Although Feng Quan's result in the semi-finals only broke the Asian record again, there is still a big gap with the world record of 43.18 seconds held by Michael Johnson. But his time of 43.95 seconds made him the first Asian to break the 44-second mark in the 400m event.

It is precisely because of this that Fengquan, who once again broke the Asian record, is not only the pride of Chinese, but also the pride of the whole Asia.

Since the eighties and nineties and until the beginning of this century, Japanese track and field athletes have had an almost complete monopoly in sprint events across Asia.

It was not until the beginning of this century that with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other West Asian countries successively adopting the method of planning high-level athletes from African countries, and the continuous rise of Chinese sprinters, Japanese track and field gradually drove down from the throne of Asian sprinting.

Especially before the birth of the wind, the throne of Asia's "king of sprinting" has been occupied by Qatari planning athlete Francis. Although in 2007, he became the "first Asian" to break the 10-second mark with a time of 9.99 seconds.

But in fact, with the exception of Qataris, the vast majority of "pure" Asians find it difficult to recognize the "Asian" record set by Francis, an "outsider". Among them, the most unhappy for Francis is probably the Japanese who have monopolized Asian sprinting for many years.

However, to the frustration of the Japanese, due to the gap in physical talent, no matter how hard their sprinters worked and how advanced the training equipment was, they were never able to achieve the goal of breaking the 10-second mark. Therefore, even if they were very disdainful of the West Asian practices, they could only be filled with resentment and could not do anything about it.

Until the London Olympics a year ago, the wind raged like a tornado, not only breaking the Asian record like chopping melons and vegetables, but also breaking the myth of Usain Bolt's undefeated in the 100-meter flying battle, and the "little Japan", who looked down on the Chinese most of the time, finally gave their own thumbs up for Fengquan's proud record.

This time, when Feng Quan, an authentic pure Chinese, once again became the first "Asian" to break the 44-second mark in the 400-meter event, the Japanese, who have always liked to look up to the strong, even had the urge to bow to Feng Quan.

Because of this, when Feng Quan crossed the finish line first, several Japanese reporters in the stadium were even more excited than their counterparts from China. In particular, a male reporter from Japan's "Yomiuri Shimbun" named Kenji Hatoyama squeezed away all his peers at the scene and came to Fengquan to conduct an interview.

Although the Japanese look very similar to the Chinese, seeing that the other party is nearly a head shorter than himself, coupled with a bow of nearly 90 degrees to himself as soon as he came up, Feng Quan still easily guessed the identity of the other party.

Although due to historical reasons, Fengquan did not like the Japanese very well. Therefore, except for an interview with a Japanese reporter when he first debuted because he had cooperated with Esic, he refused all interviews from Japanese people.

But looking at the forty-year-old uncle in front of him, who didn't have much hair and squeezed in front of him after "competing" with many peers before, resulting in a messy hairstyle, Feng Quan's heart appeared with inexplicable joy. In particular, the pair of very old glasses worn by Genji Hatoyama reminds Feng Quan of the images of office workers who not only have to endure the oppression of their bosses, but also are often bullied by their colleagues in the Japanese movies he once watched.

However, before Genji Hatoyama could ask a question, he was forcibly pushed aside by a female reporter from China's CCTV. At the same time, he quickly stretched out the microphone in his hand in front of Feng Quan.

Although being forcibly squeezed away made Hatoyama Genji a little unhappy, but after seeing the logo of the microphone in the other party's hand, he quickly chose to forbear. "Hey, who called everyone to be Chinese as well? And it's a woman......."

However, Feng Quan's next move made Hatoyama Genji open his mouth in surprise.

"Hello, Feng Quan. I'm ......" Before the Chinese female reporter could finish speaking, Feng Quan interrupted her self-introduction.

"Hehe, you don't need to introduce yourself. Aren't you CCTV's Xia Rina? You interviewed me a long time ago, have you forgotten? Feng Quan said with a smile.

Looking at Xia Rina's stunned expression, Feng Quan continued: "So, eldest sister, you just wait for a while today, I want to accept this uncle's interview first." As he spoke, Feng Quan also motioned for Xia Rina to stand aside first and make way for Kenji Hatoyama to take the place for the interview.

In fact, even though Genji Hatoyama's appearance made Feng Quan feel very happy, he still had no intention of being interviewed by a Japanese. But after seeing Genji Hatoyama being forcibly pushed away, a thought of "sympathy for the weak" suddenly arose in his heart. As a result, Feng Quan rejected Xia Rina a little regardless of "compatriot feelings", and instead introduced the interview with Hatoyama Genji first.

Since he didn't speak Japanese, Feng Quan spoke first, "Can-you-speak-English?"

After a short period of consternation, Hatoyama Genji actually said in Chinese with excitement on his face: "Hehe, my English is not as good as my Chinese." So, I'd like to interview you in Chinese, is that okay? ”

Hearing this, Feng Quan was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Of course you can ......"

Then, Hatoyama Genji began a brief interview with Feng Quan in the eyes full of envy, jealousy and hatred of his peers.

Because the Yomiuri Shimbun's reporting style has always been relatively conservative. Therefore, Kenji Hatoyama, who has been working for the Yomiuri Shimbun for nearly 20 years, asked relatively plain and even conservative questions about Xiang Fengquan.

For example: "Are you very excited to break the 400m Asian record for two consecutive days?" Or a question like, "What do you expect from tomorrow's final?"

However, it is precisely because of this that Xia Rina, who is standing next to Genji Hatoyama, is full of resentment because she did not get the relationship of "priority interview". You know, there has never been a Chinese athlete who dares to say a "no" when he asks for an interview.

In fact, for CCTV, a "political microphone", a state-owned TV station, no matter what form of news reporting, the most important principle is that there must be no mistakes, let alone contradict the country's political position.

Even CCTV's sports column team adheres to the principle of prudence when reporting on various events and interviewing athletes. After all, not everyone can be like Wang Jianxiang, the recognized "number one football commentator" in China, who can still mix in the circle after losing CCTV's "golden job bowl", and even mix better in terms of personal income.

Therefore, although on the surface, Feng Quan only deprived Xia Rina of her "priority interview". But in fact, it is basically equivalent to refusing her interview request. Because, the content that Xia Rina wants to interview is basically not much different from Hatoyama Kenji.

So, looking at the smiling questions and answers of the two people around her, Xia Rina said in her heart: "Hmph! Do you think you're great if you break an Asian record? I'm going to see if you'll be able to drag it like that when it's tomorrow's final......"