Chapter 9 University of Southern California ()

After returning home, Shi Xianghua began to arrange for Stephen to go to school, and asked Stephen's father to fax Stephen's academic records. After seeing Stephen's grades, he had to shake his head secretly. If this average grade point can be entered into his alma mater, he would probably have to create a record of the lowest admission score.

This is not possible. Shi Xianghua hurriedly asked Stephen's father to go to school to change several courses. The average score calculated in this way is barely OK. Then Shi Xianghua found another training class for Stephen to make up for the course.

Shi Xianghua meant that Stephen would be better off taking the entrance exam, and ordinary alumni can reduce the score requirement of 10 to 20%. As one of the directors, he should be able to pass the score even if he is a little worse.

However, because she was not very confident in Stephen's grades, she also made other preparations, which was to take the path of sports special admissions. However, she still hoped that Stephen could take normal admissions, take more formal courses, and learn more knowledge.

After a few days of class, according to the teacher's feedback, his grades were pretty good. Stephen's foundation was very good, but his homework in middle school was a little worse, so he just needed to make up for it. There should be no problem with an ordinary university, but if you want to go to Shi Xianghua's alma mater, the University of Southern California, then it would be a little worse.

Under Shi Xianghua's arrangement, Stephen took the unified entrance examination. After Shi Xianghua saw the results, he frowned. It was much worse than the requirements of Southern California University. The admission requirements of Southern California University were 1,375 points, and Stephen only scored 942 points. Such a score would be OK if he took the sports special skills, but Shi Xianghua did not want Stephen to take this path.

However, this can be used as a reason. Shi Xianghua knew that the school's school teams were composed of two groups. One was the real sports special enrollment, with expertise in sports, and the coaches of each school team were the main recruitment, and the other was the poor grades but the family background was good. Through this channel, they usually only had a little understanding of this sport and acted as the guardian of the water dispenser in the school team.

What Shi Xianghua thought was to let Stephen join the one behind. In this way, there were some requirements for grades. Stephen's grades just met this requirement, but the requirements for sports itself were not high. As long as she knew a little, she did not personally evaluate Stephen's basketball skills. After contacting the good guys, she took Stephen to the University of Southern California in downtown Los Angeles.

The second-ranked Supervisor Cage Nicholas of the University of Southern California, received Shi Xianghua and his party. After checking Stephen's various materials, he nodded and said there was no problem. As long as the school's basketball sports director Carl Benjamin signed a name on the report after seeing Stephen's basketball talent and signing a name on the report, Stephen's admission will be completed.

"I'll accompany you in person, don't worry, it's very simple. You only need to score a few goals. Young man, don't be nervous." Seeing Stephen standing behind Shi Xianghua without saying a word, not jumping like a normal young man at all, he thought it was because of Stephen's nervousness, so he comforted him.

But he didn't know that Stephen was extremely excited. USC is a well-known university in the United States. If they go back to talk to their parents, they will be so happy that they can also participate in NCAA-level basketball teams. Although USC's basketball team is not very famous and is not their favorite team, what he likes must be Jordan and Carter's North Carolina University, but if they can join NCAA, no matter which team it is.

Since that day, Stephen has no chance to get into basketball. Thinking of this, his hands began to tremble, itchy, and his heart began to burn like fire.

The group soon came to the basketball hall in the southeast of the campus. This was the sports area of ​​Southern California. It was very lively. However, when entering the basketball hall, it became much colder. Occasionally, the sound of sneakers slashing the floor and the basket hitting the frames quickly. This is because it was still summer vacation, only a few people were still at school.

When passing by someone's training ground, I saw someone showing his agile and heroic posture passionately there. Stephen envied and had a longing. In the near future, he would have the opportunity to play in such an advanced training ground. The floor that shines lightly, the basketball made of genuine leather, and the cheers like a mountain. Even if the coach's severe rebukes, it is the voice of his dreams.

Soon, I came to an office door. A tall middle-aged man was about to go out with a stack of materials in his hand. When he saw Lancelo coming over, he looked very surprised. Lancelo was the second-ranked figure in the school after the principal. Moreover, because the principal focused on academic research, the supervisor was more responsible in other matters, so why did he come to the basketball hall?

"Director Benjamin, let me introduce you to me. This is Ms. Shi Xianghua, a graduate of our school's law school, one of the most famous lawyers in California, and one of the directors of our school. She has invested a lot of energy in the development of our USC."

