Chapter 39: The Rats in the Arena
"Ah, I'm so hungry......," Ding Wei complained as he walked, "The breakfast you make is a miracle, can't you put some sugar in the cereal?" ”
"Well, in fact, this breakfast is not up to par, it seems that I need to find a sports food store, there should be high-fiber gluten-free cereal, you eat in the morning in fact, most of the nutrients have been lost, the more processed food is more so." Bai Wenkai explained.
"Okay, when I didn't say, did you have any snacks? Chocolate or something can be improvised. Ding Weidao.
"It's ready," Bai Wenkai pulled out a packet of dried fruits from the paper bag, "Almond slices." ”
"Eat this ...... again" Ding Wei even thought he had swallowed a 5-cent coin when he drank his first bite of cereal porridge in the morning.
"And cashew nuts." Bai Wenkai took out another packet.
"Just give it to me, you always hurry up and buy your nutritious breakfast, I sincerely hope you can't buy it." Ding Wei snatched the paper bag in Bai Wenkai's hand, and he didn't have a good airway.
Bai Wenkai smiled and turned to leave.
"Xiaomeng! Little Meng! Are you awake? Seeing that Bai Wenkai had already gone away, Ding Wei called Xiaomeng in a hurry.
"What's the matter with finding the old lady......" Lori in the dark stretched her waist, and suddenly felt a spirit, "Yo, yes, it's all hidden tasks, and it's a self-built task, the difficulty is ...... Tsk, hell level, this level of tasks will not come out until the middle and late stages according to the system process, I didn't expect anyone to be recognized by the 'deep sea' in this era. ”
"What do you mean?" Ding Wei was confused.
"You can't understand it, so I'll explain it roughly, when some information from the outside world is recognized by the 'deep sea', the system will release a corresponding hidden task, and the difficulty of the task is generally relatively large, because only by surpassing the wisdom of the vast majority of people in this era can it be possible to trigger the task mechanism of the 'deep sea'."
"Well, that dead student." Ding Wei nodded vigorously.
"Shenma?" Now it's Xiaomeng's turn to be confused.
"My agent, he's a sadist, he was there just now, you haven't seen him?"
"Some time ago, I chased a lot of dramas, and I'm making up for sleep these days," Xiaomeng yawned again, and Ding Wei could clearly see the two dark circles on Lori's face, "However, the old lady you said was quite interested, and when he came back and called me, I continued to sleep if there was nothing to do......"
"Damn!" Ding Wei jumped to his feet and said, "You won't prompt me to go again?" ”
"You think too much, there is no way to have any hints like this planned task, if it is done, it is done, and if it is not completed, it is not completed, given the difficulty of this task, you can't relax for a second from now on, good luck, heh...... I'm really asleep, please go away immediately and don't come back. ”
"Rely on ......" Ding Wei cursed in his heart, holding a paper bag full of various dried fruits and continuing to walk forward, and soon arrived at the door of the training hall of the Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital.
The door to the arena was ajar, and the sound of a basketball slapping on the floor kept coming from inside, as if a game was going on.
"Hey, it's obviously a holiday today......" Ding Wei probed his head and looked inside.
"Ahem, ahem!" The sudden coughing sound startled Ding Weiyi, and he looked back to see that it was Woody, the security guard of the stadium.
"Hello Uncle Woody." Ding Wei is also a frequent visitor in the stadium, so he is naturally very familiar with him.
"Oh, it's Ding," Woody touched his round bald head embarrassedly, "Isn't it a holiday today, why are you still here." ”
"Don't you want to practice for yourself, you know, I still have a lot to improve now...... "Now that he has fallen into the pit, Ding Wei at this time suddenly feels that this matter is not bad, at least can he establish an image of diligence and hard work.
Sure enough, Woody sighed approvingly in Ding Wei's expectant gaze: "There are really not many players like you in the league now, we used to have such a kid in Philadelphia, but he finally chose Los Angeles, it's really ...... Ah, I'm sorry, I'm older, my mouth is more broken, do you want to do training with the ball or training without the ball or strength training? "Having worked as a stadium security guard for many years, he also knows a little bit about the various training methods of professional players.
"Strength, upper limb strength." Ding Wei recalled the content of the training plan, he was really embarrassed to take out a stack of papers in front of others to read, that would be too SB.
"Okay, follow me, there's a small door here to enter......" Security guard Woody whispered, tiptoeing around the back of the arena with Ding Wei, and sure enough, there was a small door to enter.
