Chapter 3: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (3)
He took out clean clothes and towels from the cupboard, and was about to go to the shower room to take a shower, when the boxer of Moxican, who was chatting, stopped him:
"The shower room is full now, so you'll have to wait a while to take a shower."
"That's it, alright!" Tang Long said.
"New here, huh?" Mohican asked.
"Yes, the first day of class today."
"Don't worry, you can wash it in a few minutes, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it."
"Okay, thanks."
"You're welcome, have you been to us before?"
"It's the first time I've been here last night, but I know your club and I've seen your club's fighters fight."
"Who have you seen here?" Mohican looked at him.
"Wang Gang."
"Oh, 'Warriors'! He doesn't play much, having played one at a bar last month. Mohican said.
"Yes, guess the train bar, the Troopers is his nickname?" Tang Long said.
"Yes, the nickname 'Troop' is the nickname we gave him." The student with braids told Tang Long.
"Why is it called 'Warriors'?" Tang Long was puzzled.
Moxigantou told Tang Long: "Because he is a retired armed policeman." ”
"I see, it's an interesting nickname, do you have a nickname?" Tang Long asked.
The pigtailed boxer looked at the fighter with Moxigan's head, showed his white teeth and smiled, and told Tang Long: "His name is Wang Dalong, and his nickname is 'Phantom Wyvern'." ”
"This man's nickname is 'Smiling Assassin', and his real name is Shi Tiancheng." Wang Dalong introduced Mo Xigantou to Tang Long and said.
Tang Long was taken aback, and he couldn't imagine that the two enthusiastic and easy-going young men in front of him were the boxers "Phantom Wyvern" and "Smiling Assassin" who made many fighters fearful. "Fire Qilin" Zhao Kaishan, "Smiling Assassin" Shi Tiancheng, "Phantom Flying Dragon" Wang Dalong, "Thunder" Sun Dalei, and "Qilu Shaoxia" Zhang Bin are the five famous boxers who fought in Pengqiang Fight Club, and have been among the ranks of domestic first-line boxers, known as the "Pengqiang Five Tigers".
"What's your name?" Wang Dalong asked him.
"My name is Tang Long."
"The flying dragon of the Tang Dynasty, traveling to the 21st century, is good, good name." Wang Dalong teased him.
"If he plays out in the future, you can give him the nickname 'Wyvern', and you will be called 'Phantom'." Shi Tiancheng said to Wang Dalong with a smile.
"Oh mom, as long as the junior brother plays out, anything is fine, don't say give half of the nickname, the nickname of "Phantom Wyvern" is all given to him, it's interesting enough, right? ”
After hearing this, Shi Tiancheng laughed with Wang Dalong.
At this time, a two-meter-tall boxer with legs as thick as a tree walked in with his head bowed after taking a shower and holding a wet towel in his hand. He towered like a giant in the locker room, his head reaching to the ceiling. He had a shallow scar on the left cheekbone, a thick beard that covered most of his face, a bulging neck with bulging muscles, high muscles on his broad shoulders, a hairy chest, and legs as thick as coconut trees. As soon as he walked into the locker room, the space in the locker room suddenly became much narrower.
"The thunder is ready, you hurry up!" Wang Dalong said to him.
Big thunder? Could it be that the giant who walked into the locker room just now was the "Thunder" Wang Da Lei? It must be, today is really an eye-opener, Tang Long thought as he walked to the shower room.
The shower room was cleaned, and there was a soft shampoo and shower gel on the wrought-iron shelves in each shower room, and many people in it chatted and joked while showering. After the training, everyone was relaxed.
After taking a shower and drying his hair in front of the washstand in the shower room, Tang Long returned to the dressing room and found that Wang Dalei, Shi Tiancheng, and Wang Dalong had already left. He put his changed clothes, face towel, and bath towel into three plastic bags, put the plastic bags into his backpack, dried his feet, put on his shoes, and came to the training area with his backpack on his back.
