Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 948 Postscript 1
A silver-gray Porsche 911GT1, accompanied by the sound of roaring engine, slowly drove into the campus of Stanford University.

As a world-class prestigious school, there is never a shortage of all kinds of luxury cars and people who drive luxury cars on campus. However, pedestrians on the road will cast complicated glances at this car.

Maybe some freshmen who don't hear things outside the window will question whether this is just an ordinary luxury car?Why is it getting so much attention?

At this time, the senior students around him or the well-informed classmates of the same level will warmly put their arms around his shoulders and teach him anxiously.

"But don't ask such stupid questions in front of other people! It means that I have a good relationship with you, so I will explain to you!"

"what's going on?"

"We only have a new gray Porsche at school, and his name is Peter!"

"Peter? A very popular name? Does it sound ordinary?"

"Don't be silly, that's Peter! The eldest son of basketball superstar West! He also started investing in stocks when he was in high school, and his net worth has already exceeded 10 billion!"

"Damn it, is it true?"

"Of course it's true, and I heard that he didn't ask his family for his first pot of gold, but earned it by writing programs himself!"

"Isn't this too genius? Sure enough, some people were born in Rome!"

In the end, accompanied by the emotion of a pink and tender newcomer, the old man let go of the shoulders of the newcomer contentedly, and then looked enviously at the direction where the Porsche was leaving, and shouted in his heart: "If you are a man, you can take his place!"

Then, what to do!

Rumors like this abound throughout the Stanford campus, and Peter has long been used to it, so he doesn't bother to explain it.

In fact, the history of his own struggle is far from being as legendary as the rumors say.

The real situation is that he spent 2000 dollars to find someone to do the so-called program, and then bought 10 dollars, then went to stocks to earn the first 100 million in his life, and finally added Frank and his father Li Weisi invested a total of 1000 million US dollars to open an investment company, that's all.

It's not that Peter doesn't want to work hard. The question is, why don't he use such a good resource?He doesn't have that kind of inexplicable competitiveness!
The car stopped at the entrance of the on-campus basketball court, and what caught the eye was a bronze statue of Li Weisi. This bronze statue was about 2 meters high and was erected when the Stanford Cardinals retired Li Weisi's college jersey in 2006.

The entire bronze statue is taken from the moment when Li Weisi made a key lore shot in the 1986 NCAA Finals, depicting Li Weisi's shooting posture vividly.

The car stopped next to the bronze statue, but Peter didn't get out of the car immediately, but was on the phone in the car.

"On this issue, I support you! Jack!" Holding the iPhone 3, Peter opened the car window, supported the car window with his elbow, and said to the phone.

"Thank you, Peter, you know that I have no conflict with Essie, we are both for the good of the company, it's just that he is too conservative, facing Facebook's pressing step by step, we must move forward more boldly !" A man's voice kept coming from the other end of the phone.

"I understand, Jack! Don't worry, I will support you on this matter in the board of directors. In addition, I will tell Uncle Frank. Don't worry, I am sure to convince him!"

"Really? Thank you so much, Peter! Come to Silicon Valley if you have time, and I will treat you well. I know a few Victoria's Secret..."

"Hehehe, Jack, forget about it, don't forget who sold Victoria's Secret to Sun Capital last year!"

"Oh, yes, Mr. Frank, I get it, I get it, it's my fault." The person on the other end of the phone came to his senses immediately, it was Peter's back garden before co-authoring Victoria's Secret!What a lucky guy!

"Okay, let's not talk for now, I still have something to do!"

After hanging up the phone, Peter didn't get out of the car immediately, and made another call in the car.

"Hello, Uncle Frank!"

"Oh, it's Peter? Are you leaving?" On the other end of the phone, Frank had just changed into a dark gray suit, and his wife, Marisa Mayer, was smoothing the corners of the clothes for him.

"I'm coming to Stanford to pick up Stephen!"

"Okay, then pay attention to the time, don't be late, is there something to call right now?"

"It's like this, about the high-level struggle within the Twitter company..." Then, Peter briefly recounted the situation within the Twitter company to Frank.

After listening to Peter's story, Frank smiled and said: "You are right, but you have to remember one thing, Peter, as shareholders, we only need to elect a CEO who can lead the company to grow and develop, and the rest Let's not interfere!"

