"Hey, Jack, Annie, you're here! Hurry, come here! ”

A middle-aged man walked over sweating profusely, with short gray hair, slightly revealing the traces of time; The athletic and slender body, which does not look like a forty-year-old at all, wears the No. 14 jersey of the San Francisco 49ers' home stadium, not only does not have the slightest discomfort, but is more light and relaxed.

The man's name is Li Mo Nian, a second-generation immigrant, and his father came to San Francisco early, where he was born, raised, and adult. Now working in a secondary school, the wide receiver coach of the varsity football team, is a true industry insider.

At UCLA, offensive coach Noam Chow was an Asian American, a Korean immigrant descendant. In fact, in the field of rugby, there are far more Asian-American practitioners than you think; However, the number of players active on the high school and college courts immediately decreased dramatically.

This time, the Chinese community organization came to the Candlestick Stadium to watch the game, and the initiator of the event was the Chinese group, but it was Li Mo Nian who was responsible for organizing and executing it.

Although the middle school where Li worked in the last years of his career, his rugby strength was mediocre, and he was not a crucial big man, he was still a professional after all. For the uninitiated, they don't even know anything about the corners where to buy tickets, let alone the rules of rugby. Li Monian also took the initiative to take over the responsibility very boldly and became the biggest contributor to today's activities.

At this time, Li Monian's shoulders and arms were full of scarves from San Francisco 49, and in the distance it looked like a moving humanoid hanger, and he greeted enthusiastically, "Come, each of you take a scarf, this is today's support prop." When the visitors attacked, we waved our scarves and made noise to disrupt their tactical set-up. ”

Lu Zhengze was not polite, took two scarves, handed one to Jiang Youning, and asked at the same time, "Is there anything you need my help with now?" Just open your mouth. ”

Li Mo Nian showed a big smile, "Of course, can you go to Chen Zhenzhen now?" She led a small team and was responsible for on-site support for a while, but none of them were familiar with the Candlestick Stadium and didn't know the specific location of the stands, so please bring Chen Zhenzhen and them into the stadium to complete the layout, is it okay? ”

"No problem!" Lu Zhengze immediately made an "OK" gesture, raised his foot and prepared to enter the court with Jiang Youning, but Li Monian's call made him stop.

"Jack. Thank you. Li Mo Nian said seriously, Lu Zhengze thought he was thanking himself for his help, he chuckled, "It's not as good as you, I'm just doing a little favor." ”

But Li Mo Nian shook his head, "No, I mean, thank you for supporting Lu Ke in chasing his dream." We all know how difficult it is for Chinese parents to agree that their children should become professional athletes, rather than going into the office in a decent, step-by-step manner and seeking a stable job. ”

Lu Zhengze was slightly stunned.

For Asian immigrants, they always do. Although they live in another land and are uprooted from their homeland, they have always refused to integrate into society, but stubbornly follow their traditional values and continue to survive.

Gradually, there are more and more differences in values and outlooks between first, second and third generations, and the younger generation of immigrants is also caught in a gap between them and unable to find a sense of belonging in their original culture and a place in the immigrant society.

Lu Ke became the league's first starting Chinese-American quarterback, partly because of the shackles of physical talent, but partly because of the limitations of traditional concepts.

Before Lu Ke, there was only one non-mixed-race Chinese player in the history of the league, Wang Kai; But some of the parents are of mixed race from Chinese, and there are really a lot of such players. It can be attributed to natural reasons, and again, there are also cultural and traditional reasons.

As Li Monian said, no matter whether the creation of history is intentional or unintentional, and whether Lu Ke is moving forward with the weight of history, as a player who has created history in the NFL, Lu Ke's every step is changing the future of countless people.

Once upon a time, Li himself experienced such challenges and difficulties himself.

As a second-generation immigrant over 40 years old, 20 years ago, Lu Ke walked the road, Li Mo Nian himself experienced a while, but in the end it ended in failure, not to mention joining the NFL and becoming a professional football player, even if he became a football coach, he was also burdened with pressure from family and society.

Now, things are finally starting to change slowly.

Far from it, at least now, the Chinese community in San Francisco is not only watching a football game for the first time, but it is also the first time they have organized themselves to participate in mainstream American culture. Since Yao/Ming landed in the NBA, such a moment is really a long time ago; And this time it went one step further and joined the ranks of the No. 1 movement in the United States.

