Chapter 44: Decisions
Confused?
After gathering his thoughts, Megello finally spoke. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info asked faintly, "Do you like basketball?" ”
Li Changgeng replied without hesitation: "Of course I like it!" ”
"How much do you like it? Is it OK to give up my studies for basketball? Meigello stared at Li Changgeng.
Stunned, he didn't think that he would give up his studies at all, and shook his head bitterly for a long time: "I can't do it!" He really can't do it, under the subtle education of his uncle and aunt for more than ten years, inheriting the family business has long been ingrained in his heart. Even though he loved basketball, he never thought of giving up his studies.
Meigello nodded slightly, thinking that this was reasonable, and it was really unrealistic for him to make such a decision now. But the compromise is a different story.
"If you just go to the World Junior Championships once and come back and continue your studies, can you make up your mind?"
"Well, I think I can. One World Junior Championship didn't have much of an impact on my studies! "Li Changgeng has absolute confidence in his learning. Because there is a system in it.
Meigello smiled, "Is there any problem with that?" Your aunt and uncle are still young, so it's not time for you to inherit their business. After participating in the World Junior Championships, you can continue to come back to your school! ”
"But ......"
"Nothing!" Meigello interrupted him, he naturally knew the concerns in Li Changgeng's heart. He smiled and said, "How do you know if you haven't consulted with your uncle and aunt?" It's just a World Junior Championship, and even if you can't become a professional player in the future, you can have a good memory. I don't think your uncle and aunt would be so unreasonable, would they? He smiled secretly in his heart, as long as he saw the world-class basketball, one day he would still be desperate to challenge.
"Really?" Li Changgeng is still full of doubts.
Meigello said as a matter of course: "Of course, as long as you decide, your uncle and aunt should not object." It's a lifetime of time in exchange for this opportunity. How could they still disagree? ”
Meigello's words were full of demagogy, and there was no shame in his heart that he had misled people's children. He is not Li Changgeng's uncle and aunt, in his opinion, a world-class basketball superstar is far more valuable to China and basketball than a billionaire. The current Chang Gung will definitely become a superstar that shocks the world in the future, and Meigello is extremely sure of this.
Li Changgeng was obviously completely bewitched, nodded ignorantly, and said as if hesitant and firm: "Yes, they should agree!" Suddenly stood up, grabbed the schoolbag on the table and said to Megello, "Thank you, Coach Megello, I'll go back to the dormitory now!" ”
Meigello watched Li Changgeng's voice disappear into the night, and a slight smile appeared on his face.
……..
The next day.
The gauze on Li Changgeng's right hand has been removed, and the wound has completely healed after the rain. The slightly stumbling footsteps are also much calmer.
During the activity time after the third class in the afternoon, Li Changgeng and Selena walked on the tree-lined path of the school. Li Changgeng is a male beauty, a male Yushu is in the wind, and a female is a hibiscus out of the water, and the students who come and go are all sideways. The two of them walked through a small wood, and finally found a fairly quiet place.
Stopping, Li Changgeng turned to stare at Selena, and the two looked at each other for a long time and were silent. Finally, Selena's faint voice broke the silence: "Have you already decided?" ”
"Hmm!"
Selena looked down at her feet and whispered, "Do you still want to go?" ”
Gently holding her right hand, a small and delicate one was gently placed in her hand, and Li Changgeng's gentle voice sounded softly: "I will call you every day." I've deposited enough money on this phone to call me when I want to. ”
Selena held the phone in her hand tightly, raised her head and stared at her lover, tears glistening in her bright eyes. Li Changgeng felt a slight pain in his heart, and his long arm stretched out and hugged the jade man in front of him tightly. Selena's arms didn't know when they were tightly wrapped around his waist.
Gym. There were many people sitting in the stands on the sidelines as usual. When Li Changgeng appeared, the members of the basketball team had already been running to warm up routinely under the leadership of vice captain Leonard. The jersey and shoes were wearing the standard equipment of basketball players, and Li Changgeng joined the team members in running.
After the running warm-up, practice in groups. Li Changgeng gradually regained his touch after a few shots, and entered the net several times outside the three-point line. There was a burst of cheers inside and outside the stadium.
"Boss, let's have a slam dunk!" Mozart screamed, and the basketball in his hand flew over. Li Changgeng smiled slightly, raised his hand to grab the basketball, and after running a few steps, he jumped high on the free throw line, and the basketball crotch changed from his left hand to his right hand, and the basketball smashed into the basket with a bang.
"Good ......" earth-shattering cheers.
