73 China-US Exchange Competition
◎Now one member of the women's team has left, and one member of the men's team has left.◎
The Chinese press was in a period of transition in the 1990s.
The level and professional ethics of media reporters varied greatly. In addition, people's awareness of prevention was not strong in the 1990s. Many reporters found that they could extort money by holding "black material". They were the predecessors of domestic paparazzi.
Some low-level black reporters will deliberately ask questions that others would find embarrassing, in order to create eye-catching topics and increase the attention of their own sections.
But the main targets of these black journalists are basically individual businesses.
They wouldn't target a little athlete like her, would they?
Besides, she is just a table tennis player, so there is nothing worth digging into her.
She usually stays in the management center and never goes out. She is rarely seen except when she is playing games.
Not to mention any black material, there is not even any white material.
Now is not the time for athletes to become stars, and there are no fan clubs buying these negative news.
That only means that the reporter in front of me is sick and is deliberately stirring up trouble.
At such times, Zhu Qi would never give himself up to criticism. If he answered the question along the lines of his topic, he would fall into the other party's trap, so he could not answer.
Zhu Qi often responded with a rhetorical question at such moments: "Thank you very much for your question. Before I answer, I'm curious about something. Mr. Reporter, are you a sports reporter?"
"Yes." The male reporter held the microphone and didn't understand why Zhu Qi asked this.
But when answering, Zhu Qi sensed that he hesitated for a moment.
Zhu Qi expressed a look of intense curiosity. "Then why do you keep asking questions that have nothing to do with basketball? Are you really a sports reporter? Did you previously work in real estate? And I'm also checking how many people are in your family."
The male reporter was a little embarrassed, and his smile was very awkward, but he still said stubbornly: "I'm a sports reporter."
"Then ask me a few questions related to ball." Let me see your level.
Zhu Qi flicked the towel in his hand, folded it, and looked at the male reporter like a teacher staring at a child reciting a lesson.
"Hmm... your last game against Fang Miao from the Shanghai team was quite tense. I'm wondering what techniques you used to defeat your roommate, someone you usually claim to be close to."
Zhu Qi was amused. "First of all, the sixth game between her and me wasn't really tense. The most tense was the fifth. Although the final sixth game was the decisive one, from our perspective as an insider, the score gap had already widened from the start of the sixth game. I had scored too many points earlier, and in the middle and late stages, Ah Shui simply couldn't catch up. So the sixth game can't be considered tense. Secondly, as a sports reporter, you can't ask athletes questions about tactics, because you have to prevent outsiders from watching the interviews and using them to criticize our own players."
The male reporter moved his mouth a bit, as if he didn't react, but he still maintained a dignified demeanor and tried to bring the topic back to himself: "Because, um, because this time we want to learn more about the athletes' lives outside the arena..."
So, does this mean that you didn't watch the game seriously at all?
"But I think you should just focus on what's happening on the field. As journalists, you should focus on spreading positive energy rather than trivializing family matters. I find it ridiculous that you chose to ask a question completely unrelated to the competition during a national event. Don't my achievements and hard work deserve your attention?"
Having said that, can the male reporter say no?
The male reporter originally thought that the little girl was only 19 years old, and looked so childish and young. In addition, his stereotype of athletes was that they had been playing games outside since they were young, and they had been training all the time without being exposed to any social hardships.
This type of people are inexperienced and speak their mind, so they can easily come up with some interesting topics.
But I didn't expect Zhu Qi to react so quickly and speak so eloquently.
The male reporter was thinking hard and wanted to ask something more when Maomao came over with Ah Shui, having changed his clothes.
"It's time for our break." Maomao pointed at the time on her wrist and pulled Zhu Qi out the door. "Sorry, the interview is over."
As the game was coming to an end and the athletes began to leave one after another, the male reporter knew that this plan was not going to work, so he took out his cell phone and made a call.
"Auntie, I really can't help you with this. I don't have that much ability. I'm just a reporter with a small column. How can I care about the affairs of national team athletes..."
