Chapter 2 Tian Ding

I went to the Northeast alone, and started more than fifty days of exploration.How to enter the core of Fengyuan without knowing anyone?How did the Ma Jiajun call out back then?Ma Junren drove to buy coal himself.Qu Yunxia stayed at the base because her parents were also doing chores at the base.Things here are both official and private.Writers live on base. Yes, who hit Ma Jiajun hard? After the first day of the Lunar New Year and the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, I had the idea of ​​going to the Northeast.Thinking back to 1993 when the Chinese track and field Ma Jiajun was booming, although I was excited and happy, it didn't arouse my enthusiasm for in-depth research.At that time, I was rushing to produce the TV documentary series "Inland 93", and I saw in the newspaper that a group of Northeast female generals led by Ma Junren ran very tenaciously and excellently, defeated many strong players in Europe and the United States, and shocked the international sports world; soon It also broke the world record at the Seventh National Games in Beijing, attracting the attention of the world.The two standouts, one named Wang Junxia and the other named Qu Yunxia, ​​were both peasant girls in my impression.There is an authoritative saying that people of the yellow race are inferior to Europeans and Americans in track and field events, because the quality of the race is poor, and it is difficult for a donkey to outrun a horse.Now that the world has been turned around and the world is changed, I feel proud.Ma Junren gave a long report on TV. I happened to see his glorious image, with a long face like a knife, like a man. In my impression, I can speak well. Despite the overall situation, the report was still very successful.I also admire this scumbag coach in my heart.Later, he was often seen on TV advertising for nutritional solutions, always saying in a hoarse voice: "We often drink Chinese soft-shelled turtle essence!" Viewers from all over the world were more or less criticized, saying why does this person drink this so often?After a while of prosperity, the victory of the Ma family army can be called brilliant, but nowadays Chinese people no longer place too much emphasis on the victory in the sports world. People may not be so excited to parade in the streets if they win, and they will not easily smash their cars when they lose. make trouble.Winning or losing in the sports arena is a reasonable existence in the whole social life, just like a homicide case suddenly happened in an alley, at that time, one would be surprised at the time, and after a while, the case would be solved. , the murderer should pay for his life and not kill is not enough for the civilians to be angry, so he was killed logically.People stopped paying attention to him, and turned their attention to the vortex of rising prices, housing, job titles, dating, and school exams. They dare not ignore the things that should be paid attention to.

Suddenly one day, "Beijing Youth Daily" and "Southern Weekend" and other newspapers successively disclosed "explosive news"-Ma's army collapsed, and Wang Junxia led all the sisters to "mutiny" Dalian!Coach Ma Junren nearly died in another car accident!The former invincible sentry suddenly collapsed internally and wiped out the entire army!The headlines in the newspaper are very eye-catching - "Farewell to Ma Jiajun", "Ma Jiajun is in distress, Ma Junren is in danger", the beginning of the article reads: "After Liu Dong left Ma Jiajun more than a year ago, on December 11, 1994, Ma Jiajun's death 10 old team members and 9 people left the Majiajun base camp collectively. They are: Wang Junxia, ​​Zhang Linli, Zhang Lirong, Liu Li, Wang Yuan, Lu Yi, Lu Ou, Wang Xiaoxia and Ma Ningning. Among the old team members, there is only one left, Qu Yunxia, ​​who did not leave , but also participated in the negotiations with Ma Junren on the night of the incident.”

Just now we were still discussing what and how to learn from Ma Jiajun, but in a blink of an eye this powerful team has become a painful lesson, which makes people hard to guard against.During the Seoul Olympics, the 100-meter king Johnson set a new record of 9.79 seconds. He was in full swing, and all mankind was cheering. Suddenly, the record was invalidated and the gold medal was taken back to Lewis, who fell from the sky to the abyss; In a blink of an eye, the role model is reduced to a prisoner.At the end of 1994, when I heard the news of the Ma’s army’s defeat, Johnson and Yu Zuomin were the first people to cross my mind.These days, people in the world are arguing about Ma Jiajun, and there are thousands of opinions, just like the murderer who committed the homicide case in the alley was clearly killed during the Spring Festival, but why did the murderer come back from the entrance of the alley with a smile on the Qingming Festival?In any case, this shock was deeper than the shock when he heard that he had killed someone in front of him.

After the fifth day of junior high school, I said that I would go to the Northeast, but I always felt that I was not prepared enough for the interview at this time. I usually had relatively little accumulation of Ma Jiajun in my mind, and I didn’t have much information at hand.Instead, I thought that the lack of information at hand also has an advantage, that is, it is less influenced by others, so as to avoid preconceived ideas and the theme first, and the interview is easy to go astray.In the future, how to look at this period of sports history that is astonishing in the past and the present, and what kind of book to write for readers, it is best to let life itself answer, or the first-hand information that you have explored is the most reliable.I want to simply go to the Northeast first, and only after getting into the water can I touch the fish.I heard that Ma Junren has been troubled recently and rarely sees guests. I also heard that he is still in the hospital to recover from his injuries. It is still unknown whether he can receive writers and cooperate with interviews. Maybe the interview in the Northeast is not successful. Let’s see if old friends come back after nothing. It's over.

On the last day of February 1995, which was the last day of the first month of the lunar calendar, I arrived at Taiyuan New Airport early in the morning, boarded an old domestic "Yunqi" passenger plane, and flew towards Bohai Bay.On the way, they landed and stopped in the cold Tianjin. The passengers got off the plane and waited for an hour before boarding and flying again.Soon, I finally saw the long-lost dark blue sea from the window.Is Ma Junren at the Dalian base?Or is he still in Shenyang for treatment?How would he treat my interview? I didn't expect that from this cold and windy day in early spring, my life of exploring secrets in the Liaodong Peninsula would continue until the early summer when thousands of trees were verdant.Dalian, Anshan, Shenyang, Liaoyang, I ran for more than 50 days.The matter of Ma Jiajun is like a huge quagmire. Either you hide far away to avoid getting involved, or if you want to get involved, it will be difficult to climb out easily.

