Almighty Athlete

Chapter 20: The storm fermented

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In Japan's newspaper system, Japan's five major newspapers "Yomiuri Shimbun", "Asahi Shimbun", "Sankei Shimbun", "Mainichi Shimbun" and "Nihon Keizai Shimbun" all have their own evening newspapers. In addition, there are National professional evening newspapers "Modern Evening News" and "Fuji Evening News".

A large part of Japan's evening newspaper system is used to report news from various Asian countries. Because Japan is located relatively east, Japan's morning newspapers cannot report or reprint media content from other Asian countries. On the contrary, Japan's evening newspapers are doing the layout , the morning newspapers in other Asian countries have just been sold, so the Japanese evening newspapers can reprint and publish some of the latest news of the day from other Asian countries. It is also true that the evening newspapers sell well in Japan, and many office workers will buy a copy of the day's newspapers when they get off work. Evening News.

At this time, online media in many Asian countries had just started, and foreign newspapers were still a very important way for Japanese media to obtain news. In Asian countries, English-speaking Philippine newspapers, Singaporean newspapers and Indian newspapers have become very important sources of news for Japan Evening News. In particular, Philippine media are very popular with Japanese media.

At this moment, in Tokyo, Japan, Yuki Tamai, deputy editor of "The Yomiuri Shimbun", was leaning on his chair, carefully reading the day's newspaper that had just been flown in from the Philippines.

""Is it arrogance or strength - China's 100-meter champion issues a declaration of victory", "Chinese athletes' fantasy: breaking the 100-meter Asian record", "Chinese athletes threaten: breaking the 100-meter Asian record in the Asian Track and Field Championships!", the Philippines has Several media have reported on this Chinese athlete." Tamai Nakayuki put several reports together, lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then picked up the phone.

"My name is Tamai Nakayuki, and I'm asking Mr. Murayama from the sports reporting team to come to my office right away. There are some very interesting reports here. I think we can reprint them appropriately and add some comments."

Today is not a very special day, but for most domestic sports reporters, it is a very leisurely day. The reason is that there are no major domestic and foreign competitions worth reporting.

The US Open has just ended, and the China Open and Shanghai Masters will not be held until the end of the month; the NBA game is still very early, and Dayao is also on vacation; the Women's Volleyball World Championship will only start in two days; there was originally a qualifier for the Football Asian Cup, but It just so happens that next year's Asian Cup will be held in China, and the national football team is the host and does not need to participate in the preliminaries. Therefore, we have recently entered a window period for competitions, leaving domestic sports media editors with nothing to do.

As the editor-in-chief of the sports section of a well-known domestic online media, Wu Liang naturally cannot sit idle like his editors, so he focuses his attention on the Asian Track and Field Championships, which does not attract much attention.

Wu Liang leaned lazily on his computer chair, looking at the results of the first day of the Asian Track and Field Championships, and murmured to himself: "Liu Feiren did not participate in the 110-meter hurdles, and several other Olympic-level athletes from the national team also If I didn’t participate, this competition will lose a lot of color and it won’t have much reporting value. Let’s see what the foreign media reports.”

Wu Liang immediately searched for relevant reports from foreign media.

"Huh? Zhang Guan? I've never heard of this person! He runs 100 meters? He wants to break the Asian record?" Wu Liang immediately noticed the reports about Zhang Guan by the local media in the Philippines and Japan.

"Foreign media have some negative reports. Who is this Zhang Guan? I know that there is Chen Jian in the domestic 100-meter dash, but where did this Zhang Guan come from?" Wu Liang suddenly became curious.

As a senior sports editor, Wu Liang has a certain understanding of various sports. However, as the national team's weak track and field sprint event, it usually does not have much to watch, and naturally does not receive media attention. Therefore, Wu Liang is interested in The changes in the domestic track and field landscape are not well understood.

"I have to find out who this Zhang Guan is." Wu Liang picked up the phone and prepared to find relevant information about Zhang Guan through his personal network.

Wu Liang first thought of the national athlete query system, which contains basic information about national athletes and is the first choice for querying athletes. So Wu Liang immediately contacted a member of his network by phone, a network data from the General Administration of Sports. member.

A few minutes later, the other party sent back the email, and the information found surprised Wu Liang.

"National second-level athlete? This Zhang Guan is just a national second-level athlete!" Wu Liang rubbed his eyes vigorously to confirm that he was not mistaken.

In this era, the athlete information database has just been established. The qualification assessment of high-level athletes is not instant. Instead, statistics and updates are conducted every six months. Zhang Guan participated in the national second-level athlete test in the first half of the year, so in June At that time, he was registered as a national second-level athlete.

