Text/Little Ash
Someone once said: Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are interests.
Just a few days ago, this sentence was better fulfilled on the field of the National Games.
On September 26, such a scene was staged in the women's 50m freestyle final of the National Games. Zhang Yufei and Liu Xiang, who are also teammates of the national team, staged a peak duel. Liu Xiang, who was more powerful, broke the Asian record with a score of 23.97 seconds, while Zhang Yufei, a gold medal professional, was relegated to the second place.
The next scene is confusing. After the game, the two didn't seem to know each other. What's going on? It all starts with the Olympics.
Zhang Yufei snatched the limelight at the Olympic Games, and naturally Liu Xiang was unwilling.
There is a reason for this. Liu Xiang, the women's 50m freestyle final of the 2021 National Swimming Championships and Tokyo Olympic Trials, unexpectedly failed to win the Olympic A standard, perhaps unwillingly. And this reluctance more or less stems from Zhang Yufei's withdrawal.
In the Olympic semifinals, she and teammate Wu Qingfeng swam 24.32 seconds at the same time, and the two were tied for 8th. A place in the finals will be determined by extra matches. In the end, Zhang Yufei gave up and chose to withdraw from the competition!
The only Olympic event Zhang Yufei retired from was liu xiang's 50-meter freestyle. That's kind of interesting.
I squeezed my head to get what you wanted, and you gave up "easily". You say angry, of course angry.
What Zhang Yufei missed was only the game and what Liu Xiang missed was the opportunity. The chance to be able to play at the Olympics, or even get a medal.
She was so depressed that she needed to prove herself. Because the last time I lost was really unwilling.
The whole staff will be an opportunity for her to prove that she is stronger than Zhang Yufei again. This time she did.
Two women in one play, the same entertainment circle, the same sports circle, the same in your circle.
At this moment, she hid her face and cried, as if she was venting, as if she was releasing, as if she was proving.
So the name reappeared on the spot: my old woman won with strength, why should I hug you?
The strong have the ability to refuse, and what about being teammates with you? I don't know you well, why do you want to pretend?
I should cooperate with you to perform, and you turn a blind eye.
After winning the championship, Liu Xiang did not even act and directly abandoned the performance. Pick up the first finger in the oath of sovereignty, and "deliberately" turn your back to Zhang Yufei.
Perhaps it was because of an interview before Zhang Yufei's game that stirred up the flames in Liu Xiang's heart.
Earlier in an interview with the central boss, Zhang Yufei revealed her desire for this 50-meter freestyle gold medal. At that time, she still said:
Host: This time, how much is your goal?
Zhang Yufei: Strive to get 2 more medals. 50 self and men and women mixed.
Obviously, Zhang Yufei is determined to win the gold medal in this 50-meter freestyle. However, this time it was the old rival Liu Xiang who won.
The moment he took off the blindfold, Zhang Yufei looked embarrassed. No matter how much you can't let the media catch the wind and catch the picture of the two of them not getting along.
So, she climbed onto Liu Xiang's track, obviously to hug Liu Xiang, and the shot of Liu Xiang's subconscious avoidance was just captured.
Can you come over, can I not hide? I don't have a good relationship with you, is it necessary to pretend to be friendly? This is like Liu Xiang's inner monologue.
Zhang Yufei swam over, and Liu Xiang swam to the track next door. Zhang Yufei swam over again, and Liu Xiang swam to the track next door, preferring to greet the audience with his back to Zhang Yufei than shake hands with Zhang Yufei or even hug. Like a passerby. After Liu Xiang waved his thanks to the audience, he walked straight away without looking back, striding away from Zhang Yufei and leaving.
You play your Yuying, I play my Erchun. Fight their own battles, each has nothing to do with each other!
All the staff will reappear at the famous scene: Liu Xiang turned his head and pretended not to know Zhang Yufei, which is just the tip of the iceberg in your circle.
The competition in the sports world is beyond our imagination. I can play with people who are weaker than me or even weaker than me, but I can't be stronger than me. Because, fighting for their own sake, for fame and profit, power and power, for this purpose, become the king at the top of the pyramid. I despise being in the company of competitors, let alone people like me or even better than me.
Just like, there was no Ma Yun in Ma Huateng's eyes, and there was no Ma Huateng in Ma Yun's eyes. There is no room for others in the eyes of the strong. Every circle is the same, the e-commerce circle is the same, do not talk about friends, do not talk about confidants.
So, it's natural to like to win, and it's nature to be aggressive! Natural selection, survival of the fittest!
I like a sentence that someone summed up: When I was a child, everyone dreamed of becoming a junbao. Nowadays, when they grow up, everyone can't help but live as Tianbao.
The survival of the fittest in society has changed our original intention. The chase of fame and fortune is not just to distinguish between high and low, but because I live better than you. Survival of the fittest, elimination of the weak. The laws of society have long told us.
