Jiang Yanjun also knew before this that there was a so-called 'top 5' competition in Su Bai's team, a training program that had sparked public discussion, but Jiang Yanjun didn't know much about the rest of the content.

When their plan was connected with the Hotan Management Center, they also knew that each member of the national team had their own exclusive training plan in regular training items, but the competition for the 'top 5' was enough for them to make a fuss.

After all, look at those talent shows, they try their best, but in the end, aren’t they just striving for the top x debut spots? It is quite similar to the competition among top 5.

The production team of "Track and Field Idol Training Camp" directly designated the top 5 seats of the track and field team as the 'trophies' that the contestants would ultimately compete for. After discussing with the Athletics Management Center, they directly used the term top 5, and finally planned to directly name the five winning members the Track and Field Group.

Of course, after the introduction of this competition mechanism, the final selection method of the top 5 candidates can no longer be limited to the daily training efficiency ranking. Taking into account the premise of not affecting the daily training of the players, the program team has added additional content such as "ranking of team training match results", "mentor evaluation results", "teammate evaluation results", "audience pick list" and so on.

At the same time, during the recording of the variety show, the program team will also invite mentors and even other relevant staff of the national team to assign "tasks" to the contestants. Once the contestants complete the designated tasks, they can also accumulate additional "top" points.

The production team has also communicated with the team, and the final 'top 5 ultimate assessment' of the team, which is actually the national team's internal test match, will also have a segment for competing for 'top' points.

These are all old tricks of variety reality shows, and they are not really new. However, the competition content and the athletes participating in these shows are all real track and field champions. This is the most attractive and fresh content for the audience.

On the first day at the training base, the program crew discovered that Cui Luoheng was also training in the 400-meter event and had even joined the daily competition for the top 5. This was a bit of a surprise to the program crew, after all, their main guests this time were still the members of the 400-meter event.

Although they originally planned to invite Cui Luoheng and others as guests, flying guests and regular contestants are two different things...

What should I do?

The directors and planners of the program group gathered together for a small meeting. Jiang Yanjun also greeted Su Bai and hoped that the contestants could take a unified image photo and a self-introduction VCR after finishing their training in the evening.

Su Bai did not resist the legitimate request of the program group. He agreed very straightforwardly and notified the contestants who were about to finish their training, telling them about the evening shooting plan. It was tentatively scheduled to gather at the second sprint training hall of the national team at 7 pm.

When the contestants heard about the plan for the evening, many of them were quite happy and expressed their understanding to Su Bai.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, members of the 400-meter project arrived at the scene one after another. Not only them, but also Cui Luoheng, Fang Yu, Wang Shen, Lu Mengfan, Zhao Yankai and others also came to the scene.

In this winter training, the 400m men's team has 9 members, including Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, Guo Dun, Lin Chuan, Li Junhao, Zhang Chang, Zhou Xu, Hu Li, and Zhang Wei. The women's team has fewer members, headed by Chen Yada, with a total of 6 members.

The indoor training hall of the track and field team is quite large. There are only about twenty people including Su Bai, and the number of staff from the on-site program crew far exceeds them.

After they arrived, Su Bai and the others were taken to the lounge at the back of the training hall - it had been set up as a dressing room, and some rooms had been set up as interior shoots, where the stills would be shot later.

These staff members are indeed experienced. Although this is only their first day stationed at the national team's training base, they have already shown an orderly approach in utilizing the environment and making overall arrangements.

After Su Bai and others arrived at the renovated lounge, their respective directors directly contacted different contestants and confirmed with them the program scripts that they would need to record VCRs for later.

The format of the script lines is basically the same, and the content does not contain much information, but some data needs to be confirmed with each contestant individually.

"What is this?" Qiu Wen pointed at the number handed to him by his director, not quite understanding what he meant.

"It's your career goal. You can write down the results you hope to achieve...of course," the director explained very diligently.

"Career goal?" Qiu Wen scratched his head, and then the stylist who was styling him held his hand. Qiu Wen grinned at the stylist shyly, and then looked at the director with sparkling eyes: "Asian record! I want to break the Asian record in 400 meters!"