"I understand, Uncle Frank, the company may lose money, but we will definitely make money!" Peter echoed with a smile.

"That's right! That's what an investor should have...Brother Peter? Hey, brother Peter, I'm Angel, do you miss me?" Just as Frank was explaining to Peter, his phone was suddenly blocked. Angel who rushed over snatched the phone and rushed to say hello to Peter on the phone.

Angel is the daughter of Frank and Mayer. She was born in 98 and is only 10 years old now.

"Of course I miss you, Sister Angel!"

"Hmph! I don't think I'll come to see me anytime soon!"

Facing that his air-tight padded jacket was acting like a baby to Peter, Frank snatched the phone from Angel with a headache and said, "Okay, Angel, we can meet Peter in a while, don't disturb us to start!"

"Ahem, Peter, in short, you and Stephen hurry up and don't be late. Today is a very important day for your father."

"Of course, Uncle Frank, I'm still afraid of the traffic jam near Oracle!"

Smiling and hanging up the phone with Frank, Peter finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then saw Stephen coming out of the arena, but Stephen didn't come out alone, but was chatting and laughing with a girl.

Peter pushed open the car door and got out of the sports car, because he inherited his parents' figure, Peter's height of 183cm, with exquisite facial features, plus a famous sports car watch, even in a university like Stanford, it is also a humanoid harvester The presence.

"Hi, Peter!"

"Hi! Stephen, who is this?"

Stephen saw Peter from a distance, there was no way, with the image of Peter stuck here, it would be difficult not to be discovered.

After saying hello, Peter also looked at the girl next to Stephen, waiting for Stephen's introduction.

"This is my girlfriend Ayesha! Ayesha, this is my good brother, Peter!" Stephen introduced to the two.

"I heard Stephen mention you a long time ago, young rich man, I am very glad to meet you, and thank you very much for your sports car this time!" After shaking hands, Ayesha thanked Peter.

"Sports car?" Peter looked at Ayesha in confusion.

"Wait, wait!" At this point, Stephen quickly pulled Peter aside.

"What's going on here? What does the sports car mean?" Being pulled aside secretly by Stephen had already made Peter understand something, and he looked at Stephen with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Don't look at me like that! Don't I just want to show off in front of girls?"

"How do you show off?"

"Let me just say, you have a sports car. With our relationship, I can borrow it today, go for a drive together, and then go to the Oracle Arena to watch the game!" Stephen faced Peter's scrutiny and told the truth come out.

"Hmph!" After listening to Stephen's narration, Peter continued to put on a cold face, and then said in a strange way: "I said so! You insisted that I drive the sports car to pick you up today, but I wondered at that time, you are going to Oracle Lu is better than me! Why do you insist on asking me to pick you up? Besides, the sports car can seat two people... Wait a minute, yes, the sports car can seat two people, so what should I do?" Peter who was talking about Stephen , suddenly reacted, and his face changed instantly.

"Drive my car! Hehehe, don't worry, I've already made arrangements, look, my car is right there!" As he spoke, Stephen pointed to a broken Ford parked on the side of the road not far away.

"Stephen! Stephen! Do you hear what you're saying is human?" Peter laughed angrily at Stephen's shameless words.

"Brother, don't worry, I won't forget you! Today is an emergency!" After speaking, Stephen began to rummage through Peter's pockets.

Although Peter wanted to resist, he couldn't stand Stephen's tall and burly man. As a quasi-professional player, Stephen's strength was much stronger. In the end, Stephen took out the keys of the sports car from Peter's pocket, and then stuffed his own car keys into the box. into Peter's hands.

"Thanks, good brother, then Ayesha and I will go first! You can drive to pick up Seth later! You should know which high school he is in, right?" Stephen ran over and took Then Ayesha got into the sports car.

After starting the sports car, he waved to Peter, then kicked the accelerator and walked away, leaving only Peter's scruples.

"Stephen, you value sex over friends! I don't have a brother like you!" Peter, dressed in exquisite attire, stood under the bronze statue of Li Weisi, yelling at the sports car as he sped away, attracting sideways glances from passers-by on the road from time to time .

Half an hour later, Peter was driving on the expressway heading for downtown San Francisco with a blank expression. He was only his co-pilot and was replaced by Seth Curry.

