Chapter 29

"Oh, it's the new director. What can I do for you?"

Xia Song was shocked. Xin Lancheng called him personally. Did something happen?
"Mr. Xia Song, what's the matter with He Zhongqiu? He is not even registered with the Basketball Association. How do you expect us to manage him? Or do you have any opinions about our work?" Xin Lancheng said in a gloomy tone.

"this?"

Xia Song's heart tightened and he glanced at He Zhongqiu beside him.

He Zhongqiu saw it and asked casually, "Is it related to me?"

Xia Song nodded, covered the microphone and whispered, "It's the director of the Basketball Management Center calling. I blame you for not giving you the qualification certificate to register a basketball player with the Basketball Association."

At this time, Xin Lancheng on the opposite side said: "Mr. Xia Song, please find time to complete the formalities, so that I can report to the higher-ups!

Dazhi's problem has not been solved yet, and now there is the matter of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. Aren't you making things difficult for me?"

"Director Xin, I'm sorry, I was so anxious that I forgot about this." Xia Song said.

"Complete the formalities as soon as possible so that he has a chance to join the national team." Xin Lancheng said this and hung up the phone.

"What's going on?" He Zhongqiu asked.

Xia Song said: "He asked you to return to China to complete the formalities so that you will have a chance to join the national team in the future."

He was afraid that He Zhongqiu didn't know how powerful it was, so he immediately explained what the Basketball Association and the Center were, and said, "He didn't mention issues like training fees. You are different from Dayao and Dazhi. You can't talk about training fees. Besides, Dazhi's issue hasn't been resolved yet, so there shouldn't be any trouble."

Xia Song thought for a moment and said, "You should try your best to join the national team in the future. The exposure of the Olympic Games and the World Championships far exceeds that of the NBA.

Look at Carter, one of the four shooting guards. He made a death dunk at the Olympics. He is now the most popular of the four shooting guards and has the most All-Star votes. "

"The national team has Yao Ming and Da Ba, and maybe Dazhi will also go back. I don't have the strength now, so I probably don't have much chance?" He Zhongqiu said.

Xia Song said: "Let's not worry about this for now. If a domestic reporter interviews you in the future and asks you if you want to join the national team, you must say yes."

"Of course, I'm not that stupid. The government is still good to me. If I go back now, I can take over my father's job."

……

"Zhongqiu, after I leave, don't forget to ask Philip to teach you tactics. I've put the manual in your room. If you don't understand tactics, it will definitely not work."

"Okay, I'll learn."

After breakfast, Xia Song took his luggage to New York, flew to Los Angeles at noon, and flew to Yanjing tomorrow.

At ten o'clock in the morning, He Zhongqiu got the first car in his life. It cost two thousand one hundred US dollars, and it was a Ford pickup truck that had been used for who knows how many years. In any case, it was definitely not as new as Philip said.

He had no time for martial arts and basketball training. He practiced for six hours that day by driving from the small town to downtown New York, through Manhattan and then to Brooklyn, then to Long Island, and finally back to Westchester. By the evening, Coach Philip had the courage to doze off.

On the day when he was practicing driving, some American media were still hyping news about him and even interviewed many NBA stars.

In addition, although Layden warned everyone, the infighting in the locker room last night was still known to the media. There is no doubt that someone inside must have leaked it to the outside world.

But the team couldn't find out who did it. After all, all the players were there at the time, as well as so many coaches, staff and security personnel.

Toyota Sports Center in Los Angeles is the home stadium of the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL (ice hockey) Major League.

The arena has three floors, two above ground and one underground. It was built just two years ago and is very luxuriously decorated. The underground floor is the training base, which is not only the training base for the Kings, but also the training base for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Although the Lakers' home arena is Staples Center, the usage rate of Staples Center is too high. There is no place for the Lakers to use as a training base, and they can only squeeze together with the Kings.

In fact, the Lakers' training base has no reputation and doesn't even have its own sign, because it is the territory of the Los Angeles Kings.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, a reporter from the Los Angeles Times came to the Lakers' training base and interviewed Shaquille O'Neal.

"Shaq, do you know the Chinese rookie center for the Knicks?"

"Yeah, I watched the replay on TNT this morning. Wow, that was a very explosive dunk. I thought he was a big Rain Man." O'Neal said exaggeratedly.

"Do you think it was his strength that destroyed the backboard, or was it going to be destroyed anyway?" the reporter asked.

"Who knows? But he's not that big, and I was surprised he broke the backboard," O'Neal said.

"Do you think his bench press can really reach 200 kilograms?" the reporter asked again.

"Do you want to hear the truth?" O'Neal blinked and laughed.

"of course."

"OK."

O'Neal stopped laughing and said seriously, "He dunked over the 500-pound Vin Baker last night. With that backboard, I think he is really strong, very powerful, and has great explosive power.

I don’t know where his strength comes from, he does look very lean and not very muscular, but I think he’s very powerful.”

The reporter asked again: "It is said that he knows a kind of eagle kung fu, and then during the halftime last night, he refused to accept the unspoken rules, dismantled Harrington's wardrobe in front of everyone, and even broke the wall with one punch.

Shaq, do you think it was the magical Chinese Kung Fu that gave him his strength? "

"Ohhh, you know what, this is what I wanted to talk about."

O'Neal was surprised and excited, and kept shouting: "I just saw the media say that he punched through the wall and tore the closet apart with his bare hands. Is this true? Is this true?

I only know that Tyson once punched through a wall. Is that true? Why is he still playing basketball? He should just go boxing.”

"Shaq, do you think his strength comes from Kung Fu?" the reporter asked, grasping the point.

"I don't know, you have to ask him." O'Neal shook his head.

"So what do you think about his refusal to accept the unspoken rules of the locker room?" the reporter asked again.

O'Neal waved his fists and said with disdain: "I am the top draft pick Shaquille O'Neal, who dares to take advantage of me?"

"Uh……"

The reporter wanted to remind Shaq that what he answered was not a question, but then he thought, forget it, this was also a disguised answer to his question.

"Do you believe he can tear the wardrobe apart with his bare hands?" the reporter asked.

O'Neill shook his head and said, "How is that possible? I would rather believe that he can break the wall with one punch, but I will never believe that he can tear the wardrobe apart with his bare hands. That is not something a human can do."

(End of this chapter)