When we met again half a year later, Wu Li's appearance was slightly different from Wang Chao's memory.
He used to be completely silent, but now he seems a little depressed. After a year, not only has he not gained weight, but he has also lost some weight.
After discovering someone in the base, Wu Li was surprised at first, but soon accepted the reality and actively requested to sparring with Wang Chao.
Wang Chao naturally desires it.
The two played against each other for the first time that afternoon, and Wu Li was directly stunned by Wang Chao.
In the last game between the two of them half a year ago, Wu Li was brutally beaten by Wang Chao. After that, Wang Chao left the city team and went to Spade Q. In the past few months, his strength has improved by leaps and bounds, and he has undergone a super evolution. Logically speaking, it is not surprising that he can crush Wu Li.
But the problem is, he found that Wu Li was actually defeated.
This is very wrong.
You know, in Wang Chao's mind, Wu Li's stable mentality on the court and tenacity in resisting adversity rank first among all the players he knows.
When Sakura Country was playing T2, Wang Chao once sneered at the rumors about Six Little Dragons of Chinese Ping Pong because he didn't look down on Liang Kunpeng Gao Mingyuan Ma Angxing and his ilk. In Wang Chao's view, he is a hero in the world. It's just Little Fatty, Wu Li and myself.
Little Fatty is because of talent, Wu Li is because of mentality.
Anyone can collapse, but Wu Li cannot collapse.
A few years ago, the main force of Chinese National Table Tennis Team visited Jiangcheng City Team. The five main forces killed Wu Li one after another, but Wu Li did not collapse.
Half a year ago, I changed my right-handed straight board to my left-handed horizontal board. I played Wu Li 11:0 in front of everyone, and Wu Li didn't crash.
But now, it's just normal daily sparring, and I just experienced the attack power effect after the strength increase, and Wu Li actually collapsed?
Wang Chao took the ball and did not continue to serve. Instead, he asked, "Did something happen at your house...?"
Wu Li shook his head. "It's okay."
"Something happened." Wang Chao walked out from the table. "Your mentality has collapsed. There is no point in continuing to play today. Let's take a break."
He Jingping sat on the chair next to him and did not interrupt.
As a coach, he adheres to the consistent philosophy of elite sects in selecting disciples, favoring super geniuses and not bothering to take a look at ordinary geniuses.
Wu Li is an ordinary genius in his mind. He worked as Cook at the Jiangcheng City Team base for three years and watched Wu Li play for three years. Although all Jiangcheng City Team coaches thought Wu Li was a good prospect, he did not feel that this child was worthy of his attention.
He is full of emotions, but not overly emotional. Wu Li is an outsider to him. Even if he encounters any difficulties, he has no interest in coming forward.
But if Wang Chao wants to know, he won't stop it.
Wu Li sat down on the spot, breathing lightly, letting the hot sweat from exercise slowly slide down his cheeks.
Wang Chao didn't talk much, just sat down next to him and stayed with him quietly.
After a long time, Wu Li said, "Wang Chao, if we table tennis players want to make money, can we only play in professional leagues?"
Wang Chao nodded. "Yes."
Of course, there are high bonuses for playing in international competitions, and there are high subsidies for being selected for the national team, but Wang Chao knows very well that this is not what Wu Li is asking, because Wu Li's current strength is not enough to enter the national team.
"Then... with my current strength, if I go to Table Tennis First Division, how much money can I make in a year?" Wu Li turned his head and looked at Wang Chao: "I heard that you and Spade Q were talking about one million a season last year. Then... then if I go to Table Tennis First Division, can I get 500,000 yuan a year... if not, 300,000 yuan is fine...200,000 yuan is fine."
He has always given people the impression of being as calm as a machine, but when he asked these questions today, he clearly showed some caution and a slight sense of inferiority.
Unknowingly, the relationship between him and Wang Chao has opened up.
And during the more than an hour of today's sparring, he could clearly feel the huge gap in strength between the two sides.
Wang Chao said, "Are you short of money?"
Wu Li nodded.
Wang Chao asked, "How many are missing? I can lend them to you."
Wu Li didn't want to borrow money, so he was silent for a moment and then said, "Can you help me find a team... I don't care about the strong or weak teams, I just hope they can give me a higher salary as possible."
Wang Chao did not answer immediately, but thought about it carefully before saying, "Actually, the average salary of Table Tennis Super League is much higher than that of Table Tennis First Division."
Wu Li shook his head. "I am self-aware, but I am not qualified to fight Table Tennis Super League yet."
He paused for a moment and smiled bitterly, "I originally thought that with my strength, as long as I want to fight Table Tennis First Division, Spade Q can go if I want to. But, really, probably Spade Q has stayed in Table Tennis First Division for too long, and everyone has become accustomed to it, thinking that it will stay there forever. But I forgot that it can actually be upgraded, so now..."
He still remembered that when Wang Chao first joined the team last year, Spade Q's boss Fan was the first one to take a fancy to him, but he didn't want to go, and Luo Zhihong didn't want him to go, so in the end it was Lao Luo who kicked Boss Fan out of the office.
At that time, he looked at Spade Q from a slightly overlooking angle.
But now, Spade Q has achieved the best results in history and even successfully promoted, but he has encountered difficulties.
He now needs to look up to Spade Q, but Spade Q is already the Table Tennis Super League team that he cannot reach.
"Is Spade Q your first choice?" Wang Chao asked.
"That's for sure." Wu Li said, "Spade Q is itself a member of Jiangcheng City's team, let alone a player of our city team. Even Hubei Provincial Team, which newcomer wouldn't want to join Spade Q? After all, you can play at home."
Wang Chao nodded and said, "Okay, then come Spade Q."
