At the beginning of the second day of competition, also in the afternoon, Su Zhe was briefly chatting with Cui Yi about some details related to "Fallen Watcher" in the player preparation area when he suddenly received an unexpected call.

"Hey, Brother Xiaozhi?" Su Zhe answered the phone and shouted in surprise.

"Huh? I thought you didn't remember me, your brother? Why haven't you contacted me since you came to City B?" Chen Zhi's slightly teasing voice came from the other end of the phone.

Su Zhe also laughed when he heard Chen Zhi's teasing: "When I first came here, it was the World Championship period. My father taught me not to tell you that I came to City B, so as not to cause you trouble."

"You were not allowed to cause me any trouble in August, but you didn't say a word until November?" Chen Zhi on the other end of the phone couldn't help laughing: "If I hadn't contacted Master when I returned to China, you really didn't plan to tell me where you were, right?"

"Uh... no."

"Okay." Chen Zhi smiled and said, "I'm at your match today. Let me come and see after your match. I haven't seen Xiaozhe for half a year. Has he grown a little taller?"

The two chatted for a while before hanging up the phone.

On the side, Cui Yi saw Su Zhe hang up the phone and raised his eyebrows: "Is it that Chen Zhi?"

Su Zhe nodded.

2017 was the year when Chen Zhi's 100m performance exploded. In the Asian Championships in the first half of the year, he just broke the Asian record with a score of 9.90 seconds, bringing the Asian record back from the hands of naturalized athletes to the hands of the yellow race.

At the World Championships in August, Chen Zhi was in excellent form and made it all the way to the finals of the 100m event. Although his results were not ideal in the final, he was already the first Asian athlete to reach the finals of the World Championships.

He is currently at the peak of his fame in Asia and is known as the king standing at the pinnacle of Asian sprinting.

Even though they were both professionals in different projects, Cui Yi admired Chen Zhi very much. He smiled at Su Zhe and said, "You have a really good relationship with him."

Although Cui Yi knew before that Su Zhe was the son of Su Yinsheng and that he and Chen Zhi were fellow apprentices, Su Zhe had never practiced with Chen Zhi after arriving in City B. Cui Yi did not have a real sense of this until he saw the relaxed and casual state of Su Zhe and Chen Zhi chatting on the phone. Only then did he clearly feel that the relationship between Su Zhe and Chen Zhi was indeed very close.

"Yeah." Su Zhe nodded, and then turned the topic to the game later: "In today's game, I want to try the Fallen Heaven version."

……? !

This sudden change of topic left Cui Yi stunned.

The so-called Falling to Heaven version is a version that increases the difficulty of the falling to heaven part of the movement. The jumping part in the original version has been choreographed to increase the difficulty. At the same time, the emotional rendering and expression of the falling to heaven part is further enhanced in the choreography of the dance movements.

After hearing what Su Zhe said, Cui Yi frowned: "...Don't be too anxious. Yesterday's short program ranking has exceeded our expectations. Today's free skating, the old version of the choreography is already difficult enough. As long as you complete the competition well, it shouldn't be a problem to maintain a top four position today."

Previously, "Fallen Watcher" had been carefully considered when the initial version was choreographed. At the National Championships, this free skating performance also scored a high score of 172.85. The initial version of the choreography would not have too many points in it even if it was placed in the CC competition. However, compared with the free skating content choreography of top contestants that scored more than 180 points, there was still a certain score gap.

It was also because of this consideration that they actually made some difficulty adjustments to the choreography of "Fallen Catcher". However, compared to "Run with the Breeze", they did not have much time to practice the difficulty choreography of "Fallen Catcher" with Su Zhe, so in reality, this new choreography was not mature.

Su Zhe shook his head: "These two days of CC are my best chance to compete with multiple top players at the same time in a short period of time. I want to test my current limits in this arena."

As a figure skater making his debut on the international stage, Su Zhe's current figure skating points limit his eligibility to participate in some major competitions. In his upcoming competition plans, he will participate in more B-level competitions such as the Finland Cup, and his chances of meeting multiple top skaters at the same time will be greatly reduced.

Although the timing of CC this time is not good, it is indeed the best opportunity for him to compete with players like Amami Tsubasa and Igor.

Thinking of this, Cui Yi frowned - it was indeed a rare opportunity to test the waters in advance at this stage and see how far he could advance.

Cui Yi glanced at Su Zhe and asked seriously, "Are you sure?"

The adjusted arrangement of "Fallen Watcher" has strengthened the jumping part, but it does not simply force the jumping. Instead, it adjusts the original step arrangement in accordance with the early stage of the music, and adjusts the entry step and exit step of the jump, as well as the difficulty combination of the jump, etc.

As for the complete enhanced version of Falling to Heaven, Cui Yi only saw Su Zhe perform it completely two or three times during the actual training, and he only completed it completely successfully once.

Because the increase in difficulty is not only in terms of technology, it is also a test of Su Zhe's physical fitness. The difficulty of the new version requires higher physical fitness than the old version.

The increase in difficulty has increased the physical test, and also led to an increase in the risk of missed jumps (the number of rotations in the air is sufficient but the difference between the ice blade and the foot blade is more than 90 degrees when landing on the ice) and missed jumps (insufficient rotations in the air).

