Chapter 58: Transnational Portfolios

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Forming a doubles? Continuing to compete in the All England Challenge? Han Cang's idea made people feel like they were suddenly open, Manager Zhang and Xiao Meng were confused, and they didn't know what to say for a while, and their minds were blank.

Han Cang looked at the two people in a daze and wondered, "What?" You guys... Disagree? ”

Manager Zhang came back to his senses and quickly explained: "Of course not! How can it be! I couldn't agree more! It's just great! As long as it allows you to continue playing, I agree with anything! ”

Han Cang smiled, glanced at the translator Xiao Meng, and said, "Then what are you waiting for?" Get in touch with my partner. ”

"Okay!" Translator Xiao Meng hurriedly took out his mobile phone and dialed the phone of the British girl, and after a few minutes of communication, the other party made an appointment for them to meet at the club tomorrow, and the specific things were discussed face-to-face.

"Why is it so long? What did she say, to say yes or not to agree? Manager Zhang hurriedly asked.

Xiao Meng smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, don't worry, she must have agreed, but she was surprised to hear that Han Cang was disqualified from the competition, so I explained it to her." ”

Manager Zhang was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was about to jump up with excitement: "Oops! That's great! Now there is salvation! We are saved! ”

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Early the next morning, Manager Zhang, translator Xiao Meng, and Han Cang took a taxi to go out, the address sent by the British girl's text message last night, Xiao Meng had a brief exchange with the taxi driver, and the other party understood, and took them to their destination in about 20 minutes:

A badminton cultural center built in the heart of the city.

It is a three-storey building, the first floor is the reception center, the second floor is the training room, the third floor is the gym, and there is a basement floor, which is a professional competition venue, and the reason why the professional field is placed underground is said to minimize the impact of the wind.

Translator Xiao Meng said that the British girl made an appointment to meet them at nine o'clock, and they arrived at half past eight, entered the reception center, the front desk was a British girl with glasses, Xiao Meng reported her name, and the other party immediately understood, led them to the reception room to sit down, and served them coffee.

Manager Zhang and Xiao Meng both drank coffee, but Han Cang only drank pure water, which is his habit as an athlete, if you want to maintain a healthy and abundant physical fitness, you must first start with your eating habits.

At around nine o'clock, the door of the reception center was pushed open, and the British girl arrived, along with the owner of the badminton cultural center, former Olympic mixed doubles silver medallist Robson.

A few years ago, Han Cang saw Robson on TV, and compared with the time when he played in the Olympics, the British veteran's face has changed a lot, mainly because he has grown a beard, from a British gentleman who fights in the professional arena to a sloppy middle-aged uncle every day, and the image is very contrasting.

The two sides sat down, and with the help of translator Xiao Meng, they chatted together about forming a doubles combination and continuing to participate in the All England Championships, Robson fully supported his niece to continue to participate in the competition, and praised her choice of mixed doubles, but he felt that before the match, Han Cang and Renee (Renee, the name of the British girl) at least needed to understand what doubles looked like, so-

Translator Xiao Meng was slightly stunned, turned his head to look at Han Cang, and said, "Brother Cang, he said that he wanted to play a game with you." ”

Han Cang didn't show the slightest surprise, in fact, he was asking for it, being able to compete with the former Olympic runner-up was a kind of exercise in itself.

"Of course, no problem." Han Cang nodded.

Translator Xiao Meng pushed his glasses and said, "No... But it's not him, it's him who wants to face you and Renee with his partner. ”

Xiao Meng gestured with his hand and pointed at Han Cang and Renee.

Partner? Han Cang was slightly stunned, and at this moment, he saw that the door of the reception center was pushed open again, and this time a blonde and blue-eyed British woman walked in, not particularly tall, but she was very energetic, and at the same time as she walked into the house, Han Cang stood up involuntarily and stared at each other, with a rare surprised expression on her face.

"This ......" translator Xiao Meng was a little confused, he didn't understand why Han Cang looked so surprised, could it be that he was amazed by the British woman who just walked in? But in terms of appearance, Renee is obviously taller?

