Blade of Glory [Figure Skating]

No one thought that Qing Yue would pass through the pre-Olympic defeat in such a silent way and return to the ice world that was once more brilliant because of him.His astonishing move could not help but make some countries with the ability to hit medals feel like they are facing a big enemy, and it also made the ice altar, which has fallen asleep in the past few years, wake up overnight.

After getting the news that Qing Yue appeared on the stage of the Olympic defeat match without warning after being missing for nearly three years, many media people quickly brought up the video of Qing Yue's match in the defeat match.This has made the broadcast rights of the Olympic Games that almost no one cares about become very hot.Many TV stations bought back the rights to broadcast the losing matches at prices several times higher than in previous years.

There seems to be another wave of Qingyue being named after Qingyue in the sports world.Many sports fans who don't watch figure skating events, even those who are indifferent to the event, know that the former miracle boy in the ice world will return to the ice world in the coming spring of next year.

Many people call this trend the "Qing Yue Effect".They were surprised to find that the long-lost return actually made Qing Yue more popular than before.

But for these, the Xishu Ice Association didn't know ahead of anyone else.Even... when they wanted to call Qingyue and invite him back to Xishu to participate in the Grand Prix of the Olympic season, they couldn't reach Qingyue through anyone.

Originally, the Grand Prix held in six countries and cities around the world every October was just an invitational match at the beginning of the new season, giving players a chance to show new programs to international referees, and to make themselves more impressed in the referees' minds. And the content score of the program can be improved.As the grand prix of the Olympic season, it will have a different meaning.

As the six countries hosting the grand prix, they have the priority to invite their favorite players who are more influential in their own countries.In this way, some of the world's first-line players will be distributed in six different grand prix sub-stations to compete.The top six in each division can qualify to participate in the Grand Prix Finals.

The pre-season invitational tournament of the Olympic season also has the role of an Olympic weathervane because of its special competition time and competition rules.Usually, the player who wins the Grand Prix final will become the favorite to win the Olympic Games that year, and will leave a different impression in the hearts of the international referees.

But now seeing that the grand prix competitions in each sub-station are about to begin, Qing Yue, who is a player from Xishu, has not yet been able to confirm to them whether he will participate in the Xishu sub-station competition, which makes the Xishu Ice Association How can we not hurry?

Ten days later, a piece of news spread through the sports media made Xishu's ice association feel as if a huge rock had sunk into the bottom of a well.

The Brandon Ice Association, which held the Figure Skating Grand Prix for the first time, updated the list of athletes who will participate in the Grand Prix in the Brandon sub-station on the official website.Xishu Qingyue's name suddenly appeared on the first line of the page.And the footage of the losing match shows... Qingyue's current coach is not at all the meteor-like Naxiu in the world's ice circles, but Freyr, a figure skating men's singles player at the same time as him.

Hard as it is to believe, it is true.It is the same fact that Qingyue received warm welcome from ice fans after Plandon appeared.

Seeing the live broadcast of Qingyue's figure skating competition in the Pranden sub-station, Naxiu, who has returned to the NX headquarters since Qingyue disappeared, was not surprised at all.He just focused on watching the game live on the office projector with a soft smile, watching what he brought out, the first and only student formed after breaking away from his teaching... more to suit his style.

On his computer screen, there was an order from Plandon.Naxiu was very familiar with the various parameters related to the skates on that order.

Yes, the parameters of that order were exactly the same as the skates he specially made for Qing Yue earlier.This is unprecedented for NX.

As a top brand for customized skates, NX has the service of sending specialists to customers' homes to measure various data of each other's feet.Many parameters can only be taken care of by NX company, and it needs to be measured and calculated by a custom specialist who is familiar with the NX brand.But the player from Plandon had never bought the ice association from NX, so how could he provide such detailed data that was exactly the same as Qingyue's?

Naxiu may have already known the answer.However, he did not expose Qingyue's concealment.Because of his understanding of Qingyue, Naxiu can understand very well that even without him, Qingyue can still slide down well.Therefore, he only speculated based on Qing Yue's records in previous years that his feet might change due to age changes, and made very small adjustments to his skates, and sent them to the address of Planden.

Perhaps, since that day, Naxiu had predicted that Qing Yue would return at this time.

Sure enough, he waited until this moment.

