"He had a slight damage to his shoulder blades, probably with a contusion to his periosteum. Then, he had swelling of the teres major and teres minor muscles in his back, which required an MRI. However, there is only one MRI machine in the whole of Santa Barbara, so you may have to wait a while for the test to be performed. ”

A doctor took an X-ray and a diagnostic report and spoke to the patients lying on their beds in the ward and to relatives and friends standing around.

This patient was naturally Gan Guoyang, and after listening to the doctor's words, he knew that he was really injured.

In Friday's warm-up game, the Vikings, who were in a good situation in the first half, lost their morale and were fiercely counterattacked by the Warriors, and finally lost to the Warriors at home with a score difference of 77:52 and 25 points.

On the one hand, this shows how important Gan Guoyang is to the Vikings, and on the other hand, it also causes Coach Bellman to be more anxious than Gan Guoyang's father now.

"Hey, Gan, why didn't you tell me about your injuries earlier? It doesn't matter if you win or lose this game, but if the Vikings lose you, we're nothing. Bellman has said something like that no less than 20 times.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Bellman, I didn't expect to break my back in that rugby game, I only played for more than ten seconds......" Gan Guoyang also said no less than 20 times.

"Damn Hawkins! I really want to ......" Bellman wanted to be rough again, but when he saw that Gan Guoyang's relatives were all around, he held back. Otherwise, Hawkins has been blown up by him 10,000 times today.

Gan Guoyang's father, Gan Youwei, blinked at his son and his coach, and he couldn't figure out what they were saying. Gan Youwei has never been out of Chinatown since he arrived in the United States, and his English proficiency has basically reached the level of the sixth grade of Chinese primary school.

However, seeing that his son was fine, but his back was injured a little, Gan Youwei was relieved.

At that time, Gan Youtang received a call from the school and told Gan Youwei that Gan Guoyang had an accident, which really scared his soul. He put down the pot in his hand and rushed to the school hospital with Qian Hui, only to find that his son was only injured during the game.

For the current Gan Youwei, his son is his everything, and if his son is gone, he will have no meaning in living.

"Guoyang, take care of your injuries, as long as you're okay, it doesn't matter what happens." Gan Youwei just hopes that his son is safe and sound.

"Oh, also, Qian Hui, thank you for taking me to Guoyang School and sending Guoyang to such a good hospital."

"It's nothing, Santa Barbara General Hospital's sports medicine is also quite famous in the United States. And my friend also works here. "As a barrister with a high social status, Qian Hui has very rich social resources at her disposal.

"And there is this guy who is half-witted in English, and he can't hear the words clearly, so you're worried to death." Gan Youtang's English level is not very good, the teacher who called the school spoke relatively quickly, and he only knew that Gan Guoyang had an accident for a long time. He couldn't understand what was going on, and he scared his cousin half to death.

"Ah Hui, let's talk first, I have other patients, so I'll leave first. In the afternoon, I will come over to see how he is doing and give him some physiotherapy. The one who spoke was Gan Guoyang's attending physician and Qian Hui's classmate.

"No problem, old cat, I'll treat you to dinner in the evening."

"Don't call me an old cat!" Apparently the old cat was the nickname of this doctor in his former student days.

"OK, goodbye Miao Miao."

………………

Because Gan Guoyang is fine, what he needs is observation and rest. So after listening to the doctor's diagnosis and accompanying Gan Guoyang for a while, Gan Youwei, Qian Hui and Bellman left the hospital, leaving Gan Guoyang alone in Santa Barbara General Hospital.

Anyway, he didn't have any serious illness or leg and foot injuries, except that he couldn't exercise vigorously, everything in his body was the same as usual.

At this time, it was already Saturday morning, and Gan Guoyang looked at the ward that became empty in an instant, and couldn't help but feel a little lost.

Yesterday afternoon, after being sent to the school hospital by the team doctor, the doctor gave him a simple physiotherapy, but the effect was not very good, and the doctor did not dare to treat him casually.

Later, his father came to school with his cousin. My cousin immediately decided to take Gan to the hospital in Santa Barbara, where she said the sports medicine was the best in California and where her good friend and classmate worked as a sports injury doctor.

Gan Youwei naturally couldn't say anything, so he agreed to this suggestion.

