Another big event happened in the table tennis world in October.
Bay Island Table Tennis Association official website issued a notice: Bay Island veteran, Star of Taiwan Island, has made indelible contributions to the development of Bay Island table tennis career The living fossil player Zhuang Huishen officially retired on October 17th. He has no intention of joining the Bay Island Table Tennis Association to coach in the future. He will completely withdraw from Ping Pong World.
When the news came out, all Bay Island fans were very excited and left messages on the official website, calling on Zhuang Huishen to play for a few more years. Many fans claimed that they had grown up watching his football, and if he stopped playing, they would never watch football again.
They all remember that in the darkest moments of Bay Island table tennis, it was always Lao and Zhuang who worked hard to support each other. He supported a province by himself for twenty years. It was really not easy for him.
So someone built a building on the official website, and every floor had the same sentence: Lao Zhuang has retired, and my youth is over.
Zhuang Huishen did not respond and remained silent throughout the process.
This has caused speculation among the outside world.
At first, some people speculated whether he was suppressed by the Bay Island Table Tennis Association, because he had indeed been unhappy with Taiwan Head Coach Jiang Peirong in the past two years, and in his retirement declaration, the sentence "There is no intention to join the Bay Island Table Tennis Association to coach" also looked extremely suspicious, as if he was forced to retire by Jiang Peirong.
Bay Island fans were excited for a moment, and they actually wanted to kill Jiang Peirong.
All I can say is that the online fishing boat thing is really irrational and scary.
But soon an insider revealed that Jiang Peirong visited Zhuang Huishen three times in three days, asking him to coach, and said touching words, "The conflict between you and me is a personal one, but it is Bay Island's good fortune that you became a coach."
Then Taiwan Island supernova Lin Zijun came forward to refute the rumors, saying, "Senior Zhuang didn't want to fight. I tried to persuade him for a long time to no avail. Don't think too much."
The Bay Island fans stopped playing because they all liked Lin Zijun and expected Lin Zijun to lead the Bay Island Table Tennis Association to new glory.
In Chinese Table Tennis National Team Training Base in the Imperial Capital, when the news came, all the big guys who stayed behind were supervising the disciples' practice on a daily basis.
Zhu Zeshi couldn't hold himself any longer at that time, and he snorted loudly, causing Lu Feiyang, who was shouting and shouting fiercely, to stop, turn around and take a curious look, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong, master? Did you quarrel with the master's wife?"
Zhu Zeshi glared at him fiercely. Seeing his shameless appearance, he couldn't help but get angry. He walked over, slapped him on the head, and cursed, "It's all your fault, kid."
Lu Feiyang was confused and secretly glanced at the master's mobile phone screen, only to find out that it was Lao Zhuang who had retired.
He was aggrieved.
It's none of my business if Lao Zhuang retires...
But it turns out that not only Zhu Zeshi thought so, but several other people also thought so, because within a few minutes Qin Huachang came, then Wang Lu came, and finally Cai Guodong came.
Lu Feiyang was inexplicably nervous.
The big bosses didn't speak when they met. They just looked at each other. There was an atmosphere called regret and pity flowing in the air. Then Qin Huachang sighed, ran over and slapped Lu Feiyang on the head, shook his head and sneered, "You rich family is the only trouble, all these bullshit things are ruining the situation."
Wang Lu didn't say anything, but he also lined up to take a picture of Lu Feiyang.
Finally Cai Guodong came up, Lu Feiyang was still a bit lucky, thinking that the head coach has a high position, so he has to save some face, right?
But Cai Guodong had an expressionless face and slapped him on the head, which was actually harder than the others.
After filming Lu Feiyang, the bosses left quietly.
There was no dialogue in the whole process, only eye contact. Not only Lu Feiyang was confused, but the 19-year-old opposite him, who was just selected from the provincial team and a full-time sparring player of Huaping, also had a confused look on his face.
"Master, what did I do wrong?" Lu Feiyang's character can't hold back his words: "Didn't I just beat him in T2? Do you want me to lose to him on purpose? Besides, who knew he was so fragile and would retire after losing. What are you doing, like a child?"
Zhu Zeshi glared at him, raised his hand and put it down again, as if he still wanted to slap him. He thought for a while and said, "Practice for three more hours tonight."
