But this year's achievements don't end there.
December passed quickly. In mid-January, the World Cup individual competition opened. Wang Chao signed up as a matter of course. After five days of fighting, World Cup won the men's singles championship calmly.
Last year, he won the team championship with the team as a substitute, which was unjust and unjust. Now that he has won the individual championship, this Grand Slam finally deserves it and is no longer controversial.
Of course, the "133-day shortest duration Grand Slam" circulated in the table tennis circles last year actually needs to be revised. The starting point should not be World Cup at the beginning of August the year before last, but World Table Tennis Championships at the end of September the year before last.
The end point should not be Olympic Games at the end of December last year, but should be mid-January at this time this year.
So strictly speaking, the total time for Wang Chao to actually win Grand Slam should be 468 days, which is equivalent to a little more than 15 months. This data does not break the historical record.
But at the same time, the total time it took Wang Chao to win Grand Slam was revised to 513 days, which is a real record-breaking time.
Another half month later, in early February, the 11-station open competition officially concluded. After International Table Tennis Federation's point statistics, 16 players were invited to participate in this year's year-end finals.
This is the last game before the Spring Festival this year, and it is also the final game for Wang Chao after he has officially consolidated his dynasty. He needs to pass this year-end exam to tell the world that his era has officially come.
There were some minor upsets in this year-end finals. For example, Hook finally rebounded after a year-long defeat against Luo Jiu, and defeated Luo Jiu with difficulty without having an advantage throughout the game, ending the nightmare of seven consecutive defeats against Luo Jiu this year.
This game actually illustrates a lot of problems.
First of all, Luo Jiu is really old.
He was 27 years old when Wang Chao traveled through time, and Wang Chao was 18 years old. Now Wang Chao is 20 years old, but he is already 30 years old. This is because Wang Chao's birthday is in October in the second half of the year, and Luo Jiu's birthday But it was March in the first half of the year, when the man turned thirty. In order to get results in the last two years of his career, he had worked too hard in the past two years. Unknowingly, the injuries began to increase, and gradually reached the point where Sun Tianlong was covered in injuries like two years ago. Therefore, when facing Hook, his actual combat power had declined visibly.
And Hook is only 24 years old this year, in his prime. Even though he is technically and tactically restrained by Luo Jiu, he can still hold on with his courage and his super physical fitness. In the past, he would collapse when he was at a disadvantage when playing because of his bad mentality. Now he has been playing for a year. Table Tennis Super League has completely matured both in terms of technical level and mental training. Especially after winning Table Tennis Super League's annual MVP last year, his confidence has been overwhelming. It is as if he has opened up the two channels of Ren and Du, and has become a strong and stable S-level player in the true sense.
Under such circumstances, it is understandable that Hook upset his natural enemy. At the same time, through this battle, Hook officially declared to be the biggest opponent of Chinese table tennis in the world. In the eyes of many non-Chinese associations, Hook has even become the second person in the table tennis world under Wang Chao.
Given time, perhaps overthrowing Huaping will not be a dream.
But non-Chinese associations's dream was shattered in the shortest time, because Hook used the power of defeating Luo Jiu to face Fan Xiaodong in the next round, and was beaten to death from the front by Fan Xiaodong 4:1.
So just one day later, the table tennis world was shocked again. The difference is that yesterday's shock was joyful, but today's shock is despair.
As time goes by, no one stands still. As Hook progresses, Fan Xiaodong has also grown up unconsciously.
Even though he is still being severely suppressed by Wang Chao, and is still being disliked and suppressed by Sun Tianlong, in fact, he is really very strong.
He is only 17 years old. Compared with Hook, he does not suffer at all in terms of physical strength and energy. In terms of skills and tactics, Hook only relies on Table Tennis Super League's actual combat polish and the experience from Luo Jiu learned from, but Fan Xiaodong received personal teaching from Sun Tianlong day after day, and other big guys in the coaching staff often gave him various other supplementary teachings.
