong's retirement, he has become the senior brother of Qinmen. He should be the master of Qinmen. If the role models and appearances of the new generation step back, they will feel like deserters both emotionally and rationally.

So he is half voluntary and half forced to hold on, it can be said to be painful and happy, a man with a simple and honest personality, but he has been tortured by this delicate situation for a long time, and his thoughts are much more delicate and more A lot of inexplicable thoughts.

Of course, these changes in personality and mentality reflected in actual combat, which also made Lin Li's style of play a little smarter.

In short, on December 12, which was also the second day after the Chinese table tennis players returned to the imperial capital from Mexico, the coaching staff officially announced several resolutions, each of which triggered heated discussions in the world table tennis circle.

First of all, male table tennis players Sun Tianlong and Xiao Fei, and female table tennis player Jin Ling officially announced their retirement. The former two changed coaches in place, while the latter chose to go to university for further studies.

As soon as the news came out, the world was shocked. Although Sun Tianlong's transfer to the coach had been a clue for a long time and it had become a tacit matter, but his status was too high and his status was too important. There was an earthquake-like chain reaction, countless people posted memories, and countless people paid homage to their youth. They found out all the famous scenes of Sun Tianlong in the past, made various nostalgic videos and spread them wildly. Some even scolded Wang Chao, thinking that it was Wang Chao It caused Sun Tianlong to retire early.

It can only be said that there are brain-dead fans everywhere, so there is no way.

There are also foreign fans who spontaneously wrote a "petition" and attached their real names to the back, just to apply for Sun Tianlong to play for a few more years. They don't want to see Sun Tianlong win again, they just want to see him play more A few games.

Of course, this event is like a farce. It is something that those Xiaobai who know nothing about the table tennis world will do. Naturally, it is impossible for Sun Tianlong to continue playing. He just made a special trip to reply sincerely. Thanks for everyone's love for him.

Inside Huaping, Cai Guodong educated all the players: "See, this is the card. I really hope that some of you will have such a card in the future."

When he said this, he deliberately didn't look at Wang Chao, because all the players except him had already subconsciously turned their heads to look at Wang Chao. If he looked again, the implication would be too obvious, and it didn't fit what the leaders said Containing but not revealing the art of language.

After announcing the news of retirement, the main event came: rearranging the seats and deciding on the five main players.

This feels a bit like the order of the top positions when the heroes gather in Liangshanbo.

The women's team first.

Jin Ling has retired, and Liu Wen has just won the Olympic women's singles championship, so of course she will become the new first sister.

It must be explained here that the ranking of the Huaping table depends on the results of the competition rather than the actual level. In fact, within the women's team, everyone knows that Liu Wen can't beat Shensha, but because Liu Wen won Shensha in the Olympic final, so She deserves to be number one.

After all, whether you are strong depends not only on whether you are strong in training, but also on whether you perform well in the game.In the eyes of the coaches, actual combat performance, state adjustment, on-the-spot strategy, psychological quality, and competition experience are no less important than hard power.

How about an old saying?

It's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk.

For example, in a certain moba e-sports event, European and American rookies are the kings of the training games every year, but when it comes to the main game of S, they are beaten badly by us. This is a typical example.

Ok, back to the topic.

Under Liu Wen, of course, Shen Sha, the original top3 veteran Zhu Lingling has completely fallen behind at this time, her style of play cannot keep up with the times, this is really helpless, I can only say that time is fate, After all, when you chose your style of play when you were five or six years old, how could you see what the trend of table tennis would be in decades to come?
Everyone relies on gambling, even those who choose the unpopular candy bar style, in addition to really loving the candy bar, there may not be a bit of thinking that "the candy bar will bottom out in the future".

Shen Sha is followed by Wang Yu, who is also 18 years old.

The two are quite equal in strength. In the first half of the year, Shen Sha was stronger, so she grabbed the singles spot in the Olympic Games, but in the second half of the year, Wang Yu was actually stronger, and she often defeated Shen Sha by a big score when practicing in the team.

In the final analysis, these two players have different styles of play, but each has its own strengths. The outcome of both sides depends entirely on the state of the scene. Either I use my advantages to defeat your weaknesses, or you use my advantages to defeat my weaknesses. Consider When the two of them are still the same age, then for at least ten years in the future, this will be another pair of enemies who love and kill each other.

Of course, the possibility of others getting involved is not ruled out. After all, there are really not so many destined opponents in this world. Most of the time, the so-called "destiny duel" is just the unilateral obscenity of one player.

For example, Lin Zijun once felt that Wang Chao was his fateful opponent for more than a year, but in the end he realized the reality through the World Table Tennis Championships and the Olympics: he was only worthy of being Wang Chao's opponent at one stage. Now it has become a guest.

You can be friends, but you can be fateful opponents. I'm sorry, but you can't do it.

It is finally Zhu Lingling's turn to be the fourth player in women's table tennis. As the former top3, although she has fallen behind in her style of play, she still has basic skills and experience in competitions. At least for now, her international competition results and team competition results are still faint Chen Tong and Yin Di, the group of florets, should of course have a seat. As for whether they will fall behind in the future, let's talk about it later.

In the end was the fifth player in Nvping. Yin Di narrowly beat Chen Tong by a narrow margin and successfully squeezed in.

So far the female table tennis seats are scheduled.

Speaking of which, women's table tennis is actually more difficult to rank than men's table tennis, because there are more competitors and the gap between them is smaller, but it is obvious that fans all over the world are more concerned about the new ranking of the Huaping men's team.

