Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 64: The rising star Xu Guinian and the angry Kong Fengge

A team has to play 11 games in the round-robin tournament. Li Ying looked at the match schedule and saw that there were three games every night in the first three days.

On the last day, I will fight Kong Fengge first and then Meng Li.

This is Li Ying’s entire schedule for the first stage of Direct to Yokohama: The Strongest Twelve on Earth.

Li Ying only considered the first stage, because if he won the first stage, he would automatically qualify for the singles competition in this year's World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama.

Li Ying will not participate in the second stage of the competition.

After all the competitions on the first day were over, Dong Yaobang walked over to the person in charge of the table tennis channel and the person in charge of Penguin Video.

"How about the data?" Dong Yaobang asked with a smile.

"The ratings of the table tennis channel have exploded, and are no less than the live broadcasts of the Champions League or NBA on the sports channel. Table tennis is worthy of being the national sport of our Xia country."

The person in charge of the table tennis channel was extremely excited. After all, he was specifically responsible for the table tennis channel. The higher the ratings of the table tennis channel, the more beneficial it would be to him.

Dong Yaobang looked at the person in charge of Penguin Video again.

"The specific data is a commercial secret and cannot be disclosed. However, through the exclusive broadcast of the Earth's Strongest 12, many new Penguin Video members were added. And the data is far ahead of other programs."

The person in charge of Penguin Video laughed.

It is clear.

This time, Penguin Video also won the bet.

"How active is the barrage?" Dong Yaobang was concerned about this issue.

Because this is related to his national table tennis strategy.

And a big plan to create personal IPs for the famous main players of the national table tennis team.

"Very good, especially when Li Ying appeared. Li Ying's fans cover a wide range, from the elderly in their 18s and 25s to teenagers and children. Especially women between and , they are almost universal."

The person in charge of Penguin Video laughed.

"Li Ying has a unique charm in his games. Not only is his playing style particularly good to watch, but more importantly, Li Ying has never lost since his debut last year. His reputation as the Undefeated Kirin is now well-known throughout the country of Xia." The head of the table tennis channel boasted with a smile.

"Hey, he is only 17 years old, still very young, so don't praise him too much." Dong Yaobang quickly stopped the two from praising him.

"But that's the fact. Instead of worrying about when Li Ying will lose, you might as well improve Li Ying's status as soon as possible." The person in charge of the table tennis channel is also a fan of Li Ying.

Now that there is an opportunity, he will naturally spare no effort to get something for Li Ying.

Dong Yaobang looked at him with resentment, "National Table Tennis Team has gone all out to support Li Ying. Don't worry about many things. When the time comes, he will get them. But before that, he still needs to be down-to-earth and take one step at a time!"

On the Internet, Li Ying's fan base has skyrocketed almost exponentially.

every day.

The Xiaguo Table Tennis Association and the Xiaguo National Table Tennis Team have received a large number of interview requests from the media.

Among them, the major media in Xia Country are just left out.

There are even some world-renowned media.

Dong Yaobang knew that this time, Channel C's table tennis channel had sold the broadcasting rights for the competition to television stations in various countries around the world.

Among them, the table tennis channel also made a lot of money.

However, Dong Yaobang was not envious or jealous because the big boss was in the national table tennis team.

The investment promotion and sponsorship of the national table tennis team went very smoothly.

In short.

Today, the Chinese national table tennis team has become extremely rich.

In that case, many devices can be upgraded.

Moreover, more and more advanced equipment can be purchased to assist players in training.

After Chen Daqian finished the coaching team meeting, he returned to the dormitory.

At this moment, Li Ying and Wang Xianlan were chatting enthusiastically.

Although we just parted, I felt a little nostalgic when I returned to the dormitory.

"Brother Qian."

Li Ying naturally took the initiative to say hello.

"Aying, the coaching staff just finished a meeting. In this meeting, they analyzed the mistakes and shortcomings of the team members in today's game. You have to bring shame to me. The coaching staff couldn't even find your mistakes. They couldn't even find your mistakes. Your performance today was good!" Chen Daqian said with a smile.

"Brother Qian, my opponent today is the Third Young Master of 92. After all, I am the eldest brother of the Four Heroes of 92. If I make unnecessary mistakes even when beating them, how can I face my younger brothers in the future!"

The happiest person among them is Li Ying.

"That's right, someone finally calls you Brother Ying!"

Chen Daqian saw through the reason why Li Ying was happy at a glance.

"Isn't this enough?" Li Ying asked back.

"As long as your grades keep going well, your name will soon change from Aying to Brother Ying. By then, even your teammates who are older than you will naturally change their names to them. This will all happen naturally." Chen Daqian said with a smile.

"That's better than someone calling me Brother Ying right now!"

