"Champion? You mean the champion?" the female reporter confirmed, as if doubting her ears.
Zhang Guan nodded: "Of course I came to participate in the competition to win the championship."
If Japan's Sutsugo Shingo answered like this, the female reporter might not be surprised, but Zhang Guan's words made the female reporter feel surprised. She simply thought that the young man in front of her didn't know how high the sky was.
"So arrogant, does he think he can beat Japanese players?" A trace of contempt flashed in the female reporter's eyes.
The Singaporean female reporter still had the arrogance and contempt of Singapore in her bones. He was very dissatisfied with Zhang Guan's answer. He only heard her say: "Japanese athletes have always been the number one in Asia in sprint events. So what do you mean? Do you think you can beat Japanese players?"
If you are experienced in dealing with the media, you will definitely be able to tell that the female reporter deliberately set a trap in the question, and this is indeed the case. The question she originally prepared was "Are you confident in defeating the Japanese players?" But when she heard Zhang Guan's declaration of winning the championship, she deliberately changed the question to increase the direction of the question.
"I can, my goal is to win the championship." Zhang Guan did not realize that the female reporter had dug a hole for herself.
The female reporter got a very satisfactory answer, but she felt it was not enough, so she then asked: "The current Asian 100-meter record is exactly 10 seconds set by the Japanese player Ito Koji. You just said you wanted to beat the Japanese player. What do you think? Can we catch up with Japan's Koji Ito's record at this Asian Athletics Championships, or even surpass it and run within 10 seconds?"
This is also a question with a trap. Among the questions originally prepared by the female reporter was "Is there any information to break the Asian record of 10 seconds held by Koji Ito?" However, she changed her mind temporarily, which not only added more questions The directionality also limits the time for this Asian Athletics Championships.
The female reporter particularly emphasized the words "Japanese players" in her question. The purpose was of course to make Zhang Guan look embarrassed. Zhang Guan just said he wanted to beat Japanese players. If Zhang Guan answered no, it would be an inconsistent answer.
The female reporter looked at Zhang Guan with a proud face, ready to appreciate Zhang Guan's embarrassed look, but she saw Zhang Guan's determined expression.
"I must break the Asian record!" Zhang Guan said.
For Zhang Guan, breaking the Asian record is not only about honor, but also about completing the system's tasks.
Hearing Zhang Guan's answer, the female reporter looked at Zhang Guan in surprise, but then her eyes revealed a hint of contempt.
"You want to break the Asian record? You deserve to break the world record! Ignorant and backward Chinese people," the female reporter thought to herself, but she didn't show it on her expression.
"Thank you for accepting our interview." The female reporter smiled politely. She knew that there was a lot to do in this exclusive interview, and the media would definitely like it.
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Every night, the event committee will release some news to the media and the public, including the results of the day's game, information about the next day's game, interviews with some athletes, etc. The release method is mainly in the form of the official Dibao. There is a thick volume every day. Each participating team can receive a copy. In addition, journalists from various countries who have registered with the organizing committee before the game can also receive a copy. , if ordinary people want to get this Di newspaper, they can only spend money to buy it.
The Manila Times is a comprehensive newspaper with a large circulation in the Philippines. At this moment, the editor-in-chief Raymond was flipping through the official newspaper of the Asian Track and Field Championships that had just been delivered.
"Although the competition was held in the Philippines, we couldn't even get a medal." Raymond turned over the event information section that made him sad and began to read the athlete interviews at the back. Soon after, the interview about Zhang Guan This caught Raymond's eye.
"This Chinese guy is really arrogant. He even said he wanted to win the 100-meter championship! Ridiculous! He thought he could defeat the Japanese?" Raymond continued to look down, and his eyes finally stopped at the last sentence.
"Breaking Asian records?" Raymond, who has rich media experience, instantly formed an attractive title in his mind. Then he picked up a pen and wrote this title on the scratch paper:
"Chinese athletes threaten to break the 100-meter Asian record at the Asian Track and Field Championships!" 》
Raymond personally wrote a report, specifically emphasizing what Zhang Guan said about "breaking the record." There was a lot of satire on Zhang Guan and the entire Chinese team, and the language was all kinds of belittlement and slander. The final conclusion was nothing more than It tells readers that Zhang Guan is an arrogant and dishonest athlete.
