Return to the top of the road to champions

July 1993, 7, great heat.

At [-]:[-] p.m., at the Chinese Figure Skating Training Base, Tao Wei, who was wearing a singlet and leggings, stretched his hands forward, his whole body stuck to the ground, and his slender legs stretched into a straight line, lying firmly on the dark green carpet.

When the minute hand pointed to 45, Ding Min standing behind Tao Wei's tense facial features slowly relaxed, "Tao Wei, it's ok, today's training is over."

Hearing the shout, Tao Wei withdrew his arms and sat upright, revealing his cheeks that had been buried on the ground. He retracted his legs that had been drawn in a straight line, moved them a bit, and jumped up with his hands on the ground. Standing in front of Ding Min.

Tao Wei, who smiled at Ding Min, said goodbye, pulled the towel hanging from the armrest and hung it around his neck, and Tao Wei, who was wiping his sweat while walking, occasionally tugged at the wet vest that was stuck to his body.

The back that gradually disappeared from sight made Ding Min smile. Two years ago, Ma Deming took Tao Wei to find Ding Min, who was then the director of the Dance Department of the China Conservatory of Music, and asked Ding Min to accept Tao Wei as Tao Wei's partner. Dance teacher, Ding Min's face was gloomy the moment he asked this request. Ding Min, who has devoted his whole life to the dance career, is an extremely serious person. Let alone Tao Wei's age has passed the best period for learning dance. Just because Tao Wei is not a professional dancer, Ding Min disagreed.

Countless times to go, Ding Min turned away countless times, looking for connections with acquaintances, but the tough Ding Min just said, "No."

Blisters formed at the corner of Ma Deming's embarrassing mouth, and they stagnated for nearly a month. Even Tao Wei himself wanted to give up, but Ma Deming didn't. It is a blessing that cannot be met.

The difference belongs to the same field. Tao Wei doesn't know what is in Ding Min worthy of Ma Deming's praise, but Tao Wei believes in one thing. Ma Deming's intentions are not fake. On the phone, Tao Wei told about the difficulties he encountered, and hung up the phone amidst Zhang Guoqin's joyful laughter, and Tao Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In just three days, Zhang Guoqin arrived in Beijing, did not have time to rest, took Tao Wei straight to the dance academy, blocked Ding Min who was teaching in the dance room, and even had no time to hold Zhang Guoqin, Zhang Guoqin, who pushed the door open with a big hand, appeared in the dance hall In the living room, Ding Min, whose face darkened, was just about to get angry when he saw Zhang Guoqin in formal attire, "Sister Ding, you can do it, my child is so unpopular?"

Before Ding Min could get angry, Zhang Guoqin, who was the first to be furious, stunned Ding Min who had just seen the boy, and hurried to the door to hand over the classroom to the assistant, and grabbed the furious Zhang Guoqin.

After a series of questioning by Ding Min who didn't see Tao Wei standing behind Zhang Guoqin, Zhang Guoqin who pulled Tao Wei behind him pushed Tao Wei to Ding Min, "Sister, just tell me why you look down on my child. "

The unreasonable Zhang Guoqin made Ding Min angry and funny. She beat Zhang Guoqin a few times with her white fist before seriously looking at Tao Wei. Because of preconceptions, Ding Min, who had never looked at Tao Wei directly At a glance, Tao Wei, who has a thin body and slender limbs, is very suitable for practicing pas de deux.

But no matter what kind of friendship he had with Zhang Guoqin, Ding Min did not open his mouth easily, but brought Tao Wei to an empty classroom. There, according to Ding Min's request, Tao Wei stretched his legs and lowered his waist, and did some basic dance skills. Not satisfied, but finally with the help of Zhang Guoqin who played a rogue, Ding Min accepted Tao Wei.

But after all, Ding Min is not a professional dance coach of the national team. Tao Wei can only go to the dance academy every three days, where he receives a professor from Ding Min. From the beginning of stretching his tendons, Tao Wei thought he had already developed his muscles and bones. In the first class, Ding Min pressed him under his body. With his waist stretched, Ding Min's hands pressed heavily on Tao Wei's back. When Tao Wei left the dance academy after making a move, he felt a feeling of not being himself all over his back.

