Don Boogie looked at the scoreboard on the sidelines with a confused expression.

He lost the first two sets, and now he is down 5-3 in the third set, and if he loses one more game, he will lose the whole match.

At the U.S. Open in the thirties, the whole process was best-of-five in five games, so now Don Boogie has been pushed to the edge of the cliff.

Until now, Don Boogie still can't figure out how he could lose like this.

Don Boogie felt that the two sides were evenly matched from beginning to end, but Chen Qiang was always able to slowly take the lead in the score.

Don Boogie didn't know that there is a saying that zero cutting meat doesn't hurt, just like many people swipe their credit cards to buy things, just buy a little bit every day, and don't spend much, but when it's time to repay the card debt every month, they find that they spent so much money last month.

This is the case with Don Boogie now, in this match, he made more mistakes and conceded more points than Chen Qiang, which were inconspicuous in the whole set of the match, but cumulatively allowed Chen Qiang to take the lead.

At this point, Don Boogie seemed to realize that the match was already over, but Don Boogie did not want to lose, he has been undefeated since Wimbledon last year, he has become so used to winning that he has even forgotten what it is like to lose.

As the strongest tennis player in the world at the time, Don Boogie also had a strong sense of self-esteem and desire to win, which inspired him to become more and more courageous.

However, sports competitions do not mean that victory can be achieved by courage or willpower, especially in tennis, which emphasizes technique and tactics, and when the skills are almost the same, the game will fail at the tactical level and the game is destined to lose.

Seeing that Don Boogie was about to lose, the audience at the scene gradually quieted down, and the warm applause after each goal had disappeared, and the eyes of the fans looking at Don Boogie changed from frenzy to anxiety, and then from anxiety to disappointment.

Before the game, no one thought that the tennis brother Don Boogie would lose to Chen Qiang, a rookie who participated in tennis for the first time. It's like a team participating in the World Cup for the first time beating the giants!

In the audience, everyone's faces were incredible, and they didn't understand why the winner would be Chen Qiang.

Although Chen Qiang excelled in athletics, it did not help him to score points in tennis, as athletics and tennis are different sports. China's table tennis has dominated the world for decades, but no one thinks that the Chinese team can beat the American Dream Team just because the Chinese team plays table tennis well.

On top of that, Don Boogie is playing at home, and there are too many spectators around him who are Don Boogie fans, and almost everyone who comes to watch the game expects Don Boogie to be crowned at home. However, the final championship fell on Chen Qiang's head, and the audience could not accept this reality for a while.

The expressions of the more than 14,000 spectators at the scene were probably like the Warriors fans in the final game of the 2016 NBA Finals, when the Warriors led the Cavaliers 3-1 in the Finals, and the Warriors still held two home courts, but the Cavaliers won three games in a row and turned the game 4-3 after falling behind by a score of 1-3. And the last game of the game was played on the home court of the Warriors. It was also brutal for the home fans to witness the Warriors being overturned with a lead and home-court advantage.

And now, the fans in New York have also felt this cruelty, and their expectations have gradually come to naught with Chen Qiang's lead......

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The moment the referee announced the end of the match, Don Boogie covered his face with his hands to hide the pain in his heart.

There was also applause in the audience, and the quality of these American spectators was quite good, although they preferred that Don Boogie could win, but when Chen Qiang defeated Don Boogie, they still gave Chen Qiang a round of applause.

At that time, tennis was an aristocratic sport, and the rich would always try to keep it safe. On this occasion, even if you are naturally rude, you have to pretend to be very educated, although you are scolding your mother in your heart, you have to have an expression of being intoxicated by the competition on your face. So although the result of the game was not what people expected, the applause was still indispensable.

In fact, for many Americans present, Chen Qiang is not a stranger, in the past two Olympic Games, Chen Qiang's achievements in track and field, making him a small celebrity in the United States, at least these people who can come to see tennis, more or less have heard of Chen Qiang's name.

Next came the award ceremony, where Chen Qiang won the trophy that symbolized the US Open championship.

Among the four major tennis tournaments, the US Open trophy is one of the less existential, such as the Wimbledon trophy called the "Challenger Cup", the French Open trophy called the "Musketeer Cup", while the US Open trophy has no name.

