130 video master tapes
◎That person just wanted to make money by looking at me and disgust me at the same time.◎
For the national team players, the entire year 1999 and January 2000 passed by very quickly.
In addition, after Xu Dong got married, she had a short four-day honeymoon.
The other players in the group trained with Zhu Qi. They practiced whatever Zhu Qi told them to do.
Fortunately, there were no large-scale competitions during this period, only a few regional competitions organized domestically and a Chinese Games.
The coaching staff let Zhu Qi and Maomao play a few women's doubles and mixed doubles matches, leaving the singles opportunities to A Shui who was practicing right-handed ball vigorously, and Zuo Zuo, You You and Xiao Lingling who was emerging recently.
It is very easy for the coaching staff to let the two pillars of the women's team play doubles, just train the newcomers.
The result was inexplicable, and many domestic fans started to have conspiracy theories for some reason.
It is speculated that because Zhu Qi won the Grand Slam and Maomao is getting older, the team's coaching staff plans to abandon the coach to save the car and train the next generation in advance.
Some people also speculated that A Shui's family was wealthy and she was the "little daughter" of a Shanghai foreign trade company. Maybe there was a "gift-giving" situation, so A Shui was given more opportunities to show up.
Ah Shui thought it was outrageous, and Maomao also thought it was outrageous.
Amidst many strange speculations, the players didn't pay much attention to what was happening outside and were always focused on their training and games.
For the kids.
The days are still the same as usual, no difference.
But it's different for coaches.
First, at the Asian Cup at the end of the year, Zhu Qi met Jin Lili from the South Korean team, and Jin Lili told Zhu Qi something.
"The Korean team bought a lot of your game videos from the Japanese team, ten volumes in total."
Zhu Qi thought he had misheard and asked again: "Me?"
Jin Lili nodded. "Yes, they're all from many domestic competitions in China last year and this year, including several previous Chinese Games and the Ping Tiao League. Other players have some too. Ah Shui and Maomao also have two volumes, but not as many as you have. And they're all official master tapes. They even have warm-up videos from the training hall. The recordings are crystal clear, and you can even hear what the coaches and players say to each other."
Official master, these four words mean that it must be made by insiders.
It's not something that fans set up some equipment and recorded from their position.
Rather, these are ultra-high-definition versions that organizers from various places put out for sale in order to record the videotapes they filmed.
In addition, you can also use other equipment to perform various adjustments on the master tape, play it frame by frame, and learn the 360-degree picture frame by frame.
There have been cases of people in the national team reselling game videos before. Ren Xinhua even called the head coaches of each provincial team individually and asked them to conduct a thorough investigation.
But the South Korean and Japanese teams also received it, which only means that the person who sold the video did it knowingly.
This typical 50w behavior made Zhu Qi feel very outrageous.
Although game videos are everywhere, Jin Lili added, "Actually, your game videos appeared on the Japanese and Korean teams a long time ago. When I was still on the national team, I had a lot of contact with some people on the Korean team. Before the Tokyo World Games, I talked to the Korean players about you, and they all knew that you had also watched many of your domestic game videos."
Zhu Qi understood: "So that's why you said at the time that there were other people in the team who didn't like me, recorded my video and sent it abroad, and asked external research on me to stop me, right?"
Jin Lili felt embarrassed when she spoke about her youthful and naivete. She nodded, "I know a little bit, but that's roughly what happened. I also asked the coaches who sold the video, but they said they didn't know because they also bought it from the Japanese team."
After the Florida Table Tennis Championships, the South Korean team's attitude towards Kim Lili suddenly changed. Not only did they fire Han Taiyang, but they also replaced Kim Lili with a coach with a better temper.
Before, Jin Lili was servile in the Korean team, and these Koreans didn't take her seriously.
Later, Kim Lili threatened to quit the team, and the South Korean team immediately began to soften its attitude.
It's also cheap.
