[Short track speed skating] From academic master to Winter Olympic champion

After the Beijing Winter Olympics, Cheng Sen was approached by a program group, hoping that the two coaches could bring all the men's short track speed skating team members to participate in the recording of a variety show.

The type of the program is a variety show of rural documentary life that is popular nowadays. They need to live a self-sufficient pastoral life for a few days in a place with beautiful mountains and rivers.

Now it's a holiday and the time is right, Cheng Sen asked Xu Qing and the team members for their opinions.

Xu Qing thought it was good, and the others didn't have any complaints. Instead, they were quite interested in this program format. The only person who hesitated was Gu Ran, because he was going back to school for classes.

He is the biggest highlight of this show and guarantees its ratings. If he doesn't participate, what's the point of the show?

Therefore, the director made a special call to Gu Ran: "Our program team also considered that you are nervous about your studies and cannot be delayed, so we specially set the recording time for this program on May [-]st, which happens to be five days off, so that you and Your coaches and teammates can go out and have a good time."

"I can send you the program recording itinerary in advance. It's just an ordinary country trip, very relaxing and comfortable."

Gu Ran asked, "What do my coaches and teammates say?"

"They're all fine, the key depends on you."

Since everyone else was fine, Gu Ran couldn't spoil everyone's interest, so he agreed.

Gu Ran originally thought that the program team would find a place near Beijing, but unexpectedly, this plan sent them directly to the southwest region.

This place is indeed beautiful, with pleasant scenery, fresh air, and simple folk customs, but it is too remote. There are mountains in all directions, and villages of all sizes are scattered among these mountains. There is only a narrow road to enter and exit the village.

The courtyard where they will live for a few days is located at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by terraced fields on three sides, with a pond in front and endless rapeseed fields beyond.

Gu Ran and the others have lived in the plains since they were young. Where have they seen such a big mountain? The villagers are dressed in ethnic minority clothes, and there are stilted buildings built on the mountain.

Before coming here, they all thought that there would be resident guests waiting for them here, but there was no such thing. Just the seven of them would spend three days here.

The response given by the program group was that the place is too small to live in, no host is needed, and they arrange their own daily life.

Of course, hesitating that their identities are special, they are all athletes, and they have very high requirements for food.So there is no need for them to go out to buy vegetables, the program team has prepared them for them, but they need to work in exchange for it.

They have watched a lot of this kind of programs. The task is nothing more than doing some farm work.

Of course, this is all for tomorrow, and what they need to solve right now is the problem of eating.

Several people stared at each other, Cheng Sen asked Gu Ran: "Can you cook?"

There are aunts and his mother in their family. He has been a little ancestor who can open his mouth since he was a child. No one taught him this.

Gu Ran shook her head: "This is beyond the scope of my skills."

Cheng Sen looked at Chi Lang again: "Can you?"

Chi Lang shook his head: "I can order the kitchen."

Meng Yuqiao tapped the pile of firewood beside her with her chin: "Tap one and see."

"Forehead……"

Cheng Sen glanced at Meng Yuqiao, no need to ask, this is also a young master who has never done anything at home, he looked at Lin Jiaxi without hope, before he could ask, Lin Jiaxi nodded: "I will, I will mix it for you a vegetable salad."

"..."

At this time, Gao Ziyi took the initiative to stand up: "You guys rest for a while, I will cook."

Cheng Sen and Xu Qing looked at each other: "Why did you forget him?"

Gao Ziyi is different from others. His family environment is special, and he has to take on the heavy responsibility of taking care of the whole family since he was a child.

When others become professional athletes, the most talked about is hardship.But for him, this is not a hardship at all, it is the only way to change the fate of himself and his family.

Gu Ran also hurriedly followed: "Brother, I'll help you."

It was getting late and the ingredients were limited, so Gao Ziyi casually ordered a bowl of noodles for everyone, with two sauces: minced meat eggplant and tomato egg.Gu Ran couldn't do much beside her, she just helped wash the dishes, wash the vegetables, beat an egg or something.

Others are doing other things outside, tidying up the house and cleaning the yard.

When the work is over, the noodles are almost out of the pan.The bowls and chopsticks, side dishes and seasonings are all on the table, and everyone can start eating after sitting down.

Gao Ziyi brought out the last two bowls of noodles, one of which was placed in front of Gu Ran, and everyone's eyes fell on that bowl in unison.

Lin Jiaxi said curiously: "There are poached eggs in Xiaoran's bowl."

Chi Lang squeezed his chopsticks and shouted: "Xiao Gao, your heart is on the moon."