The woman on the other end of the phone was extremely anxious and said quickly, "No, Da Liu. Your mother and I have been neighbors for so many years. You must help me with this... How can a child not see his biological father? You've done a good thing by reuniting our family. Your uncle and I will definitely thank you very much..."
The male reporter was also speechless.
If they are really a family, how could the child not recognize his biological father?
Now that they see that the other person is a prominent figure, they rush to claim to be their relative... This kind of thing has happened countless times from ancient times to the present.
The male reporter was a little worried. He really wanted some "benefits", but his ability was limited. The only time he could get in touch with national athletes was during post-match interviews.
He had to think very hard to show up in the interview area.
I waited for seven consecutive days before I got the opportunity to interview Zhu Qi, but she ended up scolding me and saying that I was not professional enough as a reporter.
This girl is not just eighteen or nineteen years old, she is simply a cunning person.
never mind.
This money cannot be earned.
The male reporter said, "I'm so sorry, Auntie. It's not that I don't want to help. She's very opposed to Uncle's affairs, so it's probably impossible... I think you should think of another way."
This couple isn't financially secure, and all they do is write me empty promises every day. Who knows how much "benefits" they'll ultimately offer me? Don't risk your job.
Finished.
The male reporter didn't care what the woman said anymore. He quickly hung up the phone, saying that he had work to do later.
/
Mixed doubles final in the afternoon.
Zhu Qi and Qin Xiaoba lost to the Chaojing team and won the runner-up in the mixed doubles event.
The men's singles champion was Daxiong, with runner-up Song Linzhou and third-place Qin Xiaoba. The men's team results were also announced: the Bayi team won, the Chaojing team took second place, and the Heihaibin team took third place. In the women's team competition, Maomao, a member of the Chongqing-Yu Iron Blood singles team, won a gold medal and a certificate after a series of victories. The Huhai women's team took second place, and the Chaojing women's team took third place.
The Bayi team won three gold medals and one silver medal.
After the mixed doubles match, the team doctor examined Zhu Qi's right foot and initially diagnosed it as a sprain. There was a bruise and a bump on the outside of the ankle joint, which wasn't painful to pinch, but would ache if he stood for a long time.
The doctor's judgment was: "When the sprain occurred, there was no rest and high-intensity continuous exercise. The swelling was caused by the joint dislocation at the moment of the sprain."
If the sprain happened to occur during the finals, there might still be time to rest.
But unfortunately, we were playing in the semi-finals.
"Is it not ankle inversion? Do we need to take an X-ray to confirm whether there is any fracture?" Maomao squatted beside and watched the team doctor pinching Zhu Qi's feet.
The team doctor shook his head: "No fracture, no need to shoot, fracture will hurt..."
"What if Baobao can endure it..." A Shui muttered.
Zhu Qi was at a loss for words: "I'm not that strong! If it hurts, I'll scream! Don't I know if my bones are broken?"
The team doctor also laughed: "If it was a fracture, she wouldn't even be able to walk. The ligaments and small joints around the ankle were dislocated when it was sprained, but I just pinched it and it returned to its original position. This little girl has a good physical fitness and strong self-healing ability."
All three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
The team doctor added a reminder, "But don't use your ankle for strenuous exercise for three days. Just because it's dislocated now doesn't mean it won't happen later. Right now, your small joints and ligaments are at their most vulnerable. It just so happens that our team doctor brought plasters this time, so wrap your ankle with elastic tape while you walk. Of course, avoid walking if you can. After three days, when the emergency period is over and the swelling has subsided, you'll basically be fine..."
Ren Xinhua walked over and asked the team doctor a few more questions. After confirming that there was nothing serious, he said to Xu Dong next to him, "It just so happens that everyone is tired after the Chinese Games. Let's go back and rest first and then focus on basic training."
Xu Dong nodded repeatedly: "Okay." Then he began to think about how to adjust Zhu Qi's training plan when he returned.
