Chapter 7: Joe Thomas
Blooming sunlight streams through the clean glass windows and slowly creeps through the room, bathing the whole room in golden sunlight.
Tang Wenlong turned around and slowly opened his eyes. He looked out the window a little blankly, watching the sunlight shining down and projecting on the quilt on the bed, and he could even see the fine dust drifting slightly in the air. The smell of dust and sunlight smells in the nose, and the whole body feels comfortable.
Tang Wenlong stretched his limbs, feeling that some places on his body were slightly sore. "Looks like I was a little reckless yesterday."
When people are in a state of high spirits, they will not feel tired. He walked so far with Fang Chuxia in his arms yesterday, and after he was done, he ran across the bridge again, and finally played the most fierce game with the physically strong Fugong Group. Just like some people who exercise too vigorously and do not think there is anything at first, but the next day, they will feel sore.
Tang Wenlong just frowned, when he practiced before, he often had such a situation, and he was used to it.
"Oh, oh no! It's going to be late! Tang Wenlong patted his head, screamed, shuddered, and then Ma Li climbed out of bed, "Oh my God, I'm going to be scolded by the head teacher again this time!" Tang Wenlong only felt that his eyes were dark: Why didn't the alarm clock go off today?
He got dressed and rushed out of the bedroom. Eyes swept over the living room table with two poached eggs and apparently cooled milk. Tang Wenlong rushed into the bathroom like a whirlwind, then picked up a toothbrush, toothpaste, towel or something, and showed off two operations on his face.
"Bang!" The door was smashed by Tang Wenlong and slammed, and even the window shook.
Tang Wenlong packed a mouthful of food, pushed out his racing car from the garage, then rolled over and stepped on, and rushed out with a "whoosh", the old grandfather and grandmother who were doing Tai Chi in the square looked at the young man who was riding fast, shook his head, and fought slowly.
Sometimes, Tang Wenlong also hates his parents' work.
His father, Tang Bing, is the captain of the Xiyang City Traffic Police Brigade, not only a leader, but also a people's policeman. Usually go out early and return late, and it is common for people to not go home for a few days when they encounter a business trip or something. And her mother Yang Lan is also a senior manager of a large company, and she is also busy with work on weekdays. So although Tang Wenlong's family conditions are very good, he buys him everything he wants, but he can't give him the company he needs the most, and the only thing that can accompany him is the most precious limited edition Spalding basketball and the open-air basketball court in the community.
Pedestrians on the road are in a hurry, less than seven o'clock, but there are already a lot of people running for a living, Tang Wenlong is interspersed on the road, blocking the space for overtaking on the inside of many drivers, which is a small killer on the road.
His home is not far from Xiyang No. 1 Middle School, but with his physique, it takes him fifteen minutes to ride a bicycle.
When he rode to the school gate, the gate was already closed, and the sound of students reading loudly came from the teaching building not far away.
Just as he was hesitating, the security guard at the door ran out: "Okay, Tang Wenlong, you're late again!" Your homeroom teacher has been waiting for you for a long time, and she just returned to the office not long ago, you wait, I'll call her! ”
"Oh, no!" As soon as Tang Wenlong pushed the bicycle, he ran over with a smiling face, stretched out his hand and hugged it, and the security guard of 1.75 meters was like a child in front of him. Tang Wenlong begged for mercy: "Big brother, you just spare me this time!" Turn back, I'll treat you to dinner when you turn around! ”
"Go, go, who's going to eat with you!" The security guard said righteously: "Your head teacher is angry!" Oh, I put you in, and in a while she comes to me and asks for someone, and I can't be scolded by her? Forget it, brother, I can't help you with this, you should ask for more blessings when you go back! After the security guard finished speaking, he dialed the head teacher's phone, "Toot ~ Toot ~ Toot ~", in Tang Wenlong's ears, it was like a life talisman.
His face was ugly, and his mind was spinning rapidly, "What to do, extinction is coming?" ”
"Click~Click~Click~"
Tang Wenlong was hanged at the door by the doorman, watching the toothless and unforgettable figure in the distance getting closer and closer. The sound of the high heels stepping on the ground was like stepping on Tang Wenlong's little heart all at once, Tang Wenlong was sweating on his forehead nervously, and a pair of eyes stared at the ground, not daring to look up.
