When a club is named after a university, there are usually only two possibilities. First, the university is very strong, and second, the university is very rich.
Jiangcheng University belongs to the former.
It has a long history and is full of excellence. It is a truly century-old famous school. It is also a comprehensive national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of China. It is a double first-class university with a total of 211,985. It has everything you need. It is one of the top ten famous schools in China.
This club was also the only Table Tennis Super League team in Northern Hubei Province.
Nominally it is a team within Northern Hubei Province, but because Jiangcheng City is a member of Northern Hubei Province, this team is actually a team within Jiangcheng City.
In other words, in the past ten years or so, Jiangcheng City has actually been a situation where the Table Tennis Super League team and the Table Tennis First Division team have coexisted. Just because the two teams have different levels, different strengths, and different attractions to players, they have been in peace for a long time without much conflict of interest.
For example, Luo Jiu, although he was willing to contribute to his hometown table tennis, he only chose Spade Q when he first entered the professional league. After playing for a year, he helped the team win the Table Tennis First Division championship and After becoming the MVP of the year, he took advantage of the soaring value and negotiated amicably with Fan Xiaofan, transferred to Jiangcheng University Team, took on a single position, and began to compete with Table Tennis Super League. It has been seven years now.
The reason why Spade Q has only been able to recruit Table Tennis First Division-level talents over the years, but not Table Tennis Super League-level talents, is because there has always been a Jiangcheng University Club that is more attractive to high-end talents.
But this year the balance is tipped.
Spade Q was successfully promoted, and immediately formed an incompatible situation with Jiangcheng University Club.
Looking at the entire Chinese market, there are only three places that can have two Table Tennis Super League clubs in the same city. One is the Imperial Capital, the second is the Magic City, and the third is Shandong Province.
Not to mention the imperial capital and the magical capital, the territory is large enough and the foundation is strong enough. A city is worth a province.
As for Shandong Province, it is a traditional economic province, and the two Table Tennis Super League teams in Shandong Province do not play their home games in the same city, which avoids the embarrassment of competing for local fans.
But Spade Q and Jiangcheng University, it's really hard to see each other without looking up. Even their fans are actually the same group of people, and the overlap is as high as 90%.
In previous years, when the two teams couldn't collide, fans could support them together, but if they collide this year, fans have to choose sides.
At this time, it is natural to judge only the strongest. Whoever plays well will win more fans.
At this critical moment, Fan Xiaoxian couldn't care less about so many taboos. He called Luo Jiu and asked directly, "Whose side are you on?"
Luo Jiu smiled bitterly, "What do you think?"
Fan Xiaoxian is unreasonable. "I don't care, please give me an explanation."
So Luo Jiu thought for a long time and gave his own opinion, "Let's see, if my junior brother comes on the court, I won't be on it. I will be training in seclusion to prepare for China Open at the next stop. But if he doesn't come on, then I have to go up and play anyway. After all, except for Except for my junior brother, it's really easy to beat the rest of you... Don't be angry, let's discuss the issue objectively, and don't lose your temper... If I can win casually without affecting training, then if I refuse to take action, what will the coach think of me? I, Luo Jiu, am a person with professional ethics."
His decision to make this is not a violation of professional ethics, because the upcoming China Open will be the biggest open competition this year, so before the start of the competition, he must adjust his energy and energy to the limit to ensure that he can fight hard and win the championship.
Don't think that Wang Chao won the championship, Luo Jiu won the championship 100%. You know, the table tennis world is turbulent today, and newcomers are emerging in large numbers. This time, Minato's Lin Zijun and Hook both performed abnormally, and there are many Many people failed to win, but when it comes to China Open, there is no guarantee that a young super genius like Lin Zijun will not evolve again, and Hook does not need to evolve at all. He only needs to stabilize, and he is Luo Jiu's lifelong enemy.
In this case, if Table Tennis Super League Wang Chao doesn't come tomorrow, then Luo Jiu can score by just playing casually, and he must play.
But if Wang Chao comes, it will become a deadly battle between brothers.
Luo Jiu has watched Wang Chao's and Hong Kong Open's entire competition. He would never dare to underestimate this young junior brother. If the two really faced off, even if he had a 70% certainty of winning, he could not guarantee that he would not be plotted against by his junior junior brother who was a small silver coin.
What's more, if the fight ends in a miserable victory, even if you win, your vitality will be severely damaged and your ability to fight China Open will be affected.
Didn't you see that last year, Sun Tianlong was defeated so badly by Hook in the finals of Oman Open, and the injury recurred, that's why he lost to Luo Jiu in the year-end finals?
With the lessons learned clearly in mind, Luo Jiu would never dare to take any risky actions. After all, he is also 27 years old. Even if he is younger than Sun Tianlong, how many years of his golden period can he still have?
