Chapter 009 America, I'm Here (Collection, Scattering Flowers)

"Qingyu, I'm going to the United States tomorrow, and there will be a period of time when it's the Qixi Festival, and it's also my birthday, you know, I don't have anything to give you, I can't afford 999 roses, but I can afford to give them." Liang Xiao took out a handful of flowers from behind him, but it was not a real flower.

Mu Qingyu looked at this handful of flowers, and couldn't help but leave tears, "stupid", holding the flowers in one hand, and constantly beating Liang Xiao's chest with one hand.

"This is the rose that I spent two weeks folding, and although my hands are a little clumsy, I finally folded it out." Then hold your breath, "Qingyu, I think I'm your spring, can you be my girlfriend?" ”

Mu Qingyu threw herself into Liang Xiao's arms, "Stupid, I am willing, I am willing, these flowers are more beautiful than the real ones, more precious than gold, thank you." ”

Looking at Mu Qingyu's tearful eyes, Liang Xiao gently wiped the tears on her face with her thumb, the surrounding scenery was frozen, the air pressure was constantly increasing, Mu Qingyu's chest was rising and falling rapidly, and the hormonal taste of love permeated the surroundings. Liang Xiao leaned down, his lips lightly touched the lips of the herring, and suddenly, as if a chemical reaction had occurred, Mu Qingyu responded to Liang Xiao fiercely, and the tips of their tongues kept touching each other, and the sweet taste went straight from the tip of their tongues to their minds.

The beautiful night is as red as a rose, full of romance.

Looking blankly at the clouds and the boundless blue ocean by the window, a series of names came to mind, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, Washington, and the NBA couldn't believe that they could go to the United States so easily, this young and passionate country led the world. Under the send-off of family and friends, I said goodbye to the land where I had lived for many years.

Despite the arrival of early September, New York did not feel the cold because of the Atlantic Ocean. After more than 10 hours of flight, the plane landed at about 6 p.m. local time at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, a world-class airport named after the former US president. Liang Xiao set foot for the first time in New York City, a young city full of roofless buildings that make people all over the world feel endless prosperity and dreams.

Out of the airport, Bob drove an old Ford down the highway, and soon the tall buildings on both sides swallowed the road like wild beasts. Michael Jackson's music was playing in the car, and Bob smiled at Liang and said, "I've already contacted the team, I'll take you to my house for the night today, and I'll take you to the club tomorrow." ”

"Okay, everything is arranged according to your consciousness."

New York City is on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, too big for Liang Xiao's imagination, and Bob's home is far from the city center, a typical three-bedroom apartment, full of freedom. Liang Xiao only has more than two thousand dollars on him, and Bob's request is undoubtedly something that Liang Xiao can't ask for.

Bob's wife is in her forties, with a few freckles on her face, and although she can't speak Chinese, the openness of the Americans is unmistakable, and she is very enthusiastic about Liang Xiao, specializing in sourcing ingredients from supermarkets that Asians like to eat, but this enthusiasm obviously goes against Liang Xiao's original intention, Liang Xiao wants to taste authentic American grilled steak.

The next morning, Bob drove the old Ford to the club with Liang Xiao, after all, it was far away from the club, and New York was also overcrowded, although it was one of the largest cities in the world, but there was no traffic jam like in China, and it took two hours to come to the club.

The New York Knicks are located in the center of New York, and joined the BAA, the predecessor of the NBA, in 1946. The most well-known are the famous coach Parker Riley and later Hall of Fame superstar Patrick Ewing, although Parker Riley later left the Miami Heat, but cannot but recognize his greatness, and Patrick Ewing ushered in the Ewing era of the Knicks, with his contemporaries Michael Jordan and Dream Heiken Olajuwon are all team icons.

The Knicks' home arena, Madison Square Garden, is the stadium where many NBA stars dream of playing. In 1997, the American Cable TV Group spent $30 million to buy a 100% interest in the team, the stadium and related real estate, and the American Cable TV Group, which has a market value of 8 billion US dollars, can be said to be not bad for money. And this arena is not only used for basketball games, world-class stars like Michael Jackson sing here, which can be said to be multi-purpose.

Standing in front of Madison Square Garden, Liang Xiao could only marvel that there is no such stadium in China, and only the Bird's Nest built in Beijing in later generations will give people such a great momentum, and it can be said that playing here is really a pleasure. Thinking of the cheers of more than 20,000 people, my blood is really boiling.

Bob beckoned Liang Xiao to the team's training venue, which is obviously much smaller, there are many players on the field in training, seeing the arrival of a yellow person like Liang Xiao, he is very puzzled, and he is pointing and speculating, some say that he is Japanese, some say that he is Korean, but he does not take this new competitor too seriously in his expression, because in the United States, basketball is black except for whites, in their opinion, whether it is Japan or South Korea, these yellow people are not suitable for playing basketball, Perhaps in their eyes, the Chinese will only play small balls such as table tennis.

"Hi Doug, are you okay?" Bob saw the assistant coach holding the tactics board on the sidelines, and enthusiastically hugged the past.

'It's a busy day, pre-season is just around the corner, we're still a little bit tight on the staff, you know we're looking to find some good benches before the season starts. Huh, Asian? Looking at Liang Xiao behind Bob, the assistant coach also questioned.

"Doug, look I've got a good player for you." Turning around, Liang Xiao stepped forward, "Doug Jenny, Knicks assistant coach, Liang Xiao, is from beautiful and mysterious China. Bob introduced Liang Xiao to Doug, and looking at the pot-bellied assistant coach, Liang Xiao couldn't help but wonder if he could establish himself here, maybe it was up to him.

"Hello, welcome to the Knicks."

"Hello, it's my honor to be here!" Liang Xiao held Doug's hand, showing the modesty of the Chinese.

"It's great that you can speak English, so you don't have to communicate hard, and since we're here, let's let our technicians see it first. Hopefully we can see something like the Chinese Yao."