Han Cang only returned to school on Wednesday, Manager Zhang bought him a lot of food, as well as a few sets of clothes, and heard that he was in college, and there was a badminton club, and he enthusiastically sponsored a batch of badminton balls and a few rackets, so that he couldn't fit it, and finally booked a plane ticket and checked it at the airport to bring these things back.

As soon as Han Cang returned to school, Wang Yuxuan and others wanted to set up a celebration banquet for him, but Han Cang did not agree, not deliberately modest or hypocritical, but in order to prepare for the All England Challenge in July, from now on he must strictly control his diet and continue to strengthen physical training, so the celebration banquet is exempt, he only hopes that while he is preparing for the All England Championships, the badminton club can prepare for the University Games at the end of July.

"Okay, so what are we waiting for? Go for it! Azer said passionately.

So under the leadership of Wang Yuxuan and Han Cang, the badminton club started to practice, although it is approaching the end of the term, everyone is still busy preparing for the exam, but the club will organize training every day, not only the badminton club, the basketball club, the tennis club are stepping up time training, everyone is staring at the National University Games that will be held in two months, and it is bound to make a difference in the competition.

The news that Han Cang was going to participate in the All England Challenge, after Lin Huang returned to the provincial team, Coach Shen also knew, he called Han Cang as soon as possible, and asked as soon as he came up:

"You kid, why didn't you notify me in advance? Is it the news that Xiaoxue revealed to you? ”

Han Cang: "Otherwise? Your girl came to school on the first day of the May Day holiday, and I thought she was here to kick the gym. ”

On the other end of the phone, I heard Coach Shen sigh deeply and said, "I heard that your kid is quite well prepared, why don't you come back to the team when you have the energy here?" ”

Han Cang smiled slightly: "Come on, coach, the team is too strict, I finally escaped, don't be embarrassed for me." ”

"Hmph, stinky boy, I think you're in the eye of money, and Victory Company's sponsorship has given you a lot of benefits, right? You have to perform well and don't let your investment go down the drain. Although Coach Shen is not happy in his mouth, he is still very happy for his apprentice, at least he has not wasted his badminton talent, as long as he is still playing on the court, his value can be reflected...

So the last days of May passed quickly.

In June, the weather has become hotter than ever, in fact, Han Cang has only one month to prepare for the All England Championships, and at the same time, he has to prepare for the final exam, which is his first final exam in college.

The whole June was spent in a hectic and busy period, during which Han Cang also went to the Exit and Entry Administration to apply for a passport, and sent it to Manager Zhang, who was responsible for applying for a visa, and waited until Han Cang finished the last final exam on the 26th, his visa also came down, and the air ticket and accommodation to the UK were also arranged by the victory company, everything was ready, and he was waiting to set sail.

"Come on, we are waiting for you in Guangzhou." Wang Yuxuan smiled and patted Han Cang's shoulder.

This day was a Saturday, and he and Liu Hainan, Zhu Qing, Wen Xiaoya and Ai Ze went to the airport to see Han Cang off.

"Remember to send us QQ when you get there, just call, I can't answer the international call." I only heard Wen Xiaoya say with a smile.

"Come on! Take a championship back, and then let's win the Universiade championship together! Azer said energetically.

"I wish you success, Han Cang." Zhu Qing smiled at him.

"Come on." Liu Hainan said.

So carrying everyone's blessings to him, Han Cang entered the security check and embarked on a flight to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, where he would meet Gao Ya and Manager Zhang of Shengli Company, and then go to London, England together.

The victory company sent a total of 11 people, led by Gao Ya, accompanied by two selected badminton players, Han Cang and Xiao Zhan, and the two regional managers who recommended them, Zhang Wenlin and Xu Bin, as well as three translators, two of whom are responsible for the athletes' itinerary, another is responsible for following the delegation to visit the local badminton market, market research and other work, and the rest are responsible for the design and production of racket designers and engineers, they bring the company's new generation of product samples, Coming to the UK for promotion.

