On the weekend, after running with Lu Yuan early in the morning, Jensen was going to take Lu Yuan around Los Angeles, and the first place they were going to today was not Hollywood, not the Walk of Fame, not the Stamp Center, but the Crystal Cathedral - because Jensen was a Christian.

Yesterday, because he went to watch Lu Yuan's game, Jensen missed the weekly service, and today he happened to take Lu Yuan with him.

The Crystal Cathedral is located in Orange County, south of Los Angeles, and it takes about 1 hour to drive from Los Angeles, Jensen drove his Raptor along Avenue 5, all the way to the southeast, and soon arrived at the destination, the Crystal Cathedral in the courtyard grove of Orange County.

Lu Yuan is not a Christian, and he has no interest in all religions, but he is still very shocked to see the Crystal Cathedral.

Unlike those old churches with towering spires, the Crystal Cathedral is a modern church, made of steel and glass, which looks like a modern glass edifice from the outside, reflecting a dazzling blue glow in the sunlight.

Jensen told him that this is the last century, a pastor named Robert Schuler raised $7 million through fundraising, and it took 12 years to build a modern church, and the final total cost exceeded $20 million.

When Lu Yuan heard this, this pastor was able to raise 7 million US dollars to build a church, and he thought to himself, it turned out that being a Christian pastor is more powerful than playing basketball, and playing basketball requires training and games, just reading books and preaching as a pastor.

However, the idea of going to be a priest to raise money only existed in Lu Yuan's mind for 0.1 seconds, and he put this idea behind him, because Lu Yuan thought that the pastor seemed to be unable to get married and not have a girlfriend, so it would be too much of a loss at first glance, not cost-effective, not cost-effective.

Subsequently, Lu Yuan followed Jensen into the church, the crystal cathedral as a whole is in the shape of a four-pointed star, two acute angles, two obtuse angles, and next to the main building, there is a pointed dome made of reinforced glass, representing the church leading directly to the place of God. Inside, the church has about 3,000 seats, and the sunlight shines through the glass, so it is unusually bright without any lighting facilities.

Even a non-believer would feel unusually majestic and magnificent, with many people already praying and a small choir singing Mass in the front row.

But in a cathedral like this, you can participate in the activities organized by the church, or you can come in and find a place by yourself to communicate with God silently.

Jensen took Lu Yuan to find a place to sit down, and then Jensen took out a Bible from his pocket and began to sit upright and read it silently.

Lu Yuan didn't understand the Bible, so he took out an English book from his schoolbag and began to memorize words, carrying it on his back, Lu Yuan felt a little bored, so he began to look around, and suddenly saw a familiar face in the front row, it turned out to be the Korean female student with a big cake face in the class, she was standing in front, holding her hands to her chest, as if praying.

She wore a very formal uniform, and next to her there were student-like people dressed in similar clothes, white, black, and Asian, who looked like some kind of club.

In the impression of class these days, this Korean girl has no dull personality, but she seems to have no interest in other people in the class, never talks to them, and as soon as school is over, she will pack up and leave the classroom, not knowing where she went.

Lu Yuan didn't pay much attention to her because her face was too much like a baked cake.

After Jensen finished the service and the two came out, Lu Yuancai told Jensen that he had just met his Korean classmates in the language class in the church.

"I've never seen her talk to her, but I didn't expect to be here, and when I come to the United States, do I have to go to church?"

Lu Yuan asked with some curiosity, and Jensen replied, "No, if you are not religious, you can come and visit, it's nothing." ”

"But I saw her praying. ”

"It's that she's religious, or just looks religious, so that she can fit in better. ”

"blind?"

"blend!blend!"

Lu Yuan confused the pronunciation of the two words again, and Jensen said: "It's not common for a kid like you, I've seen a lot of Asians who come here, and they either always stay with people from the same country, or they desperately change themselves and integrate into local life." It's just you, you're a wonder. ”

“paradogs？”

"Paradox!, is there a problem with my pronunciation, or is there something wrong with your ears?" Jensen expressed great doubts about Lu Yuan's ability to hear.

"It must be your pronunciation problem, my listening level, will soon reach a very high level. Recently, Lu Yuan feels that his hearing has improved a lot, and he has begun to speak up.

Jensen shook his head and took Lu Yuan into the car, because Teresa gave Lu Yuan a holiday today, so Jensen was going to take Lu Yuan to Los Angeles to go around, and after turning around the church, Jensen was going to take Lu Yuan to a good place.

"I know you've come to the U.S. mainly to learn how to play, so let me take you to the streets of Los Angeles and maybe surprise you. ”

With that, Jensen drove towards Mary Del Rey.