Gao Ziyi sat down a little embarrassed: "There is one egg left at the end, and Xiaoran is still growing, so I fried him a poached egg."

Chi Lang rushed over: "No, I have to take a bite, otherwise I'm not balanced."

Gu Ran sat between Cheng Sen and Xu Qing with a bowl in her hand, and provoked him with her eyes: "Come here if you have the ability."

Due to the despicable power of the two coaches, Chi Lang didn't dare, and could only watch him eat the poached egg with envious eyes.

After dinner, Gu Ran dug out a ukulele from the house, downloaded an app on his phone and tuned it, and sat in the yard to start his performance.

"Sing this song for you

no style

it just means

I wish you are happy

tossing and turning for you

Why not give up the world for you

A little warmth in the coolness of late summer and autumn

There are colors of changing seasons..." [Xu ​​Song's "Why Not"]

The summer evening wind blew the broken hair on the young man's forehead, revealing a full forehead and a pair of shining eyes.

Not to mention his teammates and coaches, even the director team on the side couldn't bear to look away.

The chief director slapped his forehead: "When the program was broadcast, this section was designated as a hot search, and I have already thought about the entry."

A young female director next to her crossed her chin with her hands crossed, her eyes began to look sweet: "If he goes to the entertainment industry, those top stars will have to step aside."

Another executive director next to him said: "He just won five gold medals in the Winter Olympics, No. 1 in history. Whatever is popular, the actor and queen have to stand aside."

"The key people are now studying in the top classes of top universities in China. Excellent people, no matter what field they are in."

"..."

Gu Ran is in a good mood today. After singing one song, he will play another one. He also accepts song requests. He found the score online and invited everyone to sing together.

This small courtyard is a farmhouse rented by the director team. It is built against the mountain and is not spacious.There are only three rooms for seven people, two coaches, Cheng Sen and Xu Qing, live in one room, and the remaining two rooms are divided among the five of them.

Gu Ran poked her head in and saw Xu Qing sitting under the window looking at her mobile phone, Cheng Sen knelt on the edge of the bed and spread the quilt: "Unexpectedly, Director Cheng is quite virtuous."

Cheng Sen said without turning his head: "Director Xu has a bad waist and is away from home, so we have to be considerate."

"Ah, yes, yes, Director Xu has a bad waist."

Xu Qing raised his head and stared at him, but before he had time to scold him, Gu Ran shrank his head back with a smirk on his face.

"This child..." Before Xu Qing finished speaking, Gu Ran poked his head out of the door again, "Director Cheng, this wall is not soundproof."

"???"

Gao Ziyi, Meng Yuqiao and Lin Jiaxi slept in the slightly larger room, while Gu Ran and Chi Lang slept in the smaller one.

Gu Ran originally wanted to sleep with Gao Ziyi, but Chi Lang, like a brown candy, insisted on relying on him to sleep with him.

The room was very small, and the bed was smaller than their dormitory. Neither of them could lie flat, so Gu Ran could only lie on the side facing the wall.

Chi Lang didn't sleep in the middle of the night and started to listen to supernatural stories: "Gu Xiaoran, he said that the Miao girl would use her own blood to nourish Gu, and then put it on the man she likes. This is called love Gu."

Gu Ran gave him a white look: "Aren't you obsessed with tomb robbery, why are you starting to play Gu again?"

Chi Lang moved in, firstly because he was afraid of falling, and secondly because the place where they lived was a bit remote, it was easy to imagine.

"No matter who the guy likes, once he gets the voodoo, he will fall in love with the Miao girl who cast the voodoo. If he changes his mind, he will die suddenly."

Gu Ran's biological clock has reached the time when he is unconscious, and he slapped him on the head indiscriminately: "Superstition, it's all superstition, it will ruin the reputation of other girls."

Chi Lang hugged him from behind: "No! I'm so handsome, what if I get caught by a girl?"

"Don't worry, the girls have very good eyesight, and they won't fall in love with you."

Suddenly there was a cry of an unknown animal outside, Chi Lang was so frightened that he clung to Gu Ran's back with his whole body: "Gu Xiaoran, you have to protect me."

Gu Ran had already fallen asleep, so she gave a very perfunctory "hmm".

The next morning, Gu Ran suddenly sat up from the bed, and Chi Lang, who was leaning against him, was caught off guard and kicked under the bed by him.

Gu Ran stared straight at the opposite wall, lowered her voice and said, "What is that?"

Chi Lang fell a little dazedly, and sat up from the ground in a daze, frightened by his voice: "What?"

Gu Ran pointed at the opposite side: "There's a camera there."