Everything is ready.
Zhu Qi's first Chinese Games as a member of the national team ended successfully.
After the mixed doubles match, I have to go back to the hotel to pack my things, and then it will be almost early morning. I have to take the train back to Beijing at 8 o'clock tomorrow.
It can be said that there is absolutely no time to go home and sit for a while.
The next day, when my uncle and his family came to see me off, we stood at the train entrance and talked for a while.
The four adults had endless words of advice to say to the two children.
These days, it takes almost ten hours to travel from Jianghuai Province to Beijing by train.
The carriages were moving very slowly.
I don’t know when we will meet again after I left.
At the appointed time, the adults watched the two children catch up with the tail of the main group and enter the boarding gate one by one.
The train starts moving.
The carriage was shaking, and the scenery outside began to change rapidly.
Although I have been traveling a lot during this period.
He also left the capital many times.
But none of them made people feel as nostalgic as this time.
In fact, for athletes, because they have to stay outside for a long time, many players leave their hometown when they are still very young.
But this is where Zhu Qi lived in his previous life after all, and every time he leaves, he has some indescribable feelings.
The appearance of the male reporter made Zhu Qi realize that this would definitely not be the last question related to her original family.
It was also possible that the man's family had already known about her playing in the competition in Jianghuai Province.
Whatever.
She wanted to see how shameless people could be.
In fact, right after she was reborn, Zhu Qi even dreamed several times that the family came to see her, and she dreamed of how she would humiliate them in an extreme and insulting manner.
But after waking up from the dream, Zhu Qi felt that doing so was a waste of time.
Because a lion will not turn back because of a dog's barking.
At this moment, today, the enemy and we are no longer on the same level.
I don’t know if the newspapers will start publishing related content now that I gave that male reporter the cold shoulder.
When Zhu Qi was about to ask the conductor for a newspaper, Ah Shui came running back in a hurry from the front carriage.
When Maomao saw her like this, he knew that there was some gossip.
"Hey hey hey! I just heard something!"
Maomao said with amusement, "Isn't this big news again?"
"Well... it's not big news, it's a small one, but it's definitely explosive!" Ah Shui, sitting in the front, turned and looked at the two sisters behind him. "Fat Tiger passed the tryout at Zhugang! He's now a player at Zhugang!"
Zhu Qi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.
Fat Tiger is from Guangdong, so going to Zhuhai and Hong Kong also helps him communicate with the language.
Although Fat Tiger’s position in the national team has always been a sparring partner.
However, the performance of the Zhugang team has not been very good. If Fat Tiger goes there, his strength level should be considered to be among the pretty good ones.
Once you are demoted from the national team to the provincial team, there is no way back. If you still want to continue playing, it is normal to find another place to try out.
Athletes are trained from a young age and have not taken academic classes for a long time. Especially at Fat Tiger's age, he may not be able to keep up with the progress outside if he goes to school, and he is not yet old enough to graduate from college.
If I don’t play table tennis... I don’t know what I would do.
"Tang Tang also went, but Tang Tang plans to retire, leaving Fat Tiger to play alone." Ah Shui sighed, leaning on the back seat. "Fat Tiger is the second player to leave the national team and go play elsewhere."
very good.
Now one person has left the women's team and one person has left the men's team.
The pressure is shared.
The Zhuhai-Hong Kong issue in 1996 was very sensitive, as it was on the verge of return but not yet fully returned.
After returning, he can also represent Zhuhai and Hong Kong in world-class competitions.
But Zhu Qi has already sensed an impending return, as the mainland began to frequently engage in interactive contacts between the two sides, including last year's Hong Kong-Zhuhai Table Tennis Tournament, which was also fully organized by the General Administration of Sport of the Chinese team.
include……
As soon as they arrived at Tiantan East Road, the General Administration of Sports called Ren Xinhua's office.
After listening for a while, Ren Xinhua's face showed a frown, thought, and worry, but finally turned calm, and he only replied: "Okay, I understand, we will be ready here."