"Smack~" pointy scalp shoes appeared in Tang Wenlong's field of vision, and then stopped thirty centimeters away from the sneakers on his feet, and a cold voice like a cold winter came: "Say, what is the reason this time?" ”
The tone was calm, but Tang Wenlong's eyes turned even more, obviously a head taller than the head teacher, but he felt that he was more than a step shorter than her. Tang Wenlong was speechless, and he was speechless.
"Speak, dumb?" The head teacher's tone was raised by one level, and Tang Wenlong panicked when he heard it.
"Well, if you don't say yes, I'll do it!" The head teacher clasped his hands to his chest and said like running water: "It's you every time, it's you every time!" Tang Wenlong, you are really good! Isn't it remarkable to win a few championships? Playing basketball well, what is the use of playing basketball well? It's only two months before the college entrance examination, but you still treat your studies with such an attitude, how can you be worthy of your parents? With such an attitude, I'm afraid you can't even afford two books."
The head teacher training was rising, and at this time, another male teacher came out of the first school building. He was looking for something left and right, and when he saw Tang Wenlong who was being lectured at the door, his eyes suddenly lit up, he walked over, and said, "Tang Wenlong, I finally found you!" “
The head teacher was very unhappy when he was interrupted, but when he looked at the person, he looked like a frosted eggplant, and a smile barely appeared on his face: "Director Feng, I'm giving a lecture, Tang Wenlong is late again." "That's it!" Director Feng waved his hand and said impatiently, "I'll talk about this kind of trivial matter later." Then he said to Tang Wenlong: "Tang Wenlong, follow me to the principal's office!" After speaking, he didn't say hello to the head teacher, turned around and left.
Tang Wenlong raised his head in surprise, he glanced at the head teacher with some hesitation, and stood still without moving. "What are you doing? Come with me! Director Feng, who had walked a distance, turned his head and said angrily.
Tang Wenlong glanced at the head teacher again, the head teacher's face was pale, he nodded stiffly, and his tone was stiff: "You go with Director Feng first, and then settle accounts with you when you come back!" "Hehe~~"
Tang Wenlong strode and followed
In the principal's office on the third floor of the office building, on the sofa where guests were entertained, Tang Wenlong was flattered with a cup of hot water, but he didn't expect that he would have such treatment.
Sitting in front of him were two old men, one on the left and one on the right.
On the left is Qiu Jingsheng, the current principal of Xiyang No. 1 Middle School. An old man of about fifty years old, with a smile on his face, he can't see the majesty, but he has a unique momentum. The headmaster, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, crossed his legs, and chatted happily with the important guests to his right.
And this important guest on the right surprised Tang Wenlong even more.
It turned out to be the old foreign man who greeted him at the door of the gymnasium after the game yesterday!
Oh my God, is it really the same person? Tang Wenlong felt that it must be the wrong way he opened it, or that the foreigner looked similar, but in fact, he recognized the wrong person? Yesterday's foreign old man's messy hair and dress were very local, but today's foreign guests combed their hair smoothly and brightly, and in the same way, they wore suits and leather shoes, and their dazzling leather shoes could even reflect a piece of light, which was simply blinding. "Ahem, Tang Wenlong!" The headmaster cleared his throat and spoke.
First, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the foreign guest next to him: "This is Mr. Joe Thomas, he is from the United States, and he said that you have already met yesterday, so I will not introduce it much." “
Tang Wenlong nodded obediently, but thought in his heart, obviously he only saw one time yesterday, and it seemed to be very familiar.
Principal Qiu smiled: "This Mr. Joe Thomas is currently the chief scout for the New York Knicks of the NBA, and he came to China this time to investigate, and he is very interested in your skills and physical talents. “
Tang Wenlong's head exploded with a bang, "NBA? New York Knicks? "How could he be noticed by the highest temple of basketball that he dreamed of? This happiness came so suddenly, he was blank for a while, and sat on the sofa blankly, staring blankly.
Joe Thomas is very satisfied with Tang Wenlong's state, no basketball player will refuse the charm of the NBA at this time, eh~ except for those Europeans who can't figure it out.
President Qiu continued to act as an interpreter and threw an even more explosive bombshell: "But you know, the NBA stipulates that overseas players must be over 22 years old to participate in the draft, but it stipulates that NCAA players who have completed a year of American college can participate in the draft, so this Mr. Joe Thomas came here this time to discuss with you about introducing you to some NCAA basketball schools in New York, such as Syracuse University."