So I took advantage of Fan Xiaoxian's opportunity to make a move, which was exactly what I wanted.
Fan Xiaoxian is not an unreasonable person. She knows that Luo Jiu can make such a statement, which is already considered the limit, so she gave up the unique trick for women of crying, making trouble, and hanging herself, and decided to work on Wang Chao.
"Sister, I know that you just finished the finals and must have been very hard. You probably didn't sleep well at night. It will be really difficult for you to play tomorrow, but there is no way. I really can't afford to lose in this game. And look, Jiangcheng University Team except Luo Jiu, the remaining ones are all crooked. Isn't it possible for you to win just by playing casually?"
"Is this good? Don't study your opponent, and don't think too much. You just need to show up. No matter you win or lose, I will support you." Fan Xiaoxian suddenly felt blessed and added, "Of course, no matter you win or lose, I will give you an extra bonus, 30,000 yuan, oh no, 50,000 yuan. Do you think it will work? If you play well, you can add more."
Wang Chao understood immediately. "No problem."
The call was hung up and everyone was satisfied.
The flight tickets booked by the coaching staff were originally for this afternoon. Minato is not far from the Imperial Capital. It takes more than three hours to arrive. We can also have dinner at Chinese Table Tennis training base.
Next, the flight from Didu to Jiangcheng City takes just over two hours.
Moreover, summarizing this kind of thing after the game is mainly done by the coaching staff and has nothing to do with the players. It stands to reason that even if Wang Chao asks to fly directly from the port area to Jiangcheng City, Cai Guodong will not have any objection.
At 7:30 that evening, Wang Chao arrived at the Spade Q base.
Spade Q's daily training is actually over, but because Wang Chao is coming back, everyone from the players to the team leader gathered in the hall outside the base to wait for him.
As soon as Wang Chao arrived, Fan Xiaoxian arranged to go have supper together, talk about their separation and discuss tomorrow's game.
But Wang Chao believes that the most important thing is to first understand the current strength of the team members.
So ten minutes later, everyone appeared in the training hall after changing their jerseys and shoes.
Wang Chao threw the ball to Brother Geng: "Here, let's play a game."
Brother Geng bared his teeth, not happy because he knew he couldn't beat him, but he still wanted to lose face in front of everyone, so he cheered up and said, "Come on!"
He didn't guess coins or make punches. Anyway, the ball was in his hand, so he assumed that he had the right to serve. He took advantage of it in the hope of scoring a few more points.
But five minutes later, he was still beaten easily by Wang Chao at 11:3.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the original God of Openings is now unconscious.
In fact, Brother Geng's strength has improved compared to last year, because during this period, he has got rid of the bad habits of the past many years. He no longer drinks and rarely smokes. He tries his best to stay in the gym every day, train when he can, and when he can't train, he watches other players play. He gives some advice by the way, which is half a guest role as a coach.
If he continues to play Table Tennis First Division now, he will still be the undefeated legend at the beginning.
But the problem is that Wang Chao improves too fast.
Before playing Poseidon Club last year, Wang Chao defeated Geng Shuai in a game for the first time in the morning. At that time, everyone knew that Geng Shuai could never beat Wang Chao again.
But it was difficult to win at that time, and it seemed to be evenly matched.
But when they fight again today, the two people have already opened up a huge gap. Judging from the scene, it is Sun Tianlong fighting Bayer.
Yes, this is a catchphrase, and the answer is that the father beats his son.
Geng Shuai exits and Wu Li appears.
In fact, what Wang Chao really wants to see today is the strength of Wu Li.
During the winter vacation training half a month ago, he discovered that Wu Li had an extremely special talent, which was even more outrageous than he imagined.
This kind of talent has no name in the table tennis world. Obviously, even Huaping is not aware that this kind of talent exists, but Wang Chao is sure that Wu Li does have talent.
Otherwise, there are some situations in Wu Li that cannot be explained.
His mentality is too tough. It's so tough that he doesn't look like a normal person, but really looks like a machine.
He is so able to withstand pressure. Wang Chao secretly tried it during the winter vacation, deliberately not giving Wu Li any chance to score. He suppressed Wu Li and played for a whole day. If you calculate the score, I'm afraid it's a few 100 to 0, but Wu Li still looked calm and could fight as he should. His movements were not deformed at all, and his mentality was not out of shape at all. Even in the process of resisting Wang Chao's attack, he continued to improve various problems in his defense.
This is a bit abnormal.
Unless he is a m...
No, although m is not depressed when being abused, he will be excited, but Wu Li is really calm.
So Wang Chao is very much looking forward to the performance of Wu Li.
