Section 12 Bosom Friends
Li Xin didn't go home, didn't care about eating, and took the bus directly to Zhou Junyi's residence, and when he was at a loss, he would habitually take this bus. Zhou Junyi's home is about 40 minutes away from Li Xin's house, one is busy with study and training, the other is busy with work and livelihood, and usually has little time to meet. Except for Li Xin, although everyone else also has Zhou Junyi's mailing address, the other three have never visited Zhou Junyi's home. Li Xin, who doesn't like to go out, is willing to come all the way to Zhou Junyi's home, and if she is seen by others, she will definitely think it is an incredible thing.
Li Xin has a feeling in the dark, a feeling of being very cordial to Zhou Junyi, this kind of brotherly righteousness, but also different, like the love of father and son, there is also distance, more than the friendship of friends. Li Xin often hallucinates that she had met Zhou Junyi before the Wantiguan incident, and what is more interesting is that sometimes Li Xin dreams that she is Zhou Junyi when she dreams, and then experiences a very tortuous and bizarre story, but what is the story, Li Xin can't remember it after waking up, which may be related to the mild amnesia he had when he was a child.
Is he the same person I met as a child? Li Xin often had such questions, but for various reasons, he never mentioned them to Zhou Junyi.
"Tuk tuk tuk ......" Li Xin knocked on the door of Zhou Junyi's house.
"Who?" A low, slightly impatient voice asked.
"Tuk tuk tuk ......" The young man did not answer, but continued to knock on the door.
"Who the hell is it, I refuse to sell here, refuse to order newspapers, refuse to order milk, and refuse to give away to buy." The voice seemed more impatient.
"Tuk tuk tuk ......" the boy still continued to knock.
"Damn, who the hell is it, I won't answer!" The people inside finally couldn't help it, only to hear the sound of hurried footsteps from far to near, and then suddenly "bang", opened the door and scolded: "How many times have I told me, I refuse everything here......" Seeing that it was the young man standing at the door, he immediately closed his mouth.
"It's Li Xin, why are you here today, what's the matter? Got into trouble with your father again? Zhou Junyi's attitude suddenly became friendly.
"Oh, come in!" Zhou's attitude can even be described as enthusiastic.
"I didn't make a fuss, I just wanted to talk to someone!" The boy's voice was low.
"Is there anything that matters? By the way, have you eaten? Not yet! I don't have anything to eat here, so I'll give you a bowl of frozen dumplings! β
"No, I'm not hungry."
Suddenly, the light bulb in the living room flickered on and off, and Zhou scolded again: "What a broken light bulb, I have changed it for less than two months." β
"Forget it, come to my bedroom!" The young man greeted the young man.
The young man followed the young man to the door of the bedroom, and the young man suddenly thought of something, and said to the young man, "Wait a minute, my room is in a mess, I'll clean it up first." Then he entered the room himself, and after a while beckoned the boy in.
Zhou rented a house and relied on his own income to maintain his single life. The income is divided into two parts, the income of the venue manager of the Wanti Pavilion during the day is slightly lower than that of an ordinary salaryman, and the income from working as a waiter in a bar at night is not much, and the sum of the two is slightly higher than the income of an ordinary company employee.
The display of the room is more messy, but it is in line with the style of a single man, because of the tall figure, so the bed is a double Simmons without a bed edge, the bottom of the bed is covered by sheets, it is conceivable that the following must be the owner messy, unsightly all kinds of clothes and pants.
There is a writing desk next to the bed, on which there are some magazines, newspapers and a lamp, and more interestingly, there is an ashtray embedded in the right table top, the bottom of which can be removed to remove the ashes, showing the fact that the owner is an addict.
On the north side is a bookshelf about half full, flipping through a few books, I thought it would be all books related to sports and basketball, but unexpectedly there are more biographies, all kinds of novels, games and music related books and magazines.
There is a TV cabinet on the east side,The top is a 34-inch SONY color TV,But judging from the color TV's somewhat faded shell,The TV has been used for some years,The second layer is a DVD player and a power amplifier,Two pairs of speakers are arranged on the left and right sides of the TV cabinet,The third layer looks like a home game console,But it is not the same as the game console seen in Zhuo Yifan's homeγ There was also a small coffee table next to the bed, a desk lamp, a rather refined ashtray, and a laptop that Zhuo Yifan often brought to school.
The floor is paved with large teak, which feels quite like a basketball court, the walls around it are very clean, and there are several posters of basketball stars, and if you look closely, there are Novitzki, Garnett and other popular NBA stars, as well as some domestic basketball stars, but there is a blank space in the center of several posters, the color is very different from the surrounding walls, and the size is exactly the same as the poster, it is foreseeable that there should be a poster here.
There is a fluorescent lamp with variable brightness on the ceiling, and the brightness will automatically change with the brightness of the outside world to keep the brightness of the room always soft.
Zhou dragged a chair for Li Xin to sit down, and he sat down at the head of the bed at will, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and smoked it, the small room was suddenly filled with smoke, and the young man coughed a few times uncomfortably.
