The sky in Philadelphia is completely different from last year, with cool nights and rain everywhere.

Here last season, they won by 50 points, and after the game, each was given a Philadelphia specialty cheesesteak sandwich, and Da Yao munched on beef and victory. A year later, Da Yao's mouth was only bitter, only angry, and only the storm that he was desperately holding down.

After the game with the 76ers, he walked out of the arena and onto the bus, he was angry, but he had to try to restrain himself, and there were some words that he could only spit out after he had to think about it. He sat in the corner of the bus, talking on the phone, his expression urgent, his breathing short, his tone intense. Da Bali's teammates didn't know what he was saying in Chinese, but everyone could see that Da Yao was crazy.

They're right, they're crazy. But they were also wrong, he had been mad for two days, and after losing to Philadelphia, disappointed, frustrated, angry, and suspicious feelings had been tangled in his heart for more than 24 hours, Da Yao raised his head, sighed helplessly, and said, "I'm numb." ”

This time his seizures were stronger than any before, because the team had not improved in the slightest in the last week or so, and he was fed up with losing in this way, which was no different from surrendering with his gun, throwing a white flag, kneeling on the ground, closing his eyes, giving up resistance, and waiting for the executioner to throw the machete at his neck.

This is something that no bloody man can accept, but Da Yao struggled with all his strength, but he couldn't see any improvement, any change, he had to watch his team sink silently, and he was angry.

Back at the hotel, he didn't spend an extra minute in the room, got his luggage, changed into thicker clothes, and followed his local friends out, which is the habit of Da Yao when he came to Philadelphia, and every time he arrived, he had to try the local specialty cheesesteak sandwich. He could always wait in the hotel for a friend or team staff to bring him back, and this time, he wanted to go out for a walk, and he wanted to go to the sandwich shop and try it himself.

While standing at the door of the hotel waiting for his friend's car, the staff of the team said to Da Yao: Go inside the door and wait, it's too cold outside. But Da Yao stood stubbornly outside, facing the wind and holding his neck, and the depression in his heart couldn't be expressed.

Looking at the neon in the night of Philadelphia, Da Yao suddenly felt very tired, his efforts were like fists smashed on cotton, so that the efforts that could not see the effect made people tired not only physically, but also in their hearts.

This feeling is very helpless, Da Yao standing on the court is huge, and it seems that he should be the strongest person on the court. But without the help of his teammates, without the passing of his teammates, Da Yao couldn't break through the bag of two or three opponents no matter how much he struggled. Without passing, Da Yao could only be a target for being trapped, and could only turn back and forth at both ends of the court, wasting his physical strength and the enthusiasm contained in his huge body.

After eating, Da Yao asked his friend to drive him around the center of Philadelphia City twice, he didn't want to go back to the hotel so soon, maybe the aimless circle could gradually calm down. My friend looked at the depressed Da Yao and suggested: Why don't you find a bar to sit and drink something, maybe you will be in a better mood.

Da Yao shook his head, sighed, and said: "Forget it, let's go back, we have to go back to Houston tomorrow, we will get better when we return to the home court, Chauncy will also come back from injury, and we will definitely be able to ...... next game."

He swallowed the words back in his stomach, he wanted to leave Toronto behind in the freezing rain of Philadelphia, and there was still a game to play.

Jingle Bell –

Da Yao's friend saw in the rearview mirror that Da Yao was holding the mobile phone that kept ringing from his pocket and looked at it with a bitter expression, and finally pressed the answer button, to his friend's surprise, there was no loss or anger, but Da Yao opened his mouth to apologize.

"I'm sorry, boss, I'm causing you trouble again... ”

My friend's eyes lit up slightly, and he was worried that Da Yao would bombard his teammates and let the team management target him, but he didn't expect that the legendary young rich American man called.

"I cursed, and this time, I said it harshly, but I don't know what it would do. As I said last time, I said that if you don't shoot well, you should come to the training gym in advance and practice hundreds of them every day, but it doesn't seem to have much effect. I don't know what we're going to win back this season. ”

He said a lot of emotional things, when he said it, his jaw was trembling, he couldn't control it, he continued to curse, this time he didn't want to wake up his teammates, but to be able to vent himself, and the depression in his heart was still entangled to the point of not vomiting unpleasantly.

"Oh, man, is it over? OK, we all know what the problems are, the team will solve them, Chauncey will be the boss of the team, you support him more, he is an old man who has been in the league for many years, he knows how to get along with you, next season the Rockets will be refilled with new fuel, I can accept this season no matter how far it goes, but I'm sure you and Chauncey won't give up, right?"

Andy hugged Charlize in his arms with a light smile, while holding his mobile phone and listening to Da Yao's heart, to be honest, any Da Yao doesn't say what kind of model worker he is, but the kind of persistence and fighting spirit that fought until the last moment on the court still moved people who saw the game.

To tell the truth, the reason why Da Yao can have such a big popularity in the United States and so popular in Houston is really not blown out, it is fought out by one game at a time, and no one's success can be easily obtained, not to mention that an athlete in a foreign country, even if he is talented, without his hard work, he will be quickly cleaned and eliminated in the NBA, a business league.

There are more people who have grown taller, and Da Yao is not the tallest one, I often see some reports sourly saying, no way, Da Yao just has a height advantage... This kind of sour talk, Andy is also hehe.

But to be honest, Andy admires Da Yao a lot, and there is no one who can resist pressure, if a foreigner is allowed to carry the pressure of more than a billion ardent expectations behind him, he will already be picky.

Just like the basketball god old hooligan Jordan sighed, "This big man is not easy, he is not like our local players, we may play for pleasure and interest at most, at most we are burdened with the expectations of parents and friends, but Da Yao is different, he may be shouldering the hopes of a country and a nation, he may be playing here alone, but there are countless Celestial Empire people who are paying attention to him and watching his game, and he is the man who carries the entire Celestial Empire on his shoulders."

"That's right, Da Yao, you try to avoid exposing conflicts with Maddie, I don't want the fans to transfer their grievances to you when he leaves, and the management will resist, I don't want you to become Kobe, OK?"

Listening to the words of the young boss, Da Yao's originally cold heart was really warm, and the emotion of leaving the Rocket team had already dissipated before this, but he did not give up this choice.

Andy's care and bias for him, he has a deeper understanding, not to mention anything else, he is really righteous enough, a proper good boss, looking around the entire league, where to find such a good boss.

"Thank you, Andy, for listening to me complain so much, I'm much better, we'll work hard in the next game, hehe, it's really hard to find such a good boss as you, I really hope I can retire from the Rockets from the beginning... ”

"Why not! The alliance is business, but there is also friendship, and I look forward to waiting for you to run when you are too old to run, and raise your number with glory at the Toyota Center!"

。。。。。。

Hanging up the phone, the corners of Andy's mouth turned slightly, he looked down at Charlize Potbelly who was looking up at him with a disdainful expression, and smiled: "What kind of expression do you have?"

"It's really a little fox who coaxes people to death and doesn't pay for their lives, just now I complained that Da Yao fired guns indiscriminately, and in a blink of an eye, he said that he would let his family retire from the rocket... ”

Andy reached into his collar and grabbed it angrily, causing Charlize to be angry, "What do you know, the five-year contract I just signed with Da Yao can bring me at least $1 billion in asset appreciation, do you think that the value of Da Yao is just to attract advertising investment from Celestial Empire enterprises?"

Charlize listened to Andy's exposed numbers with some surprise, and didn't break free of Andy's claws anymore, letting him play with them, "There are so many?"

"Ha~ What's more, Da Yao is a stepping stone, a stepping stone to open the huge market of the Celestial Empire, the potential of the Celestial Empire market is huge, do you think my think tank is idle during this time, Anta Sports, Uni-President Enterprise, Rabbit China Railway, Sinoma and many other Celestial Empire enterprises are willing to accept my investment, with a total investment of more than 400 million US dollars, not to mention supporting him, I am willing to build a team around him!

The most important thing for the people of the Celestial Empire is human affection, I am sincerely good to him, and I don't make less money, he will be to the Rocket Team from the beginning, and he will not see the profit and forget the righteousness, don't you see that the forums of the Celestial Empire are touting me, hehe, saying that I am more comfortable for Da Yao to catch the ball, and spend a lot of money to introduce Changxi, one of the best in the league, and also sign the outdated Fu Lao back to assist Da Yao... Ha ha. ”

"You're the most annoying person who likes to ponder people's psychological weaknesses and purposefully targeted... ”

Looking at the little man who was smiling very proudly, Charlize was also a little excited by Andy's big hand, and couldn't help but stretch out his arm around Andy's neck, and the red chun covered Andy's lips.

Gee...

Geda Theron, who was holding a glass of strawberry juice from the kitchen, saw the two people on the sofa as if there was no one on the side, rolled his eyes directly, walked out of the living room from the other side with the cup, and lay down on the chaise longue supporting the sun umbrella, enjoying the Australian sun.