ice emperor

"Louis! Thank you, thank you! You know me... oh! God what am I trying to say? How can I forget!? Man, I mean, I mean—ah! God damn it, my The brain just—”

"Relax, bro. I think you're just getting too excited."

After a short period of excitement, Johnny Wassenberg did not forget the biggest contributor to helping him complete this quadruple jump.

When he finished yelling and finished venting, he quickly turned and rushed towards An Yi on the sidelines.

When the distance was still one or two meters away, the blade kicked off the ice and jumped forward. The whole person threw himself on the protective wall and hugged his friend. He tried his best to drag him into the ice rink to express his gratitude.

Of course, he didn't lose his mind, and he also knew that Joyce deserved more credit for being able to do the quadruple jump this time, and the effect of his good brother's experience was that finishing touch.

But knowing it in your heart is one thing, and feeling it is another.

Let him forget Joyce for a moment now and celebrate with his best friend in his arms.He believed that Joyce would understand. Although he was an adult, he was once as young as them, wasn't he?

"Oh, God, am I being abandoned by my own students?"

"I taught a certain little boy for more than an hour before he arrived. The result? After the student finally completed the training goal, the credit was given to others."

With a sad tone, James Joyce also slid to the side of the boys and girls, looking disappointed and sad at the two boys beside him, hugging each other.

Not interested in talking to him, An Yi glanced over and continued to talk to his good friend. Once again, Joyce was hit hard. As if he was a little out of breath, he covered his chest with his palm.

Witnessing the interaction between them with her own eyes, Cindy Celaya, who was on the sidelines, burst out laughing, which not only successfully evoked the corner of Joyce's mouth that was deliberately pulled down, but also reminded the two boys of her.

After finally celebrating enough, they let go of each other and looked at her at the same time, their eyes were full of bright eyes, full of the unique vigor of youth.

"Boys, now that the celebration is over, can we continue training?"

"Johnny, don't forget what I said to you. You don't have much time left to prepare. You must work harder and practice the program of the youth competition as soon as possible."

Seeing that the disciples had finally regained their composure, James Joyce immediately sounded a reminder, pointing out the goals of the next phase of the plan.

Unlike Johnny who was lost in thought after hearing these words, An Yi didn't have any worries in this regard.Even if he wants to participate in the youth group competition, he must at least follow the steps: return to China, participate in the selection of the national team, successfully join the national team, celebrate his 14th birthday, sign up for the qualifying competition to stand out, and finally enter the official competition.

On the other hand, Johnny, because he is a native of Canada, has actively participated in various domestic competitions since he was a child.Although this time he returned to participate in the youth group competition, he has much more experience in the competition than him.

Worrying about his preparations for the program is better than thinking about the various situations he may encounter when he returns to China in a few months.At the top of the list is the most critical question of the number of entries!He knew that these days, the strength of the men's team of the Chinese National Figure Skating Team was not very good.

"...Joyce, I think I understand what you didn't say."

After thinking for a while, Johnny Wassenberg finally made a decision. He stretched out his right hand and scratched his face. He smiled at the head coach and his two friends and continued.

"I will suspend the training of difficult movements and fully prepare for the youth competition in July. Program practice... Oh my god, of course there is no need to keep it a secret from Louis. He just made me a success!"

With these words in his mouth, the expression on his face was a little embarrassed and shy. When Joyce looked at him teasingly, Johnny looked away.

He understood what Joyce meant, and knew that he was joking with him 'why should I have known today'.But wasn't there such a thing as today?He wanted to secretly practice the show, and in the end he would scare his good brother, to get revenge on him for scaring him by graduating early, what's wrong?

But it's different now, his good brother has already helped him so much, if he still hides this kind of thing, he is simply not worthy of the other party's contribution, and it will definitely affect their friendship.

So, go to hell with keeping the song selection secret, and go to hell with secretly practicing the program.Just when he met Joyce after dinner, he heard that the arrangement and adjustment of the two sets of movements had been completed.It just so happens that there is no one else on the ice rink, so why not just slide out the complete two sets of movements for his good brother to see.

"Joyce, good show music, do you have backups in your office? I need them now, I want to slide my show to Louis."

With a serious expression and no hesitation, the way Johnny Wassenberg looked at Joyce said everything.

Spreading his hands and shrugging his shoulders, Joyce raised his hand and patted Johnny on the shoulder twice, expressing that he had no objection.He gestured to the other two children beside him to be calm, stepped out of the ice rink, put on the skates, and walked towards his office.

Ten minutes later, when he returned to the infield again, the sound system in this part of the ice rink had already started working.Selected from the theme of Swan Lake White Swan, the music that most people are familiar with is officially played.

Just ...

The melody rhythm of the piece is obviously a bit strange, not so much classical as it is modern.

