At 12 o'clock in the morning of the 18th, Zhou Quan arrived in Los Angeles, Philip came to pick up the airport, and a large group of reporters followed.

"Iron Fist, tomorrow is Michael Tyson's first fight after he is released from prison, will you be there to watch the fight?" A reporter asked.

"I'll go to Las Vegas in the afternoon."

"You and Tyson both have top-notch dodging skills and very precise punches, would you like to fight him?"

Zhou Quan smiled: "I still focus on the NBA, if everything goes well, this one wins, and the next one is the World Boxing Championship Challenge."

But if I lose this game, I'm willing to find a chance to fight Michael Tyson, and it's an honor to fight the Iron Man. ”

"Rogge, Jordan's deal hasn't been confirmed yet?" He asked after getting into the car.

"Not yet, the Bulls' owners and management don't plan to release people, they won't let go, Jordan still has a one-year contract, and he can't leave.

But it shouldn't get to that point, they will either loosen their mouths sooner or later and agree to a trade, or give Jordan a contract extension that will make Jordan tempted.

And Phil Jackson has to stay with the Bulls, otherwise Jordan's contract will end next year, and the Bulls will definitely not be able to leave anything, and Jordan will definitely pat his ass and leave. ”

"Jordan and general manager Jerry Claws are in that situation, what's the point of staying on one team?"

"Now Jordan's affairs can't be settled, and supersonic speed is not easy to move. In fact, Jordan's continued stay with the Bulls is good for the supersounds. ”

"How?"

"If he does go to the Knicks, the SuperSonics definitely need to strengthen the interior and trade a center who can compete with Ewing.

Where can you find such a person? And the salary cap is out there, and the guy who trades from the outside doesn't fit the big bird clause either, and the SuperSonics don't have enough room to give you a super center to sign in.

The Bulls can't find a good center for so many years, they use third-rate centers, one is that good centers are hard to find, and the other is the constraints of the salary cap, otherwise Michael Jordan can win the championship every year before, and the bad boy army can't stop him at all. ”

"That's right. Then let's hope Jordan stays with the Bulls, haha! ”

After lunch, Zhou Quan and Philip boarded a small plane to Las Vegas.

Nevada is just inside California, not far away, and it's not long to get there.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of this day, a press conference between Tyson and his opponent was held.

This is the second time Tyson has seen his opponent, the last time being by signing a contract.

In order to show his momentum, Pete McNee deliberately walked in front of Tyson with his chest puffed out, but Tyson only saw McNee's small belly.

Truth be told, he hadn't heard of this guy until Don Kim told him his opponent's name, and now this guy's little belly told him that he had won the fight.

Sometimes, he hated Donkin's approach and always found him some messy opponents, which made his boxing matches less valuable than Lewis and Holyfield.

"Michael, have you heard of Iron Fist? On the 15th of next month, his challenge qualification will also be held here. ”

After the photo was taken, the media conducted an interview, and a reporter asked.

Michael Tyson nodded: "I've heard that the Chinese who just won the NBA championship is very famous.

I've watched the tapes of his two boxing fights, and the punches are very accurate, the pace is good, and the dodge ability is strong. That kid's fighting, and boxing, is similar to me, and I suspect he's learning how to box. ”

A reporter from Los Angeles laughed: "Iron Fist admitted it when he was in the NCAA, he learned your style of fighting and boxing. ”

Tyson immediately laughed and said, "Really? Who is his opponent? ”

"Mike Mueller."

"Oh, it's that guy, good opponent, better than mine." Tyson laughed.

"Humph!"

Porter McNee, who was also being interviewed not far away, was so angry that his little belly trembled.

The next day, on the evening of the 19th, a boxing match that attracted the attention of the world began.

As a result, less than 10 seconds into the first round, Michael Tyson dropped his opponent with a heavy punch, and then completed a knockout at 89 seconds to win his first fight since being released from prison.

Zhou Quan watched the game live and witnessed Tyson's awesomeness.

Whether it's dodging, boxing, heavy punching, it's the world's top level, and the ferocious up-and-grab attack, it seems that after months of training, Tyson has gone from a beast with teeth pulled out to a man-eating beast.

Next, he entered into intense boxing training in the casino.

Every night, he would talk to Zeng Li's phone once, usually for at least half an hour.

