After coming to China for so many years, this is the first time Tom has been invited to be a guest in a government department.

Yesterday when he was about to get off work, Tom went to the principal's office to report to Mr. Brooke about the formation of the basketball team, and Mr. Brooke was very pleased with the progress of the matter, and informed him by the way, that he should come to the basketball association this morning for an important meeting.

As soon as he entered the door of the basketball association's office, Tom realized that he was not the first to arrive, and there were already many people in the office at this time.

Near the innermost table stood three men, who were talking about something interesting, laughing from time to time, and if you looked closely, it was not difficult to find that the middle of the three was the most elegant man in a slim suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. There is always a comfortable smile on the corner of his mouth, and he seems to be very interested in the topic of the two middle-aged men next to him, and occasionally interjects lightly, but he can always make the two around him applaud.

Not far from them, at another desk, sat a man and two women. This man also wears a pair of glasses, but his glasses are circled around and his myopia should not be very low, and he is sitting there at this time, seemingly reluctant to communicate too much with the people around him. And the two ladies sitting next to him were even more interesting, one of them was a fashionably dressed beauty who was taking a selfie with a mobile phone from different angles, and the short-haired sportswear woman sitting opposite her looked at her with cold eyes, her face full of disdain and disdain.

Seemingly out of place he wasn't going anywhere, Tom shifted his gaze to the other end of the office. I found an old man in front of the huge pot of plants in the corner, pouting and not knowing what he was fiddling with, and suddenly became interested.

"What are you doing here, sir, do you need my help?" Tom walked up to the old man and asked politely.

"Huh?" The old man by the flower pot was concentrating on his work there, and was startled by the sudden sound behind him, and turned his head to see that a tall, blonde foreign young man was looking at him with concern, so he grinned at him and said, "Okay, I'm worried that I can't move it alone, you wait for me to loosen the soil for this flower, and we'll move it in a while." You just sit on the sidelines and watch wow! ”

"Gotcha!" Tom, seeing that the old man was very talkative, said yes, and found a chair beside him and sat down.

"Yo, isn't that good at what you say? Boy, where did you get it? The old man didn't look back, but talked to Tom as he loosened the soil for the flowers.

"I'm from the United States, but I've been in China for 10 years, and I studied in Beijing for the first few years, so I talk a bit like there. Now I work at Qingpu Primary School in Qingshan and am a Chinese teacher. Tom replied in detail, one by one.

"Oh! Sure enough, it's from Qingpu! It seems that the old man has already guessed about his origin, and after listening to his self-introduction, he can't help but mutter.

"Sir, do you know our elementary school?" I didn't expect his school to be so well-known, and Tom was a little pleased.

"Hehe, I know, I know." The old man stood up, as if he had been squatting for too long just now, and after reaching out to massage his old waist for a while, he beckoned Tom: "Come, let's move it over there!" ”

"Gotcha!" Tom took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves to help.

The pot was so tall that Tom would be a little shorter than him even when he stood up straight, and it was a bit laborious for the two of them to move.

"Hey! What are you two doing? Drop it, put it down! Xiao Kong of the Basketball Association just walked into the office with a brand-new trophy, and suddenly saw the two of them moving flower pots there, and stopped them loudly, "I just left for a while!" You're going to tear down my office! ”

"This ...... You ......" After putting down the flower pot, Tom was a little confused by this little hole, and asked the old man in a low voice: "Old man, aren't you a staff member here?"

The old man smiled at him and waved his hand, turned his face to change, and said to Xiao Kong "aggrieved": "You haven't taken care of this flower for too long, you can't see the sun there, and if it goes on like this, it won't live long!" ”

Xiao Kong couldn't help him, "Oh, you're so old, don't worry about that, I'll call someone to clean it up when I go back!" Then he said to the rest of the office, "You're all here for a meeting, aren't you?" Come on, everybody sit here! ”

After everyone sat down around a large desk in the center of the office, Xiao Kong, the presiding officer of the meeting, spoke: "I called you here today mainly to tell you about the primary school group of the Qingshan Cup Basketball League, which will start soon. In previous years, we have notified everyone on the phone, this is the first time we have brought everyone together, our first agenda, let's introduce ourselves, everyone knows each other! ”

"Hey, we play together every year, who doesn't know who?" A middle-aged man sitting on Xiao Kong's left hand side answered with a big grin, but then he saw two new faces sitting opposite, and scratched the back of his head a little embarrassed, "Hey, there are really two people who haven't met!" I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Then let me talk about it first, my surname is Wu, and I am the coach of Wenyuan Primary School! Sitting next to me is the famous Black Panther Club, Coach Fan! After speaking, he patted Coach Fan on the shoulder next to him, and saw that the other party's face was a little ugly, so he hurriedly remedied: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Coach Fan, you said to them yourself!" ”

Coach Fan pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his voice was not loud but gentle: "Hello everyone, I am the head coach of the Black Panther Basketball Club, Fan Jinsong." Although we can all see each other in the league every year, it is difficult to have the opportunity to sit together like today, thanks to our Basketball Association! I also hope that the Basketball Association will call us back more in the future, so that we can communicate more and work together to improve basketball education in Qingshan City! ”

As soon as the words fell, the two people around Fan Jinsong clapped their hands, and Coach Wu was busy patting his ass: "Look, this champion coach is just not ordinary, and the words he says are so high!" ”

Seeing the others looking at him like clowns, Fan Jinsong hurriedly pressed the two coaches around him, told them to stop, turned his head and gently urged the people around him: "Coach Du, it's time for you to speak!" ”

The surnamed Du next to him also found the scene a little embarrassing, and quickly stood up, stumbling nervously: "Big, hello everyone, I, my surname is Du!" From our Tsingshan Cooperative Basketball Training Class! After saying that, he hurriedly sat down.

"Qingshan City is a small school, my surname is Lu!" Before Coach Du, who was cooperating, could sit down, the expressionless man next to him introduced himself.

It was the turn of the beautiful woman beside the serious man, this beauty smiled like a peach blossom, and waved to everyone present before she spoke: "It's a pleasure to meet all the seniors, I am Li Sisi from Genting Primary School, and I met you on the field next, please be merciful to the seniors!" ”

"Humph!" The short-haired woman on the side saw her snorting there, couldn't help but snort coldly, hugged her fists at everyone, and said in a loud voice: "I am the coach of the Qingshan Girls' Primary School team, my name is Li Xia!" ”

Finally, it was Tom's turn, and this foreign guest was sitting there, which had already aroused everyone's curiosity, and I didn't know if this guy could make introductions in a foreign language.

"Hello everyone!" Tom said hello in fluent but with a hint of a different flavor of Chinese, "My name is Tom Eric, you can call me Tom." I am from Qingpu International United Primary School in Qingshan City. It's been a pleasure to meet you all and to be a part of this competition. There is an old Chinese saying, friendship first, competition second, I hope to be able to become very good friends with you through this opportunity! ”

Hey, this foreigner speaks Chinese well! As soon as Tom finished speaking, everyone was as excited as if they had seen a new world, and everyone applauded to show their kindness to this international friend, which flattered Tom a little. Even when he saw the winkling eyes thrown by Coach Li Sisi, the big boy's face turned a little red.

The old man next to Tom looked at the young people with a smile, and when the applause gradually fell, he looked around, and the office fell silent instantly. Only then did the old man speak slowly:

"I'm Feiyang's coach, Long Zhenhai!"