Chen Daqian really couldn't understand Li Ying's taste.

"Your opponents tomorrow are Su Yan, Dou Yang, and Liu Geng, all of whom were once the six little dragons of the national table tennis team. They are also the backbone of the national table tennis team."

Chen Daqian said in a deep voice.

Li Ying smiled and said: "Of course I know the names of the six little dragons of the national table tennis team, but I still have a lot of experience in playing against them."

Liu Geng is now 24 years old, while Su Yan and Dou Yang are both 26 years old. Even though they are at their peak now, in fact, their technical level has gradually been surpassed by the Dragon, Phoenix and Turtle.

This can be seen from this team's round-robin tournament.

Now the Chinese national table tennis team is divided into four groups.

First tier: Li Ying, Meng Li, and Ma Qing.

Second tier: Liang Long, Kong Fengge, and Xu Guinian.

The third tier: Liu Geng, Su Yan, and Dou Yang.

Fourth tier: Fang Bo, Yan An, and Zhou Yu.

There are twelve players, divided into four groups, with exactly three players in each group.

"Time makes people grow old. In the blink of an eye, they are already quite old!" Chen Daqian understands this well, because he is only four or five years older than the six little dragons of the national table tennis team.

but.

In the national table tennis team, the competition is very fierce.

If he cannot become a core player, his career will be rather bleak.

"There's nothing we can do. The external association has improved too fast in recent years. I actually understand Coach Dong. If we don't focus on cultivating the Dragon, Phoenix and Turtle, and only rely on Su Yan, Dou Yang and Liu Geng, it will be difficult to compete with those foreign table tennis superstars!" Li Ying said with a smile.

"Indeed, the competitiveness of the foreign association to our Xia country's national table tennis team is becoming stronger and stronger." Chen Daqian naturally would not look down on the super stars of the foreign association's table tennis.

2 month 4 number.

early morning.

After breakfast, the national table tennis team will have a morning meeting as usual.

However, the men's and women's teams did not hold a morning meeting together.

The men's team one stood in the front row, and the men's team two stood in the back row.

Head coach Dong Yaobang first glanced around with a sharp look. At this moment, no player dared to look at Dong Yaobang.

Otherwise, it would be seen as a challenge to Dong Yaobang's authority.

"After yesterday's game, I was particularly dissatisfied with the performance of some players. I won't criticize them by name. I hope that there will be some improvement in today's game."

"Also, remember one thing in particular. Now, your every move will be exposed to the national audience. Be careful in what you say and do, because you represent the image of the Xiaguo national table tennis team. I don't want anyone to tarnish the glorious history of our national table tennis team for decades."

After Dong Yaobang finished his speech, normal training began.

Yu Xuejian naturally came to practice with Li Ying.

Even though the three young players from 92 have been promoted to the first team, they can only serve as sparring partners.

no way.

Who made them young and inexperienced?

Unless you achieve results, it will be difficult to change the fate of being a sparring partner.

In the afternoon.

Li Ying watched the game.

Yu Xuejian was accompanying him. "Aying, Xu Guinian has really risen this time!" Yu Xuejian sighed.

At present, Xu Guinian's record remains undefeated.

It can be said.

Xu Guinian is the biggest dark horse emerging in this round-robin tournament.

of course.

To say that he is the dark horse of the national table tennis team is a bit of an insult to Xu Guinian.

but.

Xu Guinian is indeed a rising star.

"Brother Xu is working hard, but there seems to be something wrong with Kong Fengge!"

Li Ying's eyes were sharp. Even though they were far away, Li Ying could still see that Kong Fengge had actually had an argument with his head coach Liao Huazhong.

To know.

This was broadcast live on Channel C.

Kong Fengge will definitely be killed as a warning to others for not obeying the coach's management.

and.

Kong Fengge’s current record is also very poor.

One win and five losses!
"Kong Fengge seems to have had a conflict with his coach!" Seeing Li Ying looking at Kong Fengge, Yu Xuejian also turned his gaze there.

The shot was quickly cut off.

but.

This matter is bound to cause a lot of uproar.

night.

Li Ying's game started.

Li Ying had already fought virtually with Su Yan, Liu Geng and Dou Yang in the fantasy space in advance.

Despise your opponent strategically and take him seriously tactically.

Li Ying doesn't want to fail because of carelessness.

However, Su Yan, Liu Geng and Dou Yang are not newcomers, but veteran members of the team.

Although not the core player, he is also the main player in various major competitions.

Li Ying first defeated Dou Yang, then defeated Liu Geng, and finally defeated Su Yan.

Three games.

They all won in four straight sets!
Showing extremely terrifying dominance.

You know, although Mengli and Xu Guinian both have a perfect record at the moment.

But their battle records are not as terrifying as Li Ying's.