He is a disciple of the Qin Clan in name, but in fact he is the seed of the future Grand Slam recognized by Quanhua Table Tennis Team. He is not only the spare tire of Wang Chao, but also the successor of Wang Chao.
When the innate talents of individuals are almost the same, acquired education becomes particularly important.
In short, Fan Xiaodong defeated Hook and advanced to the semi-finals. Then he had an unprecedented seven fierce battles with Lin Zijun in the semi-finals. The total number of goals in each game was more than 20, until the decisive game, which he finally won 12:10.
In this game, it was an honor for Lin Zijun to lose, because he showed a brand-new ultra-fast-paced offensive style of play that sacrificed rotation and power. This style of play is a typical slanted forward. If you just look at the scene, it is a bit like Zhang Benkuang's shot when he first debuted. A clever play, but in fact, this is certainly not a poor imitation, but an offensive routine tailor-made according to his own unique Super Speed. It is a new routine that his mentor Jiang Peirong finally came up with after racking his brains and asking for help in many ways.
Jiang Peirong It's really, really, not easy.
His own understanding of table tennis technology was limited. For Lin Zijun, he completely put down his posture, seized the opportunity of Lin Zijun and Che Songxin to play in mixed pairs, and took the initiative to seek help from Daehan Minguk coaches. After paying a certain price, he received satisfactory feedback.
Jindalai has always been a special existence in Ping Pong World, similar to a hidden sect. They have little communication with the international community, but they have been a traditional table tennis power for decades. Therefore, while exploring on their own within the association, they have developed many technologies that are different from modern table tennis. Jiang Peirong learned and absorbed these tricks, and finally helped Lin Zijun design a new offensive style of play, which completely made up for Lin Zijun's shortcomings of "excessive defensive end and lack of offensive end".
The new Lin Zijun and the current Fan Xiaodong have reached this point. No matter who wins or loses, it actually shows that apart from Wang Chao and Luo Jiu, they are already standing on the top of the world.
Two days ago, the world table tennis community boasted that Hook was the strongest enemy of Chinese table tennis. However, two days later, the world table tennis community started a fierce debate on "who is the greater threat, Lin Zijun or Hook?"
Fan Xiaodong has faced Wang Chao in the finals for an unknown number of times this year.
After losing to Wang Chao last time, he specifically asked Sun Tianlong: "How should I defeat Brother Chao?"
Sun Tianlong gave him the arduous and devilish special training, and he gritted his teeth and endured it. In this year-end exam, the entire competition was like a chess game, with one player eating another. Even characters like Luo Jiu became the bottom of the food chain. It was full of ups and downs. Fan Xiaodong was able to laugh at the end, which is enough to prove his excellence.
So this time he stood in front of Wang Chao with unprecedented confidence.
He clearly knew that he had improved.
"If no one in the world table tennis world dares to shout the slogan slay Chao to prove the way so far, then let me start it!"
The final was played under the spotlight, and the ambitious Fan Xiaodong was once again brutally killed by Wang Chao 4:0.
Fan Xiaodong stopped laughing after the game, but he still maintained his basic demeanor and took the initiative to congratulate Wang Chao. Then he walked silently to his side Sun Tianlong with his head lowered. He began to recall scenes from the game in his mind, trying to find a way to counterattack.
There was a little pity in Sun Tianlong's eyes, as if he saw himself being beaten by Wang Wendong back then, but he did not try to tell Fan Xiaodong what the problem was after the game.
Because he doesn't know.
He believes that the current Wang Chao has reached an unprecedented level, which he has never reached, so he has no idea how Wang Chao can lose. There is no answer to the matter of "defeating Wang Chao" in the world table tennis so far.
So Sun Tianlong doesn't think about defeating Wang Chao at all. He only needs to help Fan Xiaodong stabilize the second place in the world and suppress Hook and Lin Zijun.
This is the third year that Wang Chao has traveled through time. All international and domestic competitions this year have been completed.
But there's a lot going on this year.