However, what he didn't know was that the blonde and blue-eyed British woman in front of him was the mixed doubles player who participated in the Olympics with Robson that year, Ames!

After learning the identity of the other party, the translator Xiao Meng and Manager Zhang both stood up, their expressions even more surprised than Han Cang's just now.

"Since the people are here, let's hurry up and play." Just listening to Han Cang, he can't wait for it, to be able to compete with athletes of this level in the Olympic Games, it is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

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Ten minutes later, they came to the professional competition court on the basement floor, and the staff also arrived, they were all professional or semi-professional badminton players, and they all had professional referee qualifications.

This badminton cultural center also operates some retail business and has a special store, so Manager Zhang paid out of his own pocket to buy a Yonex AT700 for Han Cang on the spot as his temporary racket.

When they were ready, the two sides entered the court, with the newcomers Han Cang and Renee on one side and the Olympic gold pair of Robson and Ames on the other.

Compared with singles, the court specifications are slightly different, the badminton court is a double line regardless of the sideline or the bottom line, and the bottom line of singles and doubles is demarcated by the second line, that is, the outer boundary line, but the left and right sidelines, the boundary of doubles is subject to the outer line, and the singles is subject to the inner line.

Everything was carried out according to the standards of the official game, including the coin toss at the beginning, and the right to serve was given to Han Cang and Renee.

The two discussed it a little and decided that Han Cang would serve.

0-0, Han Cang serves, Emes receives.

At the beginning of the short ball, Ames quickly followed up and hit a shot to put the net, Han Cang didn't dare to slack off, and immediately used a beat to hook the diagonal, he didn't want to fight with the opponent in front of the net, so this shot back ball directly led Robson to the net to assist in defense, only to see Robson pick the backcourt and pull the ball up, Han Cang's side, Renee was already waiting in the backcourt, looking at the opportunity, jumping with both feet, and slapping the head to kill the slash!

"Bang!" With a bang, I saw the shuttlecock fly across the court at lightning speed and land near the sideline that Robson defended, the ball was so fast that he didn't have time to shoot at all, and the ball had already landed.

1-0, as soon as the game started, Renee used a signature kill to score a point for the multinational combination of her and Han Cang!

Even Robson laughed, satisfied with his niece's killing.

1-0, Renee serves, Robson receives.

At the beginning of the short ball, Robson still returned to the backcourt, and this time the person waiting in the backcourt was Han Cang, only to see him return a high shot, aiming at the diagonal backcourt, and hitting the half of Ames.

So Ames retreated to the backcourt, and hit the ball to the opposite front court with a shot down, Renee rushed up to fill the position, but she did not return to the net like the usual routine, but returned to the backcourt with a shot, Robson and others in the backcourt, and directly hit the sideline!

But Han Cang was waiting near the sideline, he shot directly, just like he usually did, bounced the shuttlecock back with a beautiful block, pasted the net, and fell quickly, Robson and Ames were blinded, fortunately, Ames habitually filled the position, and was already standing in front of the net, hurriedly rushed over to save the ball, and used a shot of not very good quality to pick the ball, and reluctantly hit the badminton back, but the ball could not fly to the backcourt, and could only go to the midfield, only to see Renee waiting there with her eyes, jumping with both feet, swinging the racket quickly, It's another slap kill!

The shuttlecock rushed out like an arrow, swooped across the court, flashed between Robson and Ames's positions, hit the backcourt near the baseline, and scored again!

2-0, Renee used two shots of the ball to kill the ball like a rainbow, directly from the hands of the Olympians, and got two points, which is incredible!

Manager Zhang and translator Xiao Meng couldn't help but applaud, they didn't expect that the multinational combination of Han Cang + Reni could have such a wonderful chemistry as soon as they got on the court, as if they were already familiar with each other and had played a game for a long time.

"God help me! There's a drama this time! Manager Zhang's heart was surging, and when he thought that Han Cang and the British girl would participate in the All England Challenge as a multinational group in the near future, he had mixed feelings, experienced yesterday's despair, and now has a feeling of rebirth, it seems that they are not over, and the Qing Dynasty is not dead!