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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 25

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

Mr. Wei.

Mr. Fu.

By the way,

Fang Yue and the others are done with the tournament two days ago, right?

Can they come back tomorrow?

They'll come back tonight

in time for tomorrow's elimination game.

How is Kang Ning?

Our team doctor said that

it'll be hard for him to play after this.

So, he has applied to be released from the team.

Our athletes

spend decades in training

to build up their mental strength,

their skills

and their physical abilities.

Now, he's so close to being the world champion.

But he has to give up because

his body is injured.

The bigger the glory of the world champion,

the more blood and sweat it takes to achieve it.

The athletes of our national team

do high-intensity training every day for decades.

In order to be in their top form,

they continue to challenge the limit of their body.

Year after year,

all of them

had been physically injured before.

And all of them had participated in competitions with injuries.

But the cruelty of sports is,

no matter how much they want to continue winning,

they'll never be able to defeat

the toll that these trainings have taken on them.

In the past,

no matter how glorious someone was,

they would be replaced by younger members.

No one would know

who the next Kang Ning might be.

Finally, you are here.

But it's better late than never.

Come. Let me take them to your room.

Thank you.

I'm already in the first team.

But why are you not, Mr. Teng?

I thought you would be better.

My father?

He's still the same.

He didn't say anything but he must be happy.

Okay.

That's it. I'll hang up now.

You are quite late.

Long time no see.

I miss you.

There are newbies in the first team.

We have an elimination game in November.

It'll start tomorrow.

We have to pay attention to this game, my fellow coaches.

Due to the arrival of the newbies,

we have to regroup the coaches

and members in the team.

Mr. Wei.

I'll leave Ma Yu Yang to you.

Okay.

Mr. Zheng Hao,

you will be in charge of Dong Yu, Wang Ping

and Wang Kai.

Another thing, you'll be in charge

of the newbies,

Yu Ke Nan

and Xu Tan, as well.

Okay.

Well.

The competition will start soon.

We don't have much time.

So, every coach needs to focus on this

and get familiar with

the new players as soon as possible.

Okay?

Okay.

That's it for today's meeting. You are dismissed.

Hello?

It's me.

What are you doing?

I'm in the hostel.

I'm quite free.

So, I called you.

Turn it off.

How's your training recently?

I found Yu Ke Nan's secret.

Take good care of your body during the training.

What is it?

Don't get hurt.

Every day during this time,

he'll make a secret call at the balcony.

And he'll lock up the door tightly.

He must be up to something.

Your body is yours.

I'll be heartbroken if you hurt yourself.

Come over here.

Am I right?

Listen to him.

Stop listening. Or else, he'll scold you again.

This is not right.

Don't get hurt.

I'll worry if you get hurt.

I'm telling the truth.

I miss you, my little kitty.

Say it again?

Okay.

Little kitty, I miss you.

I'm at the balcony.

When will you go to sleep?

If only you are by my side.

Then, I'll be able to keep you company.

I want to accompany you too.

I want to be with you every day.

Scoundrel.

I'm not...

I'm not talking about you.

No.

Hello?

What are you doing?

Who are you talking to?

Both of you.

Why?

What are you doing?

Who are you talking to?

Both of you.

Why?

What are you doing?

Who are you talking to?

Both of you!

Give me your identity card.

We have two empty places here.

You'll sit there and I'll sit here.

Is this your first time in the cybercafe?

Come. Let me teach you.

Open this.

You can find anyone on here.

Give it a try.

Just click on that.

♫ The rain accompanies the rainbow ♫

♫ I give you a smile ♫

♫ You and I are like existing in a parallel world ♫

♫ We are different but we are heading towards the same dream ♫

♫ Who said water and fire cannot co-exist? ♫

♫ We will make a breakthrough ♫

♫ We are rivals on court ♫

♫ We are friends off court ♫

♫ Walking on the path of youth ♫

♫ Side by side ♫

♫ We guard our hopes together ♫

Leng Yi.

I'm here.

Come out and stand over here.

Both of you, go and warm up with him.