Wu Li was stunned.
"What, don't you like it?" Wang Chao smiled, "Or do you have to find a Table Tennis First Division team?"
"No..." Wu Li was still a little confused. "But wasn't Spade Q promoted? I heard them say that Spade Q must recruit new people, otherwise it will be impossible to survive in Table Tennis Super League..."
Wang Chao looked at him strangely. "Yes, aren't you the one we want to recruit?"
Wu Li blinked, not knowing what to say for a moment.
He usually talks very little and his expressive ability is not strong. When he suddenly encountered such a thing, he didn't know how to explain it.
So in the end it was Wang Chao who helped him speak out.
"I understand what you mean. You think that if Spade Q wants to achieve good results, he should at least find a player of National Second Team's level instead of a Table Tennis First Division player of medium strength like you, right?"
Wu Li nodded.
"But you underestimate yourself." Wang Chao said, "You are indeed only Table Tennis First Division of average level now, but I believe that when you join the team, you will grow up in the shortest time. By the end of the season, you will find that the salary that Boss Fan set when he signed the contract with you is not high, but low."
Wu Li nodded again, but the confusion in his eyes did not diminish at all.
He Jingping interjected. "What he said is right...Wu Li, I watched you play in this base for three years. Compared with your level three years ago, your progress is actually very limited. Do you know why?"
He asked himself and answered, "Because your opponent here is too weak."
Yes, the opponents here are too weak.
In this base, Wu Li has had no opponents since three years ago. He himself was aware of this problem, so when he was practicing, he tried to be strict with himself. If he could beat his opponent 11:0, he would never beat his opponent 11:1. For this reason, he beat many sparring partners to tears, and even beat everyone in this base to the point where they didn't want to be his sparring partner.
But this is of no help. A weak opponent means a weak opponent. You cannot solve the problem by raising your own requirements.
Otherwise, why would those players in the world table tennis world non-Chinese associations envy the training quality of Chinese National Table Tennis Team?
Your sparring partner must be strong enough to push you into a desperate situation and put you under unprecedented pressure, so that you can be stimulated to break through, complete your evolution, and make progress.
"So Luo Zhihong's way of training you was wrong. It was even more wrong that he didn't let you go to Spade Q last year. It's just that I'm too lazy to tell him." He Jingping smiled and said, "Fortunately, it's not too late now. Go to Spade Q. You should have walked out long ago."
He still doesn't think Wu Li is a super genius, but Wang Chao wants Wu Li. As a teacher, he has to help his disciples.
Wu Li Only at this point can it be truly confirmed that Wang Chao is not joking, but he still has one final worry. "Boss Fan..."
"I have the final say." Wang Chao smiled and said, "You can rest assured."
After the promotion and relegation match, on the way back from the imperial capital, Fan Xiaofan took the initiative to chat with Wang Chao for a long time. The focus of the topic was only one: Will Spade Q need to find a head coach next year?
Wang Chao's answer is "No need".
Because Wang Chao himself is the best coach.
If it was before playing T2, Fan Xiaofan might still have doubts about this, but those few games in T2 made the knowledgeable Boss Fan understand that Wang Chao really has the qualities to become an excellent coach.
Even if he is still only 18 years old.
Even in those few games he was denounced as "evil" by He Jingping.
On the high-speed train back to Jiangcheng City from the imperial capital, Fan Xiaofan and Wang Chao signed a new coaching contract, which added another one million coaching annual salary to Wang Chao's bank card.
Therefore, Wang Chao is solely responsible for the selection of Spade Q this year. All Boss Fan has to do is sign the contract and make payment.
In the next three days, Wu Li seemed to have regained his energy and energy, and began to fight fiercely with Wang Chao day and night.
He was tortured for three full days, but no matter how much he was tortured, he always had high morale, like a spring that would never deform. The more you pressed him, the harder he would bounce back.
And Wang Chao also truly felt that when his strength exceeded the critical value, how sharp this set of double-sided looping ball offensive play was in Taiwan, and why he was qualified to be unanimously recognized as "the best in the world in offensive power" by the Huaping coaching staff.
Only He Jingping felt the slightest bit of frustration.
He realized that he had made a mistake.
In fact, he is not optimistic about Wang Chao recruiting Wu Li, and even thinks that Spade Q may have to recruit another player in the future.
But he watched helplessly as Wu Li, under the high pressure of Wang Chao, his strength began to soar as if he was blowing air.
Wu Li has shown amazing adaptability.
On the first day, he couldn't stop Wang Chao's attack at all.
The next day he already had some initial signs of resistance.
On the third day, Wang Chao even needed three or four consecutive attacks to kill him.
This speed of progress is extremely astonishing, almost equivalent to taking three days to complete a path that would take other players several months to complete.
"Why is this happening? He doesn't seem to be a person with such a good understanding." He Jingping is not a face-saving person, so he directly asked Wang Chao behind his back.
"Because his will is too strong." Wang Chao explained, "Other players progress slowly because they will collapse quickly under such high pressure with no hope at all. After the collapse, even if they seem to be still training, in fact it has no effect. And Wu Li is different, he is really like a machine, he will never break down, so even if he practices from early morning to dark, he can ensure that every ball he plays is effective. You might as well think about what his future will be like if he hones all his skills with this attitude."
He Jingping was slightly shocked when he heard that, and couldn't help but said, "Isn't that the same as Sun Tianlong?"
Wang Chao smiled and said, "That's because Dragon Team's path itself is not Gao Ming. To put it bluntly, it's nothing more than hard work that can make up for one's weakness. Dragon Team can become the first person in history just because he is the only one who has truly achieved the ultimate in this matter over the years."
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