After Coach Alfred briefly introduced himself and gave a speech, he divided the 10 people into two teams for confrontation training. In order to understand the players, I received the players' information from the assistant coach before the grouping, and asked the players one by one:

"Caron. Mcconnell! Alfred called by name.

"Here!" A black teenager raises his hand.

"Tell us a little about yourself."

"Hello everyone, my name is Caron. Mcconnell. He played as a small forward in high school, is 195cm tall and weighs 202 pounds. The technical characteristics are the ability to break through with the ball and defend actively. The disadvantage is that the scoring method is relatively simple. The teenager, McConnell, reported on his situation one by one.

Coach Alfred nodded, and continued to name the next one, until Zhuo Yifan: "The next one, well, uh!" 'Ugly'? Which one is 'ugly'! ”

"Coach, my name is Zhuo Yifan!" Zhuo couldn't laugh, and raised his hand high to signal to the head coach.

Alfred nodded and said, "You're Chinese, I'm sorry I can't pronounce pinyin well." ”

"I am Chinese, I came to the United States not long ago, and I used to play in China. He once reached the national quarterfinals of the CHBL Chinese High School League with his team. ”

"Oh, it's a Chinese student, we rarely appear here, let's introduce yourself." Alfred looked at the Chinese young man in front of him, who was more than 190cm tall, with clear muscles and good spirits.

"Hello everyone, my name is Zhuo Yifan, I am from Shanghai, China, and I worked as a power forward in high school. He is 194 cm tall, weighs 88 kilograms, and is about 194 pounds, and his technical characteristics are excellent defense and strong blocking ability. Has the ability to play low singles and break through inside. The disadvantage is that sometimes the performance is not stable enough, and the ball control skills need to be further improved. ”

Alfred nodded anyway and called the next one, and all 10 players were named. Depending on the position on the field, the head coach randomly divided the 10 people into two groups for a five-on-five group confrontation.

"You play for 20 minutes, and then I decide to stay five." Alfred raised his wrist to look at his watch and ordered.

At the beginning of the confrontation, Zhuo and the white student who had just told the head coach the information were in a group with the black student named McConnell.

The tallest man in their group was McConnell, and with the exception of him and Zhuo, the rest were all under 190cm tall. On the other hand, the opponent has a height of more than 2 meters, three people are more than 190cm tall, and the shortest playmaker is also 186cm. has undoubtedly suffered in terms of figure.

Because of the lack of cooperation, Zhuo repeatedly failed to get the ball on the offensive end, and a yellow player like him could not gain the trust of his American classmates. Because in the impression of the vast majority of Americans, the Chinese men's basketball team, as the No. 1 men's basketball team in Asia, is vulnerable in front of the world's No. 1 American men's basketball team, and China and the United States are a weak basketball country compared to each other, which is the general view of the vast majority of Americans. Even if it is a college player, the strength should not be strong. Just like the question that an American reporter once asked Yao Ming: "You have a population of 1.4 billion, why can't you find five people who can play basketball?" Yao Ming humorously and forcefully replied: "You also have a population of 300 million, why can't you find one who can play table tennis?" The American reporter was speechless, but it also shows the general opinion of the American people about China's basketball strength.

On the defensive end, he was suppressed on the inside by two opponents over 195cm, both of whom were black students and had good physical fitness. In terms of bounce and arm span, Zhuo Yifan has no advantage at all. There is no play in defense, and there is no ball possession and trust of teammates on the offensive end, plus the unfamiliarity of coordination and height disadvantage. Zhuo Yifan's team quickly lost, and Zhuo's 20-minute confrontation data of 2 points and 3 rebounds looked really unsatisfactory.

Coach Alfred compared the data and recalled the performance of the game just now, and quickly decided which five players to keep, and among these players, there was no Zhuo Yifan's name.

Zhuo returned to his dorm room disheartened, unable to make it to the basketball team, and the significance of his coming to UCLA was reduced by half. He lay in bed and thought about what he would do if he wanted to continue playing in the United States and stay at UCLA in the future.

The next day, Zhuo Yifan, who was depressed, received a message. Looking at the flashing portrait of a cute girl, Zhuo knew that it was sent by Lin Lingyu.

"Zhuo, how are you doing in the United States? Tell you two pieces of good news, which one would you like to hear? A or B? ”

Zhuo Yifan thought to himself, this girl is so cute, everyone is good news and bad news, choose one to listen to first. She also had two good news: "Then B." ”

"The B news is that I was admitted to Shanghai Foreign Chinese College, but I haven't graduated yet, and I can report directly next year after my senior year of high school."

"So good? Then why are you admitted, you just entered the third year of high school this year, and you didn't take the college entrance examination! ”

"Hehe, of course I have a skill!"

"Oh, what are your skills?"

"Writing, I was exceptionally admitted to a foreign Chinese university with my literary expertise. And my new one is coming out soon, and that's the first piece of good news. ”

"Really? That's great news, congratulations! Zhuo Yifan returned, his tone was not enthusiastic, and he was seen through by the sharp-minded Lin Lingyu at once.

