"22 seconds, breaking the national record of 200 meters!" After Chen Qiang was briefly lost, a feeling of surprise arose in his heart.

The track is relatively soft, which is not conducive to athletes running well.

Moreover, when Chen Qiang entered the straight road, he made a mistake and lost some time.

Under such circumstances, he also ran a 22-second run, breaking the national record of 200 meters. Chen Qiang was already very satisfied with this.

In fact, this result is not fast. According to the standards of later generations, it is not as good as the national first-class athlete.

"Chen Qiang, congratulations!"

"It's a record-breaking, congratulations!"

Athletes around him, including Liu Changchun, came up to congratulate Chen Qiang.

Although Liu Changchun was a little depressed, he did not resent Chen Qiang because of his failure. He only heard him ask: "I see when you started, the direction was deliberately tilted to speed up faster?"

Chen Qiang did not hide the questions asked by Liu Changchun, and the 200-meter athletes with a little experience should be able to guess the questions asked by Liu Changchun.

The core of the 200-meter curve technology is the technique of running on the way, which cannot be learned through the naked eye.

Chen Qiang simply explained to Liu Changchun: "I deliberately set the starting position close to the outsider line on the right, and then start in an inclined direction, so I can get a longer straight sprint distance at the start. After all, it is not easy to speed up when running on a curve, so it is a little faster."

Liu Changchun nodded: "I've recorded it, and I will practice like you when I look back."

Chen Qiang only introduced Liu Changchun the technology of starting a curve, such as the core technology of running a curve. Chen Qiang didn't mention it in a word. He did not intend to spread the advanced sprinting technology he mastered. After all, in this era, the situation in China is still relatively chaotic and sports are not popular.

On the contrary, the United States, Britain, Germany and other countries are already major sports countries. If Chen Qiang spreads advanced technology, the first ones to understand thoroughly will inevitably be the Americans, British and Germans. At that time, it will be cheaper to those Western powers. If Western countries become stronger, China's sports will become more and more backward.

As for the performance of the game, it is not likely to be seen by other athletes and then imitate it. If Chen Qiang used sports skills from the 1950s and 1960s, perhaps athletes of this era could really steal the craftsmanship by watching it a few times.

However, Chen Qiang used technology that was 1980 or 1990 years later, and has formed a complete set of systematic things in the future. With the understanding ability of athletes in this era, only by looking at the naked eye, at most they can only get the shape, but they will definitely not get the essence.

The limitations of the times are really an insurmountable gap. For example, if a fuel-powered steam turbine motorcycle was given to scientists in the 1930s, scientists in the 1930s could definitely imitate it. But if they gave the 21st century high-speed rail crh380 model to scientists in the 1930s, even if they wanted to break their brains, they would not be able to imitate it.

Next, Chen Qiang and Liu Changchun talked about the next 400-meter sprint.

"I think now that the 400-meter project is not your opponent," Liu Changchun said.

"How can you do it? You are the national record holder of 400 meters. I remember that during the National Games last year, you broke the national record of 400 meters with injuries. How many did you run at that time?" Chen Qiang said.

"52 seconds 6." Liu Changchun answered.

"You can run 52 seconds and 6 seconds with injuries. Now you are in a good state, you should be able to run 50 seconds, right?" Chen Qiang asked tentatively, and he also wanted to find out about Liu Changchun's reality and reality.

Liu Changchun shook his head: "What are you thinking! No Asian athlete has run 50 seconds into 400 meters! I am actually not very good at running 400 meters, and it was also luck to break the national record last time."

"I remember the world record of 400 meters should be 47 seconds 6? So in the 400 meters event, we Asian athletes are much behind!" Chen Qiang said.

"That's right? There is a Japanese champion named Hideo Matsuge. His best result is 51.6 seconds. This person is now in Northeast China, working at Manchuria Railway, and has also come to our Northeast University for exchanges. This is probably the top strength in Asia!" Liu Changchun introduced.