"..."

Gu Ran looked at Chi Lang and smiled darkly: "Now the whole country knows that you are afraid of ghosts."

"Director! Director!" Chi Lang got up and ran out the door, "Please cut out the part where you slept last night!"

Gu Ran chased after him: "Some people still pretend to be passionate, imagining that they have some kind of love gu, and they are a beautiful girl for nothing."

Chi Lang quickly covered his mouth: "Nonsense."

Gu Ran kicked him away: "You're so annoying, I'm going to sleep with Senior Brother Xiao Gao tonight."

After breakfast, the director team assigned them a task, asking them to visit nearby villages to see what crops the villagers had grown.

In fact, it is to let them get acquainted with local specialties, and in the evening they will start a live broadcast to help farmers bring goods.

This place is geographically remote, with a majority of ethnic minorities and inconvenient transportation. There is only one road leading to the outside. It has been a national-level poverty-stricken county until now.

Gu Ran felt that this was a very meaningful thing. After a day, he found that there were actually no local specialties. He hesitated because of the climate and geographical location. The most famous ones were peppers, Chaotian peppers, cannonball peppers, ox horn peppers, and lanterns. Pepper, millet pepper, thread pepper, etc., all kinds of peppers with different tastes and spiciness.

They live broadcast this time to bring goods, and they also sell peppers.Therefore, Gu Ran spent another afternoon to write down the characteristics of each variety of peppers, so that he could introduce them to everyone during the live broadcast in the evening.

Conditions were limited, and it was impossible for five people to leave the country together, so only Gu Ran and Chi Lang were the ones who actually sat in front of the camera and brought the goods, and the other three were helping.

In order to stimulate consumption, the publicity department of the local government has also prepared a series of activities, such as red envelopes, coupons, subsidies, freight insurance...

However, when the broadcast started, they realized that if Gu Ran went there, everything else would be superfluous.

The smile on the boy's face was clean and bright, and the two dimples on his face looked extraordinarily charming in front of the camera.

Less than 10 minutes after the start of the broadcast, the number of people in the live broadcast room exceeded 100 million.The shopping cart link has just been posted, and Gu Ran's introduction is still a bit jerky: "This pepper is called Chaotian pepper. It is small and horn-shaped, with a smooth surface and a spicy taste. It is named after it grows in the sky. It is delicious when mixed with cold dishes or something. .”

Comment section: "Can I win an Olympic gold medal if I eat this pepper?"

Gu Ran said without changing expression: "It must be possible!"

Comment section: "False propaganda."

Gu Ran said: "How can this be called false propaganda? The peppers here are the suppliers of our Winter Olympics cafeteria. Are you the Olympic champion of the Winter Olympics who hasn't eaten it?"

Comment area: "Have you eaten yet?"

"Of course!"

"Eat another one, eat one, I'll buy ten catties."

Gu Ran has never tried to save chili peppers in his life, and it is still such a hot chili pepper.So, he pulled Chi Lang over and said, "Come on, Chi Dali, it's your turn to perform."

Chi Lang was bewildered: "What am I performing?"

Gu Ran handed the pepper to him: "In seconds, it becomes a fire-breathing dragon."

"I……"

"What are you? Didn't you say that Miss Cuntou Xiuxiu is beautiful and good-looking, and she brought us sour soup fish and three-color rice at noon. This Chaotian pepper is grown by their family, don't you want to tell me?"

Chi Lang said: "I've made it clear, I didn't carry all these things over. It's you..."

Gu Ran handed the pepper to Gao Ziyi outside the camera: "Senior Brother Gao, take a cucumber."

Comment area: "You two retired to talk about cross talk, the folk art world can't lose such a talent."

After the link was uploaded, Gu Ran said, "We have an event today..."

"What kind of event, buy peppers and give away Olympic champions?"

"Really? SF Express offers free shipping, and I will bear the shipping costs myself."

"It has been filmed, please pack and ship the anchor together, and write about it."

"..."

Originally, the live broadcast was prepared for three hours, but the items were sold out in less than an hour.

Gu Ran said: "Call work early, and the things you shoot will be shipped on time. The Olympic champion has already been handed over to the country, so don't worry about it."

Netizens panicked when they saw that he was about to broadcast: "I want to leave when the items are sold out, and I don't give away gifts. How can such a good thing happen? I want a refund!"

"I want a refund too!"

"And I!"

Chi Lang panicked when he saw it: "Don't, don't, let Gu Xiaoran sit here and chat with you for two hours, it's free!"

Gu Ran chatted with everyone about their show again, and then he had nothing to say.

