◎This is of course the best outcome◎
The National Championships are over, which also means that 2010 has passed and the brand new 2011 has arrived.
After a major event, athletes generally enter a period of rest and recuperation, during which the intensity of training will be relatively reduced. Athletes will shift their focus to supplementing theoretical knowledge and maintaining their bodies. Ji Tiantian is no exception.
While Tang Yi and her two coaches were busy in the capital, she also began to focus on her studies, and in her spare time she would watch video footage of world-renowned ice dancers.
Ji Tiantian's dance school also ushered in the final period. However, unlike Tang Yi who faced academic pressure, Ji Tiantian mainly faced dance assessment and body measurement. These were not difficult for Ji Tiantian who had been practicing dance since childhood and had never neglected it.
Less intense training doesn't mean no training. Normally, Ji Tiantian would stay at the dance school until dinner, then go to the ice rink for practice. Coach Ma would come to coach her three days a week and help her improve some of her moves.
This Saturday, Ji Tiantian went to the ice rink for training again. The city team ice rink she often went to was under maintenance that day, so she went to the ice rink in a large shopping mall.
It happened to be the weekend, and there were a lot of people in the ice rink. Young men and women who came for a date, old men and women who wanted to work out on the ice, and children who followed their coaches to learn the basics of ice sports all crowded together, making the place very noisy.
Before the time agreed with Coach Ma, Ji Tiantian started practicing on her own. She found an empty corner to practice split jumps and various spins.
As she gradually became more familiar with the ice, she was now able to transfer many dance moves to the ice. For example, she could do the splits in the air. There was also the ballet chaine. Chaine is a move where two feet cross and rotate forward in a straight line. Ji Tiantian soon found that doing this move on the ice, where the friction is relatively small, was more interesting than on the ground. She could keep moving forward like a spinning top.
These "inventions" are just a way for her to spice up her boring practice. Many of these moves are useless in actual competitions. But they are not completely useless. These moves can be used in exhibition skating, where the rules are relatively loose.
Ji Tiantian thought about it and slapped her face. Why did she suddenly dream of performing skating? If she wanted to participate in the performance skating in the competition, she had to get a good ranking first.
Don’t dream, don’t dream, just practice.
Ji Tiantian was thinking about this when she suddenly heard a series of impatient scoldings. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a middle-aged bald coach scolding a little girl who fell on the ice.
"How come you don't have any strength at all? You can't even do such a simple spin." The bald coach urged the girl impatiently, "Come on, stand up! Use more strength! Don't be so limp."
Although the little girl's face turned pale after the fall, she still tried to stand up and continued to practice one-foot spinning on the spot, but soon fell down again.
"Girls just don't have the strength. That's why I don't like coaching girls." The coach kept complaining, with a look of disgust in his eyes.
Ji Tiantian looked at the tears gradually welling up in the little girl's eyes, and she held back her tears and walked over.
"You can't just use force blindly. If you give the floating leg too much force when spinning, it will become an obstacle." Ji Tiantian walked over, helped the little girl up, and spoke to her softly, "I think your spinning posture just now was good. You must remember to draw kinetic energy from gliding. Make the arc of the gliding before spinning fuller, and don't start the rotation too early." Then, Ji Tiantian demonstrated it herself.
The little girl practiced according to Ji Tiantian's instructions, slid out a full arc, and then started a rotation. She succeeded at once and did not fall again.
"Which coach taught you?" The bald coach widened his eyes and looked Ji Tiantian up and down, making sure that he had never seen Ji Tiantian on this ice rink before.
"My coach is not here at the moment." Ji Tiantian said truthfully.
"That means there is no coach." The bald coach nodded firmly and gave Ji Tiantian a seemingly kind smile, "You are quite talented. I have never seen a girl who skates so well. Many girls are weak and have no strength. Why don't you practice with me in the future?"
