3 Leave the team on your own
◎【Revision】I'mChinese. ◎
He Qianlu was also confused after arriving at the provincial team.
He just took two days off. Why did the child he had taken care of for five years suddenly leave the team when he came back?
He Qianlu, a former national team player and once the most troublesome player, who was demoted by the national team to coach a small branch in Jianghuai Province, a province that did not pay much attention to table tennis, understood what had happened after learning about it.
After he overturned the table with the provincial team's head coach, he quickly rode his bike out to look for someone.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
He Qianlu walked around in circles looking for it, and the bicycle chain fell off three times.
Finally, I found Zhu Qi on the overpass near the bus station, pushing his luggage and preparing to go home.
"You little bitch! I've been looking for you for half an hour! Last time I told you to buy a pager, you said you didn't need it. I asked your brother, but he didn't know where you were. You're such a grown-up, it's really worrying. And I'm your coach, you have to report to me if you want to quit the team!" He Qianlu panted, threw his bicycle to the side, and yelled at Zhu Qi. Zhu Qi just stared at the ditch at his feet without reacting, and took a deep breath. "What? You can't make the second national team, so you want to jump into the river?"
"I want to jump, but the river is so smelly, so I'll just give up the thought." Zhu Qi tilted his head and glanced at him.
"Look at you." He Qianlu took a bottle of Beibingyang from the bicycle basket and handed it to her. "After you finish drinking it, I'll find you a clean river to jump into, and then I'll fish your body out from the shore."
Zhu Qi bit open the bottle cap with his teeth and drank it down with his head tilted back.
She ran for a long time and stood by the river for a long time, and she forgot how long she had been out.
Leaving the team is not an act of anger.
She just felt that staying in the provincial team was not a solution if she couldn't make it to the national team.
She wants to play a game.
She wants to make money!
But if he went home like this, his uncle and aunt would definitely worry about what happened to him in the provincial team. He hadn't thought of an excuse to give them so he didn't get on the car. As a result, He Qianlu came to find him.
He Qianlu asked: "What are your plans?"
Zhu Qi's eyelids drooped slightly, and his tone was flat: "Coach Wang said that if I have the ability, I will make the national team beg me to join. So I will show my ability. I can't stay in the provincial team until I turn 18 and find a university, right?"
"How do you show it? Are you going to challenge Chaojing?"
"No, it would be too embarrassing if I went and lost, and what if I won? There's no prize money and I have to pay for the train ticket myself. I can't do such a losing business. I'd rather play in the World Games qualifiers at the end of the year. I saw in the newspaper that if you win the World Games qualifiers, you can participate in the World Games as an individual. I want to give it a try."
"My grandma, look at what you can do. The duck has no feathers, but it grows so tall all day long." He Qianlu widened his eyes.
Even in his heyday, he would not dare to be so arrogant as to directly challenge a competition of the level of the World Games.
But now, He Qianlu felt a little relieved when he saw Zhu Qi's energetic look after being irritated.
At least I didn't give up, okay!
He Qianlu pondered for a moment and said, "Playing in the World Games qualifiers? I'm not looking down on you, but your current level is far from perfect. If that's the case, you might as well go abroad and play."
Zhu Qi asked in return, "Then why didn't you go abroad when you were demoted by the national team?"
He Qianlu was stunned and didn't know how to answer the question.
Although He Qianlu did not answer, Zhu Qi expressed the answer in He Qianlu's mind.
"I don't want to go abroad and be their dog either."
Zhu Qi withdrew his gaze and looked into the distance.
She was very familiar with the faces of those birdmen.
When I was a coach in my previous life, I suffered a lot of humiliation and contempt from foreign white people.
Hug you and kiss you on the cheek in person.
They turn around and call you a "chicken" and an "easy girl".
A group of robbers who accidentally opened the key to the industrial treasure chest reaped the benefits of the Industrial Revolution thinking it was their own ability. In fact, they were just sick Western men with body odor and whose sweat glands had not yet evolved fully.
Wait until the Dongfeng series comes out in twenty years and blow you bastards to death.
He Qianlu deliberately teased, "I thought the idea of going abroad to compete was equivalent to being a 'traitor,' something only the older generation had. As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. Going abroad to find a way out after being treated unfairly at home is completely normal now. Look at that so-and-so, isn't he doing very well in the Athens team?"
Zhu Qi smashed the soda bottle on the ground and slammed the cup as a signal, shouting the first sound of the revolution that started the twelve dark years of Chinese table tennis.
“I’m Chinese!”
If you can't play in the World Games qualifiers, you can also go to Yunwan or Zhugang.
These two regions can represent the province in world competitions.
Anyway, she would rather not put on the national flag than put on the flag of another country.
