Chapter 160: This Is My Rival?
After a grand family dinner, Zhang Xu officially settled in Nicola's home. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
For Zhang Xu, Nicola's parents are still very satisfied, humble, polite, cheerful, funny, and motivated, these advantages make them appreciate it very much.
Zhang Xu also accepted a little apprentice in the past two days, that is, Nicola's little brother Sid, pestering Zhang Xu all day long, asking Zhang Xu to teach him to play football.
Zhang Xu also likes this cute little guy very much, and happily takes Sid to contact football every day, and he also trains his skills by the way.
Even at Nicola's home, Zhang Xu still maintains a good training habit, getting up early in the morning every morning to practice, practicing for two hours in the morning and afternoon, and still training for one to two hours in the evening if he has time.
Now, Zhang Xu basically uses the skill of "wholeheartedly" four times a day, and four times is equivalent to 40 hours of ordinary training, which is absolutely not to be wasted for Zhang Xu.
Perhaps it is precisely because of Zhang Xu's strict self-discipline and positive spirit that the Peltz couple look at Zhang Xu differently and favor him.
When you arrive in the United States, you naturally have to watch the NBA.
On this day, Zhang Xu and Nicola, led by Rhodes, came to Madison Square Garden to watch the game between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls.
When Rhodes bought the ticket, it happened to buy the VIP seats in the first row.
After the three of them took their seats, the race soon began.
Originally, Zhang Xu thought he could see Jeremy Lin, but he didn't expect to see Jeremy Lin's shadow after looking for a long time, and after asking, he learned that Jeremy Lin had switched to the Houston Rockets in June.
This made Zhang Xu a little disappointed. However, since he didn't have the candidate he wanted to see, he focused more on the performance of the game itself.
Although it is the home court of the New York Knicks, the New York Knicks have been crushed by the Chicago Bulls from the beginning of the game.
In the end, the New York Knicks were defeated by the Chicago Bulls 110-106 on their home court.
In the middle of the game, there was also a small episode.
The New York Knicks in the middle of a pass. was slapped away by the Chicago Bulls, and the direction in which the basketball flew happened to be the direction of Zhang Xu and Nicola.
This ball flies quite high. Ordinary people, even if they jump up and use both hands, may not be able to pick the ball off.
Seeing the basketball flying towards the top of his head, Zhang Xu subconsciously got up from his seat, quickly jumped high, and then a beautiful lion shook his head. Pushed the basketball back.
When he fell to the ground, he realized that this was not a football field, and quickly sat down, pretending that nothing had happened.
However, his amazing bounce naturally frightened everyone in Madison Square Garden, and almost everyone looked at Zhang Xu with an incredible eye.
"Wow, what do I see?" At this time, the commentator at the scene also screamed loudly with a shocked face: "An Asian sitting in the VIP seat actually used his head to push back this flying basketball back!" His bouncing is really scary! According to my conservative estimate. He jumped at least one meter and two more just now! With this level of bounce, he can go to the High Jump World Championships! Such a terrifying bounce, if he is a basketball player, he is definitely a rebounding king who dominates the NBA! ”
The head coach of the New York Knicks and the head coach of the Chicago Bulls paid attention to Zhang Xu, and while being surprised, they also had a strong interest in Zhang Xu himself.
"When you go back, give me this young man's information immediately!" The head coach of the Chicago Bulls immediately turned to his assistant and said.
The head coach of the New York Knicks also gave instructions to his assistant, but the assistant quickly reported back to Zhang Xu's situation.
"What? Soccer players? Not playing basketball? Damn, what a waste of such a good bounce! Never mind. I'm already a professional footballer, so forget it, it's a shame! Alas! The head coach of the Knicks couldn't help but say regretfully after hearing the assistant's report.
When everyone looked at Zhang Xu. Rhodes also looked at Zhang Xu with a surprised expression: "Zhang, you, why did you jump so high just now?" It's incredible! ”
"I've been bouncing so well! This time I was not prepared enough, and I barely jumped! Zhang Xu was not modest, and directly told the truth.
"Not ready yet? You have to be well prepared, how high can you jump? Rhodes screamed.
"Uh-uh. If you haven't measured it carefully, it should be about 20 centimeters more than just now! Zhang Xu replied uncertainly.
"God, it's a waste if you don't play basketball!" Rhodes couldn't help but sigh.
"Giggles, brother, Zhang's football skills are far better than his bounce! I believe that Zhang will definitely become a superstar like Messi and Ronaldo! At this point, Nicola chuckled and said to Rhodes.
