After Quitting the Sports World, I Became a God of Cooking

Su Bai, as a track and field athlete with no prospects, decided to retire due to a lack of hope for improving his results.

But when Su Bai officially submitted his retirement application, his...

Chapter 103

The opening credits of "Athletics Idol Training Camp" are a series of close-ups of the national track and field team's indoor training ground, showing the common training equipment for each event within the team.

From the empty shot of the indoor training ground, to the close-ups of the indoor training ground equipment, as well as the running track, sand pit, and high jump bar, finally, the picture landed right above the national track and field team. It was a bird's-eye view of the national track and field team taken from a high altitude, with teams of national team members running outdoors to warm up below.

The background music at the beginning was not as exciting and passionate as people had expected. Instead, it revealed a sense of calmness. The tiny piano notes were connected flexibly. At the same time, there was the gradual rise of noisy training noises and the breathing of athletes during training, and occasionally one or two "screams" that seemed to come from Qiu Wen's mouth.

When the scene finally freezes to the scene where all the contestants are laughing and taking photos together, someone who sounds like the director asks, "What is our goal?"

"Higher, faster, stronger!"

The opening of this variety show was a pleasant surprise to all the viewers in front of the TV. It did not particularly emphasize the passion of sports, which seemed too stiff. Such a rhythm also had the background theme of "track and field", and at the same time added some familiar elements. When the audience heard the last "higher, faster, stronger" which was not very consistent but equally powerful, they could see through the screen and the smiles on the faces of all the contestants in the picture and Su Bai who was standing among the crowd.

"What is this? It looks pretty good."

Some young girls who are good at watching TV are waiting to start watching variety shows at home. Their parents, standing by, inadvertently glanced at the picture on TV. Seeing that the content on the screen did not look like the singing and dancing talent shows that their daughters usually watched, they became a little curious.

"Oh, this is a video of our national track and field team's daily training. Dad and Mom, would you like to watch it together? The players in the show are all real members of our national team!"

Scenes like this appear in many families, and it is a rare opportunity for family members who rarely get together to watch the same show to get together.

As a "tap water" of "Track and Field Idol Training Camp", Zheng Xiaoya's home is like this. She sits on the sofa with a pillow in her arms. Next to her, her parents also sit in front of the TV at her invitation and watch the show with her.

As the variety show ended, Zheng Xiaoya was still introducing the content of the show to her parents when the picture on TV suddenly changed.

Then, Zheng Xiaoya, who was about to continue the introduction, suddenly froze on the spot.

…………

Wait, what's on this TV?

Didn't she accidentally change the channel?

On the TV screen, there was a scene with billowing smoke from the stove. The next second, when the camera cut to the main screen, it showed a pair of jade-like hands. One of the hands was gently pressing a small piece of green onion, while the other was holding a knife, lightly and neatly chopping the green onion into small pieces.

As the scenes changed and the camera shifted, the green, red and yellow ingredients for cooking appeared on the side of the screen. Soon, a pair of hands took a ball of white flour and started kneading it on the chopping board. Even though the hands were covered with flour and were preparing the dough, they looked like they were "preparing a top-notch banquet."

The audience who were watching TV, just looking at the actions on the screen and then glanced at the bubbling soup on the side, suddenly felt that they had just eaten not long ago, but now they were suddenly hungry again.

but……

Although the picture is very beautiful and the food being prepared is very tempting, they should be watching "Athletics Idol Training Camp" instead of "China on xx" or "xx World", right?

Just when the audience was confused and wondering if this was a fraud, the voiceover of the show appeared -

"This is the daily routine of Su Bai, the 400-meter coach of the national track and field team. At 5 or 6 a.m. every day, the athletes have already gotten up for morning exercises. As the coach of the national team, Su Bai also gets up early, but his destination is not the training ground, but the kitchen of the national track and field team training base."

"As the head track and field coach of a national team, he has done something in the past year that many domestic coaches have not been able to do in more than a decade - he led his players to break the national record for the 400-meter sprint that had been untouched for 15 years."

"Not only that, under his leadership, the men's and women's 400-meter teams have achieved remarkable results. What's surprising is that in the national track and field team, what is as famous as Su Bai's coaching ability is his cooking skills. It is said that even the well-known food critic Mr. Zhou Lingyu can't forget the food cooked by Su Jiao himself."