Woody took out the key and opened the door, Ding Wei carefully followed him in, Woody turned on the light, and said to Ding Wei: "All the equipment here is yours, you can use it as you like, you should know this door, it leads to the venue inside, but it is locked now, so you don't have to worry about someone suddenly breaking in." ”
Ding Wei nodded seriously, what Woody did for him was actually beyond his duties, and now his identity was not a security guard, but a fan: "Uncle Woody, please do one more thing, a middle-aged man with glasses and a very civilized appearance will come over later, please bring him here too." ”
Woody nodded in agreement, but couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?" ”
"My agent, and at the same time my ...... Trainers. Ding Wei hesitated, this word was too inconsistent with Bai Wenkai.
"Okay, then I won't bother, remember to warm up." Woody turned and walked out of the training room, closing the door softly from the outside.
"I will." Ding Wei waved at Woody, who was waving at him outside the window, and spoke to him.
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"Okay, 10 minutes break, and the last set."
Ding Wei put the barbell on the shelf under the protection of Bai Wenkai, the weight of 125 pounds is really not light for him, this is not a bench press, but a standing posture of the arms curl, the difficulty is naturally much greater, the third group is done, his arms are already a little trembling.
"Don't worry, replenish some energy," Bai Wenkai handed over a handful of nuts, to be honest, he was a little surprised that Ding Wei was able to do this, after all, this guy had not been trained too systematically in terms of strength before, "Your strength foundation is very solid, much stronger than I expected." ”
"Of course." Ding Wei muttered indistinctly as he chewed the raw and hard nuts in his mouth vigorously, the expression on his face was like eating a candle, and he was completely numb to the taste.
"But strength training, the most important thing is to take it gradually, and it can take a long time to see results, so you have to be mentally prepared for that."
"Understood." Ding Wei chewed harder.
After doing 4 sets of barbells and 4 sets of dumbbells, the morning training came to an end, and the two of them simply spread out a stall on the floor of the power room, eating all kinds of lackluster sports food brought by Bai Wenkai, this is their lunch.
"Why do you eat this?" Ding Wei looked at Bai Wenkai, who was frowning and swallowing a piece of whole wheat bread, puzzled.
"How would you feel if I ate differently than you? Although I don't have the same job as you, and I can't need the same nutrients, at least I won't eat other foods in front of you. Bai Wenkai said seriously.
"You cow." Ding Wei nodded fiercely to show his admiration, if he said that his previous admiration referred to the things that Bai Wenkai had done, and now he really admired this person. The so-called successful person must have some characteristics that seem abnormal, and it only took him less than 24 hours to fully feel why this person can succeed from Bai Wenkai: every detail, he will stubbornly do it to the extent of meticulousness, even if these seem to have nothing to do with the final result, no matter what this kind of person does, he should be able to achieve something.
Bai Wenkai's training plan is as rigorous and orderly as his people, the barbell and dumbbell curl in the morning are dedicated to training the strength of the upper limbs, and the weight-bearing squat in the afternoon is dedicated to training the strength of the lower limbs, so that Ding Wei can not find an excuse to be lazy, after jogging at 3 o'clock to relax, he began to train the whole body strength again, until the afterglow of the sunset outside the window has begun to slowly end, Ding Wei finally finished the last set of exercises, exhausted he lay on the apparatus on all fours, not even a finger bothered to move.
"You're doing really well." I couldn't see Bai Wenkai's face clearly in the dark, and I didn't know what his expression was at this time.
"Thanks for the compliment, what did you prepare for me?"
"Grilled fish, tomatoes and raw celery."
"Oh, I've had enough......" Ding Wei tilted his head and looked straight at the ceiling, only to think that it would collapse in the next second.
"If you can do 100 percent of your training in one week, then I don't mind having you go to the best restaurant in Philadelphia for a full meal, but only once a week." Looking at Ding Wei, who couldn't beat his spirit at all, Bai Wenkai hesitated for a long time, and finally chose to give in slightly.
"A word?" Ding Wei asked expectantly.
"It's a deal." Bai Wenkai said softly, and Ding Wei seemed to hear his laughter.
"For a big meal, let's go!" Ding Wei rolled over from the apparatus and sat up, grabbed a piece of raw celery from the napple and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Eat slowly, you're not good for digestion."
"Ah, you still have to chew it......" Ding Wei sighed to the sky.
"Hey, why is the light in the power room on, and what is the sound inside?" The security guard who came to change shifts pricked up his ears and asked suspiciously.
"Oh, I forgot, I'll turn it off when I'm gone, inside...... Maybe it's a mouse, I don't believe it, it looks like it's eating something. Woody replied loudly as he repeatedly wrote a simple Chinese character on his uniform with his fingers, and it was the end of the day, and there were many doctors coming and going, and he didn't want Ding Wei's practice to become a well-known secret.
"Hey, it seems to be really ......" The security guard looked at Woody's right hand that kept gesturing, and seemed to understand something, "Forget it, just let it toss on its own, anyway, there is nothing to eat in the power room." ”
Woody nodded at him tacitly, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled.