Chapter 56 Home Momentum
Bian Jing has gone crazy: "He Hui, you did it! You actually succeeded!!"
He Hui was also a little confused: "Did you save it?"
Bian Jing calmed down, recalled the jump just now, and shook his head slowly: "I feel it's not much different, about 90 degrees."
To be honest, He Hui was ready for a long and hard struggle with 4Lz. But she herself did not expect to become 4Lz so soon, nor did she expect the occasion of becoming 4Lz to be so dramatic.
Bian Jing suddenly had an idea: "Wait, how many days have you been practicing 4Lz?"
He Hui looked up at the sky and thought, then answered, "The sixth day?"
"What?! It's a one-week crash course!" Bian Jing was stunned, "And you still say you're not a genius!!"
To Bian Jing, it was normal for He Hui to become a 4Lz. But to the other men's team members who had not yet experienced He Hui's strength up close, this was simply explosive news.
"Didn't you say it was too radical? They succeeded immediately!"
"......"
"Bian Jing and Sun Hongfang have been practicing for a long time, but I didn't expect He Hui to win in just one week."
"Alas, the difference between people."
Sun Hongfang watched He Hui's 4Lz in its entirety and looked at He Hui and Bian Jing with deep eyes.
After trying several quads without success, Sun Hongfang quietly left the ice rink.
"Aren't you going to practice?" his coach asked.
There is still more than half an hour left before the normal training ends. Leaving now would be a clear early departure.
Sun Hongfang took off his skates and made up an excuse in a low voice: "Sorry, I may have had a stomachache this morning. I feel a little uncomfortable. I want to go back and rest early."
"Okay." The coach was always tolerant of his most promising apprentice. "You should take care of your health."
"Yeah." In a blink of an eye, Sun Hongfang finished watching everything and left the venue in a hurry.
When another kid in the group saw Sun Hongfang leave like that, he also felt like deserting.
"What are you looking at? Continue training!" the coach scolded fiercely, discouraging the child from following the trend and slacking off.
He Hui keenly noticed the little incident happening nearby and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Would you like to tell me the secret of 4Lz?"
He Hui's gaze returned to Bian Jing in front of him and found that he was unaware of everything around him at the moment. He was still immersed in the hook move just now, with starry eyes.
"Maybe you need to pay a little more attention to controlling the falling ice?" He Hui thought for a moment and suggested.
She really liked Bian Jing's jumping method. It was visually impactful enough, so there was no need to completely abandon it for the sake of stability, but the reckless and desperate approach did seriously slow down Bian Jing's progress in the four-sided hook.
Bian Jing touched his chin: "That makes sense."
"Come on!" He Hui thought of Sun Hongfang's eyes and patted Bian Jing on the shoulder, "I believe you can be the first to get 4Lz!"
*
Although He Hui's 4Lz could occasionally succeed, the overall success rate was still very low. Lin Xiaoman ordered her not to use it in the upcoming race.
Preparations for the China Cup are progressing in full swing. This time, the women's singles lineup not only includes three local Chinese players, but also Japanese veteran Yumi Hanakami, as well as He Hui's old friends from the youth group, Anna Victoria and Hardy Irene.
The lineup was so dazzling that the tickets for the China Cup were sold out immediately after they were released, and its popularity was no less than that of the current top concerts.
“Ahhh, why can’t I even get a ticket for the doorstep?!”
"So funny! I asked my idol-chasing friend to get me a front row ticket!"
"Come to think of it, when I went to see it last year, there were a lot of empty seats in the venue. As far as I know, there were many free ticket channels at that time. As a result, it became a huge hit this year! I praise my daughter's box office appeal!"
"Is there anyone who wants to buy a ticket? Woohoo, I just want to see my girl, I'm willing to pay three times the price."
Amid heated discussions on the internet, the China Cup kicked off at the Capital Gymnasium on the first day of November.
Tan Ling looked backstage and saw the packed stands. Her mouth opened wide. "I've participated in the Huaguo Cup several times, but I've never seen such a big scene."
Although He Hui was mentally prepared, when she saw so many spectators in person, especially a large number of them wearing red clothes and holding her banners and posters, she still felt her heart beating faster involuntarily.
“There are so many people…” He Hui murmured.
"So many people come to see you!" Tan Ling shook He Hui's shoulders, trying to sober her up, "You are their biggest attraction!"
He Hui nodded: "Then I can't let them come here for nothing!"
Lin Xiaoman, who was far away, had her right eyelid twitching and consoled herself: "It's OK, there's nothing difficult in the short program."
Perhaps it was the luck of the home court that made He Hui's draw lucky for once, as he was drawn to be the last to appear, which raised the expectations of ice fans to the maximum.
The short program competition was indeed not difficult at all, just as Lin Xiaoman said.
Although Zhu Xiangqing and Tan Ling appeared very early, they received a warm welcome from ice fans, with applause as drumbeats and cheers as background music.
Tan Ling's condition after returning from the lake was better than everyone imagined, and many ice fans were moved by her performance.
"Oh my god, I even thought Tan Ling was going to retire last year..."
