Chapter 24 ×Adding insult to injury×

I was depressed: my own affairs became like this, and the person we were called grandpa passed away at this time. Could it be that our master and apprentice suffered the blow of fate at the same time? ! In the next two days, media from all over the country, including the central media, rushed to Xi'an one after another. Among them were CCTV and Xinhua News Agency. They were not the sports reporters I often saw, but reporters from the news column.Don't know why they take my business more seriously than sports shows.I couldn't answer many questions they asked for a while, but I expressed my love for diving.to be honest, also

It was during the rounds of interviews with many media that I slowly figured out the idea and determined the goal: Diving is my career, and nothing else can affect diving! When I calm down, I think about the past.After the Sydney Olympic Games, I also participated in many commercial activities, but the stars at that time were Fu Mingxia and Xiong Ni, and not many people paid attention to what I did.Moreover, after each short activity, it brought vitality and new ideas to my monotonous and boring training life, and the training quality was particularly high.Before the Athens Olympic Games, I turned down a lot of commercial shootings, and I focused on preparing for the competition.During the post-Olympic holiday period, there were still so many activities, but because I became a celebrity and received more attention, each activity received special favor from the media.Possibly inadvertently, I crossed that "invisible" line: too much commercial activity.

I have always believed that participating in activities at a personal pace will not affect training and competitions. For example, swimming stars such as Thorpe and Phelps, as well as other well-known foreign players, arrange their training and life in this way, and it has not reduced and affect the quality of training.Although the countries we live in are different, the systems are different, and the national conditions are different, the principles of how to reasonably arrange training, competitions and social activities are the same!After practicing for so many years, only Zhang Lian and I have the right to speak about how I should practice, how far I have practiced, the summary of my successes and failures.Today, I have already passed the primary stage of hard training, but have upgraded to the advanced stage of skillful training.So I am no longer suitable for all-weather, high-intensity training. As long as the coach arranges, highlighting the focus and intensity of training can ensure my state. It is not like the athlete who everyone imagines that the only way out is hard training.However, even if I say it, everyone doesn't understand the rules of training and competition, and they don't necessarily understand.

At 10 o'clock in the evening on the 27th, another fatal blow came: Coach Tan's father and Zhang Lian's father-in-law died of liver cancer in Zigong, and it took only one month from the discovery of the disease to his death.Because of my affairs, Zhang Lian was already very sad. When the bad news came, Zhang Lian, who was not in a high mood, was like a frostbite.Zhang Lian's parents died early, and he has always regarded Coach Tan's parents as his relatives. After Zhang Lian bought a house in Beijing, he also brought the two old people to live with him. The relationship is very good.

Coach Tan returned to his hometown early on the 28th, and Zhang Lian stayed behind in Xi'an because of training.But he told me that he would go back to take care of the old man's funeral the next morning, and I had to master the training for these few days by myself. My mood is also very low, my own affairs have become like this, and the person we were called grandpa passed away at this time. Could it be that our master and apprentice suffer the blow of fate at the same time? !My first thought was to rush to Zigong in the afternoon with a few teammates after training on Saturday morning to see off my grandfather.I didn't tell Zhang Lian, because I was worried that he would disagree, and I didn't dare to call Coach Tan. She had stricter requirements on us than Zhang Lian. If we asked them directly for instructions, we couldn't go at all.However, Zhang Lian later told us that there is a saying in Sichuan that "the burial lasts no more than three days." Even if we rushed back on Saturday afternoon, we would not be able to catch up with Grandpa's funeral. He was cremated on Saturday morning.

... All of a sudden, I felt very emotional. Faced with almost the same questions from the media, my answers became routine, and I didn’t want to talk anymore.Director Li also meant the same thing, so I stopped accepting interviews and just immersed myself in training. When the reporters came, they were also asked to only watch and take photos, and not to talk to me.In this way, I remained silent until the 30th. Controversial trip to Shanghai leads to vote of confidence by Li Ju "Tian Liang went against the wind to commit a crime and quietly arrived in Shanghai to shoot an advertisement" - the media discussed a lot.

"Tian Liang is affectionate and righteous, and he is a man of credibility" - Director Li In October 2004, I signed a contract with a certain company, agreeing to go to Shanghai to shoot commercials at the end of January.But at this sensitive moment when I was adjusted back to the provincial team, do I still have to perform the contract?I'm conflicted and don't know what to do.So, I asked the leaders of the Provincial Swimming Center Reported to Director Li, wanting to give up the itinerary.I don’t know what kind of discussions they had, but Director Li finally informed me: “We are people who value credibility. Now that we have signed the contract, let’s go according to the original plan. Think of it as an adjustment and rest if you go on the weekend.”

So, I asked my teammates to help me book a ticket to Shanghai. Unexpectedly, the reporter soon learned of the news that I was going to travel. Maybe I asked the airport or the airline to find out my name, or I had related friends to help me. In those few days, there were always dedicated reporters waiting downstairs in the dormitory, in front of the cafeteria and in front of the diving hall, and there were also taxis chartered by them.In order to be able to travel smoothly without causing any misunderstanding, I had to ask my teammates to help me cover: I borrowed their clothes, and instead of taking the usual "drive" of Zhang Lian, I used other friends' cars.

On January 30, I arrived at Xianyang Airport around noon. I saw crowds of journalists at the gate, so I had to change my ticket again.All of a sudden, the media made a big fuss about my trip to Shanghai to "fight against the wind".Facing the pressure of public opinion and everyone's misunderstanding, I didn't say anything, and I didn't want to say anything. The leaders of our Provincial Sports Bureau will prove everything for me. Sure enough, Li Ju told the media: "Tian Liang's trip was approved after careful consideration and research by the Provincial Swimming Center and our Provincial Sports Bureau. If you make an appointment, you can’t count your words! We are people who talk about credibility, and Tian Liang should fulfill his promise to the company.”

"Tian Liang is an outstanding athlete, with love and righteousness. He has won more than 30 world championships for China and participated in three Olympic Games. After the Athens Olympics, he could have 'retired bravely', but he didn't. He hopes to be able to To contribute to the people of Sanqin, I also hope to achieve good results in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. We believe that Tian Liang can show his best results in the National Games. He has the strength and ability. His body His quality, mental quality and technical moves are all top-notch, and we have 100% confidence in him!"

I don't know how much pressure the female bureau chief, who is nearly 60 years old, has to withstand to cast a "vote of confidence" for me at this critical moment.Some people may think that she is "protecting the calf", but at this time, I feel warm and warm when I get the trust and support of the leader: I can only train seriously and take practical actions to repay the trust and expectation of the leader. I started to train hard again, and participated in the National Games preliminaries in April, and set off for the injured Qin Kai, saving the team a "wild card" for the National Games.This is what I should do.