Losing three games in a row, this foreigner was a little confused.

"I felt really bad today, I lost three games in a row, and I was almost beaten"

Foreigners are a little unbelieving in evil, how can an opponent who was on par with him yesterday not be able to beat him today!

So the foreigner played a few games with Chen Qiang, but every game was a failure.

Before you know it, this foreigner has lost ten games in a row!

The foreigner was a little depressed, and he still couldn't figure out why he lost so badly today.

"Tom, you've lost several games in a row, you're no match for him, come down!" A short foreigner next to him spoke.

The foreigner looked back at the person who spoke, and said with a look of indignation: "Today is just that I am not in a state, and yesterday, we were still evenly matched." ”

"Okay, since you're not in the state, then don't insist, change me to play two games with this gentleman from the East!" The short foreigner who spoke walked over.

Chen Qiang's opponent became this short foreigner.

The short foreigner's ball skills are very good, and the style of play is very sharp, and he belongs to the kind of player who attacks fiercely.

But he also made a lot of mistakes, and in the end, frequent mistakes also caused him to bury a game.

In the blink of an eye, the short foreigner also lost five in a row.

"This Oriental is a master of billiards, and I am not his opponent." After the short foreigner realized this, he gave up the idea of continuing to compete with Chen Qiang, put down the club, and lost the battle.

There are quite a few people in this bar, and there is nothing to entertain on this ship anyway, except for reading books and going to the casino, that is, to come to the bar for a drink. At this time, after someone saw that Chen Qiang had defeated the two of them one after another, he couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately stepped forward to compete with Chen Qiang.

In this way, Chen Qiang has not been idle, and defeated five Americans who played billiards very well one after another.

……

A Chinese who played billiards very well appeared on the boat, and the news spread.

Americans still love sports, and there are not a few Americans who can play billiards, and there are many who think they can play billiards well.

So when Chen Qiang appeared in the bar again, he ushered in several new challengers.

The strength of these challengers is also uneven, some of them are really powerful, and Chen Qiang has to spend a lot of effort to win; Some are more dish-oriented, and when they come up to fight Chen Qiang, they give away their heads.

After all, billiards is a sport that tests skills, and in this kind of sport that tests skills, the concepts and techniques that transcend the times play a huge role.

In the future, billiards has been commercialized, and billiards has also brought huge benefits to practitioners, and there are many people who specialize in billiards. From the center of gravity of the cue to the posture of hitting the ball, all people have studied, and some people even go to study anatomy in order to study the method of gripping, and then analyze the pros and cons of various grip methods from the dissection structure of the wrist and arm.

This kind of refined research to the limit seemed to people in the thirties to be completely impossible. But it is also a variety of exquisite research, combined together, that gradually formed the billiards technology system of later generations.

In fact, Chen Qiang does not have an amazing talent in billiards, and the training time is not long enough, but with advanced technology and concepts, he is enough to deal with these billiards players on the ship.

Of course, Chen Qiang can't win every game, he occasionally loses a few games, after all, the opponent is also strong, and occasionally he will encounter some good luck, seize an opportunity to clear from beginning to end.

But most of the time, Chen Qiang is winning. Win a game with 15 points, and at the end of the day, Chen Qiang can also brush up on hundreds of points.

Those Americans who lost to Chen Qiang did not resent Chen Qiang because of this, and many even became good friends with Chen Qiang. Billiards is originally a gentleman's sport, and in formal billiards games, it is difficult for the audience to hear other sounds except for the impact between balls. There is no shouting after victory, no roaring after frustration, and even coughing is forbidden by the rules.

It is precisely because of this that everyone who plays billiards will try their best to maintain an elegant and decent posture, even if some Americans will discriminate against Chen Qiang's identity as a Chinese, but in the billiards arena, they will still smile to face Chen Qiang.

Within a few days, Chen Qiang became a well-known figure on this ship. Americans all know that there is a Chinese young man who plays billiards very well, and some people even come to see Chen Qiang play.

……

At lunchtime, Chen Qiang came to the restaurant in the second class.

