Chapter 99 of the Chinese Sports People's Text Volume. I found a backer early the next morning, Zhang Boling took Chen Qiang and walked towards the direction of the Dajing Road.

While the two of them were walking, Zhang Boling said:

"What I will take you to meet today is an old friend of mine, whose name is Han Muxia. He was a master of Huo Yuanjia back then, proficient in Xingyi and gossip. In the seventh year of the Republic of China, Russian strongest Contel came to Tianjin and set up a arena to compete with Tianjin's masters. This Contel is very powerful, and has fought all 46 countries in Europe and the United States, but has never met any rivals."

"Kanteer put down the ring, but no one responded to the battle for five consecutive days. In the end, Han Muxia came on stage and knocked down Kangtaier with one move. After Kanganteer admitted defeat, he presented more than ten medals he won from various countries to Han Muxia as a certificate. From then on, Han Muxia became famous in Beijing and Tianjin."

"However, Han Muxia has a very strong personality. There was a warlord who wanted to ask Han Muxia to teach martial arts and gave him 200 oceans a month. Han Muxia was unwilling to do so, so he jumped off the roof and broke his wrist. He claimed that he could no longer teach martial arts. From then on, he also withdrew from the martial arts world and lived by stuttering, massage and acupuncture."

"I have had a friendship with Han Muxia for more than 20 years. When Nankai University was just established, it had a national arts class. At that time, I hired Han Muxia as the martial arts coach of Nankai University. Therefore, Han Muxia is also a teacher at Nankai University. When you meet him, you can call him 'Mr.'"

Zhang Boling gave a careful explanation, and then took Chen Qiang to Han Muxia's residence.

This is a very old Chinese-style building, and it even feels like it is disrepair. There is no sign in front of the door, only a canvas with acupuncture, massage, etc., which shows that the owner's life is not rich.

Although Han Muxia is a master of his generation, he lives a very poor life. He can only make a living by giving people acupuncture and massage at most, and it is impossible to make a lot of money.

At this time, Han Muxia had no attitude of being a martial arts master at that time, and looked more like an old man. However, after observation, we can see that Han Muxia must have been a very handsome guy when she was young.

Han Muxia and Huo Yuanjia are fellow townsmen, and they are also masters of the same name. When he was young, Han Muxia had a nickname called "Jade-faced Tiger". The two words "Jade-faced" are enough to show that Han Muxia was definitely very good at appearance when he was young.

Chen Qiang paid homage to Han Muxia and called him "Sir". Han Muxia did not refuse the title and nodded in agreement.

"Young man is pretty good, quite strong." Han Muxia looked at Chen Qiang and then asked: "In addition to practicing sports, have you also learned Chinese art?"

"I have never learned Chinese art." Chen Qiang replied.

Han Muxia nodded, with a memory expression on his face and said, "When I was teaching national skills in Nankai, there was also a very excellent young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, quite heroic, and both civil and military, and very talented. He learned Chinese skills from me, was willing to endure hardships, and learned quickly. I also practiced sports, played basketball, and played football, and was proficient in track and field events..."

"Ahem..." Zhang Boling coughed dryly and interrupted Han Muxia: "Brother Han, let's not talk about this, be careful that there are ears in the wall."

Zhang Boling's "Ears in the Wall" reminded Han Muxia in this game. Han Muxia smiled awkwardly and did not continue talking. Chen Qiang also guessed the reason in his heart, probably because the identity of the person Han Muxia obtained was a bit sensitive.

Zhang Boling said, "Brother Han, let's talk about Chen Qiang."

Zhang Boling told Han Muxia about Chen Qiang and the Tianjin martial arts world. Han Muxia frowned after hearing this. As a former martial arts world figure, Han Muxia knew very well about the nature of Tianjin martial arts world, and he also felt that this matter was a bit troublesome.

"Chen Qiang, you are not lucky. This is a disaster without any mistakes. The so-called "literature is the first, and martial arts is second. This martial arts practitioner is the most competitive and competitive. Everyone has to compare. And the martial arts masters in Tianjin are not only competitive, but also very xenophobic. Back then, many masters of the Southern Sect's national skills wanted to gain a foothold in Tianjin, but they failed. The Chinese's own Southern Sect's national skills were driven out by the Tianjin martial arts world. It is normal for sports from the West to be rejected by the Tianjin martial arts world..."

Han Muxia was very talkative and talked endlessly. Chen Qiang felt that Han Muxia was like the kind of old man and aunt who had retired. He was very bored on weekdays and no one talked to them. He could chat for three or four hours when he saw someone.