This is normal. After all, the Huaping men's team has always been the focus of the world's table tennis. It can probably compete with the Real Madrid in football or the Lakers in basketball. Of course, if you insist on saying that it should be Milan in football and the Spurs in basketball. , I have nothing to say.

The No.1 main player in men's table tennis, of course, fell to Wang Chao.

He is the youngest main force of Huaping so far, and the youngest Olympic men's singles champion in the world so far. After winning consecutive Olympic and World Table Tennis Championships men's singles gold medals, he successfully reached the top of the world ranking and came to No. [-] one.

Even in places like Huaping, where the rule of man is greater than the rule of law, and there are some places that emphasize seniority, the coaches did not say a single word of objection. After Cai Guodong's proposal, the unanimous vote confirmed Wang Chao's status.

So far, the Huaping men's team has officially entered a new era, and Huaping's external signboard has changed from the past "hexagonal warrior" to today's "Wushuang Dragon", and "Wushuang" has become Huaping's unique signature talent. I don't know how many incredible speculations have been attracted from the outside world.

Under Wang Chao is naturally Luo Jiu.

In fact, in the eyes of most insiders in the world table tennis world, Luo Jiu is somewhat tragic, because without Wang Chaoqiang's intervention, Luo Jiu can actually become the ruler of the next era.

With Luo Jiu's demonstrated strength, even if Sun Tianlong still chooses to retire at this moment, Luo Jiu can still carry Huaping to ensure Huaping's dominance.

He is four years younger than Sun Tianlong. Although he can't beat Sun Tianlong now, how can he know that he will not be another Sun Tianlong in four years?

Don't forget, Luo Jiu also has one of the most unique advantages: Hu Ke, Huaping's biggest threat, is firmly controlled by Luo Jiu.

So Luo Jiu should actually be Sun Tianlong's successor in sequence. He and Sun Tianlong have similar strength and upper limit, and even have the same suffering and late blooming career, even the growth curves are similar.

On the contrary, Wang Chao is a jumper, his strength is not in the same category as everyone, and his talent is not in the same world as everyone. It messed up the original layout of Tiandao for Huaping.

But there are also many fans of Wang Chao who stand up to refute this point of view. After all, Luo Jiu’s rubber change was suggested by Wang Chao. Without Wang Chao, are you sure that Luo Jiu has good luck? Are you sure that Luo Jiu, who has not changed the rubber, will not degenerate to the end like Geng Shuai?"

Geng Shuai, who did not offend anyone but suffered misfortune at this moment, suddenly sneezed in the spade q base, but he misunderstood the origin of the sneeze, because a song was playing in his earphones: "If you suddenly sneezed A sneeze, then I must be thinking about you."

"Who? Who? Who is secretly in love with me? You fucking tell me directly!"

Under Luo Jiu, the third and fourth places were Bai Feng and Lin Li respectively.

The two are actually quite equal in strength, and their achievements over the past year are also equal. The reason why Bai Feng is ranked first is because Bai Feng obviously looks more motivated. At the same time, he is three years younger than Lin Li, with more stamina and greater potential.

The last spot for the men's team was given to Fan Xiaodong.

Lu Feiyang, Sun Zhongwen, Gao Mingyuan, Liang Kunpeng and others all expressed nothing to say about this.

In fact, among these people, Fan Xiaodong was the latest to make his debut, and his performance is not the best among these people. After all, Lu Feiyang also won the Dubai Platinum Open Championship before the Olympics.

But Fan Xiaodong's strength is too strong, he got the final main position purely by his strength, in the team practice, he beat these players who debuted at about the same time as him, basically cutting melons and vegetables, destroying the dead.Those who can really practice with Fan Xiaodong are people like Lin Li, Bai Feng and even Luo Jiu and Wang Chao.

During the entire Olympic Games, Fan Xiaodong followed the team as a substitute player and served as a sparring partner for Wang Chao, Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong. Even facing these few people, he still played back and forth, not completely one-sided.

In fact, if it was really one-sided, he would not be qualified to be a training partner for these people.

It can only be said that Qin Huachang was bitten by dogs many times, and finally found a real fairy seedling for Huaping.

I still remember that in T2 last year, Huaping was still in the green, and even Lu Feiyang was cultivated as a key seedling for the future. But this year has passed, and there have been many masters. , but flattering horses can't keep up with this group of perverts.

So Lu Feiyang, who is 16 years old this year, is actually a little bit regretful.

When Huaping valued him most, he was mischievous and didn't cherish the opportunity. Now that he has learned to cherish it, the opportunity has been missed.

His career trajectory is in the same line as his master Qiu Yinong, and he can be regarded as a difficult teacher (please understand it in conjunction with "difficult brother and difficult brother"). The only good thing is that his master was directly kicked out of Huaping back then. , and at least he still has a chance to continue fighting.

So far, Huaping's new main players have all been released, and the statistics are as follows.

Women's team: Liu Wen, Shen Sha, Wang Yu, Zhu Lingling, Yin Di.

Men's team: Wang Chao, Luo Jiu, Bai Feng, Lin Li, Fan Xiaodong.

On December 12, the second day after Huaping’s new main force was released, Cai Guodong received a bunch of calls in his office. These calls came from major associations, basically saying the same thing: the next three stops Open, can you stop sending people?

"Please!"

　Thanks for the 5000 tip from "I was once a king".

　　Thanks to "I999" for the reward of 1500 coins.

　　Thanks to "Shuangquan Shuangquan" for the reward of 500 coins.

　　
　
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