February in California is like a child's face, and it changes when it says it.

In the afternoon, the sea was still blue and cloudy, but in the evening it suddenly darkened, and the dark clouds piled up and condensed in the air, which was very threatening and oppressed the people who were hurrying away.

Li Zhen was lying on the couch of a small apartment in the southwest district of Palo Alto, his handsome and fair face full of exhaustion and horror.

He had just woken up from a long nightmare.

He dreamed of the rest of his life.

The trajectory of the dream is: after he transferred from Stanford to Harvard again, he was ridiculed by many people. Under intense pressure, he gave up his studies and set out to build a social networking site like his friend Zuckerberg. But it turned out that the company burned a million dollars of its own savings.

After failing to start a business, he had no choice but to return to the Bay Area and enter an Internet company. As a result, because of the company's infighting and the failure of his parents to return to China to do business, he returned to China from the United States. Spending time in an Internet company that is not big or small, day after day, year after year: this is not the life he wants, because he doesn't even have a girlfriend.

It's terrible!

Li Zhen rubbed his already very bad hair vigorously.

He knew it was because he had been under too much pressure lately.

Was it really a mistake to transfer from Harvard University to Stanford half a year ago? My basketball dream is like what my mother said: it's a joke at all??

Li Zhen sighed helplessly.

As the only four-star Chinese point guard in the history of American high school basketball, he was very confident before transferring to the Pacific Division. When he was a student at Harvard, he was once the assist and steal leader of the Ivy League League: but it was only later that he realized that the Ivy League was completely incomparable to the rest of the NCAA league. The Ivy League represents the highest academic level in the world, not the athletic level.

He got up slightly, stretched out his hand to turn on the TV, and the Chinese channel on the TV happened to be playing basketball park.

“…… Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, entered the palace of marriage with his wife Juanita in 1989, and raised a son and a daughter after that, but in 2002, Juanita filed for divorce, and the reason she gave was that "she couldn't stand Michael's repeated stealing, and there were irreconcilable contradictions between the two parties", for which she even wrote a 6-page divorce lawsuit document. ”

However, due to the property and compensation relationship, the divorce case of the flying man took 4 years, and yesterday, the two parties finally reached an out-of-court settlement agreement, and it is rumored that Michael will pay up to 168 million breakup fees to his ex-wife! It has to be said that this is one of the most expensive divorce break-up fees in the history of sports......"

Scumbag!

Li Zhen subconsciously muttered.

Well?

The words that popped up out of nowhere were both strange and familiar to him...... The word seems to have been brought out of a nightmare.

He shook his head.

The news on TV is still on the air.

“… This morning, we spoke to Coach McHaney, the head coach of Stanford. Due to injuries to two key players this season, the chances of the Crimson team breaking out of the Pacific Division are almost nil in the only three remaining divisional games. Therefore, he regretted to announce that the team's focus this season will shift from fighting for a place in the round of 64 to recruiting for the new season, and we also interviewed him about Chinese defender Li Zhen. ”

As soon as the screen turned, Coach McHaney appeared in front of the camera.

McHaney served as an assistant coach for the Lakers in the NBA for a long time and made great contributions to the Lakers dynasty. He took charge of the Crimson three years ago and helped the team reach the NCAA round of 16 during the 2004 season.

Childis, the team's ace at the time, also entered the NBA as a lottery pick with his outstanding performance in the round of 64: one of the few NBA players at Stanford.

"Bruce is a smart, passionate, cautious and very hardworking player. He's the strongest and most incredible I've ever seen on the ball, and he's incredibly creative and talented, just like his GPA. On the training pitch, he often makes fantastic assists that make all the players jump and applaud. ”

"However, we have to admit it. His body doesn't match his mind, he's so skinny compared to the other players, and even though he's 1.86 meters tall, he's only 68 kilograms, which is why I can't keep him on the pitch for a long time. ”

'In the last three games, I'll give him some chances. But next season...... Well. You know, he can be admitted to Harvard at the age of sixteen with a super smart brain, he should focus on his studies, and he will definitely achieve something that will shock the world......"

Syllable!

Li Zhen turned off the TV.

For him, it is not a heavy blow.

He had already made a desperate bet to play basketball. When he transferred from Harvard to Stanford despite his parents' objections, this angered his powerful mother, Ms. Wang Junzhu, a professor of biology at New York University, who said that if Li Zhen did not return to Harvard and choose to major in life sciences, she would refuse to pay Li Zhen any tuition and living expenses.

At that time, Li Zhen, who had beaten all the invincible Ivy League opponents, was ambitious, and he thought that he could play a piece of the world without relying on his parents and relying on his own ability.

And yet now...... Alas!

With the Crimson no longer giving him a place to register players next season, he will not be able to continue to enjoy the high subsidy from the school.

Over the years, he has saved up some money and earned almost $150,000 through scholarships, contest awards, and web page development, but he has invested all of it in Zuckerberg's website, and he now has less than $1,500 in his bank card account, and he has to pay rent next month.

So...

Can you really only bow your head and admit your mistakes and obediently go home to be a rich second generation?

Ding dong!

At this moment, a voice came from the laptop next to the couch, which was an email from Zuckerberg.

He opened it and said, "Dear Li Zhen, are you sure you want to transfer the 150,000 US dollars equivalent to 12% of the preferred equity invested by the angel to us?" Now Mr. Peter Thiel of PayPal and several other investors are willing to invest in us in their personal capacity, and their investment amount will reach the level of tens of millions of dollars. If you wish, we can transfer your shares now, which is valued at approximately $1.9 million. But I don't recommend that you do that, you know, you have preferred stock. ”

Zuckerberg's guy has a very mild tone, and Li Zhen has a very good relationship with him.

Li Zhen likes this introverted guy very much, and he also has a Chinese girlfriend who is not very beautiful. This creates more common ground for them to get along.

But now he is really in a tight position, and he has to cash out those shares.

But just as he was about to type a yes in the email reply, he suddenly remembered that in the dream he just had, what he did was to convert all the shares into cash, pay the full amount of taxes, and return to Harvard to start a business. Unfortunately, his business didn't work out, and the money was quickly spent.

Bang!!

Lightning and thunder thundered outside, and a pair of AJ sneakers he was hanging on the balcony were blown to the ground by the strong wind.

This scene made him more familiar.

Because that's where that long nightmare began.

In that nightmare, he ignored the basketball shoes in the wind and rain, and he thought that his basketball dream was completely shattered. So, bow your head and reply to the email on your laptop: YES! All sold.

But now, he inexplicably raised his head and looked at the sky outside, in the dim light, layers of dark clouds were piled up, and each dark cloud seemed to be inlaid with gold edges, very beautiful.

So, there's sunshine shining behind the clouds, right?

Li Zhen lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then the ghost made a god walk over.

It was his first pair of AJ, AJ10, and it was the shoe Michael wore when he announced 'I'm-back'.

As he grabbed the sneakers he had dropped from the balcony with both hands, there was a sudden burst of light in front of him, and the most intense white lightning instantly enveloped his whole body.

Bang!

He felt himself hit hard, and the pain filled every cell in his body.

Fall to the ground.

And for a moment when he had a shred of consciousness.

He heard an echo in his head: "Hehe, finally escaped from that demon's body." ”

"I didn't disappear? Is it time that creates cracks? ”

"I can speak. Do I speak English? ”

"Twenty percent of the energy remains, and it is impossible to transform the body completely. Strength, speed, bounce, agility, and body shape can only be improved by one ......"

“……”

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