Chapter 172: Sending Troops, Japan
On May 18, thousands of fans packed Beijing International Airport waiting for a team, or more precisely, a team that was about to travel with their dreams.
Everyone has long known that the new Chinese men's basketball team will go to Japan today to participate in the Japan International Invitational Tournament, so many people came to the airport early, and even fans who were far away from the airport did not go back at night in order to see their idols.
Japan invited a total of 7 countries to participate in this competition, and with Japan, a total of 8 teams were invited.
The eight teams are Japan, China, the United States, Iran, Australia, Slovenia, France, and the United Kingdom, and all of the players must be university students.
Of course, the Japanese side will not check the participating team members one by one, they are not afraid that someone will pretend to be a student to participate in the war, but expect such a thing to happen, so that the propaganda for Kusakataro will be more convincing.
While everyone was waiting, a big bus stopped outside the airport, and then more than two dozen people walked out.
The Chinese players who got off the bus were noticed by them from afar, and without hesitation, thousands of fans rushed up.
"Huang Xiang, I love you, Huang Xiang, Huang Xiang ......" Among the shouts of thousands of people, only this slogan was the loudest, and the female fans inside shouted heartbreakingly, I don't know why these women like Huang Xiang so much, Huang Xiang is just a basketball star.
Seeing thousands of people cheering for him, and 12 people smiling at each other, it seems that he still has a high popularity.
"Comrades, have you seen it? So many people are supporting you, so this time you must come back in triumph and win the championship back. Feng Delun took the opportunity to boost morale and shouted at everyone.
The 12 people who "swore to win the championship" roared in unison, and the sound shook the ceiling, and the sound spread throughout the airport.
"Chinese team, come on, Chinese team, come on......" The fans also applauded and shouted when they saw this. When has the Chinese team ever been so domineering before?
"Okay, guys, we're going to the tournament, please give way, and again, keep an eye on this team, because they're about to become world champions." Feng Delun yelled at the surrounding fans, then smiled apologetically and walked to the airport.
In the farewell of 1,000 people, a group of more than 20 people stepped onto the plane, with the Chinese dream, they will fight in Japan.
Before getting on the plane, Huang Xiang took out his mobile phone to call his parents, hung up the phone and made another call to Ouyang Xiang, and finally, walked on the plane with a smile.
"Remember, although the distance from here to Japan is not very far, you can't do anything else, give me sleep and rest, especially you Hu Yunlong, don't think about playing cards or anything." Feng Delun walked slowly and looked at whether everyone was fastening their seat belts.
"Hehe, I know the coach, oops, really." Hu Yunlong scratched his head embarrassedly, and then sat there honestly.
When the plane landed at the international airport in Japan, everyone's hearts couldn't help but burn with enthusiasm, this is Japan, where the race that invaded their country lived.
Although the crowd is not full of resentment, they are still very unhappy with the Japanese.
"Okay, let's turn the clouds and rain here, hum, little devil, wait for Brother Long's sanctions." Hu Yunlong rolled up his sleeves and roared in an atmosphere.
"Be quiet, you kid want to be beaten by a group? Although you are very dissatisfied, you can't say the word "devil", just like we know "Baga", they all know what it means. Zhang Guijiang knocked Hu Yunlong's head, this guy is really bold.
"Ah, that's it." Hu Yunlong immediately looked at the crowd around him nervously, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to him, he immediately smiled.
"Okay, let's go, go to the hotel, have a good rest, you can go and see the scenery of Japan later, the conference will be held tomorrow, let's go." Feng Delun said to the people around him, and then led the group to the bus with the obvious Chinese men's basketball logo outside the airport.
"Hmph, this time, wait, it's best for us to meet the Japanese team early." Huang Xiang said lightly to the people around him, his tone was full of domineering.
The Japan International consists of a total of 8 teams, each of which competes against the other 7 teams, and the final is determined by the number of points, with the first and second places in the final round.
And the order of the game, no one knows at this time, this will not be known until tomorrow's meeting when the draw is drawn.
After arriving at the hotel, they saw that several dark-skinned men were so conspicuous, and when they saw a group of yellow men with a five-star red flag walking over, their eyes lit up.
A handsome black man walked over, searched for a circle, and finally settled on Huang Xiang's body.
"Huang Xiang? Hello, I'm Komba. Walker, a member of the U.S. team. The handsome man in black looked at Huang Xiang with a smile and stretched out his big hand.
Walker is 1.85 meters tall; weight 78 kg; 3rd graders; University of Connecticut; Point guard.
He's a top college star, and Walker has the pace, the ability to attack the basket, and his accurate jumper makes him virtually unstoppable. The only thing holding Walker back from making the top five picks in the draft is his short stature and the fact that he's more of a scorer than a pure point guard.
Of course, he did not participate in the NBA, and the so-called failure to enter the top 5 is the expert's prediction of his draft this year, and he, like Huang Xiang, will also participate in the NBA this year.
But no one doubts his quality, he always reminds people of Iverson, the scorer who is the best scorer.
Huang Xiang looked at Walker and frowned suspiciously, how did this guy know about himself? Is he so famous in the United States?