The athletes were hurriedly carrying their personal luggage off the bus one by one.
Because the table tennis players and badminton players live together, we chartered two buses this time so that people from both groups can ride together.
Zhu Qi saw the Sunshine Group playing badminton next door again.
This time, one of them won a gold medal and the other won a silver medal. They were very happy when they came back and talked with Zhu Qi for a long time.
After finally piling up all the stuff at the entrance of the management center and preparing to carry it back to the dormitory one by one, Ren Xinhua suddenly came over and said to the national table tennis team, "The two captains came to my office to see me. Everyone else, please help carry their stuff back."
Cat and Bear responded, put down their things and followed.
Zhu Qi's foot was injured, and the men's team nearby came over to help.
Song Linzhou took out his suitcase and used it as a simple wheelchair.
When Zhu Qi sat on it, Qin Xiaoba followed behind and pushed it, saying as he pushed: "Brother Fat Tiger has joined the Zhugang team now. We will be rivals in the future. Alas, things are unpredictable..."
A teammate who used to be with me day and night suddenly left one day and then appeared across the table...
Jin Lili and Fat Tiger are quite different.
The former didn't interact much with Zhu Qi and the others, and their relationship was even poor. So Jin Lili left without a care in the world, and Ah Shui was even so happy when she left that she almost set off firecrackers at the door of the girls' dormitory.
But Fat Tiger and Song Linzhou grew up together. They joined the second national team at the age of fourteen and were promoted to the first national team at the age of fifteen.
If we calculate based on the time when Fat Tiger left the national team, the time he spent with Song Linzhou and the others was no less than that of Zhu Qi and A Shui, or even a little longer.
And when Qin Xiaoba came to the national team, Fat Tiger also provided some help.
Now Song Linzhou has developed into an absolute main force in the national team, Qin Xiaoba is also preparing to take over the men's singles baton, and Fat Tiger has become the one who was demoted.
Fate...
Song Linzhou followed beside him, carrying Zhu Qi's luggage bag, quietly doing his job as a bag carrier without saying a word.
Zhu Qi said with a smile, "What's there to be sentimental about? Even though he's still on the national team, you're still rivals."
Song Linzhou raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Zhu Qi curiously, not understanding what she meant by this sentence.
Zhu Qi sat on the suitcase with his feet up. His right foot was not fully clothed, revealing the back half of his heel which was wrapped in an ice pack.
This look is a bit playful, which is very different from the ruthless and decisive appearance on the court.
"There can only be one person standing on the Grand Slam championship podium. Even among me, A Shui and Maomao, there is a competitive relationship between the three of us," Zhu Qi said directly.
This sentence may be rough, but the truth is there.
Sports competition is like this.
Anyone with ambition must face this issue head-on.
Including Qin Xiaoba, Song Linzhou and Daxiong. The three of them can be the men's team of the Chinese team in the world arena and will also become each other's opponents.
It's better to just let it go.
Song Linzhou didn't know if he was taking it too personally. He felt like Zhu Qi was talking to him, trying to... comfort him?
He was very depressed when he heard that Fat Tiger was going to be expelled from the national team.
Although Fat Tiger's level in the national team is neither high nor low, he has always been dedicated as a sparring partner.
Song Linzhou felt that the reason he was able to develop his horizontal straight hitting skills so quickly was partly because Fat Tiger often practiced with him.
Fat Tiger also knew that Qin Xiaoba was more talented than him and could play faster than him. He didn't have any high expectations for himself and had figured out that his role in the national team was to be a sparring partner.
Perhaps it was because of this that I relaxed my vigilance, relaxed my expectations of myself, and began to indulge in worldly desires...
Qin Xiaoba muttered, "But the coaching staff is so ruthless. How can they fire me like that? There's not even a shred of wiggle room."
"This is the mental law of the jungle: survival of the fittest." Zhu Qi glanced at his brother with dismay. "If you can't even control something like this, how can you possibly focus on training?"