Kim Lili's attitude is also very clear. She and the South Korean team have a mutually beneficial relationship.
She needs a platform to compete in world competitions, and the Korean team needs a player who can win medals. Stop talking about sacrificing your life for the Korean team, and forget about naturalization.
Now that her position in the Korean team is so clear, Jin Lili feels much more relaxed and free from so many moral shackles.
Providing this information to Zhu Qi can be regarded as paying back for the slap Zhu Qi gave Han Taiyang last time.
The videos sold are basically domestic competitions.
Zhu Qi felt that it might not necessarily be done by someone from the national team.
Zhu Qi wasn't afraid of his video being circulated, but Maomao was furious when he heard about it: "This won't do! It means there's a mole among us. We must tell Chairman Ren about this. We can't let people like this keep using our people as ATMs."
Ah Shui felt that what Maomao said was right: "Exactly, what's the point of doing it once or twice? These outsourced players watched the video and trained against Bao Bao. It also increases the difficulty for the players during the game!"
Seeing that Maomao and A Shui both had the attitude of "investigate, even if we chase them out of the palace", Zhu Qi also agreed. The three of them ran to Ren Xinhua and repeated what Jin Lili said.
Ren Xinhua frowned when he heard this.
It’s not impossible to check, but the workload is too heavy.
Because domestic competitions are not really private and top-secret, the official game master tapes can actually be found in many places. Provincial teams, municipal teams, coaches, players... many of them also want to learn advanced techniques from the national team players in private, and they will keep a copy for themselves.
This is where things get tricky.
It is difficult to pinpoint a specific person through moral condemnation.
Ren Xinhua could only report this matter to the General Administration of Sport, letting them know about it and see if they could organize an investigation team to see what happened, or perhaps even control the spread of the competition master tape...
Later, the General Administration of Sports did not give any response. When the national team coaches and players heard about this, they all felt disgusted as if they had eaten a fly.
There are several "international students" at home, and if this matter becomes a big deal, it will become a laughing stock for others.
Although the national team wanted to investigate secretly, the matter somehow got out.
And the rumors are getting more and more outrageous.
From the initial rumors that "someone in China specifically recorded Zhu Qi's games for foreign players to learn from," it became "Zhu Qi was being "sniped" by foreign players. Who betrayed our own athletes?", then it became "Zhu Qi was arrogant and had conflicts with others in the national team, causing dissatisfaction among insiders, so they recorded his videos and sold them to foreign players." Finally, it became "Zhu Qi "stole" his teammate's Grand Slam in a crucial match, so his teammate's provincial team has always had a lot of complaints about Zhu Qi."
The next version Zhu Qi heard was that the game video might have been leaked by the Chongqing-Yuanzhou provincial team.
Because the head coach of the Chongqing Provincial Team is the deputy secretary of the Table Tennis Federation of the Chinese Games, he has been responsible for organizing all matters related to the Chinese Games.
Zhu Qi stole Zu Tianjiao's "Miriam" Cup. Perhaps the Chongqing team has long been unhappy with Zhu Qi.
[I heard that the Chongqing Yu team even took Zhu Qi's game videotapes abroad and sold them...]
It seems these two players didn't have a good relationship in the national team. They didn't communicate with each other during the women's doubles match in the Table Tennis League...
These rumors spread more and more, and even his uncle called Zhu Qi and asked, "Is what they said true? Aren't you and Xiao Zu on good terms? Are they all lies?"
"It must be a rumor. We are fine." Zhu Qi said speechlessly.
"I've been feeling something's not right, but those people spread it so convincingly that I thought you had just had a quarrel after the table tennis match. Okay, just be nice..."
What was being spread outside was indeed outrageous and very “true”, and it seemed as if many of the little things had been witnessed with my own eyes.
Zhu Qi and Maomao did not communicate at all when they played women's doubles.
Because there is no need!
They are so familiar with each other that they can tell what the other is thinking just by raising their hands.