Gently falling from under the basket, Li Changgeng turned to Leonard and said, "Tell everyone to gather, I have something to announce." ”
The team members quickly gathered, and their burning eyes fell on Li Changgeng one by one. In their hearts, Li Changgeng is no longer as simple as an ordinary ace player, nor is it comparable to any coach. In their hearts, Li Changgeng is a mythical existence, and with him, any opponent can win.
Li Changgeng was still a little unaccustomed to everyone's gaze, so he cleared his throat with a dry cough and said, "I'm saying goodbye to everyone." Li Changgeng will leave school tomorrow and will not be able to come back for a while. ”
"Where are you going...... the team asked, babbling.
Li Changgeng said with a slight surprise: "Li Changgeng received the summoning order of the national youth team, and they asked Li Changgeng to participate in the trial!" ”
The exclamations of the team members rang out again:
"The national youth team!"
"Can college students also participate in the national youth team?"
……
Mozart roared viciously: "Quarrel, it's a matter of course to participate in the national youth team with the strength of the boss." Let the boss go to the trial, this coach is a bit of an eye-catcher! But," he suddenly whispered, "Li Changgeng also wants to participate in the ......."
"Haha......" everyone laughed.
After the laughter, Li Changgeng took a book from Selena's hand and handed it to Leonard and said: "This is some of the records of my acting coach these days, and I have made some training suggestions for everyone's respective strengths." After reading it, you might as well try to practice it. ”
Leonard took it, looked down at the homepage, and looked down. The first page reads: "Leonard, merit...... Shortcoming...... Words like ......" need to be improved.
Over there, Li Changgeng clapped his palms: "Okay, I have to go back early today, do you have anything to say to me?" ”
"Come on, boss, you must be qualified to be a member of the main selection team!"
"Come on!"
"I'll watch your game on TV, Li Changgeng!"
……
Smiling and raising his hand, Li Changgeng waved goodbye to the other team members.
National Youth Team, Li Changgeng is here!
New York International Airport.
Li Changgeng got off the plane and walked out of the airport with the crowd. In the crowd of people greeting passengers in the hall, a sign was held high, and on it were the three big characters of "Li Changgeng". Li Changgeng walked over with his luggage, and the middle-aged man holding a sign saw Li Changgeng stop and asked, "Are you Li Changgeng?" ”
Nodding: "I'm exactly, you're here to pick me up?" ”
The middle-aged man said: "I am the outreach staff of the national youth basketball team, please come with me, the car is already waiting outside." ”
Carrying his bags, Li Changgeng followed him out of the airport hall.
The car carrying Li Changgeng was running through the streets of New York, and after half an hour, it drove into a wide courtyard and stopped in front of a tall building.
This is the training base of the national men's basketball team!
Li Changgeng looked up at the tall building in front of him, took a deep breath, and walked into the building with the middle-aged man.
In the stadium of the training base, the players in the stadium are training intensively, and the head coach Geng Xiangzhi is answering a phone call and shouting in surprise: "Coming?" Li Changgeng knows, you take him to his dormitory first and settle down, and Li Changgeng will go over immediately! ”
Geng Xiangzhi's voice was obviously a little louder, and the eyes of the players training in the field were all attracted. Looking at Geng Xiangzhi's departing back, the players in the field speculated.
"It looks like a new player is coming, and it seems that I must have been waiting for a long time to be able to make Director Geng so happy."
"It's strange, are there any other good players among the young players that we don't know? And the deadline for registration was already the day before yesterday! ”
"Don't guess, it's probably the U17 players. Don't you know? This time, the two national youth teams are training together! ”
"Oh......" suddenly realized the voice.
On one side of the pitch, two players from the New York Pearson team appeared to be whispering.
Li Zheng slapped the ball in his hand: "Your brother is here, don't you want to take a look?" ”
Sima Shenji turned his head to look at Selena with a serious face on the sidelines, and smiled bitterly: "Forget it, we can meet sooner or later anyway." ”
In the room, Li Changgeng looked at the player's dormitory and gently put his bags on the bed left for him in the room. Open the zipper, take out the luggage, and place it in the cabinet in an orderly manner.
The middle-aged man looked at Li Changgeng curiously, guessing the identity of the young man in front of him. Judging from Geng Xiangzhi's ecstatic tone, this teenager seemed to be the player he had been looking forward to for a long time. However, his age seems to be far from the standard of the national youth team. There is a clear childishness on his face, and even the characteristics of a minor - the fluff on his face, it is obvious that he is still a child. Although he was more than 180 centimeters tall, and the calm and unfazed expression on his face was not something that could be seen on the faces of ordinary young people, the middle-aged man was very sure that the age of the young man in front of him would not exceed sixteen years old.
