A preview at the end of the second episode of "Athletics Idol Training Camp" reignited the competition for the top 5 seats. The number of votes, which was originally not far from 3 million, soon broke through the 3 million mark during the vote-gathering campaign, and successfully unlocked the first "extra episode" of the show "Athletics Idol Training Camp".
This extra story with Cui Luoheng as the main character is called "Change".
Zheng Xiaoya has become a loyal fan of the show "Track and Field Idol Training Camp" for a while now. She may not know all the 15 400-meter sprinters in the show by heart, but she already has a rough idea of each player's strength and performance.
After watching the program and becoming interested in the 400-meter sprint, she went to review the athletes' recent competition videos and watched some international 400-meter sprint competition videos. After realizing the gap between China's 400-meter event and the international level, she felt even more respect for these players who were striving towards the impossible.
Because the show "Training Camp" is broadcast on the sports channel, the network did not sell the copyright to other platforms, but directly put it on the sports channel's live broadcast network for exclusive broadcast.
During this period of time, Zheng Xiaoya has watched the program repeatedly for more than six or seven times. After watching it so many times, she became familiar with not only the 400-meter team members, but also Wang Shen, Fang Yu, Lu Mengfan and others who occasionally appeared in the program. At the same time, of course, she also noticed a "street kid" who was often watched by Su Bai and often communicated and trained with Su Bai.
The program crew obviously deliberately cut out Cui Luoheng's part during editing, in order to maximize the freshness of the "extra" when it is broadcast.
Just like now, after 3 million votes were unlocked, even a loyal fan like Zheng Xiaoya felt very fresh about Cui Luoheng's extra chapter.
At the beginning of the extra episode, the program team used Cui Luoheng's personal historical achievements and VCR as the lead, just like they had initially filmed personal VCRs for all the contestants.
In the empty training ground with bright lights, Cui Luoheng was staring straight ahead, taking one step after another and sprinting forward with a powerful rhythm. The sound of his footsteps echoed in the empty training ground, as if stepping directly on everyone's heart, making them forget to breathe for a moment.
The sound of his footsteps was accompanied by a drum-like musical beat. Every time he crossed a hurdle, Cui Luoheng's achievements in the 2018 season would be displayed on the blank space on the screen.
From being promoted to the adult group, to having a series of poor performances, and even getting injured during training...
Growth, frustration, change, and rebirth.
When the camera directly faces the oncoming boy, everyone can see his sharp wolf-like eyes, which are full of ferocity, making people hold their breath at the sight.
At this point, next to the pair of ferocious eyes on the screen, the three big words "Cui Luoheng" were typed heavily. At the same time, below his name was Cui Luoheng's result in the 110-meter hurdles at the 18th Asian Games.
It was only then that people suddenly realized that Cui Luoheng was the athlete who won the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles for the Chinese team at the Asian Games after 12 years.
When Cui Luoheng's wolf-like eyes faded from the screen, the picture cut to black, and a line of words appeared on the black screen - this is the 110-meter hurdles genius, a brand new journey of "change".
A brand new journey of change?
Many old fans of the 110-meter hurdles track and field event were stunned, not understanding why it was time for Cui Luoheng to change again. He had just been promoted to the adult group in 2018, and from the winter training in 2017 to the beginning of 2018, Cui Luoheng had been making various training adjustments to prepare for the promotion.
At the beginning of 2018, Cui Luoheng was under Zhou Wen's guidance in the S Province Track and Field Team. At that time, due to Cui Luoheng's own psychological problems, his performance was very poor. The old fans of the hurdles event still remember this clearly.
They had discussed privately that if Su Bai had not taken over, there might not be Cui Luoheng today, and his entire career might have been ruined.
In mid-2018, after Cui Luoheng was injured, Su Bai took over and began to adjust his condition and start new training. After that, his performance improved by leaps and bounds, and he later achieved such brilliant results as being selected for the Asian Games and winning the Asian Games gold medal.
But...
Cui Luoheng has been working for Su Bai for only half a year, right? It seems that he said in a previous interview that what Cui Luoheng needs to do now is to stabilize his current results and status, and there is no rush to improve his results... Why is it that in the extra episode of this training camp, Cui Luoheng has to "change" again? ? ?
These old fans of track and field events were a little confused, thinking that this might be an attempt to create a joke for the show, so they were rushing things.
These fans were worried because the show started with several contestants drawing their respective task cards in the first episode. Then Cui Luoheng looked at Su Bai with a pitiful look as if he was waiting for Su Bai to assign tasks.
