When Wen Xue saw her son Yiyang coming home, the young mother was shocked. Although he has only been away for more than a month, Yiyang has obviously strengthened. has played in the NBA for more than a season, and Yiyang has not practiced his strength. But the physical changes are not as much as a month under Brickley.

That's the benefit of systematic training, and that's why the players always like to train like to train like to go crazy in the summer. When a player is single-mindedly focused on training, he will improve many times faster than usual. In addition, Yiyang himself is very hardworking and has changed greatly, which is actually a reasonable thing.

"So when I called, I said I don't have to worry about my food and accommodation over there, you see, can you grow so much meat if you don't eat well?" Yiyang puffed up his muscles at Wen Xue as he spoke, which made the O'Brien cup he tattooed on the inside of his arm clearly visible.

"Are you sure we're going to China tomorrow? But you've just returned. Although Wen Xue is like an arrow, she doesn't want her son to be too tired. Just got back and was leaving, and it was a long-haul international flight. For Yiyang, this is more abrasive than playing away from home in the NBA.

"It's okay, I can handle it. Tomorrow is September 1, and the Asian Championships will start on September 15. Two weeks of run-in time is the bare minimum, so tomorrow, we have to go. ”

Wen Xue is excited to return to the land where she has lived for a long time, while Yiyang is curious about the basketball atmosphere in China. Yiyang doesn't remember much of the memories he had when he was still in China before. What is professional basketball like in China? Although his father was a professional footballer before, the field of professional basketball in China has also undergone earth-shaking changes in recent years. There was a big difference between then and now.

Is the Asian Championships as easy as people say? What will the Chinese teammates who have never met think of themselves?

At this time, Yiyang had a hundred and a thousand questions in his heart. But these questions will have to wait for him to go to China in person to get answers.

Originally, Yiyang didn't care much about joining the Chinese national team, but now, with strong curiosity, Yiyang seems to be looking forward to his trip to China.

Motherland, motherland. It stands to reason that this is a very intimate word. But in Yiyang's heart, he was full of strangeness to the land that raised him......

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Mougins had been waiting in the waiting hall of Wuhan Tianhe Airport for a long time, and the Tianhe Airport itself was overcrowded, and now it was even more difficult to get through when it was crowded by reporters.

Not only reporters, but also many Chinese fans in Yiyang also heard the news, and they all wanted to see what this Chinese light on the TV was like in reality. A Chinese player, but for the first time after winning the championship, he met Chinese fans. The arrival of Yiyang is indeed very special.

"Eh, did you say that banana man could speak Chinese?" In the process of waiting for Yiyang, the reporters also chatted without a word. Everyone's topic is inseparable from Yiyang, and Mougins is not interested in this. But the discussion of several domestic basketball reporters next to him caught Mougin's attention.

"Definitely, for this trip to China, he has to learn two sentences of Chinese." Hey, young people nowadays, they really don't have any patriotic feelings at all. obviously has yellow skin and black hair, and he has to lean on the side of the United States. Now the U.S. national team looks down on him, and he doesn't have to return to the Chinese team. It's like that, so it's kind of stay over there and don't come back. ”

"It's just that, if it weren't for the Chinese market and money, I don't think that kid would have returned to China. You see he's been playing in the NBA for so long, when did he come back? Now that I see that there is a chance to make a fortune, I will run to the fart! ”

Many reporters in China don't know Yiyang at all, and like other fans, they can only learn about Yiyang through the Internet and other people's pens. Therefore, it is inevitable that you will form your own biases.

Mougin, as a journalist who has been following him since Yiyang University, was naturally very angry when he heard these hateful remarks of nonsense. He walked straight to the guys, completely unoblivious to the stunned stares of the others.

"When I didn't come, I begged people to come, but now I'm here and gossiping about others. I'm talking about you. What do you want Yiyang to do!? Mougin's loud roar attracted the attention of most of the people at the airport.

"I said buddy, who are you! What does it matter to you when we talk about us!? Unconvinced, one of the young reporters approached Mougins.

"Who am I? Half of the news about Yiyang from the United States was written by me! I've provided 80% of the information you've gotten! If you want to say who knows Yiyang best, I'm sure no one can compare to me! He only came back to play for the game, for pure basketball reasons. Put away your dirty thoughts, it's really irresponsible to easily slander a person! ”

Mu Ran was so angry that his face turned red, and the other party saw that the comer was violent, and he didn't dwell on it anymore. Just when the atmosphere at the scene was a little awkward, the fans took the lead in shouting, breaking the awkward silence.

Mougins turned his head to look at the passage, Yiyang and his mother Wen Xue were slowly walking towards the crowd with their luggage.

"Yiyang! Yiyang! Yiyang! Yiyang! Yiyang! Fans shouted loudly under the blockade of airport security and police, and many of them held up signs that read "Welcome home".

Seeing that there was a group of yellow-skinned and black-haired people cheering for themselves in front of him, Yiyang was stunned. He didn't expect to be so popular in distant China. You know, this is the first time he has been to China since joining the NBA.

