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Nike China.

In a spacious office on the left side of the 8th floor of the Twin Towers, the two are sitting on a couch talking.

Guo Ding, vice president of Nike China's Beijing branch in charge of media and broadcasting, is talking to his right-hand man Liu Ziming about the upcoming Nike China High School Basketball National Championship.

"Mr. Guo, this year's adjustment of the schedule and competition system has still caused a lot of twists and turns in the country, but as you expected, the efficiency has improved, the competition has been exciting, and it has received more media attention than last year." Liu Ziming said as he handed over the sorted materials.

Guo Ding is over forty years old, when he is most energetic, his hair is neatly tied with hair wax, he looked at some data on the information, and after a while, he said: "How is the arrangement of the repechage?" ”

"Everything is ready, 23 provinces plus 4 municipalities and 5 autonomous regions, a total of 32 teams." Liu Ziming immediately replied.

"Well, how's the national race going?" Guo Ding asked again.

"It's ongoing, it's already in the second phase, and some of the provincial champions have already started the third phase." Liu Ziming replied quickly.

"Can it be seamlessly connected with the end time of the repechage?"

"No problem, we have set aside three days to adjust, and once the top six are decided in the national competition, we can immediately start this year's national high school finals quarterfinals with the champions and runners-up of the repechage in Beijing."

"It's just that in this way, the teams won't have a lot of time to recuperate, and some participating teams are already asking whether they can lag behind and have more time to buffer." Liu Ziming hesitated, but still reported the matter.

Guo Ding didn't frown and refused directly: "The World Cup is 3 days, and the World Championships are the same, this does not need to be considered, you can complete this year's national competition before the Spring Festival, so that you can have more time to carry out next year's national competition." ”

"Ziming, the Nike National Competition has been carried out for so many years, why has the influence never gone up, is it because the media has not paid enough attention? Or are resources thrown in or less? I don't think it's any, China is so big, the schedule will be so long, from tens of thousands of high schools across the country (check the information, in 09, there were less than 70,000 high schools in the country. Screening the best four teams to play in the playoffs is still too small. ”

Guo Ding continued: "This year is the top eight, next year to develop to the top 12, the best I hope is the top 32, every province and region to play a playoffs, so that there will be ornamentation, good seedlings can have more chances." ”

"The venue for the finals should also be changed every year, not limited to first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, but more developed cities should participate, so that we will get more support and the company will be more recognized for its achievements. In the end, Guo Ding said to his subordinates earnestly.

Liu Ziming lowered his head and replied sincerely: "I understand, Mr. Guo." ”

"There are a few important things that you should pay more attention to, first, to set up a special reporting team to increase the packaging of outstanding players this year, and second, to invite major clubs to watch the game live, as long as ordinary high school students become professional players, this is a powerful pioneering proof. Third, it is necessary to focus on key players, establish various awards, and let the award-winning players get the opportunity to go to the United States for further study and participate in training camps. Specifically, these points are carried out as soon as possible. ”

"Understood, I'll keep you informed of the progress every day."

"Well, go ahead, the Nike National High School Competition is the focus of whether this year's ending is perfect, you and I have to be very serious."

"I see, then I'll go out first." Liu Ziming got up to say goodbye.

After his subordinates left, Guo Dinggang wanted to go to the computer to check some information, and suddenly the mobile phone on the coffee table rang, he was stunned, this mobile phone was his personal mobile phone, not a work number, he picked it up and looked at it, and then smiled.

"If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, what kind of wind blew you here, ha, let's say, what's the good thing? My big leader. Guo Ding answered the phone with a spring breeze on his face, and immediately laughed.

"Oh, there are players like that? Are you sure you have the confidence you can trust? Guo Ding listened to the meeting and asked with a suspicious face.

"Then if that's the case, this gimmick is very explosive, okay, I'll go and read the information later, well, my brother, I remember this love."

"Okay, okay, let's say that first, keep in touch." Guo Ding hung up the phone, got up and came to the desk, picked up the landline on the desk, and said, "Xiaolan, I need a copy of the information of the participating teams in this year's repechage, you can help me find out." ”

Leaning on the boss's chair, Guo Ding turned around, looking out of the floor-to-ceiling window, the bustling Chang'an Street, and his face was groaning.

"There are still such players in China? It's unbelievable. He muttered to himself.

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Just when Guo Ding was still suspicious, far away in Urumqi City, Xinjiang, the westernmost part of the motherland, in the stadium of the 70th Middle School, a group of teenagers were steaming and training hard.

