403 Chinese craze
In sight, the dazzling and flamboyant red converged into a boiling turbulence, meandering in the same direction, and the thin tributaries flowing in all directions gradually converged, making the main trunk of the stream more and more turbulent, and finally evolved into a large river, which surrounded the Candlestick Stadium.
Boom, boom, the sound of the torrent continued to hit the eardrums, as if you could even clearly feel the sharpness and stinging pain of the gale wind sweeping across the surface of the skin, the surging heat wave in the air drilled into the blood vessels along the pores, the blood began to gurgle and boil, and before you knew it, all the cells in the body began to roar and roar.
This is the home field, and every scene and picture is full of surging excitement/emotion, spreading all over the sky, dyeing the whole world red. Vibrant, brilliant red.
This is not the first time that Lu Zhengze has personally experienced the wave of support at the Candlestick Stadium, but the sound of exclamation and shock still involuntarily overflowed. In the midst of the torrent of 70,000 people, an individual is so small that he can only look up and feel all this.
“…… Regular? Why are you suddenly distracted, what are you looking at? Didn't you hear me when I talked to you? From far to near, Jiang Youning's voice sounded in his ears, and Lu Zhengze came back to his senses.
Looking at Jiang Youning in front of him, wearing a wide No. 14 jersey, with Lu Ke's name signed on his shoulder, a thick baseball jacket on the outside, and a red baseball cap of the San Francisco 49ers in his hand - also No. 14, the petite figure was almost submerged in red.
The words that originally came to his lips, Lu Zhengze suddenly changed his words, "No, I suddenly remembered when I used to spend the Lunar New Year at home." ”
Jiang Youning looked confused, looked at Lu Zhengze inexplicably, blinked, and then reacted. The bright red in the eyes was indeed reminiscent of the festive atmosphere of the Lunar New Year, which made Jiang Youning laugh too, "You mean, we chose to come to San Francisco in the first place, and deep down we still had hometown complexes in our hearts?" ”
Apparently not. At the beginning, because the company that recruited Lu Zhengze was in San Francisco, they were on a work visa, so they naturally came to the city. As for why that company hired Lu Zhengze, whether it was related to the large Chinese American community in San Francisco, it is unknown.
Lu Zhengze showed a smile in his eyes, nodded lightly in agreement, and then returned to the scene just now, "I was just thinking, the home game of Candlestick Stadium is getting more and more lively now, do you remember the first game of the season?" The fans were full of complaints and frustration, and even when they came to the scene, it seemed like it was just a routine, as if they were going to work on Monday, but today ......"
You don't need to go on, just turn your head to look at the scene in front of you, that's the best answer.
It's not just the visual oppression brought by the number of spectators, but also the look on the faces of each spectator, who cheers, they jump, they sing, bouncing to express their inner joy and happiness, looking forward to the coming of each game, as if this is an outlet in the boring daily life, in the candelabra stadium, enjoying this carnival party to the fullest.
A change in mindset is quietly making the Candlestick Stadium special.
Looking at the grand occasion in front of her, the smile on the corner of Jiang Youning's mouth involuntarily rose, and on her body, Lu Ke's appearance could be faintly glimpsed, and the similar smile arc always carried a rare infectiousness, which was sincerely and sincerely revealed from her eyes.
Lu Zhengze's voice came from his ears, "What did you just ask?" ”
Jiang Youning came back to his senses, and he was stunned for a moment, and then remembered, "Oh, I mean, where is the meeting place?" Which entrance is coming? ”
Today, Lu Zhengze and Jiang Youyou did not come to watch the game alone, but in an organized and disciplined manner: it was the first time in the history that the entire Chinese community came to watch the game at the Candlestick Stadium en masse.
In fact, a few weeks ago, the Chinese community began to organize spontaneously, hoping to watch the game in a group at the Candlestick Stadium and cheer for Lu Ke, but they encountered many problems.
On the one hand, rugby is too niche, even the Chinese community who have settled in North America all the year round are interested in the younger generation, and the younger generation has little communication with neighborhood committees and Chinese organizations, so it is not easy to organize.
On the other hand, there are home tickets, starting from the fifth week of the regular season, tickets for Candlestick Stadium have officially entered the stage of hard to find, and they hope to be able to gather seats in a small stand and cheer for Lu Ke as a Chinese group, but this is even more difficult.
After missing the home game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and then the home game against the Cleveland Browns, the first group viewing for the Chinese American community was finally possible this week.
