On Chinese New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers outside is endless.

Chen Qiang made dumplings for himself, tore a roast chicken, and stewed a fish, then sat at the table and ate it in front of the light.

A sour feeling rose from Chen Qiang's heart, and the loneliness of "being alone in a foreign land as a stranger" made him a little at a loss.

It's not easy to celebrate the New Year alone.

In this year, there is no Spring Festival Gala, no Internet, no mobile phone, no red envelope grab, and no need to wait for the collection of five blessings, if the family sits together to drink, eat and chat, laughter and laughter are not lonely, but just one person, there is really nothing to do, but the sound of firecrackers outside will make people feel more lonely.

"I don't have the heart to eat, let's go to training!"

Chen Qiang went to bed a little upset, and then entered the training space.

"New Year's Day, a luxury, hire a senior coach today!" Chen Qiang directly hired a senior track and field coach for ten hours, and 50 points were spent instantly.

Perhaps it was the blow of a person's Spring Festival, but today Chen Qiang was extraordinarily focused in training.

Starting again and again, crossing the finish line again and again, and repeating monotonously again and again, Chen Qiang has begun to become numb.

But he didn't plan to rest, sports training is like this, mechanical and boring repetition, thousands of repetitions can be exchanged for a slight improvement in the strength of athletes.

The training effect of senior track and field coaches is much stronger than Chen Qiang's own training, and after ten hours of training, Chen Qiang feels that the training feels very good.

Ten hours of training in the training space is only an hour in reality.

"Keep training, I don't have to start tomorrow anyway, I can stay in the training space until tomorrow afternoon."

Fifteen hours passed in reality, while Chen Qiang spent 150 hours in the training space.

After 150 hours of training, Chen Qiang's whole body became numb, and when he left the training space and returned to the real world, he had a sense of unreality of dreaming.

The charcoal in the brazier had burned out, and the room was a little cold, but the wind blowing in from outside carried the smell of gunpowder. This is the after-effect of setting off firecrackers.

Chen Qiang knew that there would be a temple fair in the Shanghai City God Temple, so he walked to the City God Temple for a walk, and also received a task of running 10,000 meters.

What disappointed Chen Qiang was that the commercial atmosphere of the temple fair was very strong, and it felt similar to the scenic spot in later generations.

Since 1926, the City God Temple is no longer the original City God Temple, and the entire City God Temple area has been divided into several areas, including the famous Yu Garden, which has also become a trading house for bean and rice, cloth and sugar industries.

At that time, the Chenghuangmiao area implemented director-based management, and the chairman of the board of directors was Boss Huang, one of the three tycoons. In other words, the City God Temple is actually controlled by gangs, and even the Taoist priests in the temple are hired by gangs.

There are a lot of small traders and vendors in the temple fair, and the things are more expensive than usual. This kind of temple fair is all about money, and there is nothing to look at.

What's more, everyone else came from a family, but Chen Qiang went to the temple fair alone, and the heart of the single dog was instantly hit by 10,000 points.

"Don't go shopping, go back and train!" Chen Qiang returned to his residence full of grievances and entered the training space again.

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It's also a good thing to spend the New Year alone, there is no visiting relatives and friends, there is no entertainment, and if you want to fight the landlord, you can't find a card to match, Chen Qiang can only stay in the training space and focus on improving his strength.

In a blink of an eye, it was March 9, 1930, which was the day of registration for the Shanghai Trials of the National Games.

It won't take too much time to sign up, but business still has to be done, so Chen Qiang went to the car dealership early in the morning to get the car, and then ran in the direction of the China Stadium, where the registration location for the contestants was set up.

At this time, Jiangwan Stadium had not yet been built, and Zhonghua Stadium was the largest stadium in Shanghai, which once hosted the 8th Far Eastern Games, which was already an international stadium at that time.

Passing by a breakfast stall, Chen Qiang ate a bowl of tofu brain, and was just about to pull the car to continue walking, but a young man hurriedly got into Chen Qiang's car.

Chen Qiang didn't expect business to come to the door, but now he dares to go to the China Stadium to sign up, and he has no effort to pull business, so he explained: "This gentleman, I ...... today."

The young man ignored Chen Qiang, but said directly: "Go to China Stadium!" ”

As soon as Chen Qiang heard that this young man was also going to the Zhonghua Stadium, he happened to be on the way, so he stopped talking, pulled up the car and left.

"It's really good luck, I can sign up and pull a guest by the way." Chen Qiang muttered in his heart.

When he arrived at the China Stadium, the young man directly threw five cents to Chen Qiang, got out of the car, and went straight to the registration office.

"This guest is also here to sign up for the tryouts." Chen Qiang didn't go to the registration office immediately, he found a place to park first. This is the place where the drivers gather and wait for their guests.

Chen Qiang parked the car, he was not worried that the car would be lost, firstly, there were other drivers to take care of each other, and secondly, the rickshaws were all owned by the car dealership, and the car dealership belonged to the gang, stealing the rickshaw was tantamount to stealing the gang's things, and it was not as bold as the petty thief to break ground on the head of the gang.

