Table tennis: Swinging the racket billions of times, achieving a grand slam

Chapter 242 Little fans! Move to the Frankfurt Championship!

The moment you win the game.

The expression on Chen Jin's face relaxed slightly, but he was not overly excited or agitated.

Silently clench your fists in celebration.

A mere WTT Championship title is of little value.

In Chen Jin's opinion, such commercial competitions are perfect for training troops.

As for the real honor, you have to look at the three major competitions.

"Wow--"

The audience applauded.
The applause lasted for a long time.

Although this is Felix's home court, Chen Jin's performance has already amazed everyone.

Even those who shouted "yellow banana yellow" shut their mouths in shame and never made a sound again, like a dog with a broken back.

At the age of fifteen or sixteen, within two months, he had never lost a single international competition, and won four championships in a row.

Such an impressive achievement is unprecedented.

The Gemini Stars, the Two Kings and One Ma, the Three Musketeers, and Fatty Long competing against each other... Looking at the world table tennis world, there has never been such geniuses.

Moreover, judging from Chen Jin's current condition, he probably won't stagnate for a while.

Next, it is bound to break or even create more records.

Even Liu Guoliang, who is always very good at judging people, couldn't tell where Chen Jin's limit was.

"I really didn't see the wrong person."

Liu Guoliang was all smiles, looking very proud. He clapped his hands, tilted his neck, and looked at Chen Jin from afar with admiring eyes, "From now on, you are the world's number one straight board!"

"With this gimmick, tickets should sell better."

Although all are small balls, the commercial value of table tennis is shockingly low compared to tennis and badminton.

In addition, the Chinese national table tennis team dominates the world and is invincible.

The sport of table tennis was once considered to be a self-developed sport of the Chinese national table tennis team.

It is imperative to go commercial.

In this regard, Liu Guoliang made a lot of efforts to promote CP, attract traffic, and create WTT.

These measures have been quite effective.

At the same time, there are many drawbacks.

The WTT mandatory rules that use points to kidnap athletes, and the increasingly extreme fan circle culture...

Of course, in Liu Guoliang's eyes, these may all be trivial matters.

Whether he can sell more tickets and create greater commercial value is what he needs to consider in this position.

After all, as the chairman of the WTT board of directors, what he really needs to be responsible for is the board of directors, not the athletes or fans.

Relying on fan circle traffic to bring in ticket revenue has achieved great results for Shatou.

But the problem is that Shatou will retire sooner or later, and can only hold on for a few more years at most.

Fresh blood must be injected to replace the two.

"Although Shatou and his partner brought a lot of traffic, they also caused quite a bit of controversy, and even I was implicated and affected."

Liu Guoliang thought to himself, "The problem is that their current achievements are not worthy of such traffic."

Sun Yingsha competed in the Olympics twice and lost to Chen Meng both times. She is almost becoming the "second Wang Hao".

As for Wang Chuqin, he has not won any championship in the three major tournaments so far. He only has the title of world number one, but is at most an uncrowned king.

The failure in the Paris Olympics directly pushed both of them to the forefront.

The backlash of public opinion, accompanied by doubts about the team's construction, put the entire national table tennis team under tremendous pressure.

In the new Olympic cycle, the WTT Finals, Asian Cup, World Cup and World Table Tennis Championships will also be coming.

Especially the World Table Tennis Championships in May next year.

He also had no idea how Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, whom he had high hopes for, would perform.

As of now, the condition of both of them is worrying.

Fortunately, Chen Jin's sudden appearance not only broke the outside world's doubts about the echelon construction, but the terrifying strength he demonstrated also made Liu Guoliang feel at ease.

"After Shatou, I finally found another suitable candidate."

Liu Guoliang smiled and said, "Besides, this candidate is more perfect than Shatou."

He has both good grades and good looks, and is simply a chosen one born for traffic.

"Chen Jin defeated Felix in his first trip to Europe, which is bound to attract the attention of foreign players and foreign audiences."

Just like Fan Zhendong back then.

At the German Open, the sixteen-year-old boy defeated Ocharov, who was at the peak of his powers, with a violent style of play, shocking the entire European table tennis world.

This year's Montpellier Championship was even better than before.

In the battle with Felix, Chen Jin's violent and talented fighting style also amazed all the audience.

Liu Guoliang even witnessed with his own eyes that not far to his left, there was a blond boy of seven or eight years old holding a cheering sign that read "Felix! Allez!" and cheering for Felix.