The two immediately rushed back to San Francisco with Gan Guoyang and took a plane from San Francisco International Airport to Santa Barbara.

That night, Qian Hui opened a single room for Gan Guoyang at Santa Barbara General Hospital, and invited her good friend, the attending doctor of the hospital's sports injury department, to consult him.

The next day, Coach Bellman also flew from San Francisco to Santa Barbara. As soon as the game was over yesterday, he went to the school hospital to look for Gan Guoyang, but the medical staff said that he had gone to Santa Barbara.

Bellman said he understood that Qian Hui had made such a big formation, and that it was a plane and Santa Barbara Hospital. He knows how terrible an injury can be for a basketball player.

What's more, Gan Guoyang is only a high school student, and once he leaves hidden dangers, this may have a fatal impact on his future sports life.

And Gan Guoyang also regretted his recklessness. At this time, he remembered Maddie in the later life, and it was his back injury that ruined this genius. and his teammate Yao Ming, who was injured for a long time and was not injured when he was a small injury, and finally retired early with regret.

Now Gan Guoyang can only obediently stay in the hospital ward, sitting on the bed, unable to lie down because of back pain.

This single room is equipped with all kinds of daily necessities, refrigerators, TVs, and air conditioners. As long as there is food here, the accommodation is quite comfortable.

The only regret is that the nurses here are not very beautiful, all of them are over 35 years old. Gan Guoyang has discovered that in the United States, nurses and flight attendants, the two professions are opposite to those in China, and they are all taken care of by aunts, which instantly makes him feel that life has lost a lot of fun.

Luckily, there's basketball.

Yesterday, October 30, the NBA regular season has kicked off, with a total of ten games on the first day, in which the Golden State Warriors traveled to the Denver Plateau to challenge the Denver Nuggets away, and lost to the Nuggets 121-134.

And today, the Warriors are back at home in Oakland to welcome the Utah Jazz. Gan Guoyang was originally going to watch this game, but now that he is in Santa Barbara, he can't go to the scene, and there is definitely no live TV, so the game between the two weak teams will definitely not be broadcast live in the United States.

Gan Guoyang picked up the newspaper on the bedside table and flipped to the sports section. The headline on the front page of basketball today is the opening game of the first day of the NBA, and the cover man on the front page is the Houston Rockets' No. 24 center, Moses Malone.

Gan Guoyang looked at the round-headed, round-headed, somewhat hunchbacked guy on the image, it was hard to imagine that the 6-foot-10 man scored 36 points in yesterday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers, leading the Rockets to defeat the powerful Los Angeles Lakers on the road after two overtime battles.

Opposite Moses Malone is the Lakers' super center, the 7-foot-2 "Sky Hook" Abdul-Jabbar.

After reading this report, Gan Guoyang couldn't help but sigh, how did Moses Malone, who is only 6-foot-10, face Abdul-Jabbar, who is so much taller than him, score 36 points and lead the team to defeat the Lakers?

Of course, Gan Guoyang didn't know that in the playoffs last season, Moses Malone led the Rockets to defeat the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers in the first round and went all the way to the finals. In that series, Malone averaged 31 points per game.

After watching the sports edition, Gan Guoyang flipped through other editions, most of which were talking about the 1981 US economic crisis, and there were some alarmist remarks.

But for Gan Guoyang, who has experience in later generations, this is nothing, he knows that these crises are all dangerous, unless his arrival changes history. But he's just a high school student playing basketball, so what impact can he have on the economic crisis.

That's it, he was bored flipping through the newspaper, turned on the TV and watched it, but the 17-inch small color TV really made him look uncomfortable.

He had lunch until noon, and in the afternoon, the attending doctor finally came to check on him.

When he first arrived at the hospital yesterday, to Gan Guoyang's surprise, the attending doctor of the sports injury department of Santa Barbara Hospital, a good friend of his cousin "Qian Ye", turned out to be a woman, and she was also Chinese.

Her name is Shui Miao, a very unique name, she graduated from Ohio State University - sports medicine bachelor's degree, and later came to the University of Southern California to study for a master's degree and a doctorate in medicine, it just so happened that Qian Hui's doctor of law was studied at the University of Southern California, although the two were more than ten years apart, they became good friends.

"Good afternoon, Forrest Gump, lie on the bed, I'll give you some physiotherapy." After Shui Miao came in, she was very busy.

