Chapter 37: Losing the First Team
At the end of the Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships, Ye Hao and his party returned with honors, and they did not cause much of a sensation when they returned to the national team. The Chinese table tennis team has won too many honors, just an Asian Youth Championship, it is normal to win the championships of men's and women's singles and men's and women's teams, and it is an accident to lose one.
Zhengding National Table Tennis Training Base, Ye Hao is training, not only him, but all the members of the national first and second teams are here for summer training.
In one office, national table tennis head coach Choi Ping Pong, men's head coach Yoon Xiao and other men's team coaches are meeting to discuss the list of participants for the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, in September.
"I think we can give the young players some chances, after all, we are in a period of renewal." This is the opinion of Jiang Yubing, the head coach of the second team.
"It's okay to think about it, but only if you secure the men's singles and men's team championships." The coach of another team added.
After listening to everyone's opinions, Yin Xiao asked Cai Ping Pong for instructions: "I'll make a list first, how about you take a look?" ”
After seeing the other party nodding in agreement, Yin Xiao continued: "The quota of the men's team is planned to be Kong Linghui, Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Liu Guozhen and Wang Hao. The men's singles are Kong Linghui, Wang Liqin and Ma Lin, and the men's doubles are Liu Guozhen and Wang Hao. After speaking, he looked at Cai Ping-pong.
"The list is still considered very well, and this is also what I discussed with Coach Yin, which not only ensures strength, but also trains newcomers. What do you think? Cai Ping Pong looked at everyone.
The people below said that they had no opinion, and the head coach and the head coach of the men's team had discussed something that was good, and who would dare to oppose it without interest.
"Then let's move on to the next topic. Two days ago, Director Jiang suggested to me and Mr. Cai that a group of outstanding reserve forces of the second national team should be promoted to the first team for training, and Mr. Cai also agreed, and now discuss the list of personnel. Coach Jiang, you are the head coach of the national second team, please tell me your opinion first. ”
"I have four candidates here, Zhang Chao, Li Ping, Qiu Yike and Ye Hao. All four of them participated in this year's Asian Youth Championships and won the team championship. Especially Ye Hao, a member of the team, although he is young, he has good skills and a stable mentality, and he has won the singles championship of the Asian Youth Championships, which has great potential and is worth focusing on. My opinion is whether they can be transferred to the first team to train, or they can be used as the sparring partners of the main players to go to the Asian Games to adapt. Jiang Yubing said what he thought.
"Our main task now is to prepare for the Asian Games, but Director Jiang's advice is also reasonable, but the number of places abroad for the Asian Games is also limited, so let's promote two people to a team first. You can discuss this list with a few main players, and listen to their opinions, after all, I am doing their sparring. Cai Ping Pong made the final decision.
After the meeting, Yin Xiao and Jiang Yubing called the five members of the Asian Games together, announced the decision to them, and asked for their opinions on which two of the four members of the national second team should be selected to enter the first team.
At this time, Wang Liqin was surprised when he heard that Ye Hao's name was among the four people, he didn't expect that in just half a year, the other party might be promoted from the second team to the first team, although it was not the main force, and he was also responsible for sparring, but this was also very powerful. After all, there are only about a dozen people in the national team, and it is not easy to enter.
Wang Liqin remembered that when he first met Ye Hao at his cousin's birthday party, the other party didn't give him face at all, and he was arrogant, and he was angry when he thought about it. Thinking about the other party's age again, his jealousy was even stronger, so he took the lead and said, "That Ye Hao seems to be only twelve years old, I'm afraid he is not the right person." ”
Jiang Yubing didn't know Wang Liqin's dissatisfaction and jealousy towards Ye Hao, and explained: "Although Ye Hao is young, his strength is the strongest among several people. ”
"No matter how strong the strength is, how strong can it be? Too young, definitely not enough strength, not very experienced, how to do a good sparring? Let's let him practice in the second team for two more years. Kong Linghui suddenly interjected, as the team's big brother and Grand Slam winner, his words still carry a lot of weight. And at this time, another Grand Slam Liu Guoliang was recuperating due to injury and was not in the team, and Kong Linghui became the oldest player with the most qualifications.
Wang Liqin on the side was even more overjoyed when he heard that the eldest brother Kong Linghui also helped him speak, and cast a grateful look at the other party. As everyone knows, in fact, Kong Linghui said this because of jealousy at this time. He is at the end of his career, and his peak is no longer there, and he was already impacted by Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, and even Wang Hao, who was only nineteen years old, in the team. Now even the twelve-year-old Ye Hao is going to enter the national first team, how can he bear it, he must stop it.
After hearing the opposition of Kong Linghui and Wang Liqin, Yin Xiao decided to give up promoting Ye Hao, and finally decided to transfer the older Zhang Chao and Li Ping into the first team, train with the team, and also serve as a sparring partner, and go to the Busan Asian Games together.
Under Wang Liqin's deliberate bad and Kong Linghui's help, Ye Hao still regrettably lost the election and lost the opportunity to enter the national first team one step earlier, of course, he didn't know the reason.
Although it is a little regrettable that Ye Hao was not sent to the first team, after all, thanks to Ye Hao's performance in the Asian Youth Championships, he was able to protect the championship of the men's singles and men's team. But Coach Jiang Yubing thinks that it is not bad to be able to send Zhang Chao and Li Ping in, after all, Ye Hao is still young, maybe it would be good to exercise more time in the national second team, anyway, as long as he maintains his current state, it will be a matter of time before he enters the first team.
Soon, the news of Zhang Chao and Li Ping's promotion to the first team spread in the second team, and everyone congratulated the two of them. Ye Hao is no exception, he never thought that he would be promoted to the first team after just entering the second team for more than half a year. However, Ye Hao didn't know that he did have a chance, but he was just destroyed by Wang Liqin.
However, even if Ye Hao knew the reason, he would not regret that he had once forced Wang Liqin and did not give him the opportunity to rely on the old and sell the old. Anyway, as long as he has the strength, it will be a matter of time before he enters the first team, and then he will have to compete with Wang Liqin for the position of the main force, and he doesn't have to look at the other party's face.
Ye Hao didn't actually mean to go against the old players, the Chinese table tennis team is a very united collective, and he doesn't want to be a-stirring stick. As long as others don't bully him or insult him, Ye Hao won't sting people like a hedgehog.
However, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the Tan water of national table tennis is not calm. In the next two or three years, the national table tennis has been in turmoil, even if Liu Guoliang takes office next year, he will still come, and the Waterloo of the national table tennis is inevitable. And due to Ye Hao's rebirth, the butterfly effect has increased, and the world table tennis powerhouses in this life have emerged, and the situation will be even more chaotic.