Tang Yuanyuan is an honest girl. Since she promised Wang Chao to come to Jiangcheng City, she would keep her word. Just after the fifth day of the first lunar month after the new year, she took the initiative to call over, "I'm almost at Jiangcheng Station. How should I go after leaving the station?"
At this time, Wang Chao was shopping with his three best friends from high school, Han Feng Liu Yue Hou Xiaojian.
Speaking of which, today was also the first time they got together.
Han Feng Liu Yue Hou Xiaojian The three of them came back early years ago. After all, college students were on winter vacation. However, at that time Wang Chao was still spinning around on the field, and everyone couldn't get together at all.
When Wang Chao returns to Jiangcheng, it will be time to celebrate the New Year.
In previous years, Wang Chao and Wang Mei lived together, enjoying a leisurely Chinese New Year, and had no relatives to leave. However, Wang Chao's status at this time was completely different, especially after he completed the fastest Grand Slam, the fastest Grand Slam at the end of the year and broke various records, he was treated like a national hero.
So from the first day of junior high school, people kept coming to visit, first the leaders of the sports committee, then the leaders of the city, and finally even the province was alarmed. An official of unknown rank came with a bunch of people from the TV station to express their condolences. They first sent banners and then shook hands, took various poses for photos, and had cordial conversations under the spotlight. Wang Chao said he was helpless about this, but the national conditions were such that he could only cooperate. After half a day of formalities, his face was frozen with laughter.
But looking at Wang Mei's proud look, Wang Chao doesn't think it's a loss.
It's just that time was delayed after all. When I really had some free time, it was already the fifth day of the first lunar month. Wang Chao called his friends as soon as possible and found out that these three people were also visiting relatives and were dizzy.
Everyone discussed where to go. Wang Chao suggested going to Mingyue Stadium, but the three friends unanimously rejected it because everyone is really not the same level of players now. Young people are all competitive, and no one is interested in games with no chance of winning. No one thinks it is an honor to play against World Champion.
So in the end, everyone could only go shopping.
The friends did not expect that they could only go shopping for a while, but Wang Chao received a call from Tang Yuanyuan.
It can only be said that this girl Tang Yuanyuan is too big-hearted. After buying the ticket, she didn't even call Wang Chao in advance to inform her, so she just came over alone. Now that the high-speed train was about to arrive, she remembered to call and ask for the address.
Wang Chao naturally would not let a little girl come to the door by herself. He said decisively, "I will pick you up."
When the phone was hung up, the three friends all had strange expressions. Han Feng said, "Chaozi, shall we three withdraw first?"
He said this, but his eyes were darting around, but he couldn't even take a step forward.
Wang Chao couldn't help laughing, "Why are you playing tricks on me? If you have nothing else, come with me to pick someone up."
"Is it okay?" Hou Xiaojian was surprised.
"Aren't you going to bother me?" Liu Yue was surprised.
Wang Chao directly kicked each other. "Stop talking nonsense and take a taxi quickly."
He was very calm, because he had already figured out how to get along with Tang Yuanyuan on the day of the Chinese New Year. There was no need to avoid anything. As for the future, there was no need to think too much. The car would go straight to the front of the mountain. He would not refuse what should come, and he would not force what should not come.
He is essentially a very decisive person. Once he has made a decision, he will implement it firmly and will not make the atmosphere ambiguous with a few words from others.
They met Tang Yuanyuan at the high-speed rail station, and the atmosphere was very good. Tang Yuanyuan's character naturally couldn't have the airs of World Champion, but she had quite a tomboyish temperament. Wang Chao introduced her to his friends, and everyone quickly became familiar with her.
Although the three friends treat Wang Chao very casually, that is because they are too familiar with each other and the relationship is so strong that even though Wang Chao's experience for more than a year has been like a dream, when they actually met, everyone still regarded Wang Chao as the person they remembered and could not find any aura about him.
But Tang Yuanyuan is different.
After all, she is a real World Champion, a member of the national team, and I heard that she is from a big family in Zilu Province, and she looks like a cute girl. Therefore, facing her, the three friends are still a little nervous. When she carelessly and proactively expresses her kindness, the three friends are a little flattered, and every move is a bit coaxing and supporting.
