Standing in the midst of the surging crowd and witnessing the hustle and bustle in front of him, Alex Smith's mouth was full of bitterness.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, six years have passed since joining the San Francisco 49ers. Six years, he never seemed to really realize the passage of time, but when he woke up, he was already here, a long and tedious six years, fleeting.

During this time, I experienced the championship moment of the draft, the stumble of the rookie season, the bitterness of the media commentary, and the harsh condemnation of the team's supporters...... However, he never really seemed to have a moment of his own, and even in the draft, the focus was on Aaron Rodgers.

At one point, he thought he could start an era with the San Francisco 49ers; Now, he realizes that his years with the San Francisco 49ers have come to an end.

On more than one occasion, Alex wondered if things would have been different if he hadn't been injured before this year's preseason. Or what if he leaves the San Francisco 49ers this offseason and turns down Jim Hubble's renewed offer and instead goes through a tryout and joins another team?

However, reality is reality, and there are no ifs.

So, he stood here, lost the starting quarterback position, and lost the support of the city of San Francisco. Alex knew that the day was only a matter of time; It's just that he didn't expect it to come so quickly, so violently, and so ...... Cruel.

"Bambi! Bambi! The uniform, deafening cry fell on Alex's ears, but it could not be suppressed, but it could not be suppressed. The 2011 season has only started with four games, but only four, and now the fans can't wait to show their support?

So, what about him?

Suddenly, Alex's vision caught a powerful sense of oppression approaching quickly, and he reflexively looked up, and then saw Colin Kaepernick with a gloomy face and fiery eyes.

Kaepernick's muscles tensed, and his fists began to tremble slightly from the exertion; With his head lowered and the brim of his hat lowered, he obscured most of the expression on his cheeks, but he still couldn't hide the taut jaw curve, and the surging anger and shame were almost out of control.

Everything in front of him is an ordeal for Kaepernick, who is also a rookie, an unbearable torment. Refusing to stay any longer, Kaepernick strode outside, squeezing out little by little, and finally disappearing into the crowd altogether.

The mixed emotions surging in his chest, anger, grievance, bitterness, loss, and trouble, all poured out in a long breath.

Alex knows that this is competitive sports, everything is based on strength, and even a player as great as Brett Favre has suffered in the last few years of his career, with the old and the new changing and the times changing, which is unavoidable; What's more, all of this was won by Lu Ke with his own efforts.

After exhaling heavily, his shoulders also drooped, staring at Lu Ke's background, and his eyes suddenly became dazed.

……

The crazy roar, the boiling enthusiasm and the surging excitement, it seemed that even the air began to gurgle, rolling on the surface of the skin, and the mood could not help but fly high and high, as if as long as you open your arms, you can have the whole world, that beauty, that happiness, that kind of joy, that kind of excitement, magnificently stirred in the chest.

Involuntarily, a smile crept up the corners of his mouth, Lu Ke raised his hands and applauded the fans, thanking everyone for their support and support. At this moment, Lu Ke realized unprecedentedly that he was a member of the 49 people, and he was a member of the city, and the feeling was so clear and moving.

Surrounded by his teammates, Lu Ke took a step forward and walked in the direction of the fans, but his feet were as if he was stepping on cotton, one deep and one shallow, and the strong sense of unreality always lingered, making people suffer from gains and losses.

"Bambi!" The cheers gradually subsided, replaced by enthusiastic calls from the fans, Patrick Willis, Logan Newman, Ted Jean...... One name after another, one after another, endlessly. Screams and roars still echoed above the eardrums, but the sounds finally became clear.

Following the call, Lu Ke saw several familiar faces on his right, "Hey, Jeff!" Lu Ke greeted him kindly, only to see Jeff's look of disbelief, "Do you remember me?" ”

Lu Ke laughed happily, "Of course." You're the first fan to ask me for an autograph, and even if I want to forget, it's incredibly difficult. Although his playing time with the Bruins was very limited, Lu Ke had the start of his career there and his own supporters.

Jeff turned his head and grabbed Nate by the shoulders, "Do you hear that?" He remembers me, God, he remembers me! The frenzied shout, heartily expressing his excitement and excitement, made Nate pat Jeff's arm, "Calm down, please calm down!" Then, Nate looked at Lu Ke expectantly.