After more than two years, Tao Wei finally got Ding Min's approval. Ding Min, who would rush to the base whenever he had time, became more and more strict with Tao Wei, even to the point of harshness, which did not make Tao Wei feel a little Impatient, some are only thick joy and more and more respect.Looking at the slowly closing door, Ding Min smiled and packed up his belongings and left again.

Walking out of the dance training room slowly, seeing Shi Yang waiting at the door, Tao Wei couldn't help but rolled his eyes and made a fist gesture at Shi Yang, "You don't know how to call and ask yourself, what's the use of chasing me every day?" .”

Leaning lazily against the wall behind him, he glanced at Tao Wei who had grown up. Tao Wei, who has been in the national team for two and a half years, has grown taller, and his slender limbs have become more well-proportioned. Because of the systematic training, he has grown a lot Tao Wei's height has reached 1.6 meters four, and he is 13 years old. Although he is not tall, he is still growing a bit fast for figure skating.

But Tao Wei, who has gentle facial features, also has his own style more and more. The once little boy has grown into the captain of the youth team of the national team inadvertently.

Seeing the rapid growth of Tao Wei, Shi Yang missed that simple and honest boy more and more, and sighed silently, "I asked, but the coach didn't tell me at all, Erba, when will the tiger egg arrive?"

Perhaps it was because Shi Yang and Tao Wei left successively to stimulate Wan Xiaodong. The simple and honest silly boy trained like his life, and in the national selection in May, he squeezed into the national team by virtue of his No.1 status. Not to mention Tao Wei, even Shi Yang was crazy about receiving this news. If you want to say who Shi Yang misses most when leaving H province, it is undeniable that there is only one person, Wan Xiaodong, who has maintained a monthly letter for three years. The letters never stopped, and the long-awaited news finally came. For Shi Yang, who had been waiting for three years, it was undoubtedly a happy event that he couldn't sleep with excitement.

But from May to June, and from June to July, it seems that July is going to pass, and Wan Xiaodong has not reported yet, except that Wentian called last month to invite one for Wan Xiaodong. Outside of the monthly vacation, let alone the phone calls, even the letters are gone.

Being chased by Shi Yang from the dance room to the cafeteria and back to the dormitory, the annoyed Tao Wei went back to the room and took out an envelope and threw it to Shi Yang, and then closed the door with a bang.

The day after tomorrow, that is, on the 25th, Wan Xiaodong will rush to Beijing accompanied by Wentian, Yu Chengfei, Geng Erfeng, and Wan Yonggui. Originally, Geng Erfeng and Wan Yonggui didn't want to come, but Tao Wei, who was worried about Geng Erfeng's body, was Pretending to cry and playing tricks, Leng persuaded the couple to come over.

Although it has not yet reached the time when Geng Erfeng's health is getting worse day by day in memory, Tao Wei, who is always thinking about it in his heart, has the attitude of early detection of illness and tricks to deceive the two of them. The original intention is to let Geng Erfeng and Wan Yonggui take a good check Body, also take this opportunity to let the couple have a good rest.

Over the past few years, the couple, whose business has grown bigger and bigger, have moved their small shop to the provincial capital, but the monthly share from Zhang Guoqin to Tao Wei has never changed. After a few years, it is worthwhile To be honest, Tao Wei has a lot of money in his hands, even more than most people.

This time when the couple came over, Tao Wei also wanted to settle the matter. Tao Wei, who couldn't and didn't want to take advantage of it, was not short of money. Material life was not important to Tao Wei. Food and clothing cost nothing. Tao Wei's monthly salary is even higher than that of ordinary senior technicians.

While Tao Wei was resting in the dormitory, Rong Boyuan, who was dressed in military uniform, was facing the cry of the old man far away in a small courtyard with a single door just inside the compound starting with the word z.

The ear-piercing cries made Rong Boyuan's forehead throb and hurt. Looking at the old man who was getting older and more rascal sitting across from him, and at the elder brother who was sitting beside him holding up a newspaper and pretending to read it, his face was somber that he could not stop crying. Rong Boyuan, who was out of the water, got up with a huff, and strode out without saying a word.