"This is the land where you were born, Yiyang!" Wen Xue excitedly took out her mobile phone to take a photo, the familiar air, the familiar Chinese, the familiar atmosphere and the dress of the pedestrians...... Those familiar times back then seem to have all come back all at once!

Seeing that the fans were so enthusiastic, Yiyang couldn't help but smile, and then waved at the crowd. Unexpectedly, this move made the scene even more boiling.

"Yiyang, you're here! Everyone has been training for more than half a month, and they are all waiting for you to return! A middle-aged man with thick glasses enthusiastically approached to shake Yiyang's hand, and when the two of them shook hands together, the flashes on the reporters' cameras immediately joined in succession.

Yiyang guessed that the person who shook hands with him must represent the Chinese Basketball Association.

"I'm Zhang Xiong, the leader of the Chinese men's basketball team in this Asian Championships, the car is ready, let's go out quickly!" Sure enough, the Basketball Association has long sent people to wait here. Whether Zhang Xiong is happy or not, he will personally pick up a young man who can be his son, but he must complete the task given to him by the above.

"Thank you." Yiyang nodded lightly and only said two words to Zhang Xiong. It's not that Yiyang is dissatisfied with Zhang Xiong, the team leader, but he really doesn't know what to say to this guy.

Zhang Xiong took the mother and son through the crowd, and among them, many fans reached out and touched Yiyang. Yiyang did not resist, but stopped from time to time to sign autographs for fans.

Some reporters originally thought that Yiyang, who was known for his indifference, would walk out directly with no one in his eyes, but they didn't expect that Yiyang was unexpectedly enthusiastic about the fans. Looking at the embarrassed expressions of those reporters, Mougins secretly smiled.

Subsequently, some reporters also stretched out the microphone and asked Yiyang some questions. But due to the hurry, Yiyang ignored most of the people. Only Mu Ran was interviewed, and Yiyang happily accepted it.

"How are the fans in China!?" Mougins didn't ask any questions about the game, but asked Yiyang how he felt about returning to China for the first time in many years.

"More enthusiasm than I thought I would have been, and it made me want to disappoint them even more!" After answering this question, Yiyang followed Zhang Xiong's footsteps and walked out of the airport gate.

But as soon as he stepped out of the door, Yiyang was stunned. It turned out that outside the airport, there was already a dense crowd of people who came to greet him. If it weren't for the traffic police in command and control, it is estimated that the road outside the airport would have been completely occupied.

Yiyang, who saw this scene for the first time, had a new understanding of the idiom "crowds of people". Even outside the U.S. Route Center during the playoffs, there weren't so many people gathered.

finally squeezed into the car, and Yiyang finally breathed a sigh of relief. The driver immediately started the car and quickly "fled" the scene. If it drags on a little longer, God knows if this group of fanatical fans will break through the lines set up by local police officers and directly surround the car.

"Hahahaha, Yiyang, this is the enthusiasm of our Chinese fans! You see, you've always been quite popular here. I'm sure that when you get to the field, the fans who support you will give you the warmest cheers and applause! ”

The car has been driving for a long time and still hasn't arrived, the city of Wuhan is so big that it does take some effort to drive from the airport to the destination.

When he was in the car, Zhang Xiong gave Yiyang a brief introduction to the city of Wuhan. After that, he told Yiyang in detail about the team's training in recent days.

Of course, the leader of the Chinese national team is only a person in charge of management, not a sports professional, and does not participate in daily training. So what he said is not entirely accurate in Yiyang's opinion.

"Anyway, we're ready now, just waiting for you! Our head coach is the American Deng Huade, and veterans such as UAE and Wang Zhizhi have also played in the United States. So you don't have to worry about integrating into the team, there are still a lot of American elements in our training camp! Zhang Xiong naturally did not forget to introduce the structure of the team to Yiyang, and his meaning was very clear. As long as you can get on good terms with any of the above three, then it is impossible for this team to exclude you.

In fact, Yiyang is not entirely unfamiliar with his teammates in the Chinese national team. Last summer, Yiyang and Sun Yue played against each other in the summer league. Later, in the NBA, Yiyang also met Yi Jianlian several times.

In the past, when Yiyang beat Sun Yue in the summer league, he had become popular in China. Now these two guys are going to play together, and it's really exciting.

The Chinese players who were training in the training hall suddenly heard the sound of the iron gate, and the team leader Zhang Xiong walked in first, pressed his hand, and signaled everyone to listen to him first.

"Guys, your new teammates, it's time for today! I'm sure you all know who he is, so I'll just call him in. Zhang Xiong said, waving to the door. Yiyang, who was dressed casually, walked into the training ground and waved at the crowd with a blank face.

"Hello everyone, my name is Yiyang."

Looking at that familiar figure, Sun Yue's scalp suddenly went numb. The unbearable scenes in the summer league seem to have emerged again. And you must know that the Yiyang who beat Sun Yue at that time was just a Yiyang who had just come out of the NCAA. Now he must be a lot stronger than before.

Now Sun Yue only feels lucky, at least this summer, Yiyang and himself are on the side...... Rival that guy? I hope that Deng Huade will not choose to be the "human flesh sandbag" that can be slaughtered by others when arranging confrontational training.