When Wang Shenjin arrived at the team leader's office, the head coach and team leader of the high jump group were already waiting in the office.
"Captain Ye, coach."
Wang Shen, who greeted the two, had his usual smiling expression on his face and looked calm and composed, as if he had no idea why the team leader and coach were in such a hurry to call him back when he had not yet returned to the team.
Ye Tao, the leader of the high jump group, is a man who looks like a smiling Buddha. He is good at handling various interpersonal relationships in the team, providing psychological guidance to team members, and various communication work.
On the other hand, Wang Shen’s coach, Li Mingzhuo, always has a gloomy face, and looks like a cold-faced devil when training his players.
When Li Mingzhuo and Ye Tao saw Wang Shen come in, they greeted him and asked him to come in and sit down to talk. Then, after Wang Shen sat down, they handed the current news on the Internet to Wang Shen.
"Tell me, does this program have anything to do with you?"
Wang Shen smiled calmly and said, "The production team contacted me, but I refused."
Um?
Li Mingzhuo and Ye Tao looked at each other and raised their eyebrows.
"Rejected?"
Wang Shen smiled and without hesitation, he directly retrieved the contact message records between him and the contact person of the program team and displayed them in front of Li Mingzhuo and Ye Tao.
Ye Tao was stunned. He didn't expect Wang Shen to be so direct. So after nodding to Wang Shen, he opened his phone and took a look at Wang Shen's chat history.
Variety Show External Relations-Xiao Zhang: [Hello, I am a staff member of The King of Kings. Are you interested in this cooperation invitation? 】
Variety Show External Relations - Xiao Zhang: [Mr. Wang, your father told me that you should not have anything to do before the winter training period. Many players will ask for leave during this period. You only need to take a week off, which is enough to complete our filming and it will not have any impact on you personally. 】
Variety Show External Relations - Xiao Zhang: [Look, for this cooperation, we will sign a contract directly with you, and we don’t need to split the revenue with the national team, so you will get a higher remuneration...]
Variety show external relations-Xiao Zhang: [...Mr. Wang? 】
Wang Shen: [^^Sorry, for now we are still focusing on training tasks. 】
Variety Show External Relations - Xiao Zhang: [Mr. Wang, this cooperation opportunity is rare. Our program is the flagship column that the station has fully allocated resources to. This will also be very beneficial to your future personal development. You have a good image. If you are interested in developing in the entertainment industry in the future, having our program as a starting point is also a good start...]
Variety Show External Relations - Xiao Zhang: [I'm going to say something you may not like to hear. An athlete's sports career is only a few years long, and the high jump event itself is not very popular. You have to consider the future, right? 】
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Wang Shen: [^^Sorry, thank you for your kindness, but it’s not necessary. 】
After this chat record, the other party tried to make a voice call, but the dialog box was full of Wang Shen’s rejection records. There was no news after that. It was probably because the other party’s staff saw Wang Shen’s firm attitude and gave up.
When Ye Tao saw this, he felt that there was indeed nothing wrong with this conversation, but some of the information revealed in it made Ye Tao feel a little confused.
For example, the other staff said that they contacted Wang Shen through Wang Shen's father. Another example is that the staff said, "You only need to take a week's vacation" - this time Wang Shen's leave was indeed for a week.
Wang Shen could also see Ye Tao's doubts, and said very straightforwardly: "My father works in the entertainment industry. He has a broker qualification certificate. He has discussed with me before that he wants my commercial and advertising authorization. I have told him that these qualifications are tied to the national team. If there is any relevant cooperation, most companies will know how to communicate directly with the Athletics Management Center."
Ye Tao looked at the chat history interface in his hand, thought for a while, and finally asked: "What is your holiday this week?"
This question seemed to trigger a switch.
Wang Shen, who had been answering very straightforwardly, suddenly stopped. The calm smile on his face disappeared, and he seemed to be frozen on the spot.
Li Mingzhuo was about to ask more questions when Ye Tao, who was standing beside him, held him down and shook his head at him.