"Coach, are you prejudiced against girls?" Ji Tiantian asked with a puzzled smile. Before she came here, she heard that there were many unqualified coaches in this area who were recruiting students and conducting training. Today, she finally saw it.
Ji Tiantian had never expected that this coach was so confident that he would accept her as a student on the spot. Of course, given his experience, it was unknown how much of her skills he could see from her spins.
"Don't think you're great just because you've mastered the basic spins. Follow me, and you can learn the Swallow Spin, Biellmann Spin, Bow Spin, and other difficult spins." The bald coach ignored Ji Tiantian's words and continued, self-righteously offering a condition that he thought Ji Tiantian would definitely be tempted by, "Since you have a good talent, I can give you a discount on the tuition. Go back and discuss it with your parents, there's no one more affordable than me in this area."
The bald coach certainly has his own calculations. There is a lot of competition among coaches in this area, and they often worry about not being able to find new students and not having income. But if, when recruiting, there is a kid like Ji Tiantian practicing nearby, and he says that Ji Tiantian was brought up by him, then why would he worry about parents not paying?
As for whether he is satisfied after paying the money, he doesn't care.
"How about you think about it? You're lucky to meet me." The bald coach continued speaking.
"That's hard to say." At this time, Coach Ma skated over on ice skates and stood next to Ji Tiantian. "Ji Tiantian knows everything you said. She can even be your teacher."
"You are... from the city team..." The bald coach stared at Coach Ma in shock. He still recognized several well-known coaches in South City. He would run away when he saw them.
"Excuse me, haha. I didn't expect to have such an honor to meet the city team today." The bald coach was distracted for a few seconds, then immediately spoke with a smile, turning his eyes to Ji Tiantian, "I was wondering how she could be so amazing, it turns out she's from the city team. Hahaha, the little girl joined the city team at such a young age, she will definitely be amazing in the future!"
"Ji Tiantian is not actually a member of our city team anymore. She is going to join the national team." Coach Ma patted Ji Tiantian on the shoulder and said. Then Ji Tiantian saw the smile frozen on the bald coach's face.
"You're right about one thing. The little girl is really amazing. She's so young, and she's already won the silver medal in ice dance at the National Championships." Coach Ma continued talking, watching the smile on the bald coach's face become increasingly stiff.
"I wonder how many of the strong men you know are at this level? Since you are a coach, you should reflect on yourself more instead of always complaining about your students' shortcomings, don't you think?" Coach Ma continued. Obviously, she had also heard the conversation between the bald coach and Ji Tiantian.
The bald coach's face turned pale and blue, and he turned around and left in shame, not even caring about the little girl he had just taught.
"Tell your mother later that some coaches who use fake certificates to recruit students in commercial areas are actually not good enough." Coach Ma said to the little girl, "I'll give you a contact. If you want to continue learning skating, I'll introduce you to a professional coach."
"Okay... okay." The little girl who had been in a stiff state slowly came back to her senses and blinked at Ji Tiantian, "Are you really Ji Tiantian?"
The bald coach didn't know, but she knew that Ji Tiantian was a miracle in the national championships. She felt that Ji Tiantian looked familiar from the beginning, but she was not sure.
"I like you so much!" When the little girl saw Ji Tiantian nod, she flew into her arms and rubbed her like a cat. "That's great, Sister Tiantian taught me how to skate, and Santa Claus heard my wish!"
Ji Tiantian smiled and pulled the little girl to do a few light spins. Her skillful posture naturally attracted the attention of people around her.
"That must be Ji Tiantian, right? She won the silver medal in ice dance at the National Championships."
"Ah, it's true from this perspective. I can't recognize her in her sportswear and without makeup, but if you look closely, she's really pretty."
"The light of South City, the light of Ice Dance..."
The young people skating around whispered and gathered around.
Ji Tiantian greeted everyone, and then completed a special training amid the crowd's watching and applause.