"Hey, Chen, come and sit here!" An American waved to Mr. Chen.

Chen Qiang walked over, and immediately an American gave up a seat for Chen Qiang.

"Today's grilled fish is very good, you can try it, and the steamed broccoli, it's so exciting to have broccoli to eat in this sea." The American who gave up his seat to Chen Qiang introduced him and asked, "Do you want to play a game after lunch?" I lost three games to you yesterday, and you're going to give me a chance to get my revenge!" ”

"I'm happy to accompany you." Chen Qiang replied with a smile. This American's billiards level is relatively average, but he feels that he is very powerful, since the other party is willing to help Chen Qiang brush up points, Chen Qiang will definitely not refuse.

On the other side, another American spoke: "Henry, I see you have to lose to Chen today, Chen is so good at playing billiards, even if he can't score a goal, he will stop the main ball in a position where you can't score." ”

Several Americans next to him had competed with Chen Qiang, and at this time they began to express their opinions and chat lively.

Not far away, Nanfang Zhongping looked at this scene with some surprise.

"It's only been a few days on the ship, how did Chen Qiang know so many Americans? Judging by the way he talks to Americans, he seems to be very proficient in English! ”

As a world-class athlete, Nanfang Zhongping also hopes to integrate into the circle of Europeans and Americans, not because Nanfang Zhongping admires foreign countries, but because European and American track and field athletes often represent better skills and more systematic training, and Nanfang Zhongping hopes to communicate with European and American athletes to learn their strengths.

Unfortunately, language is the biggest obstacle.

Southern Tadahei does not have a high level of English, and the Japanese have historically not paid much attention to English education.

Even in the future, the English proficiency of Japanese people will be complained about by other Asian countries. The Japanese are known for their meticulousness and attention to detail, but this characteristic has become an obstacle when learning a foreign language.

And the Japanese English pronunciation will always confuse foreigners, such as Salad (salad), the Japanese pronunciation is "Salad", Google (Google), the Japanese pronunciation is "goo-goo"; Taxi (taxi), the Japanese pronunciation is "he cries play". I really can't understand this pronunciation when it comes to Americans.

……

Kishi Qingyi came to the first-class dining room, he ordered the meal, picked up the knife and fork, and tried his best to look like a gentleman.

Kishi Kishi had studied in the United States, so English was not a problem for him, and although he still spoke with a Japanese accent and did not pronounce it as smoothly as a real American, Americans could understand it.

Today's first-class guests seem to have lunch on purpose, so there are not many empty seats in the first-class restaurant, and many passengers are afraid that they will have to share a table to eat. Fortunately, Western food is served for one person, and whoever orders whatever dish is served, and sharing the table does not matter.

I saw a bespectacled foreigner man walk to the opposite side of Kishi Qingyi and asked, "Can I sit down?" ”

"Absolutely." Kishi Kiyoshi replied.

If you were Japanese, you would probably rather stand and wait for the seat to become vacant than trouble others. The Americans obviously did not pay attention to this, and when they saw that there were vacancies here, they asked if there was any, and they sat down.

There weren't many people who could afford to sit in the first class, but after a few days of sailing, Kishi Kiyoshi also got to know the other passengers in the first class, and he knew that this man with glasses was a rich banker.

The banker finished ordering, then looked at Kishi Kishi and asked, "Sir, are you going to the United States to participate in the Olympics?" ”

"Yes, I'm the team leader." Kishi Kiyoshi replied proudly.

"I've seen one of your athletes, a very young lad, who plays billiards very well, and there is almost no one on this boat who is his opponent, and last night, I played against him and unfortunately lost to him!" The banker spoke.

"Thank you for the compliment." A smile appeared on Kishi's face.

"When I go back, I have to ask, who went to play billiards last night, and being able to win praise from the Americans can be regarded as Japan's prestige overseas!" Kishi Qingyi said secretly in his heart.

At this time, the banker continued: "I remember that young man named Chen Qiang, I really didn't expect that among you Chinese, there are still billiards players who play so well." ”

"Chen Qiang!" The smile on Kishiki's face disappeared in an instant.

