In July in the table tennis world, domestic leagues entered the transfer period.
This year's transfer period is extremely hot. The number of choices in the transfer market can be said to be the highest in Table Tennis Super League's history. This is because a large number of well-known non-Chinese associations players and young players choose to come to China, register at the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and want to compete in Table Tennis Super League.
Most of the veterans have special skills and successfully entered Table Tennis Super League, but the young players underestimated the cruel competition in the Chinese local market. After arriving, many people discovered that their proud strength was completely uncompetitive here. They were beaten violently by many Chinese Table Tennis Provincial Team players whose names they had never heard of. After realizing the cruel truth of the world, they settled for the second best and entered Table Tennis First Division.
The reason for this is of course because Hook won the title of Super League MVP Player of the Year last year.
For decades, it has been rumored in the world table tennis circles that China's Table Tennis Super League annual MVP is the most valuable honor in the world. Countless people have tried to challenge this honor but failed. Everyone was already in despair and felt that This thing is like a carrot hanging on the head of a donkey. There is no intention for non-Chinese associations players to eat it, but Hook broke the ice this time and rekindled their confidence and courage.
The influx of a large number of non-Chinese associations players successfully disrupted the original layout of the Table Tennis Super League team.
Many teams originally did not want to make substitutions. The reason is that there are only so many players in the national team. The regular players in each team have played for many years, and they have feelings and mutual needs. In essence, the Table Tennis Super League market has been in a situation of oversupply for many years, and everyone has never been very active during the transfer period.
But there are too many masters coming this time.
For example, on the German side, in addition to the retired Bayer and the more injured Wolf, the other two coaches Sissifield and Qiu Shang are all here.
Over at Kimchi Country, Zhu Shixian and Li Zhengzhi both want to give it a try.
On Sakura Country's side, Zhang Benkuang probably didn't come because he was scolded so badly in China, but several other more outstanding people also came, including Hoshikawa Mizuki, Utada Seiya, Komatsu Kouta, etc.
The two main players from Sweden, k. Michel and Morad, did not come, but m. Michel also wanted to come and see the market.
There are also the Peacock Country, the Beautiful Country, New Zealand, Singapore, Bay Island, these various large and small associations, and a lot of people have come.
Human beings like to get together. In fact, some people may not really want to join Table Tennis Super League, but seeing how big the international table tennis scene is and so many people rushing to the Chinese Table Tennis Association to register, they just follow the crowd and come. Anyway, July is relatively free, so even if you don't get selected, it's not a bad idea to come as a tourist.
There are only a few strong Table Tennis Super League teams, and there are only a few that are irrevocable and will never change. As for other ordinary teams, the bosses are all about performance and profit, and will not talk about feelings with you. Therefore, the influx of non-Chinese associations members has actually greatly affected the ownership of many domestic players.
For example, Lu Province Weiqiao Club, the second single player in the team, Gao Mingyuan, has worked hard over the years and has successfully completed the tasks that the second single player should complete. He can be regarded as a very cost-effective player. In previous years, such talents would have to take the initiative to increase their salary to retain them, but now there is Sissifield on the free market outside that can be changed. The price is about the same. Do you want to change it?
The boss is definitely willing to change.
So you see, a once-not-for-sale item has been abandoned.
Another example is Liaoning Province Zhonggang Club's current order of Qi Hao. It was originally planned to be renewed directly, but now due to the market fluctuation, Magic City Fire Phoenix came to poach the company and offered a price much higher than Shandong Province Power. Of course, Qi Hao can go to talk to the boss about a salary increase. What if there is no agreement? Then become a free man first. Anyway, judging from the market situation, I'm not afraid that no one will want me.
All in all, more than a dozen Table Tennis Super League teams have undergone an unprecedented overhaul.
What is particularly worth mentioning is that Jiangcheng University Team and Hook have terminated their contract. The reason is that Hook decided to compete in the World Championship with all its strength this year, and the signing was also a free one.