There is no doubt that the little boy is a crazy fan of Felix.

But in the third game, when he saw Chen Jin's cool and effortless shot from behind, his eyes suddenly widened and his mouth opened.

It was as if a door to a whole new world suddenly opened before the little boy's eyes.

The little boy was almost insane.

He immediately took out a pen from his pocket, crossed out the word "Felix", and then wrote "Chen Jin" again with a serious expression and crooked hand.

Holding up cheering signs, they shouted "Chen Jin" at the top of their lungs, cheering for Chen Jin.

Inspired by the little boy, more than a dozen audience members around him also turned to support Chen Jin.

A glimpse of the whole picture shows the charm of Chen Jin.

"Whoo~"

Felix let out a long breath.

Although he lost the game, there was no trace of frustration or depression on his face.

Instead, I felt a sense of relief.

For him, the only regret in this game was that he failed to succeed in hitting the ball from behind.

Standing there, a little dazed.

Felix calmed down, smiled, and walked towards Chen Jin.

Shake hands with Chen Jin and give him a gentle hug.

As the host, we lost the game but we must not lose our composure.

"Bravo!"

Felix said sincerely.

In the second game, if Chen Jin had not shown mercy, he would have been beaten with a humiliating 0:11 in public.

Although he didn't understand what it said, Chen Jin guessed that it should be a congratulations like "Congratulations".

"Three grams of oil."

Chen Jin smiled.

On the field, the two are rivals who fight to the death.

But off the court, being of similar age may not necessarily mean that they cannot become friends.

Besides, both of them are straight.

In the next few years, or even more than ten years, we will definitely meet again on the field.

Looking at Chen Jin who was full of energy in the arena, Wang Hao's upturned mouth was harder to suppress than AK.

The whole person seemed to have suddenly become twenty years younger.

"You played well."

When Chen Jin approached, Wang Hao's eyes were full of doting, and he gently patted Chen Jin on the back, "Frankfurt Championship, keep going, and strive to win the championship again."

With Chen Jin's current world ranking, he can directly participate in all WTT events without having to fight for it anymore.

"From now on, you are the undisputed number one straight board in the world."

Wang Hao smiled.

Recalling the U16 trials, Coach Wu strongly recommended Chen Jin to him.

At that time, he actually had a lot of doubts in his mind: In this big ball era where horizontal rackets have absolute dominance, how talented can a 15 or 16-year-old straight-blade newcomer be?

However, for Coach Wu's sake, Wang Hao began to pay a little more attention to Chen Jin.

But to everyone's surprise, Chen Jin's performance could not be described simply by the word "genius".

In more than two months, he has won four WTT championships in a row and has not lost a single game so far.

Wang Chuqin, Ma Taki, Lin Shidong, Liang Jingkun, Moregard, Felix, Zhang Benzhihe... Except for a few such as Fan Zhendong and Lin Yunru, all the world-class players have been defeated by Chen Jinli.

In one fell swoop, the title of "the world's number one straight board" was regained by the national table tennis team. The key is that Chen Jin is not even sixteen years old!

Wang Hao seemed to see another super Grand Slam player standing in front of him.

Moreover, it is a straight board.

“Maybe, I can really dream of a straight-blade super grand slam.”

Wang Hao looked full of longing.

“The world’s first straight board?”

Chen Jin said softly, "My goal is far more than this."

At the beginning, Xu Xin was also the "world's number one straight board", but was called the "uncrowned king" by Liu Guoliang

Rather than being the world's number one straight board or the world's number one points ranking, he wants to be the real world number one.

Super Grand Slam, Double Grand Slam... defeating predecessors and surpassing predecessors is his ultimate goal.

And now, his Grand Slam progress: 0/3.

Grand Slam Progress: 0/7.

Super Grand Slam progress: 0/9.

Double lap grand slam progress: 0/6.

Without any championship titles, what qualifications do I have to be complacent?
"That's a coincidence."

Wang Hao smiled slightly, "My expectations of you are much more than this."

"You have to at least bring me a super grand slam!"

Hear the words.

Chen Jin raised his eyebrows slightly: "Definitely!"

"Super Grand Slam, nine major events, the Olympics, World Table Tennis Championships, World Cup, National Games, National Championships, Asian Games, Asian Championships, Asian Cup, and WTT Finals."

Wang Hao said, "You don't have any now."

"But you are still young, don't be in a hurry, just try to win the WTT Finals next month."