When I arrived in Dalian that day, it was already time to hold the lanterns.I settled for a rather shabby little hotel at random—people in our profession can always go up and down.I'm not in a hurry to enter Ma's army base, I want to do some peripheral investigation first. I have been to this place in Dalian twice before, both on summer trips along the coast.It is early spring, and the pedestrians on the street are wearing bulky winter clothes.There are few tourists in the upper reaches of Stalin Square, and the statues of Soviet Red Army soldiers with guns stand against the wind, and the winter snow still remains on their shawls.Flocks of pigeons are looking for food at the feet of the statue, as if no one else is there, and the surrounding air is full of European flavor.This scene made me think again that half a century has passed since the real war. In peacetime, human beings are only allowed to reproduce the howls and victories of various nations in the sports arena.

The small restaurant in front of the Dalian Sports Commission actually has haggis soup, but unfortunately the taste is mediocre. Compared with the haggis soup on the ground in Shanxi and Inner Mongolia, it is much less fishy and spicy, which is not authentic enough.So I changed my daily breakfast to milk, bread and butter, which is something nomadic cooks from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Mongolia can't do. I consciously wanted to assimilate me with the atmosphere and characteristics of the coastal city, and gradually forget the rich vinegar fragrance of Shanxi and the billowing wind and dust of the loess land, so as to better conduct in-depth interviews.I don't want to jump into Ma Junren's world too quickly.

The early experience of the periphery was carried out among Dalian sports workers one after another, and they all knew Ma Junren very well.In my experience, people who are considered fabulous to the outside world tend to be considered normal among the local population.If you want to understand the ins and outs of a person, you'd better embrace the land where he lives first.You get together among many insiders of all kinds and cross-understand the situation. Everyone will explain it from a unique perspective, and gradually you can grasp the real things with essence. I first met Mr. Gai Zengsheng, Director of Dalian Sports Commission.After all, Mr. Gai is an official, we are not familiar with each other, so the conversation is quite standard.When it comes to the topic of Ma Jiajun, he is very cautious:

Lao Ma is a member of the Provincial Sports Commission, and the team is also a professional team in the province. Whatever you say, it will affect the relationship between the province and the city. I personally don't have much dealings with Lao Ma, but I know he is indeed very capable.I heard that he was in a car accident. We once sent a comrade to visit him, but I didn't see him.He was first rescued in Wafangdian, and later transferred to Shenyang for treatment.Have you been back to the Dalian base these days?Can't figure it out.We felt very sudden when the players left him.Reporters outside are making a lot of noise, revealing the inside story, but actually they don't know much about the situation.Last year, Lao Ma bought a house in the development zone and set up a base to settle down. Our Municipal Sports Commission did not directly participate.It's hard to say anything!To say that the three main players, Wang Junxia, ​​Qu Yunxia, ​​and Liu Dong, were all selected from Dalian.

I understand Director Gai's prudent words very much and even agree with him.Now that something has happened to Ma Jiajun, the spies in the press are doing their best. If the local sports officials make irresponsible remarks, the truth of the matter itself will be covered up instead.It is even less advisable to add insult to injury. The Chinese people are very stubborn in this aspect, which will be extremely unfavorable for me to write this book, and all kinds of biases will damage the truth of life. After that, I solemnly visited Mr. Tan Bing, the principal of Dalian Sports School, and he was very decent.Wang Junxia was trained in this school for three full years.In the sports school, I also made friends with Wang Shizhong, the basic coach who coached Wang Junxia and a graduate of the Beijing Institute of Physical Education.I also went to live in Qianyan Village, Wang Junxia's hometown in Ganjingzi District, Dalian for two days. Wang Junxia's father, Wang Youfu, is very personable.I live directly in his home.When Wang Junxia was in No. 68 Middle School, her physical education teacher was named Pang Houdong. He was her first coach and lived in Houguan Village. Naturally, it was necessary to visit her.Then I turned to Jinzhou District Sports School. Both Qu Yunxia and Liu Dong were trained by an old coach named Qiu Lidou.Jinzhou District is actually Jin County, which is now considered a district of Dalian City.Tan Bing, Wang Shizhong, Wang Youfu, Pang Houdong, and Qiu Lidou are all people who have dealt with athletics or Ma Junren for many years.Without exception, they were all good at drinking, drunk a little without talking nonsense, knew a lot about Ma Junren, and they often talked endlessly.What's valuable is that they can all evaluate fairly, and rarely make partial generalizations, let alone make false statements.Although I clearly felt that Ma Junren didn't get along well with them in the past, and Ma Junren was leaving Maicheng these days, and various social discussions were very unfavorable to Lao Ma, but they were able to repeatedly emphasize the four words "seek truth from facts".In the next few chapters I will report to the reader step by step the shocking circumstances of what they and what they have to say.