Rong Boyuan, who really felt that he was obsessed with ghosts, thought of Rong Boxuan who was far away in the suburbs, his teeth were itchy, the old man was seriously ill, and the old man was old, and he couldn't let the old man die with peace, nonsense, all nonsense.

Like a gust of wind, Rong Boyuan didn't wait for the two people in the house to react and ran to the door, got on the car, kicked the gas pedal and rushed, the crying and howling stopped abruptly, and an old face that twitched together looked at Rong with grievances. Game, "Elder, run away."

Rong Zhan, who looked like a child, made Rong Boyi chuckle, walked up to Rong Zhan and patted the old man, "It's okay, it's okay, if you can come back once, you can come back twice, don't worry."

I don’t know if it was Rong Boyi’s consolation that helped or if I finally saw Rong Boyuan who came back home after nearly 15 years. , the funny Rong Boyi didn't interrupt, just listened to Rong Zhan rambling about how good his old son was.

However, Rong Boyuan's tense facial features did not relax until he returned to the station. The sharp facial features made the secret service members retract their heads when they saw Rong Boyuan, even if they knew that Rong Boyuan was not He is a person who does not distinguish between public and private, but that face that looks like a king of hell still scares the team members who have been together for a year and a half.

Returning to his office, Rong Boyuan, who closed the door with a bang, sat at the desk, his lips pursed into a ball finally relaxed when he saw the black and white photo on the desk.

A big black-and-white photo is of Tao Wei winning the 3000-meter championship at the [-]th Winter Games. In the photo, a bright smile of the radiant Tao Wei floated on his face and was fixed in the photo. From the newspaper The moment he saw the photo on the Internet, Rong Boyuan felt his whole heart warm up. He looked around and finally found the reporter who took the photo in the daily newspaper. This photo accompanied Rong Boyuan to the capital from the distant black land.

Whether in the office or in his own home, this photo with a bright smile has always been Rong Boyuan's entire spiritual sustenance. The news of leaving, at that moment, Rong Bo, who did not know how to leave the sports team, walked outside for two days. Months later, when the photos appeared, Rong Boyuan, who had regained his heartbeat, slowly recovered.

But the clamoring desire to go to Beijing to be with Tao Wei made Rong Boyuan restless. As soon as the thought arose, Rong Boyuan couldn't sit still anymore. He asked for leave and rushed to the capital to find the old chief who had already been promoted. When he was transferred back to the capital, Rong Boyuan didn't hear the old chief's laughing, but he only heard an affirmative answer.

A month later, Rong Boyuan came to the capital with a transfer order carrying simple luggage and his beloved black-and-white photos. Under the favorable conditions to choose from within the city, Rong Boyuan chose the fire squadron closest to Tao Wei. The fire squadron was less than five kilometers away from Tao Wei, but Rong Boyuan had never seen Tao Wei once in two years.

It's not that I don't miss it but that I don't have the opportunity. Tao Wei, who has entered the special training since joining the team, has accepted the double test from Ma Deming and Yang Guocheng. For more than two years, he never went out of the gate at all.

The boring life of three points and one line is unbearable to others. Tao Wei doesn't know, but Tao Wei enjoys it very much. However, Tao Wei, who enjoys the boring life, finds Rong Bo far too embarrassing. Anyway, it is a national first-level unit, isn't it? Rong Boyuan got in whenever he wanted, and Rong Boyuan, who used his position several times to run to the figure skating team, didn't even touch Tao Wei's shadow.

After two years, Rong Boyuan, who can only rely on photos to miss him, wants to see that warm smiling face again, but Rong Boyuan, who doesn't want to cause trouble for Tao Wei, can only endure the rising miss.

After the one-hour rest time ended, Tao Wei got up and tidied up, put on his sportswear and left the dormitory. Tao Wei went straight to the training room and moved his body while sprinting. When the teammates who were used to this scene saw Tao Wei with his hands behind him, he waved and said hello. At the same time, they rushed to their training grounds.

At [-]:[-], Tao Wei who rushed to the training room opened the door and saw Yang Guocheng and Ma Deming waiting in the training room.