The Far Eastern Games, formerly known as the "Far Eastern Olympic Games", is a regional international competition held in the Far East imitating the Olympic Games, and it is also the world's first continental international event, which was originally initiated by China, Japan and the Philippines. Siam, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Java and other places have also participated in several of these Far Eastern Games.

The first Far Eastern Games were held in 1913 and then every two years, and from 1927 onwards they were held every three years. The Far Eastern Games are officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee, so the Far Eastern Games are also regarded as the predecessor of the "Asian Games".

The host country of the first Far Eastern Games was the Philippines, the second was China, and the third was Japan, and then in this order they took turns to host it, and now it is the 9th Far Eastern Games, and it is just Japan's turn to host it.

In his previous life, Chen Qiang had been to Tokyo, Japan, but it was difficult to find the shadow of the thirties in the bustling Tokyo metropolitan area in the future.

The bombing during World War II turned almost the entire Tokyo into ruins, and in the future, the buildings before the Second World War in Tokyo were already rare, and for this reason, Tokyo in 1930 made Chen Qiang feel both strange and fresh.

The streets are full of wooden houses, the roads are not wide, and there are few people on the streets, so it is already a highlight of the streets of Tokyo when you meet one or two women in kimonos from time to time.

Chen Qiang can feel that there is some depression here, and the prosperity is far less than that of Shanghai Tang. In this era, Shanghai's nickname of "the first city in the Far East" is definitely not in vain.

"Tokyo is so deserted, I think Beiping City is more lively than here." An athlete from Peking spoke.

The resident in Japan, who was in charge of hosting the athletes, explained: "Last year, Tokyo was not like this, but since this year it has changed, with more and more businessmen going bankrupt, many factories closing, and even farmers starting to go into debt. The whole of Japan has become deserted! I heard that many down-and-out aristocrats have gone to North Korea and Taiwan to look for opportunities, and now they can continue to produce, but they are just holding on. ”

Everyone nodded as if they didn't understand, but Chen Qiang knew that this was the consequence of the world economic crisis.

One of the most protracted and severe economic crises in history erupted in October last year, and at the beginning of this year, the impact of the economic crisis also came to Asia. The Philippines and Japan are the most affected.

The Philippines was originally a colony of the United States, and the United States controlled all politics, economy, and culture, and the Americans controlled almost all the trade of the Philippines.

Japan, on the other hand, has always regarded the United States as its largest market. Most of the goods produced by Japanese manufacturing are sold to the United States. The economic crisis in the United States caused Japanese goods to be sold out of market, which directly led to the Japanese economy falling into depression.

With Japan's current economic situation, holding a large-scale sports meeting is somewhat like a swollen face and a fat man. Therefore, in this year's Far Eastern Games, the logistics of the athletes were extremely bad, and the organizers did not even provide accommodation and food for the participants.

Fortunately, the Chinese team only has 170 players, and it is relatively easy to arrange room and board. The local international student group in Tokyo has already found a hotel for the athletes, and has also found an overseas Chinese chef from Zhejiang to provide Chinese food for the Chinese athletes.

Chen Qiang didn't know Japanese, and he didn't have any money in his hand, so he didn't dare to go out and wander around, so he honestly stayed in the hotel, waiting for the team leader to organize a unified organization to familiarize himself with the venue of the competition.

The Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium, which was completed in 1924 as the largest stadium in Asia, was the largest stadium in Asia and in 1931 was surpassed by Nanjing's Central Sports Stadium.

Chen Qiang used to come to this stadium in his previous life, but at that time it was no longer called Meiji Jingu Gaien Arena, but was converted into the New National Stadium in Tokyo, where the 1958 Asian Games and the 1964 Olympic Games were held.

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Meiji Jingu Gaien Arena.

Chen Qiang stood on the runway and got used to the hardness of cinders.

Top sprinters choose different spiked running shoes based on the hardness of the cinder track. Chen Qiang only has a pair of nail running shoes, so he has no choice, he can only adapt to the track as much as possible.

In the distance, Filipino athletes also came to appear in the stadium, and they also came to familiarize themselves with the playing field.

Chen Qiang looked in the direction of the Philippine team, only to see that all of them were tall white people.

"Sure enough, it's all American." Chen Qiang sighed secretly in his heart.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the most powerful country in Asian sports was not Japan, but the Philippines.

Strictly speaking, the Philippines can only be regarded as a colony of the United States, not an independent country.