Perhaps, one day in the future, they will unite to fight for more rights and interests of Chinese people in the United States and overseas, not only in sports, but also in politics/politics, society, history, and economy; It's not just the rise of China, it's the rise of all overseas Chinese.

It's difficult, it's even more distant, but, who knows? The footprints of history have fallen unconsciously.

Looking at Lu Zhengze and Jiang Youning's stunned expressions, Li Monian, who had memories stirred up in his mind, laughed heartily, hiding the slightly sour choking on the tip of his nose, "I just want to say, thank you." Thank you for opening your hearts and accepting your children's differences; As for the rest, I hope to have the opportunity to thank Lu Ke back then, this is what he won and what he deserved. ”

After speaking, Li Monian's footsteps did not stop and left directly.

Looking at his back, Lu Zhengze and Jiang Youning exchanged glances, and then Jiang Youning showed a smile, "Now it seems that the two of us are not the only people who stand behind Xiao Ke and unswervingly express their support and encouragement. ”

On the road to chasing dreams and making history, it feels good to have people walking together, encouraging each other, cheering each other on, and crossing the finish line hand in hand.

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"49 people, all 49 people on the scene." In the Candlestick Stadium, the loud and passionate music suddenly stopped, and then the sound of the live broadcast sounded, and the people who were sitting down one after another raised their heads and looked at the big screen above the stadium, listening intently to the announcement of the scene.

"Welcome to Candlestick Field as we enter the tenth week of the NFL regular season with twenty-five minutes to go. Today, we have another 100% attendance home, so let's cheer for ourselves and cheer for the team! Under the call and incitement of the broadcast, the audience began to scream and scream, and the boiling red sea began to show its power.

Later, the broadcast continued, "However, today the Candlestick Stadium welcomed a special group of fans. They have always lived in the city and are an integral part of our lives, some of them may be our best friends, or some of them are just immersed in their own lives and are not familiar with us. ”

"But today, they came to the Candlestick Stadium and joined us as a 49er, feeling the pulse and the heartbeat of the city. Now, allow me to be here and welcome them on board and support our team to move forward and continue to win. Ladies and gentlemen, let us welcome 49 people from Chinatown with a round of applause! ”

Accompanied by the sound of the radio, the picture on the big screen was aimed at the side of the stands, and the faces gathered here were slightly unfamiliar, and the Chinese faces that were connected were definitely a scene that had never been seen in the Candlestick Stadium, but at this time, they were a little shy, facing the camera, at a loss.

All this was really too unexpected, Lu Zhengze and Li Monian did not expect it at all; What's more, compared to Western fans, Eastern fans are always more shy and introverted, and suddenly appearing on the big screen, Western fans may show themselves to their heart's content, while Eastern fans can't help but show a shy smile.

At this time, the five hundred Chinese fans were slightly stunned, and they didn't know what to react to for a while. Suddenly, in the midst of the fans' cherishment, several figures stood up and shouted something loudly to everyone, and then you can see that all the fans raised the signs in their hands high, put them on their heads, and joined them one after another, forming a painting-

With red as the base and gold as the line, it outlines the image of a fawn, a small fawn with a crown on its horns, and the bottom is written in gold font freely, "King of the Bay Area". English, as well as Chinese, dashing and handsome, vigorous brush characters.

The 500 fans were insignificant in the 70,000-capacity Candlestick Stadium, but at this moment, the huge painting they had created with the cheering cards was presented on the big screen through the camera lens. In an instant, it ignited the enthusiasm and cheers of all the audience.

There is only one reason: Lu Ke.

The rookie quarterback who led the team to a steady line of victories is now rallying the enthusiasm of the whole Candlestick Stadium and the whole of San Francisco.

So, the whole audience began to cheer collectively, first with a scream of "ahhhhh

Lu Zhengze and Jiang Youning exchanged glances, and they both saw surprise and astonishment in each other's eyes, and then, joy and excitement emerged, and they also joined the shouts of the audience.

Everybody, everybody in the entire Candlestick Stadium, not just the spectators, but also the staff, and the guests in the VIP boxes, everyone deeply felt the power of this wave, and couldn't help but want to be a part of it.

Listen, it's a shout from this stadium, "King of the Bay Area!" The king of the Bay Area! The king of the Bay Area! ”