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Ping Pong

This show is the selected drama by NRTA

in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the PRC,

and was funded under the 2019 Art Creation of Hubei.

Episode 7

This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

Xu Nuo.

I'm here!

You remain the same.

Guan Wei.

I'm here.

Come forward.

There are some adjustments.

You'll enter Mr. Lei Cheng's team.

Next, Yu Ke Nan.

I'm here.

Come forward.

You'll enter Mr. Teng Biao's team.

The last one is Ma Chuan.

I'm here!

You remain the same.

That's it for the announcement.

No matter what's your result before this,

from now onwards,

you'll start from zero again.

We'll recalculate everything.

Starting from today

until the next training,

The marks for your test, your attendance

and your discipline

will be taken into account.

Until the next training,

the one with the lowest marks will be eliminated.

You are always replaceable.

This is not a guaranteed job.

If you are not cut out for it, leave!

Understand?

Yes!

Go back to your training now. You are dismissed!

What is it?

You are not satisfied with the arrangement?

You've just done one of the tasks.

What you did just now is not a warm-up.

It's one of your training tasks.

If you want to surpass Fu Jing Chun,

you have to master your basic skills

within three months.

Continue.

How is it?

You've already observed them carefully.

Each of them has something in common.

Do you know what it is?

Each of them has different offensive skill.

They are all top players.

All of them play their first three strokes very well.

Especially Fu Jing Chun.

His Penhold Grip shot with the pimples-out rubber is very fast.

So, he's very good at controlling the game.

When you compete in the national team,

the key to victory is your first three stroke.

Every ball that leaves your hand

has to have a clear purpose.

So,

I have to prepare

some first three stroke strategies

for each of you.

That's the only way to compete with them.

Mr. Lei.

Don't you need to know our playing styles first

before you plan for the strategies?

What do I need to know?

I have everything about you here.

Start training.

Three drumsticks.

Okay.

Are you very close to Yu Ke Nan?

We are fine, I guess.

I thought that Mr. Zheng will choose you.

It doesn't matter.

You don't care about where you stay

and you don't care about the coach.

You are indeed different from before.

There's only one thing in my mind.

The centre ping-pong table.

You better stay away from him.

I think you've misunderstood him.

Misunderstood him?

Yu Ke Nan is different from us.

Yes. He can play very well since young and he's talented.

But he's the kind of person

who can give up everything for ping-pong.

Do you think he'll treat you as a friend?

I don't want you to become the second Jia Yu.

You lost.

Are you going to come here again tomorrow?

Side to side.

Crossover.

The other way around.

Side to side with your forehand.

Crossover and hit with your forehand.

And then?

And then, string them together and repeat.

If you are tired, you can take a rest.

If you can't finish it today, continue to do it tomorrow.

Hit it. You have to swing faster for your side to side.

Lower your core.

I want you to do a side to side backspin.

Why do you keep swinging your body upwards?

Your waist and thighs have to move as one.

Press your body forward.

Da Sheng. Hit the balls.

Press forward.

Look at him.

You are not Yu Ke Nan.

Don't compare yourself with him.

Come on.

Can you see this dot?

After this, whenever you hold the paddle,

remind yourself that

your finger needs to be placed here.

Come. Give it a try.

You have to get used to it.

Then, you can turn it into a habit.

It will help you improve

the offensive power of

your first three stroke.

What are you doing?

Mr. Lei asked me to change how I hold the paddle.

So, I'm just sticking on a dot.

Let me see.

Do you think Mr. Lei's way

will work for you?

I don't know.

It's okay.

Don't pressure yourself too much.

Be quiet. He's sleeping.

In the national team,

no one dares to slack off.

Even a genius like Yu Ke Nan

is training hard every day.

We are like a spring.

We continue to pressure ourselves.

We believe that we can spring back one day.

But we forgot that

spring has a limit too.

How can you misplace your finger?

Why can't you hold it well?

We've already fixed the placement

when you were in the junior team.

Why can't you find the placement now?

Hurry up! Keep it up!

What are you doing at the back?

Run faster!

How is it?

Not bad. Four minutes and 52 seconds.

Four minutes and 52 seconds?

What's wrong, Xu Tan?

1. Fu Jing Chun, 2. Zhang Chen, 3. Zhao Yi, 4. Yu Ke Nan

1. Fu Jing Chun, 2. Yu Ke Nan, 3. Zhao Yi, 4. Zhang Chen

Keep it up.

Keep it up.

Four.

Five more. Keep it up.

Keep it up. Quick.

Three.

Two.

One.

Stop.

Switch your place now.

Get ready.

Keep it up.

Fifty-six.

Three more, 58.

Three.

-Fifty-eight. -Two.

One. Get up.

Let's gather up.

Zhang Chen, 85.