The three of them took the initiative to invite Tang Yuanyuan to play table tennis, and then they were beaten to the point of losing their armor. Then they offered them all kinds of rainbow shit as if they were shameless.
As a result, both the guests and the host were happy and the atmosphere was harmonious. Only Wang Chao was a little bit unpalatable.
You fucking treat me with disdain, and instead treat my little followers with wild praise and slaps, like three licking dogs. Why didn't I realize that you guys are superb in swordsmanship before?
When Tang Yuanyuan came to visit, the happiest person was of course Wang Mei. Fortunately, although she was born in the business world, she also knew how to measure her sense of proportion, so there were no insinuating remarks at the dinner table during the conversation. There were ridiculous plots like asking about age, birthday, birth date, and mate selection requirements. In essence, Wang Mei is also a fierce and open-minded person. Tang Yuanyuan has known her well, so she also became familiar with. Tang Yuanyuan came to know him well. In the next few days, Wang Chao and his friends took Tang Yuanyuan around Jiangcheng City's suburban areas. We wandered around, saying hello to delicious food and drinks, and we had a lot of fun. After a full week, everyone parted ways. The friends went to college, and Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan took the high-speed train to the imperial capital together.
Yes, as an indispensable and important part of the national team's championship plan this year, they must report to the national team training base as soon as possible and wait for the next arrangements of the coaching staff.
Wang Chao also has two special tasks, each of which is the envy of other active players.
First, follow the coaching staff to watch the upcoming national team promotion and relegation assessment.
Second, accompany He Jingping to participate in the upcoming "This year's international competition outlook, goal setting, and player attendance and quota allocation meeting" to be held by the coaching staff.
Well, if you think this name is too long, to put it simply, this is exactly the cake-sharing meeting that Wang Chao attended for He Jingping early last year.
Wang Chao became famous in the cake sharing meeting last year. He severely cheated Qin Huachang, overturning the disadvantage of being tricked by the Qin family in the cake sharing meeting, and establishing his reputation as a "little silver coin".
Last year, he was allowed to participate by Cai Guodong under the strong recommendation of He Jingping. It was considered dispensable and was forcibly inserted into the meeting process.
But not this year.
Although he nominally accompanied He Jingping to attend the meeting this year, in fact his place was personally designated by head coach Cai Guodong because Cai Guodong believed that Wang Chao has enough insights, vision and judgment to assist the coaching staff in this work. Especially in the analysis and ability evaluation of other non-Chinese associations players, Wang Chao can greatly improve the accuracy of the coaching staff's judgment.
It is worth mentioning that although Wang Chao was actively designated by Cai Guodong, its real origin came from Sun Tianlong's private recommendation to Cai Guodong.
So you see, as Qin Huachang comes to an end, He Jingping rises, and Wang Chao becomes a god, the entire Huaping coaching staff has really undergone tremendous changes, and even the internal ecological environment has changed. The dangerous atmosphere of intrigues but never breaking through in the past is gone, replaced by a happy atmosphere with birds chirping and flowers fragrant.
On the high-speed rail, Wang Chao asked Tang Yuanyuan: "Don't you need to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year?"
Tang Yuanyuan said, "Let's go."
Wang Chao said, "Then why did you come out on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year?"
Tang Yuanyuan said, "I told them that I didn't want to visit relatives this year and wanted to come to your place to play, and they agreed."
Wang Chao blinked, feeling that something was not right here, and repeated, "Just... agreed?"
"Yes, I agreed." Tang Yuanyuan nodded.
"Didn't I stop you a little bit? I heard that you have very strict rules in Lu Province." Wang Chao said.
"No." Tang Yuanyuan tilted his head and asked him strangely, "Why are you stopping me? Are you afraid that I will be trafficked? You are not a bad person. My parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, they all know you, and they asked me a lot about you. Oh, by the way, they also heard you call me during the Chinese New Year."
Seeing that Wang Chao was still thinking, she added, "Besides, they put me on the bus over there, and you picked me up at the station. What danger could there be?"
Wang Chao already had some guesses in his mind, but seeing Tang Yuanyuan's confused look, he didn't bother to say more. He touched her head and said with a smile, "Okay, let's change the topic. After we go back to the dormitory and pack up, we can go find Brother Fei together and ask him to treat us to delicious food."