"Coach Su once joked that it was his excellent cooking skills that kept the young players of his age in the team obedient. Since the winter training, Coach Su has tried out a 'top 5' competition system in the 400-meter sprint event - the top five players who complete the training with guaranteed quality and quantity every day will receive three meals a day prepared by Coach Su himself."

When everyone in front of the TV saw this, they realized that this was the preparation stage for the top 5 contestants’ daily meals… That seems to fit the theme of this show, right?

...Oh, that's strange!

Who would have thought that when I was about to turn on the TV to watch an exciting variety show, it turned out to be a food show after it started?

And the background narration on this TV...

As a food lover, Zheng Xiaoya would occasionally watch some food documentaries while eating. She was deeply impressed by the leisurely voice of the narrator!

This is definitely the big guy who dubbed those classic food documentaries such as "China on xx" and "xx World"! ! ! She definitely didn't hear it wrong! !

For foodies who often watch food documentaries, just listening to this voice narrating slowly and leisurely will make their saliva flow involuntarily!

At this moment, Zheng Xiaoya clearly felt the malice of the program crew towards ordinary audiences, which was quite a bit like "What do you think?" Doesn’t the food look delicious? Just by listening to the sounds and watching the pictures, you can tell that they must be delicious, right? But you just can’t eat it! '...a feeling of grief and indignation.

For a moment, Zheng Xiaoya said in her mind: This program crew really can’t be any better!

Zheng Xiaoya was definitely not the only one feeling sad and angry. There were many sports fans who were originally waiting to watch the exciting sports series and they were also confused at this moment.

Although they had watched Su Bai's food live broadcast before, it was on the Internet after all, and the computer screen was at most 20 to 30 inches, and the frame rate and clarity of the live broadcast were not particularly good. Therefore, although they did see the deliciousness of Su Bai's meal at that time, it was not as delicious as what they saw now!

You know, they are watching the live broadcast on the big screen TV at home!

In this era when a 50-60-inch super-large-screen TV only costs one or two thousand yuan, who doesn’t have a super-large-screen TV? Some people even turn on the projector directly, so the picture is bigger and clearer!

These straight men were waiting wholeheartedly to get their blood boiling, but the opening scene turned out to be such a food shock. Not only were they confused on their faces, they were even more confused in their hearts.

But if their wives, daughters or parents are watching with them, it will be a different story.

"Hey, is this the track and field coach? How come he's so good at cooking? He's as good as the chefs in those food documentaries I watched on Alphabet Station before!"

Every straight man who heard this comment was confused. For a moment, they didn’t know how to evaluate the amazing opening of this variety show.

In the picture, the content about food has not stopped. With Su Bai's actions, side dishes, porridge, and noodles are baked one after another, forming an attractive picture on the dining table.

Only after breakfast for about five people was prepared did the scene shift to Su Bai taking off his chef's hat, changing into his kitchen work clothes, and then washing his hands.

By the time Su Bai changed his clothes and came to the restaurant, there were already many athletes who had finished their morning exercises, washed up, and came to the restaurant for breakfast.

The director who was following Su Bai followed Su Bai as he chose his own breakfast at the window, and then followed Su Bai to the dining table and accompanied Su Bai to eat his first meal of the day.

The director behind the screen waited until Su Bai sat down and ate a few bites of food before he began to chat with him casually.

"Coach Su, there are many foods to choose from in the national team's restaurant. Do the players need to pay for their own meals when they come to train with the national team?"

"Ah? Each athlete can have a food allowance of 200 to 300 yuan a day? Oh, that's right, these athletes are all our country's top athletes in track and field events."

"But, it seems that there are no fried dough sticks or pastries in the restaurant? Is it because the contestants can't eat them?"

"As expected... Ah, what? The cafeteria doesn't serve pork? Why? To prevent stimulants?? Could the clenbuterol in pork have a stimulant effect during the test?"

"All the ingredients in the team are specially supplied, right? The beef is also raised and supplied separately?"

With the conversation between Su Bai and the director, the entire variety show was full of life, and many things that ordinary audiences did not originally know were also revealed from the conversation between the two.

On Weibo, due to the launch of this variety show and a lot of publicity, in just a short period of time, the strange topic #Track and Field Idol Training Camp Food# was pushed to the bottom of the hot search rankings.

