ice emperor

Sliding, jumping, falling, and falling, during the day-to-day training, An Yi moved forward with fatigue and pain.

In mid-October and at the end of October, the first two sub-stations of the ISU Grand Prix came to an end.

Chinese national pair skaters Wang Xinyue and Chen Jiankai, who participated in the two competitions, won No.1 and No.2 respectively, and locked in advance the places for the Grand Prix finals held in Russia in December.

In terms of individual players, the national team's men's singles and women's singles are still nothing to say. On the other hand, An Yi's good friend, Johnny Wasenberg, who is ranked second in the world, has harvested the first place in two races and advanced to the championship with a destructive momentum. The finals smoothly entered a new stage of preparing for the competition, modifying and adjusting the program.

The ultimate goal, in his own words, is that the humiliation of last year is still fresh in his memory, and this year he vows to defeat the annoying old Russian man to avenge his shame.

If it wasn't for him, he would have already fulfilled the preconditions set at the beginning last season, and this year the new season has started, and he has already tried to pursue his sweetheart!

"...Witness what happens next Luis, I feel that I am in great shape and will definitely beat the old Russian man in the next game."

"Last season, yes, after the World Championships, Joyce and I have been studying his technical characteristics and admit that he is indeed worthy of the name of legend. However, it is also true that he is behind you and me in terms of difficulty. Convinced that as long as he plays normally and doesn't make mistakes in the game, there is no way for him to beat me."

Beijing time, at 2:3 am on November [-], [-], at the No. [-] Training Hall of the Chinese National Figure Skating Team at the Capital Stadium.

Canada, Montreal time, November 22nd at [-]:[-] p.m.

On the side of the ice rink, An Yi stretched his muscles and moved his joints with a voice that emphasized his sense of existence, accompanied by Johnny. He glanced at the naked man cross-legged and foaming on the laptop screen at the top of the protective wall, and let out a chuckle of unknown meaning. I really want to be angry with this bastard, even if you beat him, so what?In the end, you won't lose to me.Missing out on the title of Grand Prix Champion once again, losing the right to pursue me?

In addition, can you please stop showing off your arms and chest muscles after gaining muscle in November? Are you really not afraid of catching a cold?

Oh!

Look at my memory, I even forgot that you Westerners are protected by much more lush hair than Easterners.Of course, you don't need to worry about clothes for small things like keeping out the cold.

"Louis, Louis, are you listening? I told you bro, I've mastered triples and quadruples, and you didn't respond?"

"Ho~ I know I know, Louis, you must be stunned by my progress. Please be careful, my friend, after I am sure to defeat that Russian bastard, the next target to defeat will be you again."

"..."

The manifesto or the emphasis, Johnny, who is far away in Montreal, Canada, once again issued his own challenge.

On the ice rink, An Yi, who was warming up, stopped and looked at the screen after hearing what he said, silently watching Johnny's proud expression with his head raised, amused by the new news he told.

Have you fully mastered the 3+1+4 continuous jump?

I have to say that the progress is indeed very fast and great, but it is still not to the point where we can stop complacently.

He believed that Ilya Ivanov, who knew his own disadvantages, could not sit still and admit defeat easily, and must be constantly working hard.I also believe that Johnny, who is already a top-tier men's singles athlete, still has a lot of room for improvement.

"...Johnny, it's almost time for me to make a video call with Julian. Let's talk next time, shall we?"

"What? Ow, is it so late? I didn't notice it at all. Okay Louis, I should also rest. I wish you a good chat with Coach Pat. Next time we will..."

"Wait Johnny, I have a special gift for you before I end this call. Okay boy, take it, it's a video file. Tsk! Damn, don't laugh so disgustingly, it's not you something to look forward to."

Opening his mouth, he first looked at the time displayed in the lower right corner of the computer screen, and then interrupted Johnny saying goodbye to him.

An Yi said while doing it, and flicked his fingers to operate the computer for a while, selected the dumped and backed up Axel quadruped to complete the video, and sent this little thing of about [-] megabytes.

On the other side of the computer, Johnny, who received the unexpected surprise, cheered up and chose to accept it.

Four or five minutes later, the video file transfer was completed. After being processed by the Anyi system, the small and high-definition video was babbling nonsense. Is this video Louis Sweetheart Watts, the strongman of the precious little secret? Nick clicked it.

then……

Then no.

Once this 43-second video was played, Mr. Johnny Wassenberg, who was far away from his home in Montreal, Canada, was completely stunned! ?

Ah ah ah ah ah!

What is the action in the video?Can anyone tell him what it is?

He didn't see Axel jumping around!

Damn it, really damn it!It turns out that there are really enough weeks, no matter from which angle you look at it, Axel's quadruples are perfect!

This is crazy!What an exaggeration!It's incredible!

Is this world about to be destroyed! ?

"Oh mygod! Louis, this is, this is—"

Stunned, he opened his mouth and lost his voice. During the video call, Johnny froze for more than a minute. After waking up, he watched the video again and again two or three times before regaining his consciousness and said bitterly.

"God, I knew it was going to happen when I saw you last year in Salt Lake City, Winter Olympics, but you! But you! Did it?! You know what it means What? Means..."

"It means that our poor little Johnny needs to work harder, byegoodnight."

Click.

Saying goodbye, blinking, and closing the video communication window while smiling, leaving behind a provocative expression that made people feel itchy after seeing it, An Yi unilaterally ended this friendly and meaningful video call.

