By the time Leon cycled back to the community center, it was already nine o'clock in the evening, and the day's work had left him physically and mentally exhausted. Especially in the afternoon, after the children were taken home by their parents, Auerbach left Leon behind to clean up the mess - including mopping the floor of the arena from left to right and front to back before the bishop left satisfied, and Leon was allowed to go back to rest.

On the way back, Leon went to an electronics store and bought a cell phone for a hundred dollars and a calling card at the only AT&T telecommunications operation store in the town of Marshfield. This is Leon's biggest purchase in the more than two months since he came to the United States, but looking at the small brick-like mobile phone in his hand, Leon has no excitement to buy something new - the mobile phone in 2000 is really inferior.

In his own cot at the community service center, Leon felt that he had unloaded the fatigue of the day, and he had to admit that Auerbach was not a bishop, but a pope when it came to extracting the use value of others. If he hadn't devoted his life to basketball, but to making a fortune, the diminutive Jew would have been a Wall Street man.

But Leon's work for Auerbach paid off, and while lying in bed, he pulled out his new cell phone and dialed the number Auerbach had left for him.

At this time, Auerbach was sitting in the study of one of his apartments in Marshfield, which was bought by the Celtics in the 80s to house the Celtics' management and coaching staff during their rookie camp. Now that Auerbach has left Celtics management, the team is still willing to give him the apartment, after all, the old man frequently travels back and forth between Boston and Marshfield, and his body will be unbearable.

And since leaving the Celtics, Auerbach has completely moved his family back to his hometown of Washington, D.C., where his wife and daughter have often returned to Washington even when he was coaching the NBA.

Now and only when training camp is held, will Auerbach return to Massachusetts.

On the desk in the room was an old-fashioned telephone, and next to it were three photographs of him with Bird, Heinsohn, Cousy and Havlicek, one with Bill Russell, and one with his late wife, Doshi, who could have covered almost all of Auerbach's life.

Of course, that telephone is also very important, in the past when communication was not as developed as it is now, Auerbach relied on a telephone, to complete a lot of wonderful operations and skills, until now mobile phone communication is more and more developed, but Auerbach is still reluctant to use a mobile phone, in his office in Washington, everything remains the same as in the sixties.

Now, Auerbach sat at the telephone, waiting for Leon's call, something that hadn't happened for a long time.

Recalling the first time the two met a few days ago, Leon recklessly ran over and asked directly where to go to community service, you know, even some celebrities who saw Auerbach want to say hello, they had to think about it for a long time, and then trembling forward to say hello, it is likely that they will not get a response from Auerbach.

At that time, Auerbach didn't want to deal with him, but he didn't expect this kid to see at a glance that the cigar he was smoking in his mouth was a "Dutch master", and he could also distinguish his taste and storage time, which made the old man really look a little different.

What I didn't expect was that Auerbach wanted to discuss the topic of cigars with this kid, but he choked himself back with a word! The vengeful cardinal made things difficult for him in the next few days, but with a magical ability, he was able to resolve them all.

At one point, Auerbach had a vague sense that this strange kid had a huge potential in basketball, so great that he could even inherit his cardinal's mantle with the Celtics.

Auerbach has worked for the Celtics all his life and has produced countless outstanding basketball jobs, including basketball superstars, championship coaches, team management stalwarts, who continue to fight for the Celtics, and who have gone on to flourish elsewhere. But none of them were able to inherit Auerbach's leadership and re-establish a new basketball empire in Boston.

Larry Bird has the ability to be a king, whether as a player, coach or manager, but this rural guy from Indiana cornfields eventually returned to his roots and returned to his rural Indiana to open up a basketball career there. Just today, June 1, 2000, he coached the Indianas to the Finals for the first time in history.

Danny Ainge is a good choice, but his performance as a coach for the Suns is not satisfactory, and he may be a good choice as a general manager, his personality and way of doing things are very much to Auerbach's appetite, with a fierce and tough personality that is far more fierce than his appearance, and a style to achieve his goals by any means and at any cost.