Go.

Okay. Let's go.

Xiao Li.

Later, ask Da Liu

to devise a training plan for Leng Yi.

Give it to me by tonight.

Okay.

Mr. Zheng.

What about us?

All of you

are in the elimination group.

Every time during the elimination game,

it's possible that you'll be kicked out from my group.

The top players will have the chance to enter the first team

and the bottom players

will be eliminated.

Why are we put into this group?

Result.

My result in the second team...

This is the first team.

When you are at this level,

what happened in the second team doesn't count anymore.

You'll start from zero again.

What you wanted to say just now

is just the basic requirement to enter here.

It doesn't prove anything.

Understand?

If you want to prove yourself, sure.

You can tell me about it

when you've earned a medal in an international tournament.

I only care about winners.

Understand?

Yes.

I can't hear you. Louder.

Yes!

Do you understand?

Yes!

My only goal is to

make champions.

Those with the same goal as me

should not reject any of my arrangements.

I am your coach.

You can't disobey any of my orders.

You just need to

agree!

Understand?

Yes!

♫ Hold the stars ♫

♫ Light up the dark ♫

♫ To embrace the dreams ♫

♫ Grasp firmly on the hope ♫

♫ The lonely curve ♫

♫ Is shining brightly ♫

♫ The sky is blue ♫

♫ The dream that has never been given up ♫

♫ Is dazzling ♫

♫ Never admit defeat ♫

♫ Light up the future ♫

♫ Try it again even if you fail ♫

♫ My firm belief is shining on me ♫

♫ My blood is boiling ♫

All the best.

♫ Grasp firmly on the love ♫

♫ Let hopes bloom ♫

♫ Flap your wings to draw a ray of light ♫

♫ Reach out with your hands ♫

♫ Scream towards the sky ♫

♫ about your fiery passion ♫

Those who are in the last 10.

Step out.

All of you.

Go to the track downstairs and do 30 laps.

Remember.

From today onwards,

those who are at the last 10 of the elimination game

will have to do 30 laps every day

until your ranking has improved.

Why are you still standing here?

Start now.

No. 7: Yu Ke Nan No. 8: Xu Tan

As for the rest of you,

one hour of

multi-ball training.

Start now.

Switch side.

Mr. Zheng.

We've been their training partners for the whole morning.

But now, it has only been half an hour.

Why do we have to switch side now?

I said, switch.

Didn't you hear me?

Are you not going to switch?

Fine.

Wang Ping, come here.

Switch with him.

Why are you standing there?

Start now.

Xu Tan.

What's your ranking in the last elimination game?

Number eight.

What about this time?

Number ten.

Someone has to leave after the elimination this time.

Why do you think

you can stay?

I think I'm an all-rounder person.

I don't really have any weaknesses.

I'm better with my forehand.

And I'm not bad with my backhand.

Not bad?

Being not bad is not an advantage.

You said that you are better with your forehand.

Okay. Fu Jing Chun.

Test out his forehand skills.

Stop.

Use your backhand now.

Okay now. Stop.

Xu Tan, come over here.

Do you know

why you think your forehand is better?

That's because your backhand is useless.

All-rounder?

Is this how you score?

Forget it. Leave.

Just go somewhere.

Dong Yu.

Go and play with Fu Jing Chun.

Okay, Mr. Zheng.

Hey!

Hello?

Hey!

Stop it. Did you run out of credit again?

Impossible.

I just topped up 200 last week.

Two hundred?

You were making international calls every day.

Two hundred?

Have you signed up for that package?

Well...

Do I have to sign up for a package for that?

You are really rich.

Come, give it to me.

You'll definitely have more than 200.

Hurry up.

Okay now.

Now, you have 5000 per month.

Really?

No.

Why are you so foolish.

Thank you.

You are quite smart.

I'm going to sleep now.

Don't lose to him.

Ye.

Let's make a bet.

The one with better ranking will have to treat the other one to a meal.

Forget it.

You always give me buns.

What about food from Garden Restaurant?

Sure.

Okay then.