Afterwards, he stared blankly at the red and green tulip field desktop for a while, sighed and connected to Julianne Pat's call interface, thinking in his heart that don't blame me Johnny, since he is the opponent I admit, never be afraid my progress.

Even if this is the most difficult quadruple jump, the success rate is still less than [-]%.It should be enough to motivate you, push you, and act as a motivation to keep you going.

"Hi, my dear boss, how are you doing recently? I have to remind you before starting the formal conversation, you are 5 minutes late than the appointed time, I think maybe you need to apologize to me first..."

Training and learning, it seems that I will never feel bored and tired. In the middle and late November, the ISU Grand Prix will soon pass.

After the first and second rounds, following Johnny’s advance to the finals, the third round in Russia, and the fourth round in France, the Russian Ilya Ivanov also took the first place in the two rounds. One, locked a place in the finals. An Yi, who has attracted the most attention from the world in the active men's singles, did not disappoint the ice fans who supported him. He won No.1 in the final Shanghai station of China and Sapporo station of Japan to qualify for the finals , fully satisfying the hearts inside and outside the figure skating circle, waiting to see a good show.

Then, according to the schedule of the competition, a week’s rest after the sub-station, the finals of the NO.14 to NO.17 Grand Prix in December came, and the four athletes who qualified for the finals in individual events rushed to Moscow three days in advance to work hard to prepare A feast for ice fans all over the world who love figure skating.

However, for all audiences, ice dance, doubles, and women's singles, the duels of more than a dozen top athletes in the three individual events are certainly worth looking forward to and should be exciting.But for men's singles, since the end of last season, the legendary duel that has been hyped up by the sports media all over the world is what they are most looking forward to.That kind of scene, that kind of grand occasion, just thinking about it for a while, will make all of them feel uncontrollably excited.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Louis, here, here. I didn't expect that I was only 15 minutes earlier than you? How about it, brother, will you miss me if we haven't seen each other for so long?"

In downtown Moscow, in the Red Roof Hotel arranged by the competition organizing committee for athletes and coaches to stay, An Yi followed the national team members and just walked into the hotel lobby, and was immediately spotted by Johnny who had completed the check-in procedures at the front desk.

Beside him, James Joyce, who hadn't seen him for a whole season, turned his eyes and saw An Yi, An Zexian and others, put down his luggage and opened his arms.

He stepped forward with a pleasant smile on his face, and after briefly greeting An Zexian, he hugged An Yi, who was also smiling brightly, and looked him up and down with obvious pride and pride in his eyes.

This little disciple of his... is stubborn, strong, self-conscious, self-disciplined, and amazingly talented.

All the way from participating in competitions in the youth group, becoming famous has achieved achievements that countless other athletes can only dream of.

As his head coach, he has always known his temper and character, and he is sure that he will not be complacent and will not stop after winning the Olympic championship.

However, he really didn't expect that it was just one season, and he hadn't seen him for almost a year. He took another big step and successfully conquered the most difficult challenge that was theoretically feasible but never really tried by any athlete. jump!

Swear to God, how surprised he was when he found out about it not long ago.

It is no exaggeration to say that I watched the 43-second video in a loop for three full days, and even wrote two articles on research and analysis.

"Louis, my boy, your Joyce needs to ask you to prove that you don't need him anymore?"

With a sad tone, there was a faint sense of dissatisfaction. Joyce, who had been separated from his disciple for a long time, put his arms around the boy who had just grown up last year.

"Emmm, I have pity, Mr. Head Coach, who may be about to be abandoned by his disciples, why do you ask such a question?"

"Why do you ask? You see, you stayed in China for the entire season last year and did not come to Canada for intensive training like before. Your poor Joyce misses you and wants to visit you in China, but you The hateful father refused. Damn Ann, I think he must be trying to take you away from me by this means, you know he and I..."

"Hey, hey, what are you talking about? What are you talking about? Who didn't let you come to China to visit us? It wasn't because of the special circumstances last year that I was worried that you would come and get sick. Joyce, let me tell you, the situation at that time was definitely not a joke , how many schools and businesses are closed, and the work is closed. If you come here, you may never come back. Louis loves you so much, I don't want him to be sad. "

Hugs, greetings, and joking, in just a dozen seconds, the strangeness that had not been seen for more than a year quickly disappeared, and the middle-aged and young people naturally separated and talked about their love.

Standing on the side of the hotel lobby, An Yi watched as the national team staff helped check in at the hotel, and listened to Johnny constantly emphasizing how frightened he was after seeing that video last month.

Listen to him, Joyce's reaction when he knocked over the coffee cup on the spot after knowing this, listen to him, grandpa Clark Watts, after seeing that video, how much wine he drank in one meal regardless of his health .

Then, at [-]:[-] p.m. Moscow time.

Just as he was about to express his thoughts after listening to Johnny's sharing, there was a sudden commotion at the entrance of the hotel lobby, surrounded by seven or eight reporters, wearing a long black woolen coat, tall and thin, with Handsome and desolate, with green eyes, blond hair and extremely fair skin, the figure of a boy with the same blond hair and green eyes who was dressed in the same clothes and with the same blond green eyes in his left hand attracted his full attention.

next moment.

He looked at the other party, and the other party seemed to have a telepathy, and at the same time looked at him.

No need to be told by anyone at all, the same name as Ilya Vladimirevich Ivanov quickly flashed through his mind.

He believed that the Russian man in front of him who recognized him after seeing him, with the corners of his mouth upturned and a faint smile, definitely flashed his name in his mind at this moment.

……