Such a strong crowd naturally attracted the attention of the mall manager, who came over and gave Ji Tiantian a bunch of supermarket gift cards.
"It's also the first time for me to be so close to an excellent athlete." Seeing Ji Tiantian was trying to refuse, the manager smiled and said, "You're welcome. The news that you came to skate here today will surely boost the popularity of the mall. More and more people will come to skate here in the future. Just remember to come and skate whenever you want."
Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Ji Tiantian accepted the card and told the manager about the bald coach. The manager promised to find the relevant person in charge to verify and handle the matter. If there was really a problem with the bald coach, the little girl's tuition would be refunded, and he promised to strengthen the review of the coach.
Before she knew it, Ji Tiantian's training for the day was over and it was night again.
Ji Tiantian used the card to buy gifts for her parents, coaches and her business partners. Coach Ma's gift could be given on the spot, and the ones who were still in the capital would wait until the next time they met.
Coach Ma also handed Ji Tiantian a big gift package, which included ice skates, protective gear, sportswear, tights, towels, water cups, etc., all of which looked of good quality.
"This is a kind gift from the Municipal Sports Bureau. Please be sure to pass it on to you." Coach Ma said to Ji Tiantian.
"Wow, thank you." Ji Tiantian was very surprised. It must be said that these ice skates and protective gear really reduced her financial burden.
"The people in the municipal bureau were very happy to hear about your achievements. Thanks to you, the General Administration will give us more figure skating resources in South City next year. The national club league and the like will also be held in our South City. Next year, our figure skating circle will definitely be lively. In comparison, these things are really nothing. You can take these with you to the capital in the future. When the national team sees our efforts, they won't dare to be too stingy with you."
"I don't know yet if I can go." said Ji Tiantian.
"With such great results, how can I not let you succeed?" Coach Ma said confidently, "Don't worry."
Ji Tiantian couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Now Xu Chi is in the capital, in addition to reporting on his work, he is also discussing her affairs with the Sports Bureau and the national team leaders.
The decision for Ji Tiantian to be Tang Yi's dance partner was made by Xu Chi, and the leaders had not made a clear statement.
This time Xu Chi went to ask for a place in the national team for her. With this place, she can go to the capital to participate in more professional training, and the cost of daily expenses, choreography costumes, etc. will no longer be a burden.
But it is true that with the results of the National Championships as a foundation, there shouldn't be too many problems.
Through the competition, Zhang Lilian also deeply realized Ji Tiantian's level. She did not prevent her from becoming a professional athlete and going to the capital, but she was always worried about her schooling.
However, we can only discuss this after Xu Chi finishes his work and comes to Nancheng.
Ji Tiantian didn’t think any more about it, thanked Coach Ma again, then packed her gift bag and went to take the bus.
In the car, she habitually browsed the figure skating forum.
Since the end of the National Championships, there have been more and more discussions and popular science posts about ice dancing. Ice dancing fans talk about everything from movements to competition scores, from gossip about famous contestants to the personal resumes of Tang Yi and Ji Tiantian.
Because she has just started to learn ice dancing, Ji Tiantian's resume is still very mysterious. Most people only know that she is a dancer at Nancheng Dance School.
"Can anyone tell me why there are so many ice dance posts on the homepage? I've never seen this before." A curious passerby posted this and was soon recommended to watch the replay of the National Championships.
Ji Tiantian continued to browse with a smile, and then her smile suddenly stopped. She saw a post with a very eye-catching title -
[Ice dance group name discussion post, come quickly] Should Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi also have a group name like their predecessors?
OP: What do you think the name of Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi should be? Please give me some suggestions.
1L: Are they sure they will be paired together? I heard that Yi Ge and Lao Xu decided on Ji Tiantian's dance partner on their own, and this may be opposed by the leadership.
2L: They produce results so quickly, you won’t object, right?
3L: Then let’s have chicken soup. Ji Tang is pronounced the same as Ji Tang, so it’s easy to pronounce.