"It's not that serious..." Qin Xiaoba whispered even more.
Zhu Qi's inner alarm bells rang loudly: "You're not in love with someone too, are you? What? Do you want to be expelled too?"
"How is that possible?!" Qin Xiaoba retorted, "I just think that if the coaching staff had let them off, maybe Fat Tiger wouldn't have gone to Zhugang, and we wouldn't have had an extra opponent. Besides, Fat Tiger was very nice to me when he was on the national team - don't underestimate the bond between us men!"
Song Linzhou couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Zhu Qi glared at him. "Psycho. Qin Shang, I'm warning you. Don't have these frivolous thoughts, or you can't blame me for killing my own relatives for the sake of justice."
"What? You can still report me?"
"You can try."
"Fuck, you can't be so cruel, right? I'm your brother!"
"For now, yes, but maybe not in the future, it depends on your performance." ...
The elder sister was half-threatening and half-threatening in front, while the younger brother was howling in the back.
Song Linzhou followed beside him and couldn't help but smile: "It's great to have family in the national team."
This time when she went to Jianghuai Province to compete in the Chinese Games, Song Linzhou saw how well Zhu Qi's family treated her, and she also thought of her own family.
Although he was from Beijing, he could not see his family often.
His parents are very busy at work, so he has to play games every month, and sometimes he stays away for half a month.
Looking at Zhu Qi sitting on the suitcase, he seemed no different from the first time Song Linzhou saw him on the plane.
At the very beginning, when he first met Zhu Qi, Song Linzhou only felt that this girl had a maturity beyond her peers and a fortitude that indicated decisiveness.
He thought... this girl grew up in the care of her family, so she had the courage to move forward bravely and fearlessly.
But... when he went to Jianghuai Province this time, Song Linzhou saw how much Zhu Qi's family cared about her. It was indeed similar to what he had guessed, but not exactly the same.
When the male reporter was interviewing Zhu Qi, Song Linzhou had just finished an interview not far away.
After Zhu Qi confronted the reporter and left, Song Linzhou heard everything the male reporter said on the phone.
The male reporter had planned to comply with this rule again during the mixed doubles interview in the afternoon.
But Song Linzhou came out early and told the male reporter that Zhu Qi had finished the game and left through another door.
The male reporter was still a little unwilling to give up and waited in the interview area for a while.
Song Linzhou turned around and told Ren Xinhua directly that a reporter had asked Zhu Qi some strange questions yesterday, which made Zhu Qi very unhappy.
After Ren Xinhua found out, he went over and had a few words with the male reporter, using threats and intimidation. The male reporter crawled away with all his belongings.
Song Linzhou and Qin Xiaoba have known each other for such a long time, and every time similar issues are mentioned, Qin Xiaoba becomes very angry.
Song Linzhou was not interested in other people's gossip, but he subconsciously felt that this matter was a kind of harm to Zhu Qi.
He couldn't say empty words like "don't be sad" or "don't be upset", he could only do what he could within his ability.
He knew that the girl had devoted her entire active service life to this country.
After all the things were moved into the dormitory, the door of the room on the seventh floor was opened after a week. Zhu Qi felt that the air had become a little turbid because no one had lived there for a while.
She opened the door and wanted to ventilate the room.
As soon as she stood on the ground, Song Linzhou took her hand and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Open the window." Zhu Qi pointed to a large window opposite the door.
Song Linzhou walked over and opened the window.
Qin Xiaoba stood by the window, glanced at Ah Shui who was still panting and pulling luggage on the first floor, turned around and said to Zhu Qi, "I'll go downstairs to help them."
Zhu Qi nodded and walked into the inner room while holding the wall. Just when he was about to turn around and say thank you to Song Linzhou, Song Linzhou took out a bottle of camphor wine from his pocket.
This guy has everything in his pocket.
Zhu Qigang sighed in his heart.
