The next day, Zhou Quan left Detroit and traveled to Los Angeles with Catherine.

On this day, the finals began.

However, his energy was not focused on the finals, it had nothing to do with him, his energy was focused on Catherine, watering this bright flower in full bloom with all his ability.

"Catherine, you can't delay any longer, the crew over there is urging you."

Three days later, the agent, George Ford Liman, couldn't help himself and called Catherine.

"Got it."

"Catherine, there are also many bigwigs chasing you in Hollywood, I have to say, you made a wrong decision, Iron Fist can't help you anything, you don't do the same thing as him."

"Shut up, George, do you want me to trade my body for resources? I warn you, and once again, I'll fire you. ”

"Okay, okay, just keep wasting your youth."

The two lingered together for a week, and Catherine, at the urging of her agent, finally boarded a plane to England.

"Zhou, you said you were going to England to see me."

"I'll go."

The two kissed goodbye at the airport and broke up for the second time.

On June 8, Zhou Quan underwent a detailed physical examination at a private clinic in Los Angeles under Philip's arrangement.

No. 9 got the results, and there was no major problem, but the doctor told him to pay attention to the wear and tear of the knee and ankle joints.

Because of his large tonnage, his knee is wearing out a little more than other point guards, and if this continues, his knee is likely to develop a premature injury.

But fortunately, his speed has not been very fast, and there are not many movements that change sharply, so there is nothing wrong with the ankle joint.

Because the speed is not very fast, the emergency stop jump shot does not cause too much pressure on the knee joint, mainly because of the wear and tear of the knee joint.

This requires weight loss to reduce wear and tear on the knee joint, which he is working on.

On the 10th, Zhou Quan made an appointment with Hughes Swilton, his personal strength training period, and his agent Philip, in the hotel café to make a training plan for the offseason together.

Swilton used to work in Los Angeles, where he stayed after the regular season and worked as a trainer.

"Zhou, Karl Malone and Larry Johnson, and Oakley, their agents have officially met with me and want to fight you together, and if you agree, I'm going to officially negotiate with them."

Philip said this first, and Zhou Quan nodded: "Rogge, it's okay to fight, but our kind of boxing should be illegal, right?" ”

Philip nodded: "Of course, we can't really make an illegal fight with them, so we have to look for a legal platform."

But none of you have a boxing license, so we have to solve this problem first, apply for a boxing license for you, or participate in a fighting tournament, and this needs to be finalized with them. ”

"Okay, you can talk to them formally." Zhou Quan nodded.

After saying this, he said to Swilton: "Hughes, I plan to return to China for a month, so that my body can have a period of rest, and then I can train, Hughes, what do you see?" ”

Swilton sneered: "Iron Fist, your body has just been devastated for a week, and I think this consumption is even greater than that of the Eastern Conference Final Series, and you need more time for your body to recover most completely." ”

Zhou Quan laughed and said, "Then how long do you think it will take?" ”

"It's a month and a half, from now on, at the end of July before you can start training and then your body will recover. By the beginning of October, you'll have at least two and a half months to train, and if you're not playing pre-season, you'll have three months to train full. Swilton said.

"Will it take so long to recover?" Zhou Quan had some doubts.

"I'm talking about the most exhausting strength training, during which you can do endurance training and some shooting training, you can do that, but you have to control the amount of training, and it's better to train for half a day every day." Swilton said.

"Well, let's start strength training at the end of July." Zhou Quan nodded.

He asked, "Do you have any good advice on knee friction?" ”

"I'm going to continue to give you strength in your lower limbs, stronger strength to reduce wear and stress on your joints, and strong muscular tendon tissue to protect your joints and better support your body," Swilton said.

I've adjusted your running form before, and this will also help reduce the wear and tear of the knee joint, and you need to stick to the new running movement. ”

After sending Swelton away, Zhou Quan asked Philip to drive him to buy something.

