Chapter 467: Smiling Externally, Crying Internally

Chapter 467: Grinning and Whining

Dean Zhan had also gone mad, shaken into madness by Ye Liwei.

"Gold!"

"Gold, old Zhan!"

"With this result, we can win gold, you know that, old Zhan!"

"World Championships! Olympics! Both have a shot at gold!"

"Gold, gold!"

"How old is Meng Fan! He's nowhere near the golden age for throwing events, you know?"

"And he hasn't had any professional training!"

"Look how unorthodox his form is, hahaha, and he throws like this with such bad form!"

"The form is bad, but do you know how beautiful it is?"

"If he gets trained! My god!"

"Why didn't I notice him earlier!"

"I was blind, I was blind, hahaha!"

Ye Liwei ranted wildly while shaking Dean Zhan's shoulders frantically, eyes red, spittle flying.

"Stop it!"

Dean Zhan held back the urge to slap Ye Liwei to the ground, but his hand was already out, so... he slapped his palm over Ye Liwei's mouth. Feeling some dampness, he shuddered with disgust, shoved Ye Liwei away, and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe his hand.

Ye Liwei staggered, steadied himself, wiped his mouth with his hand, and chuckled: "Sorry, sorry, I'm just a bit too excited, hahaha!"

In recent years, throwing events have had a "benchmark line." For shot put, anything over 22 meters basically guarantees top three and a high chance of gold; for javelin, once you cross 90 meters, a medal is certain—this includes top-tier arenas like the World Championships and Olympics.

If Meng Fan's shot put strength showed potential for world-level medals, then his javelin was a sure sign of a champion!

Of course, this was Ye Liwei's irrational thinking. If he were sane, he'd clearly see that the man standing before him wasn't just flashing the aura of a javelin champion, but two solid gold medals!

With hardly any training and results like this, did he really need to ask if a little training could bring gold?

The CCTV-5 reporter was clearly more rational than Ye Liwei at that moment, quickly analyzing what Meng Fan's performance meant!

Moreover, the CCTV-5 reporter had sharp eyes and spotted Ye Liwei in the crowd!

Well, Ye Liwei's current frenzied state did make him hard to miss.

Ye Liwei was standing with Dean Zhan. To most people, they'd see Dean Zhan first and only Dean Zhan, given Dean Zhan's fame. The CCTV-5 reporter also saw Dean Zhan first but didn't overlook Ye Liwei—after all, as a veteran sports journalist, how could he not recognize Ye Liwei?

"Why is Ye Liwei here?"

The CCTV-5 reporter muttered, quickly guessing the reason, and then images popped into his mind—thrilling images!

Bringing shot put and javelin into the mix?!

Meng Wujin was about to become Meng Qijin?!

A seven-gold king across five major events?!

Meng Fan had already shocked the world by winning gold in three events at the Kyoto Olympics. Adding two more would paint a picture so beautiful the CCTV-5 reporter didn't know what to say!

And the reason the reporter had such thoughts was, of course, because Meng Fan's throws were too ferocious—each one struck deep into the hearts of Ye Liwei and those who understood throwing events. Forget everything else, just these results alone were enough!

Others trained their whole lives—no, strictly speaking, generations in other countries trained their whole lives—and Meng Fan achieved it all with just "talent." That was truly brutal.

Top athletes in other countries had both talent and hard work!

But damn... it really proved the saying: one force overcomes ten techniques!

Meng Fan's "force" was simply terrifying!

For insiders, who didn't know that Meng Fan's most important and fundamental asset in weightlifting, wrestling, and judo was his immense strength? But even knowing Meng Fan was strong, and that he had reached the world's peak in those three events, no one dared to think of Meng Fan for throwing events. Even if they did, they wouldn't believe he could still reach the world's peak—after all, these were completely different fields, all related to strength, but with entirely different points of force application and methods, right?

Yet the truth was so incredible, so thrilling!

The CCTV-5 reporter gave the cameraman a look: "Shoot over there."

The cameraman followed his gaze, immediately recognized Ye Liwei, and even if his nose for news wasn't as sharp as the reporter's, he knew there'd be a big story.

After filming, he quickly turned back at the reporter's signal, returning to normal. If no one else shot it, this would be an exclusive.

"Ding! Judgment failed."

The javelin competition ended, and the prompt in Meng Fan's mind still couldn't grant the champion honor reward.

"Ding! Mission triggered..."

Well, that sound was something Meng Fan simulated in his mind after the competition when he saw Ye Liwei. He was hoping that Ye Liwei inviting him to join the national throwing team might trigger a mission—Dean Zhan had already told Meng Fan that Ye Liwei had come and why. But in reality, nothing happened.

Missions were really getting harder to trigger!

Unless Meng Fan tried a completely new field, like when he recorded a single and truly touched the "music" realm, otherwise, it was impossible to trigger missions as easily as at the very beginning of the system.

And currently, Meng Fan didn't have much desire to explore new fields; his interest was low. So even if a new field triggered rewards, including title attribute bonuses, Meng Fan's interest wasn't that great.

Otherwise, he would have gone "pioneering" in various fields.

Although he was sure no mission would trigger, Meng Fan was still very polite to Ye Liwei. Regarding the national throwing team's "special recruitment"—yes, it was for throwing events, not just javelin and shot put, or maybe Ye Liwei truly believed Meng Fan could handle any throwing event—Meng Fan didn't outright refuse. Instead, he said he would seriously consider it. This wasn't a polite excuse or empty words.

At that moment, Meng Fan's thoughts were very similar to Dean Zhan's and the weightlifting-wrestling-judo team's. It wasn't that he was unwilling to achieve in other events or win honors for the country in throwing events; it was mainly a matter of time. Dean Zhan and the weightlifting-wrestling-judo team worried that if Meng Fan trained in throwing events, he would divert his focus from those three. Meng Fan, on the other hand, thought that adding throwing events would take away from his time on animation, voice acting, and personal life.

Well, if this thought got out, it would inevitably attract criticism.

As for Meng Fan's "consideration," Ye Liwei was very distressed but could only go back and "wait for notice." Dean Zhan, meanwhile, kept his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart, unable to tell if he was grinning or whining inside. He truly hoped Meng Fan wouldn't get distracted by other sports, but he also didn't want Meng Fan to actually refuse.

A few days ago, an urgent matter prevented me from updating. My deepest apologies!

(End of chapter)