Qiu Wen's answer stunned his director, because this time they were going to do a track and field variety show, so the entire production team from top to bottom had to make up for the track and field related attempts, including the latest 400-meter national record set by Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen's current PB, as well as the current Asian records and world records for various track and field events, etc...

Following the director's idea, Qiu Wenhui's career goal would probably be to break the national record set by Zhang Ziyi, or to break the 45-second mark and reach 44 seconds.

He never expected that Qiu Wen would directly put forward the goal of breaking the Asian record.

The current Asian record for the 400m event is 43.93 seconds, and Qiu Wen's current PB is 45.40 seconds.

Qiu Wen's follower director hesitated for a moment, but still said to Qiu Wen: "Should we consider changing our target?"

Qiu Wen was a little confused: "Why do you want to change?"

The director didn't know what to say for a moment. He had watched a lot of track and field competitions during this period. The way the national team athletes fought hard on the field made him feel excited both physically and mentally. In this case, he didn't want to say anything to hurt Qiu Wen.

Although Qiu Wen usually looks like a fool, he is not really stupid. After thinking about it, he knew what the director meant. He didn't care at all, but continued to grin and said, "It's okay. I tell you, Xiaobai has already said that I am a genius! What's wrong with geniuses setting long-term goals? Just write it like this, this is my goal! I won't change it."

The director couldn't think of any words to dissuade Qiu Wen. He looked at Qiu Wen's expression. Although he looked careless, he also had a sharp and firm will. This firm will made the director stunned for a moment and he didn't try to persuade him anymore. Until he left the place where Qiu Wen was putting on makeup, he still remembered the look in Qiu Wen's eyes when he suddenly became serious.

The same scene appears in the styling rooms of many contestants. No matter how ordinary or easy-going these contestants look in normal times, once their career goals are mentioned, the determination and unyielding spirit in their eyes are enough to shroud them in a sacred glow.

Is this the top track and field athlete in the country?

After several assistant directors had reviewed the scripts with the contestants, when they met again, there was some emotion in their eyes.

"…We must do a good job on this show!"

One of the people who followed the director suddenly said this after meeting with everyone.

Several other directors nearby also nodded seriously.

If before this, they only had some knowledge of these athletes based on paper data, after a brief contact, they suddenly understood the charm of these track and field athletes' personalities.

All the directors who followed the contestants, both male and female, felt their determination to achieve their goals and become stronger.

Even though they felt that these players' personalities seemed a little dull and lacked highlights when they first watched them train during the day, by this time, the personal charm gradually revealed by the players through simple communication had begun to make them fall in love.

"Our variety show this time...I think it will work!"

In this show, they did not label each contestant with different personalities and characters as in previous variety shows and talent shows. Everything was the most authentic performance.

They were a little worried about this at first, but now, they suddenly felt that the strength and determination displayed by each contestant was enough to make countless audiences as excited as they were.

After finishing the makeup and styling, each contestant was taken to the training hall according to the ranking. In the venue, the lights and various shooting tracks and jibs had already been set up. The contestants were divided into several different batches. Some went to take promotional photos first, and some were taken out to shoot VCR first. Finally, there was a group photo session with Su Bai and all the contestants.

After all this series of troubles were completed, it was almost 12 o'clock. Jiang Yanjun knew very well that this time was obviously not the normal rest time for the national team members. He felt very embarrassed about it and apologized to Su Bai and other team members repeatedly.

Su Bai told him that it was nothing, after all, it was just an occasional thing and it was okay.

That night, Su Bai and his teammates had gone to rest, but in the dormitory where the director team was temporarily resting, various editing machines had already been transported to the training base. Here, the chief director Jiang Yanjun would watch the editing team do the first round of rough cutting of various materials, and then the assistant director would record the various details mentioned by Jiang Yanjun for the detailed editing, and then return to the editing room lent to them by the sports channel to refine and post-process the subsequent content.

On that first night, after all the contestants' VCRs and still photos had been shot, Jiang Yanjun and the director team went through the original recording materials.