The U.S. Open trophy is made every year, and the winner can take it home as a souvenir. At the same time as the annual US Open tournament, the official souvenir shop also has a one-to-one replica of the US Open trophy, and the quality is very good, and of course the price is quite expensive. So as long as you have the money, you can keep a replica of the US Open trophy at home.

Standing on the podium, Chen Qiang weighed the trophy in his hand, which was quite heavy. In this era, the research on alloys was still relatively superficial, so the trophies were also made of common metals, and the materials were full. This trophy also needs to be well maintained, otherwise it will rust.

This is followed by routine on-site interview time.

The supporter invited Chen Qiang to the microphone and asked, "Mr. Chen, you should be participating in tennis for the first time, right?" ”、

Chen Qiang nodded: "Although I have been practicing tennis for many years, this is the first time I have participated in an official tennis competition. ”

"The first time you participated in an official tennis tournament, you won the championship, how do you feel now?" The moderator asked.

"I'm excited, I'm honored, but I'm more glad!" Chen Qiang said.

"Rejoice? It's the first time I've met a winner, so why would you feel lucky? The moderator then asked.

"In fact, at this time last year, I almost died, and I was very badly injured. And now, a year later, I'm standing on the U.S. Open and lifting the trophy, so I'm glad! Chen Qiang said.

"Oh, that's terrible, was it a training injury?" The moderator asked.

"No, it was an aerial bomb that exploded above my head." Chen Qiang replied.

"......Oooo

Even the host asked: "Mr. Chen, I heard you right, you are talking about aerial bombs?" ”

"Yes, more than a dozen of my companions died in that aerial bomb, and the doctors thought I was dead at the time, but I survived by luck, and I was really lucky." Chen Qiang replied.

"It's unbelievable that you have such a tortuous experience!" The moderator spoke.

"I think you all know that I am a Chinese, my country is at war, and in the midst of war, it is normal to get a few strong guns, or hit a few shells above my head." Chen Qiang replied.

The host nodded: "I am very sorry for this, and I hope that peace can come as soon as possible." ”

Chen Qiang said: "It is precisely because of that miraculous escape from death that I plan to publish a book, and now the book is already in print, I believe it will not be long before I will meet you!" ”

"Really? Mr. Chen wants to publish a book? Is it Chinese or English? The host asked curiously.

"In English, of course, if you're interested, I can give you a copy." Chen Qiang said with a smile.

"Thank you for your kindness, it would be nice if you could add your autograph." The host replied with a smile.

At this time, Chen Qiang had already begun to warm up for the publication of "Rabe's Diary".

In fact, at this time last year, Chen Qiang had not been bombed, but in order to be able to promote "Rabe's Diary", Chen Qiang also came to a wave of false publicity.

Compared with the award ceremony, Chen Qiang is most concerned about when the $2,000 prize will be awarded, and he still owes the publisher a sum of money!

Fortunately, the organizers did not let Chen Qiang wait too long, and after the award ceremony, a check for $2,000 was delivered to Chen Qiang.

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The U.S. Open victory made Chen Qiang popular, and countless media interviews followed, and some stores selling sporting goods also found Chen Qiang to be an endorsement.

So this US Open championship brought Chen Qiang not only a prize money of $2,000, but also other additional income. Of course, if Chen Qiang had been a white American, he would have earned more. And the identity of Chinese also limits Chen Qiang from getting more income.

At the same time, on the publishing house's side, "Rabe's Diary" was finally printed, but the publishing house added a prefix to the book, called "US Open Champion Escape from Death - Rabe's Diary", people who don't know still think that it is a person named Rabe, who recorded the process of Chen Qiang's escape from death, and the cover of the book has also become a photo of Chen Qiang.

The reason for this modification is also to have better sales.

Americans don't know Rabe, and Rabe's deeds have not yet spread at this time, and people don't know Rabe's "Schindler of the East", if you use the name "Rabe's Diary", it is estimated that not many Americans will read this book.

Moreover, the United States is far away from the European continent, and at this time it is a song and dance, and it does not feel the smell of war at all. At this time, many Americans held an isolationist idea, believing that the United States only needed to manage the affairs of the American continent well, and as for what happened outside the Americas, it had nothing to do with the United States. Most Americans don't even care about the war situation in Europe, so how can they pay attention to China's anti-Japanese war cause!

In order to be able to sell the book, he can only rub Chen Qiang's popularity.