At this time, Seth looked a little decadent, and said weakly: "Peter, I thought you would drive a sports car to pick me up? Why did you drive my brother's broken car?"

It’s okay if you don’t mention it, but when you mention it, Peter gets angry. He couldn’t help but get angry and said, “Are you asking me? Why don’t you ask your brother? I’ve never seen such a shameless person! In order to pick up girls, he actually Stolen my sports car!"

"Well, what you said fits my brother's personality very well!" Seth, who had been tortured by his brother, couldn't help but nodded after hearing Peter's description.

"Speaking of it, it's really hard for you, Seth, to be able to bear him growing up."

Hearing Peter's words, Seth couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and said quietly, "It's as if you haven't bullied me?"

"Uh, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, I heard that you played well in the high school league! Where are you planning to go if you didn't go to college? Come to Stanford too?" Peter, a little embarrassed, quickly changed the subject.

"I don't really want to come to Stanford!"

"Why is that?" Peter suddenly became interested.

"Uncle West and my brother's achievements at Stanford are really too great. I think I will live in their shadow forever when I come here."

Seth's words are not false at all, and Li Weisi needless to say, led Stanford to win the first NCAA basketball championship in school history.

Although Stephen Curry is not as good as Li Weisi, but this year, the sophomore Stephen led Stanford to the NCAA semi-finals again after 22 years. The seed Georgetown University and the University of Wisconsin, the third in the Mi, shocked the Mi.

Although Stanford lost to the later champion University of Kansas in the semifinals, Stephen's performance still attracted the attention of many NBA teams, and the media even called him Little West!

The reason why it is called Little West instead of Little West is mainly because the nickname of Little West has already been taken by someone, and that person is Stie, who is now in full swing and has won two consecutive MVPs. Jeff Nash.

Therefore, calling him Little West is definitely a compliment.

"Then where do you want to go?"

"Duke University!" Seth thought for a while and said an answer, but this answer surprised Peter a little.

"Duke? Are you going to join the enemy?"

What Peter said is not an exaggeration at all. Ever since Li Weisi beat Duke to win the NCAA championship, Stanford and Duke have had a relationship. The two teams have been in love with each other for 20 years, although most of the time, they are Duke is killing Stanford, but this does not affect the two schools are sworn enemies.

Even in January of this year, under the leadership of Stephen, Stanford defeated Duke, and the Stanford school party was held for 3 days, which was comparable to the formation when it won the championship in 86.

Therefore, Peter, who is a Stanford native, was of course surprised that Seth chose to go to Duke.

"I haven't decided yet, but Duke K's old coach did send me an invitation, so I'm hesitant." Seth said with a wry smile.

Compared with his brother Stephen, who was not interested in high school when he graduated from high school, Seth's basketball path is undoubtedly much smoother.

On the one hand, Stephen made a name for himself in college, on the other hand, it was Seth who fought hard and achieved brilliant results in the high school league.

In his senior year of high school this year, he averaged 22.3 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game in the high school league. He shot 52% from the field and 49% from the three-point range. He was selected to the best team in California and the best in all meters The team and the SCAA All-American First Team were nominated for the McDonald's All-American High School Team.

It is precisely because of this that he gained the favor of the old coach K and sent him an invitation letter.

However, if it is an ordinary high school player, after receiving the invitation of the old coach K, he will definitely pack his bags and fly to Duke without saying a word.

But Seth is obviously not an ordinary player. The environment at home makes it difficult for him to make up his mind. Therefore, he can't help but look at Peter, hoping that Peter can give him advice.

Peter obviously saw Seth's entanglement in his heart, so he restrained his smile and said to Seth seriously; "Actually, you don't have to worry too much about other people's opinions on this matter. It belongs to Stanford, but we still have another identity, that is, your brother, as long as it is beneficial to you, we will definitely support it, and we hope that you can live a better life than the school's grievances!"

"Really? You really don't mind? Did you just call me a traitor?"

"My stupid Odoudou! Can't you tell that I'm joking with you? Go ahead and do it boldly! No matter what the decision is, I will support you!"

"Thank... Thank you, Brother Peter!" Seth choked with emotion.

"Of course, as for whether you will be beaten to death by Stephen in the end, I don't care!"