"It's affecting you! Then I won't smoke it. After Zhou finished speaking, he snuffed out the cigarette that he had only taken a few puffs.
"Look at your face, the haze seems to be written on your face, you know that something must be wrong, say it!"
"Brother Jun Yi, do you have anyone who desperately wants to win but can't win?" The young man was halfway through before he spoke.
"This!? It's not easy to say, of course, if you have personal strength, there must be, and you should always know the truth that the strong have their own strong players! β
"Is it, are you so powerful that there are people who are difficult to defeat?"
"Of course, even if you dominate on one side, but there is a sky outside the sky, and you are nothing outside, as if the top stars in China go to the United States to play, and most of them still sit on the bench." Saying that, Zhou had a habitual action of touching the pocket of his jacket, and did not put his hand down until he realized his behavior.
"Then why do you feel like you've worked so hard, but you still fail miserably at someone else's command?"
"I don't think you have a lot of contact with people, or you don't know people very well. It is important to know that the environment in which everyone lives and grows up is different, because in this way, there may not be much difference in birth, but this gap becomes more and more obvious over time; It's as if there could be no one like Jordan in China. β
After the young man finished speaking, he looked up at the young man, and the young man's eyes were still not very understanding and forced the young man to continue: "Maybe sometimes, on the surface, it seems that some people's living standards are at the same level, but some differences under the surface are not visible to everyone, which is to talk about talent and hard work methods, talent is born and cannot be changed, but hard work methods can be changed, take basketball as an example, Although good training methods and poor training methods are trained for the same period of time, the results can be very different. Even with the same training method, the results can vary greatly because everyone puts different amounts of effort into training. Taking a step back, even if the amount of effort is the same, the results will vary greatly depending on each person's ability to understand and imagine, as well as their ability to put it into action.
Good players tend to be able to draw inferences in training and go beyond the frame of mind of the average player to perform things that sometimes seem incredible. Modern basketball is a game that requires a lot of brains and doesn't necessarily rely solely on the body to speak. The young man spoke with great emotion, and the young man listened attentively.
"So how do you get there?"
"It's hard, not everyone can achieve it, but there are some good ways to get close to it." Zhou thought for a moment and said.
"Tell me what?"
"First of all, do you know the truth that stupid birds fly first? To make up for the shortcomings with diligence is to spend more energy to make up for your own shortcomings. The surroundings said while making a flying motion.
"That's it!" The boy seemed disappointed by the answer.
"Don't worry, the second point is to improve your understanding, communicate more with people who are good at it, read more books on basketball skills and tactics, thoroughly understand the ins and outs of what you are working on, and after you have a clear understanding, you can read some other books. I don't know if you know, the former head coach of the Bulls - one of the important figures who created the Bulls dynasty, Phil. Jackson was obsessed with the Chinese Gossip Five Elements and was inspired to use it on the basketball court, inventing the triangle offensive strategy, and later leading the Lakers to achieve outstanding results. β
"I've never heard this sentiment anywhere else!" The young man's answer gradually aroused the young man's interest.
"Finally, what you say about someone beating someone in basketball is actually just a one-sided approach, not because your technical stats are better than your opponent's to win the game, the most important result in the game is to look at the score on the team's scoreboard, not to compare the technical statistics of a certain pair of opponents. Basketball is a team sport, and it is important to be able to give full play to the role of each player to win the game, not to fight to the death at one point. As a point guard, scoring is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to be the engine of the team and bring the whole team to its best strength. Zhou made gestures as he spoke, and his colorful conversation lifted Li Xin's spirits: "I see! I realized, I had never heard these words before, and it was so rewarding that it seemed to me that I had suddenly come to my senses. β
"I don't know what makes you love basketball, but when I really got to know basketball, I was fascinated by the versatility of basketball, not just the individual players, but the overall versus. For example, I'd like to see two stars of similar strength face off against each other, but I'd rather see two teams of similar strength led by two similarly strong core figures. The soul of a team may not be visible in the technical data of the individual, but a true leader is often not necessarily in numbers, but in other aspects of a team, such as mental.
If there is a spiritual leader, a team often has the capital to become a king of the army. Without a spiritual leader, no matter how many stars there are, they are often just a flamboyant pile. The more the young man spoke, the more excited he became, and in normal times these words were just put in his stomach.
"Are you talking about Han Chongyu? Someone you can't beat no matter what? Zhou reached into his coat pocket for the third time and pulled out a cigarette and put it in his hand.
"How do you know?"
"I saw him play in the Wantikan, and I asked others and found out that he was from Siyuan High School. It is true that his scoring ability can be said to be unparalleled, and he also has a considerable leadership temperament, but there is another ability that may not have awakened, so that he has always been far from the top point guards in Shanghai. β
Zhou paused, stared at the boy's eyes and continued: "This gap is the ability to make teammates work together, and there is only one high school player I have seen who can reach this height!" β
"Who?"
"Zhang Qiyi!"