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Preface:
On June 2, 2011, Chinese table tennis star Zhang Yining suddenly published his retirement declaration on social media. From entering the national team for the first time in 1994 to retiring in 2011, Zhang Yining has proved his strength with one championship after another.
As the head of the world women's table tennis arena, Zhang Yining is an invincible monster in the eyes of her opponents. Japanese media described Zhang Yining and called her the absolute queen. On the pitch, she is an invincible ruler. However, compared to the high profile on the court, she was quite low-key after leaving the court.
However, a recent dinner party allowed us to see Zhang Yining, who has been out of public view for a long time. She seems to have really become a demon king, and although she is 42 years old, she is still in full shape. The man standing beside Zhang Yining, her husband, is also in very good shape, if you have to use an idiom to describe it - heroic and sassy.
Why would Zhang Yining, a world champion, find someone more than twenty years older than him? Is it because of wealth? Or is there some reason why it is not humane?
The teenager became famous
Be famous early, this sentence is probably right on Zhang Yining.
Zhang Yining, born in 1981, was already on the national team roster at the age of 13. When others have just graduated from primary school, Zhang Yining is already fighting hard in the world table tennis arena.
In the years since, Zhang Yining has continued to refresh his best results. Before retiring, Zhang Yining won four world championships and still held two Olympic titles in his hands. Therefore, when discussing seniority, we often put Zhang Yining behind Deng Yaping and Wang Nan, and regard it as the head of the third generation of women's table tennis.
How strong Zhang Yining is, this is needless to say, about her strong memes, you can see a lot on the Internet.
However, although the honor is equal, Zhang Yining's hardships are rarely known to outsiders.
According to Wang Nan's recollection, when he lived with Zhang Yining training, he basically did not see her sleep. This sentence does not mean that Zhang Yining does not sleep, but refers to the fact that she gets up earlier than others and trains later than others. After others have trained, there must be a training time in between, right? And Zhang Yining has never wasted a little training time, as long as there is training, she must practice all the time to feel satisfied.
Why is it so hard?
Looking back at Zhang Yining's interview, we may find a little reason from her mental journey.
And Zhang Yining put extra pressure on his own psychology. When she entered the national team, she directly regarded Wang Nan, who was in the limelight at that time, as her opponent. Who is Wang Nan? That was the second generation of the Great Devil King, the figure who inherited Deng Yaping's mantle, and he deserved to be the first female table tennis person at that time.
Taking such a figure as an opponent, Zhang Yining's pressure can be imagined. This is just a reported thing, in addition to this matter, how many similar actions Zhang Yining has, we have no way of knowing.
It is because of this high-intensity self-motivation that Zhang Yining not only has a reputation like a desperate three langs within the team, but also gradually becomes famous outside the circle. By 2002, this was the year that Zhang Yining completely broke out. She not only won the women's singles championship, but also won many honors such as the table tennis federation final championship and the Asian Games championship.
It was from this year that Zhang Yining really began to have the prototype of the "Great Devil". Unsmiling, extremely serious, decisive killing, treacherous, these are all labels on Zhang Yining.
It is indeed an enviable thing to have so much glory at a young age. However, how many people know about Zhang Yining's inner torture?
First encounter
In 2005, Zhang Yining was 24 years old. This year, Zhang Yining won the National Games championship, and in the eyes of outsiders, this is when Zhang Yining came to prominence. However, in private, Zhang Yining was not as spirited as he showed on the court. At the celebration banquet of the Asian Games, she suddenly said a sentence: "Should I quit?" Although it's a bit of a joke, why isn't this Zhang Yining's voice?
Zhang Yining wanted to retire at that time, in fact, there was a very outrageous reason: he wanted to find a partner. It seems funny, the world champion Eh, will actually ask to retire because he wants to fall in love. This is not outrageous in general, this is outrageous. Such a reason, but behind it is a huge shadow in Zhang Yining's heart.
The national team, these three words represent not only the individual athlete, but the glory of the entire country. It is the age of youth and liveliness, but Zhang Yining can only shut himself in the training ground every day, and the people he sees, except for his teammates who are coaches, basically have no space to communicate with the outside world.
And such days, 24-year-old Zhang Yining has passed a full 11 years. This is not an ascetic life, but a typical torture. Although he is a world champion, he is really not much different from a prisoner.
However, the romance did not go on forever. And 4 years later, Zhang Yining suddenly announced the news: married Xu Wei, a wealthy businessman in Hong Kong. Although the attention of sports stars is not as high as that of entertainment stars, as soon as the news came out, many people were surprised.
The main reason for the surprise is that this marriage is too fast, and the identity of the groom is a little too special. Before Zhang Yining, Xu Wei's girlfriend was Yuan Li. Moreover, Xu Wei's age is a full 20 years older than Zhang Yining.
This brings us to the question we had at the beginning: why, did Zhang Yining choose to be with Xu Wei?
As a world champion, Zhang Yining is not short of money and fame. She casually receives an advertisement, which is an income that is difficult for ordinary people to reach. Economic independence, this is what Zhang Yining has already achieved.
A large part of the reason why Xu Wei was chosen may be because of Xu Wei's maturity. Although today, when it comes to the word maturity, most people will first think of money, but seriously, Xu Wei is indeed a mature person, and his personality is simply not too good.
At this time, Xu Wei's role was considerable. He constantly encouraged Zhang Yining and helped Zhang Yining adjust his mentality. It can be said that Zhang Yining's excellent results in this year have a lot to do with Xu Wei.
After retiring, although Zhang Yining returned to the life of an ordinary person, Xu Wei's attitude did not change much. It can be proved that Xu Wei did not go for Zhang Yining's fame, and the two were together, indeed belonging to the three views and agreed.
According to Zhang Yining's recollections, after she chose to retire, she quickly went to the United States to study. Xu Wei lived most of his life in Hong Kong, and because of his business, it was impossible to live in the United States.
But Xu Wei didn't think so. He chose to respect Zhang Yining's opinion and focus on a companionship. As long as Zhang Yining wants to accompany, Xu Wei also has to turn on the computer against the jet lag and talk to Zhang Yining.
For Zhang Yining, this is actually a very ideal companion. She has been bearing the name of the Great Demon King for too long, and many people have ignored, or never thought that Zhang Yining is actually a traditional woman. She is not the kind of "elite" who is extremely independent above her career.
In the first half of his life, Zhang Yining actually rarely had this kind of meticulous companionship. Now with Xu Wei, her shortcomings in the first half of her life have the opportunity to be compensated. This is not directly related to the amount of money, it can only be said that Xu Wei is indeed the most suitable person for Zhang Yining.
Write at the end
After working hard for the country for so many years, when Zhang Yining finally stepped down from the identity of the Great Demon King and returned to her daily life as a woman, finally realizing her idea at the age of 24, we couldn't help but feel happy for her.
It was at a recent gathering of wealthy businessmen that Zhang Yining reappeared in the public eye after a long time. From the photos alone, it is not difficult to see that Zhang Yining's state is quite good. It doesn't look much like a 40-year-old man, and his skin is still white and red. Without a good state of life, it is certainly impossible to have such a good mental state.