Chapter 131 In ancient times, people like me were generally called heroes
"Bang!"

Mashburn missed the jump shot, Kurt Thomas grabbed the rebound and the Knicks attacked.

He Zhongqiu entered the basket again, and Magloire was no longer able to stop him, so he went around him and defended from the side, sticking to him.

Charlie Ward hung on the left side of the basket, He Zhongqiu carried the defender with his left hand and caught the ball with his right hand.

At this time, Mashburn pounced on his side. He had no time to adjust his feet. He jumped up immediately and made a side hook shot.

"Bang!"

The ball hit the basket, and he and Magloire jumped at the same time and grabbed the ball with their jumping ability.

"boom!"

The next moment, He Zhongqiu jumped again and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands.

"Oh ho!"

Victory was in sight, advancement was in sight, and Madison Square Garden erupted in warm cheers.

"damn it!"

At the critical moment, they lost another offensive rebound, allowing the Wolverines to score two second attacks twice. Paul Silas was so angry that he slapped his thigh.

"7 points?"

He shook his head helplessly. It would be difficult to catch up with the current state of the players.

In particular, Wolverine was still able to make a big splash under the basket and score continuously at this time, which made him a little desperate.

"It should be safe. The Knicks are expected to advance," Jordan said.

"Wolverine's physical strength is still very good." Xiao Fan said.

Michael Brin gave Xiao Fan a strange look. Which eye of yours saw that he was in great physical condition? He clearly didn't have the strength to dunk, and he was panting like a cow.

"hehe!"

After looking at Brin, Xiao Fan smiled.

Of course he could only say this, because they were broadcasting live and the microphones were connected to the speakers in the venue, so everyone in the audience could hear what they were saying.

If he said at this time that Wolverine's physical strength was actually running out and the Hornets might launch a counterattack, and if the Knicks lost the game because of this, wouldn't he be scolded to death by New York fans?

"Di Di!"

Not long after, the referee blew the final whistle.

"88:95, congratulations to the Knicks for advancing to the second round." Xiao Fan said happily.

"Unfortunately, the Hornets were unable to turn the tables and lost Game 5, as well as the series, and were eliminated in the first round," said Michael Breen.

Jordan flipped through the data sheet in his hand and said, "The best player in this game was Knicks center Wolverine, who played 4 minutes in 44 quarters and only rested for 4 minutes.

一共15投9中，命中率60%，17罚11中，命中率64.7%，得到29分15篮板2助攻1抢断4盖帽3失误4犯规的数据。”

Xiao Fan said: "Today, the mid-range shooting king and the madman also performed well, one scored 20 points and the other 17 points, and their hit rate was over %."

Michael Breen said: “In the five-game series, the Wolverines averaged 36.4 minutes per game, 14.8 of 9.6 shots, a shooting percentage of 64.9%, and 10.2 of 6 free throws, a shooting percentage of 58.8%.

他场均轰下25.2分13.8篮板1.6助攻1.2抢断4.4盖帽2.8失误4犯规的超级数据，是尼克斯表现最好的球员。”

Jordan said: "This is a superstar's data. The offensive efficiency is very good. Although the free throw percentage is not very good, the posture is very impressive."

"Ha ha……"

Hearing Jordan's ridicule, all the fans in the audience laughed.

He Zhongqiu also smiled. Free throws were almost harmless. If I were perfect, wouldn't all the women in Madison Square Garden jump on me? No matter how strong the kidneys, blood, and bones are, they can't withstand it!

"Hey, Wolverine."

At this time, a reporter from ABC TV came over with a camera, greeted him and handed him a headset.

"Hey there."

He Zhongqiu took it and put it on his head, then greeted the camera: "Hey, hello."

"Are you excited about advancing in the first round?" the reporter asked.

"NO." He shook his head.

"Um……"

The reporter nodded and was about to ask the next question when he suddenly realized that Wolverine didn't follow the script and asked quickly, "Why?"

"After the 3-1 score, we thought we had already advanced, so we were too excited then. We are not excited now," said He Zhongqiu.

"..."

The reporter was stunned. Is your excitement like the money in your account? Once it’s used up, it’s gone. Can’t you get some more?

"Ahem, so, Wolverine, for the next second-round series, would you rather play against the Pistons or the Magic?" the reporter asked.

