Chapter 85: A sparring partner with a weekly salary of $10,000
Wang Lei is not worried about whether Zhou Yuwei can be admitted to Stanford University, he has long known that Zhou Yuwei, like her sister Zhou Yuqiang, is a top student in terms of learning, and her comprehensive strength is also very strong, and she belongs to students who are very welcome regardless of which school. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Wang Lei only needs to worry about himself.
The three subjects of the SAT, reading, math and writing, among which reading and writing Wang Lei is not worried at all. In his previous life, he watched too many American dramas and Hollywood original soundtrack movies, and in this life, in addition to practicing boxing, he spends most of his time writing scripted novels and soaking in the library.
However, for mathematics, Wang Lei is not very sure.
In his previous life, Wang Lei's mathematics was very poor, and he often miscalculated even simple arithmetic.
According to the Internet, his math was taught by a physical education teacher.
Although the reborn Wang Lei has a better brain than in his previous life and a much stronger memory, he still hasn't improved much in mathematics.
Wang Lei can only study hard, read more math books and calculate more, his requirements are not high, as long as he can score more than 500 points in mathematics, it is enough.
After a month of hard study, Monvina Middle School began a unified SAT test, Wang Lei because he practiced the "Tai Chi Breathing Technique" for an hour before the exam, adjusted his body and mind to the best state, and the result was that he played very well during the exam, and even the math that has always been a headache did not feel very difficult.
Wang Lei estimates that he will be able to score 600 points in mathematics this time, and as for reading and writing, 750 is still low, at least 780 or even 800 full scores.
However, Bill Duncan felt very bad, and it is estimated that he can only get half of the overall score at most.
Bill seems to have been plagued by bad luck this year, accidentally injured during training in January, and then forced to participate in the high school league despite the injury, only to be injured on top of injury, and the team doctor thought that he could no longer play basketball.
Bill was so sad that he almost committed suicide, but fortunately, Wang Lei took him to his grandfather's Chinese medicine hall as soon as he knew about it, and after his grandfather's personal treatment and secret Chinese medicine, only two months, Bill, who was thought by the school team doctor to be unable to play basketball in the future, was cured and returned to the basketball court.
It's just that after all, Bill interrupted training for more than two months, and his strength dropped a lot, although he worked hard after participating in the high school basketball league, but in the end, because of the reduced playing time and the lack of teammates, Monvina Middle School stopped in the top 16, and his results were far worse than last year.
And because Beal has been injured and his performance is not as good as last year, the high school top pick, who was originally expected to become the NBA draft, has dropped all the way to outside the 20th.
Beal was frustrated, but still decided to participate in this year's NBA Draft, and he didn't want to go to college.
Wang Lei supported Beal's decision and decided to accompany Beal to New York for the NBA draft.
Before the draft, Beal listened to Wang Lei's proposal, asked himself to find a professional agent, and went to the Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors and Chicago Bulls to participate in tryouts, focusing on his defensive skills and ability to grab rebounds.
Chicago Bulls assistant coach Phil Jackson is said to be very optimistic about Beal after seeing his performance, and said that he would propose to the Bulls' head coach and general manager to use the Bulls' No. 11 pick to select him.
Wang Lei felt that Beal was transferred, and it would be easy to join the Chicago Bulls, play with Jordan and Pippen, and mix up a championship ring. It's really a shame that he was down in the pick, and if he is still the first choice for the top pick, the Bulls will not have the slightest chance of selecting him.
As the Chinese idiom says, "If you lose your horse, you will know if you are blessed"!
However, when he returned to Madison Square Garden in New York, Wang Lei found that he was too happy for Bill.
Phil Jackson isn't the head coach of the Chicago Bulls right now, just an assistant coach, and his proposal didn't work. Bulls' current head coach Doug Collins didn't like Beal and opted instead for a center named Will Purdue.
No one took a fancy to Beal in the subsequent draft, and it wasn't until the 21st pick that Beal was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers.
Bill lowered his head and felt faceless, but Wang Lei patted him on the shoulder to celebrate him, saying that his luck was not bad.
If memory is correct, the Portland Trail Blazers seem to have one of the top 50 superstars in the future at this time, and his scoring ability is no weaker than Jordan's, and Drexler, nicknamed "******".
Beal can't partner with Jordan, and it's good to be paired with Drexler.
And Portland is not far from San Francisco, only more than 800 kilometers, and it is convenient to go back and forth.
After the draft, Wang Lei stayed in New York to play with his junior sister Lin Linglong for two days, and then returned to San Francisco to start preparing for the match against Robert Duran on August 16.
Within days of returning to San Francisco, Monvina Middle School released the scores of students who took the SAT.
Wang Lei's SAT score is 785 in reading, 620 in math, 800 in writing, and a total score of 2205, which fully meets the admissions requirements of Stanford University (calculated by computer, it should be not wrong).
Stanford University quickly responded to Wang's application and welcomed him to report.
Wang Lei chose to major in psychology.
It's not that he wants to be a psychiatrist after retiring, but he thinks that Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the protagonist of the movie "The Silence of the Lambs" and the American drama "Hannibal", is very popular and wants to learn from him.
Not to learn how Hannibal eats people, of course, but to learn Hannibal's ability to see and manipulate people's hearts.
If this ability is applied to boxing matches, it is expected to have good results.
With a height of 1.70 meters and an arm span of only 1.68 meters, Robert Duran is the worst of the four middleweight kings, but he can fight the other three kings, and once defeated Leonard on points to win a five-division world title.
In 2003, Boxing magazine ranked Robert Duran at No. 5 in the list of the 80 greatest stars of professional boxing history of the past 80 years, well above the other three, along with Sugar Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong, Mohamed Ali and Joe Lewis.
Wang Lei's opponent in the last game, Mike McCollum, who was also selected as a superstar of the 80, was only ranked 79th.
This shows how powerful Robert Duran is!
Wang Lei will not despise Duran because his height and arm span are far inferior to him, or because he is over thirty-seven years old.
On the contrary, it is more important than ever.
After returning from New York, Wang Lei went directly to retreat and cultivate.
It was decided to train until August 10 before going to Panama City for acclimatization training to face Duran in the best possible condition.
In order to make Wang Lei adapt to a short boxer like Duran, Sadler invited a boxer with a height of only 1.69 meters and a physical condition similar to Duran to serve as Wang Lei's sparring partner.
The Al Balado is a Californian, weighs about 160 pounds, was born in '48, debuted in '66, and is now forty years old, once won the WBC super welterweight title in '74, retired in '82, played 71 fights, won 57 fights, lost 13 and drew one, and won 43 knockout victories.
If it weren't for the boxing champion's poor management after retirement, which led to bankruptcy and no money to spend, Sadler probably wouldn't have been able to hire him.
Sadler's price for Al Balado's sparring partner is $10,000 a week, more than three times the combined weekly salary of Cruise, Chekov and Harrison.
No way, who made the family once a boxing champion!
Sadler asked Al Balado to try to emulate Duran's boxing style and fight Wang Lei for at least five weeks.
Al-Balado, who was desperate for money to support his family, agreed.