Chapter 1 Unconfident Chen Junhao

Chen Junhao is back, and the young emperor Chen Junhao is back! All sports media have announced the news as quickly as possible - the headlines of TV news and the front page of sports newspapers. Within twelve hours after the Chinese men's basketball national team left Q-level, the news quickly spread throughout China.

From the World Youth Championship two years ago, the young emperor emerged and shone with unparalleled light. Until two years after he disappeared, whenever the Chinese men's basketball game was broadcast, the hosts of the TV station and newspaper reporters also repeated the topic: "If our young genius is there..."

Every time the Chinese men's basketball team loses the game due to a flaw in the backcourt position, there is always a saying among the media and fans that: if our Chen Junhao is there, the flaw in the flaw in the defender position of the Chinese men's basketball team would not exist at all. If our young emperor is there, the Chinese team will definitely have the world's best defender!

Two years have passed, and the defeated players of the Young Emperor at that time have now emerged in the world football world. This year's No. 1 pick and second place in the NBA, aren't Tanhua all the people who got the bitter fruit of the defeat in the duel against the Young Emperor? If Chen Junhao did not withdraw from the football world, his achievements would be inferior to those of the defeated players in the World Youth Championship.

With the joint efforts of the media and fans, although the title of Young Emperor has been very popular for two years. Those who didn’t know about the “Young Emperor” two years ago, and those who just became fans within two years know the existence of this “China’s No. 1 genius”.

Chen Junhao didn't know that he had been away from basketball for two years but had unconsciously carried too many hopes.

China's No. 1 genius figure has finally come back! Whether it is magical or mythical, it is finally time to see.

While reporting on the news that Chen Junhao returned to the national team for training, the media was spared no effort to dig out the experience of the young emperor in the past two years. Starting from Q University, it gradually advanced, starting with his classmates, and then several of his classmates who were familiar with him could be called friends. Then all the reporters' eyes gathered on Chen Yunyun. After the reporters' excavation, there was no secret of their relationship. After marveling at Chen Yunyun's amazing beauty and temperament, the cameras and camera lenses were aimed at this amazing beauty girl.

Chen Yunyun is the only person who has been with the young emperor in the past two years. As long as she is not a head-show, the reporters have no reason not to interview her.

But soon Chen Yunyun disappointed all the reporters. Her gentle and peaceful smile, gentle and decent words, and her appearance and demeanor were impeccable. But the reporters just couldn't learn more about the young emperor from her - except for those who had already been interviewed by students from Q University. However, the reporters were reporters. With this information, a little analysis and a little imagination, the reports were soon released one by one.

The young emperor has not set foot on the football field for two years!

After such reports were released, the hearts of more than half of the fans were quickly depressed. Can Chen Junhao still shine like two years ago without playing basketball? For a moment, the enthusiasm of the fans and media quickly cooled down, and replaced by doubts.

Is it really time for the myth to be shattered?

The reporters really want to see the status of the young emperor after his comeback, and really want to interview Chen Junhao in person, hoping to get some information from him or the head coach Gengzhi, and a message that can support confidence in the young emperor. However, Gengzhi did not give them any chance - fully closed training!

The media can still create enough gimmicks if they cannot interview Chen Junhao. The relationship between Chen Junhao and Chen Yunyun quickly became the subject of many reports. In this era, even sports newspapers like "Sports" are inevitably gossiped. It is obvious that the reporters have an excellent impression of Chen Yunyun's beautiful and elegant temperament. In the writings of the reporters, this pair of childhood sweethearts is deeply in love with each other, which is simply a Chinese-style prince and princess fairy tale of the golden boy and jade girl.

Looking back at the national team training camp. A regular routine training camp actually conducted a closed training. Even fools should be able to guess the reason. That’s right, Gentleman is to protect Chen Junhao. Just like before the World Youth Championship two years ago, Gentleman blocked Chen Junhao, who was sixteen years old, from the influence of the media.

In this 18-person training list (Chen Junhao is the 19th), Shen Qifeng, Geng Tianfang, Lei Haiyang and Li Zhenhua are teammates of Chen Junhao's national youth team. In addition to Yao Ming, he met at Q University, he only knows these five of these training team members. He is not a professional league player, and he can't even call out the names of these star players in the league. Other players participating in the training camp are not regular visitors of the national team, and they are opponents who often fight in the league. They are naturally familiar with each other - except for Chen Junhao, the young emperor who fell from the sky. In this case, it is obviously too embarrassing to make Chen Junhao quickly integrate into the team in a short period of time, so he would not force him, so he and Shen Qifeng were in his own small circle.

After two years of regaining basketball, Chen Junhao has too many things to start from scratch. Training, training, basketballs fly up and down in his hands, control the ball, dribble, shoot... Everything starts with basic training. After two years of gap, he lost not only his skills, but also his confidence in top players. Can he really regain his past skills? Chen Junhao's heart was full of panic, and his way to relieve this fear was to devote himself to training harder than others.

