On February 12, 2006, during the Lantern Festival, the Chinese table tennis team held a press conference, which was about Ye Hao. Ye Hao's return began with such a press conference.

Backstage of the press conference, Liu Guoliang and Ye Hao were preparing to play. Before this, Liu Guoliang solemnly stretched out his right hand, looked at Ye Hao and said, "Welcome back!" ”

Ye Hao also had mixed feelings at this time, and he held Liu Guoliang's right hand tightly. "Director Liu, we can fight side by side again in the future!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and then walked towards the venue of the press conference. The press conference attracted a lot of media, and even foreign media, such as South Korean media, Japanese media, German media, etc., most of which are table tennis powers.

First of all, a CCTV reporter asked: "Ye Hao, may I ask why you decided to return this time?" ”

"Because of my love for table tennis, because I hope to continue to win glory for the country." This answer made the reporters below complain for a while, and it was an official answer.

The second question from a Phoenix Media reporter was: "I heard that your right hand was seriously injured in a car accident and can no longer exert force, which should have a great impact on your strength." So how did you solve this problem? ”

"I don't need to solve it, because now I switch to a left-handed grip!" This answer finally satisfied the reporters, and everyone was surprised, and then they wrote hard.

The Japanese reporter immediately followed up and asked: "Ye Haojun, what is the strength of your left hand, and how big is the gap between it and your right hand?" As soon as this question came out, everyone stared at Ye Hao, waiting for his answer.

Ye Hao replied with only two words: "Confidential!" Everyone in the audience vomited blood one after another, and Liu Guoliang, who was sitting next to Ye Hao, couldn't help grinning.

However, as the uncrowned king, the reporters will not admit defeat so easily, and immediately a reporter asked Liu Guoliang, "Director Liu, what do you think of Ye Hao's left-hand strength?" ”

Liu Guoliang is also an old fox, and he replied vaguely: "The specific situation needs to be kept secret, but I can reveal one thing, there is a lot of potential." ”

Well, when it comes to this big and small two slippery heads, the uncrowned king with vast magical powers has no choice but to continue to ask questions.

"What is your goal for this comeback?" A Chinese journalist asked.

"Double Slam!" Ye Hao only used three words, and once again succeeded in igniting the audience, and this time it caused a greater sensation, and there was already a lot of discussion off the field, so I couldn't wait to leave, and hurried back to write and send the manuscript. Even Liu Guoliang, who was sitting next to Ye Hao, gasped at this time, obviously he didn't expect Ye Hao to "make a big fuss" at this time.

After Ye Hao released a big satellite, the questions from the reporters behind him became dull. The press conference ended in a hurry shortly after, and all the reporters in the audience rushed back immediately, wanting to release the news as soon as possible.

In the afternoon of the same day, the report about Ye Hao's comeback had been freshly released, and the speed was not fast. After Liu Guoliang saw these reports, one head immediately turned into two big.

"Sure enough, this kid started to do things as soon as he came!" In this regard, Liu Guoliang could only smile helplessly.

So how did the media report on Ye Hao's comeback?

Japanese media: "Chinese table tennis Grand Slam players are making a comeback, and they are not ashamed to say that they are trying to win double slams." ”

South Korean media: "Ye Hao's comeback is a double slam, confident or arrogant?" ”

German media: "The world table tennis world is a wolf again? ”

International Table Tennis Federation: "China Hao has returned, and the time to recover its strength may become a mystery." ”

Phoenix Media: "Table tennis Grand Slam winner Ye Hao is coming back, how much strength is left with his left hand?" ”

In short, few media are optimistic about Ye Hao's comeback, after all, the competition in the world table tennis is more fierce than a year ago, but Ye Hao will fight again with an unfamiliar left-handed style.

However, there are still media who choose to support Ye Hao and support the Chinese table tennis team, such as CCTV. That night, a news item titled "The Return of the King" was broadcast on CCTV5 Evening News.

Ye Hao chose to make his goal public, not because he was arrogant, not because Ye Gong was a good dragon, but because he wanted to put enough pressure on himself to force himself to return to the world's top level as soon as possible.

Since mid-February, Ye Hao did not go out with the national table tennis to compete in the Qatar Open and Kuwait Open, but stayed in the capital alone and began to conduct special training on his left-handed play.

For four months, Ye Hao spent the rest of his time sweating at the table in the training hall except for a few days to arrange recording extreme challenges. For him, it was quite difficult to switch from a right-handed horizontal slap to a left-handed horizontal slap, especially when his goal was to reach the invincible state of his previous right hand.

However, the long-term hard training is still effective, after all, no hard work is a gain, Ye Hao's experience and skills are still there, what is missing is time, that is, training, and the actual combat of the competition.

Therefore, after four months of closed training, Ye Hao decided to participate in the competition to train his soldiers. Liu Guoliang also took Ye Hao's training in the past few months and promised him to participate in the China Table Tennis Open held in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province in mid-June.

For the first official match after his comeback, Ye Hao attaches great importance to it, his minimum goal is to break into the men's singles semifinals, as for the championship, of course, he can win as much as possible, but it is not easy with his current strength.

This year's China Table Tennis Open has more than 100 athletes from 21 countries and regions signed up to participate, and the Chinese team is full of players, and there are also Liu Chengmin, Zhu Shihyuk, Metz and others abroad, which can be said to be a gathering of masters.

As soon as the Chinese team's entry list was revealed, it immediately attracted the attention of the media and other participating teams. The reason for this is, of course, Ye Hao's participation, although most people are not optimistic about Ye Hao's comeback, but they have not seen each other in person for a day, and they dare not make absolute conclusions.

So this time the China Table Tennis Open has naturally become the best opportunity to observe. Of course, the major media will not let go of such a hot news, and they are ready to pay special attention to Ye Hao's game. And all the participating teams and players are also silently paying attention to Ye Hao's draw grouping, and many people are looking forward to being able to play against Ye Hao and verify his strength with their own hands.

Not only foreign players are eager to try, but even the players within the national table tennis men's team are also ready to move, such as Wang Hao, such as Wang Liqin and Ma Lin. They were also eager to know if Ye Hao's strength had recovered to a few percent and whether he could pose a threat to them.

Ye Hao, who was at the center of this turmoil, was in his heart at the moment, like a calm pond, without a trace of waves, he was just quietly waiting for the arrival of the first official game after his comeback.