Chapter 21: The Pain of Being a Star
"Future stars cash in on their talents, balancing the first quarterback on both offensive and defensive ends! Compared with Wang Zekai's high score, Liu Xiaodong's data can lead his teammates to win! This is the headline on the front page of the "Hecheng Sports News".
"Liu Xiaodong's age makes me look forward to it, and the calmness and fighting spirit he shows on the court makes me feel more relevant than the data itself!" This is Liu Qiliang, a fellow countryman, in an interview with the "Provincial Sports Illustrated" after the game.
is not only the praise of its own media and commentary, but even the opponent "Petroleum Sports News" also rarely published a short commentary article to express its recognition of Hecheng University and newcomer Liu Xiaodong.
After this focus game broadcast live on provincial TV, Liu Xiaodong's name was also known to more people. Nowadays, he can attract people's attention and discussion wherever he walks to any corner of the campus.
When Liu Xiaodong was lying on the desk taking a nap, the door of the classroom where he was was already surrounded by students from outside the class. From the first girls to the boys who came back from dinner, they all wanted to see the school's new big stars again.
"It's been two days, why are there so many people?" Xu Wanqiu, who was squeezed into the corner of the corridor, muttered with a sad face, she didn't understand, didn't she just win a game, as for being so excited?
"Late autumn, late autumn, did you also come to see Xiaodong?"
Looking at Li Manyue, who was squeezing over at the same table, Xu Wanqiu couldn't help but cover her forehead, and finally sent away Lu Xueqi's , and now there is another one, it's really stressful!
"Late autumn, what's wrong with you, are you feeling unwell?" Li Manyue looked at Xu Wanqiu, who was full of sorrow, and asked with great concern.
"Yes, help me back to the dormitory!"
"Ah..." Li Manyue reluctantly glanced at the door of the classroom blocked by the crowd, as if she had made a lot of determination, and took Xu Wanqiu's arm and walked to the staircase.
The cacophony was interrupted the moment the bell rang, and the gentle and sweet voice of the female teacher echoed in the hallway.
The students were silent in the sunlight, warm and comfortable. If it weren't for a discordant snort, it would all seem so good.
"Liu Xiaodong !!" A roar that pierced all the beautiful illusions, with a piece of white chalk, was sent to Liu Xiaodong's desk, and it suddenly turned into a white pink mist.
Liu Xiaodong, who was asleep, had no intention of waking up. Maybe I was numb to the noise before class, and I didn't feel a cold murderous aura coming to my face.
"Xiaodong, Xiaodong..."Zhao Dazhuang behind him was already sweating like rain, but he knew how terrifying the head teacher who came over!
"Huh? Yes! It hurts..."Liu Xiaodong, who was in a daze, was pulled to the door by the head teacher, who was known as a tigress.
"You are very fat, dare to sleep in my class, do you think that if you are famous, I will not be able to cure you!"
Liu Xiaodong, who was completely awake, was frightened, and quickly explained: "Teacher, you misunderstood, I studied too late yesterday and didn't sleep well, so I promise that there will be no next time." ”
"It's too late to study, you're a liar, how many times have you said this, you haven't counted it in your heart!"
"Teacher, I'm serious this time, I don't believe you ask Zhao Dazhuang, he can testify to me."
"Really?" The female head teacher looked at Zhao Dazhuang, whose face was pale, with sharp eyes that could penetrate all lies.
"It's... Isn't it?" Zhao Dazhuang replied in a weak whisper.
"You stand up to me and tell me how he studied and how you know! Don't be cautious, you're not the only one in your bedroom! ”
"Teacher, I was wrong..."Zhao Dazhuang, who couldn't withstand the pressure, finally succumbed to the pressure of the head teacher and chose to confess and be lenient.
"I know that you two are embarrassed, so let me stand outside and listen to the class!"
"Teacher, I've been honest about how to punish the station..."
"Do you have an opinion about what I said, or do you want to stand on the playground and let the whole school know about your two glorious deeds!"
Zhao Dazhuang was very depressed, looked at Liu Xiaodong with an apologetic face and said, "Xiaodong, next time you should change your words!" ”
"That's what I thought too..."
The silence and long time finally ended when the bell rang for the end of class.
Liu Xiaodong ran into the gymnasium at the speed of a 100-meter sprint, Zhang Tiejun looked at Liu Xiaodong who was sweating profusely with a smile, and couldn't help but sigh that young people are energetic.
"Zhang Jiao, can I get off work early today, you know that my wife just gave birth and needs me to go home early to take care of them." Assistant coach Wang Ming said pitifully. In the past two days, he has been training with Liu Xiaodong until late, and his wife has a lot of complaints about him.
"Amin, you've worked hard, after training in the afternoon, you can get off work normally." Zhang Tiejun agreed with a smile, he understood the hardships of the teaching assistants, after all, they were all from the past.
Seeing that under the guidance of the assistant coach, Liu Xiaodong not only improved his shooting and shooting speed, but also shot a lot faster than before, Zhang Tiejun was very pleased.
He was also worried that Liu Xiaodong would be influenced by the outside world and become proud and complacent. But judging from the training in the past two days, Liu Xiaodong's mentality is very mature, which is the result he is willing to see.
Zhang Tiejun has seen many examples of potential rising stars who have become famous, but have been misled by the outside news media, unable to resist some temptations, distracting their attention elsewhere, and their state has declined sharply.
Just when Zhang Tiejun felt sorry for a certain student in the past, Guo Cheng and Liu Mu walked into the gymnasium with a smile and a smile. Looking at the laughter they let out from time to time, I thought they were talking about something happy.
"Liu Mu, Guo Cheng, why did you two come, as the captain and veteran team member, you two can't come over earlier!"
"Coach, there's still 15 minutes until the meeting." Yanagi glanced at his sports watch and whispered.
"Then you can go out and stand for me for 15 minutes before you come in!"
Liu Mu was speechless, what is the coach crazy about, it can't be menopause early...
"Look over there!" Guo Cheng poked Liu Mu and pointed to Liu Xiaodong, who was practicing shooting, and reminded in a low voice.
"Coach, I think you're right! I'm going to train with Xiaodong to make sure I play an exemplary role. After Liu Mu finished speaking, he didn't wait for Zhang Tiejun to respond, and ran to the basket for a while, leaving only Guo Cheng with a confused face, messy in Zhang Tiejun's sharp eyes...
"Shameless..."
"Guo Cheng, do you have an opinion on what I said?"
Hearing Zhang Tiejun's cold and piercing voice, Guo Cheng was startled, and immediately reacted, and quickly said: "Coach, what you said is very right, I'm going to train!" ”
In the subsequent tactical drill time, Liu Xiaodong was arranged by Zhang Tiejun to practice one-on-one shooting with an assistant coach. Compared with mid-range shooting, Liu Xiaodong's long-range shooting is still very unsatisfactory, especially the action before the shot is too deliberate, which allows the assistant coach who defends him to always find opportunities to interfere with him.