He didn't regret the gap in the past two years even more than he is now!

After recalling Chen Junhao, Gengzhi did not immediately let him participate in group training. Once again, he invited his old friend Zhu Yu from the Beijing Jianle team. Gengzhi asked him to do was to help Chen Junhao restore his former football skills.

Chen Junhao still remembers Zhu Yu's hell-style training. Once again, he received Zhu Yu's guidance and was not only not afraid at all, but was full of enthusiasm.

After the fourth day of training camp.

The smoke in the room was clear, only Gengzhi and Zhu Yu were the only ones.

"How is his situation?" Gentleman straightforward.

Zhu Yu said: "It's very good, not very good!"

"How do you say it?" His straightforward expression was very serious. He knew that his old friend was not a targetless person.

Zhu Yu's face was as serious as he vomited a smoke ring and said, "Technically, he has recovered almost, and his shooting feel can also be recovered in the future. Moreover, his spirituality has not been reduced at all compared to two years ago. It can be said that his basketball talent is still unique."

“What about the bad side?”

"He has left basketball for too long, or should be said to have left basketball for too long, and he no longer has the aura he used to be. He is anxious, regretful, and unconfident. His heart is now full of all kinds of negative emotions."

After being honest and honest, he said: "Anyone who has left the court and returned to the stadium two years later will inevitably have these emotions. After all, he is only an 18-year-old young man, and it will take some time to regain his normal heart. Fortunately, there are still a few months left before the competition, so it will be enough for him to adjust his mentality before that."

Zhu Yu shook his head and said, "I can't wait that long. The training plan I arranged for him is already quite heavy. Ordinary players can't hold on at all, and he seems not enough. He is still adding training weight to himself with my back. If he continues to practice like him, he will not wait for the start of the Asian Championships and he will collapse."

Gentleman twisted the cigarette butt that had sucked the last sip in the ashtray and said, "Do you have any ideas?"

Zhu Yu sneered: "You are the head coach. Isn't this kind of thing you are best at?"

He smiled straightforwardly: "I have some ideas, but there is nothing wrong with asking for your opinions first, right?"

Zhu Yu said: "If you want me to tell me that any verbal revelation is useless to him now. Let's just take a leave of absence. That smart girl should have the ability to temporarily calm his emotions. Then when he comes back, it's your business."

He chuckled with his palm and said, "You and I have thought of going together. This silly boy, Ajun, is sometimes stubborn as if he is a cow, but when he meets that girl, he is always soft and soft. No matter how stubborn she is, she can't help but smile."

Zhu Yu sighed, "You and I are really getting back to life, and I have actually used a beauty trick to my disciples."

He laughed straightforwardly: "I don't mind at all!"

...

On June 21, the fifth day of Chen Junhao's training camp was over, and the afternoon training ended. After a long time after the other team members walked out of the training hall, they saw Chen Junhao walking out with sweaty uniforms. In front of him, he was already waiting there with his hands on his back.

Chen Junhao was surprised: "Is there anything wrong, coach?"

He looked at the young man who was sweating with his hands in his arms and smiled lightly: "Go back and take a shower and change your clothes. I'll give you a vacation tonight and go back to see your beautiful girlfriend."

Chen Junhao opened his mouth in shock, and the thought of refusal surged into his heart and instantly replaced Chen Yunyun's voice, appearance and smile. He was stunned for a moment and immediately said, "I'll go immediately." As he said that, he ran towards the dormitory.

"Wait!" Gengzhi shouted at him, "If you can't walk out of the door, you will be surrounded by reporters. Do you want them to know that I'll go back to visit my girlfriend on your vacation?"

"What should I do?"

“Can you drive?”

“Yes, I have a driver’s license.”

Gentleman took out something from his pocket and threw it over. Chen Junhao grabbed it but it was a car key.

"You should recognize my car, right? Go out through the back door and go back early, and there will be training tomorrow morning."

"I understand, thank you coach!" Chen Junhao grabbed the car key and ran away excitedly.

On this day, Shen Qifeng, who was most intimate with Chen Junhao, was surprised to find that he could not find his friend after the training. After searching for the training base for a week without results, Shen Qifeng had to report to the head coach directly.

"I'm going back after taking his leave." said straight.

Shen Qifeng said in surprise: "On holiday?" The first thing he thought of was whether Ajun was in poor condition and the coach was about to abandon him.

He glanced straightforwardly and brought Shen Qifeng's expression into his eyes, and smiled faintly: "He will be back tonight, I will only give him a few hours of vacation."

Shen Qifeng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Ajun is indeed time to take a rest. He has been training these five days very hard."

He shook his head straight and said, "He has been too hard, and if he continues like this, he will collapse by himself if he can't wait for the competition."

Shen Qifeng sighed: "I have advised him too, but it's useless. Ajun is now thinking about how to quickly restore his strength and make up for the wasted time in the past two years." As he spoke, he couldn't help but express a worried look.

Gengzhi took out a cigarette and lit it, took a long breath and said, "Look at how well his strength has recovered now?"

