On June 10th, Chen Fang and his group boarded a plane to America.
Including Xu Tong and Jiang Muyang, the team had a total of fourteen players.
He was accompanied by a sales officer from the Dragon Country region of the company. He was a handsome man in his thirties, wearing glasses, and was called Lin Zhijie. In addition to being responsible for arranging the entire trip, he also worked part-time as a translator.
Before leaving, Lin Yuerong stuffed an English speaking manual into Chen Fang's backpack. She told Chen Fang to learn more when he had nothing to do, just in case he needed it.
Chen Tao was also very supportive of this. He was now beginning to calculate if Chen Fang could make it to the NBA like Yao Ming in the future.
If that was the case, then he definitely had to understand English.
Chen Fang's English wasn't a complete mess, but it was still very fluent. They knew the English letters, but Chen Fang didn't know them.
After twelve hours, the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport.
The group of people wore baseball caps of the same color and style with the words 'Sunan High School' printed on the front. They walked out of the immigration passage like a tour group.
Zhijie Lin was in charge of the relevant procedures. There was a person at the pick-up gate to pick them up. It was someone from the headquarters of Nick who drove a bus.
This was the first time Chen Fang and the others had gone out of the country. Everything they saw was rare.
It was summer in Los Angeles, and it was extremely hot. The women who passed by were all wearing spaghetti straps, revealing their white legs. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes, and the wolf cubs were almost staring straight at them.
"I always heard that these foreigners are very open-minded. Many women have done it in middle school and high school, but I haven't even touched a woman's hand yet.”
Gao Jianjun had a wretched look on his face as he lowered his voice and said,""I heard that athletes are very popular in American schools. Many women like them. Do you think we have a chance?”
Everyone laughed. Hu Jinshan said,""American women like strong men. You're as thin as a bean sprout. Even if they like you, they'll like men of my size.”
Everyone was jeering. Xu Tong, who was sitting in front, could not stand it anymore. He coughed hard twice before everyone quickly shut up.
The bus drove out of the airport, onto the highway, and headed for the city center.
The Sela Canyon High School they were going to was in downtown Los Angeles.
After driving into the city, Lin Zhijie suddenly stood up and pointed at a dome in the distance outside the window."Students, look over there. That's the home stadium of the NBA's Laker team, the Staples Center.”
Because Central TV Station 2 often replayed the matches of the Los Angeles Clippers, the first NBA team that many Dragon Country fans were familiar with was the Los Angeles Clippers. Of course, Yao Ming's Rockets were added later.
When they heard that it was the home court of the Clippers, everyone perked up and went to the window to look out.
Chen Fang also saw it.
From afar, he could see a roof. He could vaguely see two huge portraits hanging on the building next to the stadium. Chen Fang knew the two people in the portraits: Chamberlain and Kareem Jabbar, the two famous Laker players.
However, it was just a quick glance and it was not enough.
Lin Zhijie smiled." Let's go to the hotel first today. After the time difference passes, I'll be free tomorrow and the next few days. I can take you guys to Los Angeles for a good tour, such as the Staples Center, the Walk of Fame, and so on.”
Everyone was excited. Many places were familiar to them.
When the bus arrived at the hotel, everyone was young and full of energy. They did not feel tired and wanted to go out to play, but they did not understand English. Xu Tong had also said that they were not allowed to go out and could only watch TV in the hotel.
Then, Gao Jianjun discovered something. The television in the hotel had paid channels that were free to watch. There were even adult channels.
Word of mouth spread, and everyone seemed to have opened up a new world. They no longer wanted to go outside to play.
The next day, many people with dark circles under their eyes went out with Lin Zhijie.
First, they went to the Staples Center.
They both played basketball and had watched a lot of the Laker games. Now that they were standing in front of the Laker's home court, it felt completely different.
Unfortunately, the stadium was closed today and no one could enter. Everyone could only take photos outside the stadium.
For the next few days, Zhijie Lin played the role of a tour guide, taking the team around Los Angeles.
Until the 14th.
On the 15th, the competition was held in the basketball stadium of Sela Canyon High School.
One day in advance, everyone began their adaptation training.
On Xu Tong's side, he also received the list of players from Sela Canyon High School.
He only had his name, but he did not know his actual strength.
"This defender of theirs is very good, and he's a five-star player. I read that high school students in the United States are all rated. If they score more than 90 points, they'll be five-star players. There are only about 20 of them in the entire United States every year. They're all very good people.”Jiang Muyang pointed at the star rating at the back of the player list.
Xu Tong nodded.
This guy's name was Peret Braseau, and he was playing the number two position.
Xu Tong sighed and said," It's an exchange match anyway. Let's do what we should do. We'll come with the mentality of learning."”
The match was scheduled for the afternoon of the next day.
Chen Fang and the others took the bus to the stadium.
It was like a festival in the school, and there were many students. Lin Zhijie said that the basketball game at Sela Canyon High School was very popular. Moreover, that day, Nick had prepared some activities and invited a lot of media. They even invited a real NBA player to the event to liven things up.
When he heard that an NBA player was coming, Li Tianshu asked curiously who it was.
Chen Fang also pricked up his ears. There were so many basketball players in the world, but there were only 29, no, 30. Last year, the Charlotte Bobcats were added. There were 30 teams, and each team had a 15-man roster. A total of 450 players. They were truly one in a million.
It could be said that even those who looked at the water dispenser were the best players.
Lin Zhijie didn't keep them in suspense and said,""You might not have heard of him, but he's the rookie the Clippers picked last year, Shawn Livingston.”
Everyone was confused. They had never heard of this name before.
Chen Fang only knew one person on the Clippers, Captain Elton Brand.
"Then is his draft pick high?" Chen Fang asked loudly.
"Of course. He was selected by the Clippers as the fourth pick in the first round.”
One round of the show, and he was still in fourth place.
Chen Fang was secretly speechless. This was not ordinary.
When the bus arrived at the arena, a vice principal from Sela Canyon High School came with the team's coaching team to welcome them.
One of the fat white men was the head coach of the Sela Canyon High School basketball team. His name was Noel.
Noelle maintained his formal smile and shook hands with Xu Tong and the others.
Then Noel saw many players.
When he saw Chen Fang, who was more than two meters tall and weighed 270 pounds, he was shocked.
No matter where Chen Fang went, he would always be a shocking existence.
"This guy is too fat. Can he run?”the assistant manager, Martin Luther, could not help but whisper.
Noelle thought so too. He felt that Chen Fang was almost 300 pounds.
It was already difficult to maintain a normal athletic ability with such a large weight, let alone become a basketball player.
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