Then Chen Qiang also walked to the registration office.

At the entrance of the registration office, there is a large notice pasted with the rules of each competition and the number of qualifiers.

Chen Qiang directly found the men's 100-meter sprint event and found that there was only one place to participate in the National Games.

"Why is there only one spot? According to the information I have seen in later generations, in the track and field competition of the old Chinese National Games, each team could send four athletes in each event. ”

Chen Qiang looked at other events, 200 meters, 400 meters, and there is only one place for the National Games.

That is to say, in each event, no matter how many people participate in the selection, only one person can qualify in the end and participate in the National Games.

This is not quite the same as the rules of the National Games, four places have become one place, which makes Chen Qiang a little confused, he pondered for a long time, and roughly guessed the reason.

The first is that athletes of this era are not as specialized as later generations.

Later generations of track and field athletes often only focus on one event, running 100 meters only 100 meters, running 200 meters and only running 200 meters, athletes who are both 100 meters and 200 meters, in high-level competitions, almost disappeared.

In the twenties, sprinters would not only run 100 meters and 200 meters, but also 400 meters, such as Liu Changchun, the first Chinese Olympic person, who signed up for the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters at the 1932 Olympic Games. At that time, there were not a few sprinters who signed up for the three events.

Another example is Yu Xiwei, who was the same name as Liu Changchun at that time, he was best at running in the 800m and 1500m, but he also participated in the 200m, 400m, 3000m, 5000m, and even 10-mile races.

In later generations, this is absolutely impossible, and it is simply hilarious that an athlete can run a sprint, a middle run, and a long-distance run at the same time, and also run a 10-mile marathon.

Taking sprinting as an example, a sprinter has to compete in three events at the same time: 100m, 200m and 400m, which is equivalent to one person occupying three quotas.

Therefore, the Shanghai team simply only gives each event a quota, a quota for 100 meters, a quota for 200 meters, and a quota for 400 meters. In this way, the number of participants in the National Games will be sufficient.

The second reason is the problem of funding.

It costs money to send people to the competition, such as transportation expenses to Hangzhou, clothing expenses for the competition, etc., and even the food and accommodation of the athletes in Hangzhou have to pay a certain fee to the organizer.

This money must be from the Shanghai Municipal Government, and three people will spend a lot less money than twelve people, and the fewer people will be sent, the less money will be spent.

The Shanghai government is not inferior to thousands of oceans, the key is that the money is spent on athletes, how can officials be greedy?

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Chen Qiang looked at the bulletin board and couldn't help frowning.

"Unlike what I expected, there was only one qualifier for the 100m dash. I thought there were four places, so it would not be difficult to qualify for the National Games, and I could hide it a little bit so as not to attract too much attention. But now there is only one place, and I have to be the best of all the competitors to be able to go to the National Games! ”

This result deviated somewhat from Chen Qiang's plan.

Mu Xiu will be destroyed by Lin Feng, Chen Qiang understands this truth, Chen Qiang's plan is to preserve his strength in the selection competition, as long as he can get the quota for the National Games, and wait until the main competition of the National Games, and then show his real strength and make a splash.

Now it seems that this plan will not work, with only one place to participate, Chen Qiang can only compete for the first place, and the first place will inevitably attract everyone's attention.

"It's impossible to develop obscenely, it's impossible to get the only place, it's impossible to keep a low profile, try not to be too prodigal!"

Chen Qiang took a deep breath, and then continued to watch the bulletin board, he found the rules for promotion.

The rules for qualifying for track and field events are simple, whoever has good results will get a quota place.

For example, in the 100-meter sprint event, all the registered runners are divided into several groups for competition, which is not counted, and there is no preliminary semi-final round, just look at the results, and whoever has the best result in the end can get the only place.

"It's a straightforward rule. However, compared to the promotion tournament system, under this rule, each player only has one chance, which is a one-shot deal. ”

Chen Qiang looked at the time of the selection competition again, and it was set for the next Sunday, and then Chen Qiang walked into the registration office.

There were three tables with signs on them, and the applicants were standing in three rows. The young man who Chen Qiang brought in just now was standing in front of the table on the left, and there were two people queuing up at the back door.

After a few moments, the young man had completed his registration, took a form and turned to leave. When he turned around, he just saw Chen Qiang who was queuing.

The young man immediately recognized that this was not the coachman who had brought him.

"Why did you come in, just right, send me back!" The young man spoke.

Chen Qiang shook his head: "Sir, you have to wait for a while, I still have to sign up." ”

"Sign up? Do you want to sign up? Do you know what this place is? A strange expression appeared on the young man's face.

Chen Qiang did not answer, but nodded.

"Know you're still here?" The young man seemed to have seen something extremely funny.

Chen Qiang was stunned, and then he understood what the other party meant from the young man's expression.

This young man obviously thinks that Chen Qiang is just a coachman, how can he come to participate in the selection of the National Games?

"Didn't you say that all farmers and businessmen can sign up!" Chen Qiang said.