On the evening of the 21st, Zeng Li told him that he had gone to the Capital Drama Theater to report and did not need to arrange a dormitory for the unit, and the unit leaders were very happy.

"Zhou Quan, I'll go back to Hubei tomorrow."

"Fly back, the green car is too slow."

"But the plane ticket is too expensive."

"Didn't I leave you 200,000 yuan? I'll send you $30,000 a month and spend it for me. ”

"Huh? How do you spend so much money? ”

"Also, Ahri, I'm not too worried about my girlfriend squeezing with other men, you should take care of my stinginess, don't crowd the train."

"Hee-hee, got it. By the way, Zhou Quan, I want to have long hair, do you like short hair or long hair? ”

"Short hair is more temperamental, but I also like long hair, more feminine. Oh, and also, go home and buy more gifts for your parents, don't be afraid to spend money, just buy what you lack at home.

In addition, if the place where you live is not good, buy a house for each of your parents, and I will send you money back, and you will not be polite to me if you are your boyfriend. ”

"Got it. But you don't have to buy a house, our family lives in a factory house, and so does my dad. ”

"Then I'll buy it next year, I'll talk about it when I go back. In the future, commercial housing will be the trend, and it will only become more and more expensive, and it will be cheaper to buy early. ”

"Oh."

As time passed, Zhou Quan and Zeng Li's time on the phone became longer and longer, and there was nothing serious, Zeng Li's would talk about some trivial things in the theater troupe, Zhou Quan would talk about some things in the United States, and they would talk about some things when they were young, and they would be happy to listen to each other's words and not feel bored.

Zhou Quan's boxing match is also getting closer and closer, driven by the capital power of boxing promoters, and because Zhou Quan won another championship, the influence and popularity are greater, and the attention of this boxing match is much higher than that of last year's boxing match with Tyson Jr.

On the 23rd, Knicks head coach Pat Riley suddenly announced that negotiations with the Knicks broke down and that he would not renew his contract.

The influence of this iron-blooded coach in the league is very large, and in a few years he has built the Knicks into an iron-fisted team.

But the next day, Pat Riley showed up in Miami and announced that he had signed with the Heat and became the head coach and general manager of the Heat.

"This guy wanted to work part-time as general manager of the Knicks, and the management didn't do it, so he left." Philip didn't know where to get the inside information and told Zhou Quan.

On July 25, Zhou Jun came to Los Angeles.

Zhou Quan arranged everything and enrolled at UCLA on August 2 and began his study abroad career.

In addition, he arranged an English teacher for his younger brother to make up for his English.

……

Time entered August, on the 2nd, the Bulls suddenly announced that they had reached an early contract extension with Michael Jordan, a huge contract of three years and $72 million.

The average annual salary is as high as $24 million, the absolute highest salary in the NBA league, surpassing Zhou Quan's contract, which is only $68.2 million in five years.

On the same day, Jerry Krauss, the Bulls' decorated general manager, announced his resignation, and Phil Jackson took over as head coach.

As a result, the internal strife within the Bulls ended with the victory of Jordan and Phil Jackson, and the defeat of Jerry Kraus.

Jordan's stay with the Bulls has been a relief to many teams aspiring to win the championship, including the SuperSonics.

The only disappointment was of course the Knicks, who announced the next day that they had reached a contract extension with Ewing for two years and $22 million, $17 million next season and $5 million next season.

Obviously, this contract leaves room for the Knicks to recruit stars after the end of next season.

In this way, Ewing became the first NBA star to really get an annual salary of 10 million, Zhou Quan, Jordan and Larry Johnson have not really received an annual salary of 10 million, and Zhou Quan's salary next season is only 8.5 million US dollars.

……

On the night of the 15th, Zhou Quan began to talk to Zeng Lixi on the phone again.

"Ahri, are you still comfortable in the theater troupe?"

"Well, it's okay, but there aren't many opportunities to perform. Peking Opera Peking Opera, I thought that there were many people watching Peking Opera in the capital, and there were many opportunities to perform, so I wanted to stay here, but now there are fewer and fewer people watching Peking Opera in the capital, there is not much work in the troupe, and I am not a corner, I have been in the troupe for half a month, and I have not been on the stage, and there are many people in the troupe waiting for roles in front of me, and I don't know when I will have the opportunity. ”

"So few opportunities? In that case, I miss you a lot, you might as well come to the United States, my boxing match will be on the 15th of next month, and it's still too late to go through the formalities. ”

Zeng Li's heart was moved, she fell in her first love, and calling couldn't meet her emotional needs at all.

