The Paris World Cup in October is over, but Ye Hao has no chance to rest, because the next games are coming. In early December, the quadrennial Asian Games were held in Doha, followed by the ITTF Tour Finals in mid-to-late December.

Just as Ye Hao was practicing hard, the coaching staff of the Chinese table tennis team held a discussion meeting on the list of participants for the next series of competitions.

First up is the Russian Open and German Open in early November, and with the more important continental tournaments and tour finals to come, the coaching staff has decided that there will be no key players in these two tournaments. Among them, the men's team only sent one player, Hou Yingchao.

Next, we will discuss the candidates for the Kia Games and the ITTF Tour Finals, which is the focus of this discussion. There are strong people in national table tennis, but the number of participants is limited, so there is a situation where there are more monks and less porridge.

In addition to a few absolute main players who can ensure enough competition accumulation, it is difficult for many weaker players to have the opportunity to appear in the competition, especially for young players.

Therefore, the formulation of the entry list for each major competition is a game process, not only to ensure the stability of the team's performance, but also to allow more athletes to have the opportunity to get experience.

Moreover, there are also interests involved, athletes can get bonuses for participating in the competition, the better the results, the higher the prize, the higher the level of the competition, the higher the prize money, the more opportunities to participate, and the higher the bonus income.

And these incomes, in addition to the part of the athletes themselves and part of the country to which they are handed over, also have a part of the coaches. Therefore, whether athletes can produce results and whether they can have a high income also affects the income of coaches to a certain extent.

It is no wonder that coaches will spare no effort to fight for the competition opportunities for their athletes, in addition to their training, mentoring and apprenticeship, there are also entanglements in interests, and the coaches can't be careless.

What's more, in addition to the above, there is a more important point is honor! Athletes and coaches are two in one, and they both aspire to win medals, championships, prove themselves and win glory for the country.

For example, in the next two competitions in December, the coaches began a fierce competition for the right to participate for their respective disciples, and the conference room was filled with gunsmoke for a while. After some fighting, a principle was finally settled to allow as many players as possible to participate in the competition, so some athletes will only be able to participate in one of these two competitions.

In the office, Liu Guoliang was asking Ye Hao about his recent physical condition, because his recent competition intensity has indeed been very high.

"You can choose one of the two competitions in December, and don't participate in the other, it's a chance to take a break." Liu Guoliang said to Ye Hao.

Ye Hao thought for a while and replied: "No problem, there have been competitions every month recently, and I am indeed quite tired." Then I will choose to participate in the Asian Games and give up in the year-end finals. ”

"Asian Games? I thought you'd choose to go to the year-end finals, because it has a lot more money and points. Liu Guoliang said with a little surprise.

"Director Liu, do you think I'm the kind of person who is short of money? The Asian Games are held once every four years, and I haven't participated in them yet, so I went to get a championship and came back. As for the year-end finals, I have already won the championship, and it doesn't matter if I win one less time, this is also a chance for the young players. Ye Hao had a cheeky and eloquent tone.

Liu Guoliang could only shake his head speechlessly after hearing this, a young man who had just turned sixteen years old was talking about the cultivation of young players here, and he really had a feeling of insanity. However, judging from Ye Hao's current achievements, he does have this qualification.

In the end, under the competition of all parties and under various discussions and coordination, the list of participants in the Asian Games and the year-end finals was finally released.

Among them, the Asian Games table tennis competition is divided into individual events and teams, and a total of 5 athletes can be registered, they are Ye Hao, Ma Lin, Chen Qi, Ma Long and Hao Shuai. Among them, Ye Hao and Ma Lin participated in the men's singles event, and Ma Lin/Chen Qi and Ma Long/Hao Shuai participated in the men's doubles competition.

As for the ITTF Tour Finals, the list of participants is tentatively Wang Liqin, Wang Hao, Chen Qi, Hou Yingchao and Ma Long. The specific list depends on the world ranking at the time.

There is still more than a month before the opening of the Asian Games, and Ye Hao's life has become regular again, in addition to training or training. The life of an athlete is so boring and boring, and you can't stick to it without the pursuit of ideals.

During this period, the only thing that could make Ye Hao feel excited was the phone call with Yang Mi. The two first confirmed their relationship in a phone call after the Paris World Cup, and then they made up the phone porridge endlessly.

At this time, Ye Hao finally understood why when he was in college, his classmates were able to call their girlfriends in other places for an hour, and why there were so many endless words and endless chats.

"This is love!" Ye Hao sighed. In his previous life, he was a silk man, and he had never been in love, although he had a girl with a crush, he never dared to confide in his heart.

And now, after being reborn, he turned out to be early! Love! Finish! It's really a creation and a trick, and I didn't live again in vain. As for his early love, it is because Ye Hao is only 16 years old now, and according to his age, he should be a high school student, but it is not the age of early love.

I still remember the sweet picture of the little couple on the middle school campus, which made the good baby Ye Hao secretly envious. Now, he himself has finally embarked on this "road of no return", and there is still a beautiful star on the other side of the road, which is really a blessing!

Under the nourishment of love, Ye Hao's training was extraordinarily hard, which made his new head coach Qin Zhijian admire, and secretly said in his heart: "It is worthy of being the youngest Grand Slam winner in history, genius and sweat are indispensable!" ”

Before, Ye Hao did not have a head coach when he first came back, but now, he and Ma Long are both training under Qin Zhijian. This is even more of a stimulus for Ma Long, and it also drives his training intensity and effect to be greatly improved.

Soon, more than a month has passed, the Asian Games are coming, the Chinese ** team is ready to go, and the national table tennis team is ready to go. Ye Hao is full of expectations for his first trip to the Asian Games. After all, he has not yet been involved in the table tennis men's singles championship of the Asian Games, and now is a good opportunity, and God knows if he will still have a chance to participate in the Asian Games in four years.

"Champion, all for the champion!" Ye Hao has already regarded this championship as his own.