In the following days, Chen Lin still spent time in continuous training, and the more he trained, the more Chen Lin felt that his level was still far behind, which was a good thing, which could make Chen Lin work harder.

In addition to the Los Angeles Lakers' away games, Kobe and Chen Lin will meet on time on the streets of Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning every day, and Kobe Bryant will always stop his car and chat with Chen Lin for a while.

After a period of acquaintance, Chen Lin has a very good understanding of Kobe, this is a man with a typical American sense of humor, Kobe's easy-going makes Chen Lin less restrained and more cordial when facing the NBA superstar.

It's always a pleasure to have someone to talk to in the silence of a deserted street in Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning, especially since that person is also the NBA's superstar Kobe Bryant.

Although each conversation between the two men was very brief, they still found a lot of common interests and topics, such as their favorite football club is AC Milan in Italy, and for example, they are both fans of Brazilian star Ronaldinho.

Although Kobe Bryant is a professional basketball player, he knows no less about football than Chen Lin, and most of the conversations between the two revolve around football, of course, Kobe will also tell Chen Lin some scandals and gossip in the NBA.

In addition, Bryant is also very interested in China, an ancient country in the East, and he always asks questions about Chinese kung fu and Chinese culture. If Chen Lin, who had been living in the United States before, would definitely not be able to answer these questions, but now Chen Lin has crossed over from China, so he can answer all of Kobe's questions about China fluently.

With continuous contact, Kobe Bryant became the first friend Chen Lin made since he crossed to the United States, Salgado could have become Chen Lin's first friend, but unfortunately after the draft, Omar Salgado, as the top pick in the draft, set off for the Vancouver Whitecaps to report, and he could not stay in Los Angeles with Chen Lin.

Chen Lin and Kobe Bryant gradually got acquainted, for Kobe, Chen Lin in addition to friendship, but also a trace of admiration, the previous Chen Lin just heard of Kobe Bryant's name, but now he regards Kobe as his friend, but also as his idol.

Kobe's personal charm deeply attracted Chen Lin, Chen Lin even watched Kobe's personal highlights on the court on the Internet, Chen Lin was only interested in the personal highlights of football stars, but now he also looks at basketball.

Then Chen Lin also received Kobe's first invitation, which was half a month after they met, Kobe Bryant drove a red Ferrari sports car, which was cool in front of Chen Lin, and then he took out a ticket.

Of course, this is not a ticket to a party, because Kobe himself is not a person who likes to attend or hold parties, and during the break, Kobe will prefer to stay at home, read books, and listen to music.

Kobe Bryant brought Chen Lin a ticket to the Los Angeles Lakers' home game, and although Chen Lin was not very enthusiastic about basketball games, he still came to Staples Arena at the invitation.

The Staples Arena was packed, and every Los Angeles Lakers fan was shouting Kobe's name, and Chen Lin really saw how popular Kobe Bryant was in the city, and he was the pride of the whole of Los Angeles.

Chen Lin has some inexplicable superiority in his heart, being able to be friends with a star like Kobe Bryant and being invited by him to watch the game, anyone will have a little bit of superiority.

However, the sense of superiority is not all Chen Lin has experienced, he thinks more if he can be so popular in the city of Los Angeles......

Chen Lin envied Kobe Bryant and envied Kobe's popularity in Los Angeles and even around the world.

At the same time, Chen Lin also made up his mind that since Kobe Bryant is his idol, then he will look up to Kobe Bryant in terms of popularity. One day, he will be loved by people all over the world like Kobe.

Chen Lin has confidence in himself!

The basketball court, like the football field, is never lacking in passion, Chen Lin was quickly attracted to the game, he found that Kobe Bryant on the court was more attractive than off the court, and his smile could even infect every fan around the world.

Chen Lin fell in love with Kobe's smile, just as he once liked Ronaldinho's smile, and deeply liked Kobe's smile......

Chen Lin's appearance at Staples Arena did not escape the eyes of reporters, and in the recent Major League Soccer draft, Chen Lin caused too much turmoil that basketball reporters knew him.

However, these reporters did not make a fuss. It's not uncommon for football stars or stars from several other professional leagues to come to watch an NBA game, they just take a close-up of Chen Lin and then report it a little in the newspaper the next day.

"It seems that even the unruly Chen Lin is a fan of Kobe!" Basketball reporters wrote proudly.

Unruly, this is what basketball reporters say about Chen Lin, they also don't have much bad feelings for Chen Lin who switched from the NFL to MLS, and even admire his courage, just like Kobe Bryant said, not everyone has the courage to start over.

After watching the Lakers game and Kobe's perfect performance, Chen Lin trained harder. He clearly knows why Kobe Bryant is so popular, in addition to his talent in basketball, and more importantly, Kobe Bryant works hard enough.

Chen Lin regarded Kobe as a role model for himself to learn, and the mutual ridicule between him and Kobe every morning has also become a necessary part of Chen Lin's training.

Soon, more than half a month passed through this kind of harder and harder training, and February 23 was the day the LA Galaxy began their pre-game training camp.

In the early morning training, Chen Lin had a simple goodbye to Kobe Bryant, because he was going out for training, so during this time, Chen Lin would not see Kobe Bryant in training again.

"Perform well, there's only one person in the LA Galaxy team who deserves to be your opponent, and that's David Beckham!" Kobe Bryant smiled and encouraged Chen Lin.

Another sports superstar in the city of Los Angeles, David Beckham has a status on par with Kobe, and journalists often compare the two to each other.

And now Kobe Bryant compares Chen Lin with Beckham, but he definitely doesn't mean to belittle Beckham, he is just very optimistic about Chen Lin.

With Kobe's blessing and encouragement, Chen Lin came to the Los Angeles Galaxy Club early, and before all the players of the Los Angeles Galaxy arrived, Chen Lin and the other three players who had just entered the team through the draft had to choose their numbers in the team first.

There are not many options in front of Chen Lin and the three, and the Los Angeles Galaxy has not undergone any major changes in terms of players this season, so it is impossible to have some good numbers for Chen Lin and three to choose.

Among the first 30 digits, only the 13th, 24th, 26th and 29th numbers are empty, and the numbers after the 30th digits, except for the 31st, the other numbers are arbitrarily chosen by Chen Lin and the three.

Since Chen Lin was selected in the first round of the major league draft, he was the first to choose his number with the LA Galaxy.

Originally, Chen Lin's favorite number was No. 7, and this number has had too many international superstars, such as Bebeto, Raul, Figo, Shevchenko, Ronaldo, etc., and even Beckham is famous in Manchester United wearing the No. 7 shirt.

It's a pity that as a rookie who has just joined the Los Angeles Galaxy team, Chen Lin can't get the No. 7 jersey, he can only choose among the numbers that other players don't want.

Just when Chen Lin didn't know what kind of number he should choose, he suddenly saw the twenty-fourth. This has been nearly a month, and Chen Lin is too familiar with the number 24, because it is Kobe's number with the Los Angeles Lakers!

The corners of Chen Lin's mouth grinned, revealing a satisfied smile, being able to use the same number as his idol is also a pretty good choice.

Then Chen Lin's number in the Los Angeles Galaxy team was set - No. 24, the same number as Kobe!