4L: I think it’s better to call her Tiantang, hehe, it sounds good, hehe.
5L: How about holding a vote?
Not long after, a voting thread for a group name appeared on the forum. There were only two names participating in the voting, one was Chicken Soup and the other was Sweet Sugar.
"If you have other ideas, please feel free to post them in the thread." The initiator of the vote said this in the main post, but it is basically confirmed that this name will be chosen.
Ji Tiantian stared at her phone in a daze.
The name of the group Tiantang sounds very ominous. It seems that if we don't send some sweets in the future, we will be unworthy of this name. This makes people feel very stressed.
Ji Tiantian rubbed her face, and immediately put on a vest to vote for the group named Jitang. After voting, she looked at the voting results. In just five minutes, Jitang voted for 3 people, and Tiantang voted for 11 people.
Ji Tiantian took a breath, thought for a moment, and immediately sent a message to Chen Yusheng: Are you there, sister? Help me!
Then I sent the voting link.
Ji Tiantian: Please vote for me, for Chicken Soup. Could you please ask someone to vote for me? Please, please!
Soon Chen Yusheng sent a message: Okay, no problem, but do you really think the name of the group Chicken Soup sounds good?
Ji Tiantian: I like it!
Ji Tiantian stopped looking at her phone and forced herself to calm down. A group name was not worth causing such a big emotional fluctuation for her.
The train arrived at the station soon, and Ji Tiantian returned home and went straight to her room. She found a comfortable position and lay on the bed, then opened the voting post again.
Current voting results: Chicken Soup 21 votes, Sweet Sugar 97 votes.
Ji Tiantian fell on the bed and breathed heavily, feeling short of breath.
"Yu Sheng, have you asked anyone to help me vote?" Ji Tiantian called Chen Yu Sheng weakly.
"Yes." Chen Yusheng hesitated for a moment, but continued to speak, "That's right...it seems like there's a traitor among us."
"What's the meaning?"
"There are some people... I clearly told them to vote for Chicken Soup, but when they saw the vote, they still voted for Tiantang." Seeing Ji Tiantian was silent, Chen Yusheng immediately continued, "Don't mind it! Everyone thinks Tiantang sounds good, it's all for your own good!"
The devil is doing this for my own good. Ji Tiantian hung up the phone, fell on the bed and continued to breathe heavily.
Then she heard some noise coming from outside the door. Ji Ze and Zhang Lilian seemed to be talking about the figure skating forum.
Ji Tiantian climbed out of bed, opened the door a little and listened.
"Honey, look at this group name vote! I just voted for Tiantang!"
"Aren't you against premature love? Why do you come up with this kind of group name?"
"That's not the same thing. I also like two kids happily competing on the ice with a cute team name."
Ji Tiantian leaned weakly against the door, unable to speak.
She stopped looking at voting posts and started looking at other posts to divert her attention.
Then she saw some ice fans made an animated GIF and posted it on the thread of the footage of her beating Tang Yi with Melody in the waiting area, and Tang Yi wiping her lipstick marks.
I don't know where I found the material. Anyway, many people commented on it.
1L: Wow, Tang Ge and Tian Mei are so cute! What fate made them meet each other?
2L: Yes! They actually just started working together! But it looks like they have known each other for a long time! So sweet! Natural chemistry!
3L: Woohoo, Tang brother and sweet girl must grow up well and must not be taken apart!
4L: By the way, wasn't Tang Yi originally called Brother Yi? Did you just change his nickname according to the new group name?
5L: Just change it, what’s the problem?
Ji Tiantian read the comments for a long time, like an old man on the subway reading his phone.
She calmed down and thought that the group name issue was basically irreversible. However, there might be room for maneuver regarding these two embarrassing GIFs.
Ji Tiantian posted a thread on the forum under a pseudonym, asking for help. The thread topic was: "Can anyone tell me how to get the moderator to delete this thread? TAT".