In addition, although the instrument playing the main body of the piece is only the violin, it is mixed with a lot of mixing, strong rhythm and drum beats.If it weren't for the main theme of the song, it would be recognizable as a white swan, and it wouldn't be inconsistent to say that it is a modern hip-hop dance song.

"Is this song really Swan Lake?"

After listening to the song completely, An Yi stretched out the little finger of his left hand to dig out his ears, and looked at Cindy who was also stunned.

An Yi didn't know the true face of the song, so it's okay. The impact on Cindy Celaya can be said to be devastating.The song selections of the programs she had heard before were not like this. She did not expect that after the final adaptation was finalized, the style would be so different.

Is this still Swan Lake?

Is it is it?may be.

If you listen carefully, you will still find that although the rhythm of this piece is much faster and strong variations have been added, the essence has not deviated from the main melody of the original piece.

So, it should still be able to be named "Swan Lake"...

"Ready Johnny? I believe this rearranged song is more suitable for you than the last version."

After returning, he didn't enter the ice rink again. James Joyce stood beside An Yi and Cindy, and while the music was about to end, he said to Johnny Wasenberg who was standing on the inside of the protective wall.

"Boys, believe in yourself and believe that you can do all the moves."

"Don't forget! You have conquered the quadruple jump! Your strength is definitely the strongest among [-]-year-olds! Go ahead, conquer this ice rink and show us your true strength!"

With words of encouragement, Joyce finally touched his fist with his disciples. Joyce watched Johnny slide away and watched him stand in the middle of the ice rink after the music ended.

For some reason, when he was watching the disciples who were making preparations and waiting for the music to start, he suddenly thought of another student.I imagined in my heart what would happen to the final result if the opponent were to skate this short program.

Ok? !

No no no.

How could he have such an idea that the movements and music style that suits Johnny must not suit the other.

At this moment, the disciple standing next to him, even though he is still young now, his temperament when he grows up is almost certain.Smart, light, delicate, gentle to the extreme technical movements, and artistic expression are the direction he should pursue.Like Johnny, the programming that shows vitality, strength, and male hormones will definitely not suit him.

Bass, tick, tick——

Just as Joyce was comparing the performance styles of the two disciples, the sound system around the ice rink sounded again, and a few simple electric guitar notes jumped out, and Johnny Wasenberg in the center of the ice rink started his own performance.

A short piece of music changed, and he danced his body to skate along with the music. The skates under his feet made various footwork, skating out a series of trajectories, leading himself faster and faster on the ice.

At the end of the prelude, when the main theme of the white swan was played, he adjusted his body posture, slid backwards on the inner edge of his left foot to enter the action preparation, raised his right leg, and the teeth of the ice skate on his right foot suddenly hit the ice surface.

With the help of this force, the whole person soared into the air, hugged his two arms in front of his chest, and rotated his body counterclockwise for three times in the air, and finally slid out of the ice with the rear outer edge of his right foot, completing a very standard technical movement. Triple axel on the back. (flipjumps, Philip jumps)

But, it's not over yet!

After he completed the triple axel on the inside, he landed steadily on the ice with his right ice blade and slid out of the ice. In the blink of an eye, he stretched and opened his left leg that had finished the jump.

Once again, the body rotated in the air for one or two weeks, landed on the ice with the rear outer edge of the right foot, stretched the left leg and slid out beautifully, another jump—no!To be precise, it should be a triple axel jump followed by a double axel jump. This [-]F plus [-]T combination was successfully completed by him.

"Wow!"

"Yeah—Johnny, Johnny! I love you!!"

At such a close distance, seeing his good friend complete this group of jumps perfectly, An Yi couldn't control his voice and let out an admiration. The degree of excitement and happiness for his good friend was only better than that of Xin who was jumping around and screaming loudly. Di Celaya, just a little short.

Immediately afterwards, the music continued to play, and the melody played by the violin gradually reached a climax. Johnny, who was skating on the ice, used the blade to slide out several footwork, connecting the previous joint jump with the next single jump to be completed.

Sliding in backwards, after a little preparation for two seconds, he turned around on one foot and changed his foot to slide forward. He started to prepare for the action with the front outer edge of his left foot.After spinning in the air for two and a half weeks, he slid a beautiful big arc with the rear outer edge of his right foot, and completed an Axel double jump without any flaws. Fiery to describe.

Outside the protective wall of the ice rink, seeing the whole set of movements now, An Yi silently calculated in his mind: a set of [-]F+[-]T jumps, an Axel double jump, according to the three types of jumps required in the short program, the last one is left.

But the rules also stipulate that, except for the double jump that can repeat the same jumping action, the same jump as before is absolutely not allowed in a single jump.In other words, there are still jumps that Johnny can do. There are four types of jumps (loop jumps, loop jumps) and toe loop jumps.

Looking at it this way, there are actually quite a lot of jumping types that he can choose from.He also believed that with Johnny's current strength, he would never make a mistake on this kind of issue.

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