In the small suite, a projector was projected onto the white wall. The screen began to repeat the individual footage of each player recorded on the indoor training field. From each of them running on the track, to their sweat under the lights, to their standing up after reaching the finish line, each of them had a look of firm faith in their eyes...

As they watched, Jiang Yanjun and the other assistant directors present began to look at them with admiration and affirmation.

"Guys...we made the right bet this time!"

Jiang Yanjun said this after reading all the materials, and the assistant directors present all had the same look in their eyes - although track and field events are a niche, they are like all competitive events that pursue transcending limits, creating miracles in a limited time and in a world of ever-increasing difficulty...

Such a world and such a project are enough to arouse the admiration of the strong in ordinary people.

Early the next morning, the program crew members who had stayed up until late at night quickly recharged themselves after a short rest and sleep - to be honest, for a team like them who are used to shooting variety shows and talent shows, this time recording the program within the track and field team's training base was a bit like paddling.

This day marks the official start of recording of the program.

Although the contestants and Su Bai had received the notice the day before, they were still stunned when they opened the door and saw the camera waiting for them early in the morning.

After Su Bai opened the door and saw his assistant director, the director directly handed 5 task cards to Su Bai. Su Bai would write the designated tasks on these 5 task cards, and then let the contestants draw lots. The contestants who drew the task cards needed to complete the tasks written by Su Bai within today. The difficulty of the 5 task cards ranged from S to D. S level was of course the most difficult, but correspondingly, the more 'top points' were obtained.

After Su Bai understood the requirements, he was very straightforward and wrote down 5 different tasks on 5 task cards, namely -

S-level task: Achieve the 5th level goal of the speed ability training pyramid (that is, perform 5 200-meter runs, each 200-meter run is required to be completed in 25 seconds, and the rest interval time for each 200-meter run is 25 seconds x 4, that is, 1 minute and 40 seconds.). The allowable error number is 1 time, and the allowable error time is 1 second.

Level A task: Achieve the 6th level goal of the speed ability training pyramid (i.e. 6 200-meter runs, each 200-meter run is required to be completed in 26 seconds...). The allowable error is 1 time and the allowable error in time is 1 second.

Level B task: Conduct 3 segment speed tests to ensure that the speed of each 50-meter segment is achieved within the specified speed time in the training manual.

Level C task: Conduct starting action detection to ensure that the error curvature of each limb in the starting preparatory action and the preparatory action after recent technical correction does not exceed 2 degrees.

Level D task: When completing a full day of training, the training speed and efficiency ranking is in the top 12.

The director next to Su Bai saw Su Bai quickly write down the task objective and was about to praise Coach Su Bai for being awesome, but after taking the task card, his eyes became dizzy and he looked around at the mosquito coil.

Okay, Coach Su Bai wrote the task card quickly, but he really didn't seem to know what it meant...

Fortunately, Su Bai probably knew that the director was confused about these task requirements, so on the way to the cafeteria for breakfast, he patiently explained to him the purpose of choosing these training programs and the ultimate effects and goals of these trainings.

The person following the director was really confused at first, but after listening to Su Bai's explanation and finally understanding the twists and turns in these trainings, he showed a look of shock with an expression of "so that's it".

"Wow... I didn't know there were so many details involved in sprint training!"

After listening to Su Bai's explanation, the director also showed a very excited look on his face. These details can be said to be things that they cannot access or understand under normal circumstances. He can almost foresee how confusing the online audience's comments will be once these five training contents are released.

And if these training goals are matched with corresponding instructions, the audience will definitely be amazed by the difficulty of this training and the unprecedented target experience.

After Su Bai arrived at their exclusive training venue with the cameraman and the director, the team members had already completed their personal warm-ups. At Su Bai's signal, they came up to him and, under Su Bai's instructions, began drawing task cards from the box brought by the on-site staff.

On the way here, the contestants had their respective directors explain today's rules to them and told them that everyone's goal during the variety show is to use all means to win the title of "top 5".

When Su Bai summoned the players to draw cards, Qiu Wen immediately came to Su Bai's side and looked at Su Bai eagerly.

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Su Bai looked at Qiu Wen with some confusion: "What's wrong?"