"Magic," he said firmly.

"Why?" the reporter asked.

"Trailing 1-3, do the Pistons still have a chance to advance to the second round? We will definitely beat the Magic in the second round." He Zhongqiu said confidently.

The reporter smiled and reminded: "Wolverine, their Game 5 game just ended, the score was 67:98, the Pistons won by 31 points at home."

He Zhongqiu was stunned and said unhappily, "The Magic are useless! Don't they have the scoring champion Tracy McGrady? How many points did he score?"

"McGrady scored 19 points. The Magic lost their touch due to the Pistons' defense and had an overall shooting percentage of only 32%," said the reporter.

At this point, the reporter asked again: "Wolverine, don't you want to play against the Pistons? Is it because the Pistons are stronger?"

"What's so great about the Pistons? Ben Wallace is 20 centimeters shorter than me, and I'm stronger than him, so I can beat him easily."

He Zhongqiu started bragging casually.

The reporter felt a little pain in his stomach, so he tried to hold back his laughter and asked, "Do you think Ben Wallace is only a little over 1.9 meters tall?"

"Is there?" He Zhongqiu asked back.

"Ha ha……"

The reporter finally couldn't help it.

Back in the locker room, the results of the other three games came out.

In addition to the Pistons and Magic, the Spurs beat the Suns at home and the Lakers defeated the Timberwolves away, both of which got match points.

"120:90, the Lakers actually won by 30 points away from home. The Timberwolves are as useless as the Magic." He Zhongqiu shook his head.

锡伯杜念起了小斯手数据，说道：“小霸王10投6中，得到14分14篮板1助攻3抢断3盖帽4失误5犯规，打了37分钟。金刚狼，他还是不如你。”

He Zhongqiu nodded and said, "Both the Timberwolves and the Magic disappointed me, only Stoudemire didn't disappoint me."

"Ha ha……"

The locker room burst into laughter.

……

On the 30th, He Zhongqiu slept until almost noon before getting up.

It's almost time for lunch, and the TV channel is on ABC midday news, broadcasting NBA news.

He picked up the newspaper and flipped through it, but could hardly understand it. He had only graduated from elementary school and his Chinese was not very good, let alone these foreign languages.

"Wellington, please translate." He threw the newspaper to Philip.

Philip picked up the first newspaper and said, "The New York Times said in the sports headline that the Knicks have welcomed the next Ewing."

"I like this kind of report." He Zhongqiu nodded.

Philip continued with a smile: "It also says here that Wolverine's free throws are useless and not as practical as O'Neal's Alzheimer's free throws."

"Cancel your subscription to the New York Times immediately. It's such a rubbish newspaper and not worth my money," He Zhongqiu cursed.

He said dissatisfiedly: "These media know nothing. My free throws are just not that accurate at the moment. I will get more and more accurate in the future. O'Neal's free throws are purely based on luck. There is no room for improvement."

At this time, a black man appeared on the TV screen. It was Ben Wallace. It seemed that he was being interviewed by a reporter from ABC TV after last night's game.

"Ben, just now, Wolverine said that your strength is not as good as his. What do you think?" the reporter asked.

"That guy is a big mouth. He says whatever he wants. I don't care what he says." Ben Wallace said in a muffled voice.

"He also said that you are 20 centimeters shorter than him, maybe even less than 1.9 meters," the reporter continued.

"what?"

Ben Wallace was furious, his hair stood on end, and his height suddenly increased by twenty centimeters.

"Ben, how are you going to respond to him?" the reporter asked with concern.

"I, I... I'm obviously two meters tall. Why do you say I'm less than 1.9 meters? Wolverine is spreading rumors." Ben Wallace was so angry that his face turned pale, but he was not good at speaking and really didn't know how to respond.

"I think he is an honest man, Sanjin, don't bully honest people." Yang Xue said happily.

"Sister Xue, why would I bully an honest person?"

He Zhongqiu denied it immediately, and then said: "When I was in the underworld, I robbed the rich and gave to the poor. In ancient times, people like me were called heroes, heroes like Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang."

Yang Xue rolled her eyes and said, "My hero, you feel superior even though you are doing this to me?"
After lunch, Wu Jing called and said that his father had an acquaintance at Yanjing Tongrentang who could get him a 50-60 year old forest ginseng, which was guaranteed to be wild. The price was 150,000 yuan, and asked if he wanted it.

