In China in the 1980s, when it comes to the most popular ball sports, table tennis should be the first, followed by basketball, and then volleyball.
The popularity of table tennis in China is due to diplomatic reasons, the popularity of basketball is due to the charm of the sport itself, and the popularity of volleyball is due to the groundbreaking success of the Chinese women's volleyball team in 1979.
In 1976, the new Chinese women's volleyball national team was reestablished, and Yuan Weimin became the head coach of the women's volleyball team. In the 1979 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Japanese team 3:1 and dominated Asia for the first time.
You must know that the Japanese women's volleyball team has been known as the "Witch of the East" since the 1960s. It is not only the dominant player in Asia, but also once won the world championship.
The Chinese women's volleyball team achieved such brilliant results, which immediately aroused the national pride of the Chinese people, and quickly made the sport of volleyball popular in the country.
This Volleyball World Cup match is between the Chinese men's volleyball team and the Korean men's volleyball team. Any team that wins will enter the World Cup and compete for the highest honor that symbolizes the volleyball world championship.
What's more, before this, the Chinese men's volleyball team had achieved ninth place in the world.
For the Chinese people in the 1980s, every opportunity for athletes to stand on the international stage is worthy of praise and remembering. Our nation urgently needs such opportunities to enhance national self-confidence.
The game started at eight o'clock in the evening, using a very rare broadcast format in this era. This shows how much CCTV and the public attach great importance to today's game.
The game officially started, and everyone in the Tao family stared at the TV screen, concentrating.
But as soon as the game started, the Chinese team fell into an unfavorable situation. They couldn't stop the opponent's spikes, and their own spikes were soft and made frequent mistakes. Everyone didn't get over it, and they lost the first game by a huge margin.
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"This gap is too big!" Liang Zuo complained.
"We won three out of five games and it's only the first game. It's okay." Liu Zhenyun said.
After losing the second game again, Liu Zhenyun didn't know what to say. He could only say dryly: "The strength is indeed a bit worse!"
Not only them, but at this moment, countless people are sitting in front of the TV watching this game. Faced with such a tragic start, many people can't help but complain.
At this time, the TV room in the International Student Building has three floors inside and three floors outside. It is crowded with people. Except for the students in the middle and the front who can sit and watch TV, the students on the sides and back can only stand and watch. The people at the back can't even stand.
No, I have to stand on the bench to watch the TV.
Faced with the situation where the Chinese team lost two games in a row at the beginning, everyone became more and more worried. Some were angry, some were anxious. The TV room was buzzing with all kinds of things. Some people thought that losing two games in a row would affect the overall situation.
It has been determined that the Chinese team has missed the World Cup.
At this time, a male voice sounded.
"Don't make any noise, don't make any noise. This is only the second game, and we still don't know who will win. Please don't say these depressing words yet!"
"You're right."
As soon as the first person spoke, the second one followed. The students cheered each other up, and the sound of cheering immediately rang out in the TV room that was originally full of complaints.
On the TV at this moment, the members of the Chinese men's volleyball team seemed to hear the cheers of the students.
At the beginning of the third game, the restraint and weakness of the first two games were changed. They moved freely, running greatly, changing positions, fast breaks in the middle, smashing the ball and scoring continuously, and blocking and counterattacking were also successful many times. The players became more energetic and better as they played.
Have spirit.
The students in the TV room became more and more excited as they watched. Every time the Chinese team scored a point, there would be a burst of warm applause and cheers in the TV room, and the atmosphere was fiery.
In two consecutive games, the Chinese team was in great shape and won with a big score. As the most critical fifth game began, the Chinese team was full of momentum and victory was in sight.
But when everyone was looking forward to winning at the end of the game, the television broadcast was suddenly interrupted.
"What's going on?"
"What's going on?"
The TV signal suddenly disappeared. Tao Yucheng thought there was something wrong with the TV, so he got up and filmed the TV.
Tao's mother immediately gave him a hard slap and said, "Take it lightly. If the slap breaks, can you buy a new one?"
"It was already broken, but I didn't break it. What's going on?"
Lin Chaoyang said: "The TV should not be broken, but the signal is probably broken."
At this time, there was a burst of cursing in the corridor. They were probably watching the game. It seemed that it was not just the Tao family who encountered this situation.
At this time, the TV screen switched back to the studio, and the announcer reported the situation to the audience.
"Comrade viewers, due to the extremely long competition time, the broadcast satellite rented by this station has arrived. The final result of the competition will be broadcast in time on our news program. Please understand."
"What should we do?" Tao Yumo said anxiously. The game just now was at a critical moment.
"Listen to the radio. It's also broadcast on the radio, but there's no picture." Lin Chaoyang had an idea.
Tao Yumo immediately ran over and turned on the radio. As soon as he dialed the China People's Broadcasting Station, he heard the commentator's voice.
"The game is over. The Chinese team defeated the South Korean team with a score of 3:2. Let us congratulate the Chinese men's volleyball team and congratulate the Chinese volleyball team.
The Chinese team had a bad start in this game, but the strong Chinese team players..."
Listening to the impassioned voice of the commentator on the radio, the Tao family also became excited.
"I won! I really won!"
Chen Jiangong, Liu Zhenyun, and Liang Zuo hugged each other happily.
When everyone was celebrating happily, there was a faint noisy sound outside. After a while, the sound became louder and louder.
"What's wrong with this?" Tao's mother looked out the window and asked.