Time stood still at the moment when Qing Yue ended the long program, and the auditorium that was silent a moment ago seemed to boil.Although as a professional broadcast of a game, the director's room will turn down the sound of the auditorium, but through the close-up of the auditorium, Naxiu can clearly see how shocking the return of Qingyue is, and What kind of a boost is given to the ice world, which has gradually entered a period of silence.

After skating the competition, Qing Yue's face did not have the joy and excitement that he had after skating a competition in the past.He looks calmer than he did in his heyday four years ago.When the camera zoomed in, Naxiu could see a relieved smile on Qingyue's face, adjusting his breathing while greeting the audience.All of this fits so well with the grace he displays on the ice.

The childishness of the past seems to have disappeared in time like this, but whether it is childishness or calmness, it is the Qingyue who showed breathtakingly beautiful jumps on the ice and scenes of unforgettable shows.Knowing this... that's enough.

After that?Although today's scoring rules are quite different from Qingyue's era.The difficulty points of jumping, especially the difficulty points of quadruple jumps that Qingyue is good at, have been greatly reduced. However, Qingyue's strong comeback still allowed him to win the championship medal in the Pranden sub-region without surprise.

After competing for the top six in the remaining five sub-stations, the finals of the World Figure Skating Grand Prix, which always attracts a lot of attention before the Olympics, began.But this time, in order to cater to the new rules, Qing Yue strengthened the footwork display that the outside world thought he was not good at in his short program and long program.

It can be seen that Qingyue is not used to such a change. Every time it comes to the footwork show, there will be a fault in the overall connection of the game, but Qingyue did make the highest level of four-level footwork.Such a change has indeed won Qing Yue a higher score than the previous Plandon race.After disappearing for three years, the miracle of the ice world finally returned and finally won a heavyweight medal matching his strength again.

Although the outside world has mixed opinions on Qingyue's program in the finals of the World Figure Skating Grand Prix, some people say that Qingyue's program is better than the current ones in the ice world in terms of music, content, choreography, and artistic expression. Those men's singles players who are active are much better.

But there are also people who expressed disappointment that time and setbacks have exhausted Qingyue's once fearless courage and vigor.He is no longer the brave and admirable boy who challenged to succeed in the quadruple jump when he was already sure of winning in order to show his value when he participated in the World Youth Championships, nor is he the boy who stubbornly wanted to change In spite of his inherent image in the eyes of others, he has the courage to reach the pinnacle of the ice circle in the new program Spartan Three Hundred Warriors in the Olympics.

But although the appearance of things is just as those who have followed Qing Yue since his official appearance on the world stage have seen, the ending it leads to is completely different.What Qingyue thought... was more far-reaching than all of them had guessed.

Qingyue thought that although he could slide out the fourth-level footwork in the competition, he could not turn the advanced footwork of that difficulty into an existence that was integrated with his competition program like Alek or even Freire. .Qing Yue even kept thinking about the next use of the blade in his head every time he slid out of those footwork demonstrations that were too obscure for him.Even though he could remember those, his mind was still thinking over and over again like he was suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

To be honest, Qing Yue hated his program being interrupted by those footworks that seemed meaningless to him.But he couldn't help but face a fact.

Under normal circumstances, he needs to qualify for the Olympic team by participating in the Xishu National Championships.Although he possesses much more strength than the average player, he is also such a special existence in the eyes of the world referee team.However, he still needs to pass the Xishu Ice Association to participate in the Olympics.

But after Qingyue went through all that, he obviously didn't want to return to the stage of the Xishu National Championships.Whether it's applause or boos, he doesn't want to get it there.

Therefore, all he can do is to win the World Figure Skating Grand Prix Finals, apply for a wild card from the International Skating Federation, skip the Xishu Ice Association and directly qualify for the Olympics.I believe that the International Skating Federation will never fail to participate in the Olympics this year as the favorite to win the championship.

What Qing Yue thought was that simple.However, as his coach and interim agent, Frere has far-reaching considerations.He believed that if Qingyue could win the grand prix finals, his commercial value would rise even further.Whether Qingyue will play or not will probably affect the price of broadcast rights.Even if it's just for the ratings, I believe those sponsors will not want Qing Yue not to be able to compete in the Olympics.

Based on such considerations, no matter what method is used, Qingyue must win the Grand Prix Finals.Only in this way can he get the chance to participate in the Olympics while preserving his stubbornness.Only in this way can he finally show the meaning of his return to the ice world to the world.