According to the selection standards for high-level athletes, first-level and above athletes in track and field sprint events need to achieve electronic timing results in official competitions before they can be recognized. Zhang Guan broke the national record in the Asian Track and Field Championships qualifiers, far and away. It exceeds the 10.25 seconds of an international athlete, so he will definitely be recognized as an "international athlete." However, the preliminaries for the Asian Track and Field Championships are held in the second half of the year, and Zhang Guan's information will not be updated until the end of the year, so this At that time, Zhang Guan was still a national second-level athlete in the athlete information database.

But this country's second-level athletes gave Wu Liang unlimited daydreams.

"So many domestic athletes are not qualified to enter the national team, let alone participate in the Asian Track and Field Championships. How can he, a national second-level athlete, enter the national team and go abroad to compete? It must be a backdoor relationship. If this is reported It is also a big scandal in the domestic sports world! I will become a hero who exposes the shady story of sports! And because of this outrageous statement, it has caused so many negative reports from foreign media, which is also a very hot news point! "Thinking of this, Wu Liang suddenly laughed. During this competition window, if a scandal in the sports world can be unearthed, it will definitely attract the public's attention. Wu Liang was even able to see an extra stack of bonuses at the end of the year.

So Wu Liang immediately opened the document and typed out the titles one by one on the keyboard:

"Outstanding Ability or Secret Operation?" Second-level athletes enter the national team to participate in the Asian track and field competition! 》

What are the strongest skills of domestic online media editors

"Copy" and "Paste" of course.

As soon as Wu Liang's article was published, it immediately attracted the attention of colleagues.

In the article, it first introduced that among the athletes participating in the national team this time, there was a newcomer named Zhang Guan. After checking, he was only a national second-level athlete, and then questioned why the national second-level athletes could enter the national team and represent the country. Participating in international competitions, and then reprinting some reports from Japanese and Philippine media, it was nothing more than saying that Zhang Guan's poor performance abroad caused negative reports from foreign media and discredited the Chinese people. The subtext is that there is a shady behind-the-scenes operation in selecting players for the national team. The article also posted a profile picture of Zhang Guan, a national second-level athlete, and specifically zoomed in on the date Zhang Guan passed the national second-level athlete test.

On this day when there was no competition, the editors of online media outlets immediately became excited when they saw this report. They were worried that they would have nothing to report, when Wu Liang's article came down like a timely rain.

Any reports involving the shady affairs of government departments are obviously in line with the taste of the public who do not know the truth. At the same time, they can easily arouse the passion of Internet trolls. Moreover, there is no legal liability for reprinting these days. All you need to do is add the sentence "Reprinted article" at the end. A statement like "I will not be held responsible" was enough, so in just three hours, more than a dozen online media reprinted Wu Liang's article. Some big Vs have also begun to post relevant comments on their blogs.

According to the schedule, Zhang Guan will compete in the preliminaries of the 4x100-meter relay in the morning and the semi-finals of the men's 100-meter dash in the afternoon.

A total of 16 countries (regions) have signed up to participate in the 4x100-meter relay race, and the top eight teams in total will advance to the finals. In this Asian event, the Japanese team has an absolute advantage. The Chinese team, Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia are considered the second tier in Asia. Thailand, Qatar, and Bahrain are rising stars in this event, while teams such as India and the Philippines are purely newcomers. Soy sauce.

Since the top eight in total score advance, the grouping is not that important. Although the Chinese team is not grouped with the Japanese team, it is grouped with the equally powerful Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia. Except for In addition, this group also includes Singapore, India, Uzbekistan, South Korea and Taiwan. It is more difficult for these five teams to enter the finals based on their strength.

On the track, Zhang Guan looked around at the athletes from other teams and suddenly found a small black athlete standing in the preparation area. Looking carefully, he saw the flag of Saudi Arabia printed on his sportswear.

Zhang Guan approached Chen Jian and asked in a low voice: "Brother Chen, isn't this the Asian Track and Field Championships? Why is there a black man?"

Chen Jian raised his head and glanced: "You are talking about Habeib from Saudi Arabia. He is originally from Nigeria and naturalized in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's sprint strength is not weak. Their local athletes Abdullah and Mu Ballack is a well-known player in Asia, and having Habebe with him will be even more powerful. Having said that, you probably have no experience competing with African athletes, right?"

Zhang Guan shook his head and replied: "No, this Habeibei is the first black player I have met."

Chen Jian immediately explained in a low voice: "Black athletes have very obvious advantages in sprint events, especially the fast rhythm of kicking and the strong force of kicking. This is something that our Asian athletes cannot match. But then again, you After adding up the speed, the rhythm is very similar to that of black players."

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