At that time, the Philippines was strong in sports because the athletes who represented the Philippines were actually Americans. In previous editions of the Far Eastern Games, the Philippines was able to beat Japan and China in terms of overall results. The Chinese football team has won nine consecutive championships in the Far Eastern Games, which can be described as the hegemon of Asia, and the only second place is lost to the Philippine team.

The Philippine team is all Americans, Chen Qiang has known this for a long time, he has seen some precious historical materials about the Far Eastern Games, and the blurry photos left at that time show the Philippine team is a group of white people from the United States, and the team leader is also waving the Star-Spangled Banner.

Chen Qiang is still jealous of American athletes, although there are still relatively few black athletes at this time, but the United States is a sports power after all, and their white athletes also have the world's top level. The Americans of the Philippine team in front of him, even if they are not as good as the Americans in the United States, but the level is not too bad, and it should not be a problem to run within 11 seconds in the 100 meters.

Chen Qiang began to carefully observe the Philippine athletes, and in just a few minutes, he found several sturdy players, whose thighs were full of metallic muscles, and the muscle lines that seemed to be sculpted.

"I really don't know my own food when I don't go abroad, when I was in China, I still felt that I was quite strong, and I found out that there are so many foreign masters. It's only the Far Eastern Games, and if it's the Olympics, I'm afraid I'll be turned into scum in seconds when I meet those top players in the world. Chen Qiang let out a long sigh.

Then he comforted himself: "Fortunately, it's only 1930, two years before the Los Angeles Olympics, and I still have room to grow!" ”

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Staying in the hotel, the days of staying at home go by quickly.

Chen Qiang stays in bed every day, and to outsiders, the fighter is really lazy and sleeps every day, but in fact, he enters the training space for the final training.

Finally, on May 24, the day of the opening of the 9th Far Eastern Games.

The scale of the Far Eastern Games is far inferior to that of the National Games in China, and only three countries will participate in this year's Far Eastern Games: China, Japan and the Philippines. China sent 170 athletes, Japan as the host country sent 175 athletes, and the Philippines sent 170 athletes. All the athletes combined, that's 515. In China, more than 2,000 athletes participated in the National Games.

There were some Chinese students and overseas Chinese in the surrounding stands, and when the representatives of the Chinese team came to the stage to give speeches, the Chinese students gave the warmest applause, and they looked very excited, as if they had won the game.

Next to Chen Qiang, Cheng Jinguan whispered: "Seven years ago, the 6th Far Eastern Games was also held in Japan, and we were too backward at that time, but the representative of the Chinese team who came to the stage to deliver a speech was an American, and he delivered a speech in English throughout the whole process. ”

Cheng Jinguan sighed a little disappointed, and said with some sadness and indignation: "After the opening ceremony, the Japanese began to laugh at us, they said that the Philippines is a colony of the United States, and it is understandable to let the Americans come to the stage to give a speech, and we China is an independent country, but we also let the Americans come to the stage to give a speech!" They laugh at us, even though we have the name of an independent state, but we do not have the reality of an independent state! ”

"I see." Chen Qiang nodded, he now knew why the Chinese students and overseas Chinese in the surrounding stands seemed so excited, and would show joy similar to victory.

Because this time it was not the Americans who came to the stage to speak on behalf of China, but the Chinese!

If Chen Qiang had just come to this era, he would probably find it difficult to understand this feeling. But now he has slowly integrated into this era, and he has begun to learn to see the world through the eyes of Chinese in this era.

In this era, China is a weak country, bullied, and ridiculed. There are too many people who have low self-esteem, too many people who kneel, and even too many people who have been kneeling for a long time and are unwilling to stand up, and they have lost their national pride.

This backward China, countless Chinese with low self-esteem, really need some encouragement!

Even a little bit of progress can ignite the flame of hope in people's hearts and make many people regain their national pride.

For example, the person who stood on the stage of the Far Eastern Games to deliver a speech, seven years ago it was the United States that delivered a speech on behalf of China, and seven years later, finally Chinese people spoke up for their country!

Although this is only a small progress, it can make those Chinese students feel dignified! At least the Japanese will not ridicule them for having "the name of an independent country, but not the reality of an independent country."

At this moment, Chen Qiang suddenly felt that a sense of responsibility and mission was pressing on his shoulders.

"A champion, a record, is a difficult honor for the Chinese of this era, but the most important thing is to tell those who are inferior, to tell those who kneel, that we can not continue to kneel, we should stand up, we can stand up, our nation, is still full of hope!"

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