Joe Hunter looked at the scoreboard on the sidelines, his face feeling more at a loss.

"Chen Qiang is really amazing. The ball he hit actually has such a strong spin. I really don't know how he did it!" Joe Hunter said in his heart.

Before the game, Joe Hunter knew that Chen Qiang would be the strongest opponent he faced in his career, so he had long been mentally prepared. But when he really faced Chen Qiang, he realized the huge gap in strength between him and Chen Qiang. Whether it was a serve or a serve game, Joe Hunter was always at a disadvantage, and many times he could not complete the ball.

For tennis players of this era, the most frequently used top-spin ball in the future is indeed too complicated. Similarly, with their skills, it is really difficult to catch the top-spin ball perfectly. Even if some people can complete the return, the quality of the return cannot be guaranteed. Low-quality return is easy for Chen Qiang to seize the opportunity, expand the advantage or directly win this point.

Joe Hunter is also worthy of being a talented tennis player. Compared with the opponents Chen Qiang had encountered before, Joe Hunter is indeed much better. In the game, he can play many wonderful "talented balls". Sometimes Chen Qiang can clearly feel that the good balls Joe Hunter played are not because of his good skills or because of his sharp consciousness, but because of his tennis talent he displayed on the spot, which instinctively made him score a wonderful ball.

"If it were time to go, this Joe Hunter would definitely be a legendary tennis player!" Chen Qiang thought to himself.

However, Chen Qiang didn't know that Joe Hunter could not become a legendary tennis player. The training accident next year would take Joe Hunter's young life.

Joe Hunter is participating in the game with his ideals, so in the game, even if he is behind in the big score and is destined to have no hope of victory, Joe Hunter still plays very hard. For him, this is not just a game, but also a stage for him to prove himself.

A player who has won since childhood, a player who has been called a "genius" for more than ten years, has a much stronger self-esteem than ordinary people. Especially in the sports environment of the United States, such "genius" athletes must have an extremely strong obsession with reflecting their self-worth. For such players, winning the game is often not for the honor of the champion, but for the first and unique value.

For example, LeBron James, for now, that championship ring may not be what he values ​​the most. Achievement of a certain milestone may not be what he wants most. He is already the well-deserved number one in the league. He has achieved countless honors and he will never spend all the money he earns in his lifetime. Both players and fans have long recognized his strength. Now, James continues to play and continues to pursue the championship. Perhaps it is to realize his own life value.

There are many such people in reality. They believe that realizing their life value is the most meaningful thing in life, and for this reason they don’t care about the ratio of their efforts and gains. For example, many workaholics still feel that they can’t quench their thirst at work, and they are eager to work without rest for 24 hours. For ordinary people who desire a leisurely life, they cannot understand the thinking of such workaholics at all. However, those real workaholics think that work is a very meaningful thing. Only work can reflect their life value. If they are left idle, it is the real torture and torture.

This is what Joe Hunter is like now. He wants to prove to the world the true value of the so-called "genius".

Joe Hunter's heart was full of fighting spirit, which also drove his continuous efforts. Many balls were obviously unable to be received, but Joe Hunter still did not give up. He would still run towards the ball and try to catch the ball.

Unfortunately, competitive sports are far from enough to have will and hard work. Strength is the foundation of competitive sports. If the gap in strength between the two sides is not big, will and hard work may also make up for the gap in strength. But if the gap in strength is too big, then will and hard work seem like a helpless and desperate support. Although this can bring touching shouts and encouragement applause to athletes, it is not enough to bring victory in the competition to athletes.

The game gradually disappeared without suspense, but the game process was very exciting because Joe Hunter never gave up on resistance, and he could also play one or two "talent balls" from time to time.

In fact, in terms of sports competitions, although strong confrontations will attract countless attention, they may not necessarily bring the most exciting viewing experience. On the contrary, many times a pair of weak chickens can bring the excellent viewing experience.

There are many sports competitions, both sides are relatively poor in strength, and they cannot seize opportunities, and give each other big gifts of mistakes, which greatly increases the uncertainty of the game. No one knows when the next mistake will come, and maybe it will really turn around at the last moment. This kind of competition cannot show a good competitive level, but it is played very lively, very interesting, and full of various uncertainties. "Uncertainty" is a major highlight of sports competitions. If a certain game has already been cleared from the beginning, or even the direction of the game, what else is there?

There are also some strong and weak matches. The weak side knows that they will lose, so they simply give up and go lightly without any pressure. This will also lead to some wonderful games. If the luck is better, the weak side may turn the tables upset and defeat the strong; if the luck is not good, the weak side can also exert their original strength and bring a refreshing game.

Now the game between Chen Qiang and Joe Hunter belongs to the latter. Joe Hunter is weaker than Chen Qiang, but he did not give up on himself because he had no chance of winning the game. Instead, he played his own style, making the game quite interesting.

Because this game is not ugly, even though Chen Qiang took a big lead and it was a foregone conclusion that he won, no spectators left the game early.

In the end, Joe Hunter, who was hardworking and full of fighting spirit, did not exceed the gap in strength, but he still lost the game, and Chen Qiang also got his wish and won the 1943 US Open championship.

...

The next day, major newspapers reported that Chen Qiang won the US Open again.

What followed was that the new tennis racket was once again placed on the main position of the shelves of major stores.

Chen Qiang won the US Open championship with a new tennis racket, which is enough to prove that the new tennis racket is not worse than the traditional tennis racket, which also brings confidence to merchants to sell new tennis rackets.