In a hurry, a week passed.I gradually felt that it was almost time to visit Ma Junren in the development zone.I heard that Ma Junren doesn't want to receive strangers who are doing publicity tricks easily, which plan should I choose to enter?It is very important to find an introducer to introduce you.A few days ago, when the horse team members had a "breakup" with him, all the female disciples packed up their bags and left the horse, except for the old team member and captain Qu Yunxia who stayed where she was.Why only leave Qu Yunxia?At that time, I thought that Qu Yunxia had a deeper affection for Ma Junren's teachers and students, and the relevant reports also said so, so I thought that it might be better to follow Qu's old coach, Mr. Qiu Lidou, into Ma's territory?At worst, it won't be rejected.Mr. Qiu Lidou, who is over half a century old, is also very enthusiastic. He said that he has done some things for Qu Yunxia's parents these days, and he has some ideas. He just wanted to talk to Qu Yunxia. It is convenient to accompany me to the base. In the morning, it was very foggy.Director Qiu and I started from Jinzhou Sports School and drove slowly towards Dalian Development Zone.The distance between the two places is more than ten kilometers, but because of the heavy fog, it took more than half an hour to walk.The visibility ahead was very low, and I couldn't tell the north, the south, and the east in the haze. I felt that everything was completely unknown. I think Ma Junren is definitely not a difficult person to approach.A long-term sports coaching career is enough to train a person to be able to speak and act and to deal with all kinds of strangers.I haven't seen any excellent sports coaches who are very introverted or profound. Resoluteness, decisiveness, openness, and good communication should be their common characteristics.Because competitive sports itself is originally a product of Western culture, which is far from the psychology of Easterners.It is often said that Chinese businessmen often have unclear attitudes when negotiating with foreigners, making it difficult to understand what medicine is in the Chinese businessman's gourd, and finally miss the opportunity.If a sports coach is used to negotiate, the situation will be greatly improved. This coach will think that this negotiation is a good opportunity to persuade foreigners. The opportunity should not be missed, and we must understand it with reason and emotion, and analyze the pros and cons , eloquent, determined to win.This is the difference in occupation, and behind the occupation is the basic form of cultural background-in view of this, I think that there should be no major surprises when dealing with old horses. When the fog was about to clear, Director Qiu and I came to the famous Majiajun Track and Field Training Center. This is a medium-sized three-story building. The paint has painted the building in light green. At first glance, it looks like a residence for water sports or swimming.The building faces south from the north, facing a wide road, and there are cars roaring past at high speed from morning till night.Five meters in front of the building is a new-style barbed wire fence, which is painted white and surrounds a building.There is no one in front of the building and no cars behind, showing a bit of silence, and it looks like a villa that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It seems that this is the center of the wind source of the "Majiajun storm" and the subsequent "mutiny storm". Qiu guides to hit the door.The door is steel pipe barbed wire structure. Someone answered from the balcony on the second floor: Teacher Qiu is here!Looking at Xun Sheng, it was a familiar woman, wearing a jacket and casual clothes, showing half of her body from the balcony to greet the people below.After a while, she came out to open the door. Director Qiu introduced me as a writer who had written about Chinese sports, and then pointed to her and said to me proudly: This is Qu Yunxia! Qu Yunxia gave me a shallow smile: Director Ma is not here for a while, but he will come in the morning. Seeing Qu Yunxia reminded me of a report in the "Beijing Youth Daily". There was a subtitle: "Qu Yunxia fed the meal, Ma Junren burst into tears", which said that after more than half a month of the mutiny of Ma Jiajun's team, misfortunes never come singly , Ma Junren overturned on the Shenyang-Dalian Expressway, physically and mentally damaged.According to the report: "...At 10 o'clock at night on December 29, 1994, Ma Junren and his wife Zhao Suqing finished the funeral for their father in Liaoyang on the Xiaolu Bridge near the entrance of Wafangdian City, 296 kilometers away from Shenyang on the Shenyang-Dalian Expressway. Afterwards, Ma Junren left Anshan in a Sea Lion van and returned to the Majiajun Track and Field Training Base in Jinzhou, Dalian. Due to the cold weather, a thin layer of frost formed on the surface of the bridge, and the road was very slippery. Suddenly, Ma Junren was ejected from the car on the spot, and the couple suffered multiple head and torso injuries... On the evening of January 1, 1995, when the reporter visited Ma Junren and his wife at the Provincial People's Hospital, they