Chen Qiang recalled that he did not have the name Hideo Matsugeki in his memory, and probably did not become a legendary athlete in Japanese history, so there is no strong record.

"Then how fast can you run now?" Chen Qiang asked again.

"I don't know either. When I was practicing 400 meters, my grades were bullied. Sometimes I could run to 52, and sometimes I had to run to 56 seconds. I probably didn't have any talent in the 400 meters event, so I didn't practice much. It depends on my luck when running. Liu Changchun was very open-minded.

Chen Qiang frowned. The 400m has a 4-second ups and downs, which should not be seen in professional athletes.

"Such big ups and downs, it means that Liu Changchun really can't run 400 meters. If he knew the skills of physical allocation, 400 meters wouldn't have such ups and downs." Chen Qiang said in his heart.

At this time, Chen Qiang had already understood that Liu Changchun was running purely on his physical talent in the 400-meter event.

If you think about it carefully, Chen Qiang is not surprised by this result. After all, 400 meters is the most difficult in sprinting. The athletes need to allocate their physical fitness in accordance with their own running methods. This not only has extremely high requirements for the athletes' physical fitness, but also has extremely high requirements for coaches' training.

The future 400-meter sprint is almost monopolized by American athletes, and there have been cases in which Americans won the 400-meter championship, second-year and third place in the Olympics. In this event, Americans' training level is indeed better than other countries.

Liu Changchun, opposite, asked, "I haven't seen you run 400 meters before. How fast can you run in this event?"

"53 seconds!" Chen Qiang continued: "So if you can play to the level of the National Games last year, the 400-meter championship will be yours!"

Chen Qiang didn't tell the truth. 53 seconds is just his slowest result. He must perform very poorly before he can run a 53-second result. If he plays the limit, Chen Qiang can run within 52 seconds.

According to the national athlete standards in later generations, the 400-meter national second-level athlete's standard achievement score is 53 seconds. As for national first-level athletes, the score has risen to 49 seconds 6 in electronic timing, and the higher-level national athletes' standard achievement score is 47 seconds 6 in standard, and the 400-meter world record in this era happens to be 47 seconds 6 in 47 seconds 6.

Chen Qiang's current 400-meter level, if placed in later generations, can barely be considered the middle level of the national second-level athlete.

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In Tianjin, a glider hovered in the air, and the people below raised their heads to watch, and from time to time there would burst into applause and cheers.

"Look, that's an airplane built by Hebei Automobile School!"

"That's great, we finally built our own plane!"

In May 1931, Sui Shengxin, host of Tianjin Hebei Automobile School, and Zhu Chen made China's first glider, which caused a sensation in Tianjin. Then, every time the test flight was tested, countless people stopped to watch.

A car was parked in front of the British Country Club Department. A foreigner in his forties walked out of the car. He looked up at the glider in the air, then looked at the cheering people around him, and couldn't help but curl his lips.

"A group of ignorant Chinese people, this is just a glider, not a real airplane."

The foreigner walked into the British Country Club with a disdainful look on his face.

This foreigner is Elio, the Italian Consul in Tianjin.

When the waiter saw the man, he immediately walked forward: "Mr. Ellio, the British Consul Edward, and the French Consul Mr. Batner have all arrived, and they are riding horses on the horse's course."

"Then take me over." Elio said.

The British Country Club was originally a livestock garden. Later, Li Hongzhang gave the land to the British Deculin, who built the Jockey Club and Country Club. In the 1930s, there were not only racecourses, but also tennis courts, golf courses, ponds for boating, and British courtyards. There were swimming pools, billiards rooms, bowling rooms, table tennis rooms, western restaurants, dance halls, libraries and other many other amusement facilities. Many British people often gathered again.

