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in recent days, rumors about "zhang jike running away with the money" have attracted attention.

on september 14, according to da wan news, the club staff said zhang jike had resumed classes and had an online live broadcast on the 13th, mainly instructing middle and high-level table tennis students. previously, a staff member said zhang jike was on a business trip recently.

zhang jike is the third chinese men's table tennis grand slam winner after liu guoliang and kong linghui.

in march 2023, zhang jike was silent for several months because he was caught up in a personal public opinion storm.

in april 2023, relevant personnel from the chinese table tennis association confirmed to reporters that zhang jike had retired.

zhang jike changes career to become a coach

in january 2024, zhang jike served as a technical consultant for a club in ningbo, zhejiang, and posted a club promotional poster. the staff confirmed that the "high-level table tennis training camp" was taught by zhang jike himself.

photo/the club’s official account posted a poster of zhang jike teaching

the poster shows that the training camp is organized by daily sports table tennis club and the fees range from 4,000 yuan/month to 12,500 yuan/month.

this is the first time zhang jike has appeared in the public eye again in 9 months since he was caught up in the storm in 2023. many netizens commented, "work hard and make money", "it's not shameful to make a living by technology", "he is back to his old job".

image source: club official account

1.6 million yuan was taken away? the club denies the rumor that "zhang jike ran away"

on september 11, a netizen posted a screenshot on a social account, saying that zhang jike had run away, taking away more than 1.6 million yuan in tuition fees.

image source: da wan news

on the afternoon of the 11th, the media reporter contacted the ningbo club, and the staff responded that there was no such thing, and zhang jike was still the club's table tennis coach. at the same time, the staff member said that zhang jike was on a business trip these days and was not in ningbo.

the staff of the club said that zhang jike was still teaching normally, and it was impossible for him to run away because of the 1.6 million yuan tuition fee. generally, students pay tuition one to two months in advance, and he taught normally, so it was impossible for him to run away because of the tuition fee just paid in october.

on the evening of the 13th, some netizens posted a screen recording of zhang jike’s live teaching that day on social media, and said, "i miss you so much after not seeing you for a long time."

according to the latest response from staff on the 14th, zhang jike has now resumed teaching.

zhang jike has been involved in self-media and live streaming

according to china news network, while fading from the competition, zhang jike frequently appeared in variety shows and also dabbled in self-media, live streaming and other fields. until last year, he, who was crowned as an olympic champion, was caught up in a public opinion storm. since then, zhang jike has almost disappeared from the public eye.

according to public information from the platform, zhang jike has over 8 million fans.

the reporter noticed that the douyin account "zhang coach table tennis superstar yang" posted a number of videos of zhang jike teaching. according to tianyancha data, the associated company of this account is ningbo haishu superstar yang cultural and creative studio (an individual business operator).

video screenshots

according to tianyancha, ningbo daily sports club, where zhang jike serves as a technical consultant, was established in 2019 with a registered capital of 10 million yuan. the ningbo table tennis association holds 10% of the shares and the actual controller is chen youxing, who holds 90% of the shares.

source: da wan news, 21st century business herald, guoshi direct, china news network, tianyancha, public information