happened to meet Qu Yunxia feeding Ma Junren. When Ma Junren couldn't eat any more, Qu Yunxia said a few words, which moved all the people present: Director Ma, you must eat more, Ma Jiajun is in a difficult time now, you must I can’t fall down. When I heard the news of your car accident with several team members, we all cried. This meal was fed to you by me on behalf of our sisters. You must eat it! Qu Yunxia The veteran who has followed Ma Junren for eight full years said with sobs. "Ma Junren, a world-renowned tough guy, couldn't control his emotions at this moment. He held Qu Yunxia's hands tightly, and said with tears streaming down his face: Qu Yunxia, ​​in the past few years, whenever I was sick, you You have made porridge for me, and this time you came to Shenyang from Dalian to cook porridge for me on behalf of the team members, which shows your true feelings. Among my team members, you are the oldest and have contributed the most. You represent the team members Feed me this mouthful of rice, I have to eat whatever I say! Immediately afterwards, Qu Yunxia fed Ma Junren two mouthfuls of food on behalf of her father and mother. Seeing this scene, Zhao Suqing, Ma Junren's two sons, and two nieces were also moved to tears. Zhao Suqing wiped away tears While saying to Ma Junren: Ma, you have been tired for so many years, and you have such a good student, no matter how tired you are, it is worth it..." This report gave people the impression that the reason why Qu Yunxia did not leave with the "rebels" was because she valued the deep relationship with her teacher more.But I was thinking that deep feelings must be an important reason. After Ma Junren was injured in a car accident, Qu Yunxia’s tears were even more sincere, but other team members have also been with Lao Ma for many years. Can you say that the feelings are not deep or deep?Before the incident, Qu Yunxia and Wang Junxia lived in the same room. She would not have known that the sisters were leaving, but she did not report it. She also participated in the negotiation with Ma Junren, but in the end she did not leave the building with Wang Junxia and the others.Maybe there are other reasons why Qu didn't leave? Qu Yunxia's parents still live in the base.At this time, she beckoned us into the building, and Director Qiu went to talk to her parents, seemingly in a hurry. I sat down on the sofa in Ma Junren's office.The fierce quarrel on the night of the incident, the breakup between teachers and students, took place in this room.At that time, the desk must have been full of solemn and serious girls who had grown up.I stared at the only decorative painting on the wall, which was presented to Ma Junren by former veteran team members Li Ying and Li Jianping when they retired, and wrote five red letters "My teacher will never forget".Now it seems rather bleak.I chatted with Qu Yunxia casually for a while, only asked about her old injuries, and didn't touch any sensitive topics.I feel that we are still very unfamiliar with each other, and it is not appropriate to talk in depth at the beginning of contact.Qu Yunxia is gentle, honest and shy, completely unable to see the world champion's all-powerful appearance.Most of China's top athletes look like this off the court, they can't get the smoothness of young people in society, and they are more restrained when they see strangers.What's more, she is in the center of the vortex right now, so she is especially cautious when speaking. Mr. Qiu Lidou, who is over half a century old, has a fat body but a strong body, a dark red face with few wrinkles, small eyes that are as small as slits but bright colors, and a hoarse voice that is not lacking in strength. In the 1950s, he worked as a middle and long-distance runner, and he was also a hero in Liaoning.For a while now, he has already discussed with the two elders of the Qu family next door, and he seems to say goodbye to me when he comes out.I asked him, should we wait for the old horse to see him?He waved his hand: I'll take a step first, and we'll get in touch later.Want to say something, but stop talking. He no longer waits with me, but I understand him very well, he has his own reasons for taking the first step.From more than ten days of external interviews, I have already felt that although Ma Junren's colleagues did not directly talk about the old horse, their relationship with Ma was a bit awkward, at least not so harmonious and normal.Mr. Qiu Lidou is much older and qualified than Ma Junren in Liaoning track and field. He has brought out Qu Yunxia and Liu Dong, which is very extraordinary.In the wind and rain, in the scorching sun and in the harsh winter, decades are like a day. I wondered, did Ma Junren inadvertently hurt these hard-working people like scalpers after he succeeded?And after these people handed over the thriving and good seedlings to Ma Junren, they didn't get anything more.Those groups of strong men also have a fragile side in their hearts. If Ma Junren really despises or even forgets this group of people, this group of people will undoubtedly hate him.The relationship between people in Chinese society is both profound and simple.People are the sum of social relations. Qiu Lidou left by car.I sat alone