Chapter 26 New Goal: National Championship
Masao Yamazaki lost, and Tan Sanwu had no shame and continued to stay. After a few greetings with Principal Li, he said goodbye and left.
Principal Li felt happy. Today, Gu San35 came to call the game. Principal Li had made the worst plan. He thought that Fudan High School might lose, and even thought that it would be a situation where people lost and the situation would be lost.
Fortunately, Chen Qiang stepped forward, followed Masao Yamazaki's kneeling and said "My Sick Man in East Asia", Fudan all won back.
So after seeing Gu Sansanwu away, Principal Li couldn't wait to meet the classmate who turned the tide.
More than half an hour later, a teacher walked over with a depressed look on his face and said, "Principal, we searched all over the school, but we couldn't find that classmate."
"Can't find it? Why can't it be found?" Principal Li's face suddenly felt a little unkind. He was the principal and he couldn't find a student in his school. This was too shameless! Principal Li even felt that the teacher below was deliberately disobeying and did not do his job seriously.
"We searched all corners of the school, and even looked for the men's bathroom, but we couldn't find him. I think he must have gone home!" The teacher replied.
"Oh, see him again the other day. By the way, what is this classmate's name?" Principal Li continued.
"Well, I don't know either." The teacher replied with a sad face.
"Hu Nao, you are a teacher in the school and don't know what your student is called? Even if you don't know the student's name, won't you ask other teachers?" Principal Li said indignantly.
The teacher shook his head: "I asked. None of the teachers in the school know him or his name. It was the first time they saw him."
Principal Li showed a strange expression, as if he was saying whether you were funny? The teacher didn’t even know what his student was named!
The teacher also felt that this answer was a bit contrary to common sense, so he whispered: "I think he may not be a student of our school."
"I'm not a student from our school, where did that come from? How could I come to participate in our school's sports meet?" Principal Li asked.
"Principal, the school holds a sports meeting today, so students are not required to wear school uniforms. Many of the students participating in the competition are dressed in shorts. I think as long as they are about the same age, it is not difficult to get in with vests and shorts." The teacher explained.
"So he might have been sneaked in from outside? Such an excellent student is not our student?" The disappointment flashed across Principal Li's face.
As the principal, he certainly hopes that his students can be better and hopes that Fudan can cultivate more talents.
If it were the principal of another school, I would probably think that the school would train scientists, writers, or even officials, which would be called educating and becoming a talent. However, Principal Li was different. He was from a Chinese overseas in Southeast Asia. He went to the United States to study in his teens and graduated from Yale University. So in his eyes, those who are good at sports are also talents. It is also a success in education.
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Chen Qiang had already found an opportunity to quietly leave Fudan High School.
Chen Qiang could guess that if he defeated Masao Yamazaki, he would inevitably become a stolen figure in Fudan High School, but he was not a student at Fudan High School. If he stayed and made trouble, it might cause trouble, so he might just leave.
As a husky who is mixed into the wolf pack, of course, he has to leave quickly before the wolf can react. Should he stay and wait to treat him to dinner? Maybe he will be eaten as a meal.
If Chen Qiang was really a student, even if he was not a student from Fudan High School, he would not be so cowardly. But he was just a low-level newspaper boy. He had no relatives and no reason in old Shanghai. Even if he was slaughtered and threw him into the Huangpu River to feed fish, no one would care. So Chen Qiang decided to develop lewdly first and don't be too slutty.
However, Chen Qiang has now had a new goal, and he is no longer satisfied with living in this troubled times. He wants to take off the hat of "sick man from East Asia" for the Chinese.
The best way is naturally to win the Olympic gold medal.
Back at his small straw shed, Chen Qiang lay on the bed and began to recall information about the Olympics carefully.
Chen Qiang is not a historical expert, and he only remembers the history of this era, but he is very clear about the history related to sports.
"It's 1929 now. I want to participate in the Olympics, and the fastest thing is the Los Angeles Olympics in 1932. After the Los Angeles Olympics, the Berlin Olympics in 1936. After the outbreak of World War II, the Olympics were also suspended and were not held again until 1948."
"I remember reading some historical information about old China's participation in the Olympics. The 1932 Los Angeles Olympics was the first time that the Chinese participated in the Olympics, and only one athlete was sent, that is, the famous sprinter Liu Changchun. However, he did not achieve results in the end and was eliminated in the preliminary stage."
The name Liu Changchun is no stranger to those who know sports. He is the first Chinese to enter the Olympic stadium and can be regarded as the number one person in China's Olympics.
"I remember Liu Changchun broke the national records of 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters at the North China Games in 1929. North China athletes should have ended a few months ago. Looking back, I went to search for newspapers from the previous few months and could find relevant information."
"According to the information I read in later generations, the Republic of China government did not intend to participate in the 1932 Olympic Games, but because the puppet Manchukuo registered, Nanjing urgently called the International Olympic Committee to register."
"At that time, the person in charge of signing up for Liu Changchun was Mr. Zhang Boling, the founder of Nankai University. Mr. Zhang can be regarded as the number one person in China's physical education, and he has a lot of connections in the International Olympic Committee. It is no exaggeration to say that if I want to sign up for the Olympics, Mr. Zhang's telegram can do it. I remember that Liu Changchun was signed up for the Olympics because of a speedy telegram from Mr. Zhang."
"But I am afraid that I can't even see Mr. Zhang as a newspaper boy. Even if I really meet Mr. Zhang, would I want him to send a telegram to the International Olympic Committee for a newspaper boy? If I want to get Mr. Zhang's recognition, I will win several championships in domestic competitions like Liu Changchun, and show my own fame. Only with fame can I participate in the Olympics."
"The Los Angeles Olympics were held at the end of July 1932. Now there are less than three years left before the Los Angeles Olympics, which means I have three years to make myself a nationally renowned athlete."
"If athletes want to become famous, they have to participate in competitions. The more champions they win, the more famous they are. The Republic of China period was not like later generations, and there were not many formal sports competitions throughout the year. I remember that the most I held was the North China Games, which held a total of 18 sessions. The North China Games were held in the north, basically in the Beijing-Tianjin area. It was too far for me and I couldn't afford train tickets."
"The East China Games are closest to me, and they were held in Shanghai. Unfortunately, they were suspended after the May 30th Massacre in 1925. Next year, there will be a third Central China Games, but this is only for athletes from Hubei, Anhui, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. In South China, the sports games in Guangzhou are mainly swimming and basketball, and there are basically no track and field events. There is a Fujian Joint Sports Games in Xiamen, Fujian. The scale is not large, so it should be suspended now."
"It seems that the only thing I can choose is next year's National Games. If I remember correctly, the 4th National Games of Old China held in April next year is the first time that I have adopted the selection mode to select athletes. Even if I am just a newspaper boy, I can sign up for it!"
When Chen Qiang thought of this, he suddenly felt that the national champion was waving to him.
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Chapter completed!