Could it be a player of the national youth team (U17 national youth team)? But a player of the national junior team will make Geng Xiangzhi, who has always been calm, so happy?
The middle-aged man was puzzled, but he couldn't help but feel good about the young man in front of him. The delicate face, warm and peaceful eyes are enough to make anyone who sees him feel envious. The ability to go thousands of miles to the national youth team alone is enough to sigh for a while, thinking about the little princess in his dormitory, the middle-aged man not only sighed secretly.
The middle-aged man was still sighing, Li Changgeng over there had already finished cleaning up, and he looked up at the room with the book in his hand.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man said: "If you still need anything, you can tell Li Changgeng, and I will try my best to satisfy you here!" ”
Li Changgeng hesitated slightly for a while, and said, "Can you give me a desk?" Li Changgeng needs a place to read and write! Seeing the middle-aged man's puzzled expression, he added, "I'm still in school!" ”
"Hehe, Lao Hu go get him one!" A person at the door interjected with a smile. The two of them in the room turned their eyes to look, and Geng Xiangzhi was pushing open the door and coming in.
"Old ......" Li Changgeng blurted out "old man", but he finally reacted quickly and stammered, "Old ...... Teacher! ”
Geng Xiangzhi smiled and patted Li Changgeng's head affectionately, and unceremoniously acquiesced to the glorious title of teacher. The smile on his face fell on Li Changgeng's eyes, and the direct reaction was the feeling of itchy teeth.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man knew that the two had something to say, so he said goodbye.
Li Changgeng sat on the bed with his butt and didn't look at the smile on Geng Xiangzhi's face. The "big feud" some time ago has not been hated, but now he has become his own coach. Even if the "teacher" just now was unwilling, he was indeed his own teacher. My heart is really depressed!
Geng Xiangzhi looked at Li Changgeng with a bitter face in front of him with a smile, and a heartfelt smile swelled in his heart. It seems that they have returned to their first meeting some time ago, and the joy and anger in the heart of Chang Geng in front of him are still clearly revealed on his face. A period of time did not allow him to know how to hide the joy and anger in his heart. At this NCAA, looking at his calm and calm command of the team, shouting and commanding, he seemed to be a mature coach; Looking at his tenacious and unyielding efforts, resolute and bloody battles, he was already a seasoned player, Geng Xiangzhi thought that what he saw this time was a completely different Chang Geng - he had grown up!
Now that he is so close to observe, Geng Xiangzhi finds that Chang Geng in front of him still retains the innocence of a while ago, and he is still a child. This discovery made Geng Xiangzhi extremely happy! This is a piece of good material and beauty that is rare in a century, gambling on his basketball career of more than 30 years, Geng Xiangzhi absolutely believes that the Chang Gung in front of him can become a basketball superstar who shocks the world in the future, and his future is limitless. In such a generally impetuous sports environment in China, what could be more gratifying than that Li Chang Gung has been able to grow up without stain until now?
Geng Xiangzhi's smile fell into Li Changgeng's eyes, and he was almost sure that Geng Xiangzhi's mind was full of pride. Although Li Changgeng has never been a stingy person, the first time in his basketball life to defeat his opponent is in front of him, but there is no opportunity to challenge, and it is understandable to be depressed.
As if seeing Li Changgeng's thoughts, Geng Xiangzhi smiled and said, "Do you really want to compete with me?" ”
Li Changgeng immediately straightened up from the bed and nodded vigorously without hesitation.
"Aren't you afraid of losing?"
"Cut!" Li Changgeng scoffed.
Geng Xiangzhi pretended to be surprised and said: "Arrogant? ”
Rolling his eyes, Li Changgeng fell on the bed again, ignoring Geng Xiangzhi's words.
Touching his chin, Geng Xiangzhi said, "Take a break, I'll take you to your teammates and coaches later." There are a lot of old friends of yours. ”
Propping himself up from the bed, Li Changgeng hurriedly asked: "I have one thing to ask you, the order on the fax wants Li Changgeng to join the national youth team, which one is it?" Now there are two teams here! ”
Geng Xiangzhi smiled: "The head coach of both teams is me, no matter which team, you have to accept my leadership." Does it make a difference to you which team is the head coach of the national youth team, and the actual U17 executive coach is someone else, and he himself still invests more energy in the U20 national youth team.
"It makes no difference!" Li Changgeng said deflated.
Geng Xiangzhi, who was full of smiles, walked out of the room, and threw a sentence back into the house when the door was closed: "At seven o'clock in the evening, there is no one in the gymnasium, if you want to compete with me, come to the gymnasium at that time!" ”
The people in the room were stunned for a moment, and suddenly cheered and volleyed on the bed.
Practice matches are being played on the pitch of the U17 national youth team. The U17s, who have been training for three days, are in their second practice match.
Many of the people selected this time were selected from other places, such as Li Changgeng. The other players are naturally selected from the youth team or even the first team of a basketball school or professional basketball club. Compared with Li Changgeng, they have undergone more formal and rigorous training since childhood. They can be called half-pros. The national team, which has never had amateur players, suddenly poured into the top ten, accounting for almost half of the team, and it is natural for these professional players to have the psychology of competition. From the bottom of their hearts, they didn't believe that these amateurs could have any strength.
For these players, they are almost all aces in each team, and they have never been despised like this.
Naturally, the U17 national youth team was divided into two factions, and "let these guys become players on both sides when they see how good they are" immediately became a common idea between the two sides. Although the coach does not want to see factions in the team, he is also willing to know the strength of the individual players in the team. It is only natural to hold practice competitions.
On the second day of the training camp, the team held its first practice match. On the player's side, there are five players from the amateur department, and the tacit understanding between the amateur players and the previous experience with professional teams are a matter of course. The professional players also sent a strong lineup.
After the start of the game, the amateur team showed its true colors as kings, and the 10:2 start taught the professional players who despised them a hard lesson. The professional players put away their contempt and began to be cautious, and soon stabilized their positions and began to counterattack.
The professional department counterattacked, the department stepped up the counterattack, and the two sides came and went. The players on both sides gave it their all and tried to show their opponents that they were powerful. Soon after the start of the game, the two sides began to adjust their tactics, and since the coach was not involved in directing, the tactical changes were also done by the players themselves. On this side, the only point guard, Hong Cod, became the natural choice to call the shots. In terms of prestige, he is indeed the highest of these team members.
The amateur department once completely suppressed the opponent under the command of the cod, and the lead reached as much as 15 points at the most.
But professional players are not incompetent after all, they are all top players selected from various youth teams, and they do have the capital to be proud of. Under the leadership of Yi Haocheng, an official member of the second team of the Shanghai Sharks, he fought back in the final quarter and finally achieved a reversal with a two-point advantage, and finally won the first practice game.
Although the amateur side lost the game, it was enough to prove their strength. The amateur department was not angry about losing the game, and the professional department was even more dissatisfied with the experience of being 15 points behind the amateur opponent, and even won the game in a very thrilling way in the end. At the joint request of both sides, the second game was also launched as a matter of course.
Today is the second game.
The professional department has clearly prepared well for today's game. In terms of tactical literacy, they are indeed a cut above the players in the department, especially when they have a master like Yi Haocheng who has experience in the second team of the Shanghai Sharks. Although the player's side is also very skilled, and the talent is particularly outstanding, but there is always a lack of a soul center, and the strength of the players cannot really be condensed into a force. Although the cod is clever, when he can't combine the players who have only been running in for two days into a real team in a short period of time. He has never had the experience of leading so many top players with very different styles of play.
"It would be nice if Li Changgeng was here!" Some of the players on the amateur bench on the field involuntarily whispered to themselves. Such words fell into the ears of the others, and echoed the sound and quietly remembered. The players on the pitch couldn't help but have such thoughts in their minds.
If Li Changgeng is here, he will definitely do it! He's going to be able to lead us to win against these guys!
Although no one has any experience working with Li Chang Gung, all the amateur players believe in it.
This trust is built in the hands of the opponent and is unreservedly convinced. This kind of trust is the rarest and the most unwavering.
The chatter on the bench of the amateur department reached the rest area of the vocational department.
"Li Changgeng? Who is it? Cut, haven't heard of it! "The players in the professional department showed a scoff. Although they have realized that the strength of their opponent is not the amateur level they imagined, and they also know that most of the advantages on the court are due to the central role of Yi Haocheng, they are still unwilling to admit the strength of their opponent, at least in words. As for the Li Changgeng mentioned by the players, they would rather believe that it was just an excuse for the opponent to find an impending defeat.
Coach Yang Weiqi, who was watching the game from the sidelines, touched his chin and watched the game with a smile, and began to think about the future formation of the team in his heart. His eyes are focused on Yi Haocheng most of the time, "He will definitely be the core figure of the national youth team!" Yang Weiqi had such a thought in his heart. As for the amateur players, although they may lose this game, Yang Weiqi has already seen that they are indeed very strong. In particular, several players have very outstanding talents, and Yang Weiqi believes that after a period of training, they will definitely be able to be the main force of the national youth team.