in the office and waited silently. When will Ma Junren come? The wind source center is extraordinarily peaceful, and nothing happened in the current base building.I just felt that long after the hand-to-hand combat where the horse neighed and the bayonets were red had ceased, there was still boundless grief on the battlefield.At this time, I suddenly thought of a question: Why did you call it "Ma Jiajun"?And what is so great about Ma Jiajun? To say that Ma Jiajun's miraculous and brilliant record has shaken the world sports world is by no means an exaggerated talk.As early as the fall of 1991, the team began to show its overall strength.This year, Liu Li and Qu Yunxia won the 800m, 1500m, and 5000m championships at the Second City Games, and Zhang Linli and Gu Dongmei both entered the rankings.That year, Qu Yunxia also won the third place in the 1500m at the 16th World University Games, and won two gold medals in the 800m and 1500m at the 9th Asian Athletics Championships.In the national road cross-country championship relay race, Ma Junren led eight female athletes, including Qu Yunxia, ​​Li Ying, Zhang Linli, Liu Li, Zhang Lirong, Feng Wenhui, Gu Dongmei and Chang Junxiu, to win the championship.Wang Junxia hadn't competed yet.The girls also participated in the National Athletics Championships. Liu Li and Liu Dong won the 800-meter champion and runner-up, and Gu Dongmei won the 1500-meter runner-up.What is more outstanding is the 4×800m relay. Liu Li, Qu Yunxia, ​​Liu Dong, and Chen Yumei jointly broke the national record and won the championship.This is the first time that Ma Junren's players have broken the national record since he became the coach.In the same year, at the National Youth Women's Athletics Championships, Qu Yunxia and Li Ying won the 1,500-meter championship and runner-up, Zhang Li won the 3,000-meter runner-up, and Li Ying won the 10,000-meter runner-up.You see, 1991 was very good. Ma Junren's team won more than a dozen gold, silver and bronze medals at home and abroad.Qu Yunxia and Ma Junren have entered the list of the top ten athletics of the year selected by the National Sports Commission and have been commended. Qu Yunxia competes in the women's 1500m race at the 25th Olympic Games In 1992, Wang Junxia joined the team and the situation got better.In the beginning of spring, Ma Jiajun participated in the China-Japan Friendship Great Wall Cup Road Relay Race in Beijing, and won the championship among 39 teams from China and Japan; Ma Ningning and other Anshan Sports School members represented the national middle school student team in the World Middle School Cross-Country Race and won the group first prize. One, individual first and fourth. In the National Youth Women's Athletics Championships in May, Liu Dong wore gold and Lu Yi hanged silver in the 800 meters; Liu Dong and Li Ying won the championship and runner-up in the 1500 meters; Feng Wenhui took second and third.A few days later, Qu Yunxia won the 1,500-meter and 3,000-meter champions at the National Track and Field Championships, and Liu Li won the 1,500-meter runner-up. In September, Ma Jiajun went to the World Youth Athletics Championships. Lu Yi, Liu Dong, Zhang Linli, and Wang Junxia were divided into 800 meters, 1,500 meters, 3,000 meters, and 10,000 meters. None of the four goldfish slipped through the net, and Wang Junxia emerged.In addition, Chen Yumei, Li Ying and Zhang Lirong also won the second place in the 800 meters, the third place in the 1500 meters and the 3000 meters. This time Ma Junren led seven players to win four golds, two silvers and two bronzes.Afterwards, they turned around and returned to their hometown like the wind to participate in the National Athletics Championships. Wang Junxia won two gold medals in the 3000m and 10000m. Liu Dong, Li Jianping, Wang Yuan and Lu Yi once again boarded the 4×800m relay championship podium.In this year, Qu Yunxia and Liu Li won the third and fifth place in the 1,500 meters at the 25th Olympic Games in Barcelona and both broke the Asian record, marking the beginning of Chinese women's middle-distance running to enter the world's advanced level.The characteristic of Ma Jiajun in 1992 was that he was no longer satisfied with continuing to maintain his advantage in domestic competitions, but turned his "horse head" more to the world field, and finally ushered in a comprehensive victory in 1993. That is to say, at this juncture, there must be more reports about this powerful team. What is the name of this team?Head scratching.Readers will ask: Who was the first person to call this team "Majiajun"?According to the Chinese personnel system, Ma Junren was originally a teaching cadre of the Liaoning Sports Technical College under the Liaoning Provincial Sports Commission.This college is equivalent to the sports brigade of each province, and there are provincial professional athletes in many sports from ball games to track and field swimming. Usually, it is mainly special training, and participates in competitions at all levels every year, and occasionally participates in cultural courses in the school. The reason why it is not called a sports team but called an academy is that Chinese athletes generally face difficulties in their future