Song Linzhou suddenly half-knelt in front of him, reached out and began to take off the shoe on his right foot.
She was stunned for a moment, stretched out her hand and said "ouch", but it was too late to stop herself.
Song Linzhou unscrewed the bottle cap and took the ice pack off her feet.
She placed the soles of her feet on his half-squatting knees, and then sprayed the cold medicinal wine on Zhu Qi's ankles. In an instant, the strong and somewhat pungent smell of the medicine filled the air.
His hand gently rubbed the bruise on Zhu Qi's ankle. His drooping hair covered his eyes. His voice was barely audible: "I sprained it before, and this works well."
His facial expression looked a little nervous, shy and childish, and he didn't even dare to look up at Zhu Qi.
“…” Zhu Qi.
There was a button on his sleeve, which was very cold. As his fingers moved, it would occasionally tap on the side of Zhu Qi's foot...
Zhu Qi pulled his feet back and sat on the edge of the bed, swaying back and forth: "I can do it myself."
"Spraining your ankle can ward off disaster. It seems unlucky, but it is actually a turning point, because the ankle corresponds to the 'Kan Palace' in the Eight Diagrams, which mainly deals with danger." Song Linzhou's voice was slow, as slow as the light moving in summer.
"Why are you like Ah Shui? Always reading these metaphysical things."
"This is what my parents told me when I was a child. I was very naughty and often fell down. My family told me that a minor sprain can actually prevent a major disaster." Song Linzhou screwed the cap on the medicine bottle and said word by word to Zhu Qi while looking at him.
"I can't tell, but thank you anyway." Zhu Qi reached out and fanned away the remaining medicine, then tied the ice pack again.
The ice pack has almost melted and is limply attached to my foot, only temporarily relieving the pain.
Zhu Qi didn't know whether what Song Linzhou said could ward off disaster or not.
This may be some kind of psychological suggestion for the Chinese.
But A Shui and Qin Xiaoba have not returned yet, it is Maomao who has returned.
Maomao looked very bad. As soon as he entered the dormitory, he went into his room, rummaged around in the room for a while, and then ran out in a hurry.
I met A Shui and Qin Xiaoba who were taking the elevator, but I didn't have time to say hello.
The cat went in and out three or four times and never came back.
A Shui and Zhu Qi lay on the bed for a while. They were so hungry that they couldn't stand it anymore. They looked at the clock hanging in the room and saw that it was already ten o'clock in the evening and Mao Mao hadn't come back yet.
The two planned to go to the cafeteria to get some food first, but when they passed by the head coach's office, they found that the light was still on, the window was half open, and the sound of someone talking could be heard from inside, and occasionally a few wisps of tobacco flew out of the window.
I guess some coaches were smoking or having a meeting inside.
"What's going on? Brother Big Bear hasn't come out yet. What are they talking about in there?" A Shui couldn't hold back his curiosity and wanted to go over and eavesdrop.
Zhu Qi held her back: "No, you can't just listen to this."
When they finished their meal and returned to the dormitory, the rubber expansion oil that Zhu Qi had used to replace his racket had dried up, and then Maomao came back from outside.
As soon as he heard the sound of the door opening, A Shui immediately ran out of his room, and then saw Maomao standing at the door with a tired look on his face, preparing to change his shoes.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? What happened? Why did the meeting last so long?" A Shui asked impatiently.
Maomao sighed first, then sat down at the table in the entrance hall and said one thing.
"We're about to welcome a group of people."
"Who is it?" A Shui asked.
"The players of the Yunwan team and the Zhugang team said they wanted to have a tripartite get-together and hold an exchange match or something." Maomao opened a bottle of mineral water for himself and gulped it down.
Zhu Qi and Ah Shui exchanged a glance, the latter saying, "This isn't a particularly serious matter. We're just hosting a banquet for them and then having a few table tennis matches. Oh! Could it be that the coaches are uncomfortable with Fat Tiger going to Zhugang? Even so, it should be Fat Tiger who's uncomfortable, not the coaches, right?"