[#Athletics Idol Training Camp Food# I am dying of laughter. What is this newspaper variety show all about? It was supposed to be a sports variety show, but the first 5 minutes were all food! I just finished my meal and started watching TV. I was so hungry. My mother was still saying to me, "Oh, this chef looks very skilled. His basic skills are very solid and neat." When the narration introduced Su Bai as a track and field coach, my mother's expression... I will never forget it 2333]

[#A coach who can’t lead his team to break national records is not a good chef# I have always heard that Coach Su Bai’s cooking is delicious, and I have seen it before on the live broadcast of the sports channel news station, but when I saw it on TV today, the shocking feeling was even stronger... What is the meaning of color, fragrance and taste... Okay, although I can’t smell the fragrance or taste the flavor, but I am really hungry. What a crappy variety show, it ruins my will to lose weight! 】

[Just now when I was watching TV, I was about to praise the track and field team for their high per capita food standard. But my dad is a football fan, and he told me that the per capita meal standard of the national football team is 400 yuan... and those players who enjoy the meals often don't pay attention to controlling their diet, and even go out to eat skewers and drink beer... emmmmm, now I feel a little complicated. 】

During the conversation with the director, Su Bai also mentioned that every member of the national team needs to strictly control their own nutrition, so the meals for each player are very particular.

Although it seems that the players are eating buffet in the national team's cafeteria, this is to increase the players' appetite. In fact, each player has a personal identity card and nutrition meal card prepared by a nutritionist. For each meal, the players can only choose their favorite food in different designated areas such as abcd.

At this point, Su Bai laughed again: "Speaking of which, winning the top 5 is not necessarily a good thing. For example, after they won the top 5, every meal was prepared by me directly according to the nutritional requirements specified by the nutritionist. For them, there are actually fewer choices."

The interview ended here, and then the interview content of other team members was inserted. Among them, they talked about whether they were willing to get into the top 5 and win the delicious food prepared by Su Bai for them. The response of all the contestants was "I do"!

"If you eat the meal prepared by Coach Su Bai, it's not a buffet. Can't you choose what you want to eat?"

"Hey, why should I choose my own food when I can have Coach Su's cooking?"

When it was Qiu Wen's turn to be interviewed, Qiu Wen was slumped in an 'ordinary seat' in the '400m runners' dining area, looking at the food in front of him with a melancholy face, and then looking at the lens.

"Do we really want to interview here? ... Never mind, let's do it here."

"qaq I haven't eaten the food cooked by Xiaobai for a long time! It's so delicious! But he doesn't love me now. He is no longer Xiaobai for me alone, he is Xiaobai for 5 other people..."

"Well, anyway, if I can eat the food Xiaobai makes, I can eat until I'm full with my eyes closed!"

puff.

Most of the TV viewers have recently reviewed the information about some well-known athletes in the track and field team, especially Qiu Wen, because he is the first athlete led by Su Bai, and because of the previous top 5 incident, many people have already recognized Qiu Wen's face. After seeing Qiu Wen's melancholy complaints, many people couldn't help laughing.

Anonymous Area

Theme: [I originally thought it was a passionate sports show, but it turned out to be a food show at the beginning, and now it’s a chef recommendation vcr and a comedy show... Is this variety show quite interesting? 】

The poster of this topic thread had never appeared in the "Athletics Idol Training Camp" thread before, and was a complete spectator. However, after the variety show started today, he just went to test the waters, and ended up starting a discussion in the anonymous section.

There are many people who feel the same way. Many people who originally thought it was just a passionate sports show now turn on the TV to watch it because the many elements of this variety show seem interesting and friendly.

Sports Channel Director Control Room

This time, the broadcast of "Track and Field Idol Training Camp" is not only an attempt made by the Athletics Administration Center, but also a test for their sports channel to launch such a variety show on their own channel.

Does the broadcast of this variety show fit in with their tone? They have already reviewed the content of the variety show, but can such a variety show attract more viewers' attention to sports?

All of this is still unknown, but the person in charge who is watching the real-time ratings curve in the control room is now feeling relieved.

Since the variety show was launched, the ratings curve has not dropped too much. The entire curve has been climbing upward at a very healthy rate. During this period, perhaps because of the gradual explosion of popularity and reputation on the Internet, the ratings had a short-term surge. The overall ratings curve is very healthy and gratifying.