Fan Ruo Yu, 72.

Yu Ke Nan, 90.

Fu Jing Chun, 92.

Chen Fan, 73.

Xiao Guang, 84.

Xu Nuo, 80.

Zhai Jia Chen, 78.

Xu Tan, 60.

Guan Wei.

Sixty.

Show me the record for the last season.

Guan Wei.

Did you do 60 sit-ups?

No.

All of you are here.

Listen to me carefully.

Every mark in the national team

has to be gained with your own strength.

No deception

is allowed.

Understand?

Yes.

Louder!

Yes!

You are a team.

The honour of a team

has to be uphold by every player.

Due to improper behaviour of an individual in your team,

all of you will be punished today

by doing another extra 200 push-ups.

Start!

I can't look at this.

Third brother, let's eat!

I'm doing quite well.

I am in the third...

I'm...

I saw it wrongly.

Not bad for me. I'm in sixth place.

Forget it. I have to work harder.

What's your ranking?

I'm in the third place.

Let's go.

Let's go and eat now.

Guan Wei.

Guan Wei

Build Your Dream

This is Guan Wei's record.

Next, Xu Tan.

He has 280 marks.

He's in the last place together with Guan Wei.

The players who are above the average mark will be our defenders.

It takes time

to adjust.

It has been three months.

It's still not enough?

Okay. Next.

Yu Ke Nan.

His has 350 marks.

He's in the first place together with Fu Jing Chun.

He is already at the top so quickly?

He doesn't have a good mentality

and he's too emotionally unstable.

Yu Ke Nan's shortcoming is too obvious.

No matter how good he is, he'll just stay in the team.

He will never enter the international competition.

Okay.

That's it for today.

Mr. Teng, stay back.

Mr. Fu, what is it?

Let's talk about Yu Ke Nan.

Yu Ke Nan?

Did that brat

cause any trouble again?

He did.

Look at this.

He broke Kang Ning's record?

We have to think of a way

to push him further.

The new opponent chart is out.

This place is mine now.

Why are you standing there?

Go and take a look if you don't believe me.

Yu Ke Nan.

Don't be too arrogant.

You are just Fu Jing Chun's training partner.

Pack your bags too.

Your room is mine now.

Can't you talk properly?

Are you ready?

Of course.

You are really giving it your all.

Or else, I wouldn't be standing here.

Come on!

Wait. Stop for a moment.

This is your personal training plan

for this week.

What is it?

You are his training partner at this table now?

Good. Take a look at this too.

From today onwards,

During this morning session every day,

you have to go according to this plan

and be Fu Jing Chun's training partner.

Training partner?

What do you mean?

Isn't it written in the plan?

You have a set of training in the morning and in the afternoon.

Why am I his training partner?

Are you saying that you want him to become your training partner?

Fu Jing Chun is the second team's seed.

He's training for the World Junior Championship.

Since you are here,

you should become his training partner.

It's fine if you don't want to do that.

Go to the table over there.

Zhang Chen, come over here.

Here I am.

Train with him.

What is it?

Are you not going to listen to the coach?

Fu Jing Chun and I have the same marks.

He wants to get ready for the competition. So do I.

He is training in the centre table.

So am I.

No one has the rights to ask me to leave.

How about this.

Let me compete with him.

The winner will become the main player.

Are you teaching me how to become a coach?

Get out and run 10,000 metres!

Mr. Zheng.

You are the adult here. Don't be bothered by this brat.

Come with me.

Do you think that you own this table

just because you are good?

This is the centre table.

You'll be everyone's role model.

It is not for someone

who is so emotionally unstable!

Get out.

Are you watching the show?

No.

Why do you have to offend Zheng Hao

because of a ping-pong table?

That is the centre table.

Is the centre table so important?

Do you think the gold medal is important?

Well...

This is why we are different.

In my eyes,

in the national team,

there are only the centre table and the other tables.

In the competition,

there are only gold medallist and

other players.

That centre table

is the first gold medal that

I'm going to get in the national team.

That's him.

It's so strange.

Zheng Ren He's

backhand block while being so close to the table

was really unexpected. He's amazing.

Yes.

A chopper like him who managed to block Fang Yue

in the semi-final of this World Ping-Pong Tournament

is quite extraordinary.

He's not a conventional

chopper.

They can attack and defend at the same time.

We need to pay attention to this.

It's not only about defeating Zheng Ren He.

There are still many unique techniques

that are like time bombs.

We can't avoid them forever.

We should bring them in

and let the children in the second team

get used to these techniques since young.

Mr. Lei, this is

the list of the seven people with special playing styles.

The team has decided to let you coach them.

Mr. Qin too.

Mr. Lei.

You have to work hard on this.

Okay. Is there anything else?

If no, the meeting will be adjourned now.