"Okay, old... Dr. Shui Miao. Gan Guoyang almost learned from Qian Hui to call her an old cat.

Because Qian Hui usually calls Shui Miao Miao Miao, which is very similar to the cat's meow "Meow", she was nicknamed "Kitten". And now Shui Miao is in her 30s, and she has naturally changed from a kitten to an old cat.

"What do you want to shout? Beware of me making your injuries worse! ”

Gan Guoyang didn't dare to say much, and immediately obediently took off his shirt and lay on the bed. But I thought in my heart that this doctor is not too young, why is his temper still the same as that of a child.

But to be honest, it is really very difficult to convince Gan Guoyang that Shui Miao is in her 30s.

Judging from her appearance and figure, no matter how you look at it, it makes people feel that she is only about 25, although she doesn't show much figure in a white coat.

At this time, seeing Gan Guoyang lying down, Shui Miao took out a small jar from the medical alley he was carrying, which contained some blue viscous liquid, Shui Miao poured out a little from it and wiped it on Gan Guoyang's injured part.

She then began to gently massage the wound with her leather-gloved hand and spread the liquid away.

Even through a layer of rubber, Gan Guoyang could feel Shui Miao's soft hands, coupled with the cold liquid, which couldn't help but give him goosebumps.

"What, is it cool?" Shui Miao asked.

"Something, what is this?" Gan Guoyang asked curiously.

"You don't understand." Shui Miao didn't bother to explain to him.

"......" Gan Guoyang was very speechless at this beautiful doctor in his 30s. But her Chinese is really surprisingly good, just like people who have lived in China since childhood.

Not only is her Chinese good, but her medical skills also seem to be great, because after a while, he felt that the tightness on his back had disappeared a lot.

In fact, this similar physiotherapy technique has greatly relieved Maddie's back pain in later generations, although it did not completely cure him in the end. And the famous Dr. Carter who healed Maddie is also a graduate of Ohio University and is Shui Miao's younger brother.

After more than ten minutes of massage therapy, Gan Guoyang felt a lot more comfortable on his back, and he was in a good mood, but he was stopped by Shui Miao just when he wanted to get up.

"Lie down a little longer! Don't just mess around! ”

Gan Guoyang could only lie on the bed obediently like a toad. It is said that the customer is God, but in the hospital, the doctor is God, who makes the life of the patient and customer in the hands of the doctor?

After Shui Miao left, after a while, Gan Guoyang got up and sat on the bed again.

But what's next? Gan knows there's an NBA game televised on local TV at 7 p.m. Pacific time, San Diego vs. Houston Rockets. Gan Guoyang really wants to see how good Moses Malone of the Rockets is.

But now that there are still hours until 7 o'clock, is it possible to stay in the hospital room like a rock?

Gan Guoyang decided to go out for a walk and see the city of Santa Barbara.

………………

Santa Barbara is located on the Pacific coast of Southern California and is a satellite city of Los Angeles.

This is not a metropolis, but a small city with tourism and catering as its main business. There are many Spanish and Mexican style buildings, and parks and green spaces are scattered throughout the city, making it a great place to live.

However, Gan Guoyang did not have the opportunity to wander around the city, and as a patient, the maximum range of activities he was allowed was in the oak park near the hospital.

In fact, for a patient like Gan Guoyang who can run, escape, eat and drink, the ward is actually just a hotel, and it doesn't matter how long he wanders outside. It's just that as an outside patient, the doctor is still worried that he will get lost, so he is restricted to walk around Oak Park.

Oak Park is not large, it is long and narrow, with a small river running through it, and the whole garden is full of oak trees. Walking in it has a fairytale feel.

An important purpose of Gan Guoyang's visit here is to see if there is a basketball court here. Although he can't play basketball with his right hand for the time being, he still has his left hand!

It's a pity that after a big turn, I searched for both east and west of the river, and only found a parking lot and two tennis courts.

He also found that there were many big mansions and villas around Oak Park, and it seemed that there were many rich people living near this park.

Gan Guoyang turned around and came to the tennis court near the river, there was still a large open space here, Gan Guoyang thought that he might be able to practice dribbling here in the future.

At this time, Gan Guoyang saw a figure wandering among the trees on the edge of the river, which was very close to the river.