"Brother Jing, how do I give the money?" he asked hurriedly.

"During the Mid-Autumn Festival, this kind of ginseng is worth a little over 100,000 at most, and the relationship with the people over there can only be said to be average, my grandfather said so." Wu Jing said.

"Never mind, let's get it first," he said.

"Okay, there's no rush for the money. You can give it to me when you return to your country. I'll pay for it first from the old man," said Wu Jing.

"Okay, please thank the old man for me. Brother Jing, can you ask the old man to send it to me?" he said.

"I'll find someone else to help. The old man can't do this." Wu Jing said.

"well."

……

That night, the first round of G6 game started.

The Nets defeated the Bucks away from home, eliminating their opponents with a score of 4 to 2 and advancing to the second round.

The Digital Team lost the away game, tied with the Celtics 3-3, and the two teams will play a tiebreaker in the next game.

In the West, the Mavericks, who had originally led the Trail Blazers 3-0 and had the qualifying point, lost two games in a row and then lost again, tying the Trail Blazers 3-3 and will also go into a game seven.

The time came to May 2003.

"The Mavericks are a rubbish team. The German tank made 11 of 2 shots at the critical moment and only scored 4 points. With such performance, he is not worthy of being the leader of a team."

“4分0篮板1助攻0抢断0盖帽1失误3犯规，诺维茨基在场上20分钟的表现堪称垃圾。”

I went to bed early last night. He Zhongqiu got up at seven o'clock, practiced standing meditation for half an hour, and then went downstairs.

Philip was watching the news in the living room, and Yang Xue was helping Mary make breakfast.

Seeing him coming down, Philip said gloatingly: "During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Mavericks were badly criticized. The print media, online media and television media were all full of news mocking the team and Nowitzki. It was overwhelming."

"Good news. It would be best if the Mavericks were eliminated by the Prison Team. Haha! Let's have a drink to celebrate during breakfast."

When he thought about the racial discrimination in Dallas, he felt that he should keep a close eye on this team for the rest of his life. He hated the Mavericks even more than the Pacers.

"Wellington, when does our second round start?" he asked.

"It has just been announced that it will take place on the 5th and 6th," Philip said.

"Oh."

He responded, came to the restaurant, sat down at the table and turned on the system.

In the first round of the series, the offensive and defensive tactics were upgraded from levels 65 and 66 to 67 respectively.

盖帽从82提升到了83级，协防补防各从60提升到了61级，单防从80提升到了81级。

进攻方面，上篮从84提升到了85级，低位背打从55提升到了56级，低位面筐从60提升到了61级，低位步伐从75提升到了76级。

He took out a piece of paper from his body, which was a training plan.

This is the offseason training plan developed by his personal trainer Green Felton. He has discussed and approved the plan with the team's head trainer Home Lester, technical coach Ewing, and physical trainer Hans.

The first item is physical training, which is also the only physical training.

The second item is low-post footwork training, which is the basis of low-post offense and defense, but it can be practiced together with offensive techniques and does not need to be practiced alone.

Items 3 to 8 are all offensive techniques.

The third item is low-post face-to-basket offensive technique training, the fourth is low-post back-to-the-basket offensive technique training, the fifth is rebound shooting training, the sixth is hook shot, the seventh is free throw, and the eighth is layup.

The ninth item is assisting defense and backup defense, and the tenth item is single defense.

During the off-season, even during filming, Greenfeldt would follow him, urging him to complete various training plans and provide training conditions.

He also has his own goals. During the four or five months of the offseason, he wants to improve the first, second, fifth and seventh items to the first-class level of 90, and the third and fourth to the second-class level, preferably above level 85.

Second-rate offensive skills matched with first-rate finishing skills, coupled with top-notch physical fitness and first-rate low-post footwork, should be able to unleash first-rate low-post offensive firepower.

Yang Xue came over with two large plates of steak, looked at his training plan, and said, "Sanjin, you are different now than before. I think you should improve your cultural level. Why not hire a tutor?"

He Zhongqiu was stunned and felt that Yang Xue's suggestion was unreasonable. If he could study, he would not have dropped out of school.