When Lu Ke said the name of "Nate", Nate also lost control and joined Jeff, screaming wildly together. Calm down? What's that, and is it edible?

"Thank you, thank you." That kind of cheerfulness and satisfaction also infected Lu Ke, smiled brightly, and expressed his gratitude to these lovely supporters, and then, Lu Ke saw a thin and tall middle-aged man, with a scruffy beard, sloppy and downcast, and even a little weak, but those eyes were full of vitality, "Don't thank us." ”

"What?" Lu Ke didn't react for a while.

The middle-aged man shouted loudly again, "Don't thank us. Your career is just getting started, and we look forward to seeing more of it. Today's support is just the beginning, we need you to continue to lead the team to struggle! It's okay to lose, but we need to see your persistence and hard work! But in the end, as long as you can achieve victory, we are willing to follow you and keep going! ”

Compared with words, those bright eyes are more determined and persistent, revealing too much information, "I have always believed that a truly great leader is not about how much he can do and how high he can achieve; It's about how much better you can make others around you better, and bring out the energy that others can't on their own! Bambi, I'm looking forward to it. ”

In the surging heat wave, such eyes are like an iceberg of clear streams, gurgling, which calms the overheated brain a little.

He's only started four games in his career, not to mention a long decade or fifteen years, even in 2011, which is only a quarter of the way through, and the future is still a long one, and the challenges are still very high. Today, he earned the cheers and shouts of the San Francisco 49ers fans, but it was only a small step in his career.

It's like Cam Newton in the Carolina Panthers. The support of the fans and the support of the team, this is just the beginning; Victory, that's the key to truly having a fan – the Carolina Panthers lost to the Chicago Bears in this week's game, and have just one win in four games so far.

Carolina fans are well aware that rookie players need more time and they can't afford to rush it; However, one failure after another really can't help, it's like an ordeal. Newton needed to grow, hurry, hurry.

The same is true for Lu Ke.

"You have our approval, the next step, please conquer this city! See? That's what you're aiming for! Not us! The middle-aged man, who was cooking, shouted loudly, followed his right hand, looked up, and then Lu Ke saw the flag, the flag that had appeared above the stands of the Cincinnati Tigers.

King of the Bay Area.

The heart was surging and the blood was boiling, the desire for victory, the urgency for the champion, and the expectation for the future began to surge at this moment, which made Lu Ke laugh happily, nodded, agreed, and understood, and then looked at the middle-aged man in front of him sincerely and seriously, "Excuse me, what's your name?" ”

"Jonathan Baldwin! The number one supporter of the San Francisco 49ers, I'm a supporter of the team, not yours. Jonathan said calmly, out of step with the hustle and bustle and frenzy around him.

Lu Ke didn't care, and nodded with a smile, "It's nice to meet you, Jonathan, I'm Lu Ke." He shook the other party's right hand and shook it lightly twice, "Thank you for today's pick-up, I hope that next week at the Candlestick Stadium, we can meet again." ”

"We need a win." Jonathan spoke.

Lu Ke laughed out loud, "Is there anyone who doesn't need it?" After speaking, Lu Ke let go of his right hand, followed his teammates and continued to take steps, walking towards the team bus outside the airport.

The cheers and shouts continued, although they cheered Lu Ke's name, but as Jonathan said, they came for the whole team, so instead of the fans fanatically surrounding Lu Ke, they watched the players of the whole team enter the team bus, and then kept chanting, "49! 49 people! 49 people! ”

It was a sleepless night, not because the San Francisco 49ers lost the game, nor because they tossed and turned on Sunday night, but because the San Francisco 49ers, who had been asleep for eight years, the lifeless San Francisco 49ers, and the San Francisco 49ers, who were accustomed to failure, saw hope again after a loss.

is also because for the first time, Lu Ke really felt the power of the fans, which is comparable to the power of the Philadelphia Eagles' home support. The only difference is that the Eagles fans are on the opposite side of Lu Ke, while this group of fans is on the same side of Lu Ke and supports the entire team, including Lu Ke.

Now, Lu Ke is finally no longer fighting "alone". Such a night is so beautiful that you are reluctant to close your eyes.