"Well, that's what I said." The young man nodded, then showed a mocking smile, and then said, "I didn't expect you to really believe it!" ”

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The young man did not leave, but stayed in the registration office, waiting for Chen Qiang to sign up.

For him, a coachman signing up for the National Games is simply a big miracle, which is more exciting than watching a play, how can he be willing to leave.

The two people in front of Chen Qiang quickly completed the registration, and it was Chen Qiang's turn.

The person in charge of signing up for Chen Qiang is a middle-aged man, at first glance, this person probably has all the characteristics of a middle-aged dick, sloppy, greasy, decadent, sitting there looks very bloated, the hairstyle is a typical Mediterranean style, there are obvious forehead lines on the black and yellow face, the whole person wants to look like no appearance, and has no temperament. At first glance, he is the kind of person who does not seek progress in his career and just waits for work all day long.

The man sat behind the desk, glanced at Chen Qiang at first, and then said, "The registration fee is 5 cents." ”

Chen Qiang handed 5 cents to the middle-aged dick man, and the middle-aged dick man took out a form and asked, "Name?" ”

"Chen Qiang, strong and strong." Chen Qiang replied.

"Age?" The middle-aged dick man added: "I'm asking about the first birthday." ”

"16 years old." Chen Qiang replied.

"You're young! To participate in the national athlete at such a young age, there is ambition. What program do you want to sign up for? The middle-aged dick asked again.

"Sprint, 100 meters." Chen Qiang said.

The middle-aged dick man wrote 100 meters on the registration form, and after waiting for a few seconds, he found that Chen Qiang didn't speak again, so he raised his head and asked, "What else?" ”

"If you don't have it, just sign up for the 100 meters." Chen Qiang replied very simply.

"What about the 200 meters and 400 meters, don't you register together?" The middle-aged dick man then explained: "Anyway, it's all a sprint, let's all report it, and I won't charge extra money." ”

Chen Qiang shook his head: "One 100 meters is enough." ”

The middle-aged dick man raised his head: "You are a descendant, why can't I understand you!" You've already paid 5 cents, why don't you sign up for a few more projects? And there is only one place for each event, if you haven't run others in the 100 meters, you can also go to the 200 meters and 400 meters to try, two more chances! Maybe you'll make the cut. ”

"100 meters is a straight, and I will run the straight, not the corner." Chen Qiang had no choice but to speak.

"Okay then! 100 meters is 100 meters! Seeing that the middle-aged dick man couldn't persuade Chen Qiang, he just sighed helplessly, and then asked: "The next column is career, which school are you a student in?" ”

"I'm not a student." Chen Qiang replied.

The middle-aged dick Si Nan immediately raised his head and looked at Chen Qiang with a surprised expression, he thought that Chen Qiang's age must be a student of a certain school, after all, the people who came here to sign up were also students.

Although Shinong and businessmen can sign up, so far, the middle-aged dick Si man has not met anyone other than students.

The middle-aged dick silk man was already greasy enough, and he showed this cute surprised expression, which gave Chen Qiang goosebumps, in order to avoid being disgusted, Chen Qiang hurriedly said: "I'm a coachman, rickshaw driver." ”

"Coachman? Pulling a foreign car? The middle-aged dick man showed an expression of "you tease me", obviously not believing what Chen Qiang said.

At this time, the young man next to him came over and deliberately said loudly: "He is really a coachman, I can testify that I came here in the car he pulled, and the five cents he signed up for is still the car money I just gave." Unexpectedly, a coachman came to sign up for the National Games! ”

The young man's voice was so loud that it could be heard throughout the room, and his voice attracted the attention of everyone in the room.

"Coachman? Really? ”

"The one who pulls the foreign car also came to sign up? Today is something new! ”

"Aren't all students participating in the competition? Why did you still get in and pull a foreign car? ”

"Does he know what a sports competition is?"

The people in the room began to talk quietly.

This discussion made Chen Qiang a little unhappy, why can't you sign up for a foreign car, don't you look down on a foreign car?

These people really look down on the people who pull foreign carts, after all, rickshaw drivers are the lowest level of society.

Chen Qiang had no choice but to speak: "It doesn't say anything in the registration rules, don't let the driver sign up, right?" ”

"Well, that's true, there are no restrictions on occupations, farmers and businessmen can sign up, and peddlers and pawns can also give it a try." The middle-aged dick Si Nan nodded helplessly, lowered his voice and said to Chen Qiang: "That being said, don't really believe it!" ”

Chen Qiang was suddenly a little speechless, and the sentence "Don't you really believe it" made him unable to answer.

The rules set by the government agencies are also publicized in the newspapers, and then they tell you that the content of the announcement is "don't really believe it", telling jokes!

The middle-aged cock man continued: "You are too real in this offspring, do you really think that you, the person pulling a foreign car, can outrun those students?" Stop dreaming! There is only one place for this 100-meter sprint, I'm afraid there will be forty or fifty people to grab it, you can't grab others, otherwise, don't sign up, it's not easy for you to make money by pulling a foreign car, while my chapter has not been covered, I will return the five cents to you. Don't waste this money, go buy something delicious, it's better than participating in any national games! ”

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