Chapter 5: Another Opportunity

Perhaps because of the back-and-forth between Newcastle and Dehan in a short period of time, Chang Wei felt very tired, and went to bed early that night, and was not woken up by the ringing of his mobile phone until more than 10 o'clock in the morning the next day.

The voice is very good, and the number is very unfamiliar, but the other party's self-introduction made Chang Wei sober up instantly, it was the female assistant of Lao K, Chang Wei still remembered that her name was Elle Johnson. It's just that he was busy dealing with Lao K's questions at the time, and he was in a relatively lost state after the interview, and he didn't pay attention to what Elle looked like.

Chang Wei listened to the phone while hurriedly getting dressed, although it was not a face-to-face conversation, but it always felt a little weird to talk to a girl on the phone with only a pair of underwear. The news brought by Elle was as Chang Wei expected, Duke University rejected him, and Lao K was more inclined to recruit an experienced old man than a rookie like Chang Wei, who had graduated for more than a year.

Although the news was bad, Chang Wei didn't say anything, and still politely thanked Ellie. Just as he was about to hang up the phone, Ellie said softly, "Chang, I still have a job here, do you want to try again?" ”

Still a job? Chang Wei was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed, but he still held back his joy and pretended to be indifferent: "Miss Johnson, can you tell me what kind of job this is?" Why are you so sure it's right for me? ”

On the other end of the phone, Elle chuckled and said, "Didn't you learn sports rehabilitation?" This job is sure to be for you. Here's the situation, I also got the news the other day......"

It turns out that Elle has an older brother named Laurie Johnson, who is now a video editor for the Villanova University Wildcats. The other day, when the siblings were chatting on the phone, Laurie revealed to his sister that the team was now in need of a professional trainer.

Villanova University finished just 11-22 last season, in large part because of a serious injury spree that led coach Steve Lappers to make a furious recommendation to the university to fire the poor trainer.

Because Elle has been with the Duke Blue Devils for several seasons and has a lot of connections in the NCAA league, Laurie hopes that his sister will have time to help him keep an eye on whether there is a suitable candidate, which can be regarded as helping the head coach to share his worries. Elle also responded happily, in her eyes, there is nothing life-and-death on the field, just to help her brother.

But she reached out to a few professional trainers who worked on other teams or in the private sector, and they were all reluctant to work at Villanova for the simple reason that the university is not among the top NCAA universities. Although they have won one national championship and reached the national Final Four three times in their franchise history, that was at least a decade ago, and now they are just a mid-tier team in the NCAA, and they are not as well-known as the likes of Duke and North Carolina.

Although trainers don't have the same pressure on their records as head coaches, basically everyone in the NCAA circle knows why the former trainer at Villanova University was fired, and everyone is even less likely to jump into the pit by themselves. Elle felt helpless in the face of their polite and resolute refusal, until she met Chang Wei.

When Lao K interviewed Chang Wei, Elle had been quietly watching this somewhat unusual Chinese boy from the side. Obviously, the interview was with an assistant coach who he was not familiar with, but he was thinking hard about every question of Lao K and answering it very seriously. This seriousness may seem a bit clumsy, but it gives a sense of his love for basketball.

Later, when Lao K asked her to inform Chang Wei that Duke would not hire him, an idea suddenly popped up in Ellie's mind: should you introduce Chang Wei to her brother's Villanova University Wildcats?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this idea was quite plausible, after all, those trainers who were already well-known were not interested in Villanova University, so it was better to change to a passionate and capable newcomer, and maybe they could get unexpected results. That's why Elle sent him an invitation to join Villanova University when she notified Chang Wei.

After listening to Elle's introduction, Chang Wei was silent, as a time-traveling person, of course he knew that Villanova University would become a strong team in the NCAA after entering the 21st century, and no one would laugh at them for having the same team name as Kentucky (Wildcats), but now Villanova can only be regarded as a midstream team.

But on second thought, what are the mid-table teams afraid of? Their poor performance last season was largely due to injuries, and don't they still have a system for developing and repairing their human potential that looks crazy and cool? With this system, are you afraid that you won't be able to solve the injury problem and help Villanova play a better record?

And according to the system itself, solving player injuries allows the host to accumulate experience and popularity, and after reaching a certain level, the system can be upgraded to unlock other features that are temporarily unavailable. If the system is really as awesome as it says it is, it is not impossible to build an NCAA giant.

Thinking of the system in his consciousness, Chang Wei was instantly full of pride, he smiled and said: "Thank you, Miss Johnson, I also think this is a good opportunity, if you can, please talk to your brother, I will go to Villanova University in the next few days, I hope to have a drink with him, and by the way, discuss the recruitment of trainers for the Wildcats." ”

Ai Li didn't expect Chang Wei to agree so happily, she nodded again and again on the phone, and didn't care whether Chang Wei could see it or not, and said with a smile: "Then I'll tell my brother, when and where to meet, I will let him call you, remember to keep your phone open at any time!" ”

After hanging up the phone, Chang Wei continued to be stunned, Villanova is indeed not as good as Duke, but for a young man, this platform is not small, no matter how it is a team in the NCAA Division I League, this resume is hard to get anywhere, it is too convincing. I don't know what the situation is, but it's good to take a look.

Chang Wei told Damon the news as soon as possible, but Damon was more excited than him, and said vigorously that it must be no problem now, Duke can't do it, Villanova can't do it? also shouted for Chang Wei to hurry up and invite guests to dinner, saying that he had always wanted to go to the next block to eat the steak of that store, and he was waiting for Chang Wei to come back and slaughter it.

However, in Chang Wei's opinion, this guy should be glad that the place he is going to this time is relatively close and can save some fuel costs. The drive to Dehanco the other day made Damon's heart ache, and Villanova University is in a town called Villanova in the northwest suburbs of Philadelphia, less than 40 miles from Newcastle, and this time it will definitely not burn as much gasoline as last time.