Maomao shook his head: "No, it's not that simple..."
Zhu Qi guessed that this was not simple.
Could it be that it is because Zhuhai and Hong Kong will return in July 2007, and the General Administration of Sport is the General Administration of Sport after all, so it must have heard some rumors, so it wants to let the two teams communicate closely to promote the relationship between the two parties first?
This is understandable.
After all, as one of the seven children who left home, he must be picked up by his family when he returns home.
The Chinese national table tennis team has been in the limelight in the past two years, and the Zhuhai-Hong Kong team also has its own table tennis team. Negotiations and exchanges between the two sides will definitely promote their relationship, and it can be regarded as the mainland extending an olive branch first.
After all, sports and cultural exchanges are legitimate and direct.
But Maomao added another sentence.
“…Team America is coming too.”
/
Oh no.
I didn’t expect that we would meet so soon?
That Jamie... Ms.? Sir? Whatever.
Zhu Qi was actually looking forward to it.
But the coaches found it very difficult.
In fact, the General Administration of Sports wanted to invite the Zhugang team and the Yunwan team to Tiantan East Road for a table tennis exchange. Ren Xinhua had heard about this a long time ago and had made preparations in this regard.
But no one expected that the American table tennis team heard about this from somewhere and wanted to come with the Zhugang team and the Yunwan team.
To put it bluntly, this is an internal exchange competition within the Chinese team.
Although Zhuhai and Hong Kong have not yet returned, it has long been put on the agenda and is a matter of sooner or later in the plan.
But once the American team got involved, the nature of the whole thing changed completely.
In short, it has changed from regional team communication to international team communication.
"Does the American team want to challenge us?" Ah Shui slapped his thigh in anger. "Even if there's a transgender person in their family who transitioned from male to female, that doesn't mean they're invincible, right? Besides, that person didn't achieve much when he was a male athlete before!"
"That's not the case. I might not call it a challenge, but it's definitely a test." Maomao pulled a document from her backpack and placed it in front of Zhu Qi and A Shui. "The US team submitted a blood test report on Shackleides Jamie, revealing that her total serum testosterone level is substandard, barring her from participating in world-class competitions for 12 months. So, she won't be able to play in the World Championship this October, but she can't just sit around either. So, isn't that why she's here to 'play' with us?"
"If she doesn't meet the standards, then that means she can't possibly be a woman!" Ah Shui scolded. "Does 'she' still want to participate in the Moscow World Games?"
Neither Zhu Qi nor Maomao said anything.
Zhu Qi didn't know, and Maomao also didn't understand, the American team's true thoughts.
But none of this matters now. What matters is that they will arrive the day after tomorrow.
"The day after tomorrow? So soon?!" Zhu Qi was surprised.
"Yes, that's why Chairman Ren and the others are very anxious. Didn't you notice that the coaches didn't leave today? Because they have to stay here to arrange various reception items, and everything has to be arranged tomorrow." Maomao said.
Zhu Qi understood when he heard this.
No wonder Maomao took a bunch of keys from his room just now. It was probably to open the auxiliary hall, logistics room or small auditorium behind the training hall.
really.
The next day, after waking up and finishing my morning run, I was about to eat in the cafeteria when I noticed a lot of traditional Chinese and English signs posted at the door.
While everyone was still discussing, Ren Xinhua mentioned at the morning meeting that the management center would soon welcome three teams.
"According to the instructions of the leaders of the General Administration of Sports, the Zhuhai-Hong Kong team, the Yunwan team and the American team will come to visit and exchange ideas tomorrow afternoon."
The players stood in a row, looking at each other.
They don’t know what’s about to happen, but they just feel that in their boring and tasteless training life day after day and year after year, having a “guest” at home can be a spice to make their training life more fun.