"Hello, nice to meet you." Huang Xiang spoke fluent English, and his fluency surprised everyone.
"Hopefully you won't let me down, see you at the game." Walker looked at Huang Xiang proudly, then smiled slightly, his black head showed a row of small white teeth, and then walked away with two American team members.
"Oh, what's there to be arrogant about, little man." Huang Zixiong saw that this American was not as tall as himself, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said disdainfully to Ji Wufeng beside him.
Ji Wufeng didn't disdain, but based on his intuition, he felt that that guy was not simple.
When everyone was worried about who Huang Xiang was, Huang Xiang turned around and waved his hand, he didn't know the guy in front of him at all.
"Alright, let's go up, floor 5." Feng Delun should have gone through the formalities and walked over to look at the people in a daze, what are they doing?
When he learned that an American teenager had just made a tactic, Feng Delun laughed happily, this kind of game is interesting, isn't it?
After going up to the 5th floor and entering the room, everyone has to sigh at how cheap the Japanese hotel is, which is half the price of the Chinese presidential suite, but has the same enjoyment, which may be the reason why people like to come here.
"Where are we going to play in a moment?" After putting away the luggage, Hu Yunlong and the others walked together and discussed in a low voice.
"I'm going to Disney, I heard that Disney in Little Japan is much more fun than in China, I haven't even been to our country, it seems that God is also waiting for me, waiting for me to come to Japan." Sun Jianing waved his arms exaggeratedly and smiled at everyone.
Disney? Everyone thought about it for a while and agreed, after all, many of these guys had never been there to play.
In this way, when all the players were assembled, the vote was passed, except for Liu Chuan.
Liu Chuan's reason is that he went to Disney many times when he was recuperating from his injury, so he was not interested in this kind of place at all.
After the discussion, everyone decided to get up and go to Disney, and Liu Chuan, under the threat of the other 11 people, also went with everyone.
12 people hit 4 cars, and I wanted to hit 3 cars, but these people are bigger than the other, and there is no way, so they can only have 3 people in one car.
Fortunately, among the 12 people, Liu Chuan can speak Japanese, and there is no language barrier, and ten minutes later, everyone arrived at the Disney amusement park in Tokyo.
"Damn, these little Japan, I'm really going to enjoy it, this place is so fun." After getting out of the car, Hu Yunlong looked at the 5 or 6-meter-high Mickey Mouse statue at the big door, and spat fiercely.
"Be careful, don't get fined in Little Japan." Huang Xiang gave Hu Yunlong a punch and warned that although he didn't have a good impression of Little Japan, he couldn't be reached out by the other party to ask for his own money, although it was very cool to spit on the land of Japan.
"Let's go, guys, pay for it, I'll go buy a ticket." Liu Chuan stretched out his hand and waited for everyone to pay for it, and there were many people queuing up at the ticket office.
"Damn, I didn't bring it, you can help put it on." Hu Yunlong looked like he just didn't give it, and he was a little evil ruffian.
The others are not as scoundrels as Hu Yunlong, they honestly handed over the money to Liu Chuan, and their brothers settled the accounts, they didn't want to stand on this cheap.
Seeing that everyone handed over the money to Liu Chuan, Hu Yunlong didn't have that much face, and honestly gave the money to Liu Chuan.
A few minutes later, Liu Chuan bought a ticket and returned to Disney to start their journey to play in Japan.
Originally, Huang Xiang and the others wanted to go to Mt. Fuji, but because of the distance, everyone gave up the idea.
Having said that Mt. Fuji is going to erupt volcanically, who would dare to go there with such a big burden and challenge the limits of nature's patience?
The 12 people are now together, most of them are opponents who have played against Ocean University, so they and Huang Xiang are no strangers, and the only Niu Geng who has not been in contact with everyone before is also straightforward, so the 12 people are not like the group that has just formed a team, and it is estimated that others will believe it when it comes to the team that has been formed for half a year, after all, they are too familiar.
Especially the tacit understanding shown by everyone during the game, which surprised Feng Delun and Zhang Guijiang.
Each of them is a genius in a Chinese university, and they have all known each other to a greater or lesser extent, so they have an understanding of each person's scoring habits.
Of course, if you want to talk about tacit understanding, everyone's cooperation with Huang Xiang is the most tacit, and sometimes even Ji Wufeng and Hu Yunlong are surprised by the degree of tacit understanding.
There is a good saying, the person who knows you best is not yourself, nor your friends, but your opponents.
In the past, as Huang Xiang's opponent, everyone had a deep understanding of Huang Xiang, especially after losing to Ocean University in the first game, all teams had studied Huang Xiang in an all-round way.
So when Feng Delun said that he wanted to make Huang Xiang the captain of this expedition to Japan, they all voted in favor, strength is one aspect, and the other aspect is the popularity of this guy, which is better than Hu Yunlong, who is giggling all day long.
For this battle in Japan, Feng Delun, who was not very confident, was also full of confidence at this time, because he saw the prototype of an NBA rising star, this person is Huang Xiang.
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