Ping-Pong Life
Chapter 262

The Cherry Blossoms Were Blooming

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The game is over, but life goes on.

Although the actual impact of this game is very far-reaching and has caused serious damage to all aspects of Jiangcheng University Club's interests, which is equivalent to Spade Q taking a piece of flesh from his body and swallowing it alive, but once he left the field, the style of the game naturally changed from tense to calm and drizzle.

Jiangcheng University Team Wang Bo, the oldest in the world, is also the most knowledgeable. He took the initiative to come over and greet Spade Q, with a smile on his face, and it was impossible to tell that he was being Wang Chao was embarrassed by two consecutive beatings. He held Wang Chao's hand and shook it, sincerely praising. "It was indeed a good fight. I am convinced that I lost... But don't be proud. Your opponent should not have been me in the first place."

Wang Chao smiled and nodded in agreement.

He naturally knew that winning today was purely a fluke. If Jiangcheng University had all the main players on the field, Spade Q at this stage would not even have a 1% chance of winning.

Geng Shuai and Duan Changying also met late, shaking hands first and then hugging each other. The two passionate straight men seemed like lifelong good friends.

So, playing ball is actually more than just fighting and killing, it is more about human relationships. We will meet often in the future, and we cannot really become enemies in real life.

The only people who can really become enemies are the bosses behind the two clubs.

Ma Angxing is very simple and seems rather reserved. He just smiles and nods to Wang Chao from a distance, but is too embarrassed to come over.

Wu Li, on the other hand, continued to walk at the back of the team expressionlessly, showing no intention of making friends with anyone else.

Then Wang Chao's eyes fell on the middle-aged man next to Wang Bo.

This man was carrying a camera and had a work permit hanging around his neck. He was a senior reporter from Jiangcheng City Sports Channel.

To be precise, he is Luo Xiaoyu's senior and half-direct boss, named Wei Ming.

Northern Hubei Province is considered to be a strong table tennis province in China. Naturally, Luo Xiaoyu, an intern who has just entered the workplace, cannot shoulder all the reports on table tennis on sports channels. In fact, in the past six months, it has been Wei Ming who has been in charge of Jiangcheng University Team is responsible for the follow-up report, and Luo Xiaoyu is responsible for the follow-up report of Spade Q. Judging from the actual number of viewers and the degree of attention, it is obvious that the size of Jiangcheng University is several times that of Spade Q.

To this day, the two teams met for the first time, and the two reporters accompanying the team also officially met.

But Wei Ming followed the Jiangcheng University Team team members over to say hello. Naturally, he didn't just want to show up. He came with a mission. He hoped to take advantage of the popularity of this derby to invite one player from each team to participate in a variety show on the TV station.

Over at Jiangcheng University, because Luo Jiu is not here, the candidate has been determined to be Wang Bo.

As for Spade Q, it must be Wang Chao, because if someone else is chosen, the fans will definitely not accept it.

Wang Chao will naturally not refuse this kind of thing, because it is good for the development of table tennis.

In fact, no matter in the past life or in this life, Chinese Table Tennis Association and the major media have always spared no effort in promoting and popularizing table tennis. Although the development of table tennis in the country is slightly better in this life than in the previous life, this kind of regular publicity is still indispensable.

For example, Zhang Jike, the previous Grand Slam winner, was unable to continue competing on the court despite extremely serious injuries. However, he still did not step down as a member of the Chinese table tennis team. Instead, he moved to the entertainment industry at the order of the head coach. He actively participated in various variety shows all year round to promote, build momentum, and endorse table tennis. As a result, he was ridiculed by many fans who did not understand the situation as "not doing his job properly" and "having a problem with his professional attitude."

Later, Ding Ning, the winner of the Grand Slam in women's table tennis, also chose to follow Zhang Jike's footsteps and embarked on this path after retiring.

This is an attempt by the National Table Tennis Team to gather popularity through star-making and then feed back to the table tennis industry. Although the effect is average and the approach may be questionable, the good intentions of the National Table Tennis Team and the innocence of the athletes are worthy of recognition.

