Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 202: Unite and revitalize China!
In the 1980s in China, if we were to name the most popular ball sport, table tennis would be the first, followed by basketball, and then volleyball.

Table tennis is popular in China because of diplomatic reasons, basketball is popular because of the charm of the sport itself, and volleyball is popular because of the groundbreaking performance of the Chinese women's volleyball team in 1979.

In 1976, the new Chinese women's volleyball national team was re-established and Yuan Weimin became the head coach. In the 1979 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Japanese team with a score of 3:1 and dominated Asia for the first time.

You should know that the Japanese women's volleyball team has been known as the "Oriental Witches" since the 1960s. Not only is it the overlord of Asia, it has also won the world championship.

The brilliant results achieved by the Chinese women's volleyball team immediately aroused the national pride of the Chinese people and quickly made volleyball a popular sport in the country.

This Volleyball World Cup match is between the Chinese men's volleyball team and the South Korean men's volleyball team. Whichever team wins will enter the World Cup and compete for the highest honor of the volleyball world champion.

What's more, before this, the Chinese men's volleyball team had achieved a good result of ninth in the world.

For the Chinese people in the 1980s, every opportunity for an athlete to stand on the international stage is worth celebrating and remembering. Our nation urgently needs such opportunities to enhance national confidence.

The game started at 8 o'clock in the evening and adopted a broadcast format that is extremely rare in this era. This shows how much importance CCTV and the public attach to today's game.

The game officially started, and everyone in the Tao family stared at the TV screen with full concentration.

But as soon as the game started, the Chinese team fell into an unfavorable situation. The opponent's spikes were unstoppable, their own spikes were soft, and mistakes were frequent. Before anyone could react, they lost the first game with a huge score difference.

"The gap is too big!" Liang Zuo complained.

"It's best of five, and it's only the first game. It's okay." Liu Zhenyun said.

After losing the second game, Liu Zhenyun didn't know what to say. He could only say dryly: "The strength is indeed a bit lacking!"

Not only them, at this moment, countless ordinary people were sitting in front of the TV watching the game. Faced with such a tragic start, many people couldn't help but complain.

At this time, the three inner and outer floors of the TV room in the International Students Building were packed with people. Except for the students in the front and middle who could sit and watch TV, those on the sides and in the back could only stand and watch. The people at the back couldn't even stand and had to stand on benches to watch TV.

Faced with the situation where the Chinese team lost two games in a row at the beginning, everyone became more and more worried. Some were angry, some were anxious. The TV room was crowded with people saying all kinds of things. Some people thought that after losing two games in a row, the situation was decided and the Chinese team had no chance of qualifying for the World Cup.

At this time, a male voice sounded.

"Don't make any noise, don't make any noise. This is only the second round, and it's still unknown who will win. Don't say such depressing words!"

"You're right."

After the first person spoke up, the second followed. The students encouraged each other, and the TV room, which was originally filled with complaints, was immediately filled with cheers.

And at this moment on TV, the players of the Chinese men's volleyball team seemed to hear the students' cheers.

At the beginning of the third game, the players changed from the stiffness and weakness in the first two games. They moved freely, ran a lot, switched positions, made quick attacks in the middle, scored points continuously by spikes, and successfully blocked counterattacks many times. The players became more and more energetic and spirited as the game went on.

The students in the TV room became more and more excited as they watched the game. Every time the Chinese team scored a point, there would be warm applause and cheers in the TV room, and the atmosphere was very hot.

In two consecutive games, the Chinese team was in great shape and won by a large margin. As the most crucial fifth game began, the Chinese team was in high spirits and victory was in sight.

But when everyone was looking forward to the end of the game and victory, the TV broadcast was suddenly interrupted.

"what's the situation?"

"what happened?"

The TV signal suddenly disappeared. Tao Yucheng thought there was something wrong with the TV, so he got up and tapped it.

Tao's mother immediately slapped him hard, "Be gentle, if it breaks, will you buy me a new one?"

"It was already broken, and I didn't break it. What's going on?"

Lin Chaoyang said: "The TV should be fine, it's probably just that the signal is broken."

At this time, a burst of cursing was heard in the corridor, probably from people watching the game. It seemed that the Tao family was not the only one encountering this situation.

At this time, the TV screen switched back to the studio and the announcer reported the situation to the audience.

"Dear viewers, due to the extremely long duration of the match, the broadcast satellite rented by our station has expired. The final result of the match will be reported in our news program in a timely manner. Thank you for your understanding."

"What should we do?" Tao Yumo said anxiously. The game was at a critical moment.

"Listen to the radio. It's also broadcasting, but there's no picture." Lin Chaoyang suddenly had an idea.

Tao Yumo immediately ran over and turned on the radio. As soon as he tuned to China National Radio, he heard the commentator's voice.

"The game is over. The Chinese team defeated the South Korean team with a score of 3:2. Let us congratulate the Chinese men's volleyball team and congratulate Chinese volleyball.

The Chinese team had a bad start in this game, but the strong Chinese players..."

Listening to the passionate voice of the commentator on the radio, the Tao family also became excited.

"We won! We really won!"

Chen Jiangong, Liu Zhenyun and Liang Zuo hugged each other happily.

When everyone was celebrating happily, there was a faint noisy sound coming from outside. After a while, the sound became louder and louder.

"What's going on?" Tao's mother asked while looking out the window.

"It must be the students making a fuss!" Tao's father replied.