There was heavy snow outside, and everywhere was white, but on the field, the teenager was sweating and running.

An old man on the sidelines, with a peaked cap, was watching there, and after a while, he shouted: "Zhao Ke, come here." ”

A thin boy with a height estimated to be almost two meters tall trotted over: "Coach, what are you calling me for?" ”

"Let everyone rest and drink water to replenish their hydration." The old man said.

Zhao Ke immediately shouted a few times to the court, and the teenagers stopped their pace and walked towards the rest area.

Looking back, Zhao Ke asked: "Coach, we are not tired, this time we let the No. 2 Middle School of the Corps take advantage, we all hold our breath, strive to get a place in the repechage match, and then go to the No. 2 Middle School to take revenge." ”

The old man smiled weirdly, and he said a news that surprised Zhao Ke: "I just got the news that the No. 2 Middle School of the Corps was eliminated by the High School Attached to the Chinese Outside Taiyuan in Shanxi. ”

"What? It's a shame, if we change it, how can we not even get into the finals. Zhao Ke was startled at first, and then said angrily, as if he was eliminated from the second middle school, and his face was gloomy.

"Bai Lan broke down in the first quarter." The old man told all the news he had.

Zhao Ke wiped the sweat from his forehead, pursed his lips, and said, "Is this the legendary Present World Report?" Didn't he win because several of our main forces had diarrhea that day, but I didn't expect that it would be Bai Lan's turn, and he wasn't seriously injured. In the end, Zhao Ke asked with some concern.

"It's not a big deal, but now in the whole of Xinjiang, there is still a chance for us in the seventies, the reason why I tell you is because you are not afraid of pressure, the more difficult it is, the more you have fighting spirit, how about it, Zhao Ke, this repechage match, there is no room for loss." Although the old man said jokingly at first, when he said the last sentence, his face became solemn.

Zhao Ke smiled and said, "Coach, this agitation is useless, our group of people have been brought by you since junior high school, what strength, don't you know yet?" Repechage, what is it? ”

The old man nodded, in addition to Zhao Ke, there are also quasi-professional players such as Wang Rui, Lin Yun, Li Ye, etc., these few of them, together with Bai Lan in the second middle school of the Corps, are known as the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang, and they were included in the Xinjiang Tianma Club early, and they were transferred to the youth team as soon as they graduated from high school, and in a few years, they may enter the first team and compete in the CBA.

Especially Zhao Ke and Bai Lan, known as Hetian Shuangbi, both of them are from Hetian, southern Xinjiang, Hetian is famous for Hetian jade, the two have been fighting since junior high school, and have been fighting from southern Xinjiang to northern Xinjiang, although they have won and lost each other, quite related, but after all, they are heroes cherish heroes, and the successor of the future Xinjiang Tianma Club is already expected.

In Haikou, Hainan, thousands of miles away from Xinjiang, three teenagers were playing in an open-air court, staring at the scorching sun, and they were facing a group of young people who were slightly older than them, but the three of them on the court were crushing the momentum and beat the opponent to defeat and retreat again and again, and the last swarthy short-haired boy used a standing hand to buckle violently, ending this wave of competition.

"Don't fight, you guys play first." The boy spoke, and the other two followed, and the three of them sat down in the field, holding mineral water and pouring it wildly.

After drinking most of the bottle, the short-haired boy had no scruples, he directly picked up the bottle and poured it on top of his head, and the water flowed down his upper body, which did not have any fat at all, and was full of muscles.

"Brother, I'm going to Guangdong tomorrow, don't fight later, if you get hurt, it's not good." A teenager who looked like him said.

The short-haired boy did not respond, he picked up another bottle of water and poured it on his head, but the water stained his feet and beached the ground before he stopped.

"What is Guangming Middle School? I will definitely go to Beijing, haha. The short-haired boy laughed wildly.

"If we take the light, can we go to Beijing?" Another swarthy teenager asked excitedly.

"Well, the six teams in the finals must have our Guoxing Middle School, and our real opponent is there." The short-haired boy shouted.

"Didn't you hear that there are still two repechage teams?" The younger brother of the short-haired boy asked suspiciously.

"Cut, the team there, what is there to think about. Let's go, let's eat, A-Ning, don't be late, we'll take a boat to Hai'an early in the morning. The short-haired boy admonished.

"Got it, take the light, let's go to Beijing. Ha ha! ”

Chengdu, Sichuan.