The waiter brought Ellio to the horse farm and met Edward, the British Consul in Tianjin, and Batner, the French Consul in Tianjin. The three of them were old acquaintances and immediately got together. The waiter also served British afternoon tea, sandwiches, British muffins, cakes and fruits that had been prepared, and they also had everything they had with them with jam and cream, black tea, milk and coffee.

The three of them enjoyed afternoon tea first and then they got to the point.

As the master, the British Consul Edward was the first to speak: "Some changes have occurred in Tianjin in recent times. I wonder if you have noticed it?"

"Mr. Edward, what is the change you are talking about?" Ellio asked.

"I mean the changes in the Chinese." Edward continued: "I have talked to Mr. Batner just now. Recently, many British businessmen have complained to the consulate that they feel that Chinese people do not respect them as much as before."

The French consul Batner, next to him, also spoke: "There is a similar situation in our French consulate. Many French expatriates have reacted to us and have not received the respect they deserve."

"What you two mean by 'respect' means privilege, right?" Ellio asked with a smile.

Edward did not deny it, but said: "It is the right thing for the British to have privileges in China."

"How can those Chinese be on par with the noble French? We French should enjoy privileges," said Batner.

Ellio shrugged: "There are not many Italians in Tianjin, only a few hundred, including garrisons. Many of the Chinese residents in the Italian concession are Chinese celebrities or military and political figures who step down. They are in security considerations and are relatively low-key on weekdays. So I have not received any information that the Italian expatriates are not respected."

"Indeed, there are too few Italians in Tianjin. Our UK is different. There are many British merchants doing business in Tianjin, and many British expatriates work in Tianjin. The number of troops stationed in the British military camp alone exceeds 3,000. I must protect the rights and interests of British expatriates from infringement!" Edward said.

"There are many French expatriates in Tianjin, and I also need to protect their rights." Batner said.

Among the Tianjin Concession, the British Concession was the largest, covering an area of ​​more than 6,000 acres. There were many factories, commercial banks, banks, schools, hotels, etc. in the British Concession, and even English newspapers specially published in the British Concession. At that time, the largest Minyuan Stadium in Tianjin was also in the British Concession.

The French Concession is not small, with nearly 3,000 acres of land. The business in the French Concession is booming, and several major shopping malls and hotels in Tianjin are all concentrated in the French Concession.

In comparison, the Italian Concession is much smaller, covering an area of ​​about 800 acres, so the small place is naturally easier to manage. There are many small Western-style villas in the Italian Concession, and many politicians will choose to live in the Italian Concession after leaving the wild. At least personal safety can be guaranteed, so there are many former residences of celebrities in the Italian Concession in Tianjin.

I heard French Consul Batner continue: "In recent years, China's nationalism has continued to rise, which has brought a very adverse impact on our expatriates in China. Especially in March this year, after China took back the Belgian Concession, this nationalist sentiment reached a peak in Tianjin. I think this is a very bad signal, which will affect the interests of France in China!"

British Consul Edward also spoke: "I have been having dinner with some British merchants recently. They are complaining that business in Tianjin is not easy to do. Many Chinese people will not buy British goods and instead buy Chinese domestic products. There are also several factories, and the Chinese workers they hire actually demand a salary increase, otherwise they will go on strike! This would never have happened before."

"Indeed, the Chinese are becoming independent and not as obedient as before." Ellio nodded in agreement.

1931 was a special year. First, at the beginning of the year, China took back its autonomy in tariffs, which was touted as the largest diplomatic victory in the history of the Republic of China. At the same time, it also boosted the nation's self-confidence and inspired the patriotism of many ordinary people.

In March, Belgium returned Tianjin's Bili Concession to China. Although the Bili Concession is the smallest and most backward concession in Tianjin, Belgium also cannot afford to support the concession due to financial difficulties, so it returned the concession to China.

When Belgium returned the concession, it even transferred the debt of more than 90,000 taels of silver from the concession to China, and China continued to repay it.