In comparison, Rick Pitino is not the ideal heir in Auerbach's heart at all, he was born not a Celtic, his coaching style and basketball philosophy are not in harmony with Auerbach, and he has a strong college style, if it weren't for the fact that Pitino had just led Kentucky to win the NCAA championship in 1997, Auerbach was old again, and the Celtics were perennially sluggish, and Auerbach would not have left the situation where Pitino took the throne anyway.

Now that Pitino's departure is in Auerbach's hands, just yesterday he received a call from Michael Lyon Carr, Celtic's head of team development and former Celtics' player, coach and manager, who told Auerbach that the team would soon bring him back to a key role.

Auerbach was at a loss for what else to do back at the Celtics, as he was 83 years old anyway and was used to walking and playing cards in Washington, D.C., going to Woodmont every Tuesday and having a late-night snack at the "China Doll" restaurant.

Going back is just a monument, stabilizing people's hearts, and giving the team some confidence to get out of the predicament and start again.

However, the little potential shown by this kid actually made Auerbach's basketball heart, which has been declining since 1993, a little bit active, and Auerbach himself found it a little incredible.

His nearly hour-long performance this afternoon was even more incredible.

At this time, the phone on the desk rang, and Auerbach knew that it was Fox Leon calling, but he did not answer the phone, but waited until the bell rang for the sixth time, then lifted the phone to his ear and said slowly: "Hello, this is Auerbach." ”

This is Auerbach's character, he always has to play some tricks to overwhelm people, even if he answers the phone, knowing who the other party is, he will not answer immediately, he must wait until the other party listens to the beep of the phone and begins to get agitated, he will pick up the microphone and give the other party a sense of relief.

However, after saying "hello", Auerbach waited for five seconds, but no voice could be heard from the other side.

"Want to fight me?" Auerbach couldn't help but laugh in his heart, so he didn't speak, but after waiting another five seconds, neither side spoke.

It was an incredibly long ten seconds, and finally, Auerbach couldn't hold back, he had smashed the microphone twenty years ago, and now he was no longer like that, so he continued: "Well, I know you're Leon. Remember what I said to you in the afternoon? I have a friend who specializes in legal matters, and I'll help you out with your 100 hours of community service. And from this month onwards, I will introduce you to a job related to basketball, are you interested? ”

Auerbach said a lot, but there was still no sound on the other end of the phone, which made Auerbach's heart angry, and he said in an unkind tone: "Boy, I advise you not to compete with me, I tell you politely, people who compete with me generally do not have good results, open your mouth and speak!" ”

As soon as Auerbach finished speaking, he heard a rapid "beep" sound on the phone, and the other party hung up the phone!

Auerbach felt like his brain was going to explode, and angrily slammed the microphone against the machine base, because the force was too strong, Auerbach felt that his throat was choked and coughed incessantly.

At this moment, the phone rang again, and Auerbach picked up the microphone and yelled, "Stinky boy, you'd better hurry up!" ”

Finally, a voice came from the earpiece, it was Fox Leon's flat, salty tone, he said: "I'm sorry Mr. Auerbach, the new mobile phone I bought, the signal here is not very good, I didn't hear what you said at all." It seems that you didn't hear me speak, and you must have thought that I ignored you and became so angry. Relax, now I can hear it, and I guess you can hear it too. ”

Leon's words were like a basin of cold water poured on Auerbach's burning head, making Auerbach cry and laugh, and he didn't know what to say, he gritted his teeth, resisted the urge to hang up the phone, and said: "Starting tomorrow, no need to do community service, go to Boston, at 226 Coatsway Street, find Michael Carr, call 854-8000!" You're about to have a new job, good luck! Remember to come to me tomorrow before you go! ”

With that, Auerbach hung up the phone, and he wasn't worried that Leon would forget the address or phone number he had said.

As for what exactly the job is, let him guess!

Auerbach finally felt a sigh of relief, happily pulled out the unfinished Dutch master, found a long stick match, and began to swallow the clouds.