As soon as the call was disconnected, Qin Huachang woke up.
Wang Chao felt slightly embarrassed when he heard a deliberate coughing sound coming from behind.
Old Qin must have heard what he just said in reply to Luo Jiu.
Fortunately, Qin Huachang was not in the right mood today and had no intention of making fun of Wang Chao. Instead, he lay on the bedside for a long time and then said, "Did you know? In fact, Sun Tianlong used to love crying."
As soon as these words came out, Wang Chao immediately moved forward, sat cross-legged on the bed, and assumed a posture of listening to gossip.
"I still remember what he looked like when he first joined the team. He was only sixteen years old, skinny and small, with his head lowered. He didn't dare to look at people or take the initiative to talk to people. He performed poorly in the first team test because he was too nervous. After more than ten games, he only won two games in total."
Qin Huachang was obviously aroused by Dragon Team's failure today, and his tone was a little low.
"At that time, I joined the coaching staff not long ago. I had no results. I was not a world-famous coach. I was just a little-known ordinary coach within Huaping."
"At that time, World number one was Wang Wendong, so his head coach Cai Guodong was known as the number one coach in the world. Of course, Old Cai was not the head coach of our Huaping team at that time."
"At that time, there was no such thing as two-way selection. During the team meeting, Sun Tianlong was directly assigned to my name, and Xiao Fei was assigned to Old Zhu. I took Sun Tianlong for half a month, and his performance was average."
"Actually, Sun Tianlong has never been considered a genius. He is not the fastest, not the strongest, not the best physically, and has an average hand. If we have to say that he has any advantages, it is probably that he is relatively average and can do a little bit of everything, but he is not very good at everything. Therefore, his results in two consecutive intra-team competitions were average. He was ranked first last time and third last."
"So at the coaching team's work summary meeting a month later, the then head coach took the initiative to put forward his opinions on Sun Tianlong's future training. He believed that Sun Tianlong could be eliminated from the inspection list of future main players and turn to the direction of professional training."
"This decision cannot be said to be wrong, nor is it directed at anyone, because the characteristic of being versatile but not refined is indeed very suitable for being a sparring partner, because it can easily simulate the playing styles of various players."
"The head coach asked me my opinion, and I said yes... what can I do? At that time, I was a low-key person and had no weight in the team. Besides, I didn't even think that Sun Tianlong could lead. More importantly, at that time, Old Zhu had gradually risen. His Xiao Fei performed very well in the one-month team test and was recognized by most coaches. The identity of the future leader of Chinese table tennis has almost been determined."
"After the meeting, I went to the dormitory to talk to Sun Tianlong, but I found him hiding in the room crying secretly."
"It turned out that he overheard the content of our meeting through the door and knew that he was going to become a full-time sparring partner. He felt aggrieved and unsatisfied, so he started crying after thinking about it."
Qin Huachang paused here and asked Wang Chao: "Do you know what happened at that time?"
Nowadays, Dragon Team is in full swing. Naturally, he did not become a sparring partner back then, but who overturned the decision of the head coach of China Table Tennis Team? This matter really aroused Wang Chao's curiosity.
After all, no matter in the past life or in this life, Wang Chao knows very well that the Huaping coaching staff is always governed by people rather than rules. In fact, it has some characteristics of being one-spoken in nature.
The reason why China Table Tennis can still thrive is because most of the people in power in Huaping have a selfless heart.
If someone who competes for power and profit were replaced as the head coach, Huaping would have been finished.
So Wang Chao thought carefully and guessed, "Could it be that senior Zhu Zeshi helped you out?"
In the national team, if you want to make a sound, you must have a matching status. At that time, even Qin Huachang was considered a junior. It stands to reason that the only ones who are qualified to come forward are Zhu Zeshi and Cai Guodong. These two people are similar in age and one round older than Qin He. If Wang Chao is asked to choose one of the two, he will certainly guess Zhu Zeshi. After all, the relationship between Qin and Zhu factions is quite good now, and it has reached the point where they can complain to each other at will.
But Qin Huachang shook his head. "No, it's Old He."
Wang Chao was stunned.
"Don't look at how serious Old He is now. He was very frivolous when he was young. Well, Pisces, when you were young, it was normal to be emotional, passionate, and help your friends. On the contrary, we Virgo know how to save time and situation, keep a low profile when we have no strength, and behave with our tail between our legs. Now that you are successful, you dare to show off a little bit."
Qin Huachang There were a few traces of memories written in his eyes, and there seemed to be some warmth, but these words still seemed to be hurtful.
"Old He heard about my incident from somewhere. He slapped the table on the spot and said he would help me stand up. I also had bad intentions at the time. I obviously wanted to fight, but I didn't dare to stand up for myself. I just wanted to take advantage of Old He. If something happens, it will be his unlucky one and it has nothing to do with me."