The comment area gave him an idea: "Why don't you show your talent."

Chi Lang said: "Let him sing, he sings very well."

Gu Ran shook her head: "I can't sing, I don't have talent, I'm a good-looking anchor."

After a while, someone in the comment area said: "I will take the college entrance examination this year, and I want to be your junior sister, and I hope to receive the blessing of the Olympic champion."

Gu Ran was very satisfied with this wish, and immediately called all his senior brothers over to send blessings to this netizen.

Now the comment area is very lively, and netizens swiped their screens one after another, saying that they are also taking the college entrance examination this year and want to get Gu Ran's blessing.

Gu Ran had an idea, and said with a smile: "Forget about blessings, let's get something affordable. Since so many students are going to take the college entrance examination, I advise you to put down your mobile phones and review, but you won't listen. Let's do it, there is still more than an hour, Let me tell you a set of math simulation problems."

"!!!"

"Bolt Q!"

"I will really thank you!"

"I finally watched an idol live broadcast, and he actually said that he was going to give me a lecture!"

"You can't just talk about the college entrance examination questions, you have to come up with a set for the high school entrance examination."

"..."

Later, although the peppers they assisted farmers were sold out, the number of people in the live broadcast room has exceeded 500 million.The key point is that he is really devoted to the topic, and the number of gold medal lecturers in the live broadcast room of a training institution is less than a fraction of his.

The first live broadcast with goods was a complete success. Although Gu Ran and the others did not get a penny commission from this live broadcast, it was purely a voluntary help, but seeing that all the items were sold out, everyone was still very happy.

The next day, they received a new task - to teach the students in the village central primary school roller skating.

There are five of them, each responsible for several students, and finally decide the winner through the competition, with two coaches serving as judges.

Central Primary School is a row of bungalows built around the open space. The students are left-behind children from nearby villages. There are only a few dozen students in all grades in the entire primary school.

Gu Ran first taught the children what short-track speed skating is, but because of the venue, they couldn't wear real skates and skates. They had to use roller skating instead to learn on the ice rink.

Speed ​​skating and roller skating are different after all, Gu Ran has never learned roller skating, let alone teaching others.

Looking back, Meng Yuqiao had already changed into equipment and practiced.After all, they used to do this, and they are much more professional than them.

Lin Jiaxi is also good. He has a pair of big eyes and a round face. He looks very friendly, has a good temper, and is full of patience. The children like this big brother who can pop up one or two English words from time to time.

Gu Ran felt that Gao Ziyi was the most suitable among them to work as a coach after retirement.He has a calm personality and rigorous teaching. He really wants to teach the children to skate with the attitude of letting them learn something.

Chi Lang is different, he himself is the one who leads the mischief, that is called a troublemaker, and the playground is full of their group of troublemakers.

How could Gu Ran, who was going to be strong all her life, lose to others?Although he has not practiced roller skating, it does not prevent him from teaching students.While sticking an ear to Meng Yuqiao's side to learn art from a teacher, at the same time sell what he learns and sell it, and use it to teach the children he brings.

Although skating is different from roller skating, the basic steps, mastery of balance, and transfer center are all the same. Coupled with the strict requirements of Teacher Gu, the children taught have a good appearance, and they can shuttle between the sign blocks in a short while freely.

Among this group of children, Gu Ran and the others really found a good seedling.

The little boy is small and thin, jumping three feet high, like a sky monkey, his motor cells are particularly developed, and his balance is also very good. I haven't taught him how to put on roller skates. After a while, he can move by himself .

Gu Ran specifically asked the teacher, the child is eight years old, his parents are working in other places, he lives with his grandparents, and he has younger siblings.

During the break, Gu Ran waved at him and called him over: "Do you want to learn to skate?"

The little boy said: "Isn't this just skating?"

Gu Ran shook her head: "It's not this, it's real ice, the kind where you wear skates and slide on the ice."

The little boy asked him, "Where did you learn it?"

Gu Ran thought for a while: "At least go to the city, or the provincial capital."

The little boy smiled and shook his head: "My family has no money, and my younger siblings still have to study."

"If you don't mention this, just answer me, do you want to, or don't you want to?"

The little boy thought for a moment and asked, "Can I still win the championship like you after learning?"

"Probably not, it depends on whether you work hard enough."

The little boy bit his lower lip and nodded, and asked a question that Gu Ran didn't expect: "Does learning to skate matter?"

Gu Ran sighed: "You must be hungry."

"..."

