Lin Zijun is a very reserved person and almost never expresses his feelings in public.
Even in front of elders like Jiang Peirong, who are like teachers and fathers, he maintains an extremely decent image.
So even though his expression was calm when he spoke, the fact that he could say these words in front of the whole world and declare war on Wang Chao in such a high-profile way meant that his inner desire to win and self-confidence had reached its peak.
Of course, this also means that he officially bids farewell to his past self. While understanding the "Heart of Freedom" on the court, he also loosened the shackles in his life, got out of the cage, and became more casual and free.
This is a brand new Lin Zijun 2.0 version.
His words spread in the shortest possible time, arousing the curiosity of many fans who did not originally pay attention to German Open.
Two Asian teenagers, both 18 years old.
The two creators of "Asian Evil Arts".
Two world-recognized supernovae.
So young, so distinguished, so good.
Does their confrontation represent the future direction of world table tennis?
At this moment, they were shining brightly and attracting everyone's attention. Even Hook, Fan Xiaodong, Pike, Morad, the world-recognized supernovae, were eclipsed.
At exactly 2:30 pm local time, the biggest suspense of this Open began.
When the curtain opened and the players from both sides entered the field, everyone was a little shocked to see that the coaching coach sitting at the backboard behind Wang Chao was not He Jingping, but Sun Tianlong, a pink and tender newcomer from Huaping who had suffered a series of defeats in his coaching career.
In response to this, Qin Huachang, who is also a new pink and tender anchor, first said "Huh", and after being stunned for a moment, blurted out two words: "Wonderful!"
Then he suddenly froze, as if he thought of something, couldn't help but hit his forehead with his hand, and shouted, "Ouch!"
The audience in the live broadcast room burst into laughter. It is obviously very rare for a top-level coach who has seen the world to lose his temper in public, and his emotions are ups and downs. It is worth taking screenshots and making emoticons for promotion.
But they didn't know that the impact Qin Huachang felt deep in his heart and the excitement of his mood at this moment were far beyond what outsiders expected.
When Sun Tianlong first appeared, Qin Huachang's first reaction was "How could this happen?"
He himself has a character that is never willing to suffer losses, and he uses himself to help others. This final should be one of the highlight moments in the lives of the master and apprentice pair Wang Chao and He Jingping, so he feels that the one sitting behind the fence and enjoying the glory of the spotlight must be He Jingping.
Equally as proud as the noble family behind them.
But it turned out that Sun Tianlong, who was born in the Qin family, was sitting there.
why is that?
What on earth were they thinking?
Qin Huachang thought of at least seventeen or eight possibilities in his mind at that moment. He subconsciously felt that there must be a reason for this change, and the reason must be related to the game itself.
So, for this game, is it better for Sun Tianlong to be the off-court coach than He Jingping to be the off-court coach?
Qin Huachang is such a smart person. Just after a slight comparison, he couldn't help but shout "wonderful".
He Jingping's comprehensive ability is undoubtedly superior to Sun Tianlong, but as far as this game is concerned, Qin Huachang is convinced that Sun Tianlong is indeed better than He Jingping as an off-field coach.
Why?
Because He Jingping is good at pure technical theory, and the only thing Sun Tianlong is stronger than He Jingping in the coaching field is competition experience.
There is a saying that "What you learn on paper will only make sense, but you will definitely know that you have to practice it." Although most of the old Yinbi in the Huaping coaching staff are former national players, they have been away from actual combat for many years. Even if they sit on the sidelines and provide guidance more times than the players play, they are definitely not as good as the current players in terms of specific experience against the opponent and handling of many endgames during the match.
And what kind of guidance does Wang Chao need?
Technically, he has reached the master level of a master. In terms of wisdom, he is as cunning as a fox and has never suffered a loss. One person's calculations can even overwhelm the entire Huaping.
The only thing he lacks, or the only thing he hasn't reached perfection yet, is game experience.
In March this year, he lost to Sun Tianlong on Table Tennis Super League, which was the only game he lost so far since his debut. In that game, he made many mistakes based on experience.