The main venue of the All England Challenge was not London, but Manchester, but there was no direct flight, so Han Cang and the others arrived in London first, stayed for one night, and then chartered a bus the next day and drove to Manchester.

When it comes to Manchester, we have to talk about the internationally renowned Manchester United, so football is the national sport of the United Kingdom, although badminton was invented by the British, but it is very niche here, niche means low attention, it does not mean that no one plays, in fact, badminton as an indoor small ball sport, the requirements for the venue are very high, in the United Kingdom since ancient times is an aristocratic sport, the same as tennis.

After Han Cang arrived in the UK, in addition to adapting to the jet lag and climate, the only requirement was to find a gym as soon as possible, and he had to insist on training every day to ensure his competitive state.

He didn't encounter any problems in terms of diet, after all, for the competition, the athletes' recipes are very strict, not sticking to the oil, the intake of salt and sugar is strictly controlled, and the like will not eat chili peppers and the like, and the three meals a day are very light, unlike other people in the inspection group, after arriving they began to search for local food, but the first few days were vomiting and diarrhea every night, and the group was tossed enough, especially Xu Bin, the ambitious young manager Fei pulled a few company colleagues out in the middle of the night to drink and skewers, but this is the United KingdomThe barbecue ingredients were a little too fresh, and as a result, he and his colleagues from several other companies ate against the wall and returned to the hotel, and they couldn't get up the next day.

Only Zhang Wenlin was fine, because he admired this perseverance when he saw Han Cang being so strict with himself before, so he also followed Han Cang's recipe and planned his diet strictly, avoiding running to the toilet every night like Xu Bin and them, seeing Xu Bin's listless appearance the next morning, he couldn't be happier.

On their fourth day in the UK, on July 3 local time, the official start of the All England Challenge, two interpreters and two regional managers led two players to the main venue, accompanied by an engineer who would respond in time if there was a problem with the racket used by the player.

Gao Ya led the rest of the people to visit the organizing committee of the All England Open, because Shengli Company is one of the sponsors of this competition, so the organizing committee specially invited representatives of Shengli Company to attend the opening ceremony of the Open, which is the official competition in which the national team participates.

And Han Cang and the others went to the scene of the offline challenge:

The challenge borrowed the stadium of the University of Manchester, and there were a large number of people participating in the competition, but the quality was worrying, because Han Cang even saw many uncles standing at the registration desk with bags on their backs waiting for confirmation, they were obviously amateurs of badminton, although they knew in advance that this challenge was open to the public and anyone could sign up, but Han Cang was still stunned by the scene in front of him.

"Senpai, are you nervous?" While waiting for the registration confirmation, Xiao Zhan, who was standing beside Han Cang, suddenly asked.

Han Cang was slightly stunned, came back to his senses, and complained: "I'm not nervous, but I really can't be interested at all when I see these uncle-level opponents." ”

Xiao Zhan smiled: "The seniors are really straightforward, but think about it from another angle, if our opponents are all uncles, wouldn't it be easy to advance to the finals." ”

When the two were chatting, the organizing committee read Han Cang's name, but the foreigner's pronunciation was a bit strange, and the pinyin of Han Cang's name was already relatively easy to pronounce, but they still pronounced "Cang" as "Can", and they didn't understand why.

An accompanying interpreter reminded Han Cang that he had taken a roll call, so Han Cang followed the translator to the counter of the organizing committee, confirmed the identity of his contestants, showed his passport, verified by the organizing committee, and issued him a contestant certificate, and at the same time another person's name was called, Han Cang couldn't understand, but soon, I saw a tall young girl come to the counter, verify her identity as a player, get the certificate, the staff of the organizing committee said a few words to her and Han Cang, Han Cang glanced at the translator, I saw the translator's expression confused, and asked him what he said, and the translator said: "What they mean is that this young lady named Renee is the opponent you will face in the first round." ”

"What's it called?" Han Cang was also blindsided, and when he looked up, he saw the chestnut-haired British girl smiling at him and saying something he didn't understand.