"No way!" Lu Feiyang was about to cry, "I am already undergoing special training for eight hours a day, Master. I am not yet a minor. You cannot exploit child labor..."
Zhu Zeshi folded his arms, looked at him coldly, as if he hadn't heard anything, and spat out a few words: "Keep practicing, don't stop."
Lu Feiyang said "Oh" and continued to practice obediently. After playing a few balls, he felt uncomfortable and couldn't help but said, "No wonder Fan Xiaodong's mother said Coach He is the best... Coach He is the only one who doesn't hit me today, and he is the only one who understands me."
Zhu Zeshi glanced at him and said calmly, "He understands your stupidity. He took Luo Jiu to Qatar to play a game."
This incident is just a small episode in life. I am afraid that the 15-year-old Lu Feiyang will never understand why these national team bosses are so sad for a mere Bay Island veteran. That is because he does not know that more than 20 years ago, Lao Zhuang had I have been training in this base for a long time. At that time, Lao Zhuang was young and energetic, just like Lu Feiyang today. He was also a thorn, a genius, and an invincible opponent in the second team. Even Wang Wendong was defeated by him.
The coaches at that time were not as old as they are now, and they were not as oily as they are now. They had not yet seen through the world, so they were easier to be emotional. In their eyes, no matter Wang Wendong or Zhuang Huishen, they were both disciples, younger brothers, and even more friends.
Zhuang Huishen is a few years older than the other players, so he is more like a friend.
On the night when Zhuang Huishen left Huaping and returned to Bay Island, Zhu Zeshi and others saw him off and drank for most of the night. The next day, everyone vomited like a turtle grandson. In the end, no one could tell whether it was wine or tears on their faces.
Bay Island is part of China, but the Bay Island Table Tennis Association has independent participation rights in the international table tennis world, so at that time the big guys knew that after this separation, I am afraid they will never have the opportunity to fight together in this life.
On the day they left, they actually asked Zhuang Huishen: "Do you want to stay?"
Zhuang Huishen shook his head. "Bay Island There is no one. If I don't go back, the Bay Island table tennis world will be doomed."
Then he smiled and said, "I won't come here again after I go back. Don't miss me either. After tonight, we will be enemies rather than friends. See you on the field."
Sure enough, after more than 20 years, Zhuang Huishen traveled around the world, but never stepped into Chinese Table Tennis training base again.
No one knows whether he was afraid of touching the scene and hurting his feelings, or whether he was deceived too hard by Wang Wendong, a big silver coin, and his heart was broken.
Time flies so fast, like running water, in a blink of an eye, Zhuang Huishen is retired.
Although he is 38 years old, Zhu Zeshi and others occasionally talk about him, and each other evaluates and speculates that he can play for at least two more years.
After all, Lin Zijun has just debuted and needs veteran guidance.
If this is the case, then he must have been stimulated by something that caused him to become discouraged when he retired now.
What excitement could it be?
He quit after coming back from T2, so the excitement must have happened in T2. He only played one game in T2 and lost to Lu Feiyang.
Moreover, Lu Feiyang also talked nonsense in the interview after the fight, obviously not taking Lao Zhuang seriously.
How could a 38-year-old veteran with many honors and injuries endure the contempt of a 15-year-old kid?
So, you see, the evidence is conclusive and the inference is established. Who else could the culprit be than Lu Feiyang?
It's time to fight!
Regarding the retirement of Zhuang Huishen, there is an interesting anecdote in the international table tennis community.
Belarus veteran Ochomirov publicly issued a message to persuade, "Why should you quit? Playing table tennis is a happy thing. If you don't regard it as a profession, but as entertainment, then even if you reach my age, you can still stand on the court."
He can say this with confidence, because he is 42 years old this year, four years older than Zhuang Huishen, but he is still ranked tenth in this year's latest world rankings, which makes him extremely proud. At the same time, he is also Belarus The strongest man in the past ten years, even though he is getting older, no one can take his place. He is one of the truly old and strong representatives, echoing the King of Europe Hans. Bayer who is not yet old enough but equally strong.
But although he has no rivals among the male players, there are real hardcore figures among the female players.
Luxembourg Chinese player Ni Liliyan later posted. "I also think playing table tennis is a happy thing, and if you can be happy while still ranking first in this association, it will be even happier.. From this point of view, I support Xiaozhuang's retirement, because Bay Island has emerged as a Xiaolin, and Xiaozhuang is no longer the highest-ranked Bay Island player in the world. Instead of struggling in vain, it is better to retire bravely."