In the basketball hall of Shude Middle School.

A group of teenagers sat on the ground and listened to Coach Chen An explain and analyze the intelligence of the next opponent.

"Nanjing No. 9 Middle School is an old team, its history, like our Shude, they are the king in Jiangsu, we are also in Sichuan, the team structure is reasonable and clear, the echelon is very clear, there will be a small ups and downs every two years, since Lu Di left, Di Zhen took over, so that the strength of Nanjing No. 9 Middle School is slightly worse, but for us Shude, it is also a strong rival, although we won at home, but only won 3 points. Therefore, it is very difficult to play away, so everyone must be mentally prepared. Chen An first talked about the opponent's background, and then began to talk about the opponent's style of play and style.

After talking for more than ten minutes, the players are very quiet, and there is no staggering, this is Shude's consistent style, looking at the whole country, Shude High School has a tenacious style, tenacious playing style, and strict discipline, and is known as a professional basketball team at the high school level.

"Xue Shan, you have to play against Di Zhen, you did a good job in last week's game, you have to maintain this concentration." Chen An suddenly said to Xue Shan, the core of the team and also the captain.

Xue Shan is a very stocky young man, he lowered his eyebrows and sat there, not eye-catching at all, but when he raised his head, you found that this young man was actually very sharp, and his eyes were as slender as knives, if Yan Yufeng saw it at this time, he would definitely jokingly say to Wei Ning, Oh, your brother is much more handsome than you.

Xue Shan hummed and said, "Please rest assured, coach, I will do better and better every game." ”

Chen An nodded, he told Xue Shan, and also said to everyone: "In the national arena, the masters are like clouds, no team or individual can be underestimated, we must not move like a mountain, maintain a high degree of attention at the same time, actively encroach on the opponent's living space, fight for every inch of land, bite down point by point." ”

"If we win Nanjing No. 9 Middle School, we can go to Beijing, do you have any determination." Chen An finally shouted loudly.

"Yes!" The teenagers shouted in unison.

In every corner of the motherland, such stories are happening simultaneously, and every team on the road is looking at Beijing, the capital of the motherland, with hope.

There, it is the national champion who is haunted by dreams, and the blood of the teenagers is burning, and they are eager to stand on that stage, to bloom themselves, and to sway their dreams.

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Let the eyes return to the place where the story takes place, Beiyang, Jiangsu.

Beiyang No. 12 Middle School Basketball Hall.

Yan Yufeng was in the center of the court, explaining to everyone the problems and tactics that had arisen in the confrontation in the past few days.

"The core feature of the small ball tactic is not that the players are short, but that they are fast. Everything has to be fast, the next fast attack has to be fast, the help defense has to be fast, the landing battle has to be fast, all in all, when the player implements the small ball tactics on the court, it is a state of non-stop running and movement. This point requires everyone to have a clear understanding. Yan Yufeng said to everyone in a half-circle on an enlarged version of the tactical diagram.

Everyone sat on the court with chairs, watching Yan Yufeng on the small whiteboard specially made and explaining some key points of small ball tactics to them.

"The implementation of small-ball tactics is fast, so it is inevitable that there are relatively high requirements for the execution of players, first, good physical fitness, second, fast speed, third, fast reaction nerves, and fourth, good game attitude." Yan Yufeng looked at everyone with a serious face, and he continued: "In the current twelfth middle school, from my observations in the past few days, everyone basically agrees with the first three points, but on the fourth point, there are problems. ”

Everyone's faces froze, knowing that the Yan Jet was about to start taking off again, so they lowered their eyelids slightly, squinted at the floor, and held their breath.

Yan Yufeng saw that no one was silent, he snorted lightly, recently he has gradually entered the role, standing in the perspective of a coach, he has found a lot of problems, some problems have reached the point where there will be big problems if they are not solved, so he must make a strict supervision.

"I would like to start by asking you why you love basketball, why you are coming to No. 12 Middle School, why you want to sit here and listen to my peers talk. Have you ever thought about this? Yan Yufeng threw out the question.

No one spoke, so Yan Yufeng had no choice but to name him: "Kitano, you can talk about it." ”

The court was very empty, Yan Yufeng's voice was not loud, but everyone heard it clearly, Kitano stood up uneasily, he looked left and right, and felt a feeling of isolation, which made him even more worried.

Looking up at Yan Yufeng staring at him, Kitano had no choice but to say: "I like to play, and I feel that the feeling on the court is not available anywhere else, so I like it even more." ”

"Then why did you come to the Twelfth Middle School?"