He Qianlu didn't say anything else. The PHS in his pocket was beeping, indicating that he was on a call. When he found Zhu Qi, he had just received a call from Chaojing City. Seeing that Zhu Qi was too excited, he forgot to hang up.
On the other end of the phone was his old mentor, Ms. Ren Xinhua, the current head coach of the national table tennis team and president of the Chinese Table Tennis Federation.
After seeing that Zhu Qi's name was once again not on the list of national team selections this year, Ren Xinhua bypassed everyone and directly called Zhu Qi's provincial team branch coach.
The call just got through.
Ren Xinhua heard the most famous troublemaker in the world, who was once known throughout the Sports Bureau, shouting.
"If that old bastard has something to say, come at me! How dare he bully a little girl? Tell him to stay in the hotel and don't leave. I'm going to fight him again!"
Since the establishment of the Chinese national table tennis team, the first player who dared to fight with the coach was He Qianlu.
Since the establishment of the national table tennis team, the first player who dared to slam the table and leave the provincial team coach was Zhu Qi.
inheritance.
Very amazing.
The little girl on the other end of the phone said "I'm Chinese" in a gentle voice, which warmed Ren Xinhua's heart.
She hadn't met an athlete with such strong faith in many years.
Now many coaches of the national table tennis team have formed their own schools.
There are six coaches in the women's table tennis team, and there are six schools of thought.
Each sect fights openly and secretly, schemes against each other, and tries to trip each other up to compete for singles spots.
The whole team is full of suffocating vicious competition.
At this time, Ren Xinhua knew that a very serious situation had occurred within the team.
As the saying goes, the enemy is not outside, but beside you.
After the Munich World Games, she was diagnosed with a serious health problem and was hospitalized for a year and a half due to stomach surgery. When she came back, the entire Chinese national table tennis team had become a mess and a mess.
It happened to coincide with the major reform of the International Table Tennis Federation.
Unfortunately, all the bad things happened at the same time, which led to a lack of young players in the national team and the technology began to lag behind.
very good.
Since the second national team doesn’t want this kid.
They want the national team.
What Ren Xinhua didn't expect was that his proposal to go against all odds and directly transfer Zhu Qi to the national team was protested by all the coaches in the team, and even the head coach of the men's team voted against it.
Shi Ge, head coach of the men's team, said: "Chairman Ren, this is not in line with the selection process of our national table tennis team. Anyone who wants to join the first national team must transition to the second national team and pass the first and second national team round-robin competitions before they can join the first national team. This has been the case since the establishment of the table tennis team, and everyone has come this way. If we directly transfer a child who has not even passed the tryout to the first national team, how can we explain this to the General Administration of Sport? Will the General Administration of Sport think that this child is related to someone? What is the relationship? Is this a shady relationship? How many reports do we have to write, how much people do we have to use, and how much talk do we have to do for her?"
Let's not even talk about whether the leaders of the General Administration of Sport will have any objections. What will the people at the national badminton, swimming, and track and field teams speculate and discuss? What will the outside media say? Who knows how harsh the comments will be? Even our own players probably can't shut them up. Who hasn't come through the city team, provincial team, or the national youth training camp? Is she so special? Just because she won a minor Grand Slam? We have no shortage of minor Grand Slams.
Besides, putting everything aside, she just won a minor Grand Slam and played well, but who knows how she'll perform in the future? Can she maintain this form? Will she reach Asian level? World level? If she plays poorly in any match, the entire national table tennis team will be criticized. If you really think she's good, just put her on the national team. There's a major tournament at the end of the year, and she'll definitely be able to catch up, and then she'll have a legitimate chance to join the national team. Anyway, I don't agree with her going straight to the national team."
"That's right!" The other coaches nodded.
Ren Xinhua was getting a headache from their noise and looked at Jiang Guangming: "Old Jiang, you've seen that kid, what do you say?"
Jiang Guangming, who had just returned to Beijing, had already prepared a speech. He sat up straight and said, "Chairman Ren, you all know who the coach in charge of her provincial team is. He Qianlu has always been a stain on our national table tennis team. Do we want the children he trained to represent the Chinese team in competitions?"
During the turbulent times, the national team was forced to disband. After much difficulty rebuilding, our entire team was trembling with fear, fearing even the slightest mistake would lead to another disbandment. It would have been fine if the child had switched coaches earlier, and the years He Qianlu coached her would have been considered irrelevant. But the child refused to change coaches, insisting on sticking with a coach with a bad record.
If we go abroad, the whole world will bring this up again, and the Sports Bureau officials won't approve. This will have a terrible impact! How can the other players on the national table tennis team hold their heads up high? How can they face the global media's aggressive pressure?
Also, I see that kid is very ambitious and won't always be a sparring partner for others. I also don't want to delay him, so let him take advantage of his young age. He already has his athlete certificate, and after two years of academic studies, he can go to university, which is a good option."