It's been a long time, and this banker has been praising Chen Qiang!

There is also the phrase "you Chinese", which made Kishi Qingyi even more shocked!

"Sir, I'm very sorry, I'm not Chinese, I'm Japanese." Kishi Kiyoshi immediately defended.

The banker suddenly showed an embarrassed expression, and he opened his mouth to respond: "Oh, I was mistaken, I thought you were also Chinese!" Sorry, you are all yellow, I really can't distinguish between Chinese and Japanese, you Japanese look too much like Chinese. ”

The banker's last sentence gave Kishi Kishi another blow to his heart.

What does it mean that Japanese people look too much like Chinese?

Doesn't this American know that this kind of description is generally used to describe sons and fathers?

For example, "Your son looks too much like you!" ”

No one will say, "You look too much like your son." ”

……

Chen Qiang's life is very nourishing, playing billiards during the day and abusing Americans, and at night he enters the space and continues to train in sprinting and long jump.

Since the training in the space can act on the body, Chen Qiang's body has not weakened, but has become stronger and stronger.

Liu Changchun is different, after seven or eight days of no training, his state has begun to decline, and Chen Qiang can even see that Liu Changchun, who lacks exercise, seems to have gained some fat.

This is not good news for athletes who are about to compete in the Olympics. But there are no sports facilities, and there is no space for athletes to train, so all Liu Changchun can do is do gymnastics on the deck and exercise his body in this way.

After a multi-day voyage, the ship arrived in Hawaii.

Seeing the long-lost land, of course Chen Qiang had to get off the boat for a tour, not to mention that Hawaii was originally a resort, and Chen Qiang in his previous life had never been to Hawaii, but now that he has the opportunity, of course Chen Qiang can't miss it.

The ship stayed in Hawaii for a day before continuing its journey to the continental United States.

……

After more than 20 days of turbulence in the Pacific Ocean, Chen Qiang and his party finally arrived in Los Angeles. On the wharf in Los Angeles, Shen Siliang, leader of the Chinese delegation, several members of the US Olympic Committee, and hundreds of overseas Chinese had already been waiting for a long time.

Shen Siliang is one of the founders of the Chinese Sports Association, but also the honorary director general of the Association, this person has the background of the American church, during the Anti-Japanese War once served as the president of St. John's University, in the Wang puppet government as a member of the "City Council" standing committee and "Shanghai Special City Sports Association" and other pseudo-positions, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War was sentenced to one year in prison for the crime of traitor, after being released from prison went to the United States to become a pastor.

Since it was the first time for China to send people to participate in the Olympic Games, the local overseas Chinese attached great importance to it and specially found a car to greet the Chinese Olympic delegation. In front of the car, there were even two American policemen escorted by motorcycles, and behind the car was a convoy that stretched for hundreds of meters. It can be seen that the Chinese community is still very powerful in Los Angeles.

When the convoy arrived in Chinatown, it was immediately welcomed by countless overseas Chinese, and the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums resounded.

The car eventually arrived at a large hotel, which was the temporary residence of Chen Qiang and others, and in the evening, the overseas Chinese group also held a reception ceremony for Chen Qiang and Liu Changchun in this hotel.

……

The next morning, Chen Qiang came to the restaurant of the hotel to eat, and in front of the restaurant, he took two free newspapers from the restaurant.

"The quality of American newspapers is much better than that of Chinese newspapers, not just double-sided printing, but also photographing."

Chen Qiang looked at a somewhat blurry photo on the front page of the newspaper and quickly began to browse the headline.

After turning the page, Chen Qiang saw a photo of himself and Liu Changchun appearing in the newspaper, this photo was very unclear, and he could only see two people waving at the camera, but their appearance was not very clear.

"This is a picture taken yesterday when we got off the boat. The newspapers in the United States even reported the news of our Chinese Olympic delegation. Chen Qiang glanced at the title, but his brows furrowed.

The title reads: Can Chinese run?

After seeing this title, Chen Qiang felt angry, but not surprised.

Later generations of Chen Qiang have read some records about China's participation in the 1932 Olympic Games, including Liu Changchun's memories and some books published by Shen Siliang. It has been mentioned many times that the US press is very unfriendly to the Chinese Olympic delegation and has made many discriminatory remarks.

In the United States, discrimination against Chinese people is not new, but this is the Olympics, and the media openly makes discriminatory remarks about athletes participating in the Olympics, which in itself is against the Olympic spirit.

"Or because China is too weak!" Chen Qiang sighed helplessly.

China is a weak country, which Chen Qiang cannot change, and he does not have the ability to change.

The next few generations of Chinese have worked hard to make the country prosperous, and I don't know how many difficulties and obstacles have been overcome, how much hard work has been paid, and how many people have made sacrifices for this. This is not the kind of obscenity, just a random traverser can pat his head and think of a few ideas and make a few inventions.

But Chen Qiang was able to tell Americans that the Chinese can really run, and they will run faster than the Americans!

"These media, wait, there are still ten days before the Olympics, and then I will win the gold medal and slap you in the face!" Chen Qiang thought silently.

……

The overseas Chinese community in the United States found a student named Liu Xuesong to study in the United States, who was responsible for the daily life of Chen Qiang and Liu Changchun, so after breakfast, Liu Xuesong came to the hotel, and then took Chen Qiang and Liu Changchun around Los Angeles.

In the afternoon of the same day, Shen Siliang brought another American, this person named Tuo Ping, the sports director of the Shanghai Overseas Chinese Youth Association, was now returning to Los Angeles on vacation, and when he heard that the Chinese athletes had arrived, he rushed over to fulfill the friendship of the host.

When it comes to the Shanghai Overseas Chinese Youth Association, Chen Qiang still knows that most of the sports activities organized by Western expatriates in old Shanghai were organized by the Overseas Chinese Youth Association. The sports building on Nanjing Road in Shanghai was the former site of the Xiqiao Youth Association. This building was built by the Rockefeller family, and the design adopts the style of the American Arts and Crafts School, imitating the Relais Building in Chicago, with classical style in shape and decoration, which is a very distinctive landmark building in old Shanghai.

Chen Qiang proposed to Topping that he wanted to find a temporary venue for training, and Topping immediately agreed. The next day, Topping brought good news, he found a playground in a community school, and now the students are on summer vacation, and the playground is under control, which can be used for Chen Qiang and Liu Changchun training.

With the venue, Chen Qiang and Liu Changchun immediately devoted themselves to training, and there were still nine days left before the Olympic Games, and they had to find their form as soon as possible to make up for the loss of competitive state in sea sailing.

……

When Chen Qiang stood on the long jump sand pit, Liu Changchun and Song Junfu had just learned that Chen Qiang had not only signed up for three sprint events, but also two long jump events.

"Chen Qiang, you can't chew too much, three sprint events are enough, why bother to participate in the long jump competition again?" Liu Changchun said.

Song Junfu also nodded approvingly: "Chen Qiang, I know that you are very strong in sprinting, but after all, this is the Olympic Games, and those who can come here are the top athletes in the world." It is not easy to win an award on a project. Besides, I've seen the schedule, and on the day of the long jump, there will be a preliminary 200-meter competition, and the triple jump will be held on the same day as the 400-meter preliminary competition. Is your fitness good enough to handle that many races? ”

"Coach Song, don't worry, just jump a few times on the court, I can handle it." Chen Qiang replied quite confidently.

Later, Chen Qiang tried to practice a few jumps, and he used a stand-up position.

In later generations, when Chen Qiang was an athlete, he also practiced long jump, standing up and walking, and he was relatively good at it.

Among the three positions of the long jump, although the squatting pose is the simplest and most primitive, it is not only the distance of the jump will be closer, and many black athletes with excellent explosive power will use the squat style to take off in the air, including many Olympic champion-level players.

For example, legendary American athlete Jesse Owens broke the world record in the long jump by using the simplest squat to take off.

The walking take-off, which appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century, was also used by most athletes, but in 1932, the technique of the walk-in take-off did not develop much.