Luo Jiu still keeps it, partly because of the deep feelings in the past, and partly because Luo Jiu will only devote half of his attention to the world competition after all - he also wants to compete with all his strength, but the quota does not allow him.
It was also under this background that Table Tennis Super League gave birth to many strong teams. It can be said that the overall level of Table Tennis Super League has risen to a higher level.
And Spade Q has become the biggest beneficiary of this transfer turmoil.
After this year's spring game, Spade Q decided early on to make a major change. This is part of the overall policy. However, under this overall policy, how to find new players, in fact, the entire club was very confused at the beginning.
Don't forget, Spade Q is a geo-based team, and Fan Xiaofan has already made a rule: only recruit Northern Hubei Province locals.
In the past two years, Northern Hubei Province has no other strong talents except Wang Chao, Wu Li, and Luo Jiu.
There are some ordinary players who have entered the national team, but the problem is that it does not make sense for such players to come, because since Spade Q has Wang Chao and Wu Li, the goal must be to win the championship. If you go to the army, recruit a provincial team or an ordinary player at the National Second Team level. I'm afraid you won't be able to win a game when you encounter a strong team, but when you encounter a weak team, Wang Chao and Wu Li can handle it.
So Spade Q actually had no goal at all in the beginning.
Fan Xiaofan even had his mind set on Jiang Shan. He called Wang Chao and asked, "Can I sign Jiang Shan to play and develop?"
Wang Chao laughed dumbly, "Brother Fan, he is not an adult yet and cannot play professionally."
In fact, even if Jiang Shan is an adult, Wang Chao does not recommend signing it. After all, nepotism is not tolerated in the professional world. Fan Xiaofan only saw him dragging in Wu Li, who he has a relationship with., he thought it was reasonable to bring in another Jiang Shan, but he didn't realize that Wu Li could come in because Wu Li itself was a genius with special characteristics, but Jiang Shan... the upper limit was a little short after all.
Originally, Wang Chao's plan was to just go to the provincial team and recruit someone to make do if there was nothing he could do, but he never expected that with the inflow of non-Chinese associations players, a person he never expected would actually enter the free market.
Hou Xijia.
Hou Xijia is over forty. He plays Table Tennis Super League at the same time and does live broadcasts. Both ends are impressive. Last year, he was paid to be a sparring partner for Wu Li. Although he is older, but because he is playing chip ball, so His career itself is long, and he has maintained world-class combat effectiveness to this day. He has also maintained a pretty good winning rate in Table Tennis Super League competitions over the past many years. His leakage is a blockbuster for the entire Table Tennis Super League market.
This person is from Northern Hubei Province, has participated in international competitions, and has won cards. If he joins Spade Q, he can completely replace Geng Shuai and become a fixed player. In this case, Wang Chao and Wu Li can still form a doubles team.
This is very important for Spade Q.
Because Spade Q's doubles must be Wang Chao and Wu Li, but Wang Chao and Wu Li won the world mixed doubles championship, both of which were Special Class Athlete, so the new player Spade Q is looking for must be Special Class Athlete, otherwise, he will be stuck by the athlete classification system, and the doubles of Wang Chao and Wu Li will be abruptly removed based on the rules.
Fan Xiaofan knew that Hou Xijia might be only one of the options for other teams, but it was most likely the only choice for Spade Q. He personally went to lobby and tried his best to finally sign the oldest player Table Tennis Super League.
Fan Xiaofan thought it was his eloquence and charisma that conquered Commentator Hou, but Hou Xijia told him with a smile on the first day he came to the base, "Actually, you don't need to say so much, I will definitely sign. I came here for Wang Chao... Well, I just want to try and see if I can improve the chipping system with his help."
Fan Xiaofan is a little embarrassed, but in a good mood, because now at least the main players are settled. As for the two substitutes, if you can't find them, just go to the provincial team and sign two at will. It's not a big problem.