Then everyone saw Su Bai say the words 'eight to seven'.
Ordinary fans of the show don't know enough about the hurdles event, and don't think there's anything special about the 'eight to seven' change. However, when track and field fans heard the three words 'eight to seven', their heads were filled with a 'boom'.
Fans who know something about the hurdles event know how important the change from eight to seven is to the hurdles event. After all, the series of changes and improvements it brings about after the adjustment are what the athletes dream of.
After saying the three words "eight to seven", the program cut to a temporary interview conversation between the director and Su Bai.
——Are there many athletes in China who use the seven-step hurdle attack technique?
"…Currently, there are no athletes in the country who use this hurdle attacking technique."
--Why? ? Isn’t it said that this is a technology that can greatly help improve players’ performance?
"It helps, but it also has risks. After the hurdle attack technique was changed from eight steps to seven steps, the explosive power of the athlete in each step will be enhanced, but the strength of the athlete when pushing off the ground will bring a greater burden to the athlete's Achilles tendon and joints. Therefore, the seven-step hurdle attack does not necessarily mean all advantages."
"On the other hand, most domestic coaches are better at training the eight-step hurdles, and this is based on many years of successful experience. So from the perspective of training safety and effectiveness, it is completely understandable that most domestic athletes maintain the eight-step hurdles."
"However, as far as I know, Coach Lv Shengbin's team is also considering training Lu Mengfan from eight to seven. For top players, eight to seven can be said to be an inevitable step."
…
After this brief interview, Su Bai smiled and asked Cui Luoheng whether he was willing to undergo the eight-to-seven training.
Cui Luoheng opened his dark eyes and looked at Su Bai, then said expectantly: "I do!"
In front of the screen where the extra episode was playing, track and field enthusiasts were feeling excited about the decision made by Su Bai and Cui Luoheng, when suddenly, a strange change occurred in the comments on the screen.
[…Xiaobai is so cute, I am willing too! (Holding flowers)
[Xiaobai’s cooking is so delicious, I would like to do that too! (Take out the ring)]
[I also like glutinous rice dumplings with sesame filling like Xiaobai! (drooling)]
…
?
Track and field fans simply couldn't understand. Cui Luoheng had only said that he was willing to conduct eight-to-seven training. How did these people on the barrage end up going off on such a weird path?
On the screen, Cui Luoheng's training extra episode is still continuing.
The audience, who originally had no special idea about the change from eight to seven, heard Su Bai's concise explanation - that is, what Cui Luoheng needs to do is to change his original right-handed habit to left-handed within two months, and after using the left-handed habit, he must do better than the right-handed habit.
After finally understanding this truth, the audience watching the extra episode were stunned.
How is this possible? !
But they soon understood. Even they, as outsiders, could see how difficult this was, so how could Cui Luoheng and Su Bai not understand it too?
However, for the sake of results, they still have to do this and there is no turning back.
They all heard the director asking Su Bai how much the results could be improved after the eight-to-seven ratio was changed.
When Su Bai said that the result could be improved by at least 0.05 seconds to 0.1 seconds, the comments on the show instantly turned into a string of ellipsis and a huge number of '0.1's.
One comment said: […It takes me more than 0.1 seconds to type the number 0.1]
Yes, whenever you type a word casually, a few seconds will pass in a flash. Among those who are watching the show, who among them is not relaxed and does not care about a few seconds at all?
When watching the whole film, the audience already knew that it was not easy for each member of the track and field team. However, when they saw the comment just now, the comparison in time and the efforts Cui Luoheng made for just 0.1 seconds in the video made them feel more deeply the hardships that the contestants went through in their struggle.
It’s too difficult…
These few words popped up in almost everyone’s mind - it’s really too difficult.
From the moment Cui Luoheng started his eight-to-seven training, everyone saw Su Bai adjusting and stopping Cui Luoheng again and again.
——Exert force with your left foot! I asked you to use your left foot, and your left foot is the forceful leg now!
——I can’t see that you are exerting any force with your left foot.
——From today on, all the times when you used to use your right foot first, change them all, including when you change clothes, you should extend your right foot first... change everything to using your left foot first!
——You need to completely forget your dependence and habit on your right foot. In the future, even if you raise your foot to kick someone during a fight, you must reflexively kick with your left foot first. You need to let your subconscious mind remember that your left foot has the strongest explosive power!
