"Bai Xiaofei, stop the game immediately!"

The old man stood at the door and said to Bai Xiaofei.

"Old man!"

"Manager Fu!"

Bai Xiaofei had the same expression as everyone else, completely unaware of what was going on.

"Bai Xiaofei, Zhaoqiang, the two of you go to the locker room to find Carmela, he has something to look for you."

Bai Xiaofei looked at Zhaoqiang, then at the old man, did not speak, obediently walked down from the field, and entered the locker room with Zhaoqiang.

The old man looked around at all the players and said, "What about Iverson." ”

"He said he had something to do and couldn't come." Paul replied.

The old man didn't speak anymore, thinking about something in his heart, turned around, except for the gate of the training hall, Manson took Bai Xiaofei's place and played a training match with Paul.

Why didn't Lao Fu let Bai Xiaofei and Zhaoqiang play with Paul and them, because Lao Fu was afraid, now even Lao Fu doesn't know what level Bai Xiaofei and Zhaoqiang can play on the NBA floor, whether they are outstanding, mediocre, or just a soy sauce player, Lao Fu has no bottom in his heart, but he understands one thing, if two people don't play well, the self-confidence built up from the country will collapse instantly, in terms of personality, Lao Fu is a cautious person, from the aspect of player training, Lao Fu is very concerned about the cultivation of self-confidence in players.

The old man came out of the training hall, and suddenly the mobile phone rang, it was Sui Jiayuan, and the old man knew what he was going to say.

"Old man, I've been fine lately."

"The blessing of Mr. Tuo Sui is not good, the quality of life is very poor, I can't sleep at night, and I can't eat."

The two men laughed over the phone.

"How are the three of them doing?"

"Wang Jing: I have already arranged for the hospital to have surgery, and the operation is very successful, but it will take about two months to recover."

"What about Bai Xiaofei and Wang Jing?"

"They're still training."

"Oh," Sui Jiayuan was silent for a while, and then suddenly said, "How is the result." ”

"Barely enough."

"Old man, how long did you say that the three of them have been out, it is time to have a result, and the pressure on me is quite great."

"I think we're still in a bit of a hurry," said the old man, "and if we want to go, we must be fully prepared, and if things don't go as expected, not only you, but also me will be under more pressure than now." ”

"It's the mule and the horse always have to pull it out, right, the ugly daughter-in-law always has to see her in-laws, besides, old man, how long do you want them to play."

"At least half a year of training."

"Half a year!" Sui Jiayuan on the phone was obviously taken aback, and then remained silent again.

"We need to give them time to learn, grow, and improve, and being exposed to professional basketball too early will give them a technical qualitative, which will seriously squeeze their potential."

"Well, since you're so insistent, then I'll listen to you."

Sui Jiayuan hung up the phone, in fact, the old man was ready, but Sui Jiayuan was in a hurry.

He was already planning to sign Bai Xiaofei and Zhaoqiang! Just these days! Sui Jiayuan called twice to inquire about this, which proved that Sui Jiayuan's patience was disappearing, after all, Sui Jiayuan's body was also under a lot of pressure!

……

The old man, who had been busy for a day to sign new players, walked into the Simon Commercial Center, pressed the elevator, and the old man walked in and pressed the thirtieth floor, at this moment, an American blonde girl wearing yellow overalls and holding a big cake in her hand suddenly flashed in, it seemed that he was also planning to go to the Hans Hotel on the thirtieth floor, only to see her reach out and prepare to press the thirtieth floor, but found that the light of the thirtieth floor button was already on, so she retracted her hand, and the old man moved his body and gave her a place.

"Ding-dong."

In a moment, the elevator stopped steadily on the thirtieth floor, and when the elevator door opened steadily, the old man standing at the door was just about to walk out, who knew that the blonde girl standing behind the old man might be in a hurry, and suddenly rushed out from the side of the old man.

“Iamsorry，reallyverysorry！ (I'm sorry, I'm really sorry.) ）”

"It's okay," the old man smiled lightly, relieved the blonde girl's nervousness, and then replied in standard English, "don't take it to heart, you have a good cake." ”

"Thank you, thank you."

The old man suddenly remembered that she would have a birthday in a few days, and couldn't help asking.

"Is your shop around here?"

"Yes, sir."

"Oh, this cake is for the Hans Hotel?"

The blonde nodded.

The old man suddenly had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, and asked, "That room?" ”

“1003。”

“1003？” The old man was shocked, room 1003, didn't Bai Xiaofei live there, the old man understood in his heart, he must have controlled his diet a little ruthlessly recently, forcing Bai Xiaofei to secretly add food.

The old man nodded slightly, and then let the girl leave.

Eighteen years ago, when the old man had just returned to China, his wife drove his son to the airport to pick him up, and he didn't want to be on the road, there was a car accident, both of them left, and suddenly, a full eighteen years have passed, in these eighteen years, the old man did not continue the string, but regarded China's basketball career as his wife and son, and worked hard for "it" devotees.

