It's better to fall in love with an old enemy

There is a metaphysics in the art scoring competition, which is called referee fate.Whether a player is a referee sometimes depends on strength, sometimes depends on nationality, sometimes depends on age, and sometimes it even depends on whether you look good or not.They are allowed to hold together moderately to keep warm, a little eccentricity is allowed to protect weaknesses, and a little bit of deliberate difficulty is allowed. As long as it is not too much, the upper-level personnel don't mind turning a blind eye to it.

Saionji Zeming has always been the favorite of referees from all over the world in the international arena. No one would dislike such a tall and handsome player with clean skills and excellent performance. European and American referees even have a preference for him.So every time in a world-class competition, only his artistic expression scores can be compared with Dylan White.

However, players treated like this have a characteristic, especially for Japanese players.These Japanese players who are loved by European and American referees do not seem to be seen by their own referees.This situation is not so obvious in the Grand Prix Finals and World Championships, where the participating countries are complex, but in competitions with a relatively single participant, such as the Four Continents Championship, the "shady scene" is obvious.

After all, among the participating countries in the four continents, except for the United States, Japan and China, the rest are basically small countries with only one seedling.The referees of small countries are roughly divided into two factions, one faction sticks to its duty, and the other faction follows the footsteps of big countries.

Xiyuan Temple didn't know what the situation of the Four Continents Competition would be like this time. He would not put his own fate in the calculators of the referees. The program will not be recognized.

The lottery of Xiyuan Temple's short program is stuck between Song Liu and Xiaocheng. Both of them are scheduled to perform Axel's quadruple jump in the short program, and both of them have jumped out of the 4A that is recognized by the rules in the international arena. .This is not a small challenge for Xiyuan Temple, who has not programmed this difficult jump into the program.

When Song Liu came on stage, Xiyuan Temple was making the final adjustments behind the blackout curtain at the entrance and exit.Song Liu's technique is flawed, which is difficult to correct, because it is determined by his jumping habits. The low-altitude jump has caused him to take out 4A from last season to the present. Most of this jump will be judged as insufficient weeks.Xiyuan Temple heard the exclamation from the audience through the earphones, and he knew in his heart that Song Liu's 4A in the short program this time must have been achieved.When he entered the venue and waited for the field, the referee was scoring. Xiyuansi glanced at Song Liu's slow-motion replay. There was still a problem with 4A, but this time he was on the verge of catching or not catching.

Song Liu's short program score came out, and the final technical score was a little lower than the real-time technical score, obviously he was caught jumping.

Xiyuan Temple had an idea of ​​the scale of the referees, and they were unexpectedly strict this time.

"Just like what we said in the previous training, relax, clear your mind, forget everything, and let your blade move from your heart." Ono Matsuhei said, patting the back of Xiyuanji's hand.

As long as one of Song Liu and Xiao Cheng completes 4A, Xiyuan Temple will not be able to gain an advantage in the short program. He needs to consciously enrich the content of the program to make up for his lack of technical foundation points.

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", one of Ryuichi Sakamoto's most famous pieces, so famous that he didn't even want to play it at the concert.Xiyuan Temple took a fancy to its fame when it selected songs for the short program, which is quite utilitarian.Famous tunes are easy to be favored by judges, but they are also more likely to be faulted.

But that's for the tunes they know. They definitely don't know as much about the piece "Mr. Lawrence" as those required for figure skating.

Even when Xiyuan Temple first got the choreography, he didn't know that the song was actually the soundtrack of a same-sex movie.It's too old, and it's still a total loss image quality.Until all the grand prix competitions at the beginning of the season were over, he still ignorantly thought it was just a widely circulated piano piece.In the process of preparing for the Four Continents, Coach Ono and the choreographer forced him to finish watching the movie.

Jack in England and Yonoi in Japan.

Rock singer David Bowie and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Execution kisses and cut locks of hair.

Right and wrong, life and death.

There are also other bits and pieces, all of which brought an inexplicable feeling to Xiyuan Temple.During the two days of training after watching the movie, he skated the whole program no less than [-] times, and he wanted to firmly remember this state of mind in every part of his body.Sometimes he felt like the knife in the film, and sometimes he felt like the white moth resting on Jack's face.For the first time, Xiyuan Temple felt that his language skills were too shallow. He couldn't log in to his Twitter account and post a short film review composition as usual, and he could remember the feeling at that moment.

The practice during that time has paid off. In the Korean arena, Xiyuan Temple really moved according to his heart, grasping that little bit of emptiness, and giving this song a soul that was not there at the beginning of the season.

Even the technical arrangement of the three jumps, two turns and one step method, and the connection without strokes are quite coordinated, without any major problems.Except for the four consecutive loops falling off the ice, which were not very beautiful, Xiyuan Temple's short program was perfect.

The audience's applause and the big and small chinchillas thrown on the ice all confirmed everyone's love for him.

After the referee scored, Xiyuan Temple and Ono breathed a sigh of relief. The score was acceptable and not too bad.The points that should be deducted have been deducted, and the points that should be added have not been added.

The Four Continents Competition in South Korea seems to be a blessed place for the three brothers. Xiao Chengnai, who was the last to play, also had a magical explosion. He didn’t lose 4A, and the P score still couldn’t go up or down. The short program score made him take the first place. .

