Chapter 23: Qi

"Ding Wei only smiled at 15 points at halftime, he has won the trust of the coach." On the post-match report webpage of Sina Athletic Storm, Ding Weizheng at the end of the game showed two snow-white front teeth, smirking at the camera for an interview.

Ding Wei is speechless, isn't this the classic line of Brother Lian back then? Just as I was about to reply to something below, a Twitter prompt popped up on the phone screen: "There is a riot at the Oak Bar in Oakland!" Chinese people in California marched on the streets! ”

Ding Wei's heart sank, and he quickly clicked on Twitter, the mess in the bar, the bald fat man with bandages on his head, the angry expressions of his compatriots facing the camera, the shields waved in the hands of the riot police, and the red tear gas...... All of them made him feel a deep sense of powerlessness in addition to shock: if he encountered this kind of thing, what would he do? Swallowing one's anger means swallowing humiliation, rising up to resist, and perhaps years of painstaking management of one's life will be ruined.

Ding Wei clutched his phone tightly until the sweat oozing from his palms had soaked the screen, and finally he turned off the phone fiercely, and made a mouth cannon on Twitter, everyone can do it, he now needs to be on a higher stage, to make a bigger voice for his compatriots.

"Xiaomeng, I want all the information of the Phoenix Suns, pay attention to all."

"Getting the full profile of a team requires partial unlocking of the secondary match system and ......"

"Just tell me how many energy points you need."

"At least 200 points, as a program I faithfully carry out every one of your orders, but as a friend I solemnly warn you, if you do this, you will have some interest left in your energy card, which will affect ......"

"Xiaomeng, I still have a long career, but this tone, I'm going to fight now," Ding Wei's expression was as calm as an iceberg, but his tone was categorical, "In the next game, I must go to the press conference!" ”

"Humans are so stupid sometimes...... "Meng rolled her eyes.

……

"Slaughter! China's Ding bomb launched the sun! There was a thick bloody atmosphere behind the red title, 28 points, 10 assists, 9 steals, 4 consecutive three-pointers in the fourth quarter, 100% shooting rate, and the heart-wrenching data of almost cutting a triple-double made Ding Wei occupy the front page headlines of all sports websites around the world for the first time after the game.

"The 76ers didn't expect anything today, especially Ding, who I didn't know anything about before this game, and now I have to make him a target for our next game against the 76ers." Suns coach Jeff Hornacek, who was hit by Ding Wei's anger, was unusually calm, and the "Death Gun", who was known for his stability and big heart when he was a player, admitted the defeat of the game very calmly in front of the camera.

"But we haven't heard anything from the 76ers about Ding's contract extension......

"Hehe," Jeff Hornacek smiled, "I think if the 76ers don't renew Ding's contract, then I'm afraid the other 29 teams in the league will immediately wave their checkbooks and pounce." ”

"Does that include Phoenix?" There are keen reporters who grasp the crux of the matter at once.

"Hehe, what do you think?" Hornacek still smiled.

In contrast to Hornacek's calmness, Ding Wei seemed a little uneasy in front of the camera, and after a brief summary of the course of the game, he took the initiative to shift the conversation to the riot that took place in Golden State on the last day of 2014.

"My compatriots have given me courage, many of them have suffered all kinds of injustices in the past few days, and it has also made me realize that many problems cannot be solved by patience alone, and their cry can allow more people to try to understand and understand our human side, rather than just treating us as cheap labor or technological batteries."

The reporters were collectively shocked, and just when they felt that the next interview might be the real surprise, Ding Wei's words changed suddenly.

"So I hope that my compatriots can face everything around them rationally, prove themselves with actions, don't be rash, that will not do us any good in our own lives, we want to be competitive and not resentful, and don't try to change other people's opinions, you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep, not to mention that some of us are not taking the right approach at the moment, so we must first stay awake before waking others, that's all."

Ding Wei stood up and left after saying this, until he walked out of the small door of the press conference, he let out a long breath of turbidity, this passage has been repeated many times in his mind, he also thought of a more radical way to seek justice for his compatriots, even if justice does not necessarily exist, but he finally succeeded in controlling the burning range of anger in his chest on the court, and chose calm and restraint off the court.

"It's my choice, isn't it?" He muttered to himself into the air.

"NONO, BROTHER, ** THAT'S SO COOL," NOLENS-NOLL SLAPPED DING ON DING WEI'S BACK, CAUSING THE LATTER TO GRIN IN PAIN, "WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?" I'm telling the truth! ”

"Why did you come down too?" Ding Wei was surprised, today's monster-level performance of Noor's 16 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks was enough for him to brag about it at the press conference, could it be that this kid suddenly changed his sex?

"I told the reporters that I wasn't in the mood to talk today, and then I came down," Knoll said, with a righteous and awe-inspiring expression, "I'm also a person of color." ”

Ding Wei was moved and felt a little sorry for him: "Such a good opportunity...... Just missed it. ”

"The media is a swarm of flies, whether you ignore it or not, they will always chase you," Noel smiled, revealing his trademark big white teeth, "'Noll, who usually talks eloquently, suddenly said nothing, and he is invincible in silence', what a powerful title! I dare say they're definitely taking crazy pictures of my empty seat right now and capitalizing close-ups, hahahaha. ”

Ding Wei stared at Noel in a daze for a long time, and finally squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "You also seem to be loyal." ”

……

"Wonderful speech, if he retires one day, this eloquence alone may be able to eat a bowl of rice." In the large office, Joshua Harris pressed the "close" button in the upper right corner of the huge display and turned to the subordinate in front of him, saying that as a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he always felt that the city and the 76ers were inextricably linked, and it was for this reason that he took over the team that had gradually fallen apart after the departure of the big and small AIs.

"But I always think," Sam Kimchi, the general manager of the 76ers, is a strange existence in the NBA's management circle, and he is the initiator of the 76ers' crazy swing to get draft picks in recent seasons, but even so strange he feels a little unpredictable about Ding Wei at this time: "There seems to be a fire in his heart, this fire may destroy others, but it is more likely to destroy himself." ”

"I prefer to call this 'fire' you speak of 'qi', Sam, have you heard of Mencius?"

"Fiercely?" Sam Kimchi tried to straighten his tongue and ultimately failed.

"Okay, let's move on to the next unit," Joshua Harris shrugged, "I'm bullish on him, but our original plan remains the same, and on that basis, I want you to keep him." ”

"So, are you going to lay off some people?" Sam Kimchi asked softly.

"I'll leave that to you, man," Joshua Harris snapped his fingers leisurely, pulled a box of cigars out of a drawer, tossed one to Sam Kimchi, and lit another himself, "You'll be able to do it, look at you." ”

"It's not that I have to take the blame......" Sam Kimchi could only smile wryly as he took the cigar.

In the air, a strong smoke and fire gradually rose.