Stand-up take-off, which appeared in 1931, was the first to be used by the Japanese player Nanbu Tadahei, and Nanbu Tadahei broke the world record in the long jump by relying on the posture of standing upright. Chen Qiang also saw the news in the newspaper before he planned to participate in the long jump competition at the Olympic Games.

In the future, many Asian athletes will use push-ups, although the speed and explosiveness of Asian athletes are not as good as those of blacks, but their body coordination and balance are better.

For black athletes, the upright jump is a more difficult technique to master, and they prefer to use speed and explosiveness to win.

In the thirties, there were not many black track and field athletes, and they were not as radiant as later generations. Only the U.S. team can find black athletes at the Olympics. In an era when black athletes had not yet risen, relying on a long jump technique that stood up and soared into the air was enough to get a good result in the long jump.

At this time, Chen Qiang's trial jump immediately attracted Song Junfu's attention.

Song Junfu walked to the sand pool and asked, "Chen Qiang, are you the most advanced upright to take off?" ”

"Yes, it's standing up and taking off." Chen Qiang replied.

"I knew that Japanese athletes used this technique to break the world record in the long jump, but I had never seen this new long jump technique but I had never seen it, and I didn't expect you to master this technique." Song Junfu let out a long sigh, and then said: "No wonder you dare to sign up for the long jump event, it turns out that you have a killer feature!" ”

"There are no three, two, three, then dare to go to Liangshan!" Chen Qiang replied with a smile.

In the long jump, Chen Qiang does have a killer feature, but it is not this set of upright skills.

Although Chen Qiang's upright take-off comes from later generations, and the technical details are better than Nanfang Zhongping, but Nanfang Zhongping is the best long jumper in this era, and he also uses stand-up take-off, Chen Qiangzhen is not confident that he can break the world record of Nanfang Zhongping.

In order to be able to defeat Southern Zhongping, Chen Qiang prepared a set of real killer features, and it was a unique killer feature, which was a technology that had never appeared in this era!

……

On July 30, 1932, the 10th Olympic Games officially opened.

As the main venue of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium is already crowded and full.

Chen Qiang has been to the stadium before, but not to watch the Olympics, but to watch the rugby game. In the future, the stadium will be home to the University of California in Los Angeles, and it will also be used temporarily when the NFL's Rams return to Los Angeles.

In his previous life, Chen Qiang had seen the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games many times, but as an athlete, it was the first time to participate in it in person.

There are a total of seven people in China participating in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, in addition to Chen Qiang, Liu Changchun and Song Junfu, there are also Shen Siliang, honorary director general of the All-China Sports Association, and Liu Xuesong, a foreign student.

Topping was happy to accept such an honor, and it was not the first time that Topping had participated in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, having represented Turkey at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in 1924.

But the most peculiar one of the Chinese team is not the American Topping, but the North Korean Shin Guoquan.

Born in the Lee dynasty of North Korea, Shin was a descendant of Korean aristocrats who came to China to study after the fall of the Joseon dynasty, and was a very good footballer in his youth, and later devoted himself to physical education. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the liberation of the Korean Peninsula, Shin served as the South Korean Consul General in Shanghai, and later returned to South Korea as the vice president of the Korean Sports Association and participated in the 1948 London Olympics as the deputy head of the Korean delegation.

Shen Guoquan also used to teach at Northeastern University, so he was a colleague of Song Junfu, and he also knew Liu Changchun. Counting it, Shen Guoquan can be regarded as half a Chinese.

It's just that in Chen Qiang's view, Shen Guoquan appeared at the Los Angeles Olympics as a member of the Chinese delegation, which probably has political intentions behind it.

China was once the suzerainty of Korea, but now that Korea is occupied by the Japanese, it is more like denying the Japanese occupation of Korea to have a North Korean join the Chinese Olympic delegation and appear at the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympics. Considering the fall of the Northeast in the 918 Incident, it is not surprising that Nanjing had such an operation.