The media in the Philippines has no integrity at all, and Xiang Raymond is very skillful in using one or two words to confuse the public. The more this type of report is, the more popular it is with Filipino readers, and Western media also like to reprint this type of report, so this type of report is very helpful to the sales volume of the newspaper and the popularity of the newspaper.
This is not the only newspaper in the Philippines that has no integrity. There are many journalists who are even more unscrupulous than Raymond. This Asian Track and Field Championships seemed dull due to the absence of many big names, and the media need a focus. Attracting readers, Zhang Guan's interview was like a thunderbolt, instantly pointing out the direction of these unscrupulous media's rumors.
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Director Ma has always had the habit of eating breakfast while reading the newspaper, so early in the morning, he found a corner in the hotel's cafeteria and opened the newspaper in his hand.
The newspapers in the Philippines are mainly in English, and there are also a few Chinese newspapers, which are mainly distributed to Chinese people in the Philippines. Director Ma was not interested in the Chinese newspaper and opened the English newspaper directly. After a while, a headline attracted Director Ma's attention.
"Arrogance or strength - China's 100-meter warrior declares victory"
Director Ma read along the text. The main content was about Zhang Guan's interview. He then listed the Japanese team's past results, then compared the gap between China and Japan in the men's 100-meter dash event, and finally came up with a conclusion. The conclusion is that Zhang Guan's declaration of winning the championship is completely an arrogant joke.
Director Ma shook his head disdainfully. He often led the national track and field team to compete in various countries and often saw negative reports from foreign media, so he did not take this report seriously.
"Soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers. Young people should have some fighting spirit. Just a declaration of winning the championship can be hacked like this." Director Ma said to himself.
The very unobjective report in the first newspaper made Director Ma feel that there was no point in reading this newspaper anymore. He put the newspaper aside and opened the second newspaper.
"The Fantasy of Chinese Athletes: Breaking the 100-meter Asian Record"
"Is it Zhang Guan again?" Director Ma continued to look down. This report was similar to the previous one. It directly compared Zhang Guan with the current Asian 100-meter record holder Ito Koji. The final conclusion was that Zhang Guan broke it. The 100-meter world record is just a fantasy.
"Huh, fantasy? We have broken the Asian record in the 110-meter hurdles, and the 100-meter record will be a matter of time." Director Ma thought to himself. Although he was not so confident, he still had confidence.
Director Ma put down the newspaper with disdain and picked up the third one.
"Chinese athletes threaten to break the 100-meter Asian record at the Asian Track and Field Championships!" 》
"What is this?" Director Ma quickly read the entire report and put down the newspaper.
"Young man, maybe he was tricked by reporters, right? Especially in foreign countries, you can't talk nonsense. Do you want to tighten the string for him? Let him pay attention." Director Ma lowered his head and thought.
Then he thought that this was Zhang Guan's first time participating in an international competition. He had never participated in training before because he was busy training for 4x100 meters. It was expected that he couldn't speak, so Zhang Guan couldn't be entirely blamed for this incident. .
"After he returns to China, he will have to participate in interview training. However, Zhang Guan will participate in the 4x100m preliminaries this morning and the 100m semi-finals in the afternoon. It's better not to let him know about this yet, so as not to affect it. The game is in good shape." Director Ma thought of this, folded up some newspapers and put them into his bag.
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At the same time, in the hotel where the Japanese team lived, Kobayashi Keikazu handed the same newspaper to Takano Susumu and said at the same time: "Takano-kun, please read this news report."
Takano Jin respectfully read the result newspaper and read it carefully. After a moment, he raised his head and said: "Coach, although I also think it is impossible for Zhang Guan to break the Asian record, it is undeniable that Zhang Guan is a very capable person." Athletes, Filipinos have low competitive standards and are not qualified to criticize Zhang Guan. It is immoral for them to use such means to slander and discredit a capable athlete."
Japanese culture has always believed in the strong, and at the same time has even greater contempt for the weak. In Takano Susumu's view, the Philippines, a country with a scumbag sports level, obviously despises the weak. Zhang Guan's ability to run within 10.10 seconds should be considered The strong must at least be respected, and it is obviously an immoral act for a weak person in the Philippines to shamelessly smear the strong.
"Takano-kun, this is not Japan, this is the Philippines." Kobayashi Keikazu smiled: "Do you think these Filipinos are a moral nation?"
Kobayashi Keikazu threw some other newspapers to Takano Susumu, and then said: "Look, almost all the media are going in the same direction. Chinese people are very face-conscious. I think this time Zhang Guan is in trouble."
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