"..." Hearing this, Seth's emotion, which was originally quite touching, disappeared immediately, and he felt the malice of the world towards him.

When Peter and Seth arrived at the Oracle Arena, there were already many people in the arena. Of course, this was nothing. What surprised people was that many "famous people" came to the scene.

Political presidential candidate Barack, San Francisco City Administrator Li Mengxian and so on.

Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei in the literary and art world, "Lakers mascot" Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, the dream lover of thousands of girls all over the world, and so on.

Of course, as a basketball game, many stars in the basketball world are naturally indispensable.

Some historic retired stars have come to the scene, such as Michael Jordan, "Magic" Johnson, Larry Bird, Moses Malone and so on.

In addition, many famous warriors who used to come to the arena, such as: Chris Mullin, Mitch Richmond, Dennis Rodman, Vlad Divac, Tony Kukoc, etc. wait.

On the contrary, there are very few active stars, only Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, Sharad Lewis and so on.

This is mainly because today is April 2008, 4, which is the last game day of the regular season in the 16-07 season. There are 08 games on this day. Therefore, most stars have games to play and cannot catch up. Come to the scene.

Not only that, this season can be regarded as the most anxious season, especially in the Western Conference where the Warriors are located. With 49 wins, it is still not certain that they will be able to enter the playoffs.

This is because the Warriors are currently ranked ninth. As long as the Nuggets lose tonight and the Warriors win, the Warriors will have the same record as the Nuggets, and then rely on the relationship between the two sides to advance to the playoffs.

The opponent the Warriors face tonight is also a strong enemy, currently ranked first in the Western Conference, the Lakers with a record of 57 wins and 24 losses.

How else can we say that this year's playoff competition is the most anxious year. The first place in the Western Conference and the eighth place in the Western Conference are only 8 games away.

Of course, these big-name players and celebrities traveled thousands of miles to the Oracle Arena, not to watch a focus battle.

They came here by coincidence with only one purpose, and that is to come for Li Weisi, because today will be Li Weisi's last regular season game, and if the Nuggets win tonight, it means that no matter whether the Warriors To win, this will be Li Weisi's last NBA game.

As a historical superstar, Li Weisi announced that this would be his last season long before the start of the season, and this also led to the Warriors' game, which almost became Li Weisi's tour. Here, only flowers and applause are harvested.

As a legend who has fought in the NBA for 22 years, now he has finally come to the end of his career, which is more like the end of an era. Whether it is people who like him or those who hate him, they all respect him.

At this time, there was still some distance before the official start of the game, and when the audience entered the arena, the entire arena was a bit messy.

When Peter and Seth arrived, Stephen hadn't shown up yet, and he didn't know where he took his girlfriend in a sports car. Although Dell Curry had made a lot of money throughout his career, he didn't see that kind of eyes. The point where you can buy Stephen a sports car without blinking.

"Where's your brother?" Dell Curry also wore a handsome suit and appeared in the arena today. When he saw Seth who came with Peter, he asked him.

"I don't know, he walked before us, maybe there is a traffic jam on the road!"

"This guy! Forget it, I got it!" Although Dell Curry's face was a little ugly, he didn't delve into it.

There's no way, he's all counting on Stephen to win him over now, so he doesn't even want to scold him in the slightest.

It has been 02 years since I retired in 6. I have been with the Warriors for 15 seasons. Basically, I have been with the Warriors except for the rookie season.

Despite the poor statistics, with his qualifications, Dell has always believed that he is qualified to have the Warriors retire their jerseys.

But he reacted to the Warriors management several times, but he was like a mud cow into the sea, and he didn't respond at all. After Dell inquired, he found out that he was suppressed by Frank.

This also made Dale have an opinion on Frank.

However, at the beginning of this month, Frank suddenly found Dell and expressed his hope that Stephen could participate in this year's draft. It just so happened that the Warriors' record this year was not good, and with some bargaining chips, they could be exchanged for a top pick. As for the draft pick, the Warriors will definitely choose Stephen by then.

In this way, wouldn't it be more meaningful to let Stephen wear his father's No. 30 jersey than to retire the jersey?

After listening to Frank's description, Delton's heart was moved. Father and son played for the same team and wore the same jersey. Is there anything more exciting than this?
What's more, Frank also assured Dell that Stephen will be the next Li Weisi and the future star of this Warriors team, which makes Dell not excited.