"Ahhh, I'm so touched! What an inspiring story this is (puts on sunglasses)"
"Have you seen the muscle lines on Tan Ling's arms? Let me touch them~"
With the support of her home team, Tan Ling performed a clean short program that could only be completed before development.
"I think she can get above 60!" He Hui blinked and told Lin Xiaoman his prediction confidently, "Tan Ling is not a newcomer after all, so the content score won't be so low!"
"And judging from the atmosphere at home, I feel like the referee won't be able to walk out of the Capital Gymnasium alive," Lin Xiaoman joked.
"Yeah, that makes sense!" He Hui agreed deeply.
In the end, the referee's score was as expected - 60.76 points, which was a good start for the comeback.
Tan Ling was also quite satisfied with the score, and blew kisses to the audience with a bright smile during Kiss & Cry. Her bright and sunny appearance was extremely contagious.
He Hui thought that such a beautiful smile should not disappear, and fortunately it did not disappear.
Some are happy while others are sad. Zhu Xiangqing's performance was not so ideal.
Like a miraculous cycle of history, as soon as Tan Ling climbed out from the bottom of the lake, Zhu Xiangqing jumped into the deep pool.
Zhu Xiangqing was caught in the second jump of 3F+3T, and was caught on the wrong edge of 3Lz. The score sheet was simply horrible. The only clean jump was the last 2A.
In the end, she only got 53.49 points. She covered her face and tried to hold back tears while standing in the waiting area. Her stubborn red eyes made people feel distressed.
"Alas, it's a bit too low." He Hui's heart was filled with infinite emotion again.
He was full of vigor and vitality when they first met Twelve Winter, but now the light in his eyes has dimmed.
Lin Xiaoman sighed, then calmed down and said, "See how your old friends Anna and Hardy Irene are doing."
Anna and He Hui have already faced off once in the Wudi Cup this year. Her short program configuration was 3Lz+3Lo, 3F, 2A, and all three jumps were arranged in the second half.
The ice conditions at the Huaguo Cup were good, and Anna skated very smoothly. She continued her excellent performance after being promoted to the next group last year and completed a clean program again.
"67.75, a bit higher than the 67.01 in the Wudi Cup." Lin Xiaoman carefully recorded the performance of He Hui's main competitors. "It seems that they are the players that Russia is promoting for Sochi."
Although the program content points are highly correlated with nationality, most of the time only players who are supported by the ice hockey associations of various countries can get better treatment.
In some countries with fierce internal competition, if you want to be promoted, you need to make considerable efforts and beat a group of masters. Some athletes who know that they will not get a place in the Olympics will even choose to change their nationality just for a chance to be seen.
"Next is Hardy Irene." Lin Xiaoman's pen tip slid down to another name, and the gray pencil left a faint dot next to the name. "She reduced the difficulty of the jump sequence to achieve a higher degree of completion."
The jumping configuration of Hardy Irene's short program was 3T+3T, 3Lo, and 2A. There was no advanced triple-three, but she performed at all levels.
The two moved to the waiting area and watched Hardy-Irene's energetic performance attentively.
"61.82 points, the program content is more than 30 points." Lin Xiaoman said, and gave He Hui an affirmative look, "Go ahead, keep going."
"Ahhh! He Hui!"
"Come on He Hui!"
The overwhelming screams and cheers from the home team instantly drowned out Lin Xiaoman's encouragement. The enthusiasm was much louder than Lin Xiaoman's cheers.
He Hui felt like her eardrums were about to burst.
She didn’t understand what deafening meant before, but now she understands.
But this feeling is quite pleasant. He Hui likes the cheers from fans, which is an affirmation of her and always becomes the motivation for her to work hard.
It was lively on the field and also quite lively online.
After all, she is a figure skating genius who emerged out of nowhere in China, a leader in the era who has conquered 3A and 4T consecutively, and a star of hope who grew up in the figure skating desert and is fighting against Russia, Japan, Europe and the United States alone.
"I've been waiting for this long, and now it's finally time to go on stage!! My girl is making a grand appearance~"
"I'm at the scene now, and I'm holding hands with a friend I don't know next to me, waiting for He Hui's appearance. I'm excited and nervous at the same time, it's so funny."
"I strongly recommend that anyone who hasn't watched a figure skating competition come and see it. The atmosphere at the Huaguo Cup is really great!!"
In such a warm atmosphere, He Hui stood in the center of the venue.
The song she chose for her short program was "Appassionata Sonata", which was somehow suitable for today's hot and steamy scene.
Whether it was 3Lz+3Lo or 3A, He Hui presented it perfectly in the show with ease.
He Hui knew that she couldn't get high GOE and P points overnight, but she didn't plan to stop her clean steps. When everyone was convinced of her ability, the referee naturally couldn't lie anymore.
The audience's applause rang out one after another. Whether it was jumping or spinning, the Chinese fans gave her the greatest support.
Especially in the middle part, the applause that followed the rhythm resounded through the sky and was further amplified by the unique structure of the ice rink.