Because of Li Ying, the teammates of the national table tennis team were not able to win even a single game.

Not losing a single game, winning six games in six.

From this point of view, Li Ying surpassed Meng Li and Xu Guinian.

After the game and the interview, Li Ying returned to the dormitory.

I took a nice hot bath and lay down on the bed.

The news about Wang Xianlan came as promised.

"Li Ying, I heard that Kong Fengge from your men's team disobeyed the head coach's arrangement today."

Gossip is human nature.

Even Wang Xianlan, who is known as the goddess of the national table tennis team and has the highest beauty level, is no exception.

"I don't know how it will be handled, but the coaching staff is in a meeting now, probably discussing it!"

Wang Xianlan: "That's true. My coach also went to the meeting."

"Since you love gossiping so much, you might as well focus on the competition. Your results are not so good!"

Li Ying naturally kept abreast of Wang Xianlan's battle record at all times.

After two days of competition, Wang Xianlan was not in the first tier of the women's team.

In this case, it would be somewhat dangerous to participate in the singles event of the World Table Tennis Championships.

"It's okay. I have accumulated a lot of experience and will show my strength in the later stage. Besides, the opponents ahead are all very strong!" Wang Xianlan didn't care.

"That's true. I've seen your match schedule. In the early stages, the main players of the women's team were all there, and they were unlucky!" Li Ying replied.

"We will have to face the Grand Round Robin tournament sooner or later. And our women's team is different from your men's team. Even if the top twelve players on Earth don't qualify for the singles tournament this time, as long as we win the women's singles championship in the upcoming Kuwait Open and Qatar Open, we will automatically qualify to go to Yokohama to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships, and we will also directly qualify for the singles tournament!"

"I envy your women's team. It's a pity that our men's team doesn't have such rules. Otherwise, I wouldn't work so hard in the round-robin tournament!"

Li Ying also sent a few emoticons in the text.

Right now.

Wang Xianlan first sent a questioning expression.

immediately.

"Are you sure you're not working hard for the 300 million that champion earns?"

Li Ying: “???”

When it comes to money, Li Ying doesn't want to talk to Wang Xianlan at all.

because.

Comparing money with Wang Xianlan would be purely humiliating.

Anyway, Wang Xiqing and his wife currently have only her as their only daughter.

From now on, the entire business group belongs to Wang Xianlan.

It can be said.

Wang Xianlan is the real lady blessed by heaven, who has no worries about food and clothing.

But now that I have become a female table tennis player, it is purely a hobby and support.

if not.

If she hadn't become an athlete, she would have lived a life of drunkenness and debauchery every day.

only.

This kind of life may not be what Wang Xianlan likes.

"Brother Qian is back, I don't want to chat with you anymore!"

As long as Li Ying chatted with Wang Xianlan, time passed quickly.

Chen Daqian walked into the room with a serious look on his face.

"Brother Qian, has the result of the handling of Kong Fengge come out?" Li Ying asked curiously.

Now, there were only him and Chen Daqian in the room, so Li Ying naturally asked questions without hesitation.

"Well, you don't know that in the coaching meeting, it was Coach Liao Huazhong who made excuses for Kong Fengge many times. Alas, the deeper the love, the more severe the criticism."

Chen Daqian was filled with emotion.

"So how is it handled specifically?" Li Ying was curious about this.

"Because the person involved, Coach Liao, decided to make a big deal out of a small matter, the handling is not too severe. Kong Fengge's qualification to participate in the Kuwait Open and Qatar Open will be cancelled. Moreover, Kong Fengge's qualification for the World Table Tennis Championships singles is also very uncertain!" Chen Daqian said in a deep voice.

"It's still a bit serious. The Kuwait Open is fine. The Qatar Open is very prestigious, and this open tournament attracts top players from all over the world to participate every year." Li Ying said in a deep voice.

"It has to be dealt with. The fact that he was not directly demoted to the second team or sent back to the provincial team shows that the head coach has high tolerance. After all, the matter did not escalate too much. Otherwise, if it really spread on a large scale, it would really affect the image of the national table tennis team!" Chen Daqian said in a deep voice.

"I guess Kong Fengge is also anxious. After all, his performance among the twelve strongest people on earth in the direct trip to Yokohama is not ideal." Li Ying said with a smile.

"But this is not an excuse to get mad at the head coach, and you refuse to obey the coach's arrangements and instructions. It's only because Coach Liao didn't pursue the matter. Otherwise, any other head coach might have terminated the relationship." Chen Daqian said with a smile.

Speaking of this, Chen Daqian felt a little troubled for Liao Huazhong.

Because Kong Fengge is a team member with a very distinctive personality.

Liao Huazhong will have headaches in the future.

(End of this chapter)