Chen Qiang, the US Open champion, has also become a "live advertisement" for new tennis rackets. Whenever a customer comes, the store can introduce to customers that the US Open champion uses this kind of racket.

In the sports goods market, "champion" should be the best publicity. People instinctively believe that if someone can use this set of sports goods to win the championship, then this set of sports goods must be the best. This is also the case, so major sports goods companies will be so eager to sign champion athletes and provide them with big contracts. The "champion effect" is the greatest sales guarantee for sports goods.

However, the popularity of the US Open only lasted for two days. The US Open ended on September 6, and Italy officially announced its surrender on September 8, which instantly became the focus of attention across the United States. All media headlines were news of Italy's surrender, and the whole United States was also in a state of joy, as if victory was right in front of us.

In the eyes of many people, one of the three Axis powers, Germany, Japan and Italy, has surrendered, so the strength of the Axis powers has been weakened by one third, and victory is of course just around the corner.

In fact, Italy's surrender only caused Germany to lose a teammate, and for the Allies, it was just a strategic fulcrum of the European continent. In general, the form on the European battlefield was still very serious, and the Allies did not achieve any decisive victory.

Italy during World War II was indeed a bit dragging Germany. The Italian army basically did not do anything and did not eat enough. Germany also tried hard to wipe Italy's butt. The tricks that Italy made on the battlefield in North Africa even disrupted Germany's overall strategic deployment.

At that time, the United States' logistics supplies were called the world's number one, but in terms of the luxury of the food, the Italian army was far superior to the US army. It is said that the Allied officers were captured by the Italian army at that time. When they had their first meal, they thought they were eating a dead head meal, and they thought they would be executed after the meal. The reason was that the Italian army's food standards were too high.

Moreover, Italians provide food to prisoners of war, especially honest. You will provide food according to the military rank standard. If the rank is high enough, the food standard for prisoners of war is like going to a star-rated hotel to eat Western food, such as appetizers, main courses, soups, desserts, and wine. Allied officers stay in the prison camp in Italy for two months and will gain a few pounds of weight.

Such an Italian army surrender to the Allied forces may not be a bad thing for the German army, but it seems to be an extra burden for the Allied forces.

In fact, the most powerful moment of the German army during World War II was not when the German army occupied France in 1940, but in 1943, Germany's industrial output and weapon output during World War II also reached its peak in 1943. Perhaps at this time, Germany also realized that the war situation was getting worse and worse, so it started the model of crazy violent soldiers, exploding its final potential.

So the next 1944 was an extremely difficult year for the Allies. Germany began to fight for beasts, and the main casualties of the US military on the European battlefield also came from this period.

...

On the fifth day after Italy announced its surrender, Chen Qiang also welcomed a guest, that is Jack Krama.

On the US Open, Chen Qiang once invited Jack Krama. At that time, Jack Krama said he wanted to consider it. For Jack Krama, it is indeed difficult to make a choice between realizing his ideals and defending his motherland.

Now, Jack Krama has finally decided that he will quit his job as the Coast Guard and come to Chen Qiang to promote new tennis rackets.

After seeing Jack Krama, Chen Qiang was a little surprised. He thought that he had not succeeded in fooling Jack Krama, but he did not expect that Jack Krama would eventually choose to work for Chen Qiang.

"Jack, what exactly made you choose to help me? I think it's not that I offered a higher salary than the Coast Guard, right?" Chen Qiang asked with a smile.

"It's mainly because Italy announced its surrender," replied Jack Krama.

"I don't understand very much." Chen Qiang showed a confused expression.

Jack Krama explained: "Italy has surrendered, and the US military has landed on the European continent. It is natural to attack France or Austria. Victory on the European battlefield is just around the corner. Our enemies are almost impossible to threaten the United States' territory. I think the Coast Guard doesn't need me anymore, so I quit my job as the Coast Guard and come to you."

Italy's surrender is indeed a heart-warming agent for the Americans, especially the people in the United States, who are far away from the European battlefield and do not know the real situation in Europe. They just simply think that they want to win the war. At this time, Americans generally did not realize that Italy's surrender was just the beginning of the cruel battle on the European battlefield. Americans blindly optimistically felt that victory was already a matter of attainment.

When the Allies began to attack Germany in the future, they encountered resistance from the German army, and the US army also suffered huge casualties. Countless American families lost their husbands or sons. At that time, the Americans realized that victory was not something that was easy to win, and they still needed to make a lot of sacrifices to pick the fruits of victory.

It was also because of the optimistic idea that Jack Krama felt that the war would end soon, and the Coast Guard should not have any important national defense missions in the future, and the United States no longer needed him to defend it. He could pursue his ideals with confidence and boldness.

Chen Qiang is of course very welcome to Jack Krama's arrival. As Chen Qiang won the US Open championship, people's doubts about new tennis rackets have disappeared, and many tennis enthusiasts have also begun to accept new tennis rackets. Now is a good time to continue to expand promotion, and they also need the help of Jack Krama.

So Chen Qiang handed over the promotion of the new tennis racket to Jack Krama. With Jack Krama's professional level and connections in tennis, he should be able to do this job well.

Jack Krama in history was indeed a master of tennis rackets. From the late 1940s to the early 1950s, the best-selling racket in the United States was exactly the one endorsed by Jack Krama.

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Chapter completed!