Tang Yuanyuan suddenly became very interested. "Yeah, let him treat me. I want to eat fried liver, fried tripe, stewed stew, fried noodles with soybean paste, as well as boiled mutton and roast duck..."
Wang Chao also smiled, "Okay, you can eat whatever you want. Anyway, Brother Fei is treating us, so we are open to eating today."
The two of them were very proud, because Xiao Fei wanted something from Wang Chao, so he had to treat him later. It didn't matter how much or how little the money was, the important thing was the pleasure of being able to control it.
At this time, Xiao Fei has officially retired and is the new coach of the national team. Don't think that he can relax without having to compete anymore. In fact, he is under a lot of pressure now because he knows very well that the internal competition among the Huaping coaching staff is no less than the competition between players.
He accepted a disciple Wang Qin half a year ago on Wang Chao's suggestion. Half a year later, Wang Qin's performance was very good, which made him very satisfied, but this was not enough because his imaginary enemy was Sun Tianlong, and Fan Xiaodong, a disciple of Sun Tianlong, has become a leader among the third generation of Chinese table tennis players, even beating King of Europe like Bayer to retirement.
So Xiao Fei was very stressed. When he was on the phone with Wang Chao two days ago, he specially asked Wang Chao to help him again at the promotion and relegation assessment site tomorrow.
This is what he wants from Wang Chao.
Wang Chao naturally agreed.
Xiao Fei was treated to a treat that night, but Tang Yuanyuan didn't live up to expectations. He had no interest in the legendary top ten high-end restaurants in the imperial capital and only liked eating at roadside stalls. Therefore, even if his stomach was full after eating, Xiao Fei couldn't feel the slightest bit of pain.
The next morning, the national team's promotion and relegation assessment officially kicked off. More than 100 players carefully selected from more than 30 provinces across the country began to fight against each other in the venue.
It's the familiar internal cycle, the familiar devil's schedule, the familiar scoreboard and the endless stream of coaches from each team in the venue. Although winter has not yet passed, and there are still residual snow everywhere on the streets of the Imperial Capital, the atmosphere in the venue has gradually become heated.
In fact, this was the third time Wang Chao had seen such a scene, one more time than Xiao Fei. He and Xiao Fei were walking around the venue casually, observing the game on every table, while Tang Yuanyuan was still following behind them one step away.
In fact, she had nothing to do today and could definitely rest. Shen Sha, who was in the same dormitory, invited her to practice ball together, but after much thought, Tang Yuanyuan would rather come to Wang Chao to be a follower.
She has become accustomed to living a life specializing in mixed doubles at the national team base. When encountering anything, Wang Chao will use her brain and be an executor who obeys orders unconditionally. She thinks this is good. She even summed up a rule of her own as early as the first half of last year: If you want to win the championship, just listen to Wang Chao.
After more than half a year, this rule has become more like a golden rule, unbreakable.
After shopping all morning, Wang Chao and Xiao Fei looked very subtle because they did not find any particularly good seedlings.
In fact, Huaping has two talent selections every year, one in the middle of the year and one at the beginning of the year. The middle of the year is a transition and the beginning of the year is a big test. So usually, the coaches of the provincial team will put the best prospects in their minds in the wave at the beginning of the year. But this time it is indeed abnormal. Obviously, there are many talents in the mid-year assessment half a year ago. A number of young geniuses emerged, including Wang Qin, He Peng, Xu Bin, Yuan Li, Lin Dong, etc. However, there was not even a single fairy seedling in the more important exam at the beginning of the year.
Of course, this is mainly Wang Chao's opinion.
If you just look at the current strength displayed by the players, it is actually higher than half a year ago. At least the top three young players currently ranked on the scoreboard, their personal hard strength is generally higher than that of He Peng, who ranked first half a year ago.
Because of this, many other coaches on the coaching staff were actually attracted to him. For example, Coach Cheng Aimin and Chen Taolue fell in love with a certain player at the same time, and came forward to chat with him one after another. The young player was flattered and fell into panic. He didn't know who to choose, and his eyes were red with anxiety for a while.