Moreover, Zhu Qi and Maomao are a strong combination. When playing against other women's doubles in table tennis, they are as good as a machine. It only took some effort to play against the team of A Shui and You You.
Zhu Qi was very angry, but the one who was most angry was the coach of the Chongqing team.
"Nonsense! Ridiculous! Absurd!" The head coach of Chongqing Yu flew to Chaojing specifically to stand before Ren Xinhua and complain. "This is a false accusation! How could we possibly be jealous of someone who's won a Grand Slam and sells videos? Are you crazy?! I guarantee with my career that this video was definitely not recorded by anyone on our team! And there's no way we were selling it overseas! If it was, I'll resign!"
Ren Xinhua tried to comfort him, knowing that people nowadays care a lot about their reputation, so many people who have been engaged in sports for a lifetime don't like to deal with reporters, because they are afraid that if they say something wrong, the reporters will misunderstand them and then spread it in a different way.
After seeing off the Chongqing team coach, Foye suggested, "Should we ask the police to intervene and investigate who is spreading the rumors?"
"We should definitely call the police, but we can't alert the enemy now." Ren Xinhua thought about it and felt that something was strange.
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As the rumors spread outside increased, many players in the national team also heard various inquiries from their friends and family members in the provincial team.
Although it has nothing to do with the people in the team, those who are at the center of the storm will be affected to some extent.
Ah Shui even quietly ran over to when Zhu Qi was alone and asked, "Bao Bao, you don't really think the Chongqing-Yuan provincial team sold the video, do you?"
"How is that possible?" Zhu Qi asked back. "Rumors are spreading everywhere, how can we believe them?"
Ah Shui breathed a sigh of relief, but still felt a little worried: "But everyone out there is saying that, and a lot of people seem to believe it. Strangely enough, even the coach of my provincial team asked me what was going on. They're all very curious..."
Zhu Qi looked at the silly girl and expressed his opinion: "Honestly, those who sell videos are just trying to make a little money. Jin Lili said that during the Tokyo cycle, my videos were frequently appearing in the hands of external organizations. The coaches of the Chongqing Yu team probably didn't even know who I was. Even if I won the World Cup gold throne, why would they focus on me, a young player whose future was still unknown?"
The increase in Zhu Qi’s videos now is also because Zhu Qi’s strength has become stronger.
Ah Shui thought Zhu Qi's explanation made perfect sense, and immediately asked, "Yes, at the time of the Tokyo World Games, you had only been with the national team for two years after joining Jianghuai. But at that time, you weren't Mao Mao's main competitor. Who else could that person sell? Sister Xia, Sister Shushu, or Jin Lili would all be fine..."
"So I think that person just wanted to make money and disgust me at the same time."
Moreover, the Florida State Championship ended more than a year ago. Why was there no news at that time that "Zhu Qi "stole" Maomao's Grand Slam and the two of them were not in harmony within the team"?
Now suddenly everyone is saying that Zhu Qi and Maomao have a bad relationship. It is possible that people from the Chongqing Provincial Team deliberately sold Zhu Qi's video in "revenge." Are they using public relations tactics to divert attention so early?
Originally selling Zhu Qi's game videos.
Zhu Qi wasn't that angry yet.
However, because of this incident, many people wanted to sever the relationship between Zhu Qi and Maomao, and to sow discord between the two of them who had lived together for eight years!
This is intolerable!
Speaking of which…
"The next table tennis league will be held in Chaojing, right?" Zhu Qi had a bold idea.
【Author’s words】
Because I was making major revisions to the previous chapter during the day, I really can't finish this chapter. I can only write more tomorrow.
After being stuck for three days, the text finally cleared up. It's true that a bystander sees things more clearly. A reader's few words enlightened me to a question I hadn't figured out for three days. The previous chapter was overhauled, so I recommend rereading it. The work arrangements for He Qianlu and Xu Dong have been adjusted, and that's explained in the preface. Love you guys! ! ! !
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