Blade of Glory [Figure Skating]

So, now let's enter the topic of this issue: [My brother's jumping is not gymnastics] The theme of this issue is the champion of the Vancouver Olympics, the American player Resacek.He is a player from the same country as Johnny I introduced in Chapter 52.Therefore... these two people who are only one year apart have naturally compared from the juvenile group to the adult group, and have been fighting each other in the adult group for many years.From Zhengtai to beautiful youth, from friend to enemy.

Although Resacek learned to skate many years before Johnny, he was dominated by Johnny since he was a boy.After being transferred to the adult group, Johnny won three consecutive US championships with extraordinary toughness.It can be said that he was beaten by Johnny.But about two or three years ago, Resacek's strength has grown by leaps and bounds, and he has gradually grown into a formidable opponent that Jonny can't ignore under any circumstances (although Resacek's stiff movements have always been admired by many ice fans. critics, and his taste is often ridiculed... but in terms of the situation in international competitions, it is true)

And in this Vancouver Olympics, Resacek also defeated the highly popular Swiss player Lambiel, the king of the figure skating empire Plushenko, and Takahashi Daisuke, who was reborn from the ashes, and became the champion of the Olympic Games .Ironically, Resacek was the only one of the top four in the Olympics who didn't make the quadruple jump.

So, let me next concern about Resacek's face.This is a recent photo of Resacek. If you just look at the face, the aura is very beautiful and very offensive: It is worth mentioning that many people once left a message saying... Resacek is the prototype of Alek.In fact, I really want to say... My dear friend, you are actually Uncle Suo Lunmei...

But~ Resacek's youthful face...is really beautiful...but his face is not disabled when he grows up~Teenage picture: Because of the photos released by Chu Xuan this time, De Lesheng The figure that made the men envious and jealous, and made the women blush and heartbeat was displayed in front of everyone in a very low-key manner.To Le Sheng, this was just a harmless little joke, and he didn't even say anything to Chu Xuan because of it.But he never thought that because of this incident, he received an advertisement invitation from a men's underwear brand not long after, which made Le Sheng, who was undergoing rigorous training every day, dumbfounded.

So, let's move on to now. D&C company can be regarded as a very big company in the global perfume industry, otherwise it would not be possible to spend so much money to shoot new product advertisements.Therefore, it is impossible for its sales target to be limited to its own country.

As the trio said they would wear the fragrance every day for the next year, girls all over the world ordered the unisex fragrance with varying moods.

At first, many counter staff couldn't understand why many people blushed and lowered their heads when they smelled the fragrance of this perfume.It was only when he saw the news that he suddenly realized, and then smiled ambiguously, and picked up a piece of incense and smelled it carefully.

Freire, who was far away in Plandon, apparently also saw the news, so he called Qingyue and asked vaguely if he was really using this perfume.After getting a positive answer, I quietly ordered a bottle for myself online.After placing an order, I still felt that it was not enough, so I ordered another bottle. After ordering, I squatted in the corner and drew circles...

With Qing Yue's success in winning the World Championships, his reputation in Xishu has grown.The public opinion in the media seems to be shaping him into a kind of spiritual guide, and even made a lot of hype about him.

But...those made Qing feel more and more overwhelmed, even exhausted.

"Let us invite the guest of this episode, the young Qingyue, the gold medalist of the men's figure skating world championships!"

On this day, Qing Yue received an invitation from a TV variety show, and came to the recording site of this show after Chu Xuan's leaving instructions.Hearing the host say his name, he walked out with a smile, and heard the other two guests shout out in surprise: "Ah! Lucia!"

Hearing this sentence, the smile froze on his face.Immediately afterwards, the host and the guests started teasing again, and called Qing over while talking.Seeing the camera pointed at him, Qing Yue had to cheer up, and seemed very happy to record this program with the other people on the scene.

But...his mind seemed to have drifted far away...

Since he participated in the commercial performance of COI and performed in many cities around the world with "Lucia of Lammermore" as his own performance skate, the title of "Lucia" has slowly spread.Usually, people who have seen his live performance call out this title first, but Qing Yue didn't pay much attention at that time.Never thought that the situation would develop to this point.

The first is that he participated in the filming of the MV of the song of the same name by his singer, Mia.This made his existence known to many in other realms.

Then, at the end of the season in which he won the World Championships, and before the start of the next commercial season, COI made a DVD of the wonderful scenes from last year's commercial performance and sold them around the world.

Therefore, when many people were eager to know the champion of this World Championship, these two video messages were widely circulated on the Internet.Among them, Qing Yue's performance in last year's commercial performance - "Lucia de Lammermore" has received extra attention.That performance was so haunted that it sent chills down the spine, and Qingyue's degree of involvement in the play was amazing, not to mention the amazing choreography and the visual enjoyment brought by the extremely tense performance .

Whether it is the interpretation of mental breakdown and immersion in hallucinations in the first half of the program, or the repressed ecstasy in the second half, or even the happy expression and the corners of the eyes when he fell on the ice at the end Tears are unforgettable for this program, and even after a few days, you will want to dig it out and review it again.

Since then, "Lucia de Lammermore" seems to have become the most representative program of Qingyue, the gold medalist of this year's World Championships.

"Lucia" gradually became a code name exclusively for Qingyue.However, those who affectionately call Qing Yue "Lucia" don't know whether Qing Yue really likes this name...

"Ah! I'm sorry! I ran too fast and hit you!"

"It's ok."