If you just keep the jump, it's fine. But if you miss the jump, the basic score of the jump will drop significantly. Even if you choose to jump again to make up the score later, it is not only a new test of your physical fitness, but also if you make a mistake in calculation on the spot, you may get 0 points for repeated jumps. Even if the make-up jump is successful, it is also a big blow to the originally calculated score.

Su Zhe certainly understood what Cui Yi meant. So far, he had maintained a full E record (visually judging from all gliding, spinning, and jumping were successfully completed as planned) in the few competitions he participated in. He had no experience in dealing with situations such as missing a jump or falling in the competition. His lack of competition experience was also what Cui Yi was worried about his proposal.

Su Zhe straightened his expression and looked at Cui Yi seriously: "I will do my best."

During this time, he followed Eliza and Cui Yi to practice the new version of "The Breeze" during the day, and at night in the training space, he mostly practiced the enhanced version of "Fallen Watcher".

From his personal aesthetic point of view, if this new version of Fallen Heaven is successfully performed, it will have a completely new impact in terms of visual impact and artistic appeal compared to the previous versions.

After seeing the live performances of Yuto Tsugawa, Igor, Tsubasa Amami and others, he couldn't help but want to present better program content to everyone.

After seeing Su Zhe's serious expression, Cui Yi frowned and finally stopped objecting.

"Okay, this is indeed a good opportunity. Since you have made up your mind, you must take responsibility for your decision." Cui Yi looked at Su Zhe and said, "Finally, take care of yourself."

After confirming the selected arrangement with Cui Yi, Su Zhe turned around and began a series of warm-up preparations.

On the Internet, whether it is the Ice and Snow Kingdom forum or Weibo, the popularity of the previous day is still continuing. Whether they are simple fans of his looks, fans of Su Zhe, or just bystanders, when the online discussion is hot, many people will turn their attention to CC's game.

In the single skating section of the Ice and Snow Kingdom, because the competition has not yet entered the single skating stage, many people are still discussing the content of the short program of the previous day.

Topic: [cc short program discussion building]

Content: [Before the free skating starts today, let's take a look at yesterday's short program. Although I'm a bit arrogant, from yesterday's competition, I personally think that Su Zhe has reached the world's top level in men's singles skating. At least in terms of performance, he is no less outstanding than Yuto Tsukawa and Igor.

Come to think of it, in yesterday’s competition, Amami Tsubasa’s “Heartless Love” was a pleasant surprise. 】

3L: [Well, I have been a fan of Su Zhe since the National Championships, but I think that if I take off my fan filter, Su Zhe has indeed reached the top level in terms of performance alone...]

5L: […Well, I mean, although the forums have been saying that Su Zhe has strong artistic expression, which is his advantage, but I always feel that everyone ignores Su Zhe's data on T-scores? From the initial version of the short program "The Breeze Blows" being criticized for the low difficulty of the footwork, it was thought that he was not good at footwork and rotation, to the difficulty of the footwork and rotation of "Fallen Watcher", it has already proved his strength in these aspects.

This time, the choreography of "Breeze Blows" was revised within half a month, greatly increasing the difficulty of its choreography in terms of footwork, rotations, etc. It can be seen from the subscore that its bv score choreography is also very high.

I've seen people praise him for a long time, but apart from the analysis of Su Zhe's footwork in "Dancing on Ice", few people have mentioned his technical superiority. I wonder why? 】

8L: [Seeing the 5th floor, I felt like I had just woken up from a dream. Since Su Zhe started participating in the competition, although he has only appeared a limited number of times, he has performed every game. Moreover, the difficulty of the footwork, rotations and jumps of "Fallen Watcher" and the new version of "Breath of the Breeze" yesterday is not low. However, we only noticed the beauty conveyed in his program. This is really a wonderful state.]

15L: [Yes! I just reviewed Su Zhe's performance video. His jumps are fast, high and far enough, and his footwork and arc are also very good. But when I really think about it, I still think of the feeling his jump brings to me - the wind in "The Breeze Blows", the holiness of Lucifer in "Fallen Watcher" and the momentum of the devil... Is this integrating jumps into artistic expression? From this perspective, I find it a little incredible...]

In this tall building, the discussion quickly changed from initially analyzing the pros and cons of the four short programs from the previous day and the levels of the contestants, to later turning into a targeted analysis of how Su Zhe used his amazing artistic expression to overshadow the audience's technical appreciation. Then, they began to discuss whether this kind of expression was too eye-catching and even made people forget the difficulty of the technique. Is this a good or bad thing?

Time passed gradually during the long discussion, and soon, today's competition progress entered the men's single skating part. When the first group of men's single skaters came on stage to warm up, someone quickly posted a real-time progress tracking of the competition on Weibo, and the attention of a large number of viewers was re-attracted to the live broadcast of the competition.

After the men's singles event started, many spectators at the scene became more vocal and the audience became more focused and excited.

The author has something to say: _(:з」∠)_ I had something to do at noon, so I started writing a little late, but today’s daily post won’t be a bummer!

The number of words to report is still 6k5 short. The next update will be late, but I will get enough words~~ See you in the next chapter, okay! =w=!