Liao Jie, director of the marketing department of the Athletics Management Center, is also guarding the sports channel. Their Athletics Management Center's trial this time has a reputation in the General Sports Federation. In fact, many central departments of other projects are also keeping an eye on their promotion results. Although their projects do not have talented and topical people like Xiaobai, it does not stop them from waiting and watching.

With so many people paying attention, Liao Jie, who agreed to this plan, felt a certain amount of pressure. But after seeing the ratings trend of the program on the sports channel, Liao Jie finally felt relieved.

On the Internet, some people like this show, while others don’t.

Not only that, the previous program "The Strongest King" also wanted to take advantage of sports benefits. After all, the entertainment circle is considered a literary and artistic circle, and there is a saying that literature and sports are inseparable. They originally thought that some elements in the sports circle should be able to create a splash in the ratings in variety shows. As a result, their previous practices were not authentic, and they were eventually banned by the General Administration of Sports, and no active athletes dared to appear on their show.

In the end, although they barely found someone to save the situation, the huge cost and the poor actual effect made the production team of "The Strongest King" feel that they could not swallow this.

So much so that, after the show "The King of Kings" became completely unpopular, some people in the program team always felt that it was because Wang Shen did not join in the beginning or because the Athletics Management Center obstructed it.

So, when the Internet saw that "Athletics Idol Training Camp" had a good reputation and showed some signs of becoming a small hit, a number of sarcastic voices came out at the same time.

[What are you doing?] Isn’t this program said to be a training camp for track and field idols? As a result, the opening scene makes itself seem like "xx Human World", which is neither fish nor fowl. Isn't this a hodgepodge? 】

[It's really funny, what about Track and Field Idol? In the beginning, there's a coach cooking, and then the team members of this coach are interviewed and asked whether the food cooked by this coach is delicious? That's their immediate boss, right? What else can they say except praising the food for being delicious? Say I don't want to? 】

[That guy named Qiu Wen, he is just a bootlicker, right? I have never seen anyone licking his coach like this. It's really disgusting. Is a grown man happy acting stupid? If you lick the coach, will the coach give you extra training? 】

As these somewhat foul-mouthed comments appeared, some sharp-eyed netizens had already sensed the scent of the internet's troll army behind these disgusting remarks.

However, before these "tap water" organizations could counterattack, the TV had already broadcast the scene where Qiu Wen drew a D-level task card, and then he wanted to hug Su Bai's thigh with a sad face, but was told that the program was being recorded and had not stopped.

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At this point in the program, it has entered the stage of daily training content. Any audience who pays a little attention to the narration and dialogue content will know that the so-called incongruous is actually introducing the difference between the national team athletes and ordinary people in dining, which is completely in line with the theme of this program.

As for licking the dog...

_(:3)∠)_

Well, for a silly guy like Qiu Wen, it doesn’t matter if you call him a bootlicker.

Some track and field fans who laughed like black fans laughed even more happily. They said - a dog licks a dog, and in the end he has nothing. Judging from Qiu Wen's opening, it seems that he is doomed.

On the Internet, the internet trolls from "The King's Avatar" are working hard to slander the show, but the large number of viewers who actually watched the show are the main force behind the show's popularity explosion.

After the program entered the formal training, there was a segment in which Zhang Ziyi was adjusting a certain technical detail in his starting posture. A fixed camera of the program team recorded Zhang Ziyi's starting posture ten times in a row. At the same time, for each of Zhang Ziyi's starting postures, there was basic data analysis given by the sports video technical analysis system of the on-site track and field team. From the analysis results, it can be seen that for each of Zhang Ziyi's starting movements, the movement error between each other did not exceed 1 degree.

Finally, the program team also made a split-screen presentation of Zhang Ziyi's nine sets of starting movements. From the split-screen, if you didn't look at the recorded time on the screen, and knew from the previous video that Zhang Ziyi had indeed run so many times, if you only looked at that set of screenshots, you wouldn't even be able to see any difference in his movements with the naked eye.

What was even more amazing in the eyes of the audience watching the show was that Su Bai, who was standing by the scene, could accurately point out every time what was wrong with Zhang Ziyi's movements and what needed to be corrected.

Is this still a human eye? ? ?

For a while, the topic #Human Eagle Eye Su Bai# was pushed to the hot search list along with the discussion that broke out during the program.