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Just an hour northwest on Highway 405 will bring you to Mary Del Rey, west of Inglewood, close to Los Angeles International Airport and the Pacific Ocean.

Upon arriving, Jensen parked his car in the beach parking lot and took Lu Yuan to an Italian restaurant.

This place is the Italian area of California, so it is called "Venice", the second largest beach in California, Venice Beach is here, and the famous Santa Monica Beach is here.

On a rare day off, Lu Yuan didn't have to eat the lunch that Teresa gave him, in the Italian restaurant, he let go of his belly and ate and drank, seafood pizza, lasagna, red wine sausage, and ate healthy and nutritious meals for three days, and then ate these things, feeling as if he had returned to a beautiful world.

After eating, Lu Yuan patted his belly, it was too supportive, he was really full of wine and food, if he could have a place to lie down and sleep, it would be perfect.

Lu Yuan looked at the weather outside, in March, the sun in Los Angeles slowly began to warm up, there were already people wearing single clothes blowing the wind on the beach, and some people were on the beach, looking for a comfortable place to lie down and bask in the sun.

"It would be so comfortable to find a place on this beach to bask in the sun and get some sleep. Lu Yuan thought so, thinking that Jensen must have brought him over to bask in the sun on the beach.

After eating, Jensen took Lu Yuan all the way north, and when he came to a certain section of the beach, Lu Yuan saw that there was a basketball court on the edge of the beach!

"It's 'muscle beach', there's a gym, there's a beach court, and there's something to do in the afternoon, why don't you do it?"

Hearing Jensen say this, Lu Yuan nodded again and again, and when he saw the basketball court, Lu Yuan was in good spirits and didn't want to sleep, for him, the basketball court was like a church.

This beachside course is unique, the ground is painted blue, and the sea is not far from the course, surrounded by tall palm trees and the sea breeze, making it a great place to play.

But there are no people playing on the court, but there are some people who are setting up the field, cameras, scaffolding, curtains, and it looks like there will be some activity here in the afternoon.

Lu Yuan watched from a distance, and his heart was eager to try, this kid never knew what it meant to be subtle, and he wanted to participate in any activity, because he often participated in various activities when he was a child, and there were always prizes, if there was a lottery, it would be better, Lu Yuan's luck has always been good.

He had already seen that there were Nike logos on those things that were arranged, and thought that this must be an event organized by Nike, and participating in it would not only be enjoyable, but maybe there would be prizes!

"Jensen, what kind of event is this, I'm going to participate. ”

Jensen spread his hands and said, "I don't know, I just wanted to bring you here temporarily." I guess there's some star coming, there's a lot going on here, and I don't know who is coming today. ”

As soon as he heard that a star was coming, Lu Yuan was looking forward to it, but thinking about it again, he really didn't know any stars, he hadn't watched the NBA before, and now after playing basketball, he didn't have time to watch it, he just knew a few famous stars, and he didn't know any of the others.

After waiting for about half an hour, there were more and more people on the side of the court, and it seemed that there were indeed some big stars coming over, Lu Yuan found that many people were wearing yellow Lakers jerseys, and the number of the jersey was No. 24.

At this time, a convoy appeared on the road, led by a black Lincoln, and in the middle was a huge modified George Patton, the convoy drove all the way to the vicinity of the stadium, the crowd began to be agitated, and someone held up billboards, banners.

Lu Yuan already knew that it was none other than the retired Lakers star Kobe Bryant who was coming to Venice Beach to participate in the event today!

This is one of the few NBA stars that Lu Yuan knows, and Lu Yuan likes his style of play very much - he just does nothing, so Kobe Bryant is Lu Yuan's basketball idol.

Seeing that it was Kobe Bryant, Lu Yuan suddenly jumped up, George Patton's car door opened, and surrounded by a group of black-clad bodyguards, Kobe Bryant appeared.

He smiled and waved to the fans on both sides, he has been retired for many years, he still looks in good spirits, and there are still many fans who are crazy about him.

Lu Yuan was a little far away, and many people in front of him were holding signs, blocking Lu Yuan's sight, Lu Yuan couldn't see Kobe Bryant clearly, so he jumped to his feet in a hurry, thinking that it would be nice if there was a sign or something in his hand.

Suddenly, Lu Yuan had an idea, didn't the shoes he was wearing happen to be Kobe Bryant's 11th generation? If he held the shoes up as a brand, maybe he could make Kobe pay attention to himself!

So, Lu Yuan hurriedly took off his shoes, and then jumped on one foot with his shoes, while Jensen on the side saw it and hurriedly shouted, "Put your shoes down!"

Lu Yuan let out an "ah", I don't know why, and then I found that there were already two bodyguards dressed in black rushing towards Lu Yuan.