Tang Miaomiao drove Zhang Chen to Kyoto Airport, and along the way, Tang Miaomiao's excited Balabala kept talking.

Tang Miaomiao asked the experts of the Palace Museum to identify the handwriting that Liu Yan gave them, and it was actually genuine! Zhang Chen was also a little surprised.

Tang Miaomiao was a little worried, if it wasn't genuine, it would be a suspension. But what now, what to do, to send tens of thousands of dollars to the mother and daughter? It doesn't seem appropriate.

In the end, the two discussed and asked Tang Miaomiao to send Liu Yan to work in Little Sheep and ask Liu Yan if she was willing. If Liu Yan is willing, Zhang Chen will call Su Wenjin again and let Su Wenjin pick him up.

Tang Miaomiao sent Zhang Chen to Kyoto Airport, looking at the cheerful Tang Miaomiao, Zhang Chen also felt inexplicably wonderful, what is worth being so happy?

Until Zhang Chen was sent to the security checkpoint, Tang Miaomiao was always smiling.

Zhang Chen was confused about checked luggage, security checks, and customs, I have to say that the security check was not strict in the nineties, and lighters, knives and all kinds of liquids could be brought on the plane, so that Zhang Chen, who was used to strict security checks in later generations, was still a little uncomfortable.

Zhang Chen only had one shoulder on his back, and all the luggage that should be checked had been checked, and he was waiting for boarding in the waiting hall of the international departure in a relaxed manner.

Looking around, the proportion of foreigners in the waiting hall is much higher than that of later generations. Some Chinese are mostly middle-aged people in their thirties and forties, and occasionally a few young people should be international students.

Zhang Chen sat bored next to the boarding gate, his Ericsson mobile phone had no game function. Zhang Chen began to regret that he forgot to put two books on his shoulders to pass the time.

Zhang Chen stood up and wanted to see if there was an airport bookstore where he could buy two books, and when he turned around, he found that there was no airport bookstore at all, and the entire waiting hall was not very big, basically at a glance.

After walking around again, Zhang Chen only found a newsstand and provided passengers with the day's newspaper for free. After taking a look, there are quite a few newspapers on the market in Kyoto, such as People's Daily, People's Liberation Army Daily, Kyoto Daily, Kyoto Evening News, and so on. There are also several English-language editions of newspapers such as ChinaDialy. The representative of the new print media in later generations, Xindu Bao, has not yet appeared.

After a closer look, there was actually the Los Angeles Times from two days ago. Zhang Chen took a copy of different kinds of newspapers and returned to his seat to read it.

"Excuse me, is anyone sitting here?"

Zhang Chen looked up and found that it was a foreign woman about fifty years old who was speaking. The height is not high, only 1.5 meters, but the figure is maintained well, and he often exercises at a glance. Wearing a business suit, he carried a black concubine bag in his hand. Blonde hair, which has turned slightly gray, and brown pupils. It was supposed to be white, but it was tanned and its skin was red. Speaks pure American English.

"Uh, nobody, you do it yourself. Zhang Chen moved to the side. At this time, there were still more than 20 minutes before the boarding time, and the seats were basically full.

The foreign woman grinned, nodded politely, and sat down.

Zhang Chen was reading the Los Angeles Times, turned to the sports section to watch NBA news, and found that the entire page was a discussion of the draft.

Zhang Chen watched it with relish, he was barely a basketball fan, 96 was a big year for the draft, and countless superstars emerged from this year's rookies.

Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen, Nash, O'Neal Jr., Fisher Fisher, Commissar Ma。。。。。 Of course, there is also the favorite of Chinese fans back then-"answer" Iverson!

The '96 draft will be held on June 26.

I saw all kinds of predictions about the draft in the newspapers, some of which were reliable and some of which were not. There were even people who predicted that Stojakovic could become the champion, and Zhang Chen couldn't help but shake his head when he saw it.

Looking at the odds published in the newspaper, because the 76ers lack reliable guards, Iverson and Marbury are indeed the highest odds, followed by Marcus Camby. The odds are mostly around 1:2.8, and the gap is not big.

"Huh?" Zhang Chen's eyes lit up, he at least remembered the rookie rankings of the 96 lottery area and Kobe, and there were a few in the middle that he might not remember but he should be able to remember when he saw the name. In other words, from the champion to the thirteenth place in the first round, Zhang Chen can accurately guess correctly.

Zhang Chen's heart jumped, the gambling industry in the United States is very developed, although only Nevada and a few other states allow gambling, but many bookmakers in Las Vegas have stationed, and the prediction of NBA rookies will be opened by bookmakers in a variety of lottery items. If you buy the top 13 combinations correctly, even if you only invest 5,000 US dollars, it is estimated that you can multiply hundreds of times.

That's a few million dollars, and you could make more money than you came up with in the first place!

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen's eyes lit up, picked up the newspaper and carefully studied the draft list, took a pen from his backpack and drew a little bit on the draft list.

The white woman next to her looked at Zhang Chen's actions curiously, and suddenly said, "Boy, are you a fan of the Lakers?"

Zhang Chen was busy looking at the list and recalling the draft picks, and said casually: "No, I'm a Jordan fan." “

The white woman laughed, "All of them are Jordan fans, and you're Californian?"

Zhang Chen raised his head and said, "No, I am Chinese, and this is the first time I went to the United States." “

"Oh~" the white woman showed an exaggerated expression, "You speak English very well." “

Zhang Chen smiled: "Thank you, you speak English very well." “

The white woman laughed: "What a funny child, is your destination San Francisco or somewhere else?" After knowing that Zhang Chen was Chinese, the white woman tried to avoid using rare words and slowed down her speech, and Zhang Chen sounded a lot more relaxed.

Zhang Chen put away the pen and newspaper, and it was not bad to have someone to chat with to relieve boredom. "San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley. “

The white women looked surprised, and many Chinese went to San Francisco. San Francisco is also the region with the highest proportion of Chinese Americans in the western United States, but there are too few Chinese people going to Silicon Valley in the Bay Area now, after all, it is not the era when Chinese students will be full of Chinese students in 20 years.

Seeing the white woman's expression, Zhang Chen explained: "Stanford and Berkeley are my dream schools, and Silicon Valley is also the dream place for all entrepreneurs. So I wanted to use the summer to take a look. Oh, by the way, my name is Zhang Chen, you can call me Chen, Zhang's sound is too difficult to pronounce. In the end, Zhang Chen made a joke with Western-style pronunciation.

The white woman put away her surprised expression, "I'm sorry, my name is Barbara, Barbara Boxey." You can call me Barbara, or you can call me Madame Boxey. Barbara laughed as well.

Zhang Chen smiled: "An independent and attractive woman like you, it would be rude to call you Mrs., if you don't mind, just call you Barbara." “