At this moment, Wang Chao has returned to Jiangcheng City, which he has been away from for a long time.
Things within the national team are still early for him. It's only October this year, and he still needs to complete the entire Table Tennis First Division schedule before sending Spade Q into Table Tennis Super League.
This was all something he had planned, and now he has full confidence in completing it.
Table Tennis First Division For him, it is like an online game player entering the novice zone, a testing area. Now that his wings are full, it is time to spread his wings Gao Fei.
On the day of return, Spade Q training base was empty. Wang Chao inquired and found out that all the team members had left by high-speed train yesterday and went to Xiangnan Province Xingcheng City, preparing to fight Xiang River Club the day after tomorrow.
As for this battle, the media has already been hyping it vigorously, and the key to the hype is one point: this is a battle of revenge that Xiang River Club, a powerful newcomer, Hu Buming, is obsessed with.
"I'm very sorry that because player Wang Chao has to play T2, he can't meet me on the court again. In fact, I really plan to take revenge this time."
Hu Buming always talks loudly before the game, and journalist Zhou Tingfang is also very cooperative and responsible for recording his brazen dialogue. They are a perfect match.
"Yes, I know that Wang Chao has a good record recently. He defeated the Zhu Ding player known as Table Tennis First Division Great Demon King, and also defeated the Lin Zijun player known as Taiwan Island supernova on T2 Diamond Match. I have also watched these games. I admit that he is very strong now, very strong."
"But table tennis balls are round, you know what I mean? It's still possible for me to beat him, because his advantage is not that big yet. The most important thing is that he doesn't have me in his eyes. He is staring at others, and I have been staring at him all season."
"I believe that opportunity will always favor the person who is more prepared."
"On October 15th, Xiangnan Province Xingcheng City, wait for me to bring you a hearty revenge! We will win this battle!"
When Hu Buming said the last words, he was full of confidence, because he knew that Wang Chao had not come back yet, and Geng Shuai was still suspended. Everything was in the best condition. His real opponents were just three miscellaneous fish, Lu Jia, Gao Ming, and Tian Zhengguang.
So he secretly told his coach Zhou Xiangshu: "I have a bold idea... I want to shave their heads, hehe."
But when the day of October 15th came and the players from both sides came on stage, the joy on Hu Buming's face suddenly disappeared.
In Spade Q's team, he suddenly saw his mortal enemy Wang Chao.
"What's going on? Why did he appear here?" Hu Buming looked calm on the outside, but inside he was scratching his heart. He wished he could find a microphone right now and write a short essay of 800 words, "Obviously Geng Shuai is still suspended, and he clearly knows in his heart that even if he plays, he has no chance at all with those three miscellaneous fish, but he is still here. What kind of trouble is he trying to make? Is he here to slap me in the face?"
Hu Buming turned his grief and anger into strength, and planned to use 200% of his strength today to let Wang Chao see his great progress during this period.
With grief and anger, he waited to fulfill his promise and seek revenge on Wang Chao.
However, the two were separated from each other at the beginning.
Because now Wang Chao already has the title of World Champion, he has been automatically upgraded to Special Class Athlete. When Geng Shuai is not around, he must place an order.
So in the first game, Wang Chao beat Xiangshui River with a single of Tang Chaowang. In the end, Tang Chaowang lived up to expectations and was shut out. When he ended the game, he was not sad, but rather relieved.
Because he felt that Wang Chao, who had a big mouth in his team who was always causing hatred, must have been annoyed by the Xiangshui River's team for a long time. If he met him today, Wang Chao would definitely kill himself and shave his head.
But in fact, Wang Chao played very casually and gave him many opportunities. Although the big score was 4:0, the small score was not ugly.
So Tang Chaowang even felt a little grateful, but then he thought that this was Stockholm syndrome, which was very embarrassing, so he forced himself to control his emotions.
Then Hu Buming appeared as the second order, beating Lu Jia.
From August to October, there is no doubt about Hu Buming's progress. When he debuted, he could only be regarded as a qualified Table Tennis First Division first-line player, but after playing more than ten consecutive rounds, he has now faintly touched the edge of National Second Team.
The former strongest rookie king was still talented after all.
Then there was a doubles match. On Spade Q's side, Lu Jia and Tian Zhengguang teamed up to play together. The cooperation between the two was very strange. Tian Zhengguang wanted to rush forward when he saw the ball. Lu Jia also wanted to rush when he saw the ball, so the whole process was spent watching the two of them forcefully kick off the board. One rushed with his right hand, and the other with his left hand. They sent one ball after another. Their postures were actually quite symmetrical and full of the beauty of river crabs. Even the local fans in Star City were entertained and shouted happily outside the stadium, "Are you two rushing to die?"
Of course they are not rushing to die...
The two of them are just so comfortable with Wang Chao. With Wang Chao helping to make the ball, they have long been accustomed to the thrill of mindless rushing, and they are waiting for the other party to create opportunities for themselves.
