Chapter 45: Eating, Drinking, and Having Fun in Beijing
When the plane landed at the Capital International Airport, it was already late at night in Beijing, and because it was an invitation from the government, the members of the UCLA team had to drag their tired bodies to the hotel arranged by the National Sports Bureau to stay at the foreign guests.
After getting off the plane, Bai Xiaonian took a deep breath of the air of the motherland, the starlight in his dark eyes shimmered, and he missed this long-lost place very much.
The Bruins' residence, the VIP Hotel, is less than 1,000 meters away from Beijing's symbol Tiananmen Square, so the little white children's shoes with their eyes closed at half past three in the morning were carried out of the hotel gate by Honeycutter and Gordon, and they went to Tiananmen Square to watch the flag-raising ceremony they had long longed for.
Bai Xiaobai struggled with his eyelids on the road, and asked his teammates who were full of excitement:
"I said that raising the flag is also raising our Chinese national flag, and the relationship with you can't be hit, why are you so excited?"
"Hah! You don't understand, how famous the flag-raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square is, it symbolizes the spirit of China, and I have been listening to you say how good China is, so I just took this opportunity to see it with my own eyes. ”
Honeycut had a "you're stupid" expression and put his arm around Bai Xiaonian's shoulders and said.
Shaking his head helplessly, in fact, Bai Xiaonian was still very happy to see that his teammates were so interested in Chinese Wenwen, patted his cheek to sober himself up, and then walked towards Tiananmen Square with his head held high.
When everyone arrived at Tiananmen Square, the sky was already half-light, and many people were already gathered outside the cordon, waiting for the start of today's flag-raising ceremony.
Finally, the long-awaited figure of the national flag guard slowly appeared from the entrance of the Tiananmen Gate, the uniform pace and the solemn Chinese military uniform shocked people, they walked across the Jinshui Bridge with the same drum beat, escorted the bright five-star red flag across Chang'an Avenue, and came to the flag-raising platform in Tiananmen Square.
The majestic march of the volunteers roared, the fierce melody hit their cochlea, Bai Xiaonian looked at the slowly rising five-star red flag from a distance with tears in his eyes, his eyes seemed to see the motherland just like the rising sun in the world, and he was proud of being a Chinese.
Honeycut, who usually laughs and laughs, and other stubborn lords also held their breath at this solemn moment, and expressed their admiration for this soul-deep flag-raising ceremony from the bottom of their hearts, not expecting that the Chinese would be such a remarkable nation.
After the flag-raising ceremony, Bai Xiaonian officially carried the banner of the UCLA tour guide, and led the whole team, including coach Ben Holland, to start eating, drinking and having fun in the capital of China.
Bai Xiaonian's efforts were not in vain, and when the day was over, everyone was full of praise for the city of Beijing and a new impression of China.
"Wood, I thought that Chinese all wore cheongsams and Zhongshan suits, and the cities were all in tatters, but I didn't expect that there was no difference from the United States, they were all modern, and every building here was very oriental."
Honeycut grabbed the Peking duck in his hand, said with a greasy mouth, and said that he was not idle in his hand, and picked up another duck leg and gnawed on it.
"That's it, especially the Chinese food is really delicious, Wood is going to take me to eat again tomorrow, okay?!"
Lagovich, who had just swallowed a mouthful of fried spring rolls on the side, also patted his belly with satisfaction, and said flatteringly to Bai Xiaonian.
Looking at the group of well-fed guys in front of him, Bai Xiaonian smiled with satisfaction, when he heard the praise of the Brown Bears for the motherland, he was as happy as he praised himself, and taking the opportunity to win some praise for the motherland was also regarded as some modest efforts he did for the country, right?
Although he now lives in the United States all the year round, he has not forgotten the 20 years he spent in China in his previous life, and the prosperity of the motherland in the future generations is still deeply imprinted in his mind, and these memories have deeply imprinted on him, a wanderer in a foreign land.
After returning to the hotel, Honeycutt asked Bai Xiaonian to talk to Bai Xiaonian about playing basketball on the eve of a friendly game and having a warm-up game within the Bruins, but the way this warm-up game was played was a little different from usual...
As one of the several major hotels for the government to receive foreign guests, the entertainment facilities of the Grand Hotel are naturally top-notch, and soon Gordon found Sony's new PS3 Slim home game console released last year in the hotel's entertainment room, as a one-third thinner than the ordinary version of the PS3, the Slim version is more superior than the previous generation.
Gordon easily found the latest version of NBA 2K10 on his console, and that's how they discussed the game, using the game to duke it out.
Although there is no suspense about victory or defeat in real life, it is a new start in the virtual world.
After Gordon successfully defeated the rookie Lagovic, it was the turn of our little white shoes to take on the challenge.
From the past life to this life, from childhood to youth, Bai Xiaonian, who has always been the backcourt, had a whim today, he chose Yao Ming, who scored 83 points in the center position and was second only to Howard's 89 points, as his starting figure, and today he decided to try what it was like to be an insider.
And his opponent Gordon is very clever to choose the current league's No. 1 man Kobe Bryant as his starting point, and now the NBA's rising superstar has a whopping 97 points in the NBA 2K10, which is the most of all the characters.
This game in which the guard controls the center, and the center controls the defender, quietly started amid the strange screams of Honeycutter on the side.
After the game started, Gordon found out that Bai Xiaonian, who was dominant on the court, was actually a game idiot similar to Lagovic, so Boss Yao was like a stake under him, and Kobe Bryant was beaten into a sieve by Gordon.
"Da Yao! Don't blame me! If you want to blame it, blame the game developer..."
Bai Xiaonian silently said sorry to Yao Ming, he beat the top inside line in the league so badly, even he was embarrassed.
"Hahaha! Malcolm come and see me score again, whistle shot! 0 to 24, GAME OVER! Wood didn't expect you to play so well! ”
Gordon easily won the game, and the appearance of dancing made Bai Xiaonian a little unbearable, and he thought of it in his heart.
Is this guy usually a little miserable in the team, so he is so rampant now?
The Bruins' virtual basketball game continued, and Gordon relied on his excellent game skills to defeat Malcolm, Michael Roll, and Honeycutter in the next wheel battle...
Even the head coach of the team, Ben Holland, thought that he was old and strong to come to fight, but unfortunately the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and Ben Holland was also shot dead by Gordon on the beach.
In the end, Gordon lifted the championship trophy of this friendly match within the team, a string of authentic old Beijing rock sugar gourds! This is also sponsored by the contestant and sponsor of this competition, Little White Children's Shoes.
The day came to an end with the laughter and laughter of the Bruins, and because there was an international exchange match between China and the United States on the second day, everyone on the team climbed into bed on time to prepare for tomorrow's game.
It is said that their opponent in this international exchange match, Huaqing University, is one of the strongest players in the Chinese University League CUBA, which makes everyone in the Bruins look forward to it...