"He has almost completely recovered, and his physical condition has further grown in the past two years. Now his strength is almost no less than two years ago. But he probably doesn't have the confidence yet."

"Then you help him more. From tomorrow on, you, Geng Tianfang, Lei Haiyang, Li Zhenhua and five of them will be organized in a group of training. Five days later, there will be an in-team competition before the training camp ends to decide the final selection of the players. You five will be organized in the same team."

Shen Qifeng's eyes lit up: Isn't that the main lineup in the World Youth Championship? The devastating attack power of the Chinese Youth Team during the World Youth Championship is the most exciting memory in Shen Qifeng's basketball career. Unfortunately, after the World Youth Championship, the Chinese men's basketball team can no longer form such a lineup due to the disappearance of the tactical core Chen Junhao after the World Youth Championship.

Geng said directly: "The national team is facing a new and old change, and it is inevitable that young players will replace old players. But it also takes young players to have this strength. Prepare for this game."

Shen Qifeng nodded firmly.

To gain a foothold in the national team, you must have excellent performance in the upcoming confrontation. This is what Gentlemon did not understand. Gentlemon tend to give young players opportunities when they are equally strong, and these young players trained by themselves are naturally more handy when used. Shen Qifeng, Geng Tianfang, Chen Junhao, and even Lei Haiyang and Li Zhenhua are all direct descendants trained by themselves. They naturally have a more thorough understanding of his tactical concepts than other players. Gentlemon will not be nepotist, but they will not be so pedantic that they deliberately reject these his own direct descendants in order to show their selflessness.

In fact, it is not just Shen Qifeng, but other players in this training camp have already had this awareness. After returning to the position of head coach of the national team, the trend of the new and old changes of the national team has become very obvious. This year's Asian Championships can only be regarded as a warm-up stage. The focus of the national team is next year's World Championships and the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Except for Yao Ming and other absolute main players who are unshakable, the positions of all other players cannot be considered stable. The style of honest and bold promotion of new players is well known in the Chinese basketball world. In the past few years of coaching in Beijing Jianle, he brought the team from a second-tier team to the peak of Chinese basketball, and has also trained a large number of outstanding reserve players for this team. Even all the main players who have won the championship for the first time either retired or went overseas, the young player Jianle team, who has been promoted by the honest training, still firmly controls the position of the league championship.

Such results are enough to impress any picky boss. In addition to the great success of the national youth team, it can be said that honesty is the well-deserved No. 1 coach in the Chinese basketball world today. So even when he was sick, the Chinese Basketball Association has already waited for the position of the head coach of the national team.

Among the 19-person training team members of this national team, in addition to Shen Qifeng and Geng Tianfang, two of the two Jianle teams, there are two other players from this CBA champion team. With Chen Junhao and others from the Gengzhi National Youth Team, it can be said that nearly half of the new national team are straightforward direct troops. Of course, participating in the training camp may not necessarily be selected for the official list of players. The 19 players participating in the training camp can only leave twelve. The status of the team boss Yao Ming is naturally unshakable, so there are actually only eleven positions left for everyone to compete.

The eighteen players are naturally divided into several factions. The players from Jianle team are naturally led by Shen Qifeng and Geng Tianfang. Shen Qifeng and Geng Tianfang are also considered the bosses of the National Youth Team's five-man team, so these seven people can be regarded as a faction. However, the two Jianle teams, Lei Haiyang and Li Zhenhua are both opponents in the league, and they are even more disagreeable with Chen Junhao. Although they are considered to be the same faction, their relationship may not be closer than others.

The other twelve are stars from other CBA teams, six of which are veterans of the national team. They also occupy a very important position in the upright national team. Although it is imperative to rejuvenate the team, the existence of veterans in the team is still necessary. Their rich competition experience and more than ten years of technical accumulation are incomparable to young players. In many critical moments, they can play the role of a stabilizing needle.

These old players have fought for the national team at the peak of their careers and have been glorious. After so many years of national team careers, they are the most peaceful group. Whether they can be selected for the last twelve players is not very important for them. If they lose the election and go home to hold their children, it is also a good choice. Of course, they will not simply squeeze these young men, after all, that is also a shameful thing.

The remaining six are at the peak of their sports careers, and have been selected for the national team in the past. For these people, whether they can be selected for the national team has a very important importance to their future sports careers.

Among these nineteen people, Chen Junhao is the most special one. With the reputation of China's first genius and is highly anticipated, the star player who is very optimistic and expectant, is a young player who has been straightforward and hardworking to find him back. Originally, there would be no problem with being selected for the national team with his past record and strength. However, whether he can maintain his original strength after the two-year gap period has become the focus of everyone's attention. If he cannot show his strength that matches it, doubts will soon become doubts, not only the team, the media, and the fans are staring at it. The overwhelming doubts will not only be pressure on integrity, but may be a devastating blow to Chen Junhao, whose confidence in making a comeback is in the most vulnerable period.
Chapter completed!