So today, facing a Lin Zijun who has just completed the super evolution and has become inscrutable, if Wang Chao needs help, only Sun Tianlong can help.
Qin Huachang's inference ended here. He felt that this must be the truth. At the same time, he also determined that the matter of "changing coaches before the game" must be promoted by Wang Chao.
The reason is also very simple.
First of all, it is impossible for He Jingping to take the initiative. Although Old He has a relatively indifferent temperament, since he is a coach, it is impossible for him to not care about such a glorious moment. Besides, before the fight begins, who dares to say that Wang Chao will definitely not be able to beat Lin Zijun and will definitely need help?
Secondly, Sun Tianlong couldn't take the initiative because he wanted to lose face. Qin Huachang asked himself, even a shameless person like himself couldn't take the initiative to pick peaches.
Therefore, it must be that Wang Chao felt that he could not win steadily after some deductions before the game, so he took the initiative to persuade He Jingping. After He Jingping agreed, they went to find Sun Tianlong together, and finally completed the change.
After figuring out all the ins and outs, Qin Huachang was naturally a little happy, because he felt that my disciple had picked the peach of the Zhu family, and this time the Qin family made a lot of money.
But then Qin Huachang suddenly felt a little ashamed.
If the previous joy comes from his deep-rooted nature and is beyond the control of reason, then the subsequent shame represents his acquired introspection and moral self-restraint.
He is just a carefree person, but he is not really a bad person. He still has a conscience.
He realized that none of the three parties involved in this matter, Wang Chao He Jingping Sun Tianlong, had actually thought about glory. They just wanted to do the things in front of them well and win the game.
I, Qin Huachang, am the only one here thinking about things, spending every penny, like a clown.
A few months ago when Qin Huachang was still in power, he would not have had this kind of introspection, because at that time he was a fan of the authorities, obsessed with the infighting and calculations of Huaping, and could not let go of the little chips in his hand.
But after several months of idleness, his thoughts finally changed. He found that the world was spinning without him, and there was no difference. The Qin family did not have any changes because of the departure of him as the helmsman. Everything was just like yesterday, and the years were quiet.
Unknowingly, this made him look away a lot, and his concern about winning and losing has also faded a lot. Yesterday, he found out that Fan Xiaodong didn't have any outside guidance when he played Mizutori Hato. He was only slightly surprised, but he didn't call in a hurry to seriously question Sun Tianlong. This actually meant that his behavior was changing.
Everything needs an inducement before it can eventually transform from quantitative to qualitative, and this was exactly the case for Qin Huachang at this moment. When he realized that the change of coach before the battle was purely his own random thoughts and no one else was bothering him, his mind suddenly broadened.
Then countless memories flowed through my mind.
He thought of how he showed off his talents at Huaping's cake-sharing meeting every year, taking advantage of He Jingping in various ways and felt proud of himself.
He remembered that when the mixed doubles came, he was good at dancing with vertical and horizontal combinations, and he forcefully pushed Wang Chao into the mixed doubles fire and felt proud.
He recalled the past year when he heard He Jingping mention Wang Chao's name and made a special trip to Jiangcheng City to try to poach but was rejected.
He remembered that in March this year, his disciple Sun Tianlong would rather fight until the old injury relapses, but must also give Wang Chao a complete inheritance from losing to winning.
He remembered many, many stories about calculations, about taking advantage and suffering losses.
The person he bullied the most was Old He, but after suffering losses for so many years, Old He has become the best one today.
This actually proves that sometimes being too careless and striving for gain in everything may not be so good.
He always thought that Old He had a soft temper and didn't react much when being plotted against him. But maybe, Old He wasn't incapable of fighting back, but just too lazy to argue with himself?
He suddenly felt ashamed and his face was burning with fever.
This emotion made him unable to maintain his expression, so he hit his forehead with his hand, using this action to hide his embarrassment, and at the same time covering his face, he couldn't help but shout "Ouch".
This is the complete process of Qin Huachang's emotional ups and downs.
But after this wave of emotions gradually calmed down, Qin Huachang suddenly realized that something was still wrong.
