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Shortly after Lu Deng arrived in the United States, the Chicago Tribune listened to Dan Fagan's side of the story and published an article entitled "How Many People Has Been Deceived by Chinese Rookie Lu Deng", ridiculing Lu Deng for not being worthy of his name and falsifying his age, and threatening that Lu Deng could not be in the top 10.

Later, the two made a bet at the press conference that they would enter the top ten, Wallace bought the page to apologize, but he couldn't enter the top ten, and Lu Deng directly withdrew from the NBA.

After being elected champion and the dust settled, Wallace admitted defeat and apologized to Lu Deng. The article details the process of publishing that article.

In this article, words like "I apologize to Lu Deng" can be seen everywhere, the problem is that it is nominally an apology, and the more you look at it, the more you don't mean to apologize. It seems that Wallace was forced to publish this article in desperation, and who wants to apologize in public?

Not only that, but on the day this article was published, Wallace tweeted the following meaningful text:

"Although someone is elected champion, the champion is always just an honor and does not represent his true strength. Every draft has a missing pearl, and every draft also has parallel goods, I believe you haven't forgotten Bennett, another big champion of the Cavaliers, right? ”

"Before writing this article, I made a trip to Cleveland. Cleveland is an inclusive city, and unfortunately the people of Cleveland don't seem ready to welcome someone when they come, and it's said that Rotten Tomatoes is quite prepared to greet him at a press conference. Well, good luck to someone. ”

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Five days later, the city of Cleveland.

Lu Deng and Gu Tingcheng walked down the streets of Cleveland City. Lu Deng was looking forward to the feeling of being chased and intercepted by fans, but it didn't appear.

From malls to cafes, from bars to fast food restaurants, no one even notices him. Occasionally, someone stared at him for a moment, and then went about their work proudly.

Lu Deng was somewhat surprised, and more disappointed.

After the draft, Yao Ming's first appearance in Houston was not such a bleak scene.

The two finally came to a Chinese restaurant, where the owner and waiters were all Chinese, and most of the diners were locals.

The big TV in the middle of the hotel was playing NBA news, just in time for the Bucks holding a media conference for Jabari Parker.

Jabari took the Bucks' No. 12 jersey from general manager John Hammond, shook John's hand and took a picture.

John said with a smile on his face: "Welcome Jabari to the Bucks family, in our minds, Jabari is the best, he is the champion in our hearts." Also thanks to the Cavaliers for leaving Jabari to Milwaukee. ”

The restaurant was filled with boos and scolding. It can be heard that they are not defending Lu Deng's top position, but responding to Milwaukee's ridicule.

The reporter interviewed Jabari: "In our minds, you are the champion of this year, not the Chinese, what do you think about this?" ”

Jabari Parker said: "It's like a penalty mistake and I have to respect the decision and only respond in the next round. ”

"How are you going to respond?"

"On the court, of course, the Bucks will play the Cavaliers in Summer League on July 12, and I'll be on the court to prove that Milwaukee made the right choice."

There was another round of boos, mixed with sparse sighs. Lu Deng could hear the subtext behind the boos: "Look at Parker, look at what we chose with the top pick......"

"Fuck, am I bad? Am I not worthy of Cleveland? Lu Deng held his breath in his heart, and complained to Gu Chengcheng.

Lu Deng and Gu Qingcheng silently found a seat by the window and sat down. The waiter who ordered the food noticed Lu Deng, immediately opened his mouth wide, and asked in Chinese excitedly, "...... Are you Lu Deng? Are you the top pick in the draft? ”

Lu Deng reciprocated with a kind smile: Finally someone recognized me.

However, before Lu Deng could speak, the waiter who ordered the food hurriedly covered his mouth - Lu Deng was sure that this action was not out of excitement, but for fear of attracting more people's attention.

The waiter quietly pointed to the diners around him, and whispered apologetically, "Don't worry about it...... In fact, these ignorant Clevelands would have wanted Jabari Parker even more. After losing James, they thought Jabari was the best candidate to replace James, so they ......"

"So they don't welcome me, do they?"

"Hmm...... In fact, when Yao Ming was selected as the champion, more than half of Americans had the mentality of watching jokes, waiting to see Yao Ming make a fool of himself. It turns out that as long as you make a name for yourself, the doubts will disappear...... Anyway, we Chinese will support you. ”

"Thanks, you're busy, let's get some food for both of us."

In addition to the orders ordered by Lu Deng and Gu Tingcheng, the boss sent several other dishes. At the end of the checkout, the boss resolutely refused to accept the money, and pulled Lu Deng and Gu Tingcheng to the back room, not to mention how enthusiastic they were.

Leaving the hotel, Lu Deng couldn't cry or laugh, and said to Gu Tingcheng: "Have you seen it, the boss doesn't dare to show enthusiasm to me in front of the Americans, is he afraid that the Americans will see me and hate the house and smash his hotel?" Am I chosen to make Clevelands so resentful? ”

Gu Qingcheng never cared about other people's eyes: "Ignorant Cleveland, why are you paying attention to them?" Just play well and shut them up. ”

"Yes." Lu Deng thought, "Living so big, I have always been looked down upon, I will be looked down upon, and when I meet Parker on the court, it will be strange if I don't hit him all over the ground to find teeth, didn't Parker say that he would respond on the court, and see whose response is more shocking." ”

Lu Deng pulled up the schedule from his phone. According to the plan, tomorrow the Cavaliers will hold a welcome party for Lu Deng. The first game of the summer league that began in 10 days was against Jabari Parker's Bucks.

It's a mule or a horse, and it's clear on the field.

After walking around Cleveland for most of the day, the more I shopped, the lower I became. Cleveland didn't seem to be prepared to welcome Luden. Is it true, as Wallace said, that they have Rotten Tomatoes ready to greet me at the press conference?

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The next day, the Cavaliers held a welcome party for Lu Deng at the Quick Loan Arena.

Outside the stadium, thousands of fans gathered after hearing the news, mainly local Chinese and Asians, and some drove two or three hundred kilometers to welcome Lu Deng.

However, less than one-third of the fans in the United States are in the United States, and many are holding signs to demonstrate. The sign reads: "We want Jabari, we don't want Asian skinny monkeys." ”

Lu Deng really wants to hit someone: What special point can't I compare to Parker? My fame was made on the joint training pitch.

Say I'm short, say I'm thin, how about Iverson? I'm more than 10 centimeters taller than Iverson, faster than him, and my shots are more accurate than him, so why don't you welcome me?! You deserve to be abandoned by James!

Wait, it won't be a few days before you come to worship.