——Believe me, you can do it. The explosive power of your left foot is no weaker than your right foot. It may even be stronger than your right foot. All you have to do is get used to it.
——I believe in your control, yes, that’s it, run!
In Cui Luoheng's training clips, people can see Cui Luoheng trying to do the starting training again and again. In addition, there are also some auxiliary skill training to change the habits of the left and right feet, and explosive strength training for the left leg...
Without exception, these trainings are a crushing and reshaping of Cui Luoheng's inherent habits.
On several occasions, the audience even saw Cui Luoheng, who had just stood up from his chair and was supposed to walk to the next training location, but he suddenly froze in place and did not move. It was not until his follow-up director asked him what happened that Cui Luoheng came back to his senses with a frown.
——"Nothing, I was thinking I should take my left leg first."
It was just such a simple sentence that made the audience take a deep breath.
Someone on the barrage said: [Too cruel, I think he just forgot which leg is the left leg...]
[… Damn, this is the athlete who brought the Asian Games 110-meter hurdles championship back to China after 12 years! ! 】
Yes, this is the hurdler who won the first place in Asia in the Asian Games, but on the screen, he is still forcing himself to crush the habits of more than ten or twenty years and reshape himself just to improve his performance by just 0.1 seconds.
Compared with the previous feature film of the 400-meter sprint event, the protagonist of this extra-episode is only Cui Luoheng, and the content is only Cui Luoheng's "eight to seven" training. Cui Luoheng and Su Bai completely ignored the camera, one teaching and the other practicing, and at most had a brief exchange with the assistant coaches or other players around them.
No matter from which angle you look at it, this 'growth' extra-episode is much more boring than the whole film.
But the audience watched this extra episode all the way through without blinking.
They watched Cui Luoheng's daily training carefully, watched Cui Luoheng adjust his habits and even think for a few seconds before getting up and taking a step. They watched Cui Luoheng gradually strengthen his left leg strength and skill training, and gradually adapt to using his left leg to take and walk in daily life.
When people saw him squatting on the starting blocks, but finding it difficult to achieve the ideal starting reaction and starting power burst due to the adjustment of his left and right legs, Cui Luoheng closed his eyes and clenched his fists. It was obvious that his mentality was temporarily unstable and he was trying his best to adjust his state.
At this moment, the audience in front of the screen couldn't help but feel worried for him, and even wanted to run to him and say to him - you are already very strong, it doesn't matter if you don't change!
When people saw Cui Luoheng use his left foot to run for the first time and run in a state that Su Bai recognized, they looked at the light flashing in Cui Luoheng's dark eyes, and saw him rubbing against Su Bai with anticipation on his face, and then Su Bai reached out and rubbed his head.
When people saw Cui Luoheng's every successful change and every tiny progress he made, the audience in front of the screen couldn't help but feel excited and happy for his little progress and changes.
From the beginning of this "change" extra chapter to the end of the extra chapter, Cui Luoheng finally got used to putting his left foot first, even when he stood up and took a step. In the end, he had to think about whether to take the left foot first.
However, all this is far from enough. In the seven-step hurdle attack using his left foot as the explosive power, he has only temporarily achieved a relatively smooth start. As for the hurdle attack from the start to the hurdle, the habit of not shortening the stride in the last step before the hurdle, the adaptive adjustment of the new stride size in each step in the seven steps before the hurdle...all these technical details are still waiting for Cui Luoheng to overcome one by one.
It was also at this time that people heard the question that the director asked Su Bai.
——What should I do if I can’t adapt?
"...If you can't adapt, it means that your career path is almost over."
Although many people felt Su Bai's coldness and cruelty from this extra episode, which did not appear specifically in the main film, many people still could not adapt to this sentence for a while.
——Does it have to be so cruel?
Someone asked this question in the barrage.
Just after this question, another sentence floated across the barrage: […Actually, it’s not cruel. Su Bai is just telling the truth. 】
Competitive sports have always been like this.
Just like in the second episode, Lin Chuan may be replaced from the starting position of the 4*400m relay. Zhou Xu and Zhang Chang are not as good as Zhang Wei and Hu Li. They may not be invited to the national team for training. If the female team members cannot maintain their current performance, they may have to go home and get married...
It’s not just competitive sports, it’s also the cruel and realistic life of the players.
It can be said that for these players, all they can do is to try their best and strive hard.
If they don't try their best, they won't even have the chance to step onto the field of their dreams, let alone achieve success and win brilliant results on the field.