Did Lin Zijun really put so much pressure on Wang Chao?
Isn't it?
From Qin Huachang's point of view, naturally he would not follow others' opinions. The match played by Lin Zijun against Hook this morning was indeed quite magical, especially the ghostly speed. It made countless players in the world table tennis circles feel numb and despair. However, Qin Huachang looked at it all the way, and actually felt a little disapproving in his heart.
He can see many essences that others cannot see, and he feels that Lin Zijun is overrated.
He still believes that Wang Chao can win the championship and it won't be too difficult.
But Wang Chao made a sudden change of coach, which confused Qin Huachang.
"Did I underestimate the current Lin Zijun, or did Wang Chao overestimate the current Lin Zijun?"
"It's just Lin Zijun, not Luo Jiu and A Long. Is it so serious?"
Qin Huachang was confident enough in his profession, but the problem was that it was Wang Chao who had a disagreement with him, which made him a little shaken. So when he saw a bunch of people asking him to predict on the barrage, he did not dare to make a confident assertion, but said cautiously, "It's hard to say about this game, let's take a look first."
What he didn't know was that this sentence was fully interpreted by foreign friends, which directly caused foreign bookies to modify the odds on this game.
The original odds were very strange. The world table tennis world's predictions for this game were all kinds of weird. For example, fans of Sakura Country and Kimchi Country generally believed that Lin Zijun had a winning rate of 60% to 70%. Bay Island internally believes that Lin Zijun has an 80% chance of winning. On the contrary, European fans who have always regarded Huaping as their imaginary enemy all believe that Wang Chao has a higher chance of winning this time, exceeding 70%.
In those desert areas of table tennis, for example, Brazilian fans directly predicted a winning rate of 90% for Lin Zijun, while African black brothers thought that Wang Chao's winning rate was as high as 90%.
As for why there is such a large cognitive error, it is actually because very few people can see the true details of the players on both sides from the match between Lin Zijun and Hook. Therefore, when they discuss the outcome of the final, it largely depends on their personal perceptual cognition and emotional bias.
For example, Sakura Country and Kimchi Country are obviously more inclined towards Bay Island in terms of national sentiment. In addition, Lin Zijun has a handsome appearance and a lot of fans from his mother, so they subconsciously feel that Lin Zijun has a higher winning rate.
The European fans have suffered too many losses at the hands of Wang Chao and have developed an "invincible" mentality towards Wang Chao. Therefore, no matter how exaggerated Lin Zijun's performance is, they still believe that Wang Chao will have the last laugh.
Brazilian fans feel that Hook is Ping-Pong God. Since Lin Zijun can beat Hook, of course it can beat Wang Chao.
On the African side, because many countries have good relations with China and have enjoyed a lot of national-level assistance, and also for emotional reasons, they must preach "Wang Chao is invincible."
In short, these all kinds of strange handicap, after one sentence of Qin Huachang, they all have a unified opinion.
"Coach Qin of Hua Ping said that this game is difficult to judge. It seems that it is really evenly matched."
"Nonsense, Wang Chao even changed the coach. Doesn't this show that he attaches great importance to it?"
"Lin Zijun looked like a challenger during the interview this morning."
"As long as the result is 4:1 or 4:2, Coach Qin will not be afraid to draw a conclusion, so it is obvious that this game will last for seven games."
"The final outcome is likely to depend entirely on the game state and on-the-spot performance of both sides."
In the end, most of the handicaps were revealed, and both players' winning rates were close to 50%, which can be regarded as a small miracle.
Let's get back to the game.
Players from both sides tossed coins, and in the end Wang Chao lost the right to serve again.
However, Lin Zijun, who got the right to serve, didn't look happy at all, but rather gloomy.
Naturally, he has also heard of the joke about Wang Chao guessing coins.
So he couldn't help but wonder, why did I get the right to serve? Could it be that the power in the dark feels that I am going to lose?
Lin Zijun gritted his teeth and felt a fierce force in his heart.
He refused.
He wanted to give it a try, and use today's battle to break this plot that had been going on for more than half a year.
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