"What's wrong with you? What's upset? Lingyu asked.

"Well, I entered UCLA University, but I didn't pass the test of the basketball team, and I can't become an official player in the school."

"Huh? That's a shame. But I'm sure gold will shine one day, don't be discouraged, there may be other ways to join the team. Don't waste your training, keep working hard, there's always a chance if you've just entered university. ”

Hearing the girl's encouragement, Zhuo Yifan suddenly felt a lot better: "Thank you, I am much better psychologically after being so enlightened!" ”

"Next month is my second book signing, although I know you can't come, but I still want to tell you the news, and at the same time I want to give you a copy of mine, can you tell me your address? I'll send it to you! ”

"Yes, okay! Thank you! Zhuo sent the address to Lin Lingyu.

Zhuo Yifan told Li Xin the news of his defeat in the team, and he only told him one person, which was not a glorious thing for him, and he with strong self-esteem and good face could tell Li Xin that his best brother was already the limit.

"Zhuo, don't be discouraged. I'll give you a trick. Zhuo Yifan and Li Xin had a video call, and Li Xin comforted.

"Moves? What's the trick? ”

"You know the 'Qianmo' system, right?" Li Xin asked.

"Of course, isn't your school trying it out, and how effective is it?"

"It worked quite well, and after the three-on-three match with Jun Yige, I verified that even more. My dad said that I have made significant progress, thanks to the blessing of the 'Qianmo' system, I recommend you to enter a set to ensure that you are open and quickly improve your strength. When the time comes, you will go to participate in the selection again, and you are not afraid that you will not be selected. ”

"But the selection is only once a year! There's no chance anymore. ”

"Whoever says it, whoever has the strength in the team is on it. After you finish the training, you challenge the players of your team, and if you win them, you can't say that you are sure to join the team, but the coach will definitely give you a chance. How's it going, is there any confidence? ”

"Yes! That must have! 'Qianmo' is so good, then you can quickly send a set over and I will use it. "Zhuo Yifan is like resurrected again.

The next day, Li Xin entrusted a microgrid technology company to send Zhuo Yifan a set of 'Qianmo' system to Zhuo Yifan. Three days later, Zhuo received the system, rented a basketball court separately, and started special training. It's just that Zhuo Yifan doesn't have a comparable training opponent, he thinks of Caron, who was also on the losing team. McConnell, who is tall but has rough skills, is expected to be below Zhuo, but has excellent defense, and happens to be Zhuo's training partner. And the white student who told him that Alfred's head coach was also undrafted, his name was Allen. Nolan. When McConnell and Nolan heard about it, they tried out the magical system and agreed to start a special training session with the table.

The New Year has passed, and soon March has come, and on Saturday, March 4, Lin Lingyu held a book signing meeting for the second book in Shanghai Book City. Because of the success of the first book, Lin Lingyu's online response has aroused strong repercussions, coupled with Lin Lingyu's cute appearance, so it has attracted much attention and is known as "the new beautiful girl writer of the post-95 generation". This time, the readers who queued up to sign the sale formed a long line, all the way from the fourth floor to the staircase on the third floor.

"Ah, it looks like it's not my own hand after signing today." Looking at the long queue, Lin Lingyu sneered.

"Hey!" A girl's voice came from behind him, and patted his shoulder, Lin Lingyu looked back, it was actually Fang Wenxin, and there was a beautiful girl beside her, it was Zhang Xiaoxue.

"Sister Wen Xin! Sister Xiaoxue! Why are you all here? ”

"We listened to what Yifan said, today is your signing meeting, I'll take a look, and by the way, I'll find you, the 'post-95 cutting-edge beautiful girl writer' to sign it!" Wen Xin said with a smile.

"Really? That's great, Zhuo he really has a heart! ”

"Let me tell you another good news, it's not just the two of us who came to participate in the signing today, but also Xia Jun, Li Xin, and Ouyang Chi are also here, they are lining up in the back, let's go to line up first." After signing the autograph, I'll give you a celebration banquet. ”

"Wow, thank you so much two sisters, I'm so happy."

The signing session was a success, with a total of 1,000 copies signed on the day, and it lasted from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. I heard that the first edition of this book has a circulation of 100,000 copies, and Lin Lingyu will be able to get about 800,000 royalty income. This is really an astronomical amount for a female high school student, and it is undoubtedly a great gift for her to encounter family changes and her father was sent to a drug rehabilitation center for drug abuse, plus she was exceptionally admitted to a foreign Chinese university. It's also a bittersweet end, thinking back to the girl who was still a little autistic at the beginning, she is undoubtedly much more sunny and cheerful now. However, it may also be because of the hardships of life that her autistic heart allows her to face her own heart, complete self-reflection and hope for the future, and write such a popular book. With the current situation, everyone is really happy for her.