"As for the championships of other competitions, I will accompany you until you win them one by one!"

These words not only show full expectations for Chen Jin, but also full of trust in Chen Jin.

With a flash of gratitude in his eyes, Chen Jin said solemnly: "Yes, thank you Coach Wang."

At this moment.

The venue was ready for a live interview with the champion.

Wang Hao helped Chen Jin straighten his wrinkled jersey and said with a smile, "Go ahead."

Go to the interview area.

The audience cheered continuously.

Chen Jin turned his eyes and saw the blond boy holding a cheering sign and excitedly shouting his name.

Seeing this, Chen Jin smiled gently.

Followed by.

It's an on-site interview.

After answering a few routine questions, the host asked: "As one of the few players who use a straight-blade, what do you think of the straight-blade playing style?"

"Uh……"

Chen Jin thought about it, then raised his head and said slowly, "Zi Baner, you are so cruel."

This statement came out.

The translator was completely confused. How the hell should I translate this?

Then, the interview ended.

The host took out a few tournament balls and a pen and handed them to Chen Jin.

Chen Jin signed his name on the ping-pong ball and threw it hard into the audience.

Chen Jin didn't throw the last ball.

Instead, he walked towards the stands and pointed at the little blond boy.

The blond boy was stunned for a moment, then he was ecstatic and excited. He used his weak body to squeeze in front of Chen Jin.

Through the railings, her little face was flushed, and her pair of ice-blue eyes were flashing with excitement.

Chen Jin smiled slightly and handed the ping-pong ball in his hand to the little boy.

The blond boy took it in both hands and jumped up excitedly. He muttered to Chen Jin, then lifted up his clothes to reveal his round belly.

"???"

Chen Jin was confused and wondered what was going on.

Fortunately, the translator came over in time and explained with a smile: "This little fan wants your autograph."

"sign?"

Chen Jin raised his pen and asked, "Where should I sign?"

"On his belly."

The translator smiled.

"what?"

Chen Jin was stunned.

When I turned around, I saw the blond boy holding the clothes, not letting go, and even pushing his belly forward.

Her round eyes are filled with little stars of expectation.

Chen Jin had no choice but to do as he was told.

Carefully, she wrote her Chinese name on the blond boy's belly.

After finishing writing, the little boy put down his clothes contentedly, raised his hands and made a strong gesture.

Chen Jin looked at the little boy with a smile.

Such a friendly interactive scene instantly ignited all the audience present.

The applause and cheers were like the endless flow of the Yangtze River and the unstoppable flooding of the Yellow River.

After the on-site interview.

Next, it will be the award ceremony for the champion and runner-up.

The picture of Felix taking the initiative to put his arm around Chen Jin's shoulders and taking a photo together went viral on the Internet.

Holding the trophy, he returned to the backstage.

There was no time to rest.

Chen Jin simply changed into a clean jersey and, under the guidance of the staff, came to the gate of the gymnasium and got into a government car.

In the car, women's singles champion Ye Sijia had been waiting for a long time.

When acquaintances meet, they feel especially close.

"congratulations."

Ye Sijia smiled.

"Each each other."

Chen Jin raised the trophy in his hand.

In addition to the two of them and several staff members, there was also a photographer.

The group drove to the Montpellier National Orchestra and Opera House to take promotional photos for the champion city.

It took about an hour.

The output looks pretty good.

Especially the photo of Chen Jin and Ye Sijia, which made Liu Guoliang's eyes light up: "These two people have a strong sense of CP, maybe they can replace Shatou..."

The championship celebration dinner was held at a star-rated hotel in Montpellier.

As usual, we booked a restaurant.

Although the main players of the national table tennis team, including Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, all withdrew from the Montpellier Championship.

But before this, who could have imagined that the male and female champions would be two new players.

What does this represent?
The future of Chinese table tennis!
As Liu Guoliang said: "The victory of Chen Jin and Ye Sijia in the Montpellier Championship is the most powerful answer to the doubts about the team building."

"As I said before, our national table tennis team is a collective. I hope everyone can work together to fight for themselves and for the country, and defend the supreme glory of the national sport!"

"This game has come to an end for now, but there will be the next game and the next game waiting for us to fight together."

"Everyone, have a good rest tonight, and we will move to Frankfurt at 2 pm tomorrow."

"Although the schedule is a bit tight, I hope everyone will keep up the good work and bring the championship and honor back to the national table tennis team."

"cheers!"

(End of this chapter)