"You are indeed not on the Tianjin team's roster." Zhang Boling said, and handed a piece of paper to Chen Qiang. This was a telegram.

"This is a telegram sent from Shandong. You will represent the Shandong team in this North China Games." Zhang Boling said.

"Shandong Team? Is it divided according to ancestral home?" Chen Qiang asked while receiving the telegram.

Before Chen Qiang traveled through time, the owner of this body was originally from Jinan, Shandong, so his ancestral home was also Jinan.

Zhang Boling answered: "Of course, the teams will not be divided according to their ancestral home. This time you participated as a Shandong team player, which was personally requested by Chairman Han of Shandong. Chairman Han was in charge of Shandong, and this time Jinan is the venue for the competition, so we will still give Chairman Han's face to the public."

Chen Qiang didn't expect that he had attracted the attention of the big guys and was directly called for someone.

Zhang Boling continued: "This time you go to Jinan to compete, you are returning to your hometown. Don't feel any psychological pressure. After all, everything that happened back then has passed, the deceased has passed, and those who survive must live well."

Chen Qiang knew that Zhang Boling was comforting him and reassuring him.

Chen Qiang's whole family died in the Jinan tragedy. Zhang Boling probably was worried that Chen Qiang would have a psychological impact on this. If he returned to Jinan, he would probably be stimulated.

"Sir, please rest assured, my family is no longer here, and I have already figured out what happened back then." Chen Qiang replied.

"That's good." Zhang Boling continued: "This time, I was not only a member of the competition committee, but also served as the referee of the competition, so I will stay in Jinan until all the competitions are over. If you encounter anything that cannot be solved, you can also come to me directly."

...

There were nearly a thousand contestants at the 15th North China Games, while there were more than 700 track and field athletes, accounting for more than 70% of the total number of athletes.

After all, this was a sports meeting held in the north. Due to the economic conditions of Shandong at that time, a constant temperature swimming pool could not be built, so there was no swimming event in the North China Sports Meeting. There was only one volleyball in the three major balls, and there was no basketball and football. Most athletes were concentrated in track and field events.

Chen Qiang did not go with the Tianjin team, but arrived in Jinan one step ahead and met with the Shandong team first.

Chen Qiang was the person who was asked by the provincial chairman himself, and the receptionist in Jinan did not dare to neglect. The Shandong team sent a special person to the train station to welcome Chen Qiang, and the food and accommodation were arranged properly.

The next day, Chen Qiang met other players from the Shandong team.

Chen Qiang didn't recognize the contestants of the Shandong team, mainly because the players of the Shandong team are relatively weak and cannot participate in large-scale events like the Far East Games, so they have no intersection with Chen Qiang.

In the future, Shandong will be a major sports province. Olympic gold medalists will appear in every Olympic Games. However, in modern times, Shandong's sports are relatively weak, mainly because there are fewer universities in Shandong.

In the 1920s and 1930s, athletes were all students. Where there were many schools, there were naturally more athletes and sports were stronger. For example, Shanghai, Tianjin, Peking, Nanjing, Guangzhou and other cities were places where universities gathered in modern times, so sports in these places were also stronger.

In addition to these big cities, there is another special place, that is, Northeast China. Northeast China University was not established for a long time, but Zhang Shuai from Northeast China was willing to spend money on sports. Many athletes from ordinary backgrounds can go to Northeast China directly and receive subsidies. Therefore, the sports level in the Northeast China is also very high, and top domestic athletes like Liu Changchun emerged.

Shandong is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, and Western education is not widely spread in Shandong, so Shandong does not have top universities like Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, and Nankai.

The universities that Shandong University is more promising in Shandong are Shandong University and Ocean University of China. The predecessor of Shandong University was the Provincial Shandong University, which was suspended directly during the Jinan tragedy; Ocean University of China was the predecessor of Qingdao University, which was suspended in 1925 due to the Zhifeng War.

In the second half of 1930, the two schools merged into the National Qingdao University, and the opening ceremony was held in September of the same year. Now that the school year has not yet passed, and there have not been many students, it is even more impossible to train excellent athletes.

Moreover, this time, Qingdao also participated as a municipal team alone in the North China Sports Games, which further weakened the strength of the Shandong team.

It is precisely because of this reason that the Shandong team specially asked Chen Qiang to come over, and even the provincial chairman spoke in person. Shandong is the host after all, so if the game results are too poor, wouldn’t it be embarrassing! It’s like playing in the World Cup and the host does not qualify in the group, which is quite embarrassing.