Although it was only a small group of 500 people, not 5,000 people, let alone 50,000 people, it was not a large gathering at all; But for the Chinese community, it was an unimaginable breakthrough.
Before that, they had never organized a rally to go to a single sporting match.
The Chinese people living abroad live in the same community, but the cultural, family, political and social aspects have never really come together to fight for more rights and interests for themselves, just like the Indians, the Japanese, and the Koreans.
Until today, this is the first time in the world. What it means to the San Francisco Chinese community is definitely more than that; Similarly, for Lu Ke's career, it is not only that.
Interestingly, it is not basketball or football that is most familiar in the Chinese region, but the most popular football in North America. This choice truly has the local style of the United States.
Lu Zhengze and Jiang Youning left the parking lot, followed the surging crowd, and walked towards the assembly point, looking curiously at the crowd coming and going, and the jersey with the "No. 14" on the back could be seen in the corners.
I don't know if he consciously looked for No. 14 to the point that he had an illusion, or if it was actually true, but Lu Zhengze only felt that he had seen countless No. 14, as if the entire Candlestick Park had been occupied by the No. 14 jersey; Moreover, most of them are young people, and the youthful faces make people really feel the vigorous vitality.
At this moment, a huge cheering card came into view at the entrance, which read, "Giant VS Bambi!" Refuse to retreat! ”
On the left and right sides of the two nouns, they depict a giant figure standing up to the sky and the earth, and a cute and innocent Bambi image, the huge gap forms a sharp contrast, and the latter sentence "refuse to retreat" is deliberately magnified, outlined in layers with different colored pens.
Lu Zhengze patted Jiang Youning's shoulder and raised his chin to gesture, but before Jiang Youning could react, cheers came from his ears, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu!" ”
Reflexively, Lu Zhengze and Jiang Youning both turned their heads to look over, and then they saw a group of young people waving their arms vigorously, shouting happily, they didn't approach, but clenched their fists, and screamed at Lu Zhengze with great excitement, "Bambi! Hey! Bambi! Yes! ”
Every movement, every expression, clearly shows his excitement and excitement. Although Lu Zhengze and Jiang Youning have kept a low profile enough, their images have been exposed before, and now, it seems that someone recognizes their true identities.
A group of people next to him heard the shouting, and they didn't know why, but they also selflessly followed along, "Bambi! Yay, Bambi! The jagged cheers rang out one after another, and you could clearly feel the enthusiasm that sounded like a volcanic eruption.
Suddenly, a teenager wearing the No. 14 jersey rushed up excitedly, stopped in front of Lu Zhengze, his eyes widened, and his voice trembled and shouted, "Mr. Lu, Bambi is my hero!" Do you know? Bambi is my hero! Hero! On the young cheeks, the oil paint of the San Francisco 49ers logo was painted on the left and right sides, and the red and gold reflected in the eyes shone brightly.
As soon as he finished shouting, the boy turned and left, like a tornado, coming and going as fast as he could.
Lu Zhengze and Jiang Youning exchanged glances, a look of surprise flowed in his eyes, and then he began to get excited, and the emotion of satisfaction and pride made his entire chest swell slightly.
Jiang Youning looked at her husband with a smile, and then couldn't help but raise her hands high and cheered, "Yo roar!" After doing this action, she immediately became shy, such a youthful action really does not match her age, under the infection of the atmosphere, she was impulsive, and her heart was inevitably a little awkward.
Lu Zhengze said with a smile, "Perhaps, next time you should also draw oil paint, this is a battle totem, let us and Xiao Ke really fight side by side." ”
Jiang Youning suddenly showed a disgusted expression, which caused Lu Zhengze to laugh out loud.
The two of them continued to move forward along the surging crowd, and then realized that the huge cheering card was actually from the Chinese community in Chinatown, and the familiar faces came into view, and in the faces of white and black fans, the faces of this group of Chinese Americans became a beautiful landscape.
Some people are holding up cheering cards, some are excitedly hitting the cheering sticks, some are singing with other fans, and some are cheering and dancing alone......
Bustlingly, passing fans have stopped, take the initiative to join the ranks of this group of Chinese fans, and began to talk and cheer enthusiastically, the fan base around the group is growing little by little, and it is still growing, as if it has become the biggest focus of the game day.
At this moment, the cultural and racial differences between them are completely eliminated, and even the strangeness between them is being eliminated, just because of a game.
That's the charm of sports.