Song Liu is the second and Xiyuan Temple is the third.

This result is acceptable to Xiyuan Temple, after all, the free skating on the second day is the deciding game.Moreover, the difference of less than one point between the three of them, what kind of gap, does not exist, and it is completely reversible.

Song Liu's free skating was as worrying as ever. The silly kid's first 4A was vacated by him for two weeks. In the second half, his physical strength was in jeopardy. Thinking about making up for this 4A and struggling to jump high, it was still less than a week away. around.But in the end the referee showed mercy, turned a blind eye and barely gave a decent score.

Xiao Cheng Nei was right behind him, perhaps affected by the magnetic field of his 4A party buddy, Xiao Chengyi's Axel at the beginning of the scene fell into the dog gnawing mud.He thought in his heart that this jump was the end of the calf, and he would definitely be demoted to the group for the number of weeks. Coupled with the fall, 4A declared cool.But young is still young, and the best thing about Xiaocheng is that he is always the most energetic on the field, like a fully charged small battery, bubbling out current.He has never been disturbed by a jumping error. Apart from this one fall, his program can also be regarded as eye-catching.

Xiao Cheng still maintained his slight advantage, still less than one point behind, and finally took the lead over Song Liu.

Exactly how the podium will be ranked is still a cloud of fog, and it depends on Saiyuan Temple who is the last to enter the field.

Xiyuan Temple, who floated into the arena, slid around on the ice, focusing all the audience's eyes on himself. He raised his arms and felt the atmosphere in every inch of the venue.As the entire venue followed him to silence, he took a deep breath and dropped his arms, waiting for his first note.

Perhaps this venue in South Korea has really bad feng shui, and Xiyuan Temple also made a mistake.

"Your Name" got off to a bad start, and the 4Lz3Lo combo arranged on the first one didn't jump out.The moment Xiyuansi 4Lz fell off the ice, I felt that the blade touched the ice trough that everyone left on the ice during the 6-minute practice. If you force the loop to jump, you will definitely get stuck in the trough.The falling ice around the hook was also stuck a little unstable by this blow, Xiyuansi stabilized his body center of gravity, slid out, and directly passed the jump.

The whole body is affected by a single hair, Xiyuan Temple has been looking for opportunities to connect this high-level jumper that accounts for a large proportion of the score.He doesn't want to let even loops be wasted in simple single jumps.The four-way hook has been skipped. According to the rules, each type of quadruple jump is only allowed to be used once. His high-level jump can only be connected behind the 4F.

西园寺马上决定要将后半程的4T1Eu3S换到前边来，把本应该是前半部分的4F单跳换到后边去补lo连跳。平衡前半与后半的跳跃比例，也可以蹭到后半的1.1加分。

When Xiyuan Temple missed the first jump, Coach Ono thought of his solution.This is undoubtedly the method with the least loss. Ono is not worried about Xiyuan Temple's on-the-spot adjustment ability, he is worried that this on-the-spot modification will cause insufficient details.

The brains of the world's first-line figure skaters are running at high speed on the field. They will consciously calculate the points and points lost for each jump, and then make up for it.But on-the-spot changes are definitely not as good as preparing details in advance. Losing jumps is a sudden problem, and making up jumps is the top priority solution. Thinking about what jumps to use to fill the gap has already taken up enough brain capacity. Can't take care of it.

The few jumps changed by Xiyuan Temple no longer have any connection, and the finishing touch of the show has been cut off, which is also impossible.

At the end of the show, Xiyuan Temple's knife teeth got stuck in the ice again. He staggered, then stabilized, and finished his ending posture beautifully.

Coach Ono was completely relaxed now, and he listened to the audience cheering for Xiyuan Temple in the center of the ice rink.Ono dared to bet his private money to guarantee that audiences who hadn't seen his composition list beforehand would not be able to see that such a beautiful program was completed after Xiyuan Temple made a major on-the-spot modification.

Everyone held their breath and waited for the referee's scoring. Everyone was a little anxious, and their scoring speed was too slow.Those actions that were played back are clean for anyone to see.

Time passed bit by bit, and finally, the microphone of the broadcasting station made a noise.The staff announced the final score of Xiyuan Temple.

Xiyuanji Zeming's free skating surpassed Song Liu by less than one point, but the total score was still lost to Xiaocheng and Song Liu, regrettably ranked No.3.

After the score was announced, the entire venue was silent, and a needle could be heard.

Xiyuan Temple froze in the equal division, and he stared at the "Deduction: -1" on the screen in disbelief.He didn't know how his extra point was deducted.

He stared carefully at the rankings and scores of the free skating and total scores of the players that were switched out on the screen.

Xiyuan Temple tightened the seats in the equal division.Xiao Chengnei also scored exactly the same as his free skating score, accurate to two decimal places, exactly the same score.This is too ironic.

Everyone didn't believe this result, and Xiyuansi seemed to hear more than one person in the audience closest to him being aggrieved for him in a trance.

"The only person in the entire competition who was clean in both programs won the bronze medal? Are you out of your mind?"

The author has something to say:

This chapter is so difficult, really.Don't hit me, I ran away QAQ