Qiu Wen blinked his big eyes, looked at Su Bai pitifully, and whispered: "Xiao Bai, we have been good friends for ten years...!"

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Su Bai was still a little confused.

Qiu Wen then continued: "...We have lived in the same dormitory for ten years..."

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"...Instructor's evaluation, you won't bear to see me fail to get into the top 5, right?"

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Su Bai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and then looked at Qiu Wen unhappily: "Before the competition even started, you're already thinking about bribing me. Aren't you afraid that the program team will broadcast this part of yours?"

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Qiu Wen was stunned for a moment, then looked around vigilantly: "When I arrived at the training ground just now, the cameraman and the director who followed me told me that they would not disturb our training, so they would not film closely."

Su Bai had no choice but to point at the microphone attached to Qiu Wen, and then at the fixed camera positions around him.

When Qiu Wen saw Su Bai's actions, his body trembled and he covered his mouth with a sad face.

At the side, the director who had been a fan of Qiu Wen since he spoke loudly about his career goals before recording the VCR last night was looking at Qiu Wen with a wry smile.

etc!

Where is the promise of having firm goals and overflowing personal charm?

Why are you here to ask for extra points so early in the morning?

He could already imagine the laughter of the netizens after this segment was broadcast!

On the side, Zhang Ziyi, who had been watching the whole process, held back his laughter, and pulled Qiu Wen behind him. Then he patted Qiu Wen on the shoulder, and smiled as he comforted Qiu Wen, the guy who had successfully exposed his stupid nature to the whole country.

Until the men's and women's teams for the 400-meter event began to draw lots, Qiu Wen's face was still filled with a sad expression of being hit hard, and after drawing the task card, the cloud that had been hanging over him became even more serious.

Speaking of which, the task card Qiu Wen drew was indeed the simplest of all the task cards - yes, he was lucky to draw a task card, and he also drew a D-level task card.

This task basically means giving away "top points" for the remaining players on the field. However, Qiu Wen, who is currently undergoing relay training and conducting further rhythm control training and technical adjustment related training tasks, completes almost every training session among the bottom three.

Even though the mission target Su Bai wrote for the D-level card was only the top 12, it was still a big challenge for him.

After seeing the mission goal, Qiu Wen, with a melancholy face, went to other players who had drawn cards to check their cards. It turned out that for him, even an S-level mission had hope of being completed. The most difficult mission was, on the contrary, a D-level mission!

What kind of luck is this...

For a moment, Qiu Wen didn't know how to comfort himself.

After the 400-meter runners drew their task cards, Cui Luoheng, who had been standing by without saying anything, looked at Su Bai quietly. There seemed to be a hint of aggrievedness in his pair of black eyes.

Su Bai smiled, patted Cui Luoheng on the head, and said to him: "Don't worry, you also have to start the eight-to-seven training schedule."

Cui Luoheng, who originally seemed a little depressed and aggrieved, immediately brightened up his eyes and showed an expectant look after hearing Su Bai's words.

The program recording is still going on, and after just three days, the post-production team has quickly edited the VCRs of all the contestants in the program as trailer materials.

On January 11, the program team first released promotional photos of the men's and women's teams of the 400-meter event headed by Su Bai. In the photos, the men's and women's team members were respectively wearing clothing specially sponsored by Hook. Under the strong lighting, every athlete on the indoor training ground had a surging will and firm belief in their eyes.

Su Bai, who was standing in the center of all the contestants, looked as young as the other contestants around him. However, surrounded by all the contestants, Su Bai had a seemingly cold face, but his aura was completely different from that of any other contestant. It seemed that he should naturally stand in the center of everyone, and the trust that all the contestants had in him also gave him an aura called a "famous coach."

Each contestant also has his or her own individual photo, and when the photo is released, there is a vcr statement of their own.

In the indoor training ground that seemed dim with only a scorching light, the contestants ran forward with all their might, and finally stopped at the finish line. Heisuosuo looked towards the camera with calm and determined eyes.

"I am Zhang Ziyi, a member of the 400m men's team of the national track and field team. My current personal best is 45.24 seconds. I hope to break the 45-second mark in my career."