Chapter 072: Southern Stadium
South Chicago is a well-known slum, where 50% of the residents live in poverty, and basketball has become the entertainment of choice for most teenagers in the slums, because it is cheap and does not cost much, as long as there is a basketball and a basket can be played very happily.
This is not the Chicago of your image.
When Mu Chenfeng stepped into this land, he really realized the reluctance on the driver's face when he and the driver were going to the southern district, if it weren't for the long distance and high fare, the driver would definitely not drive here.
After putting Mu Chenfeng and Fu Di in the car, the driver drove away without looking back, not wanting to stay here for a minute longer.
"Are you sure it's here?" The messy scene made Mu Chenfeng wonder if he had come to the wrong place.
"I guess so." Fu Di also didn't want to admit that this was the basketball mecca they dreamed of, with dirty street corners and poor people, which is a scene often seen in movies, which always makes people feel uneasy, and it feels like the sound of gunfire may be heard in their ears at any time.
Filthy feces and discarded needles were everywhere on the floor.
"Do you want to go in?" Fu Di hesitated, standing at the interface and reluctant to step in.
Mu Chenfeng said helplessly, "It's all here, the $200 fare can't be spent in vain." With that, he walked into the alley.
"But......" Fu Di quickened his pace to catch up, "I always feel unsafe." β
Before coming to Chicago, Fu Di had also done his homework and knew that this was a slum, but he still lacked the imagination of the slum, which was far poorer than the slum he knew.
Poverty leads to crime, and Chicago's South Side, which has one of the highest crime rates, is constantly seeing transactions of all kinds.
"Mu Chenfeng ......" Fu Di stopped, and at the same time called Mu Chenfeng.
On the corner of the street, two Americans were sitting naked trading, as for the content of the transaction, they didn't have to think about it to guess the approximate situation, the two of them and Fu Di and Mu Chenfeng looked at each other, but this did not affect them in any way, the transaction went on as usual, one person handed over a stack of cash to the other party, and the other person took out a white package, and the other party immediately put it in his pocket after taking it.
"Let's go." Fu Di said that this is only the periphery of the slum, and the situation inside will only get worse and not better.
"But you're here with all your heart." Mu Chenfeng turned his head and said.
"I regret it." Fu Di is simple, he is really a big man who can bend and stretch, and he should be cowardly at four times.
After pulling twice, Mu Chenfeng didn't move, and Fu Di knew that the situation was not good.
"Listen." Mu Chen's wind channel.
"Listen to what?" Fu Di asked.
Mu Chenfeng slowly closed his eyes and listened in the direction where the wind was blowing, "It's the sound of basketball." β
Fu Di let out a sneer, "You want to play ball, you want to go crazy." Turning his head and glancing at his surroundings, it didn't look like a place to play basketball.
"Sure Sakura" Mu Chenfeng insisted, raising his finger and pointing in the direction to the left, "It's over there, not far away." β
"Yes, I won't fight." Fu Di's mind is now full of scenes from the movie that happened in the slums, imagining that his head may have been locked by a sniper rifle in the shadows, and as long as the other party pulls the trigger, his head will bloom like fireworks.
"Then you can go back first." Mu Chenfeng walked in the direction he had just positioned, as long as he decided that it must be completed.
"I'm sorry for you." Fu Di's character is still not as stubborn as Mu Chenfeng, and it was him who was soft, so he walked a few steps quickly to follow.
The corners of Mu Chenfeng's mouth rose proudly, and Fu Di was once again defeated by his own injury.
The stadium was next to a dilapidated school three streets later, and when they passed the first street, the scene on the street was still acceptable, although it could not be compared with the city, but it was acceptable, but when they reached the second street, the scene on the street changed abruptly, and children began to appear on the street, about 5 or 6 years old, but they were not experiencing the childhood they should have experienced at their age, and in their eyes it was more fear and helplessness for the future than hope.
The streets are full of criminal transactions, most of which are beyond the reach of the police.
The third street should be the place where the poor are most concentrated, and the magic is that trading is no longer the mainstream of this street, but more of a scene of mothers and children dependent on each other, and the great mothers use their instinctive motherhood to guard the children's last innocence and accompany them to adulthood.
At this point, the sound of basketball gradually became clear, "There is really a court." Fu Di exclaimed, Mu Chenfeng's ears are really good.
Chicago South Stadium is the most densely populated place, almost all 24 o'clock people play here, and it is always full, there are many teenagers here, this is the territory occupied by the local gangs, under the struggle of the mothers, the gangs finally agreed to give this place to the children to use, and arranged special personnel to protect it, but the court is only open to minors under the age of 18, and those over 18 years old are not allowed to enter.
Mu Chenfeng and Fu Di just matched.
The slums of the United States have given birth to countless superstars, such as Alan Iverson, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, LeBron James, etc.
"There may be future NBA superstars here." Mu Chenfeng carefully looked at the players who were running tirelessly in the stadium.
The stadium was full of people inside and out, all shouting different names, and it was clear that they all had their own supporters, and the call for Kyle Terry was particularly high, and if I guessed correctly, he should be the "star player" of the slums.
Kyle Terry, 16, is physically and well-rounded shooting guard who can do anything on the court.
He started playing basketball at the age of 8 and showed his outstanding basketball talent by beating all the older kids on the South Court, and everything that happened on this court was seen by the gangsters, who focused on developing this "future superstar" and equipped him with a professional training team, only he could lead adults into the court for training, at the cost of his later NBA only playing for the Chicago Bulls.
In everyone's eyes, he is the next superhero to save Chicago, and the last hero's name is "Michael Jordan".
If you want to be a hero, you must have the strength to match the hero, in order to be closer to Jordan or even surpass him, Kyle Terry stole all of Jordan's moves, and the figure that gradually grew up really looked like that man.
Every time Terry touches the ball, the crowd goes crazy, and even a simple jumper leaves the fans hooked.
"It's too much like Jordan." Even Fu Di saw Jordan's figure from Terry's body, and he imitated exactly the same whether it was a breakthrough or a jump shot.
"Jordan has always been imitated, have you ever seen anyone surpass him?" Mu Chenfeng said coldly, "Heroes are not touted. β
βSTOPοΌβ Mu Chenfeng stepped into the court and raised his hands to stop the game.