Following the rhythm, He Hui's final tano 3F rose from the ground. Not only was the height amazing, but the landing on the ice was also extremely smooth.
The ice fans were even more excited, and they clapped tirelessly all the way to the end, as if they were wound up.
In this way, riding on the wings of the home court's momentum, He Hui flew all the way from one end of the ice rink to the other, with open arms and flying steps composing a confident and flying step sequence.
The third movement chosen by Mary represents the rising emotions and the accumulating forward momentum.
Ice flowers and applause all the way.
He Hui felt his heart beating faster and faster in an increasingly rapid and intense rhythm!
Boom, boom, boom——
My heart felt like it was going to jump out of my chest at any moment.
In the final spin, the music is pushed all the way up to its climax, and then stops abruptly at the top of the mountain.
But the enthusiasm of Chinese ice hockey fans continued to rise when He Hui struck the ending pose. Loud cheers mixed with He Hui's name echoed in the Capital Gymnasium.
The excitement made He Hui's brain feel a little short of oxygen.
The ice fans in the audience blurred into double images before her eyes, and she had to hold her knees and gasp for breath.
The body's functions began to recover after the power outage. He Hui raised a confident and generous smile, opened his arms, bent his knees slightly, and bowed deeply towards the audience.
A muffled sound rang in her ears. He Hui raised her head from her bow and saw a scene that made her breath stop.
——The dolls in the sky were like raindrops connected into a line, densely falling on the ice. Under the reflection of the overhead lights, they seemed to be shining, like red ribbons, marking the end of the wonderful performance of the short program.
In just the time it took to bow in all directions, Wawa had turned the ice surface into an ocean, surrounding He Hui in the center of the field.
This is the feeling of being loved, He Hui thought, and his nose felt sore.
She involuntarily walked towards the dolls in front of her. When she got closer, He Hui discovered that among these dolls with different shapes, 70% were of the same species.
He Hui bent down, picked up a doll, placed it in front of him and looked at it carefully.
This is... a cute little fox!
The little fox has a pair of big round eyes and its red fur is soft and smooth, but the most eye-catching thing is the big and fluffy tail behind it, which is almost half the size of its body.
"So cute." He Hui looked at the little red fox for two seconds and then hugged it tightly in his arms.
Because there were so many dolls on the ice, the ice kids recruited for this China Cup all went out at the same time and started the busy mode of picking up dolls.
The number of items that the children could pick up at one time was limited, so everyone took turns going in and out. It was so busy that He Hui had to sit in Kiss & Cry for a long time before they had finally picked up most of the items.
"Ahhh, the girl's array is really huge! So many dolls need to be packed in sacks to carry back home, right?"
"I saw someone invest in a life-sized red fox. It must be very expensive."
"This is our home turf, woooo, I really hope that baby He Hui can always have lots and lots of love!"
Lin Xiaoman leaned close to He Hui's ear and joked, "Now the referee won't dare to randomly give scores. If each of your fans has a doll, they will probably smash the referee to death."
"That was for me. It's a pity to give it to the referee." He Hui answered seriously.
After waiting for a long time, the final scores given by the judges were finally displayed on the big screen.
——73.02 points, almost one point higher than the Wudi Cup!
He Hui and Lin Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Being recognized by the race meant that He Hui's status in the judges' hearts had taken a small step forward.
*
After the game, He Hui took a cute photo with the dolls that formed three sacks and a large area of the ground.
In the photo, He Hui squatted in front of a pile of sacks, holding the particularly prominent 1.5-meter-tall red fox doll in both hands, with her cheek against the fox doll's cheek and a sunny smile.
Lin Xiaoman stood opposite and acted as a photographer, taking pictures of He Hui.
"Let me see." He Hui had seen Lin Xiaoman's poor portrait photography skills.
Last time, when they went to Germany to participate in the Wudi Cup, Lin Xiaoman was stopped by a passerby and asked to take a commemorative photo. As soon as the photo came out, the smile on the passerby's face froze in embarrassment. The passerby said thank you on the surface, and then turned around and asked another passerby to help take the photo.
Therefore, this time He Hui even took a deep breath before taking the phone.
But when she saw the photo, she still raised her eyebrows.
Well, unexpectedly ok!!
Lin Xiaoman pouted unhappily: "What's that look in your eyes! I've read a lot of useful stuff recently, okay?"
"Immediate results!" He Hui gave a thumbs up and returned the phone to Lin Xiaoman. "Sister Lin, can you send me these two photos?"
Lin Xiaoman tapped on her phone a few times and replied, "I sent you a WeChat message."
That night, He Hui's personal Weibo welcomed the second blog post for the first time.
@何彗: Thank you for your support, the little red fox is so cute!!
The blog post was accompanied by four pictures, two of which were group photos with the dolls with different expressions, and the other two were of the empty and full auditoriums at the Capital Gymnasium.
"You actually posted on Weibo?" Lin Xiaoman was a little surprised when she saw it. "Didn't you say you didn't want to run the business?"
He Hui curled her lips and corrected him: "This is not called management, this is called giving back to the fans for their love for me!"
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