At the end of the show, there was a question-and-answer session between Cui Luoheng and the director.
——Will Coach Su Bai’s words be a blow to you?
“…”
"What blow?"
——Well, it means that you can see the end of your career.
When Cui Luoheng heard this, he suddenly frowned and looked at the camera seriously: "Xiao Bai is saying that if you can't overcome the problem, it means that your career is coming to an end."
——So you are very confident about your changes?
Cui Luoheng nodded nonchalantly: "I will succeed, and I must succeed."
The scene of Cui Luoheng's "Change" extra-story ends here.
On the black screen, there is a new line of subtitles - Cui Luoheng's "change" is still continuing. Let us look forward to the new look of this genius after his transformation!
At this point, this extra chapter has finally come to an end.
The audience who finished watching the extra episode in front of the screen breathed a sigh of relief and began to look forward to Cui Luoheng - they were looking forward to what kind of style Cui Luoheng would show after completing the "eight to seven" training after the 19th season officially starts!
At the same time, fans of "Track and Field Idol Training Camp" finally noticed that there is another way to play this extra episode. The effective click viewing data and barrage data of the extra episode will be used when the top 5 players are finally counted. According to the players' last card draw, it will be decided to give the 5 extra episodes to the 5 400-meter athletes who drew the names of the extra episodes.
That is to say, if Qiu Wen finally draws the card of Cui Luoheng's "Change" extra chapter, the click and barrage data of Cui Luoheng's extra chapter will be converted into supplementary data according to a fixed formula, which will become the weight for Qiu Wen to compete for the top 5 position.
This is actually just a small interaction. The voting starts from 3 million. Every time the number increases by one million, an additional video will be unlocked. Ultimately, the data from these videos will be converted back to the contestants and help them in their fight for the top 5.
This is a very smooth cycle process. Of course, since Cui Luoheng's extra chapter was released first, it is very likely that in the end, it will be Cui Luoheng's extra chapter that can provide the highest score boost to the contestants - as for who can draw it, it is purely a matter of luck!
At this point, all the cards originally prepared for the show "Track and Field Idol Training Camp" have basically been played, and people from all walks of life in the circle who have been paying attention to this show are also secretly praising it in private.
Not only did the program team make the main film outstanding, but now even the extra episodes, which are almost like documentaries of the contestants' personal growth, can attract audiences to watch them all the way through - not to mention the effective playback data of the extra documentaries and the complete playback volume of the entire film obtained by some well-informed people from the sports channel, which made these people in the circle sigh in despair.
During the entire winter training period, including the Spring Festival, the show "Track and Field Idol Training Camp" firmly occupied the number one variety show throne during this winter vacation. Even the number of clicks on the show's extra episodes and the voting unlocking data on the program's public voting website have sparked countless topics during this winter vacation.
From the first episode of the show to the final live broadcast during the Spring Festival, every update of the show content would cause new heated discussions on the Internet. For a whole month, topics related to the show "Track and Field Idol Training Camp" could be seen on the Internet's hot search list.
Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, Chen Yadan, Lin Huan, Li Junhao, Cui Luoheng...
This series of names, which were barely known before, have now become household names. If it weren't for the fact that the variety show "Track and Field Idol Training Camp" was aired too late, perhaps everyone on the track and field team would have received invitations to the Spring Festival Gala.
Compared with a month ago, the number of Weibo followers of the track and field team members has increased rapidly from less than 50,000 per person.
In just one month, the average number of Weibo fans of everyone in the track and field team's winter training camp has reached millions. Some popular players such as Qiu Wen, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Yada, Cui Luoheng, and coach Su Bai have even reached over 5 million fans.
If this data is released, it is already at the level of a popular traffic star, and what is even more frightening is that these are all active fans data - after all, the track and field team does not have the leisure to buy zombie fans for their athletes to play with.
It can be said that in this winter, this emerging dark horse variety show, with just 3 main episodes, 5 extra episodes and 1 live broadcast, has directly created a group of sports stars with loyal fans.
This star-making ability and effect were something no one could have predicted before the show was broadcast.
However, for the athletes who have been training in the track and field team, these changes have not affected them too much. The good news for them is that the Athletics Administration Center told them that many new brand endorsements have found them. The rest is just a few athletes smilingly comparing with each other to see who has more Weibo fans.
When the show was completely settled, the national team's winter training camp also ended.
It is already mid-February, and the new track and field season of 2019 is about to begin!
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