After the release of the movie "Win the Championship" about the Chinese women's volleyball team, it has received great attention from the outside world, and when everyone is commenting that Gong Li played Lang Ping too much, in fact, this film ignores an absolute behind-the-scenes hero of the "Chinese women's volleyball team five consecutive championships" era, that is, Wei Jizhong.
At the beginning of the movie, Chen Zhonghe, under the introduction of Zhang Yipei, the leader of the Chinese women's volleyball team, opened the curtain of the fierce years of the women's volleyball team's five consecutive championships. Wei Jizhong once wrote a book "I Look at Chinese Sports", and Bi Xidong, former editor-in-chief of Youth Sports Newspaper, wrote the preface to the book, which mentioned: "In 1981, Wei Jizhong served as the leader of the Chinese women's volleyball team and partnered with Yuan Weimin. "Could it be that Yang Yipei's character is based on Wei Jizhong?" In fact, Wei Lao clearly mentioned in his autobiography "My Sports Career" that he served as the secretary general in the 1981 Chinese women's volleyball World Cup delegation, mainly to do behind-the-scenes work.
The Chinese women's volleyball team five consecutive championship era in the film only one 81 World Cup and Japan final has a detailed description, the subsequent 82 World Championships and so on are not mentioned, many people always think that the Chinese women's volleyball team at that time can get five consecutive championships only because of their own strength is very strong, but behind the honor In addition to Yuan Weimin's technical command, it is inseparable from the Unknown Behind-the-Scenes Heroes of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team.
For example, at the 82 World Championships, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the United States in the group stage, and entered the rematch with negative points, once several other strong teams joined forces to play tacit balls, it was easy to do away with the Chinese women's volleyball team. Wei Jizhong, relying on his personal relationship with Li Bo, then president of the World Volleyball Federation, let the organizers ensure that the Chinese team's match would not be arranged in front (although the host has such a right), and won the best schedule for the Chinese women's volleyball team. In addition, Wei Lao also had a good relationship with the referees at that time, won the goodwill of the referees, and finally the Chinese women's volleyball team was not interfered with by off-field factors, and in the home of the devil in Peru, tenaciously won the final with the host and won the hard-won "second consecutive championship".
Wei Jizhong's credit mainly lies in his special connections in international organizations, in the women's volleyball five-time champion period, because of the lack of help from Wei Jizhong, the Chinese men's volleyball team suffered huge setbacks, which was also mentioned in Wei Lao's autobiography. The lack of wei Jizhong's role makes "Win the Championship" unable to restore the real scene of the women's volleyball team's five-crown period, because if you want to win in the international arena, in addition to having a strong technical foundation, you need to have a tough right to speak, try to see the unfair penalties frequently encountered by the Chinese short track speed skating team at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, you know the importance of sports connections and influence.
Because Wei Jizhong often did behind-the-scenes work in his youth, he was not well known to the outside world, and after he entered his later years, with the gradual rise of social media, Wei Jizhong caused a huge controversy because of his repeated comments on Chinese sports. Coupled with the title of "father of China's Olympic sports industry" added to him by various activities, many young netizens feel that this person is very bureaucratic.
"Win the Championship" also designed such a scene, Lang Ping before the Rio Olympic Games, because the reform of the Chinese women's volleyball team is too big, she encountered strong doubts and opposition from many experts. Among them, a mysterious old man character who was clearly named "sports industry expert" questioned her, was this the image of Wei Jizhong?
Although the film forgot many of the women's volleyball behind-the-scenes heroes represented by Wei Jizhong, but now 84 years old, he does not care at all, Wei Lao said in his autobiography, as early as the women's volleyball team five champions period, "the celebration will be my share." However, it is lamentable that after the release of "Win the Championship", Wei Lao, who is old and strong, still posted a reminder of one thing: "The domestic sports department should have a corresponding voice in international sports organizations." To have such a mind, Wei Jizhong did have an admirable place.