Qin Huachang was a little embarrassed when he said this, and explained it to Wang Chao specifically, "I was young at that time, you know... Old He and I didn't know each other until we joined the coaching staff. We didn't have any friendship at that time. I think this is just a fool? Is there anyone who is rushing to help? Okay, if the fool wants to help, then let him go. Anyway, his senior brother is Zhu Zeshi. Even if he gets into trouble, there will be someone to support him. Unlike me, who is alone and has no relatives and friends, I have to cherish my life..."
Wang Chao curled his lips, too lazy to quarrel with him.
No matter how you say it, Old Qin is really not a good thing at heart. This is correct. The ancients said that love comes from the heart, and this is indeed true.
Fortunately, Old Qin still has a patriotic heart. He chose the coaching profession, and he has no conditions to do evil if he wants to. All his bad thoughts can only be turned into teaching methods. It is really a great blessing for China.
Qin Huachang continued, "Old He was doing better than me at the time. When he was young, he had thick eyebrows and big eyes. He had a warm personality and was very lovable. In addition, he had a relationship with Zhu Zeshi, so he was very popular among young coaches. Yes, many people called him social butterfly of Chinese Table Tennis behind the scenes... He directly established a private network, wrote a "Protest" in his name, and called on everyone to sign it. As a result, he actually collected more than ten signatures, and finally he handed the "Protest" to the head coach."
Wang Chao looks weird.
If I remember correctly, Luo Jiu seemed to call himself "social butterfly of Chinese Table Tennis" a while ago?
So the nickname is actually hereditary?
At this point, Wang Chao had a deeper understanding of He Jingping. He suddenly thought that the scene of throwing the racket on the court today might not have been all caused by Luo Jiu, right?
Although Senior He means to pamper and pamper his disciples, maybe he also has a playful side deep down?
He throws the racket so accurately, which shows that he is very careful when practicing.
After all, Pisces... I am too old to mess around openly, so I can only indulge a little by pampering my disciples.
Qin Huachang Continue to talk.
"In the afternoon when the "Protest" was handed in, the head coach called me to talk to the office. He said to me, Xiao Qin, look at you, how could you do this? Our coaching staff is very democratic. Didn't I also ask for your opinion in the meeting that day? If you don't agree, just say no? Why didn't you say it at the time, and then you came down to encourage Xiao He and sow discord?"
Wang Chao burst out laughing when he heard this.
Old Qin wanted He Jingping to take the blame, but in the end, others still found him.
"You see, these are children with mothers and children without mothers. Old He did something stupid himself, but with Zhu Zeshi protecting him, the head coach hit me with the board, insisting that I was the one who instigated it..."
Qin Huachang sighed, "Fortunately, it ended well. In the end, the head coach gave up the idea of using Sun Tianlong as a sparring partner. He just criticized Old He and I, and asked us to publicly admit our mistakes in front of everyone."
Qin Huachang did not elaborate on the specific process involved, and did not even thank He Jingping from the beginning to the end. Instead, he kept complaining.
But Wang Chao knows that the more this is the case, the more it means that Qin Huachang is grateful to He Jingping. I am afraid that this gratitude has not dissipated to this day. Otherwise, he clearly wanted to talk about Sun Tianlong today, so why couldn't he help telling so much when talking about this story?
This is all beside the point, okay?
"Then later... it's the story between me and Sun Tianlong."
"I asked him if he was convinced? He said he was not convinced. I said, since he is not convinced, then let's practice hard and produce something and show them. He said yes."
"Then I said, now the daily training for national team players is ten hours, so how about we add two hours and practice for twelve hours?"
"He said no, he had to practice fourteen hours a day. Apart from eating, sleeping, and regular adjustments and relaxation, he wanted to devote all his time to training."
"I was hesitant at the time, because no one has ever practiced to this extent. You have to know that the training intensity of the national team is completely different from that of the provincial and municipal teams. In the city team, you play a match with your teammates, and those kids with good physical strength are not even breathing after the game. But here, you play a match with your teammates, and after the match, you want to lie down on the ground and sleep directly."
"But I still agreed, because I was holding my breath in my heart. I told him, OK, I will practice with you however you want. At worst, I won't go home anymore, and I will just stay at the base to accompany you."
"We practiced like this for a whole year and a half. We didn't even go back during the Spring Festival. After practicing on New Year's Eve, we each ate a bucket of instant noodles. As we ate, Sun Tianlong started crying while holding the bowl. I wanted to comfort him, but before I could say a few words, I started crying myself."
"In the test after the year, none of his individual skills in the team was the highest, so in the following time, he began to strengthen each item one by one."
"If your steps are not fast, then practice running."
"If your body is too thin, then build muscle and lift weights."
"If you can't react quickly enough, strengthen your muscle memory."
"If you don't feel good enough, then find different sparring partners to help you serve various small balls on the table, and then experience the power and spin of the ball a thousand or ten thousand times."
"The tactical routines are not rich enough, so watch other players' games over and over again, sort out each ball and each action, take notes, and make mathematical models for analysis..."
"Can you believe it? The reason why I am now called the best coach in mathematics, and the reason why he is called the best player in mathematics by his teammates, is because he was digging out and practicing bit by bit in order to analyze the ball path."