I haven't been home for three years, and I definitely have to buy gifts for my parents and younger siblings, and my grandfather, although he became a Taoist monk, he still needs gifts.

"Zhou, do you want me to book a plane ticket for you?" Philip asked.

"Of course, book me a ticket to Guangzhou, just tomorrow." He said.

“OK。”

Philip grabbed the phone from the hotel and began to book a plane ticket.

After inquiry, he said to Zhou Quan: "Zhou, the flight to Guangzhou is at night, not a direct flight, it takes 17 hours, you go to Guangzhou at night, it is inconvenient, it is better to fly to Xiangcheng, direct flight, tomorrow at 10:30 a.m., 14 hours to arrive, you can have lunch in Xiangcheng." ”

"Okay."

Zhou Quan nodded.

Then the two drove out of the hotel and didn't come back until dark, Zhou Quan's room was already full of three suitcases, plus his own, there were four large suitcases.

That night, the Bulls lost the G4 game on the road, and the two sides played to a 2-2 draw, losing both an away and winning an away game.

The next day, on the morning of the 11th, Philip saw him off, and Zhou Quan boarded the plane to Xiang Cheng.

At about 1 o'clock at noon on June 12, the plane arrived in Xiangcheng.

Zhou Quan holds a Chinese passport, and after landing in Xiangcheng from abroad, he has a seven-day visa-free period and can stay here for seven days.

He plans to stay here for a day and buy some big household appliances back, such as air conditioners and televisions.

In Los Angeles, I bought clothes and food, as well as small household appliances, computers and so on, and it was inconvenient to bring those big ones.

At about two o'clock, he pushed four suitcases and prepared to leave the Kaide airport.

Hula, suddenly a group of reporters and a large group of young men and women who looked like fans rushed up and pounced on him.

"No, I don't have that treatment in Detroit?"

A little confused, but he soon realized that he had made a mistake, because the group of reporters ran past him.

Looking back, a group of reporters surrounded a handsome young man wearing sunglasses.

"Liu Tianwang ......"

Andy ......

Zhou Quan scratched his head embarrassedly, it turned out to be Liu Furong, hey, no, when did he change his name to Liu Tianwang, this name is domineering!

He didn't know that since this year, the Xiangcheng entertainment industry has begun to launch the concept of the Four Heavenly Kings, and the four most influential male stars have become the Four Heavenly Kings.

Walking out of Kai Tak Airport, a waiting taxi immediately drove up.

Seeing that he brought four suitcases, the middle-aged driver came down to help, and two suitcases filled the trunk of the taxi, and the remaining two were thrown into the back seat.

The driver looked at Zhou Quan while helping.

The young man was wearing a suit and leather shoes that looked like they were all famous brands, and he was wearing a Rolex on his hands, and he was imposing in sunglasses, and he looked like a star.

However, with so much luggage, and there are no workers around to take care of it, there shouldn't be much net worth, just a generous bag, maybe this set of clothes on the body is all parallel goods.

After Zhou Quan got in the car, he took off his sunglasses and said to the driver in Mandarin: "Hello, sir, please go to a hotel, it's okay to be better." ”

"From Taiwan Bay?"

The driver also changed his mouth to Mandarin, but it was not very standard, with a strong Cantonese accent.

"Mainland." He said with a smile.

"Mainland Aberdeen?"

The middle-aged driver immediately showed a superior expression.

He was now sure that this mainland boy's outfit, including the dazzling Rolex, must be fakes, which immediately made him feel a strong sense of superiority.

No wonder he asked him to find a hotel casually, and he didn't have any money to charge anything? Just go to the cheapest kind of shop.

Zhou Quan spent three years in the United States, especially two years at UCLA, a school with a particularly large Asian population, and he met many people with a sense of superiority.

Among these people are from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, India, and no matter where they are, they all have a strong sense of superiority in front of Chinese and domestic students.