At this time, they have not realized a very sad fact: Wang Chao has become Special Class Athlete, and will never play doubles again in the future.
Spade Q's future strategy is: Wang Chao gets two points for singles, Geng Shuai gets one point for singles, and the other two games are for the three singles players to play as they please.
So Xiangshui River 2:1 leads.
In the fourth game, Wang Chao appeared and met Tang Chaowang head-on again.
Tang Chaowang burst into tears, got another 4:0, and left the field dazed.
The last game was Xiangshui River triple single Hu Yifei versus Spade Q triple single Tian Zhengguang.
This was an extremely brutal fight.
It should be said that no one expected that the first four games of the confrontation between these two strong teams were all one-sided crushing games, which were not interesting at all. Instead, it was the rookies pecking each other at the end that made many viewers see the bloody nature and watch with excitement.
The two rough guys used a completely unskilled method. You punched, I punched, you got a point, I got a point. They ran all over the field, saved the ball wildly, and reached the fifth game of the deciding game, and then completed the final battle with a stalemate score of 13:11.
In the end, Hu Yifei won with great difficulty. He was so excited that he ran around the field and burst into tears.
It's not easy, it's really not easy. Since he became a regular player in the third singles match this season, he has played for two full months and been tortured to death. He has won two singles matches in total. One was against Spade Q in August and he won against Lu Jia, and the other was today when he played against Spade Q and beat Tian Zhengguang.
He feels that he can definitely get a nickname, called "Spade Q Killer".
So Xiangshui River defeated Spade Q, Zhou Tingfang appeared and started interviewing Hu Buming.
"I'm very satisfied with today's game, but not just because I scored two more points and became a contributor to the team's victory."
Because he won the game, Hu Buming was all smiles and talked into the microphone. "I know you are going to say that I didn't play with Wang Chao, but what does it matter? What we have to do is not to fight privately, but to help the team win. After all, League A emphasizes the collective, not one person's affairs."
"As the leaders of both teams, our most important task is to lead the team to victory. From this point of view, although Wang Chao is slightly better than me in terms of personal strength, his leadership and organizational skills are completely surpassed by mine."
"My victory is well-deserved!"
That night, Wang Chao, who rushed back to Spade Q's base, was dumbfounded when he watched Hu Buming's interview video.
I have to say, this is a wonderful person.
"Can they make the playoffs?" Wang Chao asked.
Fan Xiaoxian nodded. "Steady progress."
Wang Chao was a little surprised. "Have they had such good momentum recently? Even Northeastern Big Three has been surpassed?"
"It's not that they are strong, but that they are really lucky." Fan Xiaoxian couldn't help but laugh as he spoke, "I just heard the news that yesterday Zhu Ding made a special trip to Poseidon Club boss Zhao Hanqing called and told Zhao Hanqing that he was not going back and that he would be absent for the second half of the season. It is said that after Zhao Hanqing hung up the phone, he smashed the notebook on his desk to pieces."
Wang Chao imagined Zhao Hanqing's mood at that time, couldn't help but laugh, and said, "In that case, let Hu Buming be proud for a while, and then beat him in the playoffs."
Fan Xiaoxian nodded vigorously. "Yes!"
The two of them didn't realize one thing at this time: In fact, there is also a competition for Poseidon Club today.
When Spade Q suffered a defeat in Star City, Poseidon Club also suffered a defeat in Western Sichuan Province Tianfu City.
After this battle, Zhao Hanqing, the boss behind Poseidon Club, who had been recruited by Yujia himself, was completely disheartened and quietly asked coach Wang Shou: "Can we still make the playoffs this season?"
He very, very much hopes that Wang Shou can say "yes" to him.
Because Wang Shou is Table Tennis First Division's recognized number one coach, so Zhao Hanqing feels that what Wang Shou said is very weighty.
Even if Zhu Ding doesn't come back, as long as Wang Shou says he can get in, he Zhao Hanqing will believe that he can get in, and he will dare to continue to invest money, continue to promote, and continue to be high-profile.
But Wang Shou was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head. "Boss Zhao, let me tell you everything... next year, you have to make great efforts to recruit troops, otherwise I'm afraid that Poseidon will have a big problem."
"I know, I will choose people, I have already made a budget." Zhao Hanqing sighed, "I just feel aggrieved, how can he Zhu Ding be so unruly? Come and leave as he says, does he really not care about the spirit of the contract at all? Can a father with a national team really do whatever he wants?"
He couldn't figure it out, so he smoked one cigarette after another.
But Wang Shou's expression was a little subtle. He watched Zhao Hanqing smoke three cigarettes before softly saying, "Boss Zhao, I think... you have to think about this matter from another angle."
Zhao Hanqing looked up at him, with smoke filling his eyes and his facial features blurred.
"Eight years ago, you single-handedly founded Poseidon Club. I remember you mentioned the difficulties at that time."
Wang Shou talked eloquently. "You thought at that time that there were many good table tennis talents in the three northeastern provinces. If you create a Table Tennis First Division team by yourself, you can recruit good players at any time, right?"
