Chapter 288 UCLA
Mu Chenfeng got on a plane to Los Angeles and went to the United States alone.
No one came to see him off, because he had made a private change and was on an hour earlier flight.
When Su Mengyao arrived at the airport, Mu Chenfeng's plane had already taken off, and he was holding a "gift" to give to Mu Chenfeng, but unfortunately, he missed it.
Su Mengyao stood on the side of the bed, looking in the direction where Mu Chenfeng was flying, with a happy expression on her face, it was a good thing for people she liked to chase her dreams.
Mu Chenfeng was afraid that he would be reluctant, so he changed his ticket temporarily, a little ruthless, but more helpless.
Most of the flights to Los Angeles were full of Chinese faces, which made Mu Chenfeng feel less lonely, the last time he came to the United States, he met Fu Di, and this time, he only had himself.
After a twelve-hour flight, Mu Chenfeng finally arrived in the United States, and after landing, there was a familiar face among the people who greeted him, Felix, who specially wore a UCLA team uniform to greet Mu Chenfeng.
Since the training camp separated, the two have cut off contact, and when they meet again two years later, they don't feel strange, but a little more intimate.
Felix was carrying a bag with some UCLA-related items, which were Mu Chenfeng's equipment for the NCAA, and Felix insisted on delivering it to him personally.
"Long time no see." Felix greeted Mu Chenfeng warmly.
"Long time no see." Mu Chenfeng responded.
In two years, the two have changed a lot, but no one could have imagined that two years ago, the two would meet at UCLA, and they have changed from rivals to teammates.
"Welcome to UCLA." The people who traveled with him greeted Mu Chenfeng one after another, and then took him to the UCLA dormitory.
Since Mu Chenfeng is the first Asian player to receive a full scholarship from UCLA, the American media also attaches great importance to this matter, which is regarded as the hope of Chinese players to return to the NBA.
China's impact on the NCAA is not great, but it is much more important for the NBA, whether Mu Chenfeng can play or not, behind him is an incomparably large support team, in the past five years, China has brought 30% of the profits to the NBA league, is the country with the most profits in the world, bringing an average of nearly $1.5 billion per year to the league, this is still in the case of no Chinese players in the league, if the NBA league has a Chinese player, Then this number is bound to increase, and may even double.
With such a huge stake, the league can't wait to bring in a Chinese player, but Fang Tianzheng's intervention disrupted the league's plan, and the difference in one year is expected to evaporate nearly 500 million losses.
That's the power of a Chinese player.
The car slowly drove into the UCLA campus, and unlike schools in China, schools in the United States are very open, without too many rules and regulations, and relatively free.
The first thing Mu Chenfeng did when he came to UCLA was to walk into the court with a basketball and seriously feel the difference between the basketball in American universities and China.
The car stopped at the door of the dormitory, and Felix took Mu Chenfeng into the dormitory and settled in.
Most of the dormitories are for two people in one room, but since Mu Chenfeng is Chinese and cannot adapt to living with people from other Chinese at first, the school specially arranged a single room for Mu Chenfeng.
The interior of the house is very spacious and bright, and even the decoration can be seen everywhere in the basketball-related shadows, through the window you can see the coveted basketball court, and there are still many people playing on the court.
"I live next door to you, so you can call me anytime you need anything." Felix introduced.
"I didn't expect to meet you here." When Mu Chenfeng got off the plane and saw Felix for the first time, he was still a little shocked, he originally thought that Felix was just a joke when he wanted to join the NCAA, because there are many basketball schools that are more famous than UCLA, and they all threw olive branches to Felix, but Felix did not hesitate to choose his hometown team.
Felix laughed, "The two of us can finally be together, and it's not easy to hear that you won a national victory." ”
Americans are very fond of honor, but any halo with a hint of glory on their body will be infinitely magnified by them.
"Hmm." Mu Chenfeng nodded and said, "A little achievement has been made." ”
Small grades? Mu Chenfeng actually defined the national championship as a small achievement, and the modesty of the Chinese is indeed worthy of its name, which is a big surprise.
However, it was this title of national champion that strengthened UCLA's determination to send the invitation.
"You clean up first, and I'll take you out for a walk later." Felix can also be regarded as the master, so he offered to lead Mu Chenfeng to familiarize himself with the unfamiliar environment.
Mu Chenfeng doesn't care much about the things in the school, and he always cares about only one thing, "Where is the school's basketball hall?" ”
Sure enough, Mu Chenfeng is still Mu Chenfeng two years ago, and his love for basketball has never diminished.
"I'll take you there later, there is a school team training match this afternoon, you can go and get acquainted with your teammates in advance." Originally, the fire brigade arranged to meet the team after a short adjustment on the second day of Mu Chenfeng's arrival at the school, but looking at his impatient appearance, Felix only needed to take him to adapt in advance.
Mu Chenfeng simply cleaned up and then pulled Felix out of the house.
Along the way, he passed a lot of UCLA landmarks, and many newly enrolled students stopped to take pictures in those places, but Mu Chenfeng had no intention of observing the beautiful scenery around him, he just wanted to plunge into the hall and have a good time.
The time difference between China and the USA is exactly 12 hours, but there is no time difference problem from Mu Chenfeng's mental state, as long as he encounters basketball, he is as energetic as playing chicken blood.
UCLA's training hall is made up of two fields and has a large internal space, but because it is a training hall, there are no stands, but some are scattered for the players to rest and wait.
Before entering the training hall, he was frightened by a stern reprimand, the voice came from the head coach of UCLA: Barton, he is a notoriously irascible coach in the NCAA, but it is precisely because of his existence that UCLA has entered the NCAA finals in the past two years, and has achieved a tough record of one championship and one runner-up, and now UCLA is the hottest team in the NCAA, and many of the main players in the team have received recruitment from NBA teams.
The criticism lasted for a full minute, and the two of them occupied the door for a full minute, and only after Coach Barton's voice temporarily subsided did Felix enter the arena with Mu Chenfeng.