He still threw the ball to Wu Li: "Come on."
Wu Li served directly without saying a word.
Seven minutes later, Wu Li was brutally beaten by Wang Chao 11:0.
The treatment of Wu Li and Wang Chao was obviously much more cruel than the treatment of Geng Shuai. They did not hold back at all and shaved their heads as a matter of course.
Fortunately, Wu Li was not depressed, but just a little embarrassed. He said to Wang Chao, "I let you down."
Wang Chao was indeed a little disappointed, he said, "You don't seem to have made any progress at all?"
Wu Li said "Hmm".
Wang Chao did not let him go and asked, "Why?"
Wu Li thought for a while and was about to speak, but Geng Shuai next to him sighed, "Let me speak."
He pointed to the three substitutes sitting on one side. "Lu Jia, Gao Ming, Tian Zhengguang, these three people all practiced with Wu Li, but they gave up after only practicing for a few games, because it was meaningless at all."
Wang Chao nodded.
Wu Li was able to crush Gao Ming and Tian Zhengguang when he was in the city team, but after special training with him during the winter vacation, his strength has soared. Now these three really can't even reach the intensity of being a sparring partner.
"So the only one who can fight him is me." Geng Shuai pointed to his nose. "He can't beat me yet, but he is so strong. You know, I am known for my fierce attacks, but I pressed him and fought for two full hours. He didn't even take a breath, and he didn't have any mood swings at all. Do you know how I feel?"
Wang Chao heard it funny and said with admiration, "How does it feel?"
"I obviously won, but I didn't feel any sense of accomplishment at all. Instead, I felt like I had lost, because his state remained very stable, but my state became unstable, and my concentration began to lose focus."
Geng Shuai couldn't help but laugh as he said, "Okay, let's stop complaining and get down to business... I can feel that he is quickly adapting to my offense. At first, I pressed him to play, but after practicing for three days, he can play back and forth with me. Now when we fight, I attack with six points, and he attacks with four points. Although he can't beat me, he can still fight 11:6 or 11:7 in a game."
Wang Chao nodded. "Then what?"
"Then, there is no more." Brother Geng spread his hands and said, "I can only put so much pressure on him. He has completely adapted to it now, and my situation is very special. As you know, I have limited training time every day and can't accompany him at all, so his skills have stagnated again. Someone has to put more pressure on him."
Wang Chao suddenly realized.
really.
Wu Li is like an indomitable spring. Even if you press him to the end, he will rebound as soon as you let go. The harder you press, the harder he will rebound. Therefore, if a player like him wants to improve quickly, the method is very clear, and that is a high-pressure policy.
This reminds Wang Chao of Fan Pingnan.
Fan Pingnan just couldn't resist the pressure, and his leg was broken directly by Qin Huachang.
Sun Tianlong was more resistant to pressure and was eventually pressed into a hexagonal warrior.
But according to Qin Huachang, Sun Tianlong still cried, got frustrated, gave up, and wavered when he was practicing in seclusion. He was still a living person of flesh and blood.
Only Wu Li is a true pervert. Luo Zhihong said it many times when he was in the city team. Wu Li has never cried bitterness or tiredness, never cried or been shaken since he joined the team for several years.
The most important thing is that Wu Li is not holding back, he is really born not to feel pain.
He was willing and willing to do so.
Wang Chao secretly gave this talent a very unpleasant name, "Ox-Horse", which means working hard and working hard without complaint.
Of course, when Wu Li joins the national team in the future, he will still have to go to the coaching staff to discuss a better name.
"It's okay. I'm back. I'll practice with you from now on."
Wu Li nodded. "Okay."
He is silent by nature and speaks very little, but at this moment, there are stars twinkling in his eyes, which shows the joy in his heart.
Wang Chao looked at Fan Xiaoxian: "Then, let's finally study the battle plan for tomorrow. Sister Xian, do you have the specific information and game videos of Jiangcheng University Team?"
"Yes, yes." Fan Xiaoxian nodded desperately. "I'll get it to you right away."
She ran fast and was light all over.
Because she felt sincerely relaxed from the bottom of her heart.
As soon as Wang Chao came back, the whole team was different, as if everyone had a backbone.
As the team leader, she was originally supposed to be the backbone of the team, but because she had little technical understanding, she acted as a nanny most of the time.
Brother Geng was also the backbone before last year, but that only worked for Table Tennis First Division. Now it is Table Tennis Super League. Everyone is a novice and confused. On the contrary, it is Wang Chao, the youngest member, who has played in the World Series and won two gold medals, so he has become a recognized "old Jianghu" in everyone's mind.
The return of Wang Chao represents the return of the team's orders, coaches, and analysts.
The real soul of this team is back.