"Dingding......

At nine o'clock in the morning of the 13th, Zhou Quan and Jo Dumas were awakened by the ringing of the telephone.

"Mine."

He hurriedly stood up and went to get his mobile phone.

Jo Dumas yawned, looked at his watch, it was only six o'clock in the morning, he felt a lot of urine, and simply got up and went to drain the water.

"Hello, I'm Zhou Quan."

"Hey, Xiaoquan, is it Xiaoquan? Lao Zhou, it seems to be Xiaoquan's voice, speaking a foreign language, I don't understand......"

A very familiar voice sounded over there, and his mother Lin Yufen's voice became excited, and hurriedly shouted: "Mom, Mom, it's me, Xiaoquan!" ”

"Eh, it's a small power, it's a small power......" Lin Yufen's voice instantly choked up.

"Xiaoquan, I'm Dad!"

"Brother, I'm Xiaojun."

"Big brother, I'm Xiao Yezi, when are you coming back? Mom gave me twenty dollars in pocket money today, hehe! ”

The voices of several people rang on the phone, it was my father and my younger siblings.

It turned out that the family received the remittance and installed the telephone, which was just installed today, and I couldn't wait to call at eight o'clock in the evening.

The family chatted for a few minutes, and his mother Lin Yufen was reluctant to hang up the phone, but she was reluctant to pay the expensive transatlantic phone bill, and finally urged him to hang up the phone.

"Your phone at home?"

Jo Dumas lay back on the bed, heard the words of his father and mother in Zhou Quan's words, and asked guessingly.

"Hmm."

Zhou Quan nodded, put down his mobile phone, and said: "I have been in the United States for 89 years and have not been back for more than two years. ”

"You can bring your family to live in Detroit, and with your current financial situation, it's no problem at all." Joe Dumas suggested.

"My agent also suggested it, but there is a big difference between China and the United States, and my family is not suitable for it, so it is difficult to come and live." He shook his head.

He actually doesn't want his family to come over, the environment here is actually very bad for Chinese people, and the racial discrimination against Chinese is very serious, especially now that there are more and more blacks in Detroit, and safety is also a big problem, now there is no problem with the family's economy, and life in China is not bad, and it is good to live anywhere with money, and it is not bad to come and live for a period of time once in a while, but it is not necessary for a long time.

On the night of the 13th, the Heat's home arena.

The Heat only joined the league in '88, this is their fourth season, they haven't made the playoffs in their first three seasons, and their current record is 2-2, two fewer games than the Pistons, who are at the bottom of the East.

Although the Heat's strength is not very good, the Pistons' current strength is even worse, and their back-to-back physical fitness is affected, and finally the Pistons ushered in a seven-game losing streak in the opening game.

Zhou Quan played 35 minutes, played back-to-back games for the first time, and his performance was average, not as good as the previous game.

He shot 4-of-13 from the field, shooting 30.7% from the field, 2-of-3 from the free-throw line, and finished with 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 3 turnovers and 2 fouls.

The next day, at one o'clock in the afternoon on the 14th, the Pistons returned to Detroit, and on the 15th, they will face the Jazz led by the black and white at home.

In order to save the team, McCloskey took a hot iron, and he stepped forward to invite smiling assassins Thomas and Zhou Quan to lunch, and deliberately leaked the news to the media when he was at the airport.

A quarter past two o'clock, in a fairly famous high-end restaurant, Zhou Quan met the "noble" Isaiah Thomas again.

When they met, both of them secretly snorted coldly, but they both had angelic gentle smiles on their faces.

Reconciliation, that is external, real reconciliation, how easy is it?

"Shake hands."

McCloskey reminded them in a whisper.

Zhou Quan took the initiative to stretch out his hand first, and whispered in his ear, "Isaiah, is your face still painful?" ”

"Click, click, click......"

When the two shook hands, media reporters pressed the shutter one after another to record the scene of reconciliation between the two.

As soon as Thomas held Zhou Quan's hand, he trembled when he heard the words, his teeth trembled, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter, and he also said in his ear: "Boy, don't be complacent, your injury has only been a few days." ”

"Listen, old bird, after you go back, you give me a little peace, you are not allowed to bully newcomers, you are not allowed to snatch the position of Joe Dumas, otherwise your face will hurt, I promise."

Zhou Quan's face trembled, he smiled at the media outside, and after saying a word in his ear, he let go of his hand.

McCloskey listened to it, looked left and right, and he felt like the two guys were twins, just different skin tones.

"Isaiah, how do you think you've been lucky lately?" A reporter asked.

Thomas's face instantly darkened, go to the special luck, don't you knowingly ask? "I think everything will be fine," he said. ”

"Have you really reconciled with Iron Fist?" The reporter asked.

"Of course."

Thomas was silent for a moment.

"Isaiah, you failed in the Olympic men's basketball selection this summer, and some media said that it was Michael Jordan who replaced you by Stockton, what do you think?" Another reporter asked.

"I don't know, you can ask the Basketball Association."

Hearing this, Thomas's face became a little more ugly.

This was a thorn in his heart, and it was rumored in the media that Jordan spoke to the Basketball Association at the time, saying that there is no one and no other, which eventually led to his place being replaced by John Stockton.

Now he hates not only Jordan, but also John Stockton, who replaced him. Of course, the most hated thing is the rookie in front of him.

"Iron Fist, what makes you willing to reconcile?" A reporter asked.

Zhou Quan cautiously explained: "Everything starts from the needs of the team and the fans, we are the players, the interests of the team and the fans are the first thing we need to consider, and personal grievances are not important.

And then Isaiah and I are just a little contradiction in private after all, and it's over when it's over, and we're both men, so we shouldn't take this little issue to heart.

There is a saying in China that we don't know each other if we don't fight, which means that we get to know each other better after some misunderstandings, and we will make friends and even become friends because of this.

That's the case with him, we had a misunderstanding, but after getting to know each other, we all put aside our preconceptions because of the same goal and work together for the team. ”

An hour later, the news of the reconciliation between Zhou Quan and Isaiah Thomas spread throughout the United States under the spread of the media and the deliberate publicity of the alliance's officials.

Zhou Quan took the opportunity to establish an atmospheric and lofty image, and the accusations of Detroit fans against him disappeared at once, and the pressure was greatly reduced, which is also an important reason why he chose to reconcile with Thomas, if you want to become a star, fans are the most important foundation, and the local fans where the team is located are the top priority.

On the afternoon of the 15th, the Pistons arrived at the Palace of Auburn Hills.