All-round Athlete

Chapter 20 Fermentation

In the Japanese newspaper system, the five major Japanese newspapers "Yomiuri Shimbun", "Asahi Shimbun", "Sankei Shimbun", "Mainichi Shimbun" and "Nihon Keizai Shimbun" all have their own evening papers. The national professional evening newspapers "Modern Evening News" and "Fuji Evening News".

A large part of Japan’s evening paper system is used to report news from Asian countries. Because Japan’s location is relatively east, Japan’s morning paper has no way to report or reprint media content from other Asian countries. Instead, Japan’s evening paper typesets , the morning newspapers of other Asian countries have just been sold, so the Japanese evening papers can reprint and publish some of the latest news of the day in other Asian countries. evening paper.

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

At this moment, in Tokyo, Japan, Tamai Nakayuki, the deputy editor-in-chief of "Yomiuri Shimbun", is leaning on a chair, carefully reading the newspaper of the day that has just been airlifted from the Philippines.

"Arrogance or Strength - China's 100-meter Titans Make a Winning Declaration", "Chinese Players' Fantasy: Breaking the 100-meter Asian Record", "Chinese Players Threatened: Breaking the 100-meter Asian Record in the Asian Athletics Championships!", Philippines Several media outlets have reported on this Chinese athlete." Nakayuki Tamai lined up several reports, lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then picked up the phone.

"I'm Nakayuki Tamai, I'll ask Mr. Murayama from the sports reporting team to come to my office immediately. Here are some interesting reports. I think we can reprint them appropriately and add some comments."

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Today is not a very special day, but for most domestic sports reporters, it is a very leisurely day, because there is no major game worth reporting at home and abroad.

The U.S. Open has just ended, and the China Open and the Shanghai Masters will not be held until the end of the month; the NBA game is still early, and Dayao is also on vacation; the Women's Volleyball World Championship is only two days away; there was originally a football Asian Cup qualifier, but But 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 qualifiers. So recently entered a window period of the game, let the domestic sports media editors do nothing.

As the editor-in-charge of a well-known online sports section in China, Wu Liang naturally couldn't do nothing like his editors, so he focused his attention on the Asian Athletics Championships, which didn't attract much attention.

Wu Liang leaned lazily on the computer chair, looked at the results of the first day of the Yatian Race, and muttered to himself: "Liu Feiren did not participate in the 110-meter hurdles, and several other Olympic-level players in the national team did not participate." If I didn't participate, this time the game lost a lot of color, and it doesn't have much report value. Let's see what the foreign media have reported."

Wu Liang immediately searched for relevant reports from foreign media.

"Huh? Zhang Guan? I've never heard of this person! Running 100 meters? Breaking the Asian record?" Wu Liang immediately noticed the reports on Zhang Guan by local media in the Philippines and Japan.

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

As a senior sports editor, Wu Liang still has a certain understanding of various sports. However, track and field sprinting, which is a weak event of the national team, usually does not have much attention, and naturally does not receive media attention. The changes in the domestic track and field pattern are not well understood.

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

Wu Liang first thought of the query system for national athletes, which contains the basic information of national athletes, which is the first choice for querying athletes, so Wu Liang immediately contacted a member of his network by phone, a member of 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 make sure that he read correctly.

In this era, the athlete information database has just been established. The qualification evaluation of high-level athletes is not instant, but statistics and updates are carried out every six months. Zhang Guan participated in the national second-level athlete test in the first half of the year, so in June When he was born, he was registered as a national second-level athlete.

According to the selection criteria for high-level athletes, athletes of the first level and above in the track and field sprint event can only be recognized if they have electronically timed results in official competitions. Zhang Guan broke the national record in the Asian field competition qualifiers, far 10.25 seconds beyond the level of an international athlete, so he will definitely be recognized as an "international athlete". However, the qualifiers for the Yatian Competition will be 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 time At that time, in the athlete information database, Zhang Guan was still a national second-level athlete.

But this country's second-level athlete gave Wu Liang infinite reverie.

"So many domestic athletes are not qualified to enter the national team, let alone participate in the Asian Athletics Championships. How can he, a second-level athlete in the country, be able to enter the national team and go abroad to compete? It must be because of the door-to-door relationship. If it is reported Coming out is also a big scandal in the domestic sports world! I will be the hero who exposes the shady scenes in sports! And because of Zhang Guan's remarks, it has caused so many negative reports in foreign media, which is also a very explosive news point! "Thinking of this, Wu Liang suddenly laughed. If a scandal in the sports world can be uncovered during this window of competition, it will definitely attract the attention of the public. Wu Liang could even see that the bonus at the end of the year had increased.

So, Wu Liang immediately opened the document and typed titles on the keyboard:

"Outstanding Capabilities or Black Box Operations? Second-level athletes enter the national team to participate in the Yatian competition! "

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What is the strongest skill 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 a newcomer named Zhang Guan among the athletes participating in the national team. After investigation, he was only a national second-level athlete, and then questioned why the national second-level athletes can enter the national team and why they can represent the country. Participating in international competitions, and then reprinting some reports from Japanese media and Philippine media, it is nothing more than saying that Zhang Guan did not perform well abroad, which caused negative reports from foreign media and discredited the Chinese people. And the subtext is that the selection of the national team has shady scenes and black box operations. The article also posted a profile picture of Zhang Guan's national second-level athlete, and specifically enlarged the date when Zhang Guan passed the national second-level athlete test.

On this day when there is no competition, the online media editors who saw this report were suddenly excited, and worried that there was nothing to report. Wu Liang's article was raining down in time.

Any reports involving shady government departments are obviously in line with the tastes of the public who do not know the truth, and at the same time it is easy to arouse the enthusiasm of Internet trolls, and reprinting these days does not have to bear any legal responsibility, as long as the sentence "article reprinted" is added at the end I am not responsible” and other statements are enough, so in just three hours, more than a dozen online media reprinted Wu Liang’s article. There are also some big Vs who have started to post relevant comments on their blogs.

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According to the schedule, Zhang Guan will take part in the preliminaries of the 4x100m relay in the morning and the semifinals of the men's 100m sprint in the afternoon.

A total of 16 countries (regions) signed up for the 4x100m relay race, and the top eight with a total score entered the final. In this project in Asia, the Japanese team has an absolute advantage. The Chinese team, Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia can be regarded as the second echelon in Asia. Thailand, Qatar, and Bahrain are rising stars in this project, while teams such as India and the Philippines are purely native. Soy sauce.

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

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

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

Chen Jian looked up and said, "You are talking about Habebe from Saudi Arabia. He is originally from Nigeria and naturalized in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's sprint strength is not weak. Their local players Abdullah and Mu Ballack is a well-known player in Asia, and it would be even more powerful if he had this Habebe. After all, you probably don’t have the experience of competing with African athletes, right?”

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

Chen Jian immediately explained in a low voice: "Black athletes have obvious advantages in sprint events, especially the fast rhythm of kicking and the strong kicking force, which is beyond the reach of our Asian athletes. But having said that, you After adding up the speed, the sense of rhythm is very similar to that of black players."

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