"It must be the students who are making trouble!" Tao's father replied.
Listening to the cheers outside getting louder and louder, almost spreading throughout the entire Yanda campus, Chen Jiangong and the other three couldn't wait to say hello and ran outside.
"It sounds so lively, I'll go and have a look too!" Tao Yumo also went down to join in the fun.
After watching the game, Tao Yushu said: "Then let's go first."
She and Lin Chaoyang went downstairs and got on their bicycles. There were cheers from all directions on campus, and there seemed to be thousands of troops in the darkness.
Langrun Lake Apartment is located in the north of Yanda University. The two of them rode all the way to between the Literature and History Building and the library, and saw students pouring out of the road.
These students came out of the dormitory, and the crowds and cheers gathered more and more. The person in the lead got a big drum from somewhere. Two people were carrying it, and one person was beating it. They were beating gongs and drums, and someone behind them was holding a big drum.
Torches, someone waving a red flag and shouting.
When passing by Building 38, the students upstairs opened their windows. Seeing how busy it was below, another group of people ran down.
Drums, red flags, and torches were in front, and there were more and more people behind them. Lin Chaoyang and his wife were pushed forward by the students, and the car could only be pushed.
As students continued to join in, the crowd cheering and marching became larger and larger. The procession passed several dormitory buildings, and then headed straight from the east side of Building 32 to the south gate, shouting as it walked: "Long live the Chinese team!"
When passing by the International Students Building, a group of foreigners leaned against the windows to watch the excitement. They did not understand why these students were so excited.
Seeing that foreigners were watching, the students shouted even harder.
After passing the international students building, the excitement had passed, and the students' shouts dropped down. Everyone had a weak voice, and they kept shouting loudly for more than ten minutes. Once the emotion passed, the shouts became quieter.
Come down.
The first few students were discussing whether to change their slogans and adjust their marching route.
Lin Chaoyang followed the team all the way and unknowingly reached the front of the team. He rarely behaved like Meng Lang on weekdays, but today he was a little excited because of the excitement of the students.
One of the first students was Liu Zhida from the Chinese Department. Lin Chaoyang saw that these students had been discussing for a while but could not make up their minds, so he said to Liu Zhida: "I think the slogan can be changed to: Unite and revitalize China!"
"Unite to revitalize China? This slogan is good and catchy!"
Liu Zhida and another student turned towards the team, held their hands in the shape of a trumpet, and shouted to the team: "Students, let's change the slogan and shout 'Unite, revitalize China'. Let's all shout 'Unite, revitalize China!'"
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His proposal quickly received a response from the students. The students in front first shouted: "Unite and revitalize China!"
Then the slogans gradually spread and quickly merged into a huge wave of sound that echoed over the Yanda campus.
"Unite! Revitalize China!"
"Unite! Revitalize China!"
With the new slogan, the enthusiasm of the students surged again. They raised their voices and vented the passion and blood in their hearts.
Lin Chaoyang noticed that there was a student in the team holding a brick recorder to record, and there was another student with a camera on his chest who ran out of the team to find an angle to take pictures.
The parade was walking on the Yanda campus, and the students' cheers were like a flame passing through, lighting up the darkness.
After a long time, the students finally got tired of shouting and their voices gradually became lower.
At this moment, a horn sounded from somewhere and pierced the night sky.
The familiar melody suddenly inspired the students again. They echoed the melody and opened their mouths again.
"Rise up, people who don't want to be slaves, use our flesh and blood to build our new Great Wall..."
After the buzz buzz, the national anthem was once replaced with new words, but the words written by Tian Han were still imprinted in the hearts of these students.
A sonorous and powerful sound burst out from the vigorously beating chest. The national anthem that once inspired countless Chinese people is also stirring the hearts of these young students at this moment.
The high-pitched singing echoed in the campus. Lin Chaoyang held his bicycle and stood there quietly watching the parade crowd gradually go away. The boiling blood in his veins gradually cooled down, but his eyes were always shining.
Tao Yushu stood beside him and finally waited for his emotions to calm down before saying, "I never saw before that you still have such a youthful and passionate side!"
Lin Chaoyang smiled self-deprecatingly and said calmly: "I'm so crazy as a teenager when I talk, holding the yellow on the left and the green on the right."
After listening to his words, the smile on Tao Yushu's face disappeared, and his little hand went straight to Lin Chaoyang's waist to greet him, "I will let you 'lead the yellow', let you 'lead the yellow'!"
Lin Chaoyang quickly begged for mercy, but accidentally accidentally injured his wife who was standing on his left.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
The couple laughed and joked for a few times before riding their bicycles again. It was already past 10:30 in the evening.
As they rode out of the campus, faint chants could still be heard.
The next morning, the school radio station reported what happened on campus last night.
The announcer said in an excited and enthusiastic voice: "On this extraordinary night of March 20, the students shouted the slogan 'Unite and revitalize China', expressing the patriotic enthusiasm of Yan University students."
The live recording from last night was also played on the radio. Although the sound quality was very poor, the students' patriotism was conveyed to every listener's heart through the radio.
Just when the students of Yan University were feeling extremely proud of the spontaneous actions of their classmates last night, Liu Zhida from the Chinese Department was called to the office by the teachers from the Youth League Committee.
He was one of the leaders in the parade last night. As soon as he entered the office, he saw several teachers looking at him eagerly.
Liu Zhida suddenly screamed in his heart, "Oh no, this is going to be a trial in three chambers!"
Chapter completed!