Kitano thought for a moment and said, "The school's requirements, I also want to join such a team that can enter the national competition, so I came. ”

"Then you can answer the last question, why do you listen to my guidance?" Yan Yufeng said the most difficult question to answer.

Kitano really didn't know how to answer, looking at Yan Yufeng's gaze, he was a little flustered, and stammered: "You, you fight better than me, and you know a lot of things, I am willing to listen to your guidance." Nope. ”

Yan Yufeng didn't show any other expression, and said indifferently: "Sit down." Then he scanned the audience and said loudly: "There are many reasons to like basketball, but it is undeniable that everyone likes the feeling of being on the court, and for the feeling of that moment, we do our best, regardless of safety, even if it is bleeding and sweating." ”

"I joined No. 12 because there have been miracles here, a lot of admirable things have happened to this team, and if it were me, I would like to be a part of this collective. This is what I say from my heart, and no one will refuse the call of the team that has always been strong. ”

"As for why everyone is sitting here now and listening to me, in fact, let me say, from my own point of view, that is, I am better than all of you, so you are convinced, and why, I will not be embarrassed to stand here for psychological reasons."

"Now maybe you have some ideas, and it feels like I'm back and everything will be fine, but now I can be very responsible and say to everyone, I won't play. This time, it's still you. Looking at the fluctuating everyone, Yan Yufeng continued: "The resurrection match, the runner-up of each province, this difficulty is even higher than before, and it is even more difficult, can you imagine how tragic the battle will be in the future?" We will face 31 teams that are no less than the provincial champions who have already decided, as long as the champion and runner-up can enter the national quarterfinals, fight against each other, and fight for this year's national championship, I want to ask you, do you have this confidence and determination in your heart? ”

No one responded, the stadium was quiet, and only Yan Yufeng's echo was heard.

Yan Yufeng glanced at the audience, he sighed in his heart, suddenly changed his words, and said in a harmonious voice: "Everyone has their own temper, off the court, no size, on the court, there is a priority." What is your responsibility on the court, try your best to do it, if you can't do it, you will be replaced by the coach, once or twice or three times, then you may be eliminated by the team. I think everyone should know this very well. ”

"Beiyang No. 12 Middle School, last year, the sincerity was not strong, we could go to the national semi-finals, if I wasn't injured, I would have gone further, so what did we rely on at that time? Xiang Jie, tell me. Yan Yufeng suddenly looked at Xiang Jie, who was sitting at the end, and said loudly.

In fact, at this time, Xiang Jie had already begun to think about Yan Yufeng's words, and when he heard this, he was stunned at first, but quickly stood up, muttered for a moment, and said: "Because we are very united, whether on or off the field, everyone regards each other as brothers. ”

"So, we are not afraid of any opponent, even if the difference in strength is too big, we will do our best to win. In many games, it was because we persevered to the end and bit the score that we won the game. Xiang Jie's thinking became clearer and clearer, and he began to vaguely understand why Yan Yufeng was talking to everyone with such fanfare.

Yan Yufeng nodded, and he said: "Winning may be the reason why the strength is stronger than the opponent, but losing may not be the case." In many games, we win not because we are strong, we are good, but because we want to win more than our opponents and hate defeat more. Our willpower is several times stronger than that of our opponents, so the final victor has become us. ”

Yan Yufeng looked at the beginning and raised his head, looked at his everyone seriously, and said loudly: "The point I want to say today is that each of us likes basketball because of fun, but we have persisted until now, not because we like it, but because each of us has a stubborn love for basketball in our hearts." ”

"What is love? Let me say it, I can't say it, but I understand that what I love is it, basketball, because of love, so I don't care about myself, a game, a basketball, ten people, why do you belong in the end? So I have to love it more than others, and I want to be worthy of it, worthy of my qualifications, worthy of everyone who expects from me. ”

Yan Yufeng took a breath, and his tone gradually became higher: "I don't know what love is, but I know what basketball is." I love the feeling of being on the pitch and it obsesses me and drives me crazy. I also know that after going through so many games and playing so many balls, no one will maintain this love for basketball all the time. We will always slack off, we will always be reluctant, just like dribbling, how much strength you use on the basketball, how much power it will give back to you. So, when we dribble the ball carelessly, we lose it and lose control of it. ”

"And then in the end, it was snatched by someone else. And you can only watch your opponent carry it, to score, to win. Yan Yufeng looked deeply at all the teammates present and said: "Nanjing fiasco, that's it. ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked, and Ye Changfeng trembled even more, his face was snow-white, and his lips were instantly bitten by him and bloodied.

