Chapter 9: Be patient
Little Nelson and Bob walked quickly to the training hall and saw Wang Dachun and William sitting on the rest chair, Wang Dachun seemed to be eating bread in his hand.
You can't blame Wang Dachun for eating here, yesterday's plane arrived in the United States this morning. After getting off the plane, I went straight to the gymnasium, and in the morning I ate something on the plane, and I haven't eaten lunch until now, and I was very hungry, and I just got a piece of bread from William to eat.
At this time, he was thinking about the morning, the general manager was not optimistic about himself, what if the other party did not accept him!
Although William kept saying that he was great and powerful, he felt that William was comforting himself.
When I saw the general manager, I walked over quickly. He quickly swallowed the bread in his mouth and stood up.
Little Nelson came to Wang Dachun's face, greeted Wang Dachun very happily, and asked some questions that Wang Dachun didn't understand very well through William, Wang Dachun didn't understand why the general manager suddenly became so enthusiastic?
The two chatted awkwardly for a while, and little Nelson told Wang Dachun very solemnly:
"Boy, you've got our promise that we're going to bring you back to Dallas with our only draft pick in the NBA Draft this year, because we don't have a high draft pick, so I want you not to go to joint tryouts and invitations from other teams during this time, and if you go to a joint tryout or try out with another team, then we can't guarantee that we can pick you!"
Through William's explanation, Wang Dachun understood it like this, "Boy, we are likely to choose you, but in the period before the draft, you should practice quietly, don't go out and run blindly, otherwise it will be time." We're not going to choose you. ”
Wang Dachun thought that the other party said this, and quickly nodded and said that he promised not to go out and go around, absolutely quietly waiting for the team to choose, he looked like a primary school student listening to the teacher, little Nelson looked at him and replied respectfully, thinking that the Chinese are indeed a modest and polite nation, the quality of education should be very high, and the player must be a good manager in the future.
chatted with little Nelson for a few words, and then asked William to help Wang Dachun arrange a place to live, of course, Wang Dachun will bear this cost himself.
Before going abroad, Wang Million asked Wang Dachun to bring all the money in the family, and Wang Dachun insisted again and again before taking 20,000 yuan, after all, the family still needs to live, the store still needs to open, and the little sister still needs living expenses. Later, the brother-in-law secretly stuffed 10,000 yuan into himself.
Before getting on the plane, his brother-in-law helped him convert 30,000 yuan into more than 4,000 US dollars, so Wang Dachun was very poor, and William originally planned to arrange him in a nearby hotel, Wang Dachun He was afraid that it would be too expensive, so he just wanted to find a place to rent a house.
William saw that it was too late and it was difficult to find a room today, so he invited Wang Dachun to live in his house and find a place to live the next day.
Wang Dachun shirked it, and under William's repeated invitations, thinking of his financial situation, he was not hypocritical, and after thanking William, he went to his home with William.
On the way to drive, William introduced some characteristic buildings around, talked about his wife and two daughters, who all spoke some Chinese, and called his wife to tell him that there was a guest at home tonight, a Chinese friend, and asked him to prepare some Chinese food.
William's wife immigrated with her parents when she was a child, and she was also very enthusiastic after seeing Wang Dachun, and joked that William rarely brought friends to live at home, and the friends who could bring them home must have a very good relationship, and William also said that Wang Dachun is a very promising guy. It was an honor to invite him to live in my home.
During the meal, I also met William's two daughters. One is ten years old named Lina and the other is eight years old named Kelly.
After resting in the guest room of William's house for one night, Wang Dachun woke up very early the next day, in fact, he did not sleep very well, he had just come to a foreign country, and the jet lag had not yet reversed.
William saw that he was not in a particularly good spirit, and suggested that Wang Dachun could rest for another day before looking for a house, Wang Dachun felt that he couldn't trouble people like this, and insisted on looking for a house today.
On the way to find a house, he learned about the local rental situation from William, and Wang Dachun planned to find a one-bedroom, one-bathroom and kitchen, or a single room with a bathroom like an apartment.
But after consulting several in a row. There is no suitable price for him, William suggested to him that he should find a place to live closer to the stadium, just near the stadium, so that it is more convenient to go to the stadium, and also told Wang Dachun that the security around the stadium is still better, and Wang Dachun lives here, which is safer.
But the price here is a bit too high for Wang Dachun, the price of a small one-room apartment is at least more than 1,000 US dollars, according to Wang Dachun's current economic situation, even if he is selected by the Mavericks, and when he gets his salary, it will be around October, and now it is only the end of May, at least more than four months.
William felt that Wang Dachun's economy seemed to be relatively cramped, and invited Wang Dachun to live in his house temporarily, and he could move out again when the time was right.
Wang Dachun still hopes to have a space of his own, seeing Wang Dachun's attitude so resolute, William thought about it. Said:
"If you think about the economy, there is a place where you might be able to find a place that meets your requirements."
Wang Dachun asked where it was, and William told him that there was a Chinatown in Dallas, and there were many international students there. Rents there are a bit cheaper.
"There's also Chinatown, I really don't know? Are they all Chinese?
"Most of them are Chinese, but there's a very bad place there, it's so far away from our arena that even you have to drive for 40 minutes!"
"It's okay, it's definitely the best place for me right now."
William saw Wang Dachun say this, and respected his opinion and drove to Chinatown.
In fact, Chinatown is not really a place to live, it is just a pedestrian street with very Chinese characteristics, and most of the places where you live are a little later in Chinatown.
After William's help, Wang Dachun finally found a place that he was more satisfied with.
It's a slightly older building that was previously supposed to have been a hostel. It was later converted into an apartment. The landlord is Chinese, but the Chinese language is really not good.
The landlord took Wang Dachun and William to the apartment, because there are more international students living here. So there aren't many rooms left.
The landlord told Wang Dachun that he was lucky, he just moved out of a foreign student last week, and it seems that he has returned to China, and he still has a lot of things left.
Wang Dachun and the landlord came to the room, this is the room on the second floor, the area is about 30 square meters. There is a bathroom and an open plan kitchenette. The furniture also includes a bed, a one-piece bookshelf that looks a little old with some books scattered around, and a sofa.
Surprisingly, facing south, there is also a small balcony, and there is an old-looking mountain bike on the balcony, the landlord said that this is the international student stayed, it should be bad, if Wang Dachun does not need it, he can throw it away.
Wang Dachun was very satisfied with this, which was better than his previous dormitory, and finally agreed with the landlord that the rent price of the house was 500 US dollars per month, including water and electricity property fees, which could be paid monthly.
After paying the rent, the landlord handed over the key to Wang Dachun, saying that he could come and live at any time.
William had planned to let Wang Dachun go back with him. I'll clean up tomorrow and move again, but Wang Dachun said that you can live here today, it's still relatively clean and you can live with a little cleaning, and when you go out. Wang Dachun's luggage was placed in William's car.
After sending William away, he looked at his temporary home and said in his heart that now that he was settled, he would wait for the draft to begin.