Zhang Boling didn't have that much patience. He found an opportunity to interrupt Han Muxia and asked, "Brother Han, do you have any way to resolve this matter?"

"Brother Zhang, I have been out of the martial arts world for many years. Even if I want to take care of this, I am still powerless." Han Muxia paused and continued, "But I can take you to find my teacher. If the master is willing to take action, this matter will be resolved."

"Are you talking about Grandmaster Zhang?" Zhang Boling nodded silently, and then asked: "I just don't know what Grandmaster Zhang thinks about the dispute over the Chinese and foreign sports."

"Brother Zhang is worried that my mentor will stand on the side of the 'local sports'?" Han Muxia smiled slightly and continued: "You can rest assured that this is the mentor he has always been enlightened and never rejects the things introduced to the West."

Although there was a dispute over local and foreign sports at that time, it did not mean that all martial artists attacked "international sports" on behalf of "local sports". In particular, many well-known martial arts masters even had a very good understanding of sports introduced to the West.

Many of the martial artists who advocate local sports and oppose foreign sports are representatives of conservatives. They are unwilling to accept new things from abroad and are reluctant to change their ancestors. Some are those who seek fame and want to make a name for themselves.

...

Han Muxia took Zhang Boling and Chen Qiang to find his teacher.

At this time, Chen Qiang felt that he was more like a bullied "young brother" in martial arts, and could not beat others, so he asked a backer to help.

On the way, Zhang Boling introduced Han Muxia's master to Chen Qiang, that is, the "Master Zhang".

Grandmaster Zhang's name is Zhang Zhankui, the Grandmaster of Xingyi Bagua.

When Zhang Zhankui was young, he was worshipped under the direct teachings of Xingyiquan and was hailed as one of the two pillars of Xingyiquan's sixth generation.

Later, Zhang Zhankui learned skills from the founder of Baguazhang, and was one of the eight disciples of Baguazhang in the second generation.

Later, Zhang Zhankui even merged Xingyiquan and Baguazhang together and became a master-level figure.

Zhang Zhankui had thousands of disciples. When he was in his prime, Zhang Zhankui's power could cover the entire martial arts world in North China, and the martial arts world in Tianjin was monopolized by Zhang Zhankui. At that time, whether it was a famous martial arts master or a street performer, Zhang Zhankui had to nod his head if he wanted to engage in activities related to martial arts.

Han Muxia took Chen Qiang to a building, and saw a sign of "Chinese Martial Arts Association" hanging in front of the door.

Seeing this sign, Chen Qiang was shocked.

There are some people in Tianjin who practice martial arts, and there are many martial arts halls, and there are also some special names for Wu Guan. Even the Tianjin hero Huo Yuanjia, who was the hero of Tianjin back then, only used "Jingwu" as a signboard. Zhang Zhankui dared to hang the "Chinese Martial Arts Club" signboard, which shows that he has a great status in Tianjin martial arts world.

If an ordinary master dared to use the sign "Chinese Martial Arts Association", he would have been beaten out of Tianjin by other martial arts figures.

When he entered the Chinese Martial Arts Association, Chen Qiang met Zhang Zhankui, the master of Xingyi Bagua.

Although Zhang Zhankui is over 60 years old, he is still full of red face, with a long beard and a long gown. He sits there without anger and is innate in his own style as a master.

When Chen Qiang was a professor at the Sports University in his previous life, he also met many well-known martial arts masters, but now it seems that those martial arts masters are completely incomparable to Zhang Zhankui. Zhang Zhankui just sat there like this, and the temperament of a master of national martial arts is enough to crush those martial arts masters in later generations.

"Is this a true martial arts master and a master-level figure? He has such a strong aura. I feel that if he slapped me now, I will definitely be slapped and vomited blood!" Chen Qiang said in his heart.

In fact, Zhang Zhankui, who was at this age, did slap someone with a palm and vomit blood.

...

Zhang Boling recounted what happened to Chen Qiang again.

Zhang Zhankui stroked his long beard and said, "The way of national martial arts is to strengthen the body, temper the will, and cultivate one's character. However, most martial arts practitioners only strengthen their bodies, but do not cultivate their nature. They use the skills they have learned to compete for strength and be competitive everywhere, and even use national martial arts as capital to compete for fame and fortune! This method is definitely not advisable!"

When Chen Qiang heard Zhang Zhankui's statement, he immediately felt that there was a chance.