As soon as Yang Xue saw He Zhongqiu's face, she knew that he was unwilling, so she persuaded him, "If you don't want a tutor, why don't you read some literature?
Reading those books can improve your understanding ability. If you want to develop in Hollywood, you must read the script, right? Even if there is a translation, you have to understand the content yourself, right? If you don't read, you can't have a deep understanding of the role, and your acting skills can't improve. "

"Yang Xue, you are right. Ask Brother Xia to buy some books for me from China." After hearing this, he could accept it again.

Yang Xue was also very happy to see that he accepted it.

He then called Xia Song, who had already returned to China and was now in Yanjing.

Xia Song was also very happy and said that he would prepare some books for him in China and build a study room in the villa in the future.

The team has no training scheduled today. In order to give the players enough rest time, the Knicks will not start training until the 3rd.

He Zhongqiu also did not plan to practice more and wanted to completely relax his body. His physical strength needed to be further restored, otherwise he would be in trouble in the next round.

After breakfast, he accompanied Yang Xue to visit New York City, and Philip was the driver.

He hadn't had time to accompany Yang Xue since she came. This time he finally had a few days to spend some time with her.

"Sister Xue, when I first came from China, you prepared everything for me. Don't refuse me. I am a hero, I cannot be ungrateful!"

"Oh, how much did I spend then?"

"It's okay, these things don't cost me much right now, hehe."

Qiang dragged Yang Xue to various luxury goods and brand-name clothing and shoe stores for a shopping trip. Amid Yang Xue's constant refusals, large and small bags were delivered to her home by the stores.

I went shopping in the morning, walked from Manhattan to Chinatown, had lunch in Chinatown, and then walked around Broadway to digest the food.

I went to Long Island in the afternoon, found a private golf course, and played golf for a while.

He Zhongqiu had never played golf before, this was his first time. Philip suggested it to him, saying that this sport was an aristocratic sport that could improve one's character.

After playing for a while, he didn't hit a single ball. Either it went into a pit or into the woods. He couldn't help but complain:

"I feel like this sport is a sheer waste of time. It's not improving me, it's just wasting my life."

"Then let's go."

Yang Xue didn't know how to play either, and she felt somewhat interested, but He Zhongqiu didn't like it, so she didn't insist.

After leaving Long Island, we went to see the Statue of Liberty.

Looking at the tall statue, Yang Xue said thoughtfully: "Sanjin, have you ever thought about emigrating?"

"Why do we want to immigrate?" He Zhongqiu was stunned.

Yang Xue said: "In our circle, many people have immigrated to the US, and most of the famous movie stars in the 1980s have immigrated.

In our Beijing circle, Wang Su came here two years ago, and I heard that when he returned, he praised America as the real life. "

He Zhongqiu certainly knew Wang Su, a Beijing ruffian who came from a compound and whose background was a hundred times better than his, one of the so-called bigwigs in the Beijing circle, but he had no interest in reading his books. He had only heard of his name and asked curiously, "Did he make a fortune in the United States?"

"How much money can he make in the United States? Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone back and only stayed for a few months," said Yang Xue.

"what?"

He Zhongqiu was stunned.

"Sanjin, what about you? Don't you plan to immigrate?" Yang Xue asked.

"As for me, I don't really like foreign girls. They don't use perfume and they all smell like onions. It's okay for a short time, but I can't stand it for a long time. Chinese girls are better, so immigration doesn't appeal to me."

Yang Xue rolled her eyes and said, "What a sin, Sanjin, you should stay in America and don't go back to harm the girls in China."

"Sister, Beijing Film Academy has recruited a lot of new students this year, right? Are there any beauties in the 03 acting class?"

"Don't harm them."

"What do you mean by 'harm'? After all, I studied at Beijing Film Academy for two or three years. I am their senior, so I should find a chance to care about them."

"You should find a girlfriend seriously. Don't look for one in Beijing Film Academy. The girls there are only 1.7 meters tall at most. Go to the modeling class. There are many beauties who are 1.8 meters tall and more suitable for you."

"Sister, you are so kind to me. But I still have to go back to Beijing Film Academy. I can't give those high-quality resources to others."

Yang Xue sighed helplessly. With He Zhongqiu's current fame, as long as he returned to Beijing Film Academy, there would be plenty of girls in the acting class willing to stick with him.

Not to mention Beijing Film Academy, the same goes for those in the entertainment industry who have no opportunities.

(End of this chapter)