In 2015, the famous sports host Song Shixiong tried to explain a special sport - shaking the bamboo. For him, this is a rather novel attempt, because Song Shixiong's commentary career is closely linked to the women's volleyball team.
The elderly couple was invited to participate in a show, and the person who performed the shaking was none other than Song Shixiong's wife, Zhong Rui. In the show, Zhong Rui couldn't help but complain that she was not Song Shixiong's favorite person, because he loved athletes more.
Zhong Rui's "complaints" about this are beyond words, because in Song Shixiong's career, he has played more than 2,000 matches.
However, both of them know that each other is the most important person to each other, and the nearly 60 years of being together have already said it all.
"Women's volleyball spirit" is a word that is often mentioned, although it originates from sports, but the spirit shown by the Chinese women's volleyball team is worth learning.
The Chinese women's volleyball team overcame many difficulties in the 80s of the last century and created the feat of "five consecutive championships", becoming the only team to achieve this feat at that time. This glorious record belongs to the Chinese women's volleyball team, who have made great contributions in the field of sports.
In order to promote the "spirit of the women's volleyball team", a movie called "Winning the Championship" was specially launched, which will be released in 2020. The movie tells the moving story of the Chinese women's volleyball team moving forward bravely in the face of adversity and surpassing difficulties.
Winning the Championship was highly anticipated at the time, with a very top-level lineup, almost all of which were popular stars and well-known directors. Excitingly, at the premiere of the movie, a high-profile figure appeared on the scene, and he was Song Shixiong.
As a sports commentator, Song Shixiong can be said to have grown up with the Chinese women's volleyball team, and he has witnessed the Chinese women's volleyball team step by step towards glory. After the movie ended, the 81-year-old Song Shixiong was excited and gave a very high evaluation of the movie.
After the recognition of CCTV celebrity teacher Song Shixiong, "Winning the Championship" will inevitably have a bumper harvest in terms of reputation and results.
Teacher Song Shixiong and the women's volleyball team can be said to have grown together, and this sentence is not an exaggeration. At that time, the five consecutive championships of the brilliant women's volleyball team were broadcast by Song Shixiong for the people of the whole country.
CCTV celebrity once broadcast more than 2,000 games, but before he was five years old, he couldn't even speak, such an achievement that absolutely no one could have imagined at the beginning.
As we all know, many infants and toddlers begin to learn to speak once they reach the age of one, and they can basically have a conversation with ** by about three years old.
However, Song Shixiong didn't start talking until he was five years old, what happened? How did he end up as a narrator?
When he was a child, Song Shixiong's mother often cried because of him, because his parents mistakenly thought he was a "mute".
He was born in Jingtuo Village, Hebei Province, and his parents were ordinary farmers. His birth left his parents ecstatic, but soon they found out that something was wrong because Song Shixiong was a boy.
Children born at the same time as Song Shixiong have begun to call their parents, but Song Shixiong has remained silent to this day. At first, parents didn't care, because it's normal for some children to speak late.
However, until he was three or four years old, Song Shixiong still did not learn to speak, which made his parents anxious. They took Song Shixiong everywhere to seek medical treatment, but the doctors could not find out what the problem was.
Congenital mute is likely to be caused by congenital deafness, but Song Shixiong has no problem with his ears, responding to various sounds, but unable to speak, the reason is still unknown.
Parents worry about this every day, their family is not wealthy, and they can't often take Song Shixiong to a big hospital for checkups. The thought that her son might become mute brought tears to her mother's eyes.
However, when Song Shixiong was five years old, on an ordinary day, he suddenly called his mother. Before the mother could react, she realized that the child, who had not been able to speak, had opened her mouth.
As for the reason why Song Shixiong did not start speaking until he was six years old, we cannot know the exact circumstances. But he was not dumb, and now he was not only able to speak, but he was also very clever and clever, as if he wanted to pour out everything that had not been said before, and he would talk endlessly whenever he spoke.
After Song Shixiong's family moved to Beijing, he also began high school in Beijing. He was 14 years old at the time and heard Zhang Zhi's voice for the first time on the school radio.
At that time, Zhang Zhi was a high-profile broadcast host, and he was commentating on a game. This was the first time Song Shixiong had heard such a commentary, and he was quite interested in it.
Song Shixiong not only likes to listen to commentary, but because he already likes to talk, he also began to be keen to do his own commentary. He likes to imitate Zhang Zhi's commentary style on the radio, so Zhang Zhi has become his idol.