No. 12: Chen Dong Lin No. 11: Xu Tan

No. 10: Ma Chuan No. 9: Liu Shi

No. 8: Yu Ke Nan No. 7: Leng Yi

No. 6: Xia Ke No. 5: Ye Zhen Xin

No. 4: Fu Jing Chun No. 3: Chao Yang

That Fu Jing Chun has really improved a lot.

Yu Ke Nan and Xu Tan's ranking has dropped.

I have an announcement.

Wang Kai.

You'll go to the second team tomorrow.

For the others who I didn't call out,

I'm sure you know where you stand.

It's doesn't mean that you'll be safe next time.

I don't need to repeat the rules, right?

You are dismissed.

In this meeting today,

I have two announcements to make.

The first one is,

the Direct Tournament for the Olympics has been cancelled.

The candidates will be chosen

straight from the ITTF ranking.

And they are,

Fang Yu, Nie Rui Feng and Chao Yang.

The second one is,

There are some changes in the rules for team competitions

in the next Olympics.

Now, we have this Payoneer Card quota.

It means that

one will be chosen as the substitute for the three players.

Everyone in the first team can compete for that place.

By doing so, the members of the first team

will have the chance to participate in the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

But,

there'll only be one Payoneer Card.

You can say that

the chance of that substitute to play in the field is about 1%.

But I hope that the one who gets this Payoneer Card

will put his 100% into it.

Because he won't know if he'll enter the field or not.

He needs to put in more effort than the regular players.

I hope that all of you can go back and

tell your players about the importance of this.

We have to take it seriously.

Okay?

What are you doing so early in the morning?

Ke Nan, what are you doing?

Tell me.

Whose idea is this?

Why do they need this Payoneer Card?

After reading about it, it's for a reserve player.

Even if you have the Payoneer Card,

if the team doesn't need the substitute,

you can't even enter

the gate of the Olympic Village let alone a chance to shine.

Then, it's even worse than the entry ticket.

There's only one possibility now.

And that is if one of them is hurt.

But it has never happened in our history before.

That's right.

That's impossible.

Our three main players

have prepared themselves for this for so long.

That probability is too low.

For the Payoneer Card Selection this time,

we don't only look at your ranking.

During this period of time,

we will assess the performance of the players during training as well.

I hereby announce that

from today onwards, with the oncoming Olympics,

every player's

mission in training

is to take turns to enter the glass room

and train with our main three players.

Those who are not chosen as their training partners

will continue with their training as usual.

Understand?

Yes!

Okay.

You are dismissed.

Face forward, Fatty.

I've told you about it many times.

Stop.

Mr. Qin, I...

Come. Have a seat.

What's wrong with you today?

Mr. Qin.

I don't think I'll be able to get the Payoneer Card.

After coming to the first team for so long,

I can actually feel it.

They don't give a lot of chances to us choppers to join the competitions.

Besides, less and less people are playing as choppers now.

What is it? You don't want to be a chopper anymore?

It's not that.

It's good that you are thinking like this.

It means that you are digging deeper now.

What do you think about Payoneer Card?

Payoneer Card means that you are a substitute.

Yes.

But it's not just that.

A Payoneer Card is not just about a stable substitute,

it's also the country's final card.

It's a secret weapon. Understand?

Secret weapon?

Unique style is the national team's secret weapon.

Who said that you'll have no chance in the future?

I don't care what other thinks.

I hope that one day,

I can see a chopper standing at the victory rostrum again.

I'll leave that up to you.

This is quite touching.

Xu Tan, come in.

Come.

I'm sorry.

Your loop just now was quite good.

Why are you hesitating?

We are just your training partners.

We should go according to plan.

Xu Tan.

We can't think too much when we play.

When you hesitate,

you'll lose everything at that moment.

There are things you have to remember.

But when you play, don't think about it.

Or else, you'll miss the ball.

I understand.

Let's take a rest. I'm tired.

Let's drink some water.

Drink some water.

Do you know?

You are the most honest

training partner for today.

You just focus on playing.

Look over there.

Drink some water, brother.

