Chinanews client, Beijing, September 27 (Yuan Xiuyue) "This movie can be described as twists and turns. Almost all the actors in the film have refused at least three times."
At the beginning of this year, director Chen Kexin said this when the movie "Win the Championship" premiered.
why?
Gong Li revealed the whole story-"I really don't have the confidence to perform badly." "Lang Ping is the idol of the people across the country. If I didn't perform well, I might become a sinner through the ages."
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"Our players are all real professional volleyball players, but we are not volleyball professionals. It is too difficult for you to give guidance and instructions to a professional." Huang Bo also said.
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Yes, the biggest reason for their hesitation is that the group of people they play is the Chinese women's volleyball team.
After more than half a year, "Win the Championship" was released nationwide again.
The movie has been praised and criticized. Douban currently has a score of 7.4 and the box office has exceeded 100 million yuan.
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"Winning Championship" tells the story of the Chinese women's volleyball team winning the championship from the 1980s to 2016. The film highlights three games, the 1981 Women's Volleyball World Cup, the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The liveliest and most exciting thing in the movie is the women's volleyball girls, who are all played by professional athletes.
It is said that at the beginning, Chen Kexin looked for actors with a size of 1.8 meters or more, but it didn't feel right to shoot. Later, among tens of thousands of volleyball players across the country, 12 old women's volleyball players were selected. The young Lang Ping was played by her daughter Bailang.
Most of the new women's volleyball players played by themselves, restoring the scene of the Rio Olympic Games at that time.
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In the movie, Lang Ping is a key figure. She is not only the link connecting the two generations of women's volleyball team, but also the continuation and renewal of the spirit of the women's volleyball team.
Speaking of the spirit of the women's volleyball team, the first thing many people think of is unity, cooperation, and tenacious struggle.
The most pictures of the old women's volleyball team in "Win the Championship" are the scenes where they are training. The most mentioned word is "training."
On New Year's Eve, thousands of families are reunited and they are still playing volleyball.
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This kind of "devil-style" training really happened. In 1979, the Chinese women's volleyball team began to train in Chenzhou. At that time, the conditions of the Chenzhou women's volleyball base were difficult, and the coaches' training was stricter. If the quality was not met, the class could not be passed. .
For the women's volleyball girls, additional training and make-up lessons are common, and if one team member fails to complete, the others have to follow along.
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In order for the players to improve their performance as soon as possible, the coach can only be "hard-hearted."
Why do you practice so hard?
The movie tells the background through the mouth of the coach. At that time, China had just reformed and opened up. In many aspects, it was far behind foreign countries. American coaches had already applied computer technology to women's volleyball training, while Chinese women's volleyball girls were still rudimentary. Training in the bamboo shed.
The coach played by Wu Gang said that he cried when he went abroad to watch high-rise buildings. China is too backward, so he always wanted to hurry up.
"We want to prove it to all of them, the Chinese, it's OK!"
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In 1981, the women's volleyball team won the championship. For the Chinese at the time, this was not only a victory for the women's volleyball team, but also a symbol of a beacon and a horn.
The images of women's volleyball girls defying strong enemies and flying and jumping, let many people in confusion see hope and direction, and let many low-hearted people regain confidence and strength.
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However, no one is always winning generals, the Chinese women's volleyball team has also experienced several periods of low ebb.
In 1988, the Chinese women's volleyball team suffered a disastrous defeat at the Seoul Olympics.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the American women's volleyball team led by Zhan Lang Ping, and finally lost 2:3.
In the following years, China's volleyball continued to slump. In 2012, the women's volleyball team lost to Thailand in the Asian Cup final.
According to media analysis at that time, it seemed that the national team did not perform well. In fact, the deeper reason was the overall decline in the volleyball market, popularization, and youth training.
Data map: On April 25, 2013, the Volleyball Management Center of the State Sports General Administration of China officially announced that Lang Ping will be the new head coach of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team.
China News Agency issued Tomita photo
In April 2013, Lang Ping became the new head coach of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team.
Lang Ping's spirit of the old women's volleyball team, years of coaching experience, international vision, innovative ability, etc., all make her the best candidate for coach.
However, Lang Ping is not the savior.
The outside world believes that the greater significance of her emergence lies in the promotion of China's volleyball reform.
After Lang Ping took office, he promoted the concept of "big national team" and a composite management team. The training list increased significantly, and each position kept three to four people competing.
The players take turns to play, everyone is the main force.
The spirit of the women's volleyball team also has a new annotation.
Over the past 20 years, China has already turned upside down. In the past, women's volleyball girls carried the expectations of the whole society on their backs. They played volleyball with the goal of winning. What about now?
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Lang Ping also has her own views. She believes that the spirit of the Chinese women's volleyball team is not only to win the championship, but to sometimes know that it is difficult to win, but also do their best.
After winning the Rio Olympics, Lang Ping also told the media: “Don’t talk about the spirit of the women’s volleyball team just because we won a game, but also see the process of our hard work. The spirit of the women’s volleyball team has always been there, and spirit alone cannot win. Must be skilled."
Data map: The 2016 Rio Olympic Women's Volleyball Semifinal, the Chinese team played against the Dutch team.
The picture is the head coach Lang Ping shouting to the players.
Photo by China News Network reporter Tomita
The previous sentence also represents the change in many people's attitudes towards competitive sports. It is not only the gold medal that deserves the applause. The fighting spirit of sports is also worth cheering for.
The latter sentence tells us that we must not talk about spirit, but we must keep our feet on the ground.
In the movie "Win the Championship", on the eve of the Rio Olympics Chinese women's volleyball team against Brazil, Lang Ping told the players that she didn't play very well before because she was too burdened.
"A foreign reporter once asked me why you Chinese value the winning or losing of a volleyball match so much. I said, because our hearts are not strong enough, we will not win when our hearts are strong one day. The only value of the game."
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She let the players let go of the fight, play their own volleyball, and enjoy the sport itself.
This is also one of the most moving parts of the movie. Everyone does not exist as a group, nor does it work hard for the expectations of others.
Even for the best women's volleyball player, volleyball is not necessarily all of her life. Living out her life is the most important thing.
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In the movie, Lang Ping said, go fall in love.
Many people know how to smile, this is the moment to bring the "deified" women's volleyball team back to the world.
Only when the burden of "win" is cast aside, we can truly understand the meaning of winning. It is not that I am better than you, but that I made the impossible possible.
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