After recording the program, Qing Yue packed up his things and was about to leave on his own, but was hit by a TV station staff member when he was going down the stairs.Hearing the other party's urgent apology, Qing Yue breathed out, smiled at the other party to make him not nervous, never thought that the other party recognized him when he raised his head to look at him.

"Lucia!"

The very young staff member exclaimed in surprise, but the faint smile on Qing Yue's face faded away.Afterwards, the young staff member happily and excitedly said something to Qingyue, but Qingyue couldn't hear or understand anything... He smiled stiffly, then said goodbye to that person, and drove Back to the small town under the snow mountain...

After this season's World Championships, Chu Xuan finally decided to leave the skating coach who taught him for ten years, and switch to the coach who will help him more. The city, went to the capital where the coach is.Not only Chu Xuan, but the children who grew up at the foot of the snow mountain like Qing Yue and Le Sheng have left one by one.Old acquaintances left one after another, and new friends were in different cities in different countries.

Fortunately, Le Sheng came back.Naxiu...he never left either.

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"Snapped!"

That was the sound of Qingyue falling miserably on the ice again because of his new attempt at quadruple jump.Counting this time, this is already the sixth fall he has dropped this afternoon.The high-speed rotation required for the quadruple jump caused Qing Yue to fall heavily on the ice, and even felt a little bored, and couldn't breathe.So he just sat on the ice and adjusted his breathing.

At this moment, a man slipped into the arena on skates.

"You put your center of gravity too low in that quadruple jump just now, and your body was too stiff when you took off. Are you okay? Can you get up?"

Maybe it's because after getting along for a long time, Qing Yue almost didn't have to look up, and he didn't have to wait for the other party to speak. He could know who the other party was just by the sound of the skates gliding on the ice.So he panted slightly and raised his head, saw Na Xiu's hand stretched out to him, and put his own hand on Na Xiu's hand vigorously, letting the other party pull him up.

"Is the meeting over?"

Because Naxiu likes it very much, and he has always been able to do his best to help Qingyue grow into a great figure skater, so now he does not often go back to the headquarters of NX, and instead uses video conferences, Faxing important documents maintains his management of NX company and handling of daily affairs.

Just now, Naxiu left because it was time for the meeting, and went to the study on the second floor of the venue to deal with things.Unexpectedly, when he came back, he saw Qing Yue throwing himself so badly.Reminiscent of Qing Yue's abnormality today, Na Xiu finally expressed his guess.

"You want to change your style?" Naxiu who said these words stared into Qing Yue's eyes, but saw that he lowered his head and didn't answer, and he didn't dare to raise his head to look him directly.This undoubtedly confirmed Naxiu's guess, so he looked at Qing Yue and continued: "Qing Yue, you should know that this is not a wise decision."

This time, Qing Yue felt the coercion from Na Xiu, which made him feel the strange pressure... This made Qing even more afraid to raise his head to look Na Xiu directly, directly into Na Xiu's eyes.So he could only remain silent.This caused Naxiu to take on a seemingly imperceptible anger.

"Maybe you don't know how difficult it is for a figure skater to form his own style, but I know. My co-coach with Sauron, he is a very popular and respected coach in Jiaguo. Under him, there are many children from families who are not rich and cannot even afford the ice skates that need to be replaced every year, but they are promising children in figure skating. He signs these children, and after they have achieved results, they will be All the bonuses received every year are divided into one-third with him, and other incomes other than bonuses are divided into one-fourth with him.

I have been searching for my own unique style that people can remember at a glance, but I can't find it.I have seen too many figure skaters like this.

So, are you looking to ditch the individual skating style that everyone dreams of?Changing your own style is harder than trying to figure out a style.That's not something you can do by simply negating the previous style, and reverse everything to the extreme. "

indeed.Figure skating is a competitive event that makes people remember their bodies through repeated practice.You can change your choreography, you can change your programming, but you can't change your spin, your jump, your basic footwork.Because every tiny movement in this has been integrated into my own perception in thousands of times of repeated practice, and it has left a memory in the body.

Because of this, even if a familiar figure skater changes his hairstyle, costume, choreography and programming, you can easily recognize him from his rotation or even a jump.

Therefore, when you need to jump, or need to rotate, as long as your mind gives a simple command, your body will make almost the same action as in training.Maybe you can make subtle adjustments with your own consciousness at the moment of making that movement.But... that would be very difficult.

This is why many first-class players, if they can't perfect a certain skill in the game in the first year of their debut, then he probably won't be able to perfect it until the year of retirement.

It is as if some people cannot perform squat rotation in multi-position rotation after transferring to the adult group, then he may not be able to squat down in rotation and continue to rotate.It also seems that some people still can't use the blade correctly in one of the six jumps after they grow up, then they may continue to make mistakes for many years, and then they don't even try to correct them at all.

This is why once a skating style is formed, it is difficult to change it.

Knowing this, it is easy to understand why Naxiu was angry.

Regardless of how difficult it is to change the style, if it is only about the result, if Qing Yue thinks it is still good after changing the style, will he still be able to change it back?And if... Qing Yue changed his style by half and couldn't go on anymore, but couldn't get back to the original, so what?

I'm afraid...no matter which one they want to see.

Just as Naxiu was emitting low air pressure soundlessly, Qing Yue's thin and inaudible voice came softly.If it wasn't for Naxiu standing beside Qingyue, it would be impossible for him to hear what Qingyue said clearly.However, on the big ice block of the ice rink, Qing Yue uttered the knot that had been entrenched in his heart for a long time in a voice as thin as a gossamer.

"I just... don't want everyone to call me Lucia. It's just my show skating and not my name, and it's not me..."