Wang Shen was frozen for a moment before he put on his smiling face again, but this time the smile looked a little forced.
Seeing his expression, Ye Tao's heart skipped a beat: "Wang Shen, if it's something private, it's okay if you don't say it. It's OK as long as you make sure that the variety show has nothing to do with you."
Wang Shen forced a smile and said, "It's nothing. My grandpa passed away a few days ago. I was playing with the team in Jakarta before that... In the last few days, my grandpa told my uncles not to tell me that he was seriously ill before the game was over. He said that I was winning glory for the country and it should not affect my game..."
At this point, Wang Shen couldn't say anything more. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "This time when I went back, my uncle and his family had already arranged a funeral for my grandpa, so I just went back to take a look. Although there is no point anymore, but... I just wanted to stay for a few more days. I'm sorry for causing misunderstandings in the team."
When Ye Tao and Li Mingzhuo heard this, they froze on the spot. Even though Ye Tao was usually very diplomatic, he didn't know what to say for a moment, nor did he know what he could say at this moment.
After being stiff for a while, Li Mingzhuo finally said, "Wang Shen... do you need to rest for a few more days?"
Wang Shen closed his eyes and shook his head, then opened his eyes and said, "No, I want to train, coach, please arrange the next training for me."
"My grandpa... has always felt that I am his pride. He always told me that I will definitely become very good, that I can be number one in the country, and that I will definitely be able to win the Asian championship or the world championship in the future..."
"But until he passed away, I was not able to really do these things... I feel sorry for him."
Wang took a deep breath, then raised his head and looked at Li Mingzhuo firmly: "Coach, I want to win the championship."
Even after Wang Shen left the office, the atmosphere in Ye Tao's office remained heavy.
Want a championship?
Who doesn’t want to win the championship?
Wang Shen’s talent is very good, but is Ye Wenhao’s talent just bad?
Talent, training, condition, luck, these are all essential if you want to win the championship.
There are so many top athletes in the world, but there are also some who are very strong but have never won the championship due to luck.
Isn't this the case when Wang Shen has been in top form when he met Ye Wenhao over the past year?
Neither Ye Tao nor Li Mingzhuo could give Wang Shen an absolute promise.
After leaving Ye Tao's office, Wang Shen walked to his dormitory, but saw Cui Luoheng standing outside his dormitory with an expressionless face, seemingly waiting for him.
"Hey, Ah Heng, what's wrong?" Wang Shen smiled and walked towards Cui Luoheng.
Cui Luoheng glanced at Wang Shen and pretended not to notice the forced feeling in his smile: "Let's go to the cafeteria. Xiaobai made a midnight snack."
Wang Shen was stunned for a moment and wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he nodded and followed Cui Luoheng.
When we reached the third floor of the cafeteria, Su Bai had already prepared three simple servings of bone soup noodles with poached eggs and vegetables on top, which looked very homely.
Cui Luoheng did not invite Qiu Wen to tonight's midnight snack gathering, so there were only three bowls of noodles for the three of them to eat.
When Wang Shen saw the bowl of bone soup noodles, the smile that he always had on his face disappeared. He walked quietly to the dining table, sat down, picked up the chopsticks almost carefully, and began to eat the bowl of noodles in front of him.
Maybe it was because Qiu Wen was not present, or maybe it was because of something else.
This was the first time that they didn't say a single extra word to each other while having supper.
Wang Shen finished the bowl of noodles and drank up all the soup.
He placed his chopsticks on the noodle bowl, then thanked Su Bai in a seemingly calm tone.
"Thank you, Xiaobai." Wang Shen said, as if he suddenly remembered something he had forgotten, so he said: "Ah, I think I left something in Captain Ye's office, I have to go check it out first."
Su Bai glanced at Wang Shen's face, then nodded: "Well, okay."
Cui Luoheng did not say anything until Wang Shen said goodbye to them and left. Cui Luoheng also put down his chopsticks. He hesitated for a moment, then said to Su Bai: "Wang Shen...is not in a good state."
