Chapter 11: The Holy Land
What is the most precious thing in heaven and earth?
There is only family affection, only family affection......
In order to allow his son to return to the club as soon as possible to participate in training with peace of mind, Wang Yu's father resolutely went through the discharge procedures and returned home the next day despite everyone's strong opposition. For this reason, Wang Yu felt very sad and blamed himself, but he did not dare to disobey his sick father.
He can only remember this fatherly love deeply in his heart.
In addition to the whipping of father's love, during these three days of rare vacation, there was another thing that made Wang Yu very troubled, that is, his girlfriend Xu Jiaman's attitude towards him.
Cold and disregarding their own existence.
In the past three days, except for Xu Jiaman occasionally saying a few words to himself in front of his parents, he didn't pay attention to him at all at other times, and even when there were only two of them left, the afterglow in the corner of Xu Jiaman's eyes was unwilling to stay on him for a moment.
Puzzled, Wang Yu tried to carefully ask the reason a few times, but Xu Jiaman responded to him without half a word except for sneering or sneering.
In distress, Wang Yu also asked his mother on the side, but in the end he did not find the reason.
In such a panic, Wang Yu did not get a little bit of warmth from his girlfriend Xu Jiaman, so he spent a three-day vacation pitifully.
At noon on the third day, Wang Yu had already returned to his apartment in the city. As soon as he put down the souvenirs that his mother forced him to bring, Zhang Ping asked him to rush to the club immediately for a meeting.
Listening to Zhang Ping's tone on the phone, it seemed that the management and the coaching staff had something very important to announce to the players, Wang Yu did not dare to slack off, and immediately hurried to the team's pre-game mobilization room.
Having just found a place to sit down, Wang Yu didn't have time to talk to a few familiar teammates, and many staff members walked in quickly behind Han Bin and the foreign coach. Seeing this formation, the team members knew that there was something important to announce, and immediately sat up straight one by one.
After the group sat down, Han Bin whispered a few words to the foreign coach, then smiled and patted him on the shoulder and stood up from his seat.
"We have just received an invitation from Qingdao Double Star Club to play a friendly match against them at the Qingdao University Gymnasium in two days. The reason why I called you here is to remind everyone that because we are the Airborne Force in the CBA League, there will be many clubs that will use us as a target for practice until the end of the preseason. The reason is very simple, firstly, we are newcomers who have never appeared on the professional field, secondly, we have no foreign aid, and the tactical system is not fully mature, so there will be many clubs willing to sacrifice us with the flag. ”
Han Bin paused, suddenly put away the smile on his face, and continued: "But I want to tell you that the reason why I formed this team is not to play soy sauce in the CBA arena, let alone launder money. So I don't want to see anybody fool me and my team for fools, and I and the management of our team will be watching you carefully in the next games and we need you to show an attitude. ”
Speaking of this, Han Bin intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the location of Liu Wei and the other three, and said: "I can now clearly tell you that there will be some changes in the team's personnel before the official start of the season. Okay, that's all I want to say, and now I ask the coach to talk about the specific training matters in the next two days. ”
Seeing Han Bin sitting back in his position in a very chic manner, Wang Yu understood the chirping bird language that popped out of the foreigner's mouth through the translation, and secretly observed the reactions of Liu Wei and the other three with the corner of his eye. In front of them, sure enough, Liu Wei and Wang Zhelin's faces all looked indifferent, but to Wang Yu's surprise, Zhu Fangyu's face not only did not show the same look as them, but after hearing Han Bin's words, he frowned tightly.
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In the afternoon, the Purple Kirin men's basketball team simulated a full-court confrontation in an official game. What is different from the past is that this time Liu Wei, Wang Zhelin, and Zhu Fangyu were assigned to a team at the same time, and the average height of their team reached 203CM, which was exactly the height of the center on Wang Yu's side.
In the sigh, the game began.
Surprisingly, however, as the game progressed, the situation on the pitch did not seem to go the way one had expected. On the contrary, under the leadership of Wang Yu threading the needle, the five players wearing white jerseys with an average height of only 196CM were blowing a whirlwind of fast attack on the field.
Just after halftime, the white side led by Wang Yu miraculously led Liu Wei's blue side by a full 17 points.
Perhaps feeling humiliated, Liu Wei's blue team abandoned the arrogance and laziness of the first half shortly after the start of the second half, and they stepped up their interior attack and one-on-one back-to-back singles. However, although they changed their tactics and attacked better, they still couldn't stop the fast attack style adopted by Wang Yu's white side to quickly resolve the battle in seven seconds.
In the final quarter of the game, the shooting percentage decreased due to the decline in physical strength of both sides. However, because Liu Wei's side mainly focuses on the inside line and height advantage, they gradually gained the upper hand, and they were about to catch up with or even overtake the score.