"I've watched the video of that game, and to be honest, every minute, every second, I feel like my face is being slapped and scraped, who made me be slapped like this, and I still have no power to resist?" Yan Yufeng paused, he looked coldly at his teammates who all bowed their heads, and said, "It's you." The whole game, you are like the walking dead, letting the opponent wreak havoc on the court, this is not a game, this is a one-sided slaughter. With a gap of more than 70 points, what level of difference does it have to be to be able to do it? You make me think about it, I can't think of it. ”

"This is not the Beiyang I am familiar with, in the past few days of training, I have not seen your attitude towards this game, to put it simply, there is no repentance, I fell in one place, I didn't stand up by myself, I was dragged away. Then I want to ask everyone, what do we stand up for? When will you face this scar? ”

"I didn't want to uncover this scar, but when I returned to Beiyang and stood on the pitch and watched everyone train, I didn't feel like a wolf was injured and would lick the wound, but everyone forgot about it."

"If it's not forgetting, why is everyone standing on the pitch, not active, not serious, not every ball must be grabbed, not every ball must be fought for? Not non-stop? Physical fitness is important, physical fitness is important, friendship is important, right? So, if you can let it, if you can't prevent it, if you can't prevent it, if you can't chase it, you won't chase it? You can get by, right? ”

"Small ball tactics are an emerging topic in the United States, I have a little bit of experience with Coach Shang, and I think it is very suitable for the current Beiyang No. 12 Middle School, but I have a big question in my heart, are you worthy" After saying this, Yan Yufeng stood there and looked at everyone without moving.

"I know, I've been accusing a lot of people these days, and everyone is tired of it, but I still want to ask you today, do you deserve to like basketball?"

"Is basketball a matter of humility? Is it permissible to slack off? Is it possible to be fooled? What are you doing in the past few days? Is it a playhouse? Standing on the pitch is fighting, what kind of thing is such a training match? Yan Yufeng shouted.

The arena was quiet, even the sound of each other's heavy breathing could be heard clearly, no one dared to look around, look at their teammates, and at this moment, Night Changfeng stood up.

He looked at Yan Yufeng and said with a painful expression: "The Nanjing fiasco is my responsibility. I admit that I don't have the dedication and fighting spirit for basketball on the court, but I am here today, in front of the whole team, I will die on the court even if I die. I will not let the Nanjing incident repeat itself again. This is my promise, please monitor me. I have a long night and can't do it, so I don't deserve to be a man. ”

"I also want to make a statement, I, Xiang Jie, unless I am dead, no one can pass in front of me." Xiang Jie also stood up and shouted loudly.

"I, Mo Feng, swear that I will no longer hide like a woman like Nanjing." Mo Feng gasped, stood up with a flushed face and shouted.

"I'm ......."

"I'm Su Xiao......."

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Everyone stood up, shouted their oath loudly, looked at everyone, Yan Yufeng beat his chest with his fist, and said loudly: "We will never allow others to defeat us again, we no longer want to see the mocking face of failure, no one can look down on us, no one can take away the basketball that belongs to us." ”

Yan Yufeng stood in front of the whole team, looked around at everyone, and suddenly shouted, "What are we? ”

"Warriors!"

After a moment's pause, everyone shouted in unison.

"What are we going to do?" Yan Yufeng shouted with greater strength.

"Fight!"

Everyone shouted as hard as they could.

"What do we want?" Finally, Yan Yufeng raised his fist and shouted.

"Victory!"

Beiyang No. 12 Middle School is roaring.

Xiang Jie's tears suddenly welled up from the corners of his eyes, and he roared loudly, waving his hands in the air.

The night breeze wiped the blood stains from the corners of his mouth, hugged his teammates, and shouted indulgently.

Wang Xuechao, who had been watching from a distance, also felt that his eyes were moist, so he turned his face away and quietly rubbed his eyes.

"This kid." He sighed softly.

"Twelve, come on!" Qin Lan, who was already crying, hid behind the door and silently blessed in her heart.

This is the last three days before the expedition, Yan Yufeng suddenly raised the topic, finally woke up the wolf nature of the 12th Beiyang Middle School that had been sleeping for a long time, and finally lived up to expectations and fused the old and new Beiyang people together. (To be continued.) )