Chapter 176 Persistence and Guilt
"Someone asked Jin Chengchi to do that. I don't know if they did it. If you want to investigate it, you can go directly to him or notify the police directly, but don't mention me. I think you should know who I used to fight for. He wanted to ask me to do this, but I refused... My leg is broken now, and I can't practice Taekwondo like I used to, so I don't want to cause trouble for myself or my family!"
Zheng Xiuheng's final attack achieved the desired effect. He has never been a man who gives up easily. Even just now he was still thinking about how to get this guy to speak.
However, when he saw Park Ji-yong again and saw the destitute state of this middle-aged man, Zheng Xiuheng remembered the first time he saw the man in front of him, and he had admired him in his heart. He was indeed a man with the temperament of a warrior. He was considered one of the rare masters in Korea who had truly practiced Taekwondo to a practical level. He rarely had fancy kicks, and in addition to his sharp leg techniques, his hand skills were also very powerful, which were truly practical techniques.
Taekwondo was born in modern times. Due to its effective promotion, Koreans themselves say that it evolved from the ancient Korean martial arts Taekwondo and Hwarangdo.
But in reality, the name Taekwondo was established in the 1950s, and the nine major schools basically began to be established in the 1940s, and most of them were linked to the government army.
Generally speaking, there was no such thing as Taekwondo at that time. The nine major schools not only established dojos, but also established some other organizations, such as the Korean Taekwondo Association, the Korean Ancient Martial Arts Association, the China-Korea Ancient Martial Arts Exchange Association, the Railway Bureau Tang Shou Do Association, etc.
In fact, the predecessor of Taekwondo is more like a mixture of Tangshou, Karate and some northern leg techniques, so much so that now the Japanese have always ridiculed and disagreed with Taekwondo.
With the promotion of Taekwondo, the practical things in the past have basically been thrown away. Among the so-called Taekwondo masters that Zheng Xiuheng has seen, Park Zhilong is indeed the one with the most martial arts temperament.
But in just a few months, this man became so destitute. Zheng Xiuheng was extremely saddened, but that was all.
"Thank you for your answer. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Now that I know the answer, I will use my own way to get what I want when facing the people in Qingsong Pavilion. But you...if everything you said is true and it really has nothing to do with you, then I owe you one. If you have any trouble in Seoul, you can come to Hengshou Credit Company on the eighth floor of Yunyang Building in Yeouido to find me, and I will repay you a favor!"
Yoo Hee-yeol has said many times that Jung Soo-heng doesn't like to owe others things. There is no reason, it's just his personality. So if what Park Ji-yong said is true, then the information he gave and his rejection of that person, perhaps his rejection of Fang Shirong, can also be considered a favor.
As for who Jin Chengchi was, Zheng Xiuheng had already gotten the answer from Lin Dazhong, so he was not confused at all. As for what kind of grudges Park Zhilong had with Jin Chengchi and Qingsongguan, that was not something he should care about.
Back in the living room, when Zheng Xiuheng appeared, Park Ji-yeon and Park's mother stood up hurriedly and looked at him nervously. Meanwhile, Jin Guanglu and the other two had already stood over the dining table, holding down the man in the hoodie.
Zheng Xiuheng glanced at Park Zhilong's daughter and found that the girl was also looking at him carefully and nervously. Zheng Xiuheng smiled and said, "The investigation is over. I'm sorry for the inconvenience!"
After saying that, Zheng Xiuheng turned around and said, "Let's go!"
“Hah!”
Jin Guanglu and the other two helped the man in the sweatshirt walk out, and Zheng Xiuheng followed slowly. Before leaving, he looked at Park Ji-yong who walked into the living room with his head down, then looked at his wife and children, and Zheng Xiuheng left the house directly.
"Bang!"
Hearing the sound of the door closing , Park Ji-yeon hurriedly stood up and carefully ran to the side to look towards the entrance.
"They really left!" Park Ji-yeon turned her head and said in a low voice, the heavy stone in her heart finally fell.
But the next moment the room fell into silence again. At this moment, Park Ji-yong was extremely regretful. Everything that happened to him was just due to his obsession.
It's not just Qingsongguan, but also his disciples, his acquaintance with Fang Shirong, and his apology to his daughter Park Ji-yeon.
Park Ji-yong is actually a very old-fashioned and patriarchal Korean. Born in the 1960s, he has experienced many dark periods. He once studied under the Seitokan, which is also an extremely orthodox dojo and attaches great importance to etiquette and concepts.
At that time, Taekwondo was not practiced for fun. Some people wanted to become strong and protect themselves, some wanted to learn this technique to become police officers, some were sent here to practice through connections, and of course there were also those who hoped to enter government offices through dojos. You should know that among the nine major schools, five belong to government dojos, which simply means they are linked to the government.
But no matter what, everyone received very strict and old-fashioned training. Beating and scolding by teachers was commonplace. People who lived through that era and were influenced by this culture also had old-fashioned and strict personalities as Park Ji-yong, and he would never show any mercy when teaching.
Park Ji-yong didn't have any dreams at the beginning. He just wanted to learn how to protect himself and become stronger like many other boys. Park Ji-yong was indeed very talented. Later, with his extraordinary talent, he stayed in Qingtao Hall and became a teacher for junior students.
It was not until 1986, when Taekwondo was designated as an official competition event at the 10th Asian Games, that a new wave of Taekwondo enthusiasm began to rise. Becoming a national player and winning glory for the country was the new goal of the nine major schools in South Korea, and it was also a consensus among everyone. Park Ji-yong was also influenced and began to participate in domestic Taekwondo competitions, winning many places and gradually gaining fame.
