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February 1987, World Table Tennis Championships, New Delhi, India. He Zhili made a choice that shocked China table tennis circle: he resolutely challenged the so-called "tradition" of China table tennis circle for decades. It was the women's singles semi-final of the World Table Tennis Championships. He Zhili didn't obey the China table tennis team's "pass the ball" and eliminated Guan Jianhua in the semi-final. Then, under great pressure, she defeated Liang of South Korea in the final and won the world champion of women's singles table tennis ... That night, He Zhili cried! Although, she is a girl who doesn't like to cry.
He Zhili won the world championship. Waiting for her is silent condemnation. Careful people have noticed that almost all the news media in China brushed He Zhili's name aside when reporting the World Table Tennis Championships, so that people don't know how she beat Guan Jianhua and then beat Liang. Only a few newspapers in Shanghai published a simple news and a congratulatory letter from the Shanghai municipal government to He Zhili. That's all. But in table tennis in China, He Zhili's behavior is regarded as an unforgivable "dogma". She is regarded as "a typical example of violating the glorious tradition of collectivism". Collectivism is the magic weapon of China table tennis team. On the question of whether to "let the ball go", it also triggered an unprecedented debate.
At that time, He Zhili and I just met and nodded. However, I sincerely admire He Zhili's courage. In September this year, Xinmin Evening News assigned me the task of covering the 6th National Games. I took a 7-member reporting team to Guangzhou and lived in baiyun hotel, Guangzhou. One day, an unexpected guest suddenly came. She is He Zhili. With a charming face and the shortest haircut, she looks like a tomboy. "Do you have a room? I'll squeeze in with you for a few days ... "She unexpectedly made a request. It turns out that her mission of the National Games has been completed, but she doesn't want to rush back to Shanghai. She wants to watch the National Games in Guangzhou for a few days. Unfortunately, our old reporter Mr. Zhang went to Taishan to interview volleyball, and there happened to be a vacant room. Therefore, there is a special member in our reporting group. In this way, I got to know He Zhili and got to know her better.
Late one night, we completed the interview task of the day. So, He Zhili invited us to a fast food restaurant near baiyun hotel. A few lunch boxes from curry beef, plus a few bottles of beer. He Zhili was found to have a good capacity for drinking, and several bottles of beer were quickly consumed, so we started to upgrade and ordered another bottle of wine. Drunk, I asked He Zhili, "Can you drink white wine?" She replied, "I won't lose to you!" " Do not believe, let's find a chance to try. "that day, I raised the question of' letting the ball'. I asked her, "Why don't you let the ball go?" "Why should I let the ball go?" She asked. She told me that her only thought at that time was to become a world champion and participate in the Olympic Games ... because according to the regulations, this world champion is the natural representative of the table tennis competition of 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. I heard that the decision of China table tennis team to let He Zhili "pass the ball" was also well thought out. Because, they think, it seems more advantageous to let Guan Jianhua go up and fight Liang Yingzi than He Zuoxiu. At the Asian Games in 1986, He Zhili lost to Liang 0-2. In addition, in the women's singles competition of this World Table Tennis Championships, He Zhili drew lots, but she hardly met any difficult opponents, while other China players all struggled. However, He Zhili doesn't think so. She said she would avenge the Asian Games in Seoul. "Why should I let the ball? ! This sentence left a deep impression on me. I seem to see a rebellious character in He Zhili.
He Zhili never thought she was wrong. She told me that the night she eliminated Guan Jianhua, she found herself extremely lonely. No one paid attention to her, and almost everyone looked at her with strange eyes. But he zhili's spirit did not collapse. "I said to myself, I am not wrong, I am not wrong." However, she was ashamed of Guan Jianhua. She said, "At that time, my only anxiety was that I felt sorry for Guan Jianhua. Until the last moment, she thought that everything I did was to make the ball look real. " "At that time, she was so sad that she cried!" ..... I found that He Zhili is a very stubborn, but also very emotional person.
However, He Zhili seems too naive. She thought that if she won the world championship, she could take part in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games as a matter of course. However, He Zhili's name was deleted from the list of China sports delegations. Of course, the government has all kinds of very "reasonable" and telling explanations. 65438-0988, I went to Seoul as a special correspondent of Xinmin Evening News to cover the 24th Olympic Games. In Seoul, I saw many posters of the Olympic Games, two of which reflected China athletes, one of which was He Zhili's heroic swing and hitting the ball. I stood in front of this poster, filled with emotion. When can we really fully respect the value of individuals? ! In the news center, I asked a staff member for a poster with He Zhili's head, and prepared to take it back and give it to He Zhili as a souvenir. After returning home, one day, He Zhili came to our newspaper. When he saw me, he was still so naive and lively However, when I talked about what I saw and heard about the Olympic Games, she said very little, even a little sad ... so I finally didn't make up my mind to take out that poster.
Soon after, He Zhili married in Osaka. I never saw her again. 199 1 visited China with the Japanese amateur Go delegation and made a short stay in Osaka, Japan. I found the phone number left by He Zhili and wanted to meet her. Her Japanese husband, Xiao Shan, said: He Zhili is not at home. She works in her table tennis club. So I left my name and phone number. /kloc-around 0/2: 30, He Zhili called. She said that she had just come home from work and said that she would come to see me and let her husband drive us around Osaka ... but I declined. Because I know it takes an hour and a half to drive from her house. I don't want to affect her work and rest in the dead of night. So I lied to her and said, "I'm leaving Osaka in three hours ..."
He Zhili, later with her husband's surname, was named Xiaoshan Qire. She still loves table tennis, but there is only one difference. The country she once represented was Japan, and she participated in the ongoing table tennis competition of the Hiroshima Asian Games ... What's even more surprising is that the 30-year-old veteran has eliminated three world champions in China: Chen Jing, Qiao Hong and Deng Yaping, and won a gold medal for Japan ... This incident caused an uproar in China. Someone scolded her and hated her; Some people love her, and some people pity her. Someone saw from the TV broadcast that He Zhili seemed to be full of "qi". However, I only saw one thing, that is, He Zhili's rebellious nature.
He Zhili later divorced Xiao Shan. There are many reasons. I'll talk about it later.
Things in the world, this is helpless. So is He Zhili.