Although the name is like a cloud, the profit is also smoke, but it is we who turn up the clouds and rain, and it is still us who stir up the smoke of gunfire. Again, that sentence:
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are interests.
Scary isn't it? Just like when I was a student, poor students can play with poor students, and poor students can't play the eugenics.
The terrible Vanity Fair and the Colosseum, intrigue and deceit. Each step is like playing a game of beast chess, and only one winner can be decided in the end.
Further, eugenics and eugenics are even less playful. Have you ever seen eugenics play with eugenics? Don't live in a dream, the eugenics only have themselves in their eyes.
Have you ever seen the first place shake hands with the second place in the exam? There is no such thing. Vanity Fair existed when I was a student, and competitive sports also existed.
As it goes: There are no eternal friends in this world.
Female stars who strive for the upper position in the entertainment industry can do whatever it takes, desperately, to tear their faces. Remember when Xue Kaiqi said to the audience that Jiang Yiyan said not to face?
At a film awards ceremony, the organizer invited guests Yu Wenle and Xue Kaiqi. Here's what the two of them had:
Yu Wenle: A good supporting actress should be low-key, and cannot steal the limelight of the heroine.
Kaiqi Xue: Is it good to keep a low profile? That Jiang Yiyan didn't act very well in "Four Famous Catches", because we couldn't see her face at all in the play, so was it okay?
Coincidentally, Jiang Yiyan really won the supporting actress award. Therefore, Xue Kaiqi looked slightly angry and said such a meaningful sentence:
It turns out really, don't face it
A pun, a bit of irony.
However, there is a saying that there is no unprovoked hatred in this world. It is said that the two are fighting for the role of the conflict.
Stars are like this, not to mention athletes with short careers.
To quote Chai Jiu: How many decades of life there are.
Life is short. If you don't work hard, it's you who will eliminate the ironclads. Don't call me cruel, just blame yourself for not trying!
So, striving to be upstream is their goal. Talk about teammates, not necessarily friends.
Further, China's gold medal theory also drives these athletes to fight to the death. We all know that the difference between the first place and the second place is too much. Not only fame, but also endorsements, and rewards.
Competitive sports are cruel, and so is the world.
Thinking back to several classic scenes of the Olympic Games again, you will believe in this truth even more:
I can admire people who are better than me in other fields, but not in my own field. This is not surprising, because in our eyes there is no one but ourselves.
Only by being strong can we win, and only we can be exclusive.
The next protagonists are Yang Jian and Cao Yuan.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the final of the diving men's 10m platform, Yang Jian and Cao Yuan, who are also teammates of the national team, played together. In the end, Cao Yuan won the gold medal and Yang Jian got the silver medal.
Dramatically, the two fought until the last jump, until Cao Yuan got three effective points of 9.5 and killed with a 1.95 point advantage, and this invisible battle of gun smoke was over.
When Cao Yuan did not start jumping, Yang Jian, who was full of confidence, once thought that the championship was almost in his pocket. Because of the difficulty of 4.1, getting a high score of 112.75 is almost a win.
Yang Jian made the last jump
However, there is an ending that backfires.
In the final jump, Cao Yuan reversed and won.
Cao Yuan's last jump
His move after the game was even more interesting. Perfunctory applause and congratulations, the whole audience blackface. After the game, he did not take the initiative to cater to Cao Yuan's hug. This shot was captured to death. Cao Yuan walked over, and Yang Jian directly turned to leave.
In fact, the post-match camera was given to him several times. He kept complaining to the staff about something, like complaining about unfair referees' scores.
Maybe you still don't want to, or maybe you don't get angry.
This sentiment also continued until the award ceremony, and the two did not communicate the whole time.
The fight inside, the disregard of the team, is like a scene at the TVB Awards ceremony one year. Yang Yi forcibly squeezed out Hu Dingxin, who was still on the second line at the time. What surprises people is that the two used to call sisters and sisters, which is not the original form.
Just like Yang Mi and Tang Yan in the past. No matter how good the sisterhood is, it can also be done without turning a blind eye. Once with you is only a figure you have use value, otherwise you think I figure you what?
Figure name, figure profit, figure return.
There are no real friends in the entertainment industry, only fame and fortune. The same goes for the Arena.
Looking at it again, the scene where Yang Jian and Cao Yuan are like passers-by is similar to How similar Liu Xiang "doesn't know" Zhang Yufei. You don't know me, and I don't care about you.
For Yang Jian and Cao Yuan, who are also teammates of the national team, they are so indifferent, netizens can't look at it, and one netizen summed it up very well:
In our opinion, as long as the gold medal is China, they are different. Although it is a national player, it is a competitor.
One sentence profoundly summarizes the relationship between Yang Jian and Cao Yuan.
After the game, Yang Jian and Cao Yuan were at odds, and rumors of infighting were endless. Whether the rumors are true or false, it's true that there are no friends in the arena.
Do you think that's the end of it?
No, the infighting doesn't stop there. The real battle has just begun!