after retirement. If they can obtain a diploma from a technical secondary school or a junior college when they are assigned, it can also solve the problem of the athletes’ families’ interference with their children to a certain extent. Anxiety issues in sports.Without giving preferential treatment and convenience in this way, who would send their own children to do sports?This is a serious crisis that the Chinese sports world has been facing for a long time. In the past, I have done a lot of analysis in the two works "Dream of a Strong Country" and "The Defeat of Seoul" that reflect the problems of Chinese sports, so I will put it aside here.The specific department that Ma Junren belongs to is still called the track and field team in the academy.The captain at that time was called Sun Yusen.The track and field team should be a department at the department level or at the deputy department level.Ma Junren coached a women's middle-distance running team with a dozen or so members in the track and field team. Insiders used to call it the Ma Junren group or the horse guide group.If it must be reported in a standardized manner, this team should be called "Liaoning Sports Technical College Track and Field Team Women's Middle-distance Running Team", as many as 20 characters.Both reporters and the public felt awkward calling. After 1992, it was obvious that this team was about to take the lead. All kinds of reports must be fast and convenient, and the problem of names became more serious. The reporter who was the first to report on this team on a large scale across the country was Deng Xuezheng, who worked for "China Sports Daily".Deng Xuezheng worked as a reporter in the sports department of the newspaper.The job of this department is to report on the training and competition of professional sports teams at the national and provincial levels.The Ministry divides thirty or forty sports among the people, some specialize in volleyball, and some specialize in weightlifting.At that time, track and field was a weak field at home and abroad, and the influence was not too great. There were not many reporters in charge, only one or two.After Deng Xuezheng graduated from university and came to the newspaper office, he was assigned to this stall, known as Xiao Deng.This little Deng has the stubbornness of a Sichuanese, and he works very hard.The situation of Ma Junren's team in Liaoning is developing rapidly, so it is naturally a news treasure that Deng Xuezheng pays more attention to. From time to time, he will go to Shenyang or go to the plateau training base for in-depth research, and gradually become familiar with Ma Junren, Sun Yusen and the team members stand up. Before 1992, I didn't check what name Xiao Deng used for Ma Junren's group in his manuscripts. Anyway, he would definitely find it awkward and not loud. In the early spring of 1993, the women's marathon, the official event of the Seventh National Games, was held in Tianjin in advance, and the rest of the events could not be officially launched until autumn.No one expected that Ma Junren's team members took the lead in Tianjin and won the women's marathon in one fell swoop. Among the top six players, except for the fifth place, all of them were Ma Junren's team members.Wang Junxia wears gold, Qu Yunxia wears silver, Zhang Linli wins bronze, Zhang Lirong wins fourth, and Lu Ou wins sixth.Everyone on the podium has become Ma Junren's female disciple.Reporter Deng Xuezheng was naturally very excited, feeling that it is a pity that a team does not have a famous name, just like a good singer who has been holding back for many days wants to sing a famous song but the microphone is too disappointing. In a moment of inspiration, the name "Ma Jiajun" with Chinese traditional characteristics was born from Deng Xuezheng's pen.It was after the report of this event that Ma Jiajun's prestige spread all over the country, inside and outside the Great Wall, from the sports world to society, and from China to the world.Since this competition was held in Tianjin, there were many media reports in Tianjin, and the term may have been exposed in the chaos, so later the Tianjin newspapers first used the term Ma Jiajun.After research and verification by the author, it seems that Deng Xuezheng's first record is still more reasonable and more in line with the logic of things themselves.There is even a saying that Deng Xuezheng used this term as early as the previous year, that is, in the report of the 1992 National Women's Track and Field Championships. That is to say, in 1993, when Ma Jiajun won the great victory in Tianjin, the women's middle-distance running in the domestic and foreign track and field circles was only "followed by the horse's head". As for when I report to readers today, I feel very cumbersome and cumbersome.However, in order to leave it to the history of human sports, it has to be written. A brief summary is as follows: At the welcome party in Beijing after returning from Stuttgart In 1993, under Ma Junren, Wang Junxia, ​​Qu Yunxia, ​​Zhang Linli, Liu Li, Liu Dong, Zhang Lirong, Lu Ou, Lu Yi, Wang Yuan, and Ma Ningning, a group of female generals, competed in the 800 meters, 1,500 meters, 3,000 meters, 10,000 meters and almost