It is precisely because the Shandong team is relatively weak that Chen Qiang undoubtedly became a "real thigh" in this Shandong team.

"Chen Qiang, tell me about your victory at the Far East Games!"

"Yes, Chen Qiang, I read the newspaper and said, you have also been to North Korea and have won the Japanese there."

Everyone surrounded Chen Qiang like stars, and many of them regarded Chen Qiang as an idol, looking at Chen Qiang's eyes.

Then Chen Qiang followed the Shandong team to the North China Games venue.

Jinan has also held some sports meetings, but they are all temporary sheds, which are not economical and also bring a lot of inconvenience to the audience. More importantly, the temporary stadium has poor quality and greatly affects the performance of athletes.

So for this North China Games, Shandong decided to build a special stadium, which is the venue for this North China Games, which is the old Shandong Provincial Stadium at the foot of Qianfoshan in the future.

The stadium started construction in March 1931 and was completed in May, which took two months, and the construction efficiency was still very high.

However, in terms of hardware facilities, the basis is very simple. The cinder runway just laid is a bit soft, and there is no transplanted lawn in the middle area, and it is all covered with mud.

At present, this stadium is still relatively primitive. It will not be paved until 1950. Tennis courts will be added in the 1960s. It will not be paved with lawns after the Shandong Sports School moved in in the 1980s.

When Chen Qiang came to the stadium, he saw that many slogans had been arranged around him. For example, "Without a sound citizen, one must never create a sound country"; "A sound spirit is in a sound body, and the North China Sports Conference must arouse the public's attention to sports"; "Only one can abide by sports discipline can one be considered an honorary athlete"; "Swear to avenge national humiliation"; "Promote national sports"; "Exercise the national physique", etc.

These slogans are very distinctive of the times. In the turbulent era when China was constantly bullied and oppressed by foreign countries, and in the era when the Chinese were called the "sick man of East Asia", people had a special obsession with strengthening their bodies. Strengthening their bodies gradually became equated with the strengthening of their country.

Another day, when Chen Qiang was adapting to the venue, he finally met two old acquaintances, Zhang Shiguang from Peking and Han Jinglin from Hebei. Both of them participated in the National Games last year and had a smooth battle with Chen Qiang.

When the two saw Chen Qiang, they couldn't help but feel a little moved. A year ago, they were still competing in Hangzhou. A year later, Chen Qiang had become famous in Asia and became the Asian record holder of the 100-meter sprint.

And on that afternoon, the Liaoning team finally arrived in Jinan.

Although the two participating teams in Heilongjiang and Jilin signed up for this competition, neither of them came to participate. In the end, only one Liaoning team came to the Northeast. However, the Liaoning team was the strongest participating team in track and field events, not only Liu Changchun, but also "Dalian Iron Foot" Yu Xiwei and "Almighty King" Zhang Lingjia.

Liu Changchun focuses on sprinting, Yu Xiwei is good at mid- and long-distance running, and although Zhang Lingjia is a decathlon player, she is also very good at discus, hurdles and other events.

...

Liu Changchun brought Yu and Zhang to Chen Qiang near.

"Chen Qiang, I will introduce you to you. This person is Yu Xiwei, the name of "Dalian Iron Foot Yu". You must have heard of it. I don't need to introduce Zhang Lingjia. You have seen him during the National Games last year."

Chen Qiang just shook hands with Yu Xiwei symbolically. He actually didn't like this person in his heart.

Yu Xiwei is in the Northeast and is as famous as Liu Changchun. During the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, China also signed up for him.

However, after September 18, he did not go south with the students of Northeastern University, but stayed in the Northeast. He also participated in many Japanese sports meetings as a pseudo-Manchukuo athlete, such as the Meiji Shrine Competition in Japan, and Yu Xiwei participated many times.

In 1933, Yu Xiwei also served as an official in the pseudo-Manchukuo State, and successively worked for the Ministry of People's Livelihood and the Union Council of the State Council. According to some records in later generations, after September 18th, Liu Changchun fled to Peiping with Northeastern University, while Yu Xiwei took the Japanese to Liu Changchun's home and persuaded Liu Changchun's father to summon Liu Changchun back to the Northeast to serve the pseudo-Manchukuo State.