The next protagonists are Olympic doubles runners-up Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen.
In the Olympic doubles, the two passed all the way to the final, but something unexpected happened. The two were strange in the day's race. Play like a wandering spirit. Each fights each other, there is no communication throughout the whole process, not like a doubles match, more like a fighting spirit. No accidents, no suspense, the two took second place. What is more interesting is that at the award ceremony, Liu Yuchen deliberately stood on the side of the Chinese Taipei team for a group photo, isolating teammate Li Junhui.
Group photo of the Olympic awards
Group photo of the Macau Open
Some netizens are even more ridiculous: Is Liu Yuchen a team with the Chinese Taipei team?
The two are separated by half a meter, and who believes that there is no contradiction to say it?
After the game, the two played negatively, you ignored me, I ignored you, and had no sense of national honor and was attacked by a large number of netizens.
Netizen comments: For personal self-interest, it is shameful to give up national honor.
Netizen comments: National interests are greater than everything, and this kind of person who does not take national honor seriously should not stay in the team.
More netizens released harsh words: there is a contradiction why you want to go up, quickly retire, never participate in the game.
The eyes of the masses are snow bright, and even Li Junhui has publicly admitted that the two really have contradictions:
We are more likely to have some lines on the field that do not reach a consensus, resulting in the outside world may feel that we have a great contradiction, leaving the field we do not have a very bad relationship in private.
The contradiction between the two does not seem to be irreconcilable, but because the two stare at a piece of bread and compete to eat it. At the end of the day, it's because of that sentence:
I can admit people who are better than me, but I can't admit people who are as good as me. The contradiction between the two began.
Struggle stems from interests, and contradictions are rooted in fame and fortune.
In order to win or lose, they can even disregard the interests of the country, which is really terrible. Driven by inner desires, let them completely lose themselves!
What is terrible is not the struggle itself, but the desire of man. As long as there is profit and desire, the struggle will continue.
Do you think there is only a struggle for fame and fortune on the field? Of course not, there may be other contention.
Zhao Yunlei's intricate triangular relationship with Tian Qing and Zhang Nan made this struggle particularly brilliant.
Before tian qing, the two were already in love.
At a certain open tournament, Zhao Yunlei and Zhang Nan's kiss and promise made the relationship between the two sisters and brothers surface.
In 1986, Zhao Yunlei was 4 years older than Zhang Nan. Although the two sisters and brothers are not optimistic, it is rumored that the two originally got married after the 2016 Rio Olympics. At this time, Zhao Yunlei's face was still full of happy smiles.
However, there are unpredictable storms in the sky, and all the storms come from one person, and this person is Tian Qing.
Even the most beautiful love can not escape the third party, and no matter how beautiful the original match is, there is no wildflower fragrance on the side of the road.
Did Tian Qing get involved in the love between the two, or did Zhang Nan cheat? This is still inconclusive.
However, one thing is certainly that the man's empathy is not in love. The woman's heart is unwilling.
A hug in love
Hugs before parting
This is the picture of the doubles duo of the 16-year Olympic Games stopping the final. It's like saying goodbye before a breakup.
Zhang Nan hugged Zhao Yunlei for a long time and did not let go. But the two could not go back. Although there was still light in Zhao Yunlei's eyes, it was just a tear of unwillingness.
Even if you fall in love with him earlier than others, you may not end up having him.
Running to the front is not necessarily a winner, winning is not the end!
She understood, she lost.
Zhao Yunlei told us with a blood-like lesson: fire prevention, theft prevention and teammates.
It is not known whether the two are fighting over men.
However, the discord between Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei has traces to follow.
The relationship between the two was very tense long before the Rio Olympics.
There was no communication in the game, and even if the two people played a good game, they did not high-five encouragement, which was too different from the scene when the two won the Championship at the London Olympics.
Zhao Yunlei, who has always had a true temperament, may really have emotions in her heart. This is also a good explanation why before the Rio Olympics, Zhao Yunlei gave up doubles with Tian Qing. Instead, I still insist on mixing and matching pairs. She was not unhappy with Zhang Nan, but just unhappy with Tian Qing, this powerful competitor.
Sometimes, rumors don't have to come out of nowhere.
It's just that the parties don't want to talk, they don't want to say it.
If this is really an off-field storm, then where did Zhao Yunlei lose? Probably lose here – beauty.
Interestingly, Tian Qing was also in 1986, also four years older than Zhang Nan. So Zhao Yunlei did not lose age. The only explanation is that Tian Qing is more beautiful than Zhao Yunlei.
In this struggle, Zhao Yunlei lost. This tells us that the more beautiful we are, the more advantageous we are. Pretty is also the weight to win the fight.
Written at the end: The Terrible Vanity Fair! However, the weak eat the strong, and the stronger the stronger! Whoever adapts to this struggle the fastest will win the final victory! This society tells us that we have to fight to win. Strive to win, because society forces us to progress; try to climb up, because, we have no choice!
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