Speaking of this, let’s talk about the origin of the University of Southern California. The University of Southern California is a private research school. It was originally built by three wealthy Los Angeles residents. It is a Methodist university. Later, it gradually faded away from its religious color and was no longer under the jurisdiction of the church. It became managed by the Supervisory Council, which is composed of about 50 voted directors and several executive directors, honorary directors and retired directors that do not vote. The directors are executives of some large organizations or companies, outstanding alumni and senior management leaders of the university. Usually these three identities are inseparable.

The vast majority of the University of Southern California graduates stay in California, so the Troyon family, alumni organization of the USC, is a very influential organization in California.

"Hello, I'm very happy to see you." Benjamin didn't react at first. When he heard that Shi Xianghua was a lawyer, Benjamin was immediately moved. He was also a director of the school. The enthusiasm on his face became even more. He was a recruiter of the school. In addition, in recent years, the basketball team's performance has not been very good, so his position is very unstable.

He was still wondering about the purpose of the other party and his group, but when he saw Stephen standing behind, he immediately understood that if the supervisors and directors who had not met for many years appeared in the basketball hall, there must be something private. It is probably because the children of the alumni want to enter the school through this channel.

It is because there are too many such people that the school’s basketball team’s performance has not improved. However, taking care of alumni is a traditional habit of Southern California University. He, a head of the basketball sports department, dares to raise objections.

"This is Ms. Shi's nephew Stephen. The results of the entrance examination have basically passed. He has a certain basketball talent, so I want to join our school's basketball team. I will take him over and take a look. If possible, please sign and approve it on this report."

Perhaps it was normal for this to happen at the University of Southern California, so Nicholas didn't look embarrassed at all and handed over the report directly. Although he had not stuffed people into the basketball team, other teams often did this, whether it was a baseball team or a rugby team.

"Okay." Benjamin took the report, glanced at the results on the report quickly, and smiled bitterly in his heart. As expected, this is true. Such results are almost the same as going to an ordinary third-rate university. If you want to enter this top university in the United States, you are a little worse. And if you can get such a score, you won't have any talent in sports. After taking a look at Stephen, he was pretty good at height, that's it? At this time, he noticed Stephen's skin color, a yellow person? The yellow person's athletic ability advantage is not in basketball, so why did you run to the basketball arena?

"Okay, come here to try it." But since the supervisors have come forward in person, what's wrong with it? If Benjamin is a person who sticks to principles, the basketball team at the University of Southern California will not be like this now.

"Come on, I'll take a look." After leading the group to an empty basketball court, Benjamin picked up a ball and threw it to Stephen. Seeing that Stephen's method of receiving the ball was pretty good, Benjamin nodded, OK, it's not the kind of person who hasn't even played basketball before.

But what happened next made him a little stunned. He saw Stephen holding up the basketball high, his hands were straight, his fingers were positioned properly, and heels were known to lift it. Who knew that the basketball he threw flew far behind the basket.

Others have a terrible expression. It is exaggerated to shoot like this. If the shots are excellent in the basket and the shots are passing the ball, what should I think if I miss the rebound?

Although Nicholas still had a smile on his face, he was complaining about Shi Xianghua in his heart, and said that his nephew had good basketball talent. I have never seen anyone so bad. At least you are reliable when you get the rebound.

Although Shi Xianghua was very angry with Stephen, if you were at this level, don’t be able to know basketball. If you were to lose such a big person outside, you would just change to another event. But now he is embarrassed to go to the nephew’s station, so he had to give Stephen an encouraging look and signal him to do it again.

Stephen smiled awkwardly and rubbed his hands nervously. He was so excited that he couldn't control his body when he was excited. He took a ball again, felt the weight in his hand, and threw it out again.

Unfortunately, the basketball flew behind the rebound again, but it was much better than the one just now. Without looking back, Stephen also knew what gaze they would look at themselves, and how would my aunt blame herself in her heart. But this body really couldn't control herself. Forget it, I won't shoot anymore, I'll make a three-step layup.

At this time, a hearty laugh suddenly came. Several young people who were about the same age as Stephen stood next to the training ground. Seeing Stephen being able to throw the ball behind the basket twice in a row, he couldn't help laughing.
Chapter completed!