Chapter 21: Celebrate Christmas
With the basketball team in the finals, the school board decided to celebrate in a big way, and threw a number of themed parties during the week of Christmas, and had it not been for Coach Dick's strong discouragement, the school board even planned to hold a parade for the basketball team. Coach Dick even asked the directors in person if they were undercover agents sent by Clark High School to disturb the morale of the army at a critical moment on the eve of the finals.
So although the event was held to celebrate the Spartans' reach for the state league finals, Coach Dick strictly forbade the players to participate, on the one hand, to prevent the players from being impetuous, and on the other hand, to protect the players from injury.
"The school's requirements are too low, and it will be so lively when you enter the finals, if you win four consecutive championships, will they erect a statue of Hoggist at the entrance of the basketball hall?" Coach Dick sat in his office and thought to himself.
At this moment, Horgist is sitting on a bench in the training hall with LeBron . James interacts on Twitter. @勒布朗. James: I invite you to bring your family on the Saturday of the new year to watch the Nevada Division I finals, where the Spartans, led by me, take on the Clark High School Tornadoes. #决赛时刻
James replied to Hoggist's tweet almost in seconds: Congratulations to @JamesII, you can finally watch @Hoggist play live. #决赛时刻
Before Haugist was excited, Zhan Huang sent another private message: I don't know if there is a sponsorship order for your sneaker equipment, if not, I want to provide a long-term equipment contract for your team on behalf of the LeBron series equipment team.
Hougist originally promised his teammates a pair of Zhan Huang sneakers to each person before hesitating, how to open this mouth to James, but he didn't expect Zhan Huang to offer to give the team a sneaker sponsorship contract. Horgist was ecstatic and jumped up from the bench in excitement.
The Spartans have not achieved satisfactory results in recent years, not to mention the equipment sponsorship contract, not even the equipment manager, the sneakers, socks and protective gear are all bought by themselves, and the team uniforms have to be washed by themselves when they are dirty. This time, Emperor Zhan was willing to provide an equipment sponsorship contract, which really made Hoggist overjoyed.
Coach Dick happened to walk out of the office on the second floor and saw Hoggist jumping around the sidelines like a monkey, so he scolded, "Hoggist, why are you not training well?" ”
Hoogist beckoned Coach Dick downstairs, gathered all the players together, and said solemnly with his hands behind his back: "Now I have a very important message for you, please listen carefully." ”
Before Haugist could finish speaking, Joseph interrupted him: "Boss, you shouldn't have decided to quit the team temporarily, right?" ”
"Shut your crow's mouth, can you say something nice?" Randolph scolded.
Hougist motioned for everyone to be quiet, held up his mobile phone and said to everyone: "Miami Heat star LeBron. James will be coming to watch our final against Clark High School! ”
“WOW!” The crowd erupted in exclamation.
"Boss, you actually fulfilled your promise and really invited Emperor Zhan!" Randolph sighed.
"I always thought that the account you were interacting with on Twitter was a fake James!" Harris said in surprise.
Hoggist smiled and continued, "One more thing, LeBron and his team are willing to offer our team a long-term equipment sponsorship contract, and you have free new sneakers to wear!" ”
“Yeah!” The cheers grew louder and Coach Dick patted Haugist on the shoulder and gave him an approving look. actually let this kid pull such a big sponsorship contract, and he is at the level of MVP on and off the court!
The next day, James sent a few staff members to the school, signed a sponsorship contract with the team, registered everyone's shoe size, and everyone's equipment requirements. Since there were no jerseys and equipment sponsorship contracts before, the Spartans had their own jerseys custom-made at their own expense, and now that they have signed a new contract, the staff has even brought several newly designed jerseys for the Spartans to choose from. In the end, everyone voted for a burgundy jersey in the same color as the school's main color, and the color of the protective gear and sneakers was Dodge Blue.
And LeBron. James' personal bodyguard captain also negotiated with the school to determine the seats for James and his family, right next to the Spartans bench.
When the staff brought new jerseys and equipment, they deliberately stopped Haugist and brought him a shoebox alone.
"Do you like to watch dramas?" The staff asked.
"Well, it's okay, I prefer to watch comedy." Hougist didn't understand why the staff was asking this.
"Comedy? Which station do you like? HBO, CBS, or ABC? ”
"Like HBO a little more, what's wrong?" Hougist was still confused.
"Haha, look at this." The staff opened the box, and inside was a pair of LeBron 8V2 versions, unlike other people's Dodge Blue solid LeBron 8, the logo, lace buckle and sole of this shoe are bright yellow.
"This is the sneaker in the color of the TV series 'Star Buddies'?" Hougist couldn't believe his eyes. "I love this show!"
"That's right, LeBron recently made a cameo role in the show, so we designed this colorway, and you're the first person other than Emperor Zhan to get this colorway!" The staff said with a dance.
"Great, I'm going to win the championship in it!" Hoogist happily accepted the shoes.
On the other side of the training hall, Randolph was wearing their new gear and shooting the final poster. Hoggist looked at it and asked the staff a little embarrassed: "Why does our burgundy jersey look a bit like the Cavaliers, will LeBron mind?" ”
"No, it looks like a heat color, right? Hahaha...... "The staff found out that the problem was an oversight on their design, so they had to make a haha and divert the topic.
"Boss, come and shoot the poster!" Joseph beckoned him from afar. Horgist said goodbye to the staff and ran to his teammates.
"Come, let's take a set of photos of the first five tigers now, Hoggist, you stand in the middle......"
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The next day, posters from the basketball team were plastered all over the school's windows, but after only one day, many of them were stolen. After investigation, it was found that the stolen posters were mainly the posters that appeared alone in Hoogist, and a small part were posters of the rich and handsome Justin. The other three debuting separate posters went unnoticed.