It is said that every president of China Table Tennis has the same dream: to make table tennis more popular than basketball and football and become the number one in the country.

But this dream has never been realized, and judging from the development trend, I am afraid that it will never be realized in a lifetime.

As a national sport, I have to say that this is also a tragedy.

Half an hour later, Wang Chao and Wang Bo appeared together in a gym inside Jiangcheng University.

The program they are going to do is actually very old-fashioned. The column is called "Fun Table Tennis Special". Its content is to allow two players from two different teams of Jiangcheng City to each show their unique skills in various aspects such as touch and technology. It will open the eyes of the audience who do not understand football. It would be best if it can generate interest.

There were already several little stars waiting in the gym. Wang Chao didn't recognize them, but just interacted with them casually according to the host's request, and then played on the table. One party used a racket, and the other party used various strange props, such as mobile phones and spatulas.

Wang Bo was not very good at the game, but he had a good variety show feel. He actually had the unique skill of hitting the ball with the cross-section of the end of the racket handle, which caused a large number of slightly exaggerated cheers from the audience. It is conceivable that when the program is officially edited, some embarrassing group laughter effects may be artificially added.

Then the host started to put paper cups on the table and asked the players to hit the ball directly into the cup by serving.

This kind of thing is not difficult for the two professional players, and they all succeeded in one go.

The host began to gradually replace the paper cups with smaller diameters, until finally, the diameter of the paper cups was only two-thirds of the ball itself, and Wang Bo made a mistake first.

Then there is the second project, which uses props to arrange an arc channel on the table. The player is required to send the ball through the arc channel perfectly without hitting the guardrails on both sides.

Wang Chao succeeded once, and Wang Bo tried three times, but also passed.

Then there were some other interesting projects, but there was nothing refreshing about the whole process.

It's normal, after all, Northern Hubei Province's literary and artistic career has not developed very well, and is far inferior to that of Xiangnan Province next door. As a regional station, the programs produced by Jiangcheng City are naturally more ordinary. They are basically just copying ideas from previous variety shows.

Wang Chao was very cooperative throughout the whole process, but after the recording was over, he lost interest. He didn't even ask when the program would be broadcast, because he was convinced that this thing would have no publicity effect.

On the contrary, after saying goodbye to everyone at the TV station, Wang Bo's words aroused his interest. "Would you like to see the cherry blossoms?"

Wang Chao's eyes lit up. "Of course."

The cherry blossoms at Jiangcheng University are very famous and are a nationally renowned scenery. Starting from February every year, tourists from all over the country come to see the cherry blossoms. As a century-old famous school, Jiangcheng University has also shown great ambition and courage in this matter. They did not turn away tourists because they were afraid of trouble, nor did they set up various access control because they wanted to generate revenue. Instead, they opened the campus to tourists selflessly and even provided various conveniences.

Wang Chao As a coach in his previous life, he once brought his disciples here to see cherry blossoms. Looking back in this life, the specific scenery is slightly different from what he remembered, but the overwhelming beauty and refreshing temperament are the same.

It was mid-February, and I was walking on the famous Cherry Blossom Avenue. What I saw in front of me was that the sky was filled with brilliant and rich pink colors, warm and gorgeous, and the sunlight in the sky was bright but not scorching. Everything was just right. It felt as comfortable and warm as if you were soaking in a hot spring.

Also walking on this road, in addition to tourists, are students from Jiangcheng University.

Jiangcheng University is described as "the most suitable university for dating" by the students of Northern Hubei Province. This is because there are more liberal arts majors here, so there are more female students. In addition, northern Hubei has beautiful women, so when you walk here, you can see people who have put on beautiful little skirts early. Girls, with supple skin, bright smiles, melodious voices, and light steps, are sitting, walking, meditating, or exercising on this beautiful spring day. Some are lingering under the flower trees, some are taking photos among the flowers and leaves, some are running and jumping, laughing and playing, and some are wandering in contentment, enjoying the beautiful youth unique to teenagers and girls.