Looking back on what happened again, it is still so heart-wrenching.

May you be well in heaven.

After a while, I saw that the blonde girl who had just delivered the cake had already gotten off the elevator and left the hotel, so I got up and slowly walked to the door of 1003.

There was a newspaper at the door, and the old man picked it up, it was the parent newspaper of the NBA New Orleans Hornets, the New Orleans Hornets Brave Newspaper.

"Yesterday, in the NBA regular season, the team lost 79:109 to the Indiana Pacers, before the game, Okafor was diagnosed with a torn ligament in his right leg, and may have to stay away from the court for two months, Gray also has to rest for about three weeks because of a shoulder injury, West was banned from the league for two games because of the conflict with Haywood in the last game, so he couldn't play, and this game sent Brightins and Sangeira to partner inside, but the effect was obviously not good, Pacers starting center Roy Hibbert scored 29 points, 13 rebounds, 2 steals and a season-high 8 blocks on 12-of-17 shooting, starting power forward Tyler Hansbrough scored 11 points and 16 rebounds, substitute power forward Josh McRoberts hit 3 three-pointers and scored 18 points and 4 rebounds, outside Paul George scored 17 points, Danny Granger scored 15 points, the Hornets Paul scored 30 points and handed out 9 assists, Iverson scored 11 points, but only 3 of 15 shots, No one else has scored a double ......"

The old man sighed softly, there is really no one in the Hornets, the combination ability of Brightins and Sangeira is too poor, the only inside substitute Marx will retire after this season, there is really no one on the inside, this is really God is giving Bai Xiao a chance.

The old man held the newspaper in his hand, squeaked, and pushed the door open, but the door was unlocked, and opened with a light push.

"Who!"

Bai Xiaofei walked out and saw the old man standing at the door, and was stunned for a moment.

Bai Xiaofei's mouth was bulging, and there was a circle of cream around him, Bai Xiaofei saw the old man, and hurriedly wiped the cream with his arm, making it look like a clown on the drama stage.

"Who told you to eat this?"

The old man walked in, and Bai Xiaofei lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong, ready to accept the old man's reprimand.

"Coach Fu...... I'm hungry......"

"These things you eat will increase your fat, I expressly forbid you not to eat these things, you don't listen, if you don't listen to me, you immediately pack up your things and go home!"

"Coach Fu...... I know it's wrong, I'm just this once, I don't dare again......"

"It's good to know it's wrong, just this once, put things away right away."

Bai Xiaofei hurriedly turned around, put the cream cake in the bedroom in a box, and said, "Don't let me go back to China, I won't dare to go back to Coach Fu again, I swear just this time, this thing is quite expensive, don't pay Lang, I won't eat it again after eating this time......"

"I'm still waiting for you to finish eating!"

"You see this cake is full of eggs, what a pity to throw away, you know, it's not easy for chickens to lay some eggs......"

"You're still talking to me!"

In the eyes of the old man, Bai Xiaofei is a child, with all the characteristics of China's post-90s, he loves to talk, can be poor, is humble (modest), does not like to learn compared to his predecessors, and is good at playing smart.

"No need to take it," said the old man, "to tell you good news, and call Zhaoqiang over in a moment to celebrate together." ”

"Good news?" Bai Xiaofei's eyes widened, "What's the good news?" Eat at noon? ”

"You go and call Zhaoqiang over."

"Zhaoqiang has gone to the arena." Bai Xiaofei said.

"Why don't you go?"

"I go every day, but I have a cake today, so I didn't go," Bai Xiaofei said in a low voice.

"Okay, I'll tell you," the old man said slowly, "the team is going to sign a contract for you, just tomorrow, you prepare, if everything goes well, go to the team tomorrow to report." ”

"What!" Bai Xiaofei was surprised and delighted! Suddenly jumped up from the ground, and the huge weight smashed on the ground as if it was a mine exploded!

"Sign it!"

Bai Xiaofei was happy and danced excitedly!

"Don't be too happy too early!" The old man pressed the baseball cap and said, "This is the opportunity you are waiting for, this time the team gives you just a ten-day short contract, these ten days will be the test of you and the ten days that determine your fate, let me tell you the rules first, according to the rules of the NBA, a team can give a player up to two ten-day short contracts, when the second ten-day short contract ends, if the team wants to continue to renew the contract, must sign until the end of the season, that is, Your first ten-day contract is to prepare for your second ten-day contract, there are only about three games in ten days, during which you have to put on a good performance, and if you don't play well, even if you are Chinese, it will attract a lot of gossip, you understand? ”

Bai Xiaofei nodded heavily, suddenly saluted the old man, and said, "Don't worry, Coach Fu, I've been waiting for a long time, I will behave well." ”

"That's good, I hope you can win glory for Asians and glory for Chinese!" I hope you will be the backbone of China in the NBA! ”