Gan Guoyang's heart tightened: "This guy doesn't want to jump into the river, right?" ”

He hurriedly walked slowly in the direction of the man, gradually getting closer. Through the gap in the oak forest, he saw from the side that the guy was supposed to be a black man, wearing a blue shirt and black trousers, and had a very popular exploding head.

Gan Guoyang could see that he seemed to be preoccupied, because Gan Guoyang was quite close to him, but he still wandered by the river with his head down.

Finally, Gan Guoyang's footsteps alarmed the explosive-headed black man, and he turned his face sideways to look at Gan Guoyang, who also looked at him.

Gan Guoyang only saw the appearance of this black man clearly at this time, and he was really very handsome.

Generally speaking, blacks mostly have collapsed noses, flat faces, rounded facial features, and such faces are not good in the aesthetics of yellow and white people, plus black skin, so Chinese think blacks are ugly.

But blacks in the United States are no longer purebred blacks, but mixed-race people. Although they are still black in terms of race, they have absorbed many advantages of other races in appearance, and combined with the characteristics of black people, they are very good-looking.

For example, Kobe's high nose bridge in later generations is not a black man's appearance feature, but it is very good-looking.

And this black man, not only has a tall and thin nose, but also a pointed and thin chin, and his face is a good-looking tapered face. There are also big eyes and toddled eyebrows, both of which are the virtues of black people. Combined, this results in a very unique and good-looking face.

"Hi, hello?" The black man greeted Gan Guoyang cautiously, because Gan Guoyang's 6-foot-8 body was really huge for ordinary people.

And Gan Guoyang's current appearance is really weird, in order to prevent the movement of his right arm from affecting the injury on his back, he found a strap to trap his right arm on his body, and swayed around the park like a one-armed weirdo.

"Hi there... I am... I'm a patient at a nearby hospital, uh, a little bit of a back injury, so... That's why it came to be. Gan Guoyang saw the other party's doubts and explained.

"Haha, you look very good, and the return rate is 100 percent." The exploding black man also relaxed and joked with Gan Guoyang, his voice is also very good, extremely unique, between male and female, but it does not make people think "this guy is a shemale".

"Oh, I've scared quite a few people, I don't think you're the first." Gan Guoyang also responded with a joke. The awkwardness of strangers between the two was quickly broken.

The black man with the explosive head walked up from the river, he was not short, about 5 feet 9, but he was a dwarf standing in front of Gan Guoyang. He looked up at Gan Guoyang and asked, "Are you a basketball player?" You're supposed to have 6'8, right? ”

"yes, I'm almost over 6'8. I saw you wandering by the river and thought you were going to... You want... So I'll take a look. ”

The black man with the explosive head understood what Gan Guoyang meant, and knew that he was worried that he would commit suicide, so he came to take a look.

He couldn't help but smile and said, "Thank you, but even if I want to kill myself, I don't need to jump this small river in Santa Barbara, and it is even more neat to jump directly into the Pacific Ocean." ”

Gan Guoyang felt the same, scratched his head embarrassedly, and the two of them left the river and walked side by side to the tennis court.

The two chatted while walking, and learned from the chat that this explosive black man was a pop singer who released his first album in 1979, but now there has been no new work for two years, and he is currently in a difficult creative period.

"No wonder I see you wandering alone by the river with a lot of preoccupations. Someone else would think you wanted to kill yourself. Gan Guoyang said.

Gan Guoyang knows a little about Chinese pop music, let alone American pop music, let alone American pop music in the 80s, so he can't figure out who this singer is.

Even if he is a great singer, Gan Guoyang doesn't care, anyway, he has met enough celebrities, although a few are future celebrities.

"Hehehe, I'm going to be driven crazy by myself. Actually, I had already finished recording the album before, but I was still very unhappy with it, and wanted to re-record it and write some new songs, but the risk was too great. The face of the black man with the explosive head was full of helplessness.

Gan Guoyang didn't know anything about music, and he didn't know how to comfort him.

He thought about it for a long time, not thinking about what to say, and finally he came up with a phrase: "Beat-it......"

“Beat－it？ Do you mean beating the difficulty? Thanks, I understand. ”

Obviously, Gan Guoyang's comfort is too old-fashioned, saying "you must get through" when a person is in trouble, is actually the same as not saying it.