Wang Chao was quite restrained, but Wang Bo was an lsp. He couldn't stop watching, and kept tugging on Wang Chao's sleeves, gesturing for Wang Chao to look at a girl at a certain angle and distance in front of him. After walking only half a mile, he found at least seventeen or eight target people who could be evaluated as "excellent".

"What a wonderful life..." Wang Bo said with emotion, "Wang Chao, do you think I'm a little old?"

He is 33 years old, isn't he a bit old? He can almost be the uncle of girls.

"But I am still single and unmarried, and I have saved a lot of money playing Table Tennis Super League over the years, and I have bought a house." Wang Bo is very hopeful. "I will quit in the second half of this year, or at most next year, and then I will come here to study. By then, I will also be a part of here... Do you think there will be girls who like me? I heard that all the little girls nowadays like uncles."

Wang Chao looked Wang Bo up and down, smiled and said nothing.

In the world of professional table tennis, Wang Bo is naturally an old man, but in fact, in the world of ordinary people, Wang Bo is not only not old, but has many advantages.

He is mature, well-informed, rich, in good shape, and somewhat handsome. His many years of career have given him enough self-discipline and good living habits. In addition, he has a lively personality and is very eloquent. If he really becomes a student here next year, he will definitely be a hot commodity.

In such a beautiful living environment as Jiangcheng University, having a pure love in an ivory tower without considering daily necessities is really a beautiful memory that will never be forgotten in life. And if it really succeeds in the end, it will be extremely romantic.

Every year under the cherry blossom trees, I don't know how many romantic promises are made.

This intoxicating spring day makes even Wang Chao want to indulge in it.

But every time, there is another extremely stubborn will that forcefully wakes him up.

"But such a beautiful life is not what I want..."

"When I pick up the racket and walk on the road to the sky, no matter how beautiful the scenery on both sides of the road is, there is no need to look at it anymore."

Wang Chao felt a little emotional. Looking at Wang Bo, the two of them were clearly standing side by side, but he seemed to see another fellow traveler fading away.

A veteran who has lost hope of rising, chooses to leave this difficult road to the sky and go to another road where birds are singing and flowers are fragrant to enjoy a completely different life.

He is willing to bless, but is unwilling to encourage, even if it would seem a bit unhuman.

At this time, he suddenly heard a familiar and crisp female voice beside him. "Wow, Wang Chao, it's really you!"

He turned around and saw a beautiful girl with a beautiful face and fashionable clothes standing in front of him with a smile, a look of surprise and a bit of disbelief on her face.

"Long time no see." Wang Chao also smiled. He didn't expect to see his high school classmate here. "Dear study committee member."

Liu Bei was the study committee member of Wang Chao in high school and the administrator of the high school class group. Liu Bei was one of the organizers of the high school class reunion at the end of last year. However, there were many people at the time and she had too much to say to other classmates. She did not have much communication with Wang Chao. On the contrary, at this moment, she suddenly met in an unexpected place, which was more of a surprise.

"So, you are studying here?" Wang Chao asked.

Liu Bei rolled his eyes and showed an exaggerated expression of hurt. "Sure enough, the levels have opened up Wang Chao, I told you this clearly during the party, but you still ask."

Wang Chao didn't tell much when he was in high school. Because his grades were not good and his family was poor, he didn't have much interaction with girls like Liu Bei who came from well-off families, were pretty, and had good grades. The only people he could really talk to were Han Feng Liu Yue Hou Xiaojian.

But maybe it was because the scene had changed and the identity had changed, so Liu Bei actually looked quite familiar when joking with him.

Wang Chao could only smile and apologize, and then said goodbye.

Liu Bei didn't let him go, and said, "It just so happens that our school's table tennis club is holding activities. Let's go, let's go, the big champions are here. Give them some guidance, so that I can look good in front of them."

Wang Chao is a little speechless.

Things like campus clubs are too low-end for him now, and he really has no interest in even taking a look at them.

He wanted to refuse, but Wang Bo didn't want to, because what Wang Bo saw was a pretty enough girl, and he thought that a pretty girl's best friend must also be a pretty girl, so he quickly said, "Let's go, Wang Chao, I have nothing to do today, let's go shopping."

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