Tsumen, somewhere inside a tennis court.

The sun is shining, and Xiao Liuzi, the son of the Northeast Zhang family, is playing tennis with his American friend Pride.

"How is Mr. Pryde, has my tennis skills improved compared to last year?" Xiao Liuzi wiped the sweat from his head and said happily: "Look at it, you may not be able to catch this ball." ”

On the other side, Pride is also well versed in human feelings, his feet slipped, and he didn't receive the ball that was sent, and he looked very sorry: "Zhang, after half a year of hard work, you are no longer the same person you used to be, and you have surpassed me a lot." ”

"Haha, that's still a good teacher, if you hadn't gone to the Northeast to lead me in, I still haven't understood the charm of tennis, let alone enjoy the happiness brought by sports." Xiao Liuzi happily handed the tennis racket to the entourage next to him, took the towel and wiped his face: "Now I really like this sport very much, and I hope that one day it can be popularized in the Northeast." ”

When looking at historical figures, while knowing his mistakes, we should also see the side of his strengths.

In fact, Xiao Liuzi also had ideals and aspirations when he was young, that is, he wanted to learn medicine to save people and relieve people's diseases and suffering, but unfortunately his father who opened his mouth and closed his mouth "mother" was unwilling, so he married Yu Fengzhi last fall, and after a small honeymoon, he was sent back to the Fengtian Military Administration to study military affairs.

During this period, he participated in the activities of the Mukden YMCA and met a group of foreign friends, including the director general, the American Pryde, with the help of whom he learned and fell in love with the sport, and the idea of sports began to germinate.

Later, he became a person who cannot be ignored in the history of our sports, and vigorously promoted the development of modern sports in Northeast China, especially in the establishment of a special course of physical education at Northeastern University, where he was also the president, to cultivate sports professionals, and to open a precedent for physical education in Northeast China, laying the foundation for the three eastern provinces to become one of the most competitive regions in sports in China.

Our first athlete to participate in the Olympic Games, Liu Changchun, was sponsored by Xiao Liuzi, which became a landmark event for my country to officially enter the Olympic family.

Then again.

Xiao Liuzi threw the towel aside, sat on the chair and crossed Erlang's legs: "It's a pity, there are too few people who love sports, especially tennis, and practice those military drills every day like puppets, how boring, otherwise we wouldn't have come all the way from Mukden to meet friends with balls." ”

Pude said with a smile: "If we don't come to Tianjin, how can we participate in the North China Games, there are more than 20 schools in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Shanxi to participate, and sports lovers like you and me can't miss it." ”

According to the division at that time, North China was particularly wide, including more than 10 provinces north of the Yellow River, such as Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Liao, Ji, and Hei, and North China was the earliest, widest, and highest-level sports technology in the country at that time.

From 1913 to 1934, a total of 18 editions were held, during which time the level of sports in North China was always higher than that in other regions.

But when it comes to this, Xiao Liuzi became interested: "That's right, the 5th North China Games will be held this month, and there is just a tennis match in it, although it is just a performance project, but it must also be a high-level technology, and it must be worth the trip." ”

"Zhang, you still overlooked the most important point, the venue of this time is Jinmen Nankai School." Pride pointed to the building not far away, and said with great interest: "There are our old friends there." ”

Xiao Liuzi sat up straight: "I almost forgot, the organizer of this North China Games is Mr. Zhang Boling, since last year's farewell in Fengtian, I haven't seen him for half a year, I think it's better to go over and see now, if there is anything needed for the Games, we can help some." ”

Pride nodded and said with a smile: "If there are no players in the tennis exhibition match, I am happy to sign up." ”

Nankai School is not far from the tennis court, and the two don't even need a rickshaw, and they are just a few steps away from the place.

However, it was completely different from what they imagined to be in full swing, as if someone was arguing, and the crowd was surrounded by people watching the excitement.

After listening to it for a while, it turned out that the contestants had a quarrel with the organizing committee.

Dong Shouyi, the representative of the athletes, pointed to the track and field track under his feet, with an angry face: "Mr. Arthur, please tell me, why the measurement unit of the competition does not use the metric system, all of them are imperial distance units, we are running on the land of China, not in your Great Britain!" ”

Arthur on the other side didn't care, took a puff of his pipe, and said slowly: "Dong, did you only know about this recently, I feel very sorry, the first North China Games was held under the guidance of the Beiping YMCA, and you don't even know the rules of track and field without these British units." ”

Dong Shouyi was incredulous, and asked rhetorically: "That was before, can't we people hold it once by ourselves from this session, don't underestimate people." ”

"Poor child, may God's grace be merciful to you." Arthur leaned on a gentleman's cane, his face full of regret: "Then I can only apologize again, the referees, venues, funds, and rules on the scene are all completed by us, and the dominance is not in your hands, little one, experience your first game." ”

Dong Shouyi was completely angry, and took the athletes' handbook from his partner to look through, although it was all in Chinese, it could be clearly written on the cover that the translation was from a foreigner.

"It's impossible, how can it be, no one has ever told me that the Games are like this."

For a moment, I just felt that everything was gone, and it seemed that everything except the land under my feet and the yellow-skinned athletes had blue eyes and a high nose bridge.

The companion next to him said cautiously: "Actually, this rule didn't exist from the beginning, and it was only at the strong request of our athletes last year that the English was translated, and I didn't know how to compete before." ”

Arthur over there shook his head, turned around with a gentleman's staff to leave, paused and took off his hat and put it back on: "Poor boy, I see you are wearing a basketball uniform, you should be a basketball player, I must remind you that the basketball in your hand is also imported from us, o, you don't have this skill yet." ”

After speaking, only one back was left and walked away.

Dong Shouyi couldn't hold back any longer, the strength in his body was discharged, and he knelt on the ground with tears streaming down his face.

"I'm ashamed that the country has fallen to this point, and even the sovereignty of sports is not on us."

The darkness in front of him fell directly to the ground, and after the onlookers saw it, they hurriedly went up to rescue.

Some of the indignant Nankai students couldn't stand it and wanted to rush up to teach the arrogant Arthur a lesson, but the staff were afraid of an accident and stopped them, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Liuzi was also so angry that he immediately rushed over to beat the foreigner, but unfortunately he was hugged tightly by Pride.

"Let go of me, Pride, let me go, that foreign devil is too deceitful, it's just murderous, how can you bear it!"

"Zhang, you have to be calm, don't forget that this is a critical period for preparing for the North China Games, there is no room for chaos, you will harm yourself if you are so impulsive, how to explain to your father when the time comes, and how to explain to Mr. Zhang Boling." Pride pulled him stiffly and didn't let him come forward: "You see there are a few newspaper reporters next to there, waiting for a joke." ”

Hearing this, the energy on Xiao Liuzi's body slowly drained, but the humiliation on his face couldn't dissipate.

"No, we must go to Mr. Zhang Boling and ask whether this North China Games is ours or their foreigners!"