And then after he became a sports star at UCLA, these people were all submissive in front of him.

"Sir, go to The Peninsula."

He didn't bother to pay attention to this kind of person, and commanded directly.

"Half, The Peninsula?"

The driver was stunned, it was the best hotel in Xiangcheng, and he had never been there in his life.

When I arrived at the Half Bird Hotel, there was a Daben parked at the gate, and the driver parked the car behind and said to Zhou Quan: "Sir, when you arrive, plus the luggage, I will charge you a total of 230 yuan." ”

"Change."

Zhou Quan took out his wallet, which contained a large stack of US dollars, threw one over, and waited for the driver to find the money.

The driver looked at Zhou Quan's stack of US bills, at least dozens of them, he hurriedly picked up the banknotes and looked at them, one hundred dollars, and looked at them carefully, it was true, his face twitched, and he quickly took out all the change in his pocket to find money.

While sorting out the change, he glanced at Zhou Quan from time to time, this later life, he lost his eyes, it turned out that the mainland boy was also so rich, no wonder he wanted to live in the Peninsula Hotel.

At this time, the Mercedes-Benz in front drove away, and the Chinese waiter at the door came over, bent down to look at Zhou Quan, and asked in English, "Sir, is there a need?" ”

"Help me get the trunk off the car, thanks." Zhou Quan said in English.

"Right now." The waiter said respectfully.

The middle-aged driver sorted out all the change money on his body, found that there was still a difference of twenty yuan, and said to Zhou Quan embarrassedly: "Housheng, do you think there is a difference of twenty?" ”

Zhou Quan took a large handful of change and put it in his pocket without counting the number of notes, but shook his head and said: "No, as far as I know, there are no rules for tipping in your industry, so I don't need to tip you." ”

The driver was stunned and said embarrassedly: "What should I do then?" ”

At this time, the waiter took down the four suitcases and waited respectfully aside.

Zhou Quan felt in a few pockets, luckily, found a few small bills in his butt pocket, he took a twenty-dollar one and a ten-dollar one and handed it to the driver, exchanged it for the 100-yuan bill, and said: "According to the fixed exchange rate of 7.8, here is 234 Hong Kong dollars, and the extra 4 yuan is a tip." ”

"Thank you!"

If you have a small bill, don't give it to me first? complained in his heart, the driver was a little angry, and after Zhou Quan got out of the car, he stepped on the accelerator and left.

Next, Zhou Quan opened a single standard room, brought the waiter to the room, and gave the waiter a tip of 20 Hong Kong dollars.

"No, where did I get the Hong Kong dollars? ...... just now"

After tipping, he realized that he should, as if, it seems, took advantage of the taxi driver.

"I'm sorry, if you come back to me, I'll definitely pay you back."

After taking a shower, it was already three o'clock, and after lunchtime, he was ready to go to the hotel café for a cup of coffee.

As soon as he entered the café, he saw several big stars in Xiangcheng, such as Principal Tan, Li Lianjie, Mei Yanfang, and Guan Zhilin.

Follow the waiter to the table, not far from Li Lianjie, only one table apart, and there are two sitting at the middle table, bodyguards? Or plainclothes cops?

Although he was wearing a suit, he felt that the two men should be bodyguards, because when he and the waiter approached, the two men, and several men at the tables around him, were observing him, intentionally or unintentionally.

He is most familiar with Li Lianjie, who settled in Los Angeles in 88, and he also went to Los Angeles to study the following year, and even went to Li Lianjie's martial arts gym to learn martial arts.

But Lao Li definitely didn't know him, because he had only studied it once, it was free, and he would have to charge for learning it later, so he didn't go.

After sitting down, he nodded at Li Lianjie, who was looking over, with a smile on his face, Li Lianjie was the same, but he didn't speak.

Li Lianjie retracted his gaze, he felt that he had seen this young man somewhere, but he was not impressed, and he should not have dealt with him.

