Scarlet Gossip Combination, who came back from Qatar, seemed a little silent compared to before going there.
At first, they both disagreed with Cai Guodong's insistence on training a new group of young mixed doubles partners, and Wang Chao's instructions before leaving were regarded by them as Wang Chao's unfounded worries.
In fact they are very confident.
This kind of confidence has been cultivated over the past six or seven years.
Although the two of them are Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan's sparring partners in name, deep down, they don't want to prove that they can do it by beating Tang Dynasty Combination all the time, so that Cai Guodong can change his mind and choose them to be Olympic Games.
But this time Qatar Open completely knocked their spirits away.
Although they won the championship, they were more depressed than if they had not won the championship. Even after resuming their sparring careers, the two of them often seemed hesitant to speak.
After three days of sparring, they finally couldn't help but ask Wang Chao privately, "With our current strength, if we go to Olympic Games to play mixed doubles, are we really going to have no chance at all?"
"Yes, and it's not low." Wang Chao said with certainty, "There is a fifty percent chance."
This answer surprised the two of them, but after thinking about it for a while, they did not continue to ask.
Fifty percent is really not low. If non-Chinese associations is placed, then Olympic Games is the perfect candidate. But the problem is, this is Huaping.
Cai Guodong wants a winning rate of at least 90%.
Even though the pair in the previous life lost the Olympic Games mixed doubles gold medal, before the game the coaching staff still believed that the chance of winning was extremely high.
That's not the player's fault, but the coaching staff's judgment.
The root cause of their misjudgment lies in underestimating the abilities of other people in the world table tennis world.
In fact, there was public opinion within the national team before the game that upward compatibility must be better than downward compatibility. However, the coaching staff made a difficult trade-off between the "theoretical advantages and disadvantages" and the "actual record" and finally chose the actual record.
The mixed doubles record of the veteran pair in the previous life was so good that even though the coaching staff knew that their playing style was not scientific enough, they still felt that they were bound to win.
In fact, the world table tennis world has put in countless efforts, but in the end it only changed the winning probability of the pair of veterans from 90% to 50%, that's all. From this point of view, these pair of veterans are really amazing.
But it is this 50% chance that the goddess of victory will eventually fall to the side of non-Chinese associations.
After receiving affirmation from Wang Chao, Scarlet Gossip Combination's mood seemed much better than the previous few days, but at the same time, they also gave up completely.
"Then you have to practice hard. If you want to win the gold 100%, you have to at least beat us both violently." Xiao Fei said.
"Then let's have a round." Wang Chao smiled, "Just in time, I have some new insights recently, and I'm just waiting for you, a pair of powerful opponents, to come back for testing."
The implication is that they despise the pair of spare tires Flying Sand Combination and Underworld Combination for being too weak to even be useful in testing tactics.
This is the advantage of being in China Table Tennis Team. No matter how high-end tactics or complex routines are, you will definitely find qualified opponents as sparring partners. Figures like Scarlet Gossip Combination, who have dominated mixed doubles for many years, would be provided for in other countries, but here, just because of Cai Guodong's words, you must work hard and work hard. They have to accompany Wang Chao how they want to fight.
The shouts in the training hall mixed with the sound of bouncing table tennis balls kept coming all day long, and outside the table, He Jingping and Ge Miao were always accompanying them. Both of them can be regarded as the technical backbone of their respective teams, but they did not say a word during the entire training process, just like two simple spectators.
This was something they had discussed long ago.
To be precise, He Jingping spent some time convincing Ge Miao the day before the joint training.
"Wang Chao I can't teach this kid, let alone you. If you trust me, just watch the whole process and see how he fights."
"And your apprentice Tang Yuanyuan, this is a huge blessing... Do you think getting the mixed doubles spot is the biggest benefit? You are wrong. In fact, being able to train with Wang Chao for so long is her biggest gain. Don't believe it? Just wait and see."
Ge Miao had known that Wang Chao was very powerful, but she was still shocked by He Jingping's words, because in her mind, He Jingping was the kind of pure technical talent who was the most pragmatic and strict. If you let such a person brag and flatter, it would be more difficult than killing him.
So the fact that He Jingping can say such exaggerated words can only mean one thing: he really thinks so.
He made his attitude clear directly and endorsed Wang Chao.
In fact, with Old He's emotional intelligence, he even said something very offending at that time, "If you don't want to delay your child, just shut up."
Ge Miao resisted the urge to spray him and forced himself to remain silent.