"Yes, I know." Su Bai nodded, and then looked at Cui Luoheng who wanted to go and take a look, and said to him: "Wait a moment, let him be alone for a while."
Sometimes, when some people are sad, what they may not need is the comfort of others, but an environment where they can be alone and vent freely.
Wang Shen is a person who never wants to expose his weaknesses to others. Just like just now, even though the smile on his face was very forced, he still tried his best to remain calm.
Cui Luoheng took Su Bai's words to heart, so he quietly sat back in his seat and continued eating noodles.
Su Bai thought for a moment and asked, "Why did Wang Shen say that he likes to eat bone soup noodles the most?"
Cui Luoheng frowned and replied slowly: "Old Wang vaguely said something. His mother seemed to have passed away when he was very young. His father remarried, and he grew up with his grandfather. He said that when he was young, his grandfather often made him a bowl of bone soup noodles. It was also this kind of noodles, with eggs on top and some vegetables..."
At this point, Cui Luoheng and Su Bai both realized something.
"His grandfather..." Cui Luoheng shut up here. He felt that he should not say such unlucky words. If the old man was fine, it might not be good for him to say that.
Su Bai nodded, but didn't say anything else. He just stood up and cleared the dishes on the table.
On the way back to the dormitory area, the two passed by the indoor high jump training venue. At this time of the day, the lights in the venue should have been turned off, but at this moment the lights in the venue were still on, and there were sounds as if someone was running and jumping inside.
Su Bai frowned, and walked with Cui Luoheng to the shadow of the venue entrance and looked inside - sure enough, it was Wang Shen.
At this time, it had not been long since Wang Shen had finished his midnight snack. It was not the time for strenuous exercise at all. However, Su Bai and Cui Luoheng stood quietly outside the venue, watching Wang Shen raise the horizontal bar, then start running, run-up, jump, cross the horizontal bar... and then fall onto the protective mat with the horizontal bar.
Obviously, the height that Wang Shen was jumping to was a height that he could not reach yet, but he still jumped again and again, then knocked down the bar and fell on the mat.
After who knows how many times he jumped, Wang Shen lay on his back on the protective mat and did not get up again. He looked silently at the dazzling lights in the room. After a long time, the tears that he had suppressed for many days finally slipped from the corners of his eyes. He covered his eyes with his arms and cried for a long time, silently.
Su Bai and Cui Luoheng, who were standing in the shadows outside the venue, held their breath even more when they saw this. Su Bai grabbed Cui Luoheng's somewhat stiff arm, then turned around and took him away quietly from the indoor high jump training ground.
It was not until Su Bai dragged Cui Luoheng's arm and walked for a distance that Su Bai realized that he had been forcing Cui Luoheng to move forward. He let go of Cui Luoheng's arm, and the two walked forward side by side again.
In the national team's track and field training base, the athletes have a very regular schedule. At this time, the roads outside are particularly quiet.
Su Bai and Cui Luoheng walked along the road, the quiet moonlight sprinkled on the road, and the atmosphere between them was a little silent.
Wang Shen always smiles at everyone, and whether it's his emotional intelligence or his IQ, he's probably one of the best in the team. In the past, they've never seen Wang Shen have an emotional breakdown. Even though Su Bai had seen that Wang Shen was under a lot of psychological pressure, Wang Shen had always maintained himself well on the surface. However, when it comes to psychological pressure, even with a rational character like Wang Shen, he can only say "I know it, but I can only barely adjust to it."
This time, Su Bai was able to piece together the information and guess the reason why Wang Shen was under such great psychological pressure.
After walking together for a while, when they were about to reach the fork in the dormitory for athletes and coaches, Cui Luoheng suddenly stopped and looked at Su Bai: "Xiao Bai, can you help Lao Wang improve his grades?"
Although Cui Luoheng felt that it was inappropriate to ask Su Bai this question, he had an inexplicable premonition - he felt that Su Bai could do it.
Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Su Bai nodded and said, "I can."
He had vaguely had this plan before the Jakarta Asian Games, but at that time all his energy was focused on the 400-meter event and Cui Luoheng, so he didn't really consider Wang Shen's situation seriously.
It was not until after the Asian Games, when he officially took over the project, that he was overwhelmed by various affairs. He had originally planned to talk to Wang Shen after discussing Fang Yu's matter, but it was not until today that he vaguely knew these things.
Su Bai thought about it now and felt a little regretful that he had put Wang Shen's condition adjustment on the agenda just now, but as the old saying goes - it's hard to buy foresight in this world.
At the fork in the road, Su Bai waved to Cui Luoheng, and then returned to his dormitory with a slightly heavy heart. He did not immediately go to rest and enter the system training space. Instead, he opened his office notebook and began to lay out Wang Shen's entire training plan based on Wang Shen's complete data information in the system.
The next day was the last day before the start of winter training. The night before, the official Weibo account of the National Track and Field Team directly posted a stern message to refute the rumors.
Official Weibo account of the National Track and Field Team: [Recently, the variety show @最强王者 improperly misled the audience during the variety show promotion work, causing the audience to mistakenly believe that national team high jumper @王深 will be a participating guest of the show. Upon verification, @王深's current plan is to intensify training and obtain better personal results. He has no arrangements to participate in variety shows. We hope that the program team can officially refute the rumors and announce the real list of participants as soon as possible. In addition, we would like to reiterate that for matters concerning athletes’ variety shows, advertising, commercial, and market cooperation, please contact the Marketing Department of @Athletics Management Center. Thank you all for your understanding. #The strongest guest lineup#】
In recent days, the publicity for The Strongest King can be said to be overwhelming, and the topic #The Strongest King Guest Lineup# has remained high in terms of reading volume, attention, and discussion.
This program team is also well versed in the ways of hype. After they successively revealed two popular traffic stars as guests, the overall popularity has reached its peak. The program team has always occupied the top ten positions on Weibo's hot search list. Every day, the guest lineup and other hot searches are mixed together, which is very lively.
Because of this, the national track and field team suddenly and seriously refuted the rumors, causing the heat to instantly explode because of the recent hype by the program team.
Because of the topic tag #The Strongest Guest Lineup#, a large number of people from the entertainment industry quickly came to the content released by the official Weibo account of the National Track and Field Team.
1l: [Wow, you’re taking a seat! 】
10l: [? ? ? Wow, the national team’s official Weibo account personally refuted the rumor? ? What's going on? Does it feel like the program crew has pissed off the national track and field team? ? ? 】
22l: [I smell gossip. Does anyone know what’s going on? 】
50l: [On the way of eating melons, I heard a melon before, which said that the program team did intend to invite Wang Shen. After all, Wang Shen's image conditions are very good even in the entertainment industry. It is said that he has a high EQ and is good at making jokes. So the program team planned to sign Wang Shen directly and then hype him up. After he becomes popular, there may be a steady stream of follow-up income. But what I heard was that Wang Shen himself refused very straightforwardly, and no matter how the production team contacted him, it was useless. In the end, they gave up and chose a backup contestant. But the production team probably still thought that Wang Shen could be used, so they used him to guide the hype...】
55l: [Wow, what a big melon on the 55th floor. Speaking of which, look at the last sentence of the official Weibo... The program crew not only used Wang Shen to hype up the popularity, but also bypassed the Field Management Center and contacted Wang Shen directly, right? 】
66l: [It feels like that... The production crew is really dishonest. This kind of thing is taboo for athletes. It's like the variety show bypassed a certain traffic star's agency and agent and directly signed a contract with that traffic star. This is a taboo in the entertainment industry, and how dare the production crew mess around in the sports industry? 】
Under this post, someone quickly posted some gossip about how a certain well-known athlete circumvented the management of the national team and signed a contract with a certain brand privately. Then, the screenshots also highlighted the punishments imposed on the athletes by the national team. These punishments included depriving the athletes of their national team treatment, cancelling their eligibility for special allowances, etc. These were all quite severe.
