Rebirth: Fight For Life

   Digression, why write this plot

  【Off-topic】

   At the Rio Olympics 3 years ago, because of Fu Yuanhui's sudden popularity, he suddenly remembered Liu Xiang, the emoji boy of the year. At that time, I wrote an article that represented some of my views, so I wrote this plot.

  Post it and share it.

  【Text】

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   "Is Athens in 2004 the most perfect Liu Xiang?"

   On April 7, 2015, Liu Xiang was interviewed by CCTV "Fengyunhui", Zhang Bin asked with a smile.

  Liu Xiang thought about it for nearly 5 seconds with a slightly astringent smile, and then replied with a smile: "Athens in 2004 was the most perfect me in the Olympic Games."

   He took the word "Olympics" very seriously, and added at the end, "Yes!"

   That afternoon, Liu Xiang posted "My Runway!" on Sina Weibo. my bar! , he announced his retirement.

In the article, Liu Xiang thanked many people. He did not mention how many criticisms he had suffered, but only mentioned a lot of his inner feelings: "Why can't I bear the pain? Why are all treatments ineffective? Why did I live up to the expectations of the people across the country? ?Why do I…"

In the past ten years or so, Liu Xiang has represented China in 48 world competitions, winning 36 championships, 6 runners-up, 3 thirds, tying the world record once, breaking the world record once, and breaking the Asian record 5 times. record, breaking the Asian Games record 3 times.

   However, today, many people seem to only remember his two retirements due to injuries in the 2008 BJ Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics.

  Because of these two high-profile retirements due to injuries in the Olympic Games, Liu Xiang has endured many attacks and smears.

   So he answered with emphasis: "Athens in 2004 was the Olympics! Games! Meetings! The most perfect me."

  The Athens Olympic Games in 2004 can really only be regarded as the most perfect Liu Xiang in the Olympic Games. His time of 12.91 seconds is still the Olympic record of the 110-meter hurdles. Comparing the bitter memories of the next two Olympic Games, Athens in 2004, how perfect!

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   In the eyes of the vast majority of people who only watched track and field competitions during the Olympics, Liu Xiang’s impression of them was probably this:

   Won an Olympic champion, began to receive advertisements everywhere to make money, and acted in two Olympic games.

   Liu Xiang took off in the track and field while China's economy and Internet also took off, and the commercialization of Chinese sports took off even more.

   What many people don't know is that Nike and Coca-Cola signed Liu Xiang in 2002 and 2003 respectively, and the prices were 500,000 and 350,000 respectively.

  After the 2004 Athens Olympics, his commercial value exploded rapidly. In 2005, he received 23 million yuan from various advertising and commercial activities.

   Even after the 2008 BJ Olympics retired due to injury, Liu Xiang's income on the Forbes Chinese Celebrity Wealth List in 2009 was as high as 130 million yuan.

What more people don’t know is that, as the unique cash cow of the Chinese track and field team, the distribution policy of the track and field management center for Liu Xiang’s commercial value development is: athletes get 50%, coaches get 15%, and local sports for training athletes. The bureau gets 20%, and the remaining 15% is extracted by the field management center.

   For a long time, Liu Xiang MSN's signature was "Super Can't Help".

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   What has always revolved around Liu Xiang's sports career is the fragmentation and reorganization of values ​​in the process of China's rise.

   In the traditional media camp with the party media as the core, the great book and special book Liu Xiang was born with various implications. This hurdle genius represents the speed of China and has become the best spokesperson for the rapid rise of a great power.

In the non-real-name and loose online media, a large number of netizens who have experienced "university does not include distribution", "soaring housing prices", "difficulty in employment", and "widening gap between the rich and the poor" are confused and lost by the waves of the times. , This fast and confident youth with acne has pinned the unspeakable ideals and passions of many people.

"There has never been an athlete who has made people's trust in him almost in a trance. Never has an athlete had such a strong arm from the country on his shoulders." The Times' description was not an exaggeration at that time. .

   Liu Xiang has become a source of nutrition for too many people at one time.

   He must be successful all the time, he must always smile confidently, only in this way can he provide more incentives, influence more and more people, and then meet the exposure and positive image that the endorsement requires in return.

At the time, The Times columnist John Goodboty wrote: "Failure would be a disaster for Liu Xiang, for many of his supporters and for all Chinese people. ."

   As a result, his words came true.

  People's madness about Liu Xiang's morbidity finally turned back like a virus. The madness of the past fermented and ascended before the pain of failure, and became a disease that had no place for a while.

   They could not accept the failure of this hero, and even began to scold Liu Xiang, requiring him to take the responsibility of remedying with constant victories, just like atonement.

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  Emotions can fool people, but data don’t.

   During the period from 2008 to 2012, when the angry people hoped that Liu Xiang "redemption", Liu Xiang still achieved the world's top results.

   In the IAAF Diamond League on June 3, 2012, Liu Xiang ran a world record of 12.87 seconds in the United States again, but it was only recorded as tying the world record because of the tailwind.

   Just as the London Olympics is approaching, Liu Xiang has returned to the peak, as well as the peak of expectations and public opinion.

   Liu Xiang is fortunate, he took advantage of China's economic take-off and the upheaval of the media to become a worldwide sports star, earning both fame and fortune;

  How unfortunate is Liu Xiang, who once again fell in the spotlight.

CCTV's commentator Yang Jian choked up and said: "Liu Xiang ended the London game in the most brutal way. Liu Xiang was like a fighter. When he probably knew that he couldn't run to the finish line, he flew away. stand up."