However, seeing Stephen so ignorant of time and so out of tune today still made Dale angry, so couldn't he be more stable like his template Li Weisi?

Peter hasn't rested since he came to the arena, saying hello to various bigwigs and celebrities and reminiscing about the old days, he is very busy.

"You've done well recently, Peter, but it's a pity that you didn't stick to your basketball dream, which makes me feel sorry!" After hugging Peter, Jordan couldn't help but sighed to Peter.

"Hahaha, Uncle Michael, I don't feel sorry. Stephen realized his basketball dream in my place. I think I am more suitable to be Uncle Frank." Peter laughed.

"Well, yes! Stephen's performance this year is indeed very good. Although he is a little worse than your father, he is already very remarkable."

Regarding Jordan's evaluation of his father, Peter naturally couldn't express any opinions. After the two exchanged a few more words, Stephen greeted the others.

"Hi! Brother Yao!"

"Bingde, I call you Brother Li, and you call me Brother Yao. Isn't this generation messed up?" Dayao wore a suit that didn't fit well, showing an emoji-like smile, and said to Peter. joked.

"Hey, it's okay, we each have our own calculations, my dad doesn't care about these!" Peter waved his hand, without the slightest embarrassment.

The fact is true. Although Dayao and his father are teammates, he and Dayao are only 8 years apart. If he is asked to call someone 8 years older than himself "Uncle", he can't say it.

"How is your recovery from recent injuries? Will you be able to catch up with this year's Olympics?" After the two joked a little, Peter asked Dayao again.

"It's not bad, it should be about the same!" Speaking of this, Dayao's face turned from sunny to cloudy.

It's no wonder that he is under too much pressure this year. As the Olympic Games held at his doorstep, he is currently the No.1 basketball player in China, and he has been placed in the hope of more than a billion people. If he misses it because of injuries, the consequences can be imagined. Know.

Fortunately, it seems that the knee injury will be able to recover in two months, and he should barely be able to catch up with the Olympics. Now he can only pray that the injury will not repeat.

"It's okay, Brother Yao! Everything will be fine!" Seeing Dayao's worry, Peter added a few words of comfort.

After exchanging pleasantries, more than half an hour had passed by the time Peter sat on the chair.

"Brother!" As soon as Peter's butt touched the chair, a little girl beside him threw herself into Peter's arms.

"Betsy! Are you being good recently?" Peter picked up the little girl and let him sit on his lap.

"Brother! Are you here?" At this time, another little boy also came to Peter, looking at Peter a little scared.

This pair of children is Peter's younger brother and sister. The boy is named Li Bingsi (Stubbins), and the girl is named Li Bingqi (Becky). They were both born in 97. They are a pair of twins. According to the time, they should be Mary. Sha was conceived during the finals that year.

Well, maybe it was the night Peter couldn't sleep.

"Betsy, get off your brother's lap quickly, without looking at how much you weigh!" At this time, Marisa also came over and reprimanded Becky.

Marisa is 44 years old this year, but time seems to have lost its effect on her face. She still looks sweet, as if she is a girl in her 20s. It is impossible to tell that she is already a mother of three children.

"Mom, it's okay!" Peter pampered Marisa as he patted Betsy's head with his hand.

"Hmph, you know how to pamper her for a day!" Marisa continued to maintain her majesty as a mother in front of the children, and reprimanded Peter, but she didn't say much, and sat down directly beside Peter.

Of course, among them, Becky also made a grimace, which made Peter laugh out loud.

In this way, as Marisa sat on the chair, the family immediately became happy. Of course, their head of the family was missing.

And not long after, after all the audience had finished entering the arena, all the lights in the entire arena were suddenly turned off, and for a while, the entire arena was plunged into darkness.

Players are about to enter the field.

A number of home and away players appeared one after another, but they were obviously not the ones everyone was expecting.

Until the on-site commentary, he said with affection what he had said for 20 years: "Now, let us welcome the point guard from Stanford University, jersey number 99 ↑, height 6 feet 2 inches ↓, West~ ~Lee~~"

A figure gradually stepped out from the shadows in the player tunnel, revealing the whole picture. The familiar baby face reappeared on the court, and the entire arena was instantly set ablaze.

(End of this chapter)