Hearing the cheers outside getting louder and louder, almost spreading throughout the entire Yanda campus, Chen Jiangong and the other three couldn't wait to say hello and ran outside. "It sounds so lively, I'll go take a look too!" Tao Yumo also followed to join in the fun.

After watching the game, Tao Yushu said, "Then we'll leave first."

She and Lin Chaoyang went downstairs and rode their bicycles. Cheers came from all directions on the campus, and it seemed as if there were thousands of troops in the darkness.

Langrun Lake Apartment is located on the north side of Yanda University. The two rode all the way to the middle of the Literature and History Building and the library, and saw students constantly pouring out of the road.

These students came out of the dormitory, followed by the crowd and cheers, which grew larger and larger. The person in the lead got a big drum from somewhere, and two people were carrying it, and one of them was beating it to the beat of gongs and drums. Behind them, some people were holding torches and some were waving red flags and shouting.

When passing by Building 38, the students upstairs opened the windows, and when they saw how lively it was downstairs, another group of people ran down.

Drums, red flags, and torches were in front, and more and more people were following behind. Lin Chaoyang and his wife were pushed forward by the students and could only push the car.

As more students joined in, the cheering crowd grew larger and larger. The team passed through several dormitory buildings and then headed straight for the South Gate from the east side of Building 32, shouting as they walked: "Long live the Chinese team!"

When passing by the international students' building, a group of foreigners leaned against the window to watch the excitement. They didn't understand why these students were so excited.

Seeing that there were foreigners watching, the students shouted even harder.

After we passed the international students' building, the excitement wore off and the students' shouts became quieter. They all had weak voices and they shouted loudly for more than ten minutes in a row, but once the excitement passed, the shouts became less frequent.

The leading students were discussing whether to change the slogan and adjust the route.

Lin Chaoyang followed the team all the way and unknowingly reached the front of the team. He seldom acted recklessly on normal days, but today he was a little excited by the encouragement of the students.

One of the leading students was Liu Zhida from the Chinese Department. Seeing that these students had been discussing for a long time without making up their minds, Lin Chaoyang said to Liu Zhida, "I think we can change the slogan to: Unite and Revitalize China!"

"Unite and revitalize China? This slogan is good and catchy!"

Liu Zhida and another student turned back to the direction of the team, clasped their hands into a trumpet shape, and shouted to the team: "Students, let's change the slogan and shout 'Unite and Revitalize China'. Let's shout together 'Unite and Revitalize China!'"

His proposal was quickly responded to by the students. The first few students shouted: "Unite and revitalize China!"

Then the slogans gradually spread and quickly merged into a huge wave of sound, echoing over the campus of Yanda University.

"Unite! Revitalize China!"

"Unite! Revitalize China!"

With the new slogan, the students' enthusiasm surged again. They shouted at the top of their lungs, expressing the passion and enthusiasm in their hearts.

Lin Chaoyang noticed that there was a student in the team holding a brick-sized recorder and recording, and another student had a camera hanging on his chest and ran out of the team to find an angle to take pictures.

The parade team walked through the campus of Yanda University, and the students’ cheers and clamors were like a ball of fire, lighting up the darkness.

After a long time, the students finally got tired of shouting and their voices gradually became lower.

Just then, a horn sounded from somewhere, piercing the night sky.

The familiar melody suddenly cheered up the students again. They echoed the melody and opened their mouths again.

"Rise up, those who refuse to be slaves, and use our flesh and blood to build our new Great Wall..."

After Buzz Buzz Buzz, the national anthem was once replaced with new lyrics, but the lyrics written by Tian Han are still engraved in the hearts of these students.

A powerful sound burst out from the beating chest; the national anthem that has inspired countless Chinese people is also stirring the hearts of these young students at this moment.

The loud singing echoed in the campus. Lin Chaoyang stood there, holding his bicycle, quietly watching the parade crowd gradually go away. The boiling blood in his veins gradually cooled down, but there was always a light in his eyes.

Tao Yushu stood beside him, and waited for him to calm down before saying, "I never realized before that you have such a youthful and passionate side!"

Lin Chaoyang laughed at himself and said casually: "I am an old man, but I am still as wild as a young man. I hold Huang on my left and Cang on my right."

After hearing his words, the smile on Tao Yushu's face disappeared, and her little hand went straight to Lin Chaoyang's waist, "I let you lead Huang, I let you lead Huang!"

Lin Chaoyang begged for mercy quickly, but accidentally injured his wife who was standing on his left.

"sorry Sorry!"

The couple laughed and joked for a while before getting back on their bikes. It was now past ten-thirty in the evening.

As they rode out of the campus, they could still hear the slogans faintly.

The next morning, the school radio station reported what happened on campus the previous night.

The announcer said in an excited and enthusiastic voice: "On this extraordinary night of March 3, students shouted the slogan 'Unite and Revitalize China', expressing the patriotic enthusiasm of Yanda students."

The radio also played the live recording of last night. Although the sound quality was poor, the students' patriotism was conveyed to the hearts of every listener through the radio.

Just when all Yan University students were feeling extremely proud of their classmates' spontaneous actions last night, Liu Zhida from the Chinese Department was called to the office by the teachers from the Youth League Committee.

He was one of the leaders of the demonstration last night. As soon as he entered the office, he saw several teachers staring at him eagerly.

Liu Zhida suddenly thought to himself, "Oh no! This is going to be a trial by three judges!"

(End of this chapter)