When the onlookers saw this, they were all amazed.
70l: [What does the program crew think? @最强王者官微, come and take a look, the new player you signed later, was he also signed without going through the national team? Have you ever thought about what the final outcome will be for the athletes if you really sign contracts with them bypassing the national team? And you claim to have signed the top athletes in the country? ? Do you think the national team will not know about this after the show is broadcast? 】
After this information was exposed, perhaps a competitor of the program team saw a good opportunity to suppress "The Strongest King", so this incident was quickly pushed to the top of the hot search list with the hashtag #The Strongest King Illegal Signing of Athletes#, and advanced forward at the speed of light, quickly reaching the top ten of the topic list.
I don’t know if it’s the competitor’s bad taste or what.
The topic tag #最强王规则签竞技体育# directly intersects with the topic #最强王的朋友列#. The two, one above and one below, seem to be full of the sweet taste of "melon", attracting countless "melon-eating beasts" to compete for it.
The production team of "The King of Champions" did not expect that the attitude of the national track and field team would be so tough. They directly asked them to refute the rumors. Coincidentally, as mentioned in the current hot topic, they signed the current athlete without even notifying the national team.
They originally thought that this was no big deal, but now it seems that this matter has become a major black spot for them.
“What should we do? Director Liu…” The public opinion supervisor of the program team had a headache.
Their general manager, Director Liu, frowned and then waved his hand to settle the matter: "Contact the national team and deal with the guest issue. In the current situation, we should be more humble and sincere with the national team, and give up more resources. Then we can ask the national team to cooperate with us in releasing information. If they want to hype it up now, we will continue to hype it up and let them help us become more popular."
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There is a lot of buzz on the internet about the entertainment industry and variety shows, but it has little to do with the national team. Tomorrow is the official start of winter training, and the national team is very busy everywhere.
Su Bai took advantage of this time to go to the office of Li Mingzhuo from the high jump group. After he expressed his intention, Li Mingzhuo frowned. Judging from his expression, he should have been unhappy. However, Li Mingzhuo thought of Wang Shen's firm gaze in Ye Tao's office the day before, and the words "I want to win the championship", and he suddenly couldn't say no.
As they were both in the national team, Li Mingzhuo certainly knew about Su Bai's deeds. He also knew that he had just prepared a complete training plan for Fang Yu. He also knew that Ma Changping had also begun to fully cooperate with Su Bai and was going to do a research.
The fact that Su Bai was able to bring this training plan here today must mean that he has the confidence.
Li Mingzhuo's expression changed from time to time. In the end, he nodded calmly: "I'll ask Wang Shen to come over. If Wang Shen is willing to choose your plan, I have no objection."
Having said that, Li Mingzhuo made a direct phone call and called Wang Shen to his office.
After hearing the whole story, Wang Shen took Su Bai's training plan and pondered for a few minutes. Then he looked up at Li Mingzhuo: "...Coach, I want to try it."
Li Mingzhuo looked at Wang Shen with a straight face for a moment, but he didn't say much. He just nodded and said, "Okay."
After Wang Shen stood up with Su Bai's training plan, he didn't say much, but bowed deeply to Li Mingzhuo. After standing up, Wang Shen turned to look at Su Bai, smiled at him, and then bowed deeply to Su Bai as well.
Su Bai looked at Wang Shen and just nodded calmly, but out of the corner of his eye he saw that Wang Shen seemed to be holding the training plan in his hand with extra force.
"Come on." Su Bai said to Wang Shen, "Come on during the winter training."
Li Mingzhuo on the side also had a cold and fierce look on his face: "Coach Xiao Su is right, since you said you want to fight, then show your fighting spirit!"
Wang Shen glanced at Su Bai, then at Li Mingzhuo, then smiled and agreed, "Okay."
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