In fact, at the beginning of Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan's training, she couldn't stand all the quarrels, collisions, and weird things. She felt that this was not the right way to start mixed doubles training at all.
Later, Tang Yuanyuan got into Wang Chao's creaking nest, and Ge Miao wanted to rush forward and hit fifty big boards each.
But she held it back firmly.
After enduring it for a full month, she found that she actually saw results.
In fact, in the last two days before Scarlet Gossip Combination went to fight Qatar Open, she had discovered that Tang Dynasty Combination had completed a super evolution.
Later, the team went to Qatar, and she went with it as the leading coach of the women's table tennis team, so she did not watch Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan's training process during those five days.
When she came back again, she found that everything had changed.
For example, at this moment, Wang Chao once again perfected the details of his cooperation with Tang Yuanyuan, decided to have a real battle with Scarlet Gossip Combination, and then used seven minutes to destroy Scarlet Gossip Combination.
The final score of this game was 13:11. The score was very close. The victory or defeat only happened in a moment. It seemed that both sides were still evenly matched.
But Ge Miao could see that the reason why Tang Dynasty Combination had a hard time winning was because Scarlet Gossip Combination's cooperation was more tacit and skillful. The two of them were in better shape than when they played Qatar Open in the mixed doubles final - this was obviously stimulated by this open competition.
As for Tang Dynasty Combination, the details of Tang Yuanyuan are still a bit poor. When dealing with the ball in the table, Xiao Fei found a chance and used his signature Great Python Turn forehand to score a few undeserved points.
Otherwise, from a purely technical perspective, this should be a complete victory for Tang Dynasty Combination.
"Have they reached this point?" Ge Miao couldn't help but ask He Jingping.
"Don't worry, it's not over yet." He Jingping said with a smile, "Wang Chao's power has not reached its peak yet. It can at least increase for a few more months."
Ge Miao rolled his eyes, and before answering, He Jingping said again, "Don't forget, this kid is only 18 years old and is still growing."
Ge Miao rolled his eyes again, completely speechless.
Yes, she had forgotten that Wang Chao looks more insidious than an old man, but in fact he has not yet fully developed. It is indeed quite normal for boys who did not develop well when they were young to develop again at the age of 18.
"What about my Yuanyuan?" She still wanted to fight for her apprentice.
"Just be content." He Jingping sneered, "Wang Chao has been giving her personal guidance during this period, correcting each movement. I'm afraid you, as a coach, have never done such detailed work, right?"
Coach Ge Miao, who was in his forties, actually had a slight fever on his face at these words.
Yes, she has never done this kind of work. It's not that she doesn't want to do it and is afraid of hardship, but her understanding of pure technology is really not as good as Wang Chao.
Although she was a nationally renowned coach, it was eye-opening to see Wang Chao instilling various nuanced technical concepts into Tang Yuanyuan these days. She even felt like she was undergoing further training and listening to a lecture from a master of technical flow. There was one thing she was embarrassed to tell He Jingping. In fact, she had secretly taken a lot of notes recently, all of which were what Wang Chao said.
"Have you taken a lot of notes?" He Jingping glanced sideways at her and asked her with a mocking look on his face.
Ge Miao glared at him fiercely. "Straight man, old bachelor, no wonder he can't find a wife in his life, he deserves it."
She was furious.
If it weren't for the head coach's order, she wouldn't want to stay with He Jingping for a minute.
The main reason is that He Jingping seems to have taken medicine during this period. He is usually a very humble person, but once Wang Chao is mentioned, he immediately turns into a smug arrogant, showing off all kinds of things. The sense of superiority made Ge Miao want to hit someone. The problem was that she couldn't refute it, because she did learn something and took notes. It is no exaggeration to say that her coaching philosophy was subtly distorted...
"Don't feel inferior. That guy has a better understanding of technology than me, let alone you?" He Jingping was obviously comforting, but it still made people want to beat him up. "And now the women's team itself has a masculine style of play. Since it is a masculine style of play, it is natural for us men to do it. The coach of the team knows better than the coach of your female team... Well, look at Tang Yuanyuan's current reverse twist and change of line. This is a purely male action. Your female team cannot do this. She is lucky enough to be my apprentice and have the opportunity to learn this high-end technique."
Coach Ge Miao feels a little tired. Which eye of yours can you see that I have low self-esteem?
But she forced herself to endure it, forced herself to smile, and nodded. "Indeed."
"No, Wang Chao, this kid is so insidious. If you want him to teach others how to play, you would have to pay huge benefits in normal times. But now he has no choice. Your apprentice's skills are too rough, so All that's left is brute force, and Wang Chao wants to win the mixed doubles gold medal. Since he can't change his partner, he can only accept his fate and just take it as his apprentice. "He Jingping continues to Versailles.
Hard.
Coach Ge Miao felt like he was hard somewhere.
It's her fist.
Time passes slowly.
The boring, monotonous and repetitive training routine makes the passage of time extremely difficult to detect. From mid-May to the end of May, Wang Chao feels like it is just a moment.
During this period, there was actually a lot of news about mixed doubles in the world table tennis world. For example, Europe just held European Championships, which also added a mixed doubles event. As a result, the combination of Sissifield and Solga won the championship relatively easily.
On the other side of the port area, the pair Weng Chunting and Ai Qin went directly to the Imperial Capital to seek help from Huaping.
The big brother naturally agreed to the younger brother's request, so Hong Kong District Combination entered the training base, and Cai Guodong sent Flying Sand Combination and Underworld Combination to take turns sparring with them, which was a great honor.
As for the two most critical pairs, Scandal and Tang Dynasty, Weng Chunting didn't even take a look at them.
It can be seen that Old Cai still has concerns after all. Even if Tang Dynasty Combination's recent record is getting better and better, he still does not dare to take it lightly.
After all, any performance that has not been tested in actual combat in an international competition is just a mirror image.
Wang Chao understands this.
Just as he remembered a certain game that was popular all over the world in his previous life, every year before the S game, there was a team that was known as the king of training games, but all the kings of training games died miserably in the main game.
Actual combat and training are completely different things. This sentence is not nonsense.
It was at this time that he and Tang Yuanyuan received the call from Cai Guodong, accompanied by two coaches, He Jingping and Ge Miao.
"You decide for yourself whether you want to participate in Malaysia Open in June." Although Cai Guodong was speaking to the two of them, his eyes were obviously only on Wang Chao, because he knew very well that the entire training content of this pair was handled by Wang Chao, and even the two coaches became marginalized.
"If you don't participate, then I will continue to send Scandal to fight. At the same time, I want Feisha and Hades to try." Cai Guodong continued, "But if you want to go, then Scandal won't go."
Wang Chao nodded to express understanding.
Tang Dynasty and Scandal cannot appear in the same Open. This is partly because of Kings do not meet kings, and partly because Huaping needs a fig leaf.
If he messes up and loses the gold medal, Cai Guodong can also declare to the outside world, "Our young team is here to train. It doesn't matter whether we win or lose. If we don't do anything about the scandal, it doesn't count as a loss."
But if Tang Dynasty and Scandal play together and both lose, then Huaping will lose face.
It would be even more ridiculous if the Tang Dynasty got rid of the scandal first and then lost to the unknown outsiders.
Therefore, Cai Guodong's purpose of not letting the young brothers in the port area contact Tang Dynasty and the scandal is obvious: he is afraid that Hong Kong District Combination will reveal the details of these two ace pairs.
After all, Weng Chunting is also a big talker, and Hong Kong Table Tennis Association's status can be compared to Huaping's Luo Jiu. Everyone is a social butterfly.
In fact, the whole world is now speculating that Huaping's mixed doubles team is hiding cards.
After all, Wang Chao, such an obvious living person, just disappeared for a month, neither playing in open competitions nor playing Table Tennis Super League. Everyone knew something was wrong with this kind of thing. Lin Zijun has always been against Wang Chao, and even openly speculated that Wang Chao was secretly practicing mixed doubles. His statement was agreed by almost everyone in the industry.
So now there are various speculations about Wang Chao and his mysterious partner in the table tennis world. Mixed doubles players from various associations feel vaguely frightened and always feel like they will be stabbed in the back by this little silver coin. Sakura Country's Mizutori Hato is even asking around wildly whether Huaping's Wang Chao will participate in the June competition.
At this moment, when faced with Cai Guodong's inquiry, Wang Chao said without hesitation, "We are participating."
Cai Guodong is a little surprised.
He heard He Jingping say through the bottom that Tang Dynasty Combination has been increasing recently and has not yet reached the upper limit. He originally thought that Wang Chao, with such a sinister temperament, would definitely choose to wait for the magic power to be fully completed before going out to kill randomly, but unexpectedly, Wang Chao actually wanted to make an early appearance.
"What do you think?" Cai Guodong couldn't help but ask.
When a wise man speaks, he doesn't need to say everything clearly. He only asks these five words, and Wang Chao already understands what he means.
Wang Chao didn't hide anything either. "Head coach, time waits for us. If I don't prove that my mixed doubles is reliable enough as soon as possible, how can I have extra time to prove that I can still play singles?"
Cai Guodong couldn't help but laugh, "You want to be in Olympic Games and do both Men's Singles and mixed doubles? Do you know that in the decades since Huaping was established, almost all the players who compete in the Olympics are meritorious veterans. There are very few young players like you who compete in the Olympics. As for those who do both, there is no one."
Wang Chao also laughed, "Then you also answer a question for me. If I can prove that I am reliable enough in both areas, will you let me go?"
At this moment, the old fox and the little fox looked at each other, and there was some kind of tacit understanding that only the two of them could understand. Then Cai Guodong nodded. "Okay, if you dare to prove that you can do it, I will give you a chance."
"It's a deal?"
"It's a deal!"
Until he walked out of the head coach's office, He Jingping was still a little confused.
He felt that the matter was brought up too suddenly, and the decision was made too quickly. The head coach has always been a person who makes decisions before acting. Why did he seem to make a decision without even thinking about this matter?
He doesn't understand.
If you don't understand, don't be ashamed to ask.
So he asked Wang Chao directly.
"The head coach is a well-organized person." Wang Chao said with a smile, "Do you still remember that you were deceived by them and helped me get into the mixed doubles meeting?"
He Jingping nodded. "Of course I remember."
"Everyone else wants to fool you, but the head coach doesn't want to fool you. After all, everyone else is thinking about their students, but the head coach only has to consider the overall interests of Huaping."
Wang Chao explained, "The head coach asked me to play mixed doubles, which did not block my path to singles, and he also saw my subsequent performance. Of course he knew that I wanted to play part-time. By the way, do you still remember what the original words the head coach said when he asked me to stay at the base to practice mixed doubles last month?"
He Jingping naturally remembers. "He said at that time that you could only play mixed doubles and not singles."
Wang Chao shook his head. "No, no, no, I said the exact words. Think about it carefully."
He Jingping thought about it carefully and said, "It seems... until our mixed doubles players have a clear overwhelming advantage over non-Chinese associations, they are not allowed to participate in any singles events in the World Series."
He suddenly came back to his senses and widened his eyes. "Did he..."
"Yes, the head coach left an opening for me at that time." Wang Chao nodded with a smile, "He meant that as long as I can prove that I have an absolute advantage in mixed doubles and guarantee that I can win the gold medal at Olympic Games, I can continue to compete for the singles quota."
He Jingping was stunned for a long time, finally shook his head and sighed, "It's really tiring to chat with you... In other words, you saw it at that time? The head coach also knew that you saw it? I was the only one who was kept in the dark?"
Wang Chao consoled him. "How can I do that? Isn't the master also kept in the dark?"
So He Jingping became even more depressed. "Does this mean Old Qin understands?"
Wang Chao continued to comfort, "Coach Qin has quit the world, what else do you have to be jealous of?"
He Jingping Got it.
It turns out that Old Qin really understood it at that time.
It turns out that Old Qin is really smarter than himself and his senior brother.
He was quite depressed, feeling that he had been crushed emotionally by his colleagues on the coaching staff for the umpteenth time.
But thinking about it again, Wang Chao can be considered a member of the Zhu Clan. In the past, he and his senior brother could not scheme against others. Now that the Zhu Clan has a small silver coin, as long as he is not ashamed to ask, won't the problem be solved?
It's okay if your emotional intelligence is low, as long as you can find someone to help solve the problem.
What's more, if the master has something to do, the disciple should obey him. This is a matter of course.
Thinking of this, he felt calm again.
(Let me explain the issues regarding the modifications of the recent chapters. While maintaining the update, I will first complete all the changes that need to be made, and finally replace them together. It will not be changed every day, and it will not affect the daily updates. At most, the possible explosive updates will be reduced to two normal updates. Then, the overall context of the story is actually unchanged, so don't worry about affecting the subsequent plot. Finally, I would like to say a small apology. I thought it was just a slight exaggeration. I felt good about myself when I wrote it, but I forgot that this book is always It is actually a realistic style in general. Many plots and plots are based on the real table tennis world. In this case, everyone's requirements for rationality are naturally higher. I can only say that the author's writing is easy for the authorities to be obsessed with. Fortunately, your feedback is very timely and strong. So that I don't continue on the wrong path. Finally, I think you rich Yan Zu and Tian Le won't mind the fact that I used a digression to cover up hundreds of words, right?
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