In mid-February, on the eve of the Spring Festival, Luo Jiu and Fan Xiaoxian got married, ending their nine-year love affair. The wedding was extremely grand, because whether it was Black Spade Q Club or Jiangcheng University Club, or the Jiangcheng wealthy Lao Fan family, as well as Jiangcheng City Team, Hubei Provincial Team, and even the entire China Table Tennis generation, all need some refreshing and festive news to fill the vacuum after the event.
Luo Jiu is the most popular player of Huaping over the years and is known as a social butterfly. After becoming teammates with Hook, he even won the love of a large number of Brazilian and even South America fans.
And Spade Q has already become the focus of fans all over the world because of Wang Chao. What's more, the person getting married this time is the team leader and coach of Spade Q, a very good-looking beauty.
The love story of Luo Jiu and Fan Xiaoxian became known to everyone because of the good news. On the wedding day, Wang Chao and Geng Shuai accompanied Luo Jiu as the best men. Jiangcheng City TV station Reporters from, Northern Hubei Province TV stations, and even China Television National Sports Channel came to the scene for interviews. The atmosphere was so warm that it could be called the grandest wedding in the table tennis world in the past ten years. Fan Xiaoxian, who had been waiting for nine years, finally had a glorious moment on the wedding day, which slightly made up for the long wait for many years.
It is worth mentioning that there were a few foreign media shooting at the scene that day, such as Brazilian reporter Tavares. He took a lot of photos and posted them on foreign forums, which received a lot of praise. Also, because the professional Chinese table tennis players and coaches who came to attend the wedding were too Therefore, these photos taken by Tavares have inexplicably become a comprehensive popular science textbook for Chinese table tennis players. Through these photos, foreign fans have gotten to know quite a few domestic table tennis players who have never appeared in international competitions, which can be regarded as a great elimination of ignorance.
After watching all the excitement, Wang Chao finally returned to his home in the suburbs of Jiangcheng City.
At this time, Wang Mei naturally had the financial strength to move. However, she had lived on this street for too long and had developed a relationship. All her social circles so far in her life were in this area, so she did not choose to move after discussing with Wang Zhongzhu.
This is also where Wang Mei feels a little regretful.
Although this street carries all her memories of the past thirty years, there are not many sweet parts in these memories, but more suffering. Therefore, if her son is willing to take him to live elsewhere, she is actually very willing.
Many of her old acquaintances on this street have gone to live with their children in the city. Wang Mei occasionally contacts her old friends and listens to them talk about their loneliness when they first went to a strange city and how An Ran became familiar with them gradually. She knew Old friends have met new friends and formed new circles. Maybe they have become accustomed to the life of square dancing every day, or they are used to walking in circles around the community after dinner, or they have grandchildren, and they have begun to continue to be busy, just like raising children in the past. It is hard and fulfilling.
Wang Mei is used to hardship. She is not afraid of hardship and is willing to be busy. She really wants to live with Wang Chao. She also hopes that Wang Chao can get married soon and have a child. She is willing to help take care of him.
But Wang Chao is a national hero. She has brought glory to her country at a level beyond her reach. She appears on TV news every now and then. She is famous and shining. In the past year, she has received countless praises and has gained the reputation of being the number one table tennis player in the world. While her son is becoming more and more famous, he is also getting further and further away from her.
She used to occasionally inquire about the little girl named Tang Yuanyuan, but now she has stopped asking for a long time because she heard people say that national team players cannot fall in love, which will affect their performance, delay the glory of the country, and become national sinners. So she was afraid that asking too many questions would affect her son's condition.
This time Wang Chao went home to celebrate the New Year. Wang Mei and Wang Zhongzhu were happy but also a little worried. So after dinner, everyone chatted, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle.
The reason was that Wang Zhongzhu naturally stood up and cleared the table while chatting. After busying himself, Wang Mei sat motionless on the chair. When he finished clearing, Wang Zhongzhu subconsciously asked, "Do you want to sleep for a while?"
Wang Chao was stunned for a moment, while Wang Mei and Wang Zhongzhu felt this immediately.