However, he was not the only one who had this dream at that time. The nine major schools in South Korea also ushered in their first real competition.
There are nine major schools of Taekwondo in Korea: Jeongdo Kwan, Cheongtao Kwan, Jideok Kwan, Songmu Kwan, Changmu Kwan, Godeok Kwan, Wudo Kwan, Hanmu Kwan, and Wudeok Kwan.
However, these nine schools were not founded by individual efforts like in martial arts novels. Among them, Qingtaoguan was founded the longest and had the most extensive connections.
Qingtaokan was established on September 14, 1944, and Wudaokan, Zhengdaokan, Guobukan and Qinglongkan were all dojos that were later spun off from Qingtaokan.
However, among the nine major schools, it is not really appropriate to talk about the strongest one. After all, from the initial development to the 1980s, the real masters had already grown old and of course seldom showed up in public.
But in the subsequent competitions, the Wude Pavilion always won the most, and Park Zhilong also lost to the first disciple of Wude Pavilion in a crucial game, thus losing the opportunity to get closest to his dream.
The predecessor of this Wude Hall was the Tang Shou Dao Department of the Railway Bureau, which was established around 1946.
In 1953, the Mudeok Gwan, which originated from the Korean Tang Shou Do Association, was renamed the Korean Ancient Martial Arts Association, namely the Korean Tang Shou Do Association. It was later involved in power disputes, but the final result did not harm the foundation. The actual combat technology of the Mudeok Gwan also relied on learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and incorporated many Tang Shou essences, and has been greatly developed. At the same time, the Mudeok Gwan is the most powerful one among the five major dojos.
After several years of hard work, Park Ji-yong was defeated by the same person every time. For a while, Park Ji-yong thought, "If there is Yu, why is there Liang?" After losing to the same person for five consecutive years, he chose to give up and graduated from Qingtao Hall. With the help of his master, he founded Qingsong Hall.
After opening his own dojo, Park Ji-yong finally found a new goal: to train players, national players, and to defeat players from the Budeok-Kwan in major competitions.
With this idea in mind, Park Ji-yong worked hard to find many talented young people, including several orphans.
But everything Park Ji-yong did was for his own obsession, so his training methods were extremely terrifying, even when treating his own daughter.
This lovely girl, Park Ji-yeon, can be said to have grown up under the scolding and cold eyes of her father.
But... all efforts are for the sake of gain, and with his efforts, some disciples did achieve what he wanted, or even far exceeded his expectations.
Ironically, the world has changed. It is no longer an era that only looks at strength. In South Korea, many sports are unpopular and even cannot find any sponsorship. The sports department does not care. If someone is willing to sponsor, it is not strange for the coaching team and relevant departments to open the back door.
When Park Ji-yong and his disciples became the final winners in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games athlete selection competition two years ago, he and his disciples swept many competitions that year.
But the final result was that the player from Wudeguan who had been suppressed became a reserve player for the Olympics and entered the Olympic Village to start training and preparation.
The reason given above is that one year's record is not enough to prove that his disciples are better than others. In addition, there are many factors, especially in the strength of the reserve team, Qingsong Hall is far behind, so I am sorry.
Finally, Park Ji-yong got the answer from his teacher. First, Wudeokgwan used its connections and power, and second, someone sponsored the athlete and provided many visible benefits to the association and related departments, such as subsidies for the living expenses of the entire team. These are common methods, plus private transactions.
Don't talk about the national honor of Koreans. Koreans are all the same in this matter. If you can win an award, the country may fund you. If they don't think highly of you, they will just let you die. At most, the people will just howl a few times.
As a result, Park Ji-yong was extremely angry, but at the same time, he got to know the so-called upper-class people through the introduction of his former fellow apprentices.
It was not until he met Fang Shirong and learned about black boxing that he participated in a match arranged by Fang Shirong, lost, and went home. It was not until Fang Shirong made a crazy request that Park Ji-yong would not do such a thing even if he was eager to sponsor such a thing.
But what he never expected was that the children he had adopted in the gym had all changed. No... perhaps it should be said that he had never understood these children.
Among them, the disciple he is most optimistic about, the one he looks forward to the most, and the most powerful disciple is the current owner of Qingsong Hall... Jin Chengchi.
Jin Chengchi suddenly proposed to buy the gym, and Park Ji-yong would certainly not agree. But to his surprise, Jin Chengchi actually proposed a competition, and asked him to fight with one hand, and the loser would leave Qingsong Hall forever. Of course, if Park Ji-yong lost, he would give him a price that would not be unfair to him.
When he saw more than fifteen people standing behind Kim Sung-chi, including all the children he had adopted and taken care of, Park Ji-yong honestly thought that if these people left, he didn't think there was any need for this dojo to exist.
I was so angry at that time that I actually agreed to him, and then everything has evolved to this point.
When he found out that Qingsongguan had suddenly become popular, and learned from some disciples who still remembered the old friendship in the gym that someone had invested in it and the surname seemed to be Fang, Park Zhilong figured out a lot of things and realized that these disciples might have a side that he didn't know at all.
In fact, Park Ji-long already had the answer in his heart. Standing in the living room, thinking about what might happen at night, Park Ji-long felt so insignificant for the first time. He was so insignificant that he actually wanted a girl to fulfill her dream and forced her to do something she didn't like.
Looking at Park Ji-yeon who was standing there with her head down and not looking at him at all, Park Ji-yong felt extremely guilty.
