Chapter 288: The Surprising S-Plus Grade Talent (1/2)

Chapter 288: The Surprising S-Plus Grade Talent

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

”Coach Li, I was selected! I was selected by the national team!” Feng Zhu said with excitement, his eyes twinkling with light.

Feng Zhu fulfilled the dream of three generations of his family and finally joined the national team.

As a newly-selected player on the national team, Feng Zhu had to stay on Team Two. If he wanted to be a member of Team One, it would require more effort.

Within the national table tennis team, there was a trial of upgrade and downgrade, which was attended by the last several players of Team One and the first several players of Team Two. The trial adopted the round-robin fashion and it was ranked by points.

The players with the most points could stay on Team One if they were already a member of Team One. If they were on Team Two, then they could join Team One.

Players from Team Two with low points would remain on Team Two, while Team One players with low points could actually be demoted.

In this trial of upgrade and downgrade, the low-ranking players had to attend the match of upgrade and downgrade. The famous world champions in the top of Team One, however, didn't need to attend the trials.

But in Team Two, only the players who ranked at the top were qualified to attend the trials. Thus, new players in Team Two were not qualified to attend the trials.

For example, Feng Zhu had to stay in Team Two for a while. He needed to experience all kinds of matches and round-robin's to improve his ranking in Team Two, and when he reached the top of Team Two, he would get the opportunity to attend the trials of upgrade and downgrade and then go to Team One.

In addition, Team Two had very fierce competition. In Team One, poor performance would be relegated to Team Two, but poor performance in Team Two would result in elimination from the national team.

If an athlete could go to Team One within two years, then he or she would be regarded as a talent, and would deserve the cultivation of the national team. And those who became members of the nation's Team Two at the age of 14 or 15 and entered Team One at the age of 16 would be world champions in the future, maybe even the rulers of an era.

Feng Zhu was 20 years old, so he had no advantages in terms of age. He just entered Team Two, while there were many people who had been in Team One before the age of 18. Therefore, there were many people with much greater talent than Feng Zhu.

In the teams of Hanbei province, Feng Zhu had been a well-deserved ”team leader.” But in the national table tennis team, he was just a common player. The great change in status could leave a person at a loss.

Dai Li didn't know if Feng Zhu could adapt to the change of status, and if he couldn't adapt to it, it might not be long before he was eliminated from the national team.

Looking at Feng Zhu's back, Dai Li suddenly felt a sense of melancholy.

Feng Zhu had realized his dream, but he had also met a greater challenge. His future path would be more difficult than it had been.

The next second, Dai Li suddenly thought of himself.

The national table tennis team was also quite strange to Dai Li, and the strange environment was a new challenge for him. What's more, the national table tennis team was totally different from the national track team, in which Dai Li was protected by Li Xue. But in national table tennis, he had nothing.

Thinking of Li Xue, Dai Li had a sense of sadness. Li Xue had tried his best to cultivate Dai Li, and he even regarded Dai Li as his future successor. However, Dai Li had chosen to become the fitness coach of the national table tennis team, and Dai Li didn't know if it was a betrayal of Li Xue.

Dai Li was very confused, and finally he picked up his phone and dialed Xue's number. But he still didn't know how to explain it to Xue.