In the second race of the 100-meter sprint preliminary, two Japanese runners, Takashi Yoshioka and Kenjiro Oka, were guaranteed to advance, which was not suspenseful at all.

In this way, four athletes participated in the 100-meter sprint final, namely Chen Qiang of the Chinese team, Steve of the Philippine team, and Takashi Yoshioka and Kenjiro Oka of the Japanese team.

Kenjiro Oka is the weakest of the four, and although he is the second seed in the Japanese team, he is not as strong as James and Steve of the Philippines. Therefore, Kenjiro Oka should be the bottom player of the four finalists.

Steve had lost to Chen Qiang in the preliminary round, and he obviously wouldn't accept defeat so easily. What's more, the Philippine team has won the 100-meter sprint championship eight times in a row in the Far Eastern Games, and this time they are aiming for nine consecutive championships, so naturally they will not give up the championship to others.

As for Yoshioka Lund, that is the opponent that Chen Qiang pays the most attention to.

After all, Yoshioka Lund is a legendary athlete who is very famous in history, even if the current Yoshioka Lund has not yet broken into fame, Chen Qiang still regards him as the most powerful enemy.

In the evening, when Chen Qiang returned to the hotel, the invited Zhejiang chef had already prepared the meal.

Six people around a small square table, there is no meal, the standard of four dishes and one soup, and there are several Japanese side dishes, and the rice is filling.

The Japanese meal system was developed after World War II, and after World War II, Japanese elementary schools began to provide students with free lunches, all of which were divided into meals, with separate cutlery from individual cutlery, and strict disinfection of student cutlery every day. Children develop this habit, and it is natural for them to have separate meals when they return home. Since the 80s of the 20th century, the meal sharing system has become quite popular in Japanese households. If you go to a Japanese home, there are definitely more plates than later, and you need more than 20 plates to eat four or five dishes.

Of course, in some small restaurants in Japan, such as izakayas, there are also cases where several people share a dish, but the restaurant will deliver the chopsticks in time, and everyone will use the chopsticks to put the food into their own small plates, and then use their own chopsticks to put it in their mouths.

In the thirties, Tokyo's supply of daily necessities was far less abundant than Shanghai's, and the impact of the economic crisis made the food on the table seem a little light, and there is almost no pork to be found.

Good thing there were fish.

There is never a shortage of fish on the table of the Japanese, and as an island nation, eating fish has become a habit and tradition for the Japanese. So even in the face of the strongest economic crisis in history, fish is still the most abundant food supply in Japan.

Among the four dishes and one soup on Chen Qiang's table, there are two dishes made of fish, one is fish head tofu soup, which is mainly soup, and there is no tofu in it, but there are more fish heads than tofu. That kind of Japanese tofu doesn't bother to stew well, and after boiling over high heat, it almost crumbles.

Fish head tofu soup is a classic dish in Zhejiang cuisine, but the chef from Zhejiang can't find the head of silver carp in Japan, so he can only replace it with another type of saltwater fish, but it still tastes very good.

Another fish dish is fish that is slipped out of vinegar and has sugar in it, which tastes sweet and sour.

Zhejiang chefs probably want to copy the classic West Lake vinegar fish in Zhejiang cuisine, but unfortunately there is no West Lake here, and there is no grass carp in West Lake, so the chef can only use sea fish instead, which tastes a little nondescript.

Those Japanese side dishes are quite appetizing to Chen Qiang. Shredded kelp, pickled small fish, and Japanese-style natto are served with freshly steamed white rice.

Chen Qiang was eating with relish, only to hear the chef shout: "There are athletes in the competition tomorrow, come here to receive additional meals!" One egg and one sausage per person! ”

"And extra meals!" Chen Qiang stood up and walked over, ready to line up to receive the extra meal.

When it was Chen Qiang's turn, the chef recognized Chen Qiang at a glance.

"You're a 100-meter athlete Chen, right? I heard that you won two foreigners and one Japanese today and won the first place! That's a good job! The Zhejiang chef said, put two boiled eggs in Chen Qiang's hands, and sandwiched an extra sausage for Chen Qiang.

"General Chen Jian, you have to eat more, eat enough, and tomorrow the champion will come back and win glory for us Chinese!"

The two eggs in his hand were still a little hot, and the sausages on the plate were also bubbling with oily luster, in the face of all this, Chen Qiang suddenly felt a different kind of emotion.

Eggs, sausages, what simple things, but behind it is the Zhejiang chef's expectations for the championship.

Zhejiang chefs are just the most ordinary members of overseas Chinese, and they are also the most insignificant members. He is not like those politicians who have traveled to Japan, who are famous and can give guidance at the slightest hint of his arms, he is just an ordinary cook who came to Japan across the ocean and earned some meager income to support his family with his own hands. Imagine if you can survive in your hometown, who wants to leave your hometown?

However, he never forgot that he was a Chinese, he had a Chinese heart, and he was supporting these Chinese athletes in the most ordinary and ordinary way.

Strictly speaking, whether Chen Qiang can win the championship or not has nothing to do with this chef. If Chen Qiang wins the championship in the 100-meter sprint, domestic officials can use it as their own political achievement, and domestic newspapers can use it to boost sales, but what about this cook? He didn't get anything good.

What he gained was only a kind of national self-confidence and pride as a Chinese.

These are enough, he is willing to give Chen Qiang an extra egg and a sausage for this, although these are some of the most insignificant things, but full of his most sincere blessings.

Chen Qiang felt that this egg and a sausage were more real than the impassioned speeches of those high-ranking officials and bigwigs before leaving, which could inspire him more and move him.

The chef from Zhejiang, a small person, a person who has nothing to do with Chen Qiang, a person who has no stake in the championship, but is exactly the person who is most looking forward to Chen Qiang winning the championship!

The reason is simple, because they are Chinese.

Get the championship and win glory for the Chinese!

Winning glory for the country is the expectation of a small person, but it is also the expectation of thousands of Chinese!

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Back in the room, Chen Qiang lay on the bed and entered the training space.

A new message appeared overhead:

Run under 11 seconds in the 100-meter dash to unlock new missions.

New mission, complete a 100-meter dash on the track. Mission time, 11 seconds, mission reward, 50 points.

"Sure enough, as I expected, running 11 seconds in the race will really unlock new missions. This time it's 100 meters in 11 seconds, and the bonus points have been increased fivefold! ”

The last time Chen Qiang ran within 12 seconds in 100 meters, he unlocked a new task, which was to run 100 meters in 12 seconds and get 10 points. Now, the mission time has been reduced by one second, and the number of points has become 50. ”

"Running 100 meters in 11 seconds is much more difficult than running 100 meters in 12 seconds, and it is more physically demanding. At my current level, if I run under 11 seconds in the 100 meters, I need to rest for half a day before I can regain my strength to run a second time. However, the reward of 50 points is also very impressive. It seems that as the difficulty of the task increases, the reward of points will become more and more, and I don't know how many points I will have for the newly unlocked task when I run within 10 seconds. ”

Thinking of this, Chen Qiang shook his head to himself.

"In this day and age, running under 10 seconds is an almost impossible task. Let's stop thinking about it and focus on the current game! Chen Qiang sighed lightly and entered the training.

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