Zhao Hanqing nodded. "That's right."
"But in fact, in the first two years, Poseidon Club's development was very poor, because you overlooked one thing. There are not only Table Tennis First Division teams, but also Table Tennis Super League teams in the three northeastern provinces, and there is one in each province. The team in Liao Province is not generally powerful, so Bincheng, as a part of Liao Province, cannot recruit people at all."
Zhao Hanqing blew out a smoke ring and asked in confusion, "What on earth do you want to say?"
Wang Shou said, "Six years ago, Zhu Ding suddenly came to Poseidon, and then I came too. Poseidon Club started to take off from then on. This year we recruited a new player Ma Angxing. That's why I dared to say at the beginning of the season that we will hit the promotion and relegation rounds. You all know this."
He paused and asked softly, "But have you ever thought about why you were able to assemble this team six years ago?"
Zhao Hanqing said casually, "The highest price I offered at that time..."
The words stopped abruptly, his mouth opened slightly, he raised his head and looked at Wang Shou in surprise.
"Have you guessed it?" Wang Shou smiled, "Actually, you were able to sign Zhu Ding not because of how high your offer was, nor because of how sincere your attitude was, but just because your club belonged to the New Army at that time. It has nothing to do with the behemoth national team coaching staff. At that time, Zhu Ding wanted to get rid of Qin and Zhu factions's influence and go to a place where Qin and Zhu factions's influence could not reach it."
Zhao Hanqing's lips moved, as if she had something to say.
Wang Shou continued, "And of course it's not such a coincidence that I happened to be going to Bincheng to find a job. I was just entrusted by my brother to come here to wait for Zhu Ding... Whichever club he goes to, I will go to that club. I believe that with my qualifications and ability, I can follow him wherever he goes."
Zhao Hanqing is completely speechless.
He recalled the scenes in the past, especially those moments when he felt good about himself, and felt a little embarrassed.
It's so pitiful that he has always felt that he has a very charismatic personality. He really thinks that it is because of his charismatic personality that he has such good players and such good coaches coming to compete one after another.
It turned out to be just a sad misunderstanding.
"So, there is really nothing to feel aggrieved about, because everything you have obtained in the past six years was actually picked up out of thin air." Wang Shou said.
Zhao Hanqing nodded. Although he was indeed no longer aggrieved, his mood became worse because the things he had been confident about in the past six years were now broken, which was a huge blow to his self-confidence.
But then he suddenly realized a more serious problem, so that his face turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice, "So Coach Wang, next year..."
"Yeah, it's time for me to go." Wang Shou was a little apologetic, but also a little nostalgic. After all, this was the place where he had lived for six full years. He and Zhu Ding teamed up to build the Poseidon Dynasty here, turning a table tennis brand into a city's business card. He is proud and regretful. The pride is that he has accomplished a great career here, but the regret is that this place is just a stop on the road of life, not the final destination.
His end point must be in the Chinese National Table Tennis Team coaching staff.
He spent six years taking care of Zhu Ding, not only to give Zhu Zeshi a favor, but also to give a favor to the rich family on behalf of the Wang Clan.
Although there is no clique in the national team for personal gain, Qin and Zhu factions has a strong friendship, but he also vaguely excludes others. It is precisely because he became Zhu Ding's coach under the instruction of his brother Wang Lu that his brother got the gratitude of Zhu Zeshi, thus allowing his brother to integrate into Qin and Zhu factions's small circle.
The small circle of Qin and Zhu factions at the beginning is now the small circle of Qin, Zhu, and Wang factions.
This is an adult's world.
All efforts must be rewarded.
All arrangements are meaningful.
Zhu Ding returned to the Imperial Capital. His mission in Poseidon has ended, and of course there is no need to stay.
Zhao Hanqing wanted to die a little bit, because he thought of someone again, now the third single player in the team Ma Angxing...
"Yes, Ma Angxing will also leave. He is the national team prospect that my brother is optimistic about. He only stayed at Poseidon for half a year, just to feel the atmosphere of the real stadium." Wang Shou's words ruthlessly shattered Zhao Hanqing's last thoughts. "So really, Boss Zhao, we must make great efforts to recruit players next year..."
When Zhao Hanqing said the same sentence for the first time, he didn't take it seriously, but now that he said it again, the feeling was completely different from before.
Zhao Hanqing buried his head deeply, as if he was asleep. After a long, long time, he raised his head again, with bloodshot eyes and a ferocious expression, and said, "I have decided!"
Wang Shou: "?"
"I will also learn from Spade Q in the future and build a geographical team. I only recruit local players from Liao Province. No, I only recruit local players from Bincheng!" Zhao Hanqing said fiercely, "I understand, only such a team can have enough cohesion and the members will not leave casually. Only such a team has roots! Otherwise, no matter how good the results are, it will just be a cloud, a cloud!"
The third update is completed. If you stick to it for one more day tomorrow, your small goal will be accomplished, haha.