Legend of Tomorrow

On April 6, just two days after the NCAA finals, many sports media have begun to predict this year's NBA draft.

The Michigan Trident are all predicted to be first-round picks, and Jason Richardson, who has amazing physical fitness, is the most promising. Experts believe that if he participates in the draft, he will definitely be in the top ten.

Guo Xu, who had the best performance in the semi-finals, was looked down upon by the collective. The highest prediction was for the top players in the second round. This was based on his horrific statistics in the finals. Just because he is of mixed-race Chinese descent, experts generally believe that his physical fitness is average and that his height of 180cm will be a weakness in the NBA. In addition, two outbursts cannot prove that he can perform stably throughout the season.

In the morning, Michigan State University held a championship parade for the Spartans. Fans lined the streets to celebrate. The parade took place on the campus. The area of ​​East Lansing can only be regarded as a town, and the main part of this town is the MSU campus.

River Road, an east-west thoroughfare, passes through the town. If you drive along this road southeast, you can reach Detroit. The school is located on the south side of the street, with a planned area of ​​5,200 acres (1 acre is approximately equal to 4,050 square meters).

What is this concept? In other words, the campus area of ​​MSU is equivalent to the combined area of ​​Huangpu and Luwan districts in Shanghai. Students often need to take the bus to take elective courses, and there is a relatively large bus transfer center on campus.

The players took two modified double-decker school buses separately. Guo Xu and other five starting players and members of the coaching staff took the lead and stood on the bus to enjoy the applause and show the NCAA championship trophy to the fans.

The two senior players are the most popular and have long been local stars. Although their performance in the semi-finals was not as good as Guo Xu's, both Cliffs and Peterson were selected to the NCAA All-American team based on their overall performance.

Guo Xu was smart enough not to steal the limelight from the veteran. He kept the MOP trophy at home and did not take it out to display with the championship trophy.

The cheerleading team and band of the University of Michigan all performed. After the parade, everyone gathered in the playground. The principal commended the team, and then the team members took turns to speak.

Everyone said the same thing, thanking the coach, thanking the players, thanking the family, until Guo Xu came on the scene...

His opening remarks were offbeat. Many people may not know me. I am Jason Guo, and my Chinese name is Guo Xu. I used to be very introverted, not talkative, and lacked communication with my teammates. The day before the semi-finals, I chatted with Morris and wanted to ask him Asked how to defend better, Morris was stunned at that time, it turns out you can speak English.

There was a burst of laughter from the audience. In 2000, the Internet had just emerged. There were not so many jokes, and everyone was laughing.

Several people in the audience shouted: We know you.

Guo Xu grew up in this place, which had a small population. Of course, many people knew him and were classmates in middle school.

Guo Xu pretended to be surprised: I don't say anything, but so many people know me. I really have to thank my family today. The genes I inherited are so good.

He held the table where the microphone was placed with one hand and made a cool POSS with the other hand, causing a burst of booing from the audience.

The third-grade blond school belle Denise acted as the host, trying to bring the topic back on track, and asked: Guo, don't you want to talk about your feelings about winning this championship? They said you suddenly became stronger after being elbowed. Really? Is that so?

Yeah, on April Fool's Day, the coach had to spend a lot of money to stop Jack Lehman's self-mutilation behavior. He wanted to become stronger and used his head to defend during training games, like this. Guo Xu rubbed his head to the side, and An excited expression. Come on, come on, just elbow it.

There was another burst of laughter from the audience. This was too exaggerated.

Instead of getting angry, Jack Lehman waved to the fans. He knows that Guo Xu is going to participate in the NBA draft and will not compete with him for the point guard position next season.

There was no conflict of interest between the two of them, and he was no longer so disgusted with Guo Xu.

Guo Xu continued: This is just a joke. My strength does not come from elbow strikes, but from reality. I dare to face the desires in my heart and then work hard to realize it. I didn't dare to speak out about my NBA dream before. I'm afraid that others will laugh at me because I don't know what I'm capable of. How can a person who is timid before he fights play in the NBA? If he doesn't even dare to say a thing, how can he do it?

The students applauded vigorously, and the principal said to the people around him: It seems that our school is going to have another famous alumnus.

Everyone, speak your dreams loudly, and then work hard, don't be afraid. Guo Xu paused and said impassionedly: If you succeed, congratulations! If you fail, don't be depressed, then you will You will know the reason for my success, because I am a genius.

... Everyone was stunned for two seconds, and then burst into laughter.

God you are a genius. Everyone thought he was going to preach like those literary youths, giving him chicken soup for the soul. They were going to give him a few mechanical claps, but it turned out to be another joke.

When he came off the stage, Guo Xu high-fived the next teammate who spoke. His informality and joking character anytime and anywhere made him very popular. In the past, everyone thought he was too pretentious and aloof.

At the end of the parade, a brown-haired white man over 1.9 meters tall came over to say hello with a smile. Guo, I can't believe you are like this.

He is Guo Xu’s other good friend Austin Nichols. He has a muscular body, a Chinese-shaped face, a wide forehead, and a straight nose. His shortcoming is that his ears are a bit twitchy, and his face looks like a smile when he is expressionless. He is a sunny and handsome guy with a strong affinity.

Guo Xu high-fived him with both hands. Austin, when did you come back?

This morning, I came back specially to participate in the championship parade. Austin laughed.

Austin had a huge influence on Guo Xu's predecessor. In middle school, he was one year older than Guo Xu and Richardson. It was he who first played basketball with Guo Xu and helped him integrate into the campus smoothly. If Guo Xu had been as dull as he was in elementary school, and then he was pushed out again in middle school, he might turn from introverted to autistic.

Guo Xu encountered racial discrimination in middle school and was bullied by gangsters. It was Austin who took the initiative to stand up for him and clean up the opponent. As the main force of the school team, Austin is 1.9 meters tall at the age of 15, and few people in the school dare to mess with him.

Guo Xu joined the school basketball team in high school, and three good friends played side by side. When Austin graduated from high school and wanted to go to Los Angeles with his family to develop, his predecessor was so sad that he had tears in his eyes when he had a breakup meal. Guo Xu feels that if they get along like this for a few more years, their predecessors will be bent...

How are you doing in Los Angeles? Do you still play basketball? Richardson asked.

Austin shook his head: I occasionally play ball and exercise, but I didn't make the college team, and now I'm going to take a break from school because my goal is to be an actor in Hollywood.

Richardson smiled and asked, Really? Have you been in any movies?

I acted in Treasure Hunt in Time and Space, but it was only a supporting role, and that film will not enter the theater.

Guo Xu recalled some things about Austin in his previous life. This is an actor he has an impression of. With his good image, Austin has played leading roles in TV series, disaster blockbusters such as The Day After Tomorrow, and Wimbledon with Kirsten Dunst. He is also a Goddess Agents of SHIELD Chinese actress Keying Wang's boyfriend.

In his impression, Austin likes Chinese culture and has a good impression of Chinese people. It is not accidental to find a Chinese girlfriend. This is a close friend.