In the No. 2 training area, Coach Liu and Coach Hu are leading the second batch of children's class students to train, and in the No. 1 training area, Wang Gang is practicing after training, constantly hitting the sandbag, and every punch or leg, his mouth will shout "beep". As the combination of punches and kicks changes, you can hear the "toot" sound in his mouth sometimes high and sometimes low, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes "toot", sometimes "toot", sometimes "toodoo" in three beats and "doodoo" in four beats. The shout mingled with the muffled thud of his fists and kicks hitting the sandbags, like the wild roar of a ferocious predator.
Not far from Wang Gang, five children were huddled together, the one in the middle was holding a mobile phone in his hand, and the other four children all put their heads in front of his shoulders and stared at the phone screen.
Tang Long walked into the No. 1 training area and came to Wang Gang's side to observe how he made a move and hit the sandbag up close. After beating a set of sandbags, Wang Gang took off his boxing gloves and smiled at Tang Long and nodded:
"New to the club? I don't think I've seen you before. ”
"Yes, just had the first class in the morning."
"How long have you been here?" Tang Long asked Wang Gang.
"Three months."
"Playing in three months?" Tang Long was a little surprised, "But you played well, I've watched your game,"
"Where did you see it?"
"At the Trainspotting Bar, you win by knockout, it's amazing."
Wang Gang smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, I played very badly, but you can't see it now, the 'Pengqiang Five Tigers' are the most powerful in our hall except for the coach." ”
"In the days to come, please give me a lot of advice."
"Learn from each other, don't dare to talk about advice."
"When I first saw Coach Zhang last night, he was cleaning in the fitness area, and at first I thought he was an uncle who specializes in cleaning work, but later I learned that he was our deputy head coach." Tang Long said with some tears and laughter.
Wang Gang pointed to the wooden bench in the middle of the pillar and said, "Sit down!" ”
After taking a seat on the wooden bench, the two young men slowly opened up the conversation.
"Coach Zhang used to be a national sanda champion, and later after going to Thailand, he also won the Muay Thai championship in Thailand as an alien boxer, and now the fighters don't know his name, in the nineties, he was famous!"
"Really? This is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. ”
"Coach Zhang is very serious in training, easy-going and funny in private, and a little cynical. He usually takes the lead in cleaning the club, and the coaches are very active in the dirty work in the training hall under his leadership. I heard that Coach Zhang and the head coach are both from Wuhan, Hubei, and the head coach has been practicing martial arts in Coach Zhang's Wuhan boxing gym since he was a child. Therefore, the head coach is a disciple of Coach Zhang, and after the head coach made a name for himself, he left Coach Zhang's gym and created his own fight club in Shenzhen. ”
"Why did Coach Zhang come to Shenzhen? Didn't he himself have a gym in Wuhan? ”
Wang Gang raised his eyes and looked around, and after making sure that no one around was listening to their chat, he lowered his voice and said: "After Coach Zhang's wife died, he was disheartened and closed the gym, wanting to leave Wuhan, a city that touched the scene. ”
While they were chatting energetically, Coach Zhang walked out of the dressing area. He saw Tang Long and Wang Gang sitting together chatting, so he called Wang Gang:
"Wang Gang, are you tired?"
"Don't be tired, Coach Zhang." Wang Gang replied to him.
"Tang Long, let's find a place for you to rest in the dormitory!"
"Okay, thank you, Coach Zhang."
"You're welcome, you two come with me!" Coach Zhang said.
Tang Long and Wang Gang quickly stood up and walked towards Coach Zhang.
"Applejack, Li Mo, don't play with your mobile phones, go back to the dormitory early, there will be training in the afternoon!" Coach Zhang shouted at the five children who were playing with their mobile phones.
There was an irresistible majesty in his deep, deep voice. The child holding the mobile phone in the middle looked up at Coach Zhang, quickly put the mobile phone into the trouser pocket of his shorts, and walked towards the changing area, where the other children followed him. After the five children brought bags containing soaked training clothes from the changing area, the group walked towards the dormitory of the Pengqiang Club.