No one responded to her, so she sent a private message to the forum moderator asking if the two animated pictures could be deleted. After posting, she thought the moderator might not respond to her, so she called Tang Yi who was far away in the capital.
Tang Yi didn't answer at first. After a while, he called Ji Tiantian.
Ji Tiantian: "Were you busy just now?"
Tang Yi: "Yeah, delivering food."
Ji Tiantian: "Takeout... there is no takeout platform now, right?" She glanced at the desk calendar.
So Tang Yi told Ji Tiantian that he and his good friend Ni Chuan had set up several takeout groups these days, divided according to the capital region.
He invited the owners of small restaurants in the corresponding area to join the group, and then added several young friends around him who were willing to run errands as deliverymen. When the boss received a call from a customer and needed to deliver food, he would call people in the group to send out the order, and then a delivery boy would take the order and earn a few yuan in delivery fees for each order.
"When we gather more people, Chuanzi and I will find someone to build a food delivery platform. If it is acquired by a big company in time, we can make a fortune." Tang Yi told Ji Tiantian about his idea, "I will deliver a few orders when I am not busy. We won't go bankrupt. I have already bought the ankle brace you asked for."
"Um...ah? No, no, no, no." Ji Tiantian waved her hands busy on the other end of the phone, "I just received a big gift package from the Municipal Sports Bureau, it's enough!"
"I have already sent it." Tang Yi was silent for a moment, and added, "Just consider it as an expression of my sincerity in business cooperation." As if he was afraid that Ji Tiantian would refuse to accept it.
"Thank you then." But after hearing Tang Yi say this, Ji Tiantian also felt relieved. It seemed that Tang Yi had also gained more skill points after his rebirth, and he seemed to be able to live a better life. As a business partner, she didn't have to worry about him starving to death.
"Tang Yi, I want to talk to you about something serious." Ji Tiantian got to the point, "Do you know how to contact the moderator of the figure skating forum to have the post deleted?"
Then she described the gifs.
"You are not used to being watched by netizens yet. There will be many such GIFs in the future." Tang Yi's voice was filled with laughter. "If you delete them every time, people will think you are trying to cover up your mistake."
"What do you mean by this?" Ji Tiantian opened her eyes wide, "Didn't you say that no one would ship the children's couple?"
"No. But when you grow up, someone will look at what is happening now, sort out the information, and then... No, I mean, prove their theory."
"..." Ji Tiantian let out a long breath, "You seem to know a lot."
"I've been learning video editing recently, and I've learned a lot."
"You really want to learn?"
"Yeah. I also saved a lot of videos of the National Championships."
"You are not allowed to learn it anymore!" Ji Tiantian hung up the phone and took a deep breath again.
She finally decided to disconnect from the Internet for a few days and stay away from figure skating forums.
A few days later, Xu Chi came to South City alone to visit Ji Tiantian's home. Tang Yi was about to take his final exams and did not come, so Jiang Lin stayed in the capital with him.
Ji Tiantian prepared tea for the three adults, and then sat between the two of them as her parents wished. This time, the adults did not hide their conversation from her.
"Everyone has witnessed Ji Tiantian's performance in the National Championships. Coach Jiang has been telling me these days that if we were bolder in the choreography of the short dance, the two children's results might be better." Xu Chi smiled with some emotion.
"You have helped our Tiantian a lot." Ji Ze spoke softly, "We are also very satisfied with her results."
"I hope we can achieve better results in the future." Xu Chi was silent for a moment, then looked up at the two parents. "The Sports Bureau and the national team leaders have agreed to Ji Tiantian joining the national team. We all hope that she can go abroad with Tang Yi and win glory for the country."
Xu Chi's words were clear and concise. Ji Tiantian listened and felt her heart beating strongly in her chest.
Well, now it was set in stone. She was a nationally certified professional athlete.
