"I'm Yao Ming."

On the other side of the phone, there was this unfamiliar, but slightly familiar, low and heavy voice.

"What!" Bai Xiaofei was so shocked that he jumped up directly from the reef! "You're Yao Ming!" ”

At this time, Bai Xiaofei didn't care about adding honorific titles such as "big brother" and "senior".

"How did you know my number?"

"You don't work for the State Secrets Bureau." Yao Ming on the other end of the phone chuckled twice and said, "Bai Xiaofei, let's talk." ”

Only then did Bai Xiaofei sit back on the reef.

"I guess you're thinking about going back to China now, aren't you?"

Yao Ming's voice was as thick as it was often seen on TV.

"You...... How do you know. Bai Xiaofei said in surprise, "I'm just a little bit of a little idea, I won't really ......."

"Hehe," Yao Ming suddenly laughed twice and said, "Actually, you tell me what you really think in your heart, it's nothing, because I also thought about it at the beginning, and it was very strong, for a while I didn't think so all the time, I couldn't feel where my future was, only infinite loneliness and disappointment." ”

"You ......"

"I guess you saw my first game in the NBA."

Yao Ming's voice said this, and his tone suddenly became slower, as if he was talking while reminiscing about those old times.

"It was the game I remember the most, the last day of October 2002, when I first stepped on the floor of the NBA, against the Indiana Pacers, and I played Cato off the bench for 11 minutes, missed a shot, scored zero points, grabbed two rebounds, handed out an assist, and blocked three fouls once. The team lost the game 82-91. Actually, you're a lot better than me, I didn't score a point in my first NBA game, you scored two more points, and you grabbed four rebounds. ”

Bai Xiaofei didn't interrupt Yao Ming, and listened to him quietly.

"That game reminded me of the first time I participated in the CBA, at that time, my first CBA game seemed to be very far away, the opponent was Yu Leping, a center who has turned 30, I fell fifteen heels in that game, and at the last moment of the game, Yu Leping shot a killer shot on my head."

Yao Ming let out a long sigh, as if freed from that difficult time, he said slowly, "In the CBA years before logging into the NBA, I averaged nearly 25 points per game in five seasons, grabbed 15 rebounds, and shot 65%, the last game of my CBA career, the last game of the 2002 Finals, I shot 21 balls, hit all of them, and scored 49 points, 21 rebounds and 7 blocks with a 100% shooting rate. In the end, we won the CBA championship that year, and at that time, I was arrogant and thought that there was no one in China who could stop me, so I came to the NBA. ”

"And then," Bai Xiaofei couldn't help but interject.

"And then? Hehe," Yao Ming laughed twice and said, "And then, as you can see, now, there should be a video of me playing in the NBA on the Internet, I remember the seventh game of my NBA, and one of the scenes that I remember the most is that I was shaken by Marbury's change of direction, there is no doubt, it was purely shaken by Marbury's fake feints, and I still remember Stoudemire, Marion and others on the Suns bench laughing." ”

Bai Xiaofei listened quietly, listening to the deep and thick voice on the other end of the phone.

"In fact, the moment I was shaken to the ground by Marbury, I moved the idea of returning to China, I really moved this idea, we Chinese since ancient times pay attention to rather be a chicken head, not a phoenix tail, I also thought so at the time, how good it is to go back, one person should be closed, ten thousand people do not open, see who explodes whom, how cool it should be, and use this anger here, after that game, I really don't want to stay in the United States for a moment, if it weren't for the contract that binds me, I might really have flown back to China at that time."

Bai Xiaofei sighed softly, how similar his present was to Yao Ming back then.

"But, in the end, I stayed, and the more I fought, the better, and as for why I stayed, it was because of Boss Fu's words."

"What?"

"He said, if you don't play well in a game, it doesn't matter, the most important thing is that you are afraid of this game, and you are afraid of him from the heart, then you will really lose, it is a man, just stand up and play the next game!"

Bai Xiaofei took a deep breath, Yao Ming continued, "Boss Fu really helped me a lot back then, I am very grateful to him now, when I reported to the team, the other players probably never saw the Oriental, and they all looked at me with a very strange look, and Boss Fu was the first person to hug me with open arms, so I trusted Boss Fu very much, and when I told him the idea that I wanted to return to China, he said such things to me again." ”

"Francis?"

Yao Ming didn't answer, but said to himself, "He told me, Yao Ming, if you return to China now, then it proves that you are a coward, a coward who was defeated by the unknown NBA, if you return to China now, you will live forever in the ridicule of others, as long as someone mentions you, those people's faces will be full of disdain - Yao Ming? Who is he? That coward who couldn't get along in the NBA and fled back? They won't remember how good and good you were before, they will only remember the embarrassment you had in the NBA, what you got was endless ridicule and disdain, and what you lost will be those wonderful times in your future! ”

In the end, Yao Ming lowered his tone again, and said earnestly, "Bai Xiaofei, now, I also want to give you this sentence, I hope you can understand." ”

"Whoa!"

It seemed that the tide was about to rise, and the sea water crashed against the reef by the sea, wetting Bai Xiaofei's trouser legs, Bai Xiaofei stood up and walked towards the beach on the shore, his steps were more firm than when he came.

"Finally, Bai Xiaofei, I want to say a word to you at the end, I am very grateful to those who have helped me in my basketball career, including my enlightenment coach Li Zhangmin, my wife Ye Li, as well as Wang Fei, Jiang Xingquan, Dazhi, Liu Wei, Dabus, etc., I will not list them all," Yao Ming paused suddenly, and then continued, "In addition to these people above, I also want to thank Tyson Chandler, who I beat up when I was sixteen years old and later became an NBA player. It was he who strengthened my confidence to go to the NBA, as well as Amare Stoudemire who stole my Rookie of the Year trophy, Steve Marbury who shook me in his rookie season, Shaquille O'Neal, who robbed him of his All-Star starter and caused him to fight with me all the time, Charles Barkley, who was extremely unoptimistic about me, and Dali Mirisic, who broke out once when he met me, and even Nate Robinson, who once blocked me and made me a laughing stock, these are the people who spur me to keep improving. Sometimes, it's a good thing to be beaten up, because it allows you to see clearly what you are lacking, what you need, what you want to improve, and what you have to do is not to run away, but to defeat him! You are a fighter! And not a coward! ”

Bai Xiaofei frowned slightly, exhaled heavily, his upper and lower teeth clenched together, and his heart was as turbulent as the tide under his feet.