At this time, Wang Yu, who had been holding back in the first three quarters and trying to make a wedding dress for his teammates, jumped out violently. He took advantage of the opponent's disadvantage of being too tall to keep up with his pace in seven minutes, scoring 11 points and four assists in one go, and timely stifling the momentum of the opponent's counterattack. As the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Wang Yu's white team finally defeated Liu Wei's blue team by seven points.
Although the score gap is not very large, Han Bin and the foreign coach on the sidelines watched the whole process of the game in their eyes, but their eyes were full of smiles. Because after the test of this game, they have completely determined the team's departure for the new season - the small ball whirlwind.
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Lying lazily on the sofa in the living room, Wang Yu held a bedtime drink prescribed by the team's nutritionist in his hand, and quietly listened to "Those Years" from the stereo with his eyes closed.
At this moment, Wang Yu was in a very good mood, although it was just an ordinary internal confrontation in the afternoon, the joy of victory still made him reminisce for a long time.
After a moment, Wang Yu sat up. Glancing at the quaint mobile phone on the coffee table, he thought for a moment and finally gave up the idea of calling Manman. It's not that Wang Yu doesn't miss his girlfriend, it's just that he doesn't know if Manman's inexplicable snub has changed at this moment, and he is even more afraid of hitting him at this time, and Manman will sob inexplicably.
"Hey."
Wang Yu sighed lightly, and then drank the little drink left in the cup in one gulp. I just wanted to get up and go back to my room to rest, when suddenly the doorbell rang. When the door was opened, Wang Yu was slightly stunned, and it was Zhu Fangyu standing outside the door with a smile on her face.
"Won't you invite me in and sit down?" Zhu Fangyu smiled and pointed behind Wang Yu.
"Oh, please come in, please come in." Wang Yu came back to his senses and hurriedly beckoned Zhu Fangyu into the living room.
"Isn't it surprising that I'm coming to disturb you so late?" Zhu Fangyu asked with a smile while taking the tea from Wang Yu's hand.
"No bother, I'll have to sleep for a while." Wang Yu smiled and waved his hand, handed over a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "But to be honest, Brother Yu, I am indeed a little surprised that you came so late." ”
"I won't go around the bush anymore, I came to you so late today because I want to ask you for something." Zhu Fangyu smiled and took a sip of tea and went straight to the point.
"Don't say that, Brother Yu. You're older than me, so if you say anything, as long as I can help, I'll help. Wang Yu hurriedly waved his hand and said sincerely.
"I hope you find a chance to tell Han Bin not to lay me off, okay?" Zhu Fangyu said and put away the smile on her face.
"Brother Yu, what's wrong? Why do you say that, saying anything won't lay you off. Wang Yu forcibly stabilized his mind and asked puzzledly.
"To be honest with you, when I first signed with the club, I actually knew that Han Bin wanted to use me, Liu Wei and Wang Zhelin to promote the club, and he didn't plan to keep us at all."
Zhu Fangyu smiled bitterly as she spoke, and continued: "Originally, I didn't care, anyway, I was already at the end of my career. But after meeting you, I really want to play basketball again, and I don't want to spend the last few years of my career wandering around now. In fact, Han Bin's attention to you is already an open secret in the team, and I believe that I will stay only if you talk to him. ”
"If you have this idea, wouldn't it be better to tell him directly?" Wang Yu asked tentatively.
"I don't have to talk to him because I changed my mind because I wanted to play with you, don't you understand that this is a professional player's unique respect for basketball?" Zhu Fangyu looked up at Wang Yu and said seriously.
What slammed into the depths of my soul, and what made me respect you. It's your words, it's your words of respect for basketball.
Respect, the unique respect of professional players for basketball, an old player whose career has reached the end of his life, in a corner of his heart, actually retains such a holy place that cannot be trampled on for the basketball he loves.
Isn't that an immense love for basketball? I am afraid that this kind of love has melted into the bone marrow and in the blood.
There's nothing to add, but I don't know it.
In the night, Wang Yu stood on the balcony and watched Zhu Fangyu's back slowly disappearing, with a lot of thoughts in his heart. He was reminiscing about what Zhu Fangyu said to him before, and the concern that he was still reluctant to give up on basketball, for which he was very moved. But when he thought of Zhu Fangyu's request for himself, he couldn't help but hesitate a little in his heart. Although Han Bin has clearly established himself as the core of the team, personnel changes and the retention of players are under the jurisdiction of the team's management and coaching staff after all, and he can't predict how Han Bin will react once he mentions this matter.
In the struggle, sleepiness rolled in, Wang Yu smiled bitterly, stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, and then turned around and walked into the house. Regarding Zhu Fangyu's request, he had already made up his mind in his heart.
(Three shifts a day, the third shift today.) )