In this way, China spent more than 90,000 taels of silver to buy back the Belgian Concession, but the retraction of the concession was a huge diplomatic victory after all. Under the extensive publicity of the Republic of China government, the retraction of the concession in the Belgian Concession pushed China's nationalist sentiment to a peak.

Especially in Tianjin, because the concession was taken back, the people really saw the return of the concession, which made Tianjin's nationalist sentiment the most.

The retraction of tariff autonomy and the withdrawal of the concession greatly stimulated the patriotism of the people of Tianjin. The people spontaneously organized a campaign to support domestic products, and the sales of foreign products naturally plummeted.

At the same time, due to the rising nationalist sentiment, the Chinese people have become stronger and they are no longer as obedient as before when facing foreigners. They are no longer timid, and things such as workers asking foreign bosses to raise their salaries have occurred. This obviously harms the interests of these foreigners in China.

Of course, foreigners still have many privileges in China, but the Chinese used to be afraid of foreigners and regarded foreigners as ancestors. Now they no longer regard them as ancestors, so they feel unbalanced.

Simply put, the privileges of foreigners in China have been reduced, so the British consul brought in the French and Italian consuls to discuss the solution.

Tianjin originally had nine concessions, among which the US concessions were incorporated into the British concession early, the German concession and the Austro-Hungarian concession were reclaimed after the end of World War I, the Russian concession was returned by the Soviet Union, and now the Belgian concession has also been taken back, so Tianjin knows that the concessions of the four countries, Britain, France, Italy and Japan, remain.

Britain, France and Italy are both European powers and they do not bring Asian countries like Japan to play, so the British consul did not invite Japanese consuls.

Back to the point, the consuls of Britain, France and Italy are discussing countermeasures.

The attitude of the consuls of Britain and France is relatively positive, after all, this is related to the interests of the expatriates of the two countries in China.

The Italian consul acted like "You guys work and I'm mixed in." There were not many Italians in Tianjin, and Italy's interests in China were not as great as those in Britain and France. Moreover, Italians were relatively lazy in nature. The two world wars were mainly responsible for being funny and cute and causing trouble for Germany, and they could not expect Italians to take the lead.

I heard British Consul Edward say: "In the Far East, Japan has always been eyeing China, so a weak China is not in the interests of the British Empire, but a powerful China is also not in the interests of the British Empire. Now the national sentiment of the Chinese people is getting higher and we must try to suppress it!"

"I agree with Mr. Edward's point of view. The key is how we use to suppress the national sentiment of the Chinese people." French Consul Batner nodded and continued: "If it were in the Qing Dynasty, we only needed to drive the warships to Dagukou and fire a few shells at the sea. Those Chinese would be frightened and would agree to whatever we say. But now, this method may not work."

"Of course we can't drive warships to Tianjin! That will cause China to boycott foreign goods movement, and our products will be unsold at that time!" Edward said.

"If we can't use force, what other methods can we use? We can't really let our entrepreneurs raise their salaries for Chinese workers!" Batner said with a frown.

The consuls of Britain and France fell into silence for a moment, while the consul of Italy, Elio, was still drinking coffee leisurely.

Edward couldn't stand it anymore, and he spoke, "Mr. Ellio, do you have any good ideas?"

"Ah? Me?" Elio put down his coffee and said, "Since it cannot be solved by force, why not try a peaceful method?"

"Mr. Ellio, what are you referring to as a way of peace?" Edward asked.

"I have to ask Mr. Batner." Ellio looked at the French Consul Batner and continued: "I remember that the famous French educator Mr. Coubertin once said that the essence of sports is war in peacetime. But it is a more civilized and progressive, reasonable and legal war."

Elio's words immediately made Bartner's eyes lit up.

"I understand." French Consul Batner smiled on his face, and he continued: "The last time the Tianjin Concession held the World Games was two years ago, right? I think it is necessary for us to hold another World Games!"
Chapter completed!