"Well, I don't really know much about football, I just know that Messi and Ronaldo are indeed very successful footballers, Nicola, are you sure Zhang will be able to do the same as the two of them?" Rhodes asked in disbelief, he didn't deliberately doubt Zhang Xu's ability, but he had never seen an Asian player in history who could do what Messi Ronaldo did, and now Nicola suddenly said that Zhang Xu would definitely be able to do it, how could he believe it?
Zhang Xu smiled slightly, and didn't want to say anything, because he knew that no matter how beautiful and bold he said now, Rhodes would be skeptical, or let the facts prove everything.
However, Nicola didn't follow, she hurriedly said loudly: "Brother, I have full confidence in Zhang!" Or, let's bet? ”
"Okay, bet on it! What do you want to bet on? Rhodes was amused by Nicola, and he came interested and asked.
"Listen to my mother, you recently bought some Apple shares? Why don't we bet on this? Nicola smirked.
"Hell, how can Mom spread the word about it? Alas, well, then bet on this! But if you lose, you'll have to get a Ferrari with me! Rhodes was not to be outdone.
"Deal, giggle!" Nicola happily high-fives Rhodes.
"Damn, how do I feel like I'm losing?" Rhodes looked at Nicola's bright smile and couldn't help but regret his hasty decision.
Zhang Xu and Nicola glanced at each other and laughed.
On the way back, Rhodes asked curiously while driving, "Hey, zhang, does the NBA basketball game feel any different from your football game?" ”
"Well, how can I say it," Zhang Xu thought for a while, and then replied: "It's also a very fierce competition, and they also pay more attention to the overall cooperation." However, there is still a certain difference between the two, to use an analogy, the football game is like a group charge of the cavalry of both sides, majestic and magnificent; And the basketball game is like a hand-to-hand fight between two teams of infantry, slashing and chopping, and ghosts crying wolves! We football players are like paladins, elegant and romantic, but also majestic and solemn, like God's favorite; And the basketball player is like a barbarian, rude and brutal but can also play treacherous and slippery, just like the regional Shura! I say that, can you understand? ”
Zhang Xu used two metaphors in a row to describe the difference between the two, but Rhodes obviously didn't understand, just "oh oh" perfunctorily said that he already understood, but did he really understand?
Seeing the old brother's stupid expression, Nicola couldn't help but burst out laughing, which made Rhodes a little embarrassed.
Soon, Rhodes found another topic: "Oh, by the way, Zhang, tomorrow I'm going to a college football game, will you come with Nicola?" By the way, cheer me on? ”
"Okay!" Zhang Xu didn't know much about rugby, but there was no problem cheering, so he agreed directly.
At 9 a.m. the next day, Rhodes took Zhang Xu and Nicola to the stadium of New York University, the university where he attended.
By the time they arrived at the stadium, the game had already been set up, and the players from both sides had already put on their uniforms and were warming up.
Rhodes hurriedly took Zhang Xu and Nicola to his team's preparation area, and hurriedly changed their jerseys while greeting their teammates.
"Hi Rhodes! You're finally here! I thought you were afraid of losing! Hey, isn't this Nicola? What a pleasure to meet you! I heard that you have been filming a TV series recently? ”
Just as Rhodes was changing their jerseys, a slightly harsh voice came from behind them.
Everyone turned around, and saw a tall young man with red hair standing behind them, looking at Nicola with a look of surprise.
Even if Zhang Xu is dull to his feelings, he can see that this young man has a unique and deep affection for Nicola! Could it be that this is still his rival? Haven't you heard Nicola mention it?
"Hey Jerry, who says we're going to lose? This time, our Department of Economics will definitely be able to win against your Department of Science and Engineering! Rhodes immediately exclaimed unconvinced.
"Hi, hello, Jerry!" Nicola simply said hello and didn't say more, but like a bird, she got into Zhang Xu's arms and hugged Zhang Xu's arms tightly.
"Who is this?" When the young man named Jerry saw that Nicola actually got into Zhang Xu's arms, his eyes immediately shrank, and he asked Rhodes coldly.
"Oh, did you say zhang? He's my sister's boyfriend! Haha, I told you a long time ago, my sister is not interested in you! Now that my sister has a boyfriend, you should hurry up and die! Rhodes was obviously very happy to see Jerry's ugly expression, and immediately laughed out loud. (To be continued.) )