Three days before Malaysia Open started, Wang Chao received another call from Fan Xiaofan.
The reason why I want to say it again is because Fan Xiaofan has been calling Wang Chao every now and then for more than a month. There must be more than a dozen calls in total.
"Wang Chao, I'm not complaining, I just can't find anyone to talk to, so I'm complaining to you. You won't bother me, right?"
Boss Fan probably drank some wine before going to bed and talked more. "Our team lost again today, but the opponent was obviously very weak. Wu Li came back and performed well. He won a singles match, but it was just one win... You know, Spade Q is now at the bottom of the points. Even if he wins all the remaining games, he will only be ranked third from the bottom at most."
Wang Chao felt like laughing, but could only try to hold it back.
He hadn't noticed it before, but now he realized that Boss Fan was actually a wonderful person.
This eldest brother is usually very measured and righteous in his dealings with others. As a businessman, he is already a very conscientious and good boss. But when he drinks a little, he becomes talkative and his emotions become very fragile and sensitive.
Spade Q's performance during this period was very poor, because Wang Chao has not returned for more than a month, which caused the team that was originally at the lower level to fall directly into the absolute bottom among Table Tennis Super League.
Then Boss Fan became very upset. When he was upset, he wanted to call someone, and then he remembered the only person he could rely on, Wang Chao.
But Boss Fan didn't dare to say anything bad about Hua Ping because he still had sense.
So this complaint is very interesting.
He always says, "I absolutely support you in winning glory for the country," and at the same time, "I'm so miserable," "I've lost all the games," "The team is going to be at the bottom," "We can't sell tickets now," and "We're almost going to lose the pot."
Did you notice a detail?
There is only one sentence in the front, but there are many sentences in the back.
Boss Fan's original intention was just to complain, and he didn't want to make Wang Chao feel guilty, but a person's true state of mind cannot be hidden, and he unknowingly exposed his inner feelings in the comparison of the number of words he spoke.
However, all Wang Chao can do is comfort, "It's okay. Anyway, there is no promotion or relegation in the spring split. I should be able to come back to play in the league in the second half of the autumn split. By then, Wu Li's level will have improved. Let's win a championship."
Fan Xiaofan just smiled bitterly, not believing it at all.
With the current team configuration, don't even think about winning the championship. It would be good if we can guarantee that we won't be promoted or relegated at the end of the autumn split.
Not to mention anything else, just talk about Jiangcheng University Team from the same city. After getting Hook, how can Spade Q be defeated?
He just thought Wang Chao had given him a big deal, chatted for a few more words, and then hung up the phone.
So two days later, Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan set off with the team and boarded a plane to compete in Malaysia.
This stop in mid-June, Malaysia Open, showed obvious polarization on the night when the players arrived.
First up is Men's Singles.
This project has always been the most popular and the most watched in the Open, but this time, it was surprisingly deserted.
Probably because the three consecutive defeats of Platinum leg in the previous three months exhausted the final ambitions of the non-Chinese associations players, or maybe it was because Malaysia was the only ordinary station sandwiched between the four Platinum legs, with limited appeal and few points. So when this station started, everyone was surprised to find that there were very few applicants.
Hook is still busy with his personal affairs.
Pike is still practicing hard in seclusion.
Bayer is still recovering from his injuries.
Morad is still suspended.
Sissifield is still practicing mixed doubles with Solga.
Even Michel, who participated in the competition last month, quietly retreated this time and announced that World Cup will no longer participate in any competition other than the three major competitions before. He will retreat to completely integrate his technical modifications.
On the Asian side, Lin Zijun and Zhang Benkuang still only signed up for mixed doubles, completely giving up singles before this Olympic cycle.
Therefore, Huaping is still the only one who actually sends large troops.
But to be precise, Huaping's attention is also limited. The reason why they can send large troops is just because they have too many masters.
The players participating in this station Men's Singles are: Gao Mingyuan, Liang Kunpeng, Lu Feiyang, Sun Zhongwen, Fan Xiaodong, Lin Li, Bai Feng, Xiao Fei.
Did you see it?
Last month's Qatar Platinum leg Luo Jiu has been copied, next month's German Platinum leg is a copy of Sun Tianlong, and this ordinary station sandwiched between them should have been assigned to Wang Chao at the cake sharing meeting at the beginning of the year.
But because he has not proven his mixed doubles ability, Wang Chao will not participate in singles this time.
So Cai Guodong seems to have sent a bunch of people, but in fact, the only ones that really deserve attention are the three main players plus one Fan Xiaodong.
The three main players must further prove themselves in order to catch up with Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong, and to prevent being caught up by Wang Chao.
But Fan Xiaodong is one of the catfish placed by Cai Guodong. He will start to seize the class at the age of 15. This Open is his best opportunity to challenge the main force of Huaping.
Cai Guodong is continuing to implement his ideas, and wants to completely change the five main players of Huaping and re-rank before Olympic Games comes.
The world table tennis community obviously understands the situation, and there are rumors that this time Men's Singles will be a civil war between Chinese table tennis, so fans from all over the world have been mentally prepared to watch the game without thinking. This time they have no supporters and purely enjoy the game.
It is worth mentioning that among the large number of non-Chinese associations, there is a key master, he is Mizutori Hato.
This makes sense.
After all, these days, there are really very few opportunities for Luo Jiu Wang Chao Sun Tianlong not to participate. If there is one, even if he opens a back door to jump in after the registration deadline, he still has to put his name in.
Therefore, Mizutori Hato suddenly became the highest ranked player in the world among all the players who played both Men's Singles and mixed doubles in this Open, which can be regarded as a small limelight.
But what really flourishes in this Open is the mixed doubles.
Although it is just a small ordinary station, all the newly formed teams from all over the world are here.
Not one is left behind.