-The meeting is adjourned. -Okay.

Mr. Fu.

Look at this.

It's time to

hit some sense into Yu Ke Nan.

Let's go.

You want me to train with the women's team?

What is it?

You talked back to your coach and you skipped your training.

Have you never thought about the consequences?

You are not training with them.

You are competing with them.

You are going to compete with all the main players in the women's team.

After you win them all,

you'll come back to train with us again.

Such an unnecessary move.

What if you lose?

Will I lose?

You can do whatever you want if I lose.

What is it?

Is this a headphone or a speaker?

Can you turn it down?

This is a headphone!

Enough.

You are louder than him.

Shut up!

This bus is so bumpy.

My back is so sore now.

Where are we now?

Why isn't the bus moving?

The traffic jam in big city is very serious.

You won't see as many cars in your province.

Hello?

They are with me now.

I think it'll take us 20 minutes more.

Okay.

Okay. Bye.

Come and take your luggage.

Where's your friend?

The Iran Cup.

Heydusek Cup.

Swaythling Cup.

Do not touch.

Didn't you see it?

I'm too excited because this is my first time seeing them.

You are...

You want a signature?

Go upstairs.

We are the second team here.

You are from the second team?

Why are the names on this Swaythling Cup

printed on?

I thought the names of the champion men's team

should be carved on it.

You are quite the expert.

This is a replica. This is fake.

I see.

The real one

must be hidden somewhere, right?

You are right. This ancient cup has been here

since the beginning of the World Ping-Pong Tournament.

They carve the names of the champions on it after every competition

and have to bring it back in the next one.

Of course we have to guard it well.

Look at these two W.J. Pope Trophies.

Only three people in this world have ever gotten it.

I think this one is

Zhuang Ze Dong's trophy.

Can you show me the real trophies?

Do you want to break the real ones too?

Weak and sick?

China.

Xu Tan.

My name is Liu Shi.

You are the weak and sick one.

You from Sichuan!

What are you doing here?

We have to gather up now!

Let's go.

Okay.

Take a photo for me.

We have to gather up now. Let's go.

Yes. We have to gather up now.

So, hurry up and take a photo for me.

Grand Slam Liu Shi, the Olympics' champion.

Gather up!

Quick.

We have seven players with unique styles

with us today.

Let us welcome them.

These players are here

to help us get ready for the competition.

They are here to help you improve.

Don't think that you are so great because you are in the second team.

Your results have been unstable lately.

These players are here

to make you see clearly where you stand

and to help you adapt better

to their unique playing styles.

You'll train with them for a month.

You.

Do you have something to say?

No.

I'm just greeting an old friend.

You really have a lot of friends.

You can talk as much as you want

after the training.

This is not the local team.

The national team has its own rules.

Understand?

Yes!

You are dismissed!

General Administration of Sport of China: National Table Tennis First Team

China National Ping-Ping Women's First Team's Training Centre

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Brat.

It's not too late to regret it now.

Do I look like someone with regret?

Let's do it.

Sure.

I'll go and find Mr Wang then.

Xiao Jun National Ping-Pong Women's Team Member

You are the one who broke Kang Ning's record?

Yes.

When Kang Ning was still in the second team,

he competed with us women's team too.

He lost very badly

to Sister Nan.

We are different people.

What has it got to do with me?

Where's your main player?

What has it got to do with you?

Let's start.

Go on. Get into the court.

Best of five wins.

Ready.

So clean.

Kang Ning?

Who allowed you to simply touch my thing?

This is your paddle?

You have a paddle with Kang Ning's signature on it?

Well.

What's so shocking about that?

Let me tell you.

Brother Kang Ning

lives upstairs.

Kang Ning is your brother?

Are you very close to him?

What about Fang Yue?

Do you know those main players?

Of course I do.

We are best friends. Do you hear that?

I'm not going to leave.

I'll stay here.

I'll follow you around after this.

You are not leaving?

What do you mean by you are not leaving?

Hey. Who are you?

Don't you know the rules here?

We...

I...

What I mean is...

Ping Pong Little Drama

Swaythling Cup.

Swaythling Cup.

Liu Shi almost dropped

the Swaythling Cup.

It is the champion cup for

the men's team in

the World Table Tennis Championship.

Men's Team Champion Cup

Swaythling Cup

In 1926,

a historical

International Table Tennis Federation congress

took place

at the library of Swaythling

in London, England.

At the same time,

the first World Championship was held.

The mother of Mr. Ivor Montagu,

president of the English Table Tennis Association and

the first president of International Table Tennis Federation

who is the former honorary president of International Table Tennis Federation,

Lady Swaythling,

donated this Swaythling Cup

that is named after her

as the champion cup

for the men's team's competition.

Ping Pong

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