   With Yang Jian's repressed cry, Liu Xiang jumped to the last column with one leg and kissed goodbye.

   And the Chinese audience roared with endless accusations amid the loss and wailing.

   Whether it is Liu Xianghei who is a leader or a follower, his achievements are filtered out; in fact, most people do not understand the weight of his achievements in other international competitions. In their eyes, the only international competitions are the Olympic Games.

   What a tragedy of an era!

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   It's time for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

  Fu Yuanhui of the swimming team became popular all over the country in one day because of a post-match interview. The girl with emoji answered the interview of CCTV reporters calmly and had no special thoughts about the finals. She was very satisfied. The public opinion was full of love.

  Du Li did not win the gold medal, Sun Yang did not win the gold medal, and Ning Zetao did not enter the final. The angry crowd seemed to have completely disappeared.

   It seems that the whole country has absorbed Liu Xiang's confidence at that time, no longer just focusing on gold medals, no longer just focusing on success. Everyone calmly celebrated, calmly comforted, and calmly laughed at the beautiful body and emoji jokes.

   This kind of confidence is just like Liu Xiang said to the camera back then, "I'm still young, and there's still time!"

   Exactly the same style.

   It took only a few decades for China to become the second largest economy in the world, and many people believe that it is only a matter of time before China surpasses the United States in all aspects.

   There are not so many people who insist on which athlete must succeed at some point.

   In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sun Yang narrowly lost to Horton in the 400-meter freestyle. Sun Yang, who failed to win the gold medal, burst into tears after the game. Liu Xiang tweeted "Come on Sun Yang".

   But many years ago, because there were too many abusers, Liu Xiang's closed Weibo comments have not been opened yet.

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  Some people say that the main force of netizens who actively commented has become the post-90s generation.

   This is a generation that grew up during the dividend period of China's economic development.

  The self-confidence brought by the rise of the country has been integrated into their bones since childhood.

  I am willing to believe such a conclusion, because this conclusion makes me feel moved.

I am really touched. They no longer need to rely on a specific role model or gold medals to motivate themselves. The power of the country, stars and major events will become what they like: jokes, emoticons, A beautiful body, husband or wife...

   Most of the post-80s generation had already reached their thirties, and most of them had found their own life direction, shouldered their responsibilities, and realized the pain of chasing their ideals. Although many people didn't say it, they should have reached a reconciliation with their past self in their hearts. Maybe many people owe him an apology, but those who should say sorry to Liu Xiang can't convey it to that time in the past.

  Although there are still a lot of jets, but after all, there are many sincere and unpretentious clear currents, cold currents, and mudslides. This world seems to have become a lot more lovely.

At the end of "Wind and Cloud Meeting", Zhang Bin asked Liu Xiang: "I believe that there must be a very instinctive desire in my heart to defend myself, because there were many misunderstandings at the time. Today is a good opportunity, even if it is a word, Justify yourself."

   Liu Xiang immediately answered seriously: "As an athlete, I have tried my best, yes."

Before the London Olympics, he was injured again. He said: "I know it is broken. If it is broken, it will be broken. If it is broken, it can be reconnected, right. But the London Olympics is only one time, because this is history, I don't want to No more regrets. Even if I fall..." He sighed, "I'm going to fall on the track!"

After falling on the track, he jumped to the finish line to kiss the hurdles. This was interpreted by many as an act of acting. He said that it was because his inner hurdle had passed: "I think I did my best! I have no regrets! I feel I'm awesome! I think I did it!"

   Four sentences, decisive. If it is placed today, maybe the full screen will be a barrage of approval.

  As an athlete, how many people can be like Liu Xiang who was sitting on the world record time card and waving his hands?

   In the 1996 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, Barry won the championship with a gliding dunk that jumped from the free throw line, becoming the fourth player in history to dunk from the free throw line after Dr. J Irving, Air Jordan and Batman Pippen. He took off his coat and the vest said "Whitemancanalsofly!"

   If you think back to this day, apart from the bitterness of the two Olympic Games, is there no such thing as Liu Xiang's words: "Who said that the yellow race can't get the top eight in the Olympic Games? I am the Olympic champion!"

   "Liu Xiang! Liu Xiang! Liu Xiang won... Liu Xiang!" Many viewers may not understand why those CCTV hosts who have been doing commentary are so excited.

   Those onlookers who can't understand Liu Xiang's greatness, how can they become a hurdle in Liu Xiang's heart?

   As he always did, he easily crossed the column of some "own people".

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  The author Shen Lei recalled the scene of meeting Liu Xiang in early 2001:

  11 years ago on a July afternoon. I and a BJ reporter from Shanghai went to the Huangsi training base of the BJ Bayi Engineering Brigade to interview the Chinese track and field team that was training here to prepare for the Edmund World Championships.

  Standing in the shade of the tree, I cried out from the top of my head, we chatted with the breeze blowing, or the ideal of life, maybe it was a girl at all. A guy who was stretching his muscles on the side interrupted our conversation - "Are you from Shanghai too?" he asked, thin and tall.

   "Yeah. Are you on the track team? Which sport?"

   "110m hurdles."

   "What's your name?"

   "Liu Xiang."

   "Just you? Where's the coach?"

   "Me, go to the gangster, the coach didn't make the team list."

   "Did you watch the Olympic bid successfully a few days ago?"

   "Look at it, I'm excited. You know, it happens to be my birthday."

   "The BJ Olympics will watch you compete."

   "It depends on luck."

  May the young with a dream heart always have good luck.

   You must know that the sunshine chasing boy back then was also an expression pack-like existence.

   (end of this chapter)