In the training hall, the Spartan players were also discussing this hot topic.
"It seems that the people who stole the posters are all girls, and the two of them are the most popular among female classmates." Randolph analyzed, "Are these women blind? Brother, I am also handsome, handsome, and the poster is also very stylish, why didn't anyone steal my poster? ”
"Stealing your poster means that the girl is blind!" Joseph retorted, "If you want to steal, you should steal from me!" ”
"Alright, you two don't stink. Joseph, if you lose even one of your posters, will your Vitra be able to spare you? Haugist asked.
"Uh......," Joseph shuddered, remembering Vitra's slamming the cabinet door that day.
"Hurry up and train hard, Clark High School is very strong, and we still have Zhan Huang watching the game on the sidelines, but we can't be as light as the semifinals! We're going to have to play it safe this time and try to take the lead from the start to the end of the race. Hoggist repeatedly emphasized.
"Got it!" Everyone should be in harmony.
"It's good to get it, and I'll practice two more sets of shots today!"
“NO!!!!!!!!”
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After a week of hard training, it finally came to Friday, as usual, the team had a holiday in the afternoon, and today was Christmas Eve, everyone returned home early after school to reunite with their families, and this holiday of the year is the loneliest time for Hogist. As one of the top ten ace dealers in the casino, Old Helian is the main force to make money at the casino Christmas party every Christmas; As a tourist city, every Christmas is also crowded with tourists. The major hotels in Vegas are also overcrowded, and basically all the waiters work overtime on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to provide timely service.
So at Christmas, Horgist either eats a heise at home and then falls asleep on the couch with the TV on, or he goes to Joseph's house and eats a heise with his family and then falls asleep on the couch with the TV on.
This year is different, Hoggist is also a person with a girlfriend, at least no longer lonely on this holiday. After lunch, the two sat in Qiu Jingli's second-hand Chevrolet Malibu, and Hougist asked, "Li'er, why don't you drive the challenger I gave you?" Don't you like the appearance of the sun? ”
"Silly boy, that challenger was won by you in a public bet, and if I drove it to school every day, wouldn't they all know about our relationship?"
"Oh, where are we going to celebrate tonight? Your home or mine? ”
"Go to my apartment, I've got all the food ready, and your parents aren't at home at night, so don't go home, just sleep at my sister's house." Qiu Jingli said.
"Really? I'll sleep at your house tonight? I'm afraid I'm impulsive! Hogist grimaced.
"Impulsive, you're a beast!" Qiu Jingli said with a smile.
"Then I'll put up with it." Hoggist was helpless.
"Bear with you, you're not as good as a beast!" Qiu Jingli remembered this old stalk from China.
"Ah, then do I have to endure it or not?" Hoggist was completely confused.
"Hehe, you decide!" Qiu Jingli smiled and started the car and drove to her apartment.
In the living room of Qiu Jingli's apartment, the two played for an afternoon 2K10. Don't look at Hoggist on the basketball court, playing the game but not Qiu Jingli's opponent, Qiu Jingli is ingenious, the handle seems to be given life in her hands, in the game to give what she wants, the playing Hoggist lost his armor, no power to fight back, played four games in the afternoon, Hoggist used the Heat Lakers Celtics Mavericks, but without exception all of them failed miserably, Qiu Jingli only used the Cavaliers to solve Haugist.
"It's not good for you to abuse the Heat with the Cavaliers, right? After all, LeBron is also a sponsor of our team now, and you are too shameless to give people face! "Hogist was about to be abused and cried, so he had nothing to say to hide his embarrassment.
"I didn't see it, my dear, you played so well on the field, but you were such a rookie in the game! I use all the moves and tactics you play, you see I shoot with the step-back steps you are best at, can't you crack it yourself? What would you do if you met such an opponent in the arena? Qiu Jingli tilted her head and looked at Hogist.
"Don't mention it, there's something wrong with the game setting, you see how sharp my steals are when I play! Basically, a break is a quasi.,But there's a problem with the button for breaking the ball in this game.,Press less and don't react and can't break the ball.,Press too much and always be blown foul.,Seriously, I want to jump into the game and play it myself.。 "Hoggist doesn't feel like the characters in the game are as good as themselves.
"Okay, I'm tired after playing all afternoon, let's get ready for dinner." Qiu Jingli stretched and got up from the carpet.
"Eat? We played all afternoon, but we didn't prepare anything, what to eat? "Hoggist was curious.
"Hehe, my sister has already been ready, anyway, we don't believe in Christianity, let's celebrate Christmas as a reunion festival, let's eat dumplings." Qiu Jingli opened the refrigerator and brought out the dumplings wrapped in the morning to prepare to boil the underwater pot.
"I've eaten a lot of dumplings, and I've tried all the flavors sold in the supermarket!" Hoggist swaggered.
"The quick-frozen dumplings sold in the supermarket have a very average taste, and the types of fillings are the regular ones, which can't be compared with my sister's bag!" Qiu Jingli didn't take the quick-frozen dumplings in her eyes at all.
After a while, the dumplings were cooked, and Qiu Jingli easily adjusted the dipping sauce and brought it out together, beckoning Haugist to start tasting.
"What kind of stuffing is this? How is it so delicious? "Haugist picked up a dumpling and bit half of it, and found that it was really different from the quick-frozen one, and the taste was much more delicious.
Qiu Jingli looked at the other half of the dumplings that Haojister didn't bite, and saw the egg yellow and white dumpling filling, "This is a filling made of sea urchin and cod, it tastes good, right?" ”
"Sea urchins? Whiting? Hoggist was stunned by the luxurious filling.