"But, Zhou Quan, you haven't met with my parents yet, and I haven't met with your parents yet, our affairs haven't been completely decided, is it not suitable? If I say it, people will laugh at me. ”

"That's the reason, then, I'll let my parents go to Hubei for a trip, let their parents meet first, and settle the matter between the two of us, what do you see?"

"yes, okay."

"Then you can take a leave of absence, my parents don't have to go to work, tell them today, they may be able to go tomorrow."

"So fast?"

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Quan called home and arranged for his parents to go to Hubei.

"Dad, you can arrange for me to go to Hubei with my mother to meet Zeng Li's parents and confirm the relationship, and I plan to bring her to the United States."

"Meet the woman's parents? Okay, I'll get ready right away and I'll go tomorrow. Zhou Jianguo was very happy.

"Son, I want to take people over, you are so far apart, I'm afraid that I will break up again in the end." Lin Yufen said.

"Mom, that's what I thought."

"By the way, she's not the Dink this time, is she?"

"No, I've talked about it before."

Zhou Jianguo and Lin Yufen were very active, and after arranging Zhou Ye, they drove to Jingzhou early the next morning.

Although the two families have not met before, Zhou Jianguo has been a small leader for so many years, and his communication skills are very strong, and he is comprehensive in all aspects, under his communication, the meeting between the two families is still very harmonious, and even the marriage has been discussed, saying that Zhou Quan will get married when he comes back next year.

Lin Yufen took out a set of gold jewelry that was prepared last year, plus 180,000 yuan in cash as a meeting gift.

Zhou Jianguo said that after Zhou Quan came back next year, he would give his great-father and great-mother a set of commercial houses as part of the dowry.

Zeng's father and great-mother are honest people, they have worked in the factory all their lives, they are very simple, the conditions of Zhou Quan's family are much better than theirs, and they respect them very much, so they didn't say much, only said that the 180,000 yuan would not move, and they would give Zeng Li money in the future, and the house was not wanted.

After the relationship was settled, Zhou Jianguo took Zeng Li to apply for a passport, and then went to the US Embassy in the capital to apply for a visa.

……

"Zhou Quan, my visa is ready."

On the evening of September 5, Zeng Li called.

"It's quick, then you get ready and come over as soon as possible." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"Hmm. However, the matter on the unit has not been dealt with yet. ”

"Are you going to resign, or are you going to leave without pay?"

"Leave your job without pay, this year is the last package distribution, I heard that from next year, the university will not be allotted, and the establishment is rare. Besides, if you don't like me anymore, I have a way out when I come back, don't you? ”

"What do you say, am I meeting someone who loves one? Besides, my parents and your parents have even negotiated when we will get married.

Also, I think the personalities of both of us are also good, and our tempers are also compatible, you come over and we will get along for another year, and we will get married next year, what do you see? ”

"Hmm."

……

At noon on the 11th, Zeng Li's plane arrived in Los Angeles, and Zhou Quan also returned to Los Angeles from Las Vegas, and the two met at the airport.

Zeng Li wore a pink dress that Zhou Quan bought for her last time in Wangfujing, wearing a women's watch that Zhou Quan bought for her, her hair was shoulder-length, and she was a little nervous when she came out with her suitcase, her eyes swept back and forth, looking for Zhou Quan, there was no smile on her face, and she looked very cold.

To be honest, she was still very apprehensive when she came to the United States thousands of miles away, after all, she had known Zhou Quan for too short a time, and it was almost the same as a traditional blind date.

"Here, Ahri." Zhou Quan raised his hand and shouted loudly.

"Ahh

Zeng Li looked over happily, only to hear the click, and a large number of flashes suddenly blinded her eyes, startling her.

"Are you alright?"

Zhou Quan was also helpless, he followed a group of reporters everywhere he went, he went over to take Zeng Li's suitcase and grabbed her waist.

Zeng Lifu was a little uncomfortable with the big hand on his waist, but fortunately, this is the boyfriend he misses, and he kissed it last time, so it's good to get used to it.

(End of chapter)