all marathon races. In the official competition of the women's middle and long-distance running event - 2 people broke three national youth records 5 times; 6 people created the best result in the marathon in China, and Wang Junxia set the best result in Asia; 9 people set 4 national records 23 times ; 5 people set six Asian records 16 times; Wang Yuan rewrote the 1500-meter world youth record twice; in particular, 5 people broke three world records 13 times, which attracted much attention.From the national record to the Asian record to the world record, Ma Jiajun rewrote it 66 times in just one year!Enough people who engage in sports text files have been busy for a while.Moreover, the records they have rewritten, especially the world records, have broken through the predictions of some international experts for the world records in 2000 and the beginning of the next century. On September 8, 1993, Wang Junxia suddenly shortened the 10,000-meter world record that had been silent for seven years in Beijing by 41.96 seconds, causing many people in the field to suspect that there was something wrong with the stopwatch in their hands.Before people wake up, Qu Yunxia and Wang Junxia made another amazing move, both broke the 1,500-meter world record that had been maintained for 13 years; there was also a 3,000-meter world record that had been maintained for 9 years, but was actually held by Wang Junxia of Ma Jiajun. Waiting for 5 people to break the world record at the same time in the preliminaries, in the final, the 5 women will break the world record together again.Previously in August, this group of oriental witches won the 10,000-meter and 1,500-meter laurels and the 3,000-meter gold, silver and bronze medals at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.People will always remember the magnificent scene of three five-star red flags fluttering in the international arena at the same time; in this competition, Wang Junxia, ​​Qu Yunxia and Liu Dong each won a high-end Mercedes-Benz car.The fact that the Chinese drove away the Mercedes-Benz at the World Championships was beyond the expectations of the German hosts, and public opinion was in an uproar. In October, Ma Jiajun appeared in the 5th World Cup Marathon in Spain and took away all the medals from the first to the fourth place!The three five-star red flags were raised simultaneously again, and the "March of the Volunteers" resounded through the sky. The Associated Press said: "This is a shocking miracle in the history of track and field!" Agence France-Presse said: "The emergence of a new generation of dynasty has shocked the whole world!" The British "Daily Telegraph" reporter followed up and interviewed Ma Junren at the Yunnan training base and wrote: "Ma Junren's hard work and price have won amazing success, which may be the greatest revolution in sports history", "Coach Ma Junren has become a national hero in China to some extent." The response from the Japanese government and the public was even stronger, and they did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to send a TV special group to China to explore the secrets of the Ma family army. The five-star red flag has been flying repeatedly in international track and field competitions. All kinds of superstitions in the past are suddenly broken and shattered, and new myths are created.The Chinese people are very happy from the bottom of their hearts!There is another characteristic of the masses watching sports games, that is, regardless of the results, they like to watch the rankings.The TV ratings of the Seventh National Games were very high. What really opened the eyes of the national audience was that the top 5 in the 800-meter race were all Ma Jiajun members, and 7 of the top 8 in the 1500-meter race were members of the Ma family army. The rice is also contracted by the top 5 Ma Jiajun, Ma Jiajun occupies 4 of the top 5 in the 10,000-meter race, and Ma Jiajun occupies 5 of the top 6 in the marathon. Are you not convinced?What's more, the results of the 800 meters and the marathon have set new national records, and the other three have set new world records.It is clearly invincible. The following year, Wang Junxia, ​​the main general of Ma's army, won the highest honor in the world of sports: the Owens Cup International Award.This award is also a further affirmation of the Chinese Ma Jiajun. Ma Jiajun's international and domestic status was thus established. In the spring of 1995, the author Zhao Yu went to Dalian for an interview. Zhao Yu, Ma Junren, and Qu Yunxia took a group photo in front of the Majiajun Training Center building, and behind him was the prized Mercedes-Benz car (from left: Zhao Yu, Ma Junren, Qu Yunxia). Life is very specific, no matter how famous or accomplished a person is, he is also very specific.This morning at the base, the work that the famous Ma Junren will complete is: driving a small tool truck to the coal station to buy coal for the base.I asked him: Can't we sign a contract with the coal station and let them deliver coal regularly?Ma said, it is possible, but it will cost more money, and I would like to pick more charcoal.I asked again: Does the base use coal for cooking?Ma said that two large-capacity gas tanks are used for cooking, and the coal is used to boil bath water.I asked again: Are you discharged from the hospital?He said: The discharge procedures have not been completed, and he is still living in the hospital.But I couldn't stay in the Shenyang Hospital, and ran back after the wound lived for a while.Qu Yunxia resumed training with a few small players, and has not showered for two days now.If I don't come back, how can they do so many things? Such a big base, no staff?To buy coal and pick charcoal, does the old horse have to do it himself? Ma Junren was born on October 28, 1944. He is 51 years old this year, ten years older than me.But he doesn't look like someone in his 50s, six or seven years younger than his actual age.