He explained his reasons both positively and negatively, and Ren Xinhua understood what he meant.
He believes that the Chinese national table tennis team is not short of talent.
In this great China with its outstanding people and beautiful scenery, can't we find a few "Martial Stars" who can fight against the United States, Japan and South Korea?
Even if the level in all aspects is a little lower, the national team can still train them vigorously.
There are also several good straight-to-horizontal players in the national team now. Although their performance in the Asian Cup series was poor, it was just because they lacked practical experience.
Next, sign those kids up for more competitions!
Practice through competition!
It can definitely sharpen steel into a blade!
Anyway, no matter what, Jiang Guangming can't let the entire national table tennis team be dragged down!
Perhaps it is because the table tennis teams have won too many honors in the past.
So much so that everyone has forgotten that the whole world is now watching and studying the Chinese team.
Japan and South Korea are eyeing us covetously from the east, Russia and Belarus are sending out some powerful generals above our heads, and Australia has a few foreigners who are pretty good at fighting right under our feet.
Only Ren Xinhua felt the urgency.
The national team needs this kid.
"You all go out, I'll think about it." Ren Xinhua spread his hands, and the coaches left their seats one after another, and the entire conference room became empty in an instant.
She took out an envelope, called a female team member over, and said, "Send this to the ITTF branch in China, expedited."
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He Qianlu didn't let Zhu Qi go home and took her to a nearby food stall.
The master and the disciple sat facing each other and ate skewers.
While eating, Zhu Qi listened to He Qianlu telling him about the glory of his youth.
"Back then, I was in and out of Berlin seven times, challenging the US, Japan, and South Korea, crushing Russia in Athens, earning the nickname 'The Awakening Lion of the East.' All I needed was a World Cup Grand Slam. What a shame, what a shame! That guy named Jiang was so petty. He deliberately made things difficult for me on the national team, not letting me train, not letting the logistics department give me rubbers. I just pushed him, and he insisted I fight him and kicked me out. But it was Old Ren who managed to just send me back to the second team. And what happened? Less than a month later, I was back in the first team! Back then, girls obsessed with me would line up from Beijing to Paris. Believe it or not, many of the girls on the team wrote me love letters! When I was young, you girls would say I was a pretty boy. More stylish than Aaron Kwok, more handsome than Andy Lau, more handsome than Leslie Cheung. But I, your brother, only took one scoop from the vast sea... hiccups."
"Don't drink anymore." Zhu Qi took his wine glass and glanced down at the pile of wine bottles at his feet. "I can't hold you back if you drink too much. I'm just a little girl."
"You? Little girl? I've never seen a little girl as mature as you. To be honest, sometimes I don't think you're fifteen years old. You can't even say a soft word. The coach scolded you and you tore up your things and ran away. You have such a bad temper..." He Qianlu cursed, then stroked his unshaven chin and smiled innocently. "Exactly the same as me before."
He Qianlu didn't know why, but he seemed to be in a particularly good mood today.
Zhu Qi simply took this opportunity to hear the "truth spoken after drinking".
"Brother Lu, can you tell me, was it really because of prostitution that you were expelled from the national team?"
【Author’s words】
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Athletes embarking on a professional path start from the enlightenment period (4-6 years old) → school sports (children's class) → district sports school (amateur sports school) → municipal sports school (generally, academic subjects are not taken much at this time) → joining the provincial team (10 years old and above, if there are particularly outstanding players, the age limit can be lowered, and there are also players who join the provincial team at the age of 8 or 9. After joining the provincial team, academic subjects are basically not taken) → closed training of the national youth team → national second team (14 years old and above, very outstanding players can lower the age limit) → national first team (through the national first and second level promotion and relegation games)
The National Youth Team's closed training camp is privately organized: Each province recommends 3-5 athletes to be sent to the capital for a two-month closed training camp. The final week includes a round-robin match where everyone is matched up. Points are calculated based on a best-of-three format, with the top 6 players advancing to the National Youth Team/National Second Team.
National Youth Team/National Second Team: I asked my friend, and actually, the National Youth Team and the National Second Team were separate before. After leaving the provincial team, you had to first enter the National Youth Team and then the National Second Team, but now they seem to be put together.
National Team First and Second Level Promotion Tournament: The second team accumulates points through domestic and intra-squad competitions. Those with the highest points who meet the required score can challenge the first team for promotion. A round-robin tournament will be played between the bottom five players from the first team and the top five players from the second team. For example, if five players from the second team meet the required score, they will challenge the bottom five players from the first team. The top five players from the ten teams will then be selected to join the first team. Players originally in the first team will remain in the first team, those in the second team will be promoted to the first team, and those at the bottom of the first team will be relegated to the second team.
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