Zhang Zhankui continued: "It's just that the dispute between national martial arts and the Western Paradise has been around for a long time, and even I can't help it. Principal Zhang, it's true that I have thousands of disciples in the Chinese sports, and many of them also like Western sports, but there are also many people who oppose Western sports. If I ask me to judge the dispute between national martial arts and the Western Paradise, it's really impossible. But I have a way to resolve this matter."

"Mr. Zhang, please speak." Zhang Boling said politely.

Zhang Zhankui pointed to the plaque "Chinese Martial Arts Association" on the top of his head and said, "If Chen Qiang is willing to join the Chinese Sports Association, then this matter will be settled. Joining me is my disciple, and this martial arts practitioner in Tianjin still has to give me some face. And if I join me, even if I am a disciple of the Chinese martial arts, the martial arts world in Tianjin can protect my face. This is a killing two birds with one stone."

Chen Qiang originally thought that Zhang Zhankui could help him talk to the martial arts people in Tianjin and resolve the conflicts between the two sides, but he didn't expect that Zhang Zhankui would directly take him to his subordinates and let Chen Qiang become a martial arts person in Tianjin.

It has to be said that in the Tianjin martial arts world, Zhang Zhankui should be the biggest backer. With Zhang Zhankui as his backing, the martial arts people in Tianjin will definitely not dare to cause trouble for Chen Qiang in the future.

Moreover, what Zhang Zhankui said was very clear. Chen Qiang joined the Chinese Martial Arts Association and became a member of the Tianjin Martial Arts. The so-called competition between national martial arts and sports track and field has become a competition between Tianjin martial arts people. Foreign wars suddenly turned into civil wars. Those light skill masters who lost to Chen Qiang were not considered to be losing to Western sports, but to their colleagues in Tianjin Martial Arts. This is reasonable in terms of face.

However, Chen Qiang did not agree to Zhang Zhankui immediately. He didn't know how deep Zhang Zhankui's "Chinese Martial Arts Association" was, so he began to weigh the pros and cons in his mind.

However, Zhang Boling next to him showed joy and said, "Chen Qiang, why don't you thank Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Boling's meaning was very obvious, and Chen Qiang agreed to join the Chinese Martial Arts Association.

Chen Qiang knew that Zhang Boling would definitely not harm him, so he immediately stepped forward to thank him: "Thank you Mr. Zhang for your kindness. I am willing to join the Chinese Martial Arts Association!"

...

At this age of Zhang Zhankui, he will definitely not accept disciples anymore. Even if he accepts disciples, Chen Qiang is only in his teens and is not qualified to directly take Zhang Zhankui as his teacher.

Zhang Zhankui also knew that Chen Qiang was not here to learn martial arts, so he regarded Chen Qiang as his disciple and took him to his disciples.

Zhang Zhankui had thousands of disciples under his command, many of whom had served as a disciple to Zhang Zhankui, but they had never followed Zhang Zhankui to learn martial arts, and many were Zhang Zhankui's disciples who were recruiting disciples on behalf of their masters. Although the successors of Zhang Zhankui's Xingyi Bagua were of varying quality, Zhang Zhankui basically refused everyone. As long as he was not a traitor or had a corrupt character, he would not refuse. Therefore, Zhang Zhankui's power could spread throughout the martial arts world in North China back then.

Under Zhang Zhankui, there are many disciples like Chen Qiang who only have seniority and no master.

Chen Qiang performed three bows to Zhang Zhankui, presented a post to apprenticeship, and presented celery, meaning diligence and studious, lotus seeds, and painstaking education, and red beans, and great luck, and red dates, and early high school, and longan, and perfect merit. Then he sent a few pieces of lean pork as a bun to express the disciple's wishes.

Zhang Zhankui talked about the rules of the sect and briefly encouraged Chen Qiang, and the introductory ceremony was completed.

...

After Chen Qiang left, Zhang Zhankui waved to attract a disciple and ordered: "Go and spread the news, just say that Chen Qiang has joined my Xingyi Bagua."

"Yes, master." The disciple bowed slightly, but did not leave, but asked, "Master, although this Chen Qiang is quite famous in Tianjin, he is engaged in Western sports after all, which is completely different from Chinese art. Why should the master protect him?"

Zhang Zhankui stroked his beard with his hand and explained: "I have martial arts in China. There are many sects in the martial arts world. In the West, there are also Olin. There are many categories of Olin, including running, jumping, throwing, and water kung fu. Zhang Boling, the president of Nankai University who came today, has been preaching and asking the Chinese to participate in Olin!"

Peak would definitely be very unhappy after hearing Zhang Zhankui's words, and thought to himself, why did he miss me?

The disciple also nodded: "I have heard of this matter a little."