穿深蓝色休闲西装西裤，外披一件黑貂皮领的真皮猎装，脚上是古铜色的高档鳄鱼皮鞋。一顶黑呢礼帽压得很低，挡住了眉宇间那道新落上的疤痕。这一身打扮成龙配套，看不出一丁点儿山林的土气。礼帽加上一黄一白两枚粗大的金戒指，使得他更像一个商界老板，似乎与体育不太搭界。而以往在电视或宣传图片上见他，都是穿着运动服，手里握着秒表，扬着脖子在喊什么。 前头说过马俊仁肯定不难接触。曲云霞介绍我时只说了一句：和邱老师一起来的。我也只是简单地自我介绍了一下，姓甚名谁，职业写作，想来马家军搞点儿调研，恐怕还须在这里住几天，给你们添麻烦了。长期以来我习惯于这种直率的方式，并不需要什么头衔什么人物的介绍。有些作家同行在初见时希望生人对自己包括自己的作品有所了解，以便于打交道开展工作，有些作家则愿意以新交朋友为开端，我则认为对方不了解咱才更好，相处起来会更真切更单纯些，慢慢再了解不迟。咱们是写作者又不是官员，是来深入生活又不是来猎奇。即便吃了闭门羹受了冷落，也没关系。生活是个什么样，就应该按照啥样子接受下来。 马俊仁只是问了一句，老邱先走啦？就当下表示欢迎，说过去跟作家打交道少，咱这里条件差，吃住凑合点儿吧。有些写家也真怪了，他说，压根儿没跟我打过什么交道，话都没说过几句，嗬，我都不知道咋回事儿，一转眼就把马家军整成了那么老厚的书，我也没看，不知道里边写了点啥。 我说，马家军做出了成绩，大家积极宣传也都是好意。老马说，那总得和我真的打过交道，搞点调查研究吧，毛主席说没有调查就没有发言权嘛，对不？咱们过去不熟，我叫你啥，叫老赵吧，我赞同你这种认真研究的工作态度，欢迎。现在报上乱哄哄说啥的都有，有的小报把我整得一塌糊涂，一钱不值。你都看见了吧？唉，过去把我吹到天上，我啥都好，好得天天开鲜花，也是他们写的；现在出了点事儿，说坏也是他们，把我踩到地底下，鲜花成了狗屎堆，正说反说都是他们，胡抡哪！我长一万张嘴也说不清，听说现在上边又不让叫马家军这个名字了，说是封建，是旧社会的东西，我就不明白，马家军是我叫出来的啊？过去说好好好的时候不是也叫马家军吗？反正我打了世界冠军算是有了罪了，成天闲着没事干的人倒活得比咱强。我整不清楚这些人都是咋想的，就说这茶缸子，让它变，就变成屎盆子了，我仔细看了看，噢，还是这个茶缸子！我读书少，世上有好多道理我讲不明白，整得我后脑瓜子生疼。 老马说话很随意，按照自己的个性照直往外抛就是了，毫不设防，一上来就滔滔不绝。他东北口音极浓，语言生动，很民间化，语速快，信息量大，随时随处可以抓住实物举例子，感染力是很强的。 1995年春，赵瑜（右）与马俊仁在大连合影。 据长期在他身边工作的助理人员和运动员们讲，马俊仁的大部分精力都消耗在讲话上。为了让你接受他的一个观点，他可以口若悬河，一口气说上两三个小时而很少重复，直到把你听得疲倦不堪，表示同意他的观点确有道理为止。如果是给运动员开会，这些女孩子都不大乐意坐在他的对面，因为他说着说着就激动起来，唾沫星子足以喷射1米多远，只见老马两个嘴角已是白沫横生，也不擦擦，听的人早已口干舌燥而他竟一口水也不需要喝。他没有时时端起杯子喝水的习惯。到后来，听者已是迷迷糊糊半睡半醒，老马仍旧喋喋不休激动不已。老马在训话时常常见什么说什么，看见谁就说谁，一个长会开下来，一屋子的人优点缺点大部分都要数落个遍。 久而久之，训话也不是太起作用，用队员的话讲就是“麻木了”——这个现象是怎样造成的呢？一个最主要的原因就是老马强调队伍的封闭性，队员们除了训练要在一起，吃饭、行动也要在一起，实在没事儿干也不准擅自外出。平日里训练完了吃完饭了，也必须聚集在老马的小屋子里，床沿边、角落里、小板凳上，横七竖八人挤人。听他讲话，谁也不用去想世上还有别的杂事，人间还有别的活法，队员之间也不要想三人一群五人一伙闹小堆儿——天天如此，直到睡觉时各钻各的被窝。次日如昨，一切照旧，老马的说话能力当然也日渐提高。 而谈话的内容却不甚广泛更不具备什么时髦观念，绝大部分话题都是围绕老马自己所走过的贫困而又艰难的道路展开。从青少年时期的经历到最早一批小队员的教学到当前的训练，无形中对历次比赛的成与败亦会做出许多深入细致的总结。如此投入如此痴迷的做法，一般的教练员是根本不可能做到的，其效果也是利弊互见。从短期讲，有极大好处，中长跑运动通过老马无数次的重复业已完全渗透在每一个队员的生命中，中长跑运动成了每一个人生活的全部，占据了她们的全部精神生活和物质生活，甚至到梦中还在跑啊跑啊，向着人类的极限冲击；精神生活的苦闷也变成了在训练中释放能量的源头，短期内成绩猛增。从长期看，运动员精神生活极度贫乏，有不少报道说老马推行“禁欲主义”，不准看书，不准听音乐，不准谈恋爱，不准上街，不准同外人交往，不准同社会有任何沟通，实在不符合人性的自然需求，是对一个健全人的强大挤压和无情局限，最终定会矛盾激化，引发造反。造反绝不仅仅是物质困难使然，更是精神世界长期被挤压后的总爆发。所痛心者还是那句老调子：竞技体育的胜利，是以剥夺了人的基本权利为前提的，运动员变成了最不允许健康发展的一群。 “老曲啊，”马俊仁高叫一声，老曲头应声而至，“老赵来咱这儿帮助工作，搞调查研究，你给他开间房，用上新被褥，开饭时候招呼他一声，有啥吃啥，反正就这条件，凑合凑合吧！” 高大的曲老头已经老了，多少有些弯腰，他简略地答应着，回屋取出一大串铜钥匙，在一片哗哗作响声中向楼道西头而去。不知为什么，我觉得出，老曲头的内心是苦涩的，女儿曲云霞同样闷闷不乐。 我住了下来。老马当晚即与外界通电话，侧面了解关于我的情况。他做出了欢迎来客的姿态，却不会轻易交给谁真心，尤其是不速之客。一个人内心的开放是最难的啊。 现在马俊仁开车去拉煤。我提出和他一道去，他说不用了，张娟和我一块儿去就行。 张娟是一位30来岁的女性，圆脸，微胖，现在基地为老马掌管财会钱物，同时还兼基地办公室主任。她同老马先是师生关系，跟老马在鞍山时练过中长跑，后来老马介绍她嫁给了自己的外甥，就成了亲属关系。老马的外甥原先是鞍钢的一名炉前工，这几年，老马把他安排在沈阳自己的商业集团，协助“马家军一号”营养液的经销，张娟则跟到大连基地来，协助老马管理基地的内务。 基地的事情既像公事，又像私事；既像一个运动队，又像一个大家子。 而建立这个基地其中还有国务院总理李鹏给予奖励批拨的100万块钱，因而在外界又很有名，既如此，张娟的地位就更加显要。 赵瑜在马家军大连基地与曲云霞、张娟合影（左起：曲云霞、赵瑜、张娟） 正常情况下，每日里老马开车拉张娟一道来基地。从哪里来呢？就是从4公里以外的海边别墅来。那是一套西班牙建筑风格的新别墅，造价400万元左右，由浙江圣达集团即生产“中华鳖精”的那家公司提供给老马居住，产权也已经归于老马。目前这套别墅里住着老马全家，包括老马的媳妇赵素清和两个未婚的儿子。张娟领着自己7岁的小女孩也同住在这套别墅的顶层里。小女孩在开发区上小学一年级，老马有空就开车去接送一下。基地到别墅的道路还没有正式修好，坑坑洼洼的颇难走，也不通班车，所以张娟总是坐老马的车，和老马同来同去。张娟的办公桌与老马打对面，客人同老马谈话，张娟一般就默默地听。因此基地的大事小事内事外事，张娟全部了然于心。客人走后，有时她也发表意见，帮老马拿拿主意，还起着参谋的作用，是基地最主要的工作人员，身兼多职，既是财会，又是出纳，又搞伙食管理，又是办公室内勤。基地没有专职医师，买药的事情也由张娟来管。 在基地给大伙儿做饭的厨师叫王伟，是个年轻人。他从沈阳学院田径队那边来，过去一直给田径队的冠军灶掌勺做饭，七运会期间曾作为编外人员服务于马家军，每日熬汤不止，没有正规铺位，就在楼道里搭个铺凑合睡，其忠心可鉴。队伍迁居大连之后，王伟当时留在沈阳没有跟过来。 直到马家军出事后不久，原先一位叫孙有巍的炊事员也上沈阳走了，老马要恢复训练，王伟就很热情地从沈阳来大连继任。王伟是运动学院的子弟，眼下也成了家，有小孩。来大连后，就和媳妇两地分居。显然他最近也感到这里闷得慌，我来了他很高兴，直个劲儿管我叫“赵哥”，是个热心肠的好兄弟。 我去的时候，即1995年二三月间，基地的全部工作人员一共就这四位：曲大叔、曲大婶、张娟、王伟。Gone.人少得很出乎我的意料。开饭时加上曲云霞和六七个小运动员，也就是一桌而已。老马和张娟还常回家吃饭，偶有客人来才陪一陪。 我很快就同这四个人熟识起来。 我隐隐觉得这个基地像个无援的孤岛，风雨飘摇。而且一点也不热闹。 你说它同广大体育爱好者以及老百姓究竟有什么关系呢？其内在的关系还是很多的。其中有一点不知大家是否注意到，跑、跳、投是体育运动的基础，尤以跑为第一要素。马家军的胜利之所以同普通百姓的联系那么深切，正因为——看谁跑得快——这几乎是人类与生俱来的一个基本命题。不论男女老少，不论高低胖瘦，不论职业千万种，跑和人生同在。每个健全的人都或多或少曾经有过跑步的历史，但你不一定打过乒乓球或者排球。在所有运动项目中，跑的参加者应该说是最多最多的。跑步大赛虽然也有技巧战术，但相比其他运动项目而言，跑的竞赛是最单纯的，是功能型的，甚至比竞走还要单纯。在民间，跑步的前提条件又是那样的充分，几乎什么都可以不要，有活泼泼的生命就可以跑起来、比起来。手里用不着拿任何器械，不用网，不用台，不用球门，不要专门场地，凡是人可以生存的地方，你在道路上跑起来就是了。小孩子穿着开裆裤就会赛跑。在古代奥林匹克运动会上，跑步从来就被列为第一项，在今天仍然是第一项。赛跑是人类最认可最相通的一种比赛。最早参加奥运会的中国人刘长春就是去赛跑，而我们从来就跑不过外国人。如今，灰色的历史终于结束，于是，在中国人心目中，东北马俊仁的意义非同凡响，是他把中华民族女子中长跑的成绩提高到全世界全人类的巅峰，把梦幻变成了现实，把现实又塑造成神话。 有评论认为，马家军的崛起，可以同中国乒乓球队的连年胜利和中国女排在国际上的五连冠并称为中国体坛的三座高峰或曰三大奇迹，其影响都远远超过了体育本身而渗透到全社会的各个阶层。倘做深入剖析，东北马家军的胜利似乎更神奇一些，因为他们连驻京国家队都不是。长期以来，中国最高专业运动队的方阵中居然没有正式设立女子中长跑这个项目，直到今天也没有，只有大赛前的短期集训队。往昔在鼎力推行“奥运战略”的中国体坛，有计划经济体制做强大后盾，什么项目都不缺，女子中长跑应该说比别的项目花销还要小得多，却偏偏没有专业队而只有集训队，足见决策者对这个项目的前途太缺乏信心了。而马俊仁原本只是一个普通的中学教师，给人们的印象土里土气，又带着一群农村出身的小姑娘，居然跑到这么高的分儿上，一度打败了无数强大对手，就凭这一点，也让人钦佩叹服，由不得让人产生相当程度的神秘感。关于马俊仁的种种传说也随之而来。 在令人难以置信的巨大胜利面前，海内外亿万善良的中国人心花怒放，马俊仁使人们的民族自豪感得到了巨大的满足。在没有外族侵略，没有炮火硝烟的和平年代里，许多人果真已经从心底深处把马俊仁誉为一名当代的民族英雄了。