All-round Athlete

Chapter 19 Negative News

"Champion? You mean 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."

The female reporter might not be surprised if Shingo Suesaku of Japan answered this way, but the female reporter was surprised by what Zhang Guan said, and she thought that the young people in front of her didn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth.

"That's so arrogant, does he think he can defeat the 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 didn't take Zhang Guan's answer very seriously, and only heard her say: "Japanese athletes have always been ranked first in Asia in sprint events. So you Do you think you can beat the Japanese players?"

Anyone who is experienced in dealing with the media will be able to hear that the female reporter deliberately set a trap in the question, and it is the same. The question she originally prepared was "Do you have confidence in defeating the Japanese players", but when she heard Zhang Guan's declaration of winning the championship, she deliberately changed the way of asking and increased the direction of the question.

"I can, my goal is to be the champion." Zhang Guan didn't realize that the female reporter had dug a hole for herself.

The female reporter got a very satisfactory answer, but she felt that it was not enough, so she went on to ask: "The current Asian 100-meter record is exactly 10 seconds set by Japanese player Koji Ito. You just said that you want to beat the Japanese player. What do you think you are?" Will this Asian Athletics Championships be able to catch up with the record of Japanese player Koji Ito, or even surpass Koji Ito and run under 10 seconds?"

This is also a question with a trap. The female reporter originally prepared the question, "Is there any information to break the 10-second Asian record held by Koji Ito?" But she changed her mind temporarily, which not only increased the question Directivity, also limited the time for this Asian Athletics Championships.

The female reporter especially emphasized the words "Japanese player" in the question, the purpose of which is of course to embarrass Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan just said that he wants to beat the Japanese players. If Zhang Guan answered that he could not, it would be an inconsistent answer.

The female reporter looked at Zhang Guan proudly, ready to appreciate Zhang Guan's embarrassment, 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 for honor, but also for completing systematic tasks.

Hearing Zhang Guan's answer, the female reporter looked at Zhang Guan in surprise, but then there was a hint of contempt in her eyes.

"Just because you want to break the Asian record? Just because you are worthy of breaking the world record! The ignorant and backward Chinese" 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 which media would definitely like it.

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Every night, the main committee of the event 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, and interviews with some athletes, etc. The release method is mainly in the form of the official residence newspaper. There is a thick volume every day, and each participating team can get a copy. In addition, journalists from various countries who have registered with the organizing committee before the game can also get a copy , if ordinary people want to get this mansion newspaper, they can only buy it with money.

The Manila Times is a comprehensive newspaper with a large circulation in the Philippines. At this moment, the editor-in-chief Raymond is reading the official residence newspaper of the Yatian race just delivered.

"Although the competition was held in the Philippines, we couldn't even get a medal." Raymond turned over the part of the competition information that made him sad, and began to read the following interviews with athletes. Soon after, the interview about Zhang Guan That caught Raymond's eye.

"This Chinese is really brazen, saying that he wants to win the 100-meter championship! Ridiculous! He thought he could defeat the Japanese?" Raymond continued to look down, his eyes finally stopped at the last sentence.

"Break the Asian record?" Raymond, who has rich media experience, instantly formed an attractive title in his mind. Then he picked up a pen and wrote the title on the scratch paper:

"Chinese players threatened: breaking the Asian record of 100 meters in the Asian Athletics Championships! "

Raymond personally wrote a report, especially emphasizing Zhang Guan's "breaking record". There were various satires on Zhang Guan and the entire Chinese team in the middle, and the language was belittling and smearing. The final conclusion was nothing more than It is to tell readers that Zhang Guan is an arrogant and dishonest athlete.

The media in the Philippines have no integrity at all, and Xiang Raymond is very proficient in using one or two words to confuse the public. The more this type of report, the more popular it is with Filipino readers, and the western media also likes to reprint this kind of report, so this kind of report is still very helpful to the sales of the newspaper and the popularity of the newspaper.

This is not the only unscrupulous newspaper in the Philippines. There are also many journalists who are even more unscrupulous than Raymond. The Asian Athletics Championships this year is dull due to the absence of many big names, and the media need a focus. Attracting readers, Zhang Guan's interview seemed like a thunderbolt on the ground, and instantly pointed out the direction of these unscrupulous media to spread rumors.

...

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 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 issued to the Chinese in the Philippines. Director Ma was not interested in Chinese newspapers, so he opened the English newspaper directly. After a while, a headline caught Director Ma's attention.

"Arrogance or strength - China's 100-meter Titans issued a declaration of victory"

Director Ma read the text. The main topic was the report of Zhang Guan’s interview. Then he listed the achievements of the Japanese team, and then compared the gap between China and Japan in the men’s 100-meter sprint event. Finally, he came up with a conclusion. The conclusion is that Zhang Guan's declaration of winning the championship is completely a crazy joke.

Director Ma shook his head in disdain. He often leads the national track and field team to various countries and often sees negative reports from foreign media, so he doesn't care about this report.

"Soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers. Young people should have fighting spirit. Even a declaration of victory can be hacked like this," Director Ma said to himself.

The very unobjective report of 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 Players: Breaking the Asian Record in the 100 Meters"

"It's Zhang Guan again?" Director Ma continued to look down. This report is similar to the previous one. It directly compares Zhang Guan with the current Asian 100-meter record holder Koji Ito. The final conclusion is that Zhang Guan broke The 100m world record is just a fantasy.

"Hmph, 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 confident enough, he still had confidence.

Director Ma put down the newspaper in disdain, and picked up the third one.

"Chinese players threatened: breaking the Asian record of 100 meters in the Asian Athletics Championships! "

"What is this?" Director Ma quickly read the entire report and put down the newspaper.

"Young man, maybe he was set up by the reporter? Especially in foreign countries, you can't talk nonsense. Do you want to tighten this string for him? Let him pay attention." Director Ma bowed his head and thought.

Then he thought that this was Zhang Guan's first time to participate in an international competition. He had never participated in training at all because he was busy training for 4 x 100 meters. .

"After returning to China, he must be allowed to participate in interview training. However, Zhang Guan will participate in the 4x100m preliminaries this morning, and will run the 100m semi-finals in the afternoon. It is better not to let him know about this, so as not to affect The game state." Director Ma thought of this, folded some newspapers, and put them in his bag.

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At the same time, in the hotel where the Japanese team lived, Keikazu Kobayashi handed the same newspaper to Susumu Takano, and said at the same time, "Takano-kun, please read this news report."

Gao Yejin respectfully read the result newspaper carefully, and after a while he raised his head and said: "Coach, although I also think that Zhang Guan cannot break the Asian record, it is undeniable that Zhang Guan is a very capable player." Players, Filipinos have a low level of competition, and they have no right 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, they despise the weak even more. In Takano Shin’s view, the Philippines, a country with poor sports level, is obviously despised by the weak. Zhang Guan’s ability to run within 10.10 seconds should be regarded as The strong must at least be respected, and it is obviously immoral for a weak person in the Philippines to shamelessly discredit 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 said and threw some other newspapers to Takano Susumu, and then said: "Look, almost all the media are in the same direction. Chinese people are very face-saving. I think this time that Zhang Guan is in trouble."

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