However, adding a prefix of "US Open champion escaped death" is not considered to be selling dog meat on a sheep's head. After Rabe took in Chen Qiang, he also wrote Chen Qiang's affairs into his diary, so Rabe's diary in this era also recorded Chen Qiang's escape from death.

Chen Qiang did not intend to make money by publishing "Rabe's Diary", he just hoped that more people could understand what was happening in Nanjing.

Therefore, the price of this "Rabe's Diary" is very low, almost at cost price, and Chen Qiang does not earn a penny of royalties. Not only that, Chen Qiang also took the time to go around to publicize and hold some book signing and sales activities in many bookstores, just to let more people see the book.

If it was a few months ago, when Chen Qiang was just brought to the United States, even if he went to do this kind of book signing, it is estimated that not many people would come to buy it.

But now Chen Qiang has just won the US Open, which is the focus of public opinion, there are many topics around Chen Qiang in the newspaper, and "Rabe's Diary" is indeed very cheap, so many people are willing to come to Chen Qiang's support. This is probably like a so-and-so on the hot search in later generations, and someone pays attention to everything he does, and some people go to join in the fun.

At the same time, Chen Qiang did not forget to send a few copies of "Rabe's Diary" to the White House to the nominal "good friend", Mr. Roosevelt, President of the United States.

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Washington, White House.

The president's secretary reported to President Roosevelt before he said, "Mr. President, that Chinese Chen Qiangtuo has sent you a book, which is said to be his new book, as a gift. He also wrote his blessings to you on the title page of the book. ”

After speaking, the presidential secretary took out a copy of "Rabe's Diary" from his briefcase, opened the title page, and handed it to Roosevelt's desk. Roosevelt saw on the title page a flurry of polite words such as "I wish you good health and all the best."

"Okay, thank you for me like Chen Qiang, and tell him that if I have time, I will read his works carefully." Roosevelt spoke.

This is, of course, only a symbolic reply, and President Roosevelt has the time to read the "Rabe Diary" every day. As the president of the United States, I receive a lot of similar gifts every year, which may not be valuable, but they are very memorable. And when people give gifts to Roosevelt, Roosevelt can't throw things away, so most of the gifts like this are sealed up and then forgotten forever.

Roosevelt closed the book jacket and was about to ask his secretary to take the book away, but the title of the book "The Death of the US Open Champion" fell into Roosevelt's eyes.

"Escaped death? What's going on? Is anyone going to murder Chen Qiang? Roosevelt asked.

"As far as I know, in December last year, Chen Qiang was in Nanjing, China, and I think the "escape from death" here should refer to the events at that time! The secretary spoke.

"I see!" Roosevelt nodded silently.

As the president of the United States, Roosevelt certainly knew what happened in Nanjing in December last year, and although the US intelligence network at this time was far less developed than in later generations, it was still impossible to hide from the US president what major events had happened around the world. Therefore, when the secretary mentioned that Chen Qiang was in Nanjing in December last year, Roosevelt understood the meaning of the words "escaped death."

However, at this time, American isolationism prevailed, even after the outbreak of World War II, the United States also expressed neutrality at the beginning, and did not officially send troops to the war until 1942.

So in December last year, Roosevelt, even if he was in the know, did not interfere with the atrocities of the Japanese army in Nanjing.

Roosevelt frowned and thought for more than ten seconds, then opened the book and read it.

Roosevelt's expression kept changing, and it became more and more solemn. In the end, he spent about ten minutes reading parts of Rabe's Diary, which was a rare occasion for Roosevelt to be able to devote ten minutes to the book.

Roosevelt then asked; "How is the book selling?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. President, but I don't know how this book is sold, because I only found out about it today. I'll find someone to find out, though. The secretary replied immediately.

Roosevelt waved his hand, and he said, "I hope this book will sell better, and I hope that the members of Congress will see it." ”

The secretary was slightly stunned, if Roosevelt didn't say the second half of the sentence, the secretary might think that Roosevelt was looking at his friendship with Chen Qiang and helping Chen Qiang. But when Roosevelt mentioned "Congressman", the secretary knew that things were not so simple, and that Roosevelt wanted to boost the sales of "Rabe's Diary" definitely had political considerations.

"What the hell is the president going to do?" The secretary couldn't help but wonder what Roosevelt was thinking.

As the president's secretary, being a roundworm in the president's stomach is obviously the most important thing he should do......

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