This is also normal.
After all, everyone is newly established, and they are all immersed in analysis and practice. No one knows whether their ideas are right or not. Everyone urgently needs to be tested in actual combat. Only after a real victory or defeat can we go back and sum up experience and lessons, and go on the right path.
In fact, places like the Beautiful Country, the Peacock Country and other places also had mixed doubles partners competing last month, but they even had the wrong idea. They still followed the path of backward compatibility between male players and female players, so they were eliminated early without even making a splash.
After last month's actual combat test, this time all countries around the world have understood the importance of upward compatibility. They trained intensively for a month and came to the world competition again to see what their training results were.
When the Chinese table tennis team arrived in Malaysia, it caused a widespread sensation.
"Fan Xiaodong player is coming hard. After losing to Unrivaled Divine Dragon in April, is he aiming to reach the top this time?"
"Extra number, extra number, Wang Chao player who has been undefeated in international singles since his debut appeared in the Huaping team this time, but he did not appear in Men's Singles's player list. He only signed up for mixed doubles."
"If such a strong singles player can give up singles, how strong is his mixed doubles?"
"It's scary to think about it!"
"Wang Chao player's mixed doubles partner has been unveiled, and it turns out to be the newcomer of the Chinese Table Tennis Women's Team who won the championship in Qatar in March."
"Scarlet Gossip Combination chose to abstain from this round after winning the thrilling victory in the last race. I don't know what the reasons are."
Today, Wang Chao has officially become the focus of the European table tennis world. He can no longer enjoy the undisturbed leisurely state he had during last year's competition. As soon as he entered the hotel, many media came to him and wanted to do interviews.
Finally, Wang Chao accepted an interview with German media.
This is of course not because the German journalists are very beautiful, but because Germany is, after all, the most powerful table tennis country in Europe, and the information released through them is more easily received by the outside world.
Wang Chao performed very tough this time, contrary to his previous low-key and calculating style before the game.
"Since I came to compete, I naturally came here to win the championship."
"Yes, I know that the combination of Bay Island and Sakura Country is very strong. It created great difficulties for our Scarlet Gossip Combination last month, but I still want to say that this time the mixed doubles gold medal still belongs to us Huaping."
"Actually, our team has already formed many mixed doubles partners, but this time only we are participating. Why? This is because the head coach feels that since we are here, there is no need for others to come."
This operation of Wang Chao surprised the outside world. After his interview was released, a large number of discussion posts appeared on European forums. Many people thought that he had drifted away and made the most common mistake for young players after winning multiple singles championships in a row: being complacent.
After all, Mixed Doubles is a new track. Theoretically speaking, any track requires at least five to ten years of in-depth exploration before everyone can say that they have roughly understood the various ways of this track. However, in the first few years, it was basically all trial and error. Even the basic theories that were initially recognized by everyone may still be completely overturned later.
Under such circumstances, it stands to reason that no combination would dare to openly claim to be invincible.
Because it is very likely that facts will later prove that even your basic theory is wrong. So even if you have cultivated to a state that is better than everyone else under the guidance of this theory, what is the point?
Once the basic theory is changed, all playing methods will have to be restarted from scratch.
The reason why countries all over the world have turned to the mixed doubles track is because they believe that for at least five years, Huaping's theoretical height in mixed doubles will not be able to crush them like singles.
Just like now, everyone thinks that upward compatibility is right, because everyone has seen the actual results.
But what if upward compatibility is wrong? What if the good actual effect of upward compatibility is actually caused by other factors?
In five to ten years, no one will dare to say anything.
In fact, as soon as Wang Chao made these arrogant remarks, even Cai Guodong, who was sitting in the imperial capital, couldn't help but smile, shook his head, and sighed, "It seems that he is really anxious."
This sentence is not a criticism, but at most a sigh of relief, because Old Cai knows very well why Wang Chao is so crazy.
"He wants to prove in the shortest possible time that his mixed doubles has a crushing advantage over other countries in the world. He wants to prove that his current mixed doubles level is enough to win the mixed doubles gold medal 100% on Olympic Games. Only in this way will I continue to give him singles opportunities."
"No problem, if he can do it, I'll give him a chance."
"However, defeating all opponents and defeating all opponents in a crushing manner are two completely different things."
"Boy, can you do it?"
Later that day, another Chinese table tennis player's interview triggered the second round of heated discussion on non-Chinese associations.
This time it's Fan Xiaodong.
He is not as crazy as Wang Chao. In fact, he is not good at speaking in front of the media. He is just very sincere. After discarding the "Thanks to the country and thanks to the leadership" that he had recited long ago, the kid said straightforwardly, "I don't want to win another silver medal this time."
What else can you get if you don't get a silver medal? Of course it's the gold medal. You can't just swoop down and go straight for the bronze medal, right?
Therefore, sometimes a simple word from a true person is better than a long speech from a hypocrite with oaths and oaths.
Non-Chinese associations fans can completely feel from the serious expression and firm tone of Fan Xiaodong's speech that this kid really plans this and is really confident.
Therefore, a European reporter summed it up well. "The veteran twin stars of China Table Tennis have temporarily retired, and a new generation of twin stars have come one after another. This time they came to Malaysia together, hoping to win all the gold medals for China Table Tennis in singles and mixed doubles, the two most high-profile fields today."
"They even made bold statements publicly in unison."
"This is the best era, because there are numerous talents in the world table tennis world, supernovas are constantly rising, everyone has their own irreplaceable and unique style, and everyone has the possibility to challenge the behemoth of Huaping."
"This is the worst era, because Huaping is giving birth to more terrifying geniuses one after another. Each of them clearly has the potential to dominate an era, but now, they appear together. This is simply like cheating."
"Whether Huaping will start a new era again, or we will kick them down hard, please wait and see."
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