"This is probably also Nanjing's counterattack against the Japanese, right?" Chen Qiang smiled sarcastically, and said secretly in his heart: "What did you do earlier, I didn't see Nanjing so active when the Northeast fell, but I used this kind of small action in the Olympic Games!" Did you deliberately do it for the Americans? ”

……

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in this era was simple, and there were not all kinds of rich performances like later generations. The opening ceremony was modeled after the religious ceremonies of ancient Greece, with the President of the United States announcing the opening, the athletes entering the stadium, raising the Olympic flag, singing the Olympic hymn, lighting the Olympic flame, releasing doves of peace, firing the salute, and the athletes taking the oath.

In 1932, there were 37 participating countries in the Olympic Games, and China and Colombia were the first to participate, because the host was in the United States, considering the problem of funding, there were not many European athletes, so the actual athletes participating in the Olympic Games were only one-third of the last Olympic Games, a total of 1,048 people, of which 337 were Americans, accounting for one-third.

The Great Depression eventually affected the Olympics, and countries with a large number of colonies, such as Britain and France, could still rely on colonial blood transfusions to resist the Great Depression, while other countries without colonies could only tighten their belts and live a hard life. A ticket from Europe to the United States, before the Great Depression, was affordable for Europeans, but after the Great Depression, the same ticket seemed so expensive.

As a result, in many projects, there are cases where people sign up but do not come to the competition.

After the opening ceremony, Chen Qiang also got the schedule and group list for the first day of the Olympic Games.

On July 31, the morning of the first day of the Los Angeles Olympics, Chen Qiang and Liu Changchun will both appear on the stage to participate in the preliminary round of the 100-meter dash. Athletes who make the cut in the preliminary round will compete in the 100-meter sprint in the afternoon.

The 100m preliminary race is divided into seven groups, some with four competitors and others with five competitors. The rules of the game are that the top three teams in the group advance to the semi-finals, which means that in the four-man group, only the bottom two will be eliminated, while in the five-man group, the bottom two will be eliminated.

Liu Changchun was divided into the second group, this group of five people, in addition to Liu Changchun, the athletes in the same group are George Simpson of the United States, Ennie Page of Great Britain, Engel of Czechoslovakia, and Bounu Sutton of British India.

George Simpson is an American star who has won the 200m at the Olympics.

Chen Qiang was placed in the fourth group, which also consisted of five people, in addition to Chen Qiang, the other four were Mexico's Moira, Argentina's Bianchi, Germany's Helmut Klenig, and Canada's Parcy Williams.

After seeing this grouping, Song Junfu's expression suddenly became solemn.

"Chen Qiang, your group is not easy, Germany's Helmut Klenigge is Europe's top sprinter, he has won three German championships in the 100-meter sprint, four German champions in the 200-meter sprint, he also won the bronze medal in the 200-meter at the last Amsterdam Olympics, and this time he is very hopeful to enter the final."

"Canada's Patsy Williams is even stronger, you've heard his name, he won gold in the 100m and 200m at the last Olympics in Amsterdam, and more importantly, he is the world record holder in the 100m dash, and in 1930, he set a new world record in the 100m dash with a time of 10.3 seconds at the British Empire Games!"

The other two contestants, although Song Junfu did not know each other, but only Helmut Klenig and Parcy Williams were enough to make this group a group of death. One is one of Europe's top sprinters, the other is even better, the world record holder, which almost booked two qualifying spots, and the other three have to fight for the last spot.

"It's another group of death, which reminds me of the rematch of the National Games that year." Chen Qiang shook his head disappreciatively, as if he didn't take this so-called death group in his eyes.

Chen Qiang is confident in his own strength, in the past year, Chen Qiang did not participate in the competition, and the 100-meter dash result has always been fixed at the number of 10.5 seconds, but Chen Qiang's real strength is close to 10 seconds.

Thanks to the growth of his body, Chen Qiang now has better strength, speed and explosiveness than a year ago, and even if his technique does not improve in the slightest, his performance will improve.

What's more, for more than a year, Chen Qiang has not stopped practicing. Ten times the bonus time in the training space, even if it is one-fifth of the 100-meter event, Chen Qiang's training time is twice that of ordinary people.

Now Chen Qiang already has the strength to break the world record!

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