Author: Gong Jinhui
Zhang Chaoyang, the head of Sohu, who has his own entertainment spirit, can always bring different surprises to the outside world.
Not long ago, he revealed that he only slept 4 hours a day, which triggered a heated discussion in public opinion. Today, Zhang Chaoyang unlocked new skills in the fourth episode of the "Charles Good Things Sharing" live broadcast, revealing that he had learned martial arts when he was a child, and showed his heels on the spot. Don't you say that he turned it out in a similar way, surprised or not surprised?
To tell the truth, seeing that the 56-year-old Zhang Chaoyang can still flexibly turn his head, I sincerely admire, fully reflecting his love for sports. Looking around at all the Chinese Internet bigwigs, it is difficult to find people who love sports more than Zhang Chaoyang. Not to mention that his peers are far less physically inferior to him, and even young people may not be more athletic than him.
As we all know, Zhang Chaoyang is a lover and advocate of sports. Over the years, he has not only led Sohu to break through in the fiercely competitive Internet jianghu, but also has been challenging the limits of his body. From the early days of mountaineering, to running and swimming in recent years, you can always see his sports figure, which brings the title of "Zhang Chaoren".
How much does Zhang Chaoyang really love sports? Let me list a few real hammers, and you can feel it:
In terms of mountaineering, on May 5, 2003, on the occasion of commemorating the 50th anniversary of mankind's successful ascent of Mount Everest, Zhang Chaoyang climbed Mount Everest at an altitude of 6666 meters; in October of the same year, he climbed the Haba Snow Mountain in Yunnan Province, which is 5,396 meters above sea level; in October 2008, he led the Sohu mountaineering team to successfully climb The Tanglaang Qu Peak at an altitude of 6,330 meters.
In terms of running, on April 7, 2015, Zhang Chaoyang announced that he began to run seriously, and after that, he ran 7-10 kilometers every day; it didn't take long for him to run his first half marathon; he completed the first 30 kilometers in one month of running; on the 52nd day after running, he challenged the full marathon for the first time, with a score of 4 hours and 50 minutes.
In terms of swimming, in August 2017, Zhang Chaoyang, who challenged the crossing for the first time, successfully swam across Juehua Island for 12 kilometers and became a "crossing warrior" among amateur runners; on June 19, 2018, he celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival by swimming - it took him 6 hours and 41 minutes to swim 12 kilometers, bluntly saying that the future goal was the English Channel; in September 2019, he successfully swam across the Han River in South Korea, and just ran 20 kilometers the day before, and the next day he challenged the diagonal crossing and returning, which can be described as "the courage of the artist".
In the three major sports, Zhang Chaoyang is the least good at swimming, the best at running, whether he is good at it or not, he has always insisted on sports, constantly challenging the limits of the body, maintaining excellent physical fitness and will, better than his peers and even young people, becoming a veritable "sports superman" and "sports maniac".
Focusing on running, Zhang Chaoyang has long insisted on running, running an average of 5 kilometers a day, using the "4+1" running method of the last kilometer acceleration sprint to improve endurance and explosiveness in a targeted manner. "I can run thirty or forty kilometers a week, and ten kilometers the next day." He proudly said that he is one of the best in the Internet circle, and even the company's 20s and thirties can't run themselves, and he has successfully shaped the personality of the athlete.
The reason why Zhang Chaoyang is crazy about running is that he can find a new self in running and regard running as a kind of practice. In the process of practicing, he will notice the feelings of various parts of the body, and the feelings of each kilometer will be different. "When you run the first kilometer, you may not feel anywhere, a little forked, a little uncomfortable stomach, a little stuffy chest; when you run the second kilometer, your legs and feet are sore. After running to the seventh kilometer, people tend to run smoothly. ”
In January 2018, Zhang Chaoyang's photo of a semi-naked morning run in Beijing at minus 10 degrees exploded in the circle of friends, which surprised the outside world, and many people called him too hard. If you know his passion for running, you'll be surprised. What is less known is that before 2015, Zhang Chaoyang also ran a step, but he was not very serious, and it could even be said that it was purely a ticket.
During the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay, Zhang Chaoyang once ran a marathon in Greece, with a commercial component. Later, he seemed to have a big idea, "I was thinking of running as a marketing campaign, so the idea was good, and that was part of the job." Running now is more of a personal thing for me. ”
Therefore, you will see that since 2015, Zhang Chaoyang's attitude toward running has taken a 180-degree turn, emphasizing "living in the moment", treating running as a "personal challenge" and "part of life", and leaving the marketing work to others. In other words, he has regarded running as one of the most important beliefs in his life, and his attitude has become positive, and he can only persist in it.
"Running brings me some philosophical ideas, or my philosophical thinking comes true through running." When talking about the changes brought by running to himself, Zhang Chaoyang admitted that his previous life went too smoothly, "The world is too good for me, I always feel that life should look for happiness, and I don't have to endure pain." Now, I feel that only by enduring pain can I experience happiness, and only by meeting challenges can I feel happiness. ”
What is even more rare is that Zhang Chaoyang also combined his hobby with the company's business, invited many entertainment stars to become his "runners", ran happily together, and successfully created a fun activity - "Sohu News Marathon". They started from Beijing's Olympic Forest Park, footprints all over Changbai Mountain, Yulong Snow Mountain, Qinghai Lake, Sun Moon Lake, Hokkaido, Macao and other places, invisibly made Sohu news soar.
It is said that a company is a true reflection of its founder's painting style, seeing Zhang Chaoyang running day after day, year after year, I seem to understand the fundamental reason why Sohu has stood firm in the Chinese Internet in the post-wave generation, that is, always maintain the spirit of hard work and enterprising, no matter how difficult it is, do not give up lightly, never accept defeat, and aspire to be a friend of time, only in this way can I laugh to the end.
Looking to the future, Zhang Chaoyang will lead Sohu to become more and more courageous in the Vietnam War, and returning to the center of the Internet stage is just around the corner. unbelief? Then let the bullets fly a little longer.