I'll give it to you.

Okay.

I can do it myself.

Our new technical team has assessed

the physical ability of all the players in the past few days.

Have you seen results?

Later, the member from the technical team

will explain it to us in details later

about the result

and what each data represents.

We should learn more about

our players' data too.

In preparation for

the upcoming Olympics, we can use this as a reference

to devise a new training plan for the players.

Come. Tell us about it.

Okay. Thank you, Mr. Hong.

Firstly, I want to emphasise on

the importance of this data.

According to the data that we've collected,

not only we can know

the current condition of the players,

we can know for sure

the potential of a particular athlete.

Besides that, we can know

how much burden

a player can bear.

First of all, Fu Jing Chun's data is quite unique.

If you meet him on the field,

how are you going to compete with him?

He's the men's singles champion in the last Olympics.

We can't lose again this time.

We have to win.

Park Ji-min, right-handed player with pen-hold grip and single-sided paddle.

His forehand is powerful and he has a great spin.

He usually defeats his opponent with powerful

backspin attack.

That's right.

But single-sided paddle and backhand are his weaknesses.

If we are at a stalemate,

it'll be hard for him to score.

Do you still want the Payoneer Card?

Is this your preparation?

You didn't get to the point at all.

Park Ji-min has high work rate.

Usually, he'll go straight into the offensive

to put pressure on his opponent.

Continue.

If he manages to control the rhythm,

he'll attack you continuously

and it'll be hard for you to win.

So, if you play with him,

we have to continuously

break the rhythm of his attack.

That's our only chance.

Finally, someone got it right.

Park Ji-min's

pen-hold grip forehand attack is lightning fast.

He has a great range

and he has high work rate.

If the competition goes according to his rhythm,

when you play with him,

basically, no one will be able to

block his forehand attacks.

At a high-level competition,

all players are actually

equally skilful.

You have to use your own strength and advantage

to overcome your opponent's strength and advantage

in order to win.

One more thing.

Fu Jing Chun.

You are using the pen-hold grip too.

Your speed is remarkable when you are near to the table.

I hope that you can attack his blind spot

by using the multi-placement attack.

Distract his right and attack his left.

Don't let him use his forehand.

Use the attacks that'll force him to use only his backhand.

Mess up the rhythm of his attack.

And then, you'll have the chance to win.

Ye Zhen Xin.

Same with you.

You have to change how you play.

One more thing. I want to talk about you being training partners.

You have to remember.

Not only you have to learn with them in terms of skills,

don't forget to

make an impression on him.

They have a say in

choosing the candidate for the Payoneer Card

together with Mr. Fu.

Remember that.

Okay. That's it.

Both of you can leave now.

-Okay, Mr. Zheng. -Bye, Mr. Zheng.

Both of you want a chance, right?

Okay.

I'll give you a chance.

Come to the training centre

two hours earlier tomorrow.

You can leave now.

Thank you, Mr. Zheng.

Add more power to it.

Be precise.

Don't overhit the ball.

Both of you, come here.

I'll give you a chance

to fight for this Payoneer Card.

Train according to the plan I devised

and become Fu Jing Chun training partners.

Since you came out first yesterday,

you'll go first.

You'll defend and Fu Jing Chun will attack.

I've given you a chance.

Are you going to do this or not?

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Ping Pong Little Drama

Olympics' Payoneer Card.

Olympics' Payoneer Card

According to the rules of

the IOC and

the ITTF,

in the Olympic

team competition,

if a player is accidentally injured

and cannot continue to compete,

the player with the Payoneer Card

can replace that injured player.

To be able to compete in the Olympics

and bring glory to the country

is the dream of

every athlete.

The Olympic Payoneer Card

equals to

an extra chance.

So, it's a

tough competition.

The player with Payoneer Card

is allowed to enter the special training centre.

And he'll have the rights to enter the Olympic Village.

But, to officially enter the field,

you need to apply for the replacement.

Once it's approved,

the credentials of the injured athlete

will be taken back.

At the same time,

the new credentials for the substitute

will be activated.

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