Zhang Zhankui continued: "This Chen Qiang is an Olin master, and he will definitely compete with foreigners in the future. If he wins with the Olin master of foreigners, wouldn't it mean that we, under the Xingyi Bagua, won the Olin master of foreigners? This is also my Chinese martial arts world, defeating the Olin of the Western! Our entire Xingyi Bagua has a bright face!"

"What if Chen Qiang lost to the foreigner?" the disciple asked again.

"If you lose, it is naturally because he is not good at learning skills and is not as good as others. This Aolin's skill was not taught to him. If he loses, it has nothing to do with me, Xingyi Bagua Sect! What I am proficient in is national skills, not Western sports." Zhang Zhankui said with a smile.

The disciple nodded suddenly and realized that Zhang Zhankui had a good plan. If he wins, he is half of his fame. If he loses, he has nothing to do with me. He is really a sure profit and no loss.

Zhang Zhankui continued: "My long-cherished wish in my life was to spread Xingyi Bagua all over the world, so I have only recruited disciples these years. If one day Chen Qiang could become famous all over the world, it might help me pass Xingyi Bagua into the West, and it would be very hopeful to be compared with Tai Chi!"

...

On the way back to Nankai University, Chen Qiang was still at a loss. How could he go out? He inexplicably became a martial arts master from Tianjin, joined the Chinese Martial Arts Association, and became a disciple of Xingyi Bagua.

Zhang Boling said with a smile: "Chen Qiang, you have found a big backer this time! Now that you are like Zhang Zhankui's disciple, the martial arts and gangs in Tianjin definitely do not dare to cause trouble for you."

"Sir, I just can't figure it out. I'm not a martial arts practitioner, why did Grandmaster Zhang accept me as his disciple?" Chen Qiang said.

"Zhang Zhankui has many disciples, not only in the martial arts world, but also in the political, military and business worlds, all have his disciples." Zhang Boling continued: "This martial arts practitioner cannot escape the word "fame and fortune". The same is true for Zhang Zhankui. What he wants is a reputation behind him!"

"The name behind you? Do you want to keep it in history?" Chen Qiang asked.

Zhang Boling nodded: "Zhang Zhankui wants to be a master like Zhang Sanfeng. But I have to say that if it were not for Zhang Zhankui, the Xingyi Bagua would not have such a great reputation today. Zhang Zhankui accepted you as a disciple, probably also wanted to expand the influence of Xingyi Bagua."

After Zhang Boling said this, he continued to say, "By the way, I have something to tell you. I will go out to go and operate our China joining the International Olympic Committee."

"Sir, is our Sports Association not a member of the International Olympic Committee? Didn't it say that the Far East Games have been recognized by the International Olympic Organizing Committee?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Recognition is recognition, participation is participation. Before, the International Olympic Committee only recognized our China Sports Association as a sports organization in China, but we did not officially join the International Olympic Committee. But now it is different. After the China Sports Association officially joined the Olympic Committee, it is equivalent to the Chinese Olympic Committee."

Zhang Boling said, his tone becoming excited: "For decades, China has finally had an Olympic Committee! We Chinese have our own Olympic Committee, and we can send athletes to the Olympics next, and we can even bid for the Olympics! If the bid for the Olympics is successful, we China will be able to host the Olympics!"

Chen Qiang knew that Zhang Boling had a deep obsession with the Olympics. When he first won the victory, he organized the Chinese Sports Association and held an Olympic bid, which was the first Olympic bid in Chinese history.

For Chen Qiang, China's official joining the International Olympic Committee means that he can participate in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics!

"Olympics..." Chen Qiang couldn't help but flash a ray of light in his eyes.

As an athlete, he certainly wanted to participate in the Olympics. But Chen Qiang also knew that the road to participating in the Olympics was not smooth, and if you want to stand on the Olympics, you need to overcome too many difficulties.

And the biggest difficulty is lack of money!

"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Now there is more than a year left before the Los Angeles Olympics. We can always find a way to solve the problem of money!"

...

In early May, the notice on the North China Games was finally released.

In this North China Games, Tianjin did not participate in the competition with the Hebei team, but instead formed an independent team as a city unit.

Tianjin did not organize a selection competition, but directly recruited some powerful and well-known athletes to participate in the North China Games.

As a top university in Tianjin, Nankai University has attached importance to education over the years, so naturally many students have been recruited into the Tianjin team.

The list of recruited students will also be posted in the public notice board of Nankai University.

What surprised Chen Qiang was that there was no name on this list!

As the holder of the Asian record of 100-meter sprint, Chen Qiang was not included in the Tianjin team's roster.
Chapter completed!