After gaining the support of the Sports Federation, Mi Xingbang took advantage of the convenience of the Olympic period to meet with the head coach and sports officials of the Swedish team through official channels.

China has just opened up in the eighties and nineties, and the enthusiasm for athletes to go abroad is also a trend, part of which is to go to Europe or Japan through non-governmental channels after retiring, and the other is that the national team comes forward, based on official exchanges, sending players abroad for years and further study.

Sweden's Waldner, Persson, Karlsson, Linde and other famous players have come to China to exchange table tennis skills in the early years, so the Chinese team and the Swedish national team have a long-term tradition of player exchanges, and the two sides hit it off.

After negotiations, the Swedish national team agreed to lobby two table tennis clubs in Stockholm to accept two players from the Chinese team and ensure that the Chinese players would play enough times in Sweden during the one-year league period.

On August 9, the passionate Barcelona Olympic Games finally came to an end, ushering in the final carnival of the closing ceremony.

The Chinese audience watched the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games and the highlights of the Olympic Games produced by CCTV.

There are so many wonderful moments left behind by this Olympic Games.

For example, the wheelchair of the opening ceremony stood up, shocking the sky.

For example, Zhuang Yong's 100-meter swim was the first to touch the wall, and the shocked and confused eyes of European, American and Australian players in the surrounding swimming lanes.

For example, Deng Yalin reached the top of the podium, and Olympic Committee President Samaranch personally wore the gold medal for her.

For example, Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, and Johnson, the magician, made their debut on the Olympic stage to show the world greater basketball.

For example, the Chinese female spear god Gao Shan, was held high by two men's silver and bronze medalists.

Different fans, different sports enthusiasts, have their own most memorable Olympic moments.

But for Kong Zhendong and all other national table tennis players, the most memorable thing is Waldner's coronation of the first Grand Slam in table tennis history. The most memorable thing is that he was once defeated by Chinese volleyball players, and now he is proud of the legend of world table tennis.

After returning to China, Deng Yalin, Qiao Hong, Wang Tao, and Lu Ning participated in the commendation and friendship activities of various provinces and regions, and began to prepare for the championship event of visiting Hong Kong Island.

The training intensity of players such as Kong Zhendong has also been reduced for a short period of time, focusing on recovery and maintaining condition.

The men's table tennis coaching staff was holding their first meeting after the Olympics at this time.

In the Barcelona Olympics, China won the doubles gold medal and the singles bronze medal, compared with the results of 88 years, there was actually no breakthrough.

However, compared with the trough of 89 and 91, the senior management at least saw that the Chinese team was in a parabolic upward period of stopping the decline and rebounding, and the voice of the Mi Xingbang team was greatly stabilized.

Mi Xingbang said: "This Olympic Games, like last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, through the duel of the men's singles competition, it can be seen that not only traditional Chinese techniques, but also the entire Asian technology has been suppressed by Europe. We have to take the lead in seeking change, and the younger players have more opportunities, and give more advanced playing styles a better soil for survival. ”

Before this meeting, Mi Xingbang made a special trip to Wu Jingping and Yin Xiao to talk about his future ideas, and the two fully supported his idea of promoting young players and giving young people more opportunities for international competitions.

Mi Xingbang said: "New team members, the development of new technologies should be carried out in multiple ways. First of all, the straight board inheritance technology should put the young players on the front line and the main force. Liu Guobang can be arranged to participate in international competitions, and according to the results, he will be considered to enter the main lineup of next year's World Table Tennis Championships. ”

Mi Xingbang made the final decision, and Liu Guobang, who was only 17 years old, entered the main force of the Chinese men's team and qualified for the World Championships.

Mi Xingbang continued: "In addition to the traditional straight and positive rubber play, other playing methods should also actively train newcomers. Jin Song, a rookie chipper, Wang Fei, Qin Zhijian, Ma Lin, and Liu Guokun, who were newly recruited into the national table tennis last year, are all in charge of the coach, and we must pay close attention to every step of their growth. ”

Although some of these new players are still in the national junior team, and some are new members of the national team, but after nearly a year of training, especially in the closed training camp before the men's team's Olympics, these young players have performed well, showing the strength to impact the world's higher stage in the future.

Mi Xingbang finally said: "For the cultivation of the European arc circle two-sided offensive play, our country has not been successful in the past few years, this year after the coordination of the sports federation, we got two league places from the Stockholm club, we can send crossboard players to participate in Europe, get back the fire inheritance of the European authentic arc circle, these two places, let's discuss it!" ”

After Kong Zhendong's tactical literacy in the Barcelona Olympics, some of these coaches may be dissatisfied with him, but there is no doubt about his spirituality and potential.

Another place, but many coaches are arguing.

In the end, Yin Xiao said: "I think the European inheritance of arc technology should start from two levels. On the one hand, there are young players such as Kong Zhendong, who go abroad at the golden age to receive better nutrients. On the other hand, we should select experienced players who are interested in coaching, send them to go abroad for training, receive the most authentic arc technology, and become coaches after returning to China, not like the previous generation of coaches. ”

Mi Xingbang smiled: "This idea is very good, do you have any suggestions?" ”

Yin Xiao said: "Zhang Lei of the capital team has submitted an application for retirement, and I heard that he is preparing to retire and join the coaching staff of the capital team. ”

Zhang Lei had a fierce competition with Lu Ning for the third place in the Olympic training camp this year, but after the Chinese team decided to win gold in doubles, Zhang Lei was reluctantly abandoned.

The disheartened Zhang Lei came up with the idea of retiring as a coach.

Yin Xiao was also heartbroken for his disciple Kong Zhendong's foreign life.

Although the two Chinese players are not in the same club, they are both in Stockholm.

A small city, with a population of one million, Zhang Lei, the senior brother of the same team as Kong Zhendong in China, is of course more convenient to help Kong Zhendong.

Mi Xingbang finally made a decision, and determined that Kong Zhendong and Zhang Lei were selected for China to send two members of the Swedish team, and after the sports federation completed the formalities, it is expected to leave for Sweden at the end of September.

In the next month or so, in addition to some basic training, Kong Zhendong spent more time on assault English.

Sweden's official language, Swedish, is a small Nordic language that is particularly difficult to learn, but almost all Swedes know English, so Kong Zhendong spends his hard work on English.

Kong Zhendong feels that whether a player can succeed in his foreign career, whether he can make breakthroughs, whether he can integrate into the other party's life are the core elements.

In his previous life, he knew all the basketball players who broke into the NBA in the United States, in addition to the difference in personal strength and talent, whether they are proficient in English, whether they can get along with their teammates, and become a hardcore are also the key factors for their success.

Kong Zhendong had a foundation in English in his previous life, and in this life he systematically learned English during the training of the women's team, and this more than a month, Kong Zhendong was taken care of by Mi Xingbang, and was able to practice daily conversation with the staff of the Swedish embassy in the embassy area.

On September 19, Kong Zhendong boarded a flight to Stockholm, Sweden.