"No, beat-it doesn't mean beating it. I mean if you're in trouble, then avoid them. Do you know what's going on with my back? It was only a minor contusion, but I didn't care, I rose to the challenge and kept competing, which could ruin my career. Gan Guoyang explained.

The black man with the explosive head listened thoughtfully, and then said, "Then what should I do?" Is this how to release an album? ”

"No, beat-it is not running away from difficulties, not cowering; It's about avoiding unnecessary troubles and doing what you're supposed to do. I could have avoided my back injury, but I didn't. And since you think the previous album is bad, then you should put it down and concentrate on doing what you think is right, and don't be dragged down by the previous troubles...... Well, that's what I mean, and I don't quite understand. ”

"Haha, you're right, you're great! That's right, it doesn't mean anything to me when I'm wandering around the river and wondering whether I should remake the album. I shouldn't waste too much time hesitating. "The black man with the exploding head seemed to have opened his mouth.

"Actually, I don't really know what to do, but I can't do it if I hesitate."

"Yes, I should have put aside my hesitations, avoided the troubles that were actually meaningless, and devoted myself to the work that really mattered."

"Well, so, just-beat-it, do what needs to be done!"

Gan Guoyang's words not only encouraged the exploding black man, but also encouraged himself. He knew that what he should do now was to take care of his injuries and not think about fighting again. Because of the impulse of the moment, it is possible to get an unbearable price.

“Just－beat－it… I feel much better, I want to avoid unnecessary troubles, and now there are many, many ideas in my head, and I can't wait to devote myself to new creations. ”

"Can I listen to you sing, then?" Gan Guoyang asked suddenly.

"Absolutely! I can sing it to you right now. ”

By this time, the two had already arrived in the open space outside the tennis court, and the black man with the explosive head came to the middle of the clearing, ready to sing a song to this strange yellow boy.

Gan Guoyang stared at the explosive-headed black man because he felt that it was difficult for his gaze to leave. He thought the black man was just singing a song to him, but he didn't expect him to dance.

This black man's dance is very strange, a bit like the robot dance of later generations, a little stiff, but the rhythm is very strong and very beautiful. At the same time, his singing voice is like a sob, the pitch is high and low, but the timbre is excellent.

Gan Guoyang felt goosebumps come out in an instant when he heard this, and there was a slight trembling feeling all over his body, he didn't expect that listening to the song could hear this effect.

After singing, the black man with the explosive head came over and asked, "How is it, this is my latest singing and dance moves, but I haven't shown it to the audience yet, you should be the first." ”

"Oh, then I'm so honored. I think... Felt... How to put it, I can feel it when I listen to the song, I feel a kind of trembling, a tremor from the inside out. I felt like this song could go deep into my heart and hit my soul, and goosebumps were rising all over my body! "What Gan Guoyang said was true.

"Thank you, I thought this kind of singing was too trendy and would not be accepted."

"No, I'm sure your new album will be a hit all over the country!"

Later, the two talked a lot, and it wasn't until it was almost time to eat that Gan Guoyang hurriedly left to rush to the hospital, knowing that if he went back late, he might be scolded by Dr. Shui Miao.

"Goodbye! Mr. Michael! We... We'll see you tomorrow! Gan Guoyang knew that his name was Michael, a very common name.

"Goodbye! Forrest Gump, thank you so much today! ”

In this way, Forrest Gump's friendship with one Michael began today, and his struggle with another Michael was far from beginning.

This Michael is the superemperor of American pop music, Michael Jackson from Santa Barbara.

After today, Michael Jackson threw himself into revamping and re-recording the album, which was released in 1982 after a year of meticulous work.

The album was originally called Starlight, but it was later renamed Thriller. One of the most famous songs, "Beat-it," teaches teenagers to stay away from violence and unnecessary trouble.

"Thriller" has created countless miracles in the music industry, including the world's No. 1 record sales of 104 million, the number one music chart for 37 consecutive weeks, and won seven Grammy Awards.

Commenting on the miraculous album, Michael Jackson said, "There's Forrest Gump's indelible contribution, but I'm not going to tell you what, it's my secret with him." ”

(Now that you've paid homage to a legend, it's time for the real high school league.) It won't be a drag, but it's going to be exciting, because this is California, the state that produces the most NBA players in the United States. ）