Therefore, in Chen Qiang's eyes, Yu Xiwei's behavior of serving the pseudo-Manchukuo is undoubtedly a traitor. Although sports have no borders, those who betray their motherland, even if they have achieved great success, even if they are the world's number one athlete, Chen Qiang looks down on them in his heart.

Yu Xiwei also felt Chen Qiang's cold attitude. After a few greetings, he found a reason to leave first.

Liu Changchun just thought it was Yu Xiwei and Chen Qiang's first meeting, and the two were not familiar with each other, so the atmosphere seemed a bit cold.

After Yu Xiwei left, Chen Qiang asked Liu Changchun, "Your injury should be healed, right?"

"The injuries have all healed. I originally thought to compete with you with all my strength, but unfortunately, your grades have improved too quickly. You can run for 10 seconds 5. Now I can't beat you!" Liu Changchun said with a smile.

"Don't say that, I'm just better luck." Chen Qiang said modestly.

"You are okay to deceive others by saying this, but you can't fool me! In the past year, you have grown a lot taller and stronger. With this alone, your grades will also improve. I am also a veteran. When I grew up, my grades soared." Liu Changchun said.

Chen Qiang talked about another topic: "Mr. Zhang Boling told me that the China Sports Association will soon become the Chinese Olympic Committee. Then we Chinese athletes will be able to participate in the Olympics. Are you interested?"

"Is Olympic? Participating in the Olympics is of course my dream, but I just dare to think about this." Liu Changchun shook his head and said helplessly.

"That's right, the world is not peaceful. Participating in the Olympics is really about planning and success. However, your Northeastern Young Sir Zhang has always been very keen on sports. I think if you encounter difficulties in participating in the Olympics, Young Sir Zhang will definitely not stand by," Chen Qiang said.

Historically, Liu Changchun participated in the Los Angeles Olympics because of the 8,000 oceans funded by Zhang Shaoshuai, and finally he could make a trip.

Thinking of the 8,000 oceans, Chen Qiang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Liu Changchun also has a young man Zhang who can fund him 8,000 oceans to participate in the Olympics in the United States. I don't know where my 8,000 oceans travel fee comes from!"

...

On May 27, the 15th North China Games officially opened.

On the first day of the competition, only the preliminary round of the 100-meter sprint was held, and the 100-meter rematch and final were scheduled on May 28. With Chen Qiang's strength, there is no pressure to advance to the preliminary round and the rematch.

Moreover, as the host player, Chen Qiang is taken care of by the organizer in terms of grouping.

Chen Qiang is the "thigh" of Shandong team. Of course, the organizer will not arrange any "death group" for Chen Qiang. Even when the group is grouped, try to arrange opponents with a poor level for Chen Qiang as much as possible and will allow Chen Qiang to advance to the finals.

On the morning of the 28th, the final of the 100-meter sprint officially started.

In addition to Chen Qiang, Liu Changchun from Liaoning, Zhang Shiguang from Peking, Han Jinglin from Hebei and others also advanced to the 100-meter final.

The highlight of this game is of course the battle between Chen Qiang and Liu Changchun.

At the National Games a year ago, everyone was optimistic about Liu Changchun, and Chen Qiang was just an unknown person at that time. But this time it was completely different. Almost everyone was optimistic about Chen Qiang winning the championship.

Liu Changchun did not sit idly by. Although he knew that his best results were not as good as Chen Qiang, as an athlete, Liu Changchun never gave up fighting just because his skills were not as good as others. He still longed for the champion of the 100-meter sprint.

...

The contestants' introductions sounded from the loudspeaker at the scene.

"The first route, Zhang Shiguang, comes from the Peking Team!"

There was a burst of applause in the stands!

"The second route, Liu Changchun, from the Liaoning team!"

The applause in the stands became stronger.

"The third line, Chen Qiang, comes from the Shandong team!"

This time, there were not only applause, but also cheers in the stands. The applause and cheers even had a long-lasting trend.

"Everyone is optimistic. This third person is from Shandong!"

"I've known this a long time ago. I heard that Chen Qiang's hometown is from Jinan."

"Chen Qiang is the fastest athlete in Asia, and even Japanese can't run away from him. He will definitely win the championship this time."

"Chen Qiang, come on! Come on!"

The fellow villagers in Jinan still support local players very much. When they hear the words "from Shandong team", no matter whether they recognize Chen Qiang or not, they are cheering for him.

...

The contestants who participated in the final stood on the track, and everyone's expressions seemed very serious, and the atmosphere on the scene became tense.
To be continued...