"As the host nation, you must control your language during the next seven days of 'China-US Exchange Week.' Everyone must wear their national team uniforms during training. No personal clothing is allowed. Wear uniform white sneakers. Girls must all tie their hair up, and boys must keep their hair below their ears. I will inspect your personal attire tonight, and if it doesn't meet the standards, I will personally take you to the team barber shop to have it trimmed."
At this point, some of the beauty-loving players showed sad expressions.
And what Ren Xinhua said was even more unacceptable to everyone.
"The players coming from the Zhugang, Yunwan, and American teams are their absolute main players. The three teams combined have about 20 players. They will eat, live, and train with us for seven days, so that everyone is fully prepared."
What? What?
Still want to live together?
Are these the only places the national team has?
Where is the place for them to live?
Although the national team had previously accepted some players sent by foreign associations for study and exchange, and also charged "study fees" from the countries where these players came from, and the number of people sent over was not large, only one or two, and they just ate and lived together.
This time, more than 20 people will come...
The huge table tennis and badminton management center suddenly felt a lot more crowded.
There was no choice but for the coaches to vacate their own accommodation building.
There are two rooms in the women's dormitory on the seventh floor. After Chang Hongxia and Xu Dong vacated their coach's dormitory, they had to move to the room next to Zhu Qi and others for seven days.
This is equivalent to Chang Hongxia returning to the place where she lived when she was a player.
Originally, there was not enough training space, so the head coaches of the badminton team nearby vacated their space and took the badminton players to the Beihai training camp to train in preparation for their competition at the end of the year.
That should be enough space.
Ren Xinhua contacted the General Administration of Sports and some nearby sports universities, and asked for more than a dozen tables. He then called the boys from the men's team to help move them.
All the players had just returned to Chaojing after the Chinese Games and had no time to start training the next day. They began to urgently help the coaches clean up and prepare to welcome the "guests".
Because Zhu Qi sprained his right foot, he didn't need to do any heavy work for the time being. He just pulled a stool and stood by the sink, helping the female team members who were mopping the floor to clean the mops, wash the rags, etc.
Maomao was so serious about his work that he almost mopped the floor of the training hall until it was enough to reflect a person's reflection.
When Zhu Qi was helping her rinse the mop, he found that the mop changed from pitch black at the beginning to gradually turning gray and finally becoming lighter in color.
The water in the faucet was flowing.
It confused the minds of both girls.
Maomao sighed deeply, "I feel like the next week is going to be very difficult."
"When an enemy comes, we must fight him; when water comes, we must block it with earth. Even disaster cannot be avoided." Zhu Qi turned the faucet down a little, and the water trickled down, gurgling down the drain. "But it's a good thing they're here. At least we can see what level that athlete named Jamie is at. I heard she's been submitting her blood test reports to the ITTF and frequently participates in European competitions, which shows her ambition is to compete in the worlds. If that's the case, we'll run into her sooner rather than later. It's good to be prepared sooner rather than later."
Maomao nodded after hearing this: "That's true. By the way, how's your foot?"
"I'm much better now. I can run and jump. But the team doctor said there's still some swelling and I need to rest for another day. If the swelling goes down by tomorrow, I'll be fine."
"That's good. I wish I hadn't used the long ball to trick you then."
"You can't say that. In a competition, we must find a way to score points first. It's normal for athletes to bump into things, sprain their ankles, etc. Song Linzhou even said that this is to ward off disaster for me." Zhu Qi turned off the faucet, and Maomao began to step on the water on the mop with his feet.
As the cat stepped on it, it warned: "When those people come later, don't think about looking for them to spar with you. Watch your feet."
"I know." Zhu Qi said.
The entire Tiantan East Road and the Table Tennis Division of the Table Tennis and Badminton Management Center were kept extremely clean inside and out.
At the appointed time, a bus carrying athletes from three teams finally arrived.
All the table tennis players stood on both sides, each holding a bouquet of flowers in their hands. In front of them was a long red carpet and a large sign with a welcome slogan.
Everyone waited for the vehicle to pull up.
Then, the car door opened—
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