Wang Mei has never been a pampered person. When Wang Chao came back last time, most of the housework was done by Wang Mei. But this time when he returned home, the situation was completely reversed. This is very abnormal.
Wang Chao naturally glanced at her mother's belly.
Wang Mei and Wang Zhongzhu also suddenly became a little nervous.
"Mom?" Wang Chao said.
Wang Mei was a bit stern but didn't want to lose his momentum in front of his own son, so he glared and raised his eyebrows, his tone subconsciously carrying a hint of provocation. "What are you looking at?"
This meme was so famous that Wang Chao almost said, "What are you looking at?" Fortunately, he woke up at the critical moment and said with a smile, "How many months have it been?"
Wang Mei's face suddenly turned red. He gritted his teeth and said, "How many months has it been?"
Wang Zhongzhu stopped sweeping the floor and ran to sit next to Wang Mei with a worried expression.
"Mom, what's there to hide?" Wang Chao was quite dumbfounded. "I talked to you specifically when I came back last time. I really want a younger brother or younger sister."
Wang Mei remained silent and carefully examined Wang Chao's expression as if he were looking at a thief, trying to get some clues from his smile to determine whether Wang Chao was telling the truth.
Wang Chao was so familiar with her that he couldn't help but raise his voice and said, "Mom, I really mean it."
Wang Mei's expression relaxed a little, and he hummed, but still didn't say anything.
This time, it was because I was too tight just now, and now I can't relax emotionally.
Wang Zhongzhu whispered from the side, "Wang Chao, you know, your mother and I are not too old now, but we still want to have a child by our side. You..."
"I understand, I understand." Wang Chao nodded quickly. Seeing that Wang Mei was still adjusting his condition, he took the initiative to go over, gently hugged his mother, and said with a smile, "Can you tell me now, how many months has it been?"
Wang Mei finally came to his senses. He softened in Wang Chao's arms and said in a low voice, "It's only been two months and I haven't seen him yet... It's your uncle Zhuzi who has to make a fuss and won't let me do any housework."
Wang Zhongzhu said with a smile from the side, "It's always good to be careful. There isn't much going on at home anyway."
At this point, the atmosphere in the room really relaxed.
The last time Wang Chao came back was on the day when Wang Mei and Wang Zhongzhu got married. He chatted with his mother for a long time and seriously said that he would probably spend his whole life playing table tennis and would be indebted to his family. If possible, he hoped that his mother would have another child.
But Wang Mei and Wang Zhongzhu obviously thought too much at that time, thinking that Wang Chao was deliberately saying sarcastic words to test their own feelings, so no matter how Wang Chao tried to persuade them, they would not let go.
It wasn't until this year, when Wang Chao had not been home even once, that they finally understood their conversation and officially decided to have a child.
In fact, Wang Zhongzhu, as a man, naturally wanted a son of his own. He just didn't expect Wang Mei's son to be so ambitious and climb to such a high status without knowing it. After he married Wang Mei, he found that he had become financially free inexplicably. Therefore, he has always been a little cautious, a little afraid of offending Wang Chao.
So in this matter, he has always been the most cautious and worried, and the fierce gesture Wang Mei made before was probably to help Wang Zhongzhu bear the possible storm.
Naturally, they did not expect that Wang Chao agreed with this matter.
After all, he is not a native of this body. Half of his feelings for Wang Mei are due to the residual memory of this body, and half are gratitude and admiration for this woman's hard work in the past 18 years. He is willing to call Wang Mei mom and is willing to give them a better life, but he is really not used to spending time with them day and night.
What's more, he traveled to this world just for table tennis. Table tennis is his real mission.
So it would be great to have a younger brother or younger sister to fulfill your filial piety for you.
The Spring Festival passed quickly. Before returning to the club, Wang Chao solemnly promised Wang Mei and Wang Zhongzhu that no matter whether the baby was a younger brother or a younger sister, he would do his best to take care of him and love him, and there would be no difference in the distance between them.
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