This Ni Liliyan is even more incredible. She is 59 years old this year and is a former female table tennis player of the Chinese national team. She is higher than Cai Guodong in terms of seniority. She won many honors for Huaping in her early years. Later, she got older and could not adapt to the ultra-intense internal competition of Huaping, so she quit Huaping. Decades have passed since she chose to play in a small country like Luxembourg. She has become a national treasure-level athlete in Luxembourg. She has never wavered in her position as the number one female table tennis player in Luxembourg. At a certain Olympic Games, she even became the flag bearer of the Luxembourg sports team.
Such an experience can be called a legend, but what is even more legendary is that the 59-year-old Grandma Ni does not play all health ball. She can achieve good rankings in a series of competitions in Europe every year, and occasionally win a card. It is unprecedented and unprecedented.
With the speeches of these two Versailles, the Zhuang Huishen retirement incident finally came to an end.
Because there is new news that has attracted the attention of the world table tennis community.
On November 6th, China Super League finally came to an end, and Shanghai Fire Phoenix Club finally won this year's Table Tennis Super League championship. Bai Feng, a single player in the team, also relied on this league championship to successfully win the title of "Super League MVP Player of the Year" that countless people dream of.
While the champion was announced, this year's crane tail team of Table Tennis Super League also surfaced: Imperial Capital New City.
This team will play a promotion and relegation match with the champion team from Table Tennis First Division in a week. The winner will go to Table Tennis Super League, and the loser will go to Table Tennis First Division. There will be five games, and each game will also be five rounds. Heaven or hell depends on this battle.
So all the eyes paying attention to Table Tennis Super League turned around and fell on the next-level Table Tennis First Division.
Table Tennis First Division The rules of the playoffs are very simple: among the four teams, the team with the highest points in the regular season directly selects its opponent, but the second-ranked team is not allowed to choose.
The first ranked team is Jingyuewan Club.
Chinese Table Tennis Association official held a grouping ceremony specifically for this purpose.
Seeing Jingyuewan Club's beautiful team leader and coach walking up to choose her opponent, Bingcheng Pharmaceutical's coach covered his eyes in pain.
Why?
Just because the teams ranked third and fourth are Spade Q and Xiangshui River respectively.
This situation is very delicate.
Table Tennis First Division The selection rules for the playoffs only allow the first place to choose its opponent among the third and fourth places. In fact, it is to avoid strong encounters, because theoretically, the strongest team will definitely be ranked first.
But the problem is that this year's situation is very special. The strongest Spade Q fell to the end due to the absence of personnel.
The second strongest team, Poseidon Club, did not enter the playoffs due to the incident of Zhu Ding.
So Fang Yuan chose Xiang River Club without even thinking about it.
At this moment, except for Bingcheng Pharmaceutical who is crying, the other three teams are very satisfied with this grouping.
Jingyue Bay feels that he has chosen the weakest team.
Xiangshui River thinks it is difficult to beat them, but Jingyue Bay is definitely a relatively easy team to deal with.
Spade Q thinks it doesn't matter, Wang Chao will kill them all anyway.
Bingcheng Pharmaceutical's team members looked at each other and sighed, knowing that it was over.
Their strongest point is doubles. In the first round, someone was injured and was taken advantage of by Spade Q. They were very unconvinced and vowed to fight back in the second round.
But now... I'm still scratching my head.
With the return of Wang Chao from T2, all the tactics Bingcheng Pharmaceutical had formulated before were invalid.
When Wang Chao becomes Spade Q, Spade Q has become an absolutely invincible team among Table Tennis First Division.
No one can beat Wang Chao alone, no one!
Only a very few people can beat Geng Shuai in singles, such as Niu Linjun, but the problem is that Niu Linjun is the first single, and Geng Shuai is now the second single.
If Wang Chao is a dimension-reducing blow in the single-order circle, then Geng Shuai is also a dimension-reducing blow in the second-order circle.
So in theory, Spade Q can even control points now.
If they want to beat each other 3:1, let Wang Chao play in the first and fourth games.
If they want to beat each other 3:2, let Wang Chao play in the first and fifth games.
Just so willful.
Three days later, the playoffs officially began.