Song Shixiong is fortunate in that he successfully chased stars, not only to see the style of his idol Zhang Zhi, but also to become his apprentice, following Zhang Zhi to learn the skills of becoming a professional announcer.
Since then, Song Shixiong has established his dream of becoming a professional narrator. With the help of Zhang Zhi as a guide, he successfully entered the **People's Broadcasting Station.
Although Song Shixiong successfully found a job broadcasting, he faced a serious problem: his Mandarin was not standard, which is the most basic and necessary for an announcer.
Only those who are proficient in Mandarin are able to handle the responsibility of commentary. Song Shixiong knows this very well, so he works hard every day, hoping to take on the important responsibility as soon as possible.
While working at the radio station, Song Shixiong met Zhong Rui, a girl of his age. Despite being of the same age, the two are far from each other in terms of professionalism.
Song Shixiong only graduated from high school, while Zhong Rui graduated from a bachelor's degree, specializing in broadcasting. Therefore, it can be said that Zhong Rui is far ahead of Song Shixiong in terms of business level.
Zhong Rui was a great help in Song Shixiong's practice of Mandarin, he often pointed out Song Shixiong's problems, and thanks to Zhong Rui's help, Song Shixiong quickly overcame the difficulty of pronunciation that was not standard.
The two young people often interact with each other, and it is inevitable that they will have feelings, but Song Shixiong does not dare to express his heart because of the big gap between his family background and Zhong Rui. Zhong Rui himself is a college student, and her father is the director of the hospital, which makes Song Shixiong prohibitive.
Zhang Zhi, as Song Shixiong's teacher, found that the two had a good impression of each other, so he played the role of "Yue Lao" and took the initiative to take Song Shixiong to Zhong Rui's house to visit her parents.
After receiving Zhang Zhi's support, Zhong Rui successfully persuaded his parents, and the two finally tied the knot in 1965, welcomed a son and a daughter, and lived a happy life.
The 11th World Cup was a turning point in Song Shixiong's career, as it was his first time participating in the broadcast of the World Cup. Due to insufficient preparation, only Song Shixiong was able to serve as a commentator.
In that underdeveloped era, most people relied on the radio to listen to the game, so the commentary was particularly important.
All the fans are pinning their hopes on Sister Song Shixiong's outstanding performance. Despite the tight schedule and heavy tasks, Song Shixiong still completed the task excellently, smoothly commentating for the 21 games.
It may sound simple, but it's actually quite challenging. Song had to memorize not only the rules of the game, but also the names of each team and the names of each player. During that time, Song Shixiong was almost so busy that he was reciting relevant content even when he was sleeping.
Song Shixiong accompanied the women's volleyball team to witness their "five consecutive championships" and the growth of three generations of women's volleyball players, but he has always felt indebted to his family.
During the period when Song Shixiong's career was developing steadily, he was so busy that he didn't even have time to go home, while Zhong Rui devoted himself to family life, taking care of the children carefully, and handling housework, so that Song Shixiong had no worries.
With his wife's understanding and support, Song Shixiong was able to focus all his attention on the game commentary. However, because he had no time to spend with his wife and children, he and Zhong Rui had two experiences of almost parting from life and death.
Zhong Rui was busy cooking at home and felt tired, so he decided to take a break in the kitchen. But she forgot to turn off the gas. When Song Shixiong returned home, he found Zhong Rui unconscious.
After several days of unremitting efforts, Zhong Rui finally woke up from a coma in the hospital. The frightened Song Shixiong never expected that after only a few years, he almost lost the opportunity to meet Zhong Rui again.
Zhong Rui suffered severe hemorrhage during the operation, which made the operation, which was not very mature at the time, almost fail, but fortunately the operation was successfully completed and unharmed.
There are many similar situations, for example, both children have high fevers, but Song Shixiong is commenting the game, and Zhong Rui can only take care of them alone. At many critical moments, he was unable to be with his family.
However, Song Shixiong is relieved that his wife, Zhong Rui, and two children do not blame him for this.
When they grew up, their sons and daughters all achieved outstanding achievements, one graduated from Tsinghua University, and the other went to study abroad. Sadly, none of them were able to be with their parents.
His son became an engineer abroad, and his daughter also worked part-time as a host while studying in Canada.
Song Shixiong has been retired for more than 20 years, and now he has plenty of time to spend with Zhong Rui every day. He feels very satisfied to have loved ones by his side. However, when they see other elderly people with their children, they still feel a sense of loss in their hearts.
The two old men have entered their old age, but their bodies are still strong. Although they have been married for more than 50 years, their relationship is still as strong as when they were newly married. I hope they can continue to live out their old age healthy and happy.