"Ji Tiantian is a rare ice dancing talent and the one we have been looking for. The national team welcomes her very much. If she joins the national team, she will receive corresponding subsidies, and she will no longer have to worry about training fees, equipment fees, choreography fees, etc. In order to cultivate talents who can bring glory to the country, everyone in the team and I will spare no effort." Xu Chi paused and continued, "Of course, this is at the national level. As for me personally, I also very much hope that Tiantian can keep skating. I can see hope for ice dancing in her."
"Tiantian, do you like ice dancing?" Ji Ze turned and asked Ji Tiantian.
"I like it." Ji Tiantian nodded without hesitation.
"Then do you like to team up with Tang Yi?" Ji Ze continued to ask, "If you just like ice dancing and don't like your current partner, you should also make it clear so that we can find a solution together."
Ji Tiantian couldn't help but sigh that Ji Ze's thinking was clear. Having such a father really made her life much easier.
"Tang Yi is also very good." She gave Ji Ze an affirmative look, "We have agreed to maintain a stable cooperative relationship."
"That's good." Ji Ze touched Ji Tiantian's head.
"Coach Xu, you almost said all of these things when we talked last time." Zhang Lilian spoke slowly, worry on her face, "I also told you that our Tiantian is different from other children. She went through layers of selection and entered the Affiliated High School of Nancheng Dance Academy. I am very worried about her academic performance."
"I reported Ji Tiantian's situation to my superiors," Xu Chi said slowly. "My superiors also take it seriously. After coordinating with many parties, I have reached the conclusion that Ji Tiantian can transfer to the High School Affiliated to the Capital Dance Academy. The capital is rich in figure skating resources, and the ice rinks for regular practice are also advanced. When Tiantian goes to the capital, she should be able to take care of both dance and ice dance practice. Ice dance and ground dance are closely related, and it would be good for the child to have a comprehensive understanding of both." After Xu Chi finished speaking, he smiled at the two dazed parents.
Zhang Lilian was stunned for a moment.
Capital Dance Academy and its affiliated middle school (referred to as Capital Dance Academy Affiliated Middle School) are the holy places in the minds of domestic dancers. Those who are able to enter need to go through local selection and then go to the capital for several rounds of selection. Only the best talents in the country can be admitted. Some of the students who graduate from there will directly join the dance troupe, some will go to more powerful dance academies for further study, or even become artists. Basically, they are all doing well.
Zhang Lilian knew that Ji Tiantian's talent was not the best among all dancers. Her legs were long enough, but her instep was not that good-looking. So when she was about to graduate from elementary school, she did not take Ji Tiantian to the capital to participate in the selection of the Capital Dance Academy Affiliated Middle School. She and Ji Tiantian stayed in Nancheng and nearby cities to apply for art schools in various places. The Nancheng Dance Academy Affiliated Middle School where Ji Tiantian is currently studying is actually quite good, but it is definitely not as well-known as the Capital Dance Academy Affiliated Middle School.
"Is this really possible?" Ji Ze came to his senses before Zhang Lilian did. "I want to confirm that the ballet major of the Capital Dance Academy's High School is willing to admit our Ji Tiantian?"
"That's right. Capital Dance Academy has always been very supportive of our national team's cross-border talent selection program, and it is no problem to help the children of our ice dance team make an exception and transfer. What's more, Ji Tiantian has excellent qualifications." Xu Chi continued, "Of course, she has to record a few dances and do some simple tests before going, but I don't think it will be a problem for Ji Tiantian. I have also brought the detailed test information." As he spoke, Xu Chi placed some information in front of Ji Tiantian and her parents.
It seems that Xu Chi was really busy with a lot of things during his so many days in the capital.
Ji Tiantian was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Zhang Lilian, who also looked at her. Both of them had infinite joy in their eyes.
The best outcome would be to be able to join the national team and go to the capital to use advanced ice dance resources, and to enter the best dance school to continue studying ballet.
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