On the way back, Gu Ran mentioned this to the two coaches.Xu Qing said with a smile: "Just now I told Director Cheng that the child's conditions are very good in all aspects, but limited by the conditions, even their province has not carried out any ice and snow sports."

Gu Ran thought for a while and said, "Why don't we ask Director Wang, they will regularly select young athletes."

Cheng Sen asked curiously, "Why are you so concerned about this matter?"

Gu Ran glanced back, Chi Lang and Lin Jiaxi were fighting, Meng Yuqiao and Gao Ziyi squatted by the roadside to study a plant.

Gu Ran whispered: "When I met Brother Xiao Gao, he was already fifteen or sixteen years old, but when I saw that child, I couldn't help but think that Brother Xiao Gao probably looked like this when he was seven or eight years old."

"I want to help this kid, maybe he will become the next Gao Ziyi in the future."

Xu Qing and Cheng Sen glanced at each other, elbowed each other's arm: "Brother, I'll leave this to you."

Cheng Sen sighed: "I'll go get in touch. This kid is in very good condition. There should be a professional team willing to train him."

In the evening, the setting sun dyed a large cloud in the sky red.A few people walked and chatted on the field path, but they were not in a hurry.

The director team did not urge them, and the cameraman followed them to record their leisure time.

Not far away, a few people in overalls were sitting and resting on the side of the road. When they got closer, everyone could see clearly that the words "National Grid" were written on the back of their overalls.

When passing by, people saw so many people huddled on their side, and there were cameras following them, which was quite new, so they took a second look.

Chi Lang greeted people familiarly: "The sun is almost setting, and the masters are still busy. Is there a power outage here?"

One of the masters waved his hand: "No. It's just that summer is coming, and during the peak electricity consumption period, we will come here early for maintenance."

Gu Ran took a look at the cables they were repairing. It looked very thick. She didn't know the civilian electricity in the countryside, but it seemed to be specially used to deliver electricity to large factories.

He found it strange that this place was very remote, and there were only about a hundred households in several villages.This place is quite cool at night. Even in summer, the air conditioner is not very useful. How can there be staff to check and repair the cables in advance for the peak electricity consumption in summer.

So, he asked casually: "How much electricity can be used here during peak hours?"

The staff smiled: "It's hundreds of millions a year."

"what???"

Others may have no idea about this number, but Gu Ran is a standard science student with a very active mind.

The other party said hundreds of millions, and the unit should be kilowatt-hours, which is a unit of energy measurement, indicating the energy consumed by an electrical appliance with a power of one kilowatt after one hour of use.

What is the concept of several billion? The annual power generation of the Three Gorges Dam is about 1000 billion kWh. There are less than one hundred households in this small mountainous area, and nearly one thousandth of the power generated by the Three Gorges Dam can be used in a year. quantity?

After taking two steps, Gu Ran suddenly turned around and said to the staff, "There should be a large data center nearby."

The masters showed very surprised expressions: "Smart young man, how did you guess it?"

Gu Ran smiled: "The first is that it is very close to the Three Gorges Dam, the electricity is abundant and cheap, and hydropower can greatly reduce carbon emissions. The second is the climate here, surrounded by mountains, and the temperature is maintained at 12-14 ℃, even in summer, it is only about 20 ℃, which is equivalent to installing a natural air conditioner on the server, and after a year, the electricity bill can be canceled by several billion.”

"The data centers of these Internet giants in the world are either in the deep mountains and old forests, or in the Arctic Circle, or sinking into the deep sea. It's not how confidential their data is, it's just to save electricity bills."

The master mentioned the name of a well-known domestic Internet company: "It was just built at the beginning of this year, and it was put into use recently. No, summer is coming, we have to come over and check to ensure their electricity guarantee."

This is Gu Ran's major, and when he mentions this, he talks a lot.Start to give everyone popular science what is counting in the east and counting in the west, and what is digital infrastructure: "In the next 20 years, many industries will gradually transform to digital. This requires a large number of big data centers as support. Therefore, the country needs to make arrangements in advance. Multiple computing hubs will be built in the western region, and the data from the eastern Internet-developed regions will be placed in the western data center for calculation."

Gu Ran's eyes fell on the towering mountains in the distance: "I hope that one day, I can also become a small screw in the sea of ​​stars in the digital age."

Seeing the child eloquently and vigorously, Xu Qing couldn't express his emotion in his heart.For others, the Olympics is the biggest stage in their life.

But to Gu Ran, this is just a wonderful chapter in his life. After turning this page, there are new fields and new peaks waiting for him.

Xu Qing reached out and patted Gu Ran's shoulder from behind: "You are not a screw, you are the brightest star in the sky."