But then the bigger pie came crashing down.
He Jingping called the Spade Q base and asked Fan Xiaofan: "Qiu Shang, do you want to sign?"
Fan Xiaofan: "Ah? Is that Qiu Shang from Germany?"
He asked He Jingping: "Don't you always forget? I only recruit Northern Hubei Province local players."
He Jingping said over there, "Qiu Shang's father Qiu Zexing is Northern Hubei Province."
Fan Xiaofan didn't say anything for a long time. He was experiencing a fierce ideological struggle in his heart. If we look at the purity of geography, Qiu Zexing has been abroad for many years and his nationality has changed. He can't even be counted as a Chinese, and of course he can't be counted as a Northern Hubei Province person. But the problem is that Qiu Zexing Z It was the head coach's suggestion that Z go abroad back then, and it was absolutely correct in terms of zz. More importantly, although the player Qiu Shang was beaten continuously by Arul, Fan Xiaodong, and Wang Qin, he was still considered a very high-quality asset.
Do you want achievements, profits, and profits, or do you want to maintain the purity of your geographical bottom line unshakably for a hundred years?
Fan Xiaofan made a decision within a few seconds. "Thank you so much, let him report early."
He Jingping chuckled over there, "No rush, no rush, let's just settle the matter first. It may take a while for him to come."
Fan Xiaofan naturally didn't dare to say no, he was just a little curious, what is Qiu Shang's situation now? Why is He Jingping calling myself? Could it be that he went to the Chinese National Table Tennis Team base?
Fan Xiaofan guessed right, Qiu Shang is now at Chinese Table Tennis base, he is here to "heal".
At the German Open in June, as a player from the host country, he was defeated by the 13-year-old Wang Qin in front of tens of thousands of local German fans. His mentality was shattered and he almost wanted to give up his identity as a professional player. His father Qiu Zexing tried to persuade him for a long time, but still couldn't get him out of his knot. After a few days, Qiu Shang seemed to be fine, but during training he was obviously in poor condition and couldn't adjust. Obviously, the mental problem was not really solved.
Qiu Zexing had no choice but to ask Cai Guodong for help, and Cai Guodong only said one sentence after listening, "It's obvious that he deserves a beating... Bring him to Huaping, and I will help you educate him."
Qiu Zexing was heartbroken by Cai Guodong's words, but he was a strict father after all, and he was still cruel at critical moments. He took his son by plane to China the next day, not only to solve his son's psychological problems, but also to let his son fight Table Tennis Super League.
Qiu Zexing and Qiu Shang stepped into the door of Chinese Table Tennis base together. The father and son were separated immediately. Qiu Zexing took Cai Guodong around to visit and play. This was a meeting between old friends and they had to show their friendship as landlords. As for Qiu Shang, his experience was more fantastic.
When Qiu Shang and Qiu Zexing separated, Cai Guodong just asked a little assistant next to him to entertain him, which made him a little dissatisfied. After all, he is now a well-known person in the world table tennis circles. He was hailed as "Germany's future star" by the world's top coach Rohlskov, and together with Morad and Pike, was hailed as "Europe's future troika" by fans across Europe.
He knows that Huaping is very strong, but even so, he should always have a little respect for himself, a contemporary supernova and the hope of Europe in the future, right?
He doesn't need a grand welcome ceremony, but you can at least find an ordinary coach of the national team or a player from a team I can name to entertain me, so that he can be worthy of my status, right? You casually pointed out a little assistant...
This is no longer a lack of attention, this is a complete disregard.
Qiu Shang's tutor was pretty good. Even though he felt a little unhappy, he quickly relieved himself. He followed his assistant around the base with great interest, full of curiosity about this "temple" in the minds of football fans around the world.
After walking around for a long time, he felt a little hungry, so he asked the assistant, "Where can I eat at noon?"
The assistant smiled and said, "The head coach said you can solve it yourself."