The waiter served Zhou Quan the latte he wanted, he took out a cigar and raised it at the waiter, asking, "Is it okay?" ”

"Sir, cigars are fine, I'll get you a cigar cutter." The waiter was busy.

"Thank you!"

The waiter was very clever, not only brought the cigar cutter, but also the alcohol lamp, helped Zhou Quan cut the cigar, and then helped him bake it.

Zhou Quan was leisurely drinking coffee and tasting cigars when the taxi driver who had just taken him to the hotel came to the hotel.

"He cheated me out of a hundred dollars, I didn't lie, you let me in and go to him."

"Sir, you'd better leave at once, and don't disturb our distinguished guests, or we'll call the police and arrest them immediately."

The middle-aged driver quarreled at the door of the hotel, but several waiters blocked him out, did not listen to him at all, so angry that he wanted to hit the wall, under the threat of the hotel, he could only leave angrily, this is not the place for him to go wild.

"The rest is your tip."

Soon after, Zhou Quan finished his coffee and put down twenty dollars.

"Thank you, sir." The waiter laughed.

Zhou Quan left the hotel and got into a taxi.

He was not familiar with Hong Kong, and when he came to the hotel for the first time, he asked the waiter of the hotel and knew that it belonged to the Kowloon Peninsula and some attractions nearby, such as Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei, Hung Hom Sports Centre and so on. In fact, he is also familiar with these, because Xiangcheng is so big, and these places are often mentioned in TV and movies.

Temple Street is an open-air night market, and there is nothing to visit during the day, so he asked the driver to drive to Causeway Bay, where he walked around for two hours, ate a little food on the street, bought some small things, such as milk powder or something, and packed two suitcases.

Causeway Bay carries the son Haonan brother Bairowan as a teacher, only joined a record company last year as a singer, and has not acted in a movie yet, Causeway Bay is not as famous as it will be in the future, but Zhou Quan also knows that this street is also through the film and television of Xiangcheng.

He also visited a few antique shops in Causeway Bay, which he didn't understand, but he knew the word "missing", and he knew that many cultural relics and antiques in China had been smuggled out over the years, and Xiangcheng was a smuggling channel, so he wanted to try his luck.

"This, that, and those, hurry up, how much does it cost to pack?"

The boss has a headache, do you buy antiques like this? When I'm here at the wet market, still packing? I'm even talking about copper coins here.

In the end, he bought a lot of things, bowls, dishes, and a bronze Buddha, all of which were packed, and he didn't buy them if he didn't pack them, and he spent thousands of dollars.

Back at the hotel, I don't plan to go to Temple Street at night, because the impression here is average, not very good, it is better to go to Los Angeles's Chinatown.

In the afternoon, he walked around Causeway Bay for two hours, and every time he spoke Mandarin, most of the time he would attract the contempt of the people of Xiangcheng.

To be honest, the outfit on his body is also worth more than 10,000 dollars, which is better dressed than the vast majority of Xiangcheng people, and I don't know where their superiority comes from, just because he speaks Mandarin?

At five o'clock, he dialed a phone number given to him by Citibank, which was the contact number of an automobile import and export company in Shenzhen.

"Hey, I'm Guangtong Company......"

"Is it Mr. Zhang Renxuan, I'm Zhou Quan, not long ago Citibank entrusted you to import an SUV from the United States......"

"Oh, is that Mr. Zhou Quan? Hello, I am Zhang Renxuan, the general manager of Guangtong Automobile Import and Export Company. ”

The person on the other side was very enthusiastic, saying that the car had been brought out from the customs, and as long as he arrived in Shenzhen, he could get the car immediately.

On the morning of the 13th, he went to Causeway Bay again, this time buying a few large electrical appliances, hired a small truck that could go to the mainland, checked out of the hotel, loaded six suitcases into the small truck, and headed for the Lo Wu port.

(End of chapter)