Qiu Shang was shocked because he didn't take himself seriously.
But he was still not angry, because he really had a good character, and he said, "Then take me to the cafeteria."
The two of them had something to eat in the cafeteria. When they came out, they saw a tennis table at the door. It looked very broken, and the net in the middle was also loose. It was not professional at first glance. Several Cook were playing. Qiu Shang only took a casual look and was a little surprised, because he found that the two Cook who were playing were actually playing well.
One of them, Cook, happened to see him looking this way and said, "Are you new to the team? Do you want to come and play?"
Qiu Shang nodded and smiled, "Okay."
At this time, he still thought it was quite funny. He was so famous in Europe, but Cook didn't know him, which was good. The other party thought he was a newcomer, and it would be very interesting for him to use his unique skills to beat the other party later.
This is probably the "pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger" that is often seen in novels, right? I'm tired of reading this kind of plot, but it's quite refreshing to actually encounter it in reality.
With this mentality, he came on the field and was directly beaten to death by the opponent's attack on the first ball in the game.
Qiu Shang doesn't care either. After all, he serves more casually. It seems he needs to be more serious.
He served the ball well, fought with the opponent for a few rounds, and then was beaten to death by the opponent's attack again.
Qiu Shang then realized that something was wrong. He was aroused to be competitive and took the initiative. "Shall we play a serious game?"
Cook on the opposite side said, "Okay... Do you want to change? I'm the best here."
Qiu Shang sneered in his heart, "No need."
Four minutes later, he was defeated by Cook from the opposite side at 11:3. After the game, several Cooks were all smiling, as if they were deliberately watching the young man get into trouble.
Qiu Shang is thin-skinned. Looking at the assistant next to him, he is also covering his mouth and snickering. He said, "Come again."
Five minutes later, he was eliminated again at 11:5.
By this time Qiu Shang already knew that he couldn't beat him, but he could still accept it. After all, Huaping was a legendary and mysterious place. It was reasonable for a person like a sweeping monk to appear in such a place. He thought for a while and said, "I want to try again with someone else."
The opponent changed to Cook, which was indeed not as strong as the previous one, but five minutes later, Qiu Shang was still destroyed at 11:7.
Qiu Shang felt that it was just a little bit close, so he asked for another fight, but this time he was defeated 11:5.
Then Cook asked, "Do you want another one?"
Qiu Shang is still dissatisfied. He is currently ranked 22nd in the world. Even if there are some hidden masters who are not included in the rankings, he considers himself to be among the top 30 or 40 people in the world. Even though he is still far behind the top masters of Huaping, how can a few ordinary people who just come out of the table be able to deal with it?
He can accept that Huaping has sweeping monks, but he cannot accept that all Huaping are sweeping monks.
Where do so many masters come from in this world?
With such talent and hard training, I have only gotten to where I am now.
He changed to Cook to challenge again, and lost again 11:9.
This Cook is weaker than the previous two. He was even beaten by Qiu Shang on the scene, but he couldn't defeat him. In the end, Qiu Shang, who was eager to prove himself, made a mistake first.
"Come again." Qiu Shang tried to calm down and planned to play the game in the safest way.
But he lost again 11:9.
Still winning without scoring.
"Stop fighting, it will be the same again." Someone next to him sighed, "This guy plays like this, do you think you are only a little bit behind? No, he deliberately made you think that you are only a little bit behind."
When these words came to his ears, Qiu Shang actually didn't believe them all, at most he was dubious, but he really wasn't in the mood to fight here anymore. After all, Chinese Table Tennis base was so big and there were so many people of all kinds waiting for him, why did he need to get entangled with a few Cooks?
I've heard that all Cooks from Huaping are World Champions, so I probably just stirred up a hornet's nest.
In this case, why not go to the gym to see the real training situation of Chinese table tennis players?
(I haven't asked for votes for a long time. The monthly votes are so bleak this month. Please count the votes. Please)