When people mention "kansas", the first impression that comes to mind is "Kansas City". This city in western Missouri is the largest city in the state and one of the most important cities in central North America. In addition to the development of industry and agriculture and animal husbandry, it is also the intersection of roads and railways across the continent, and it has an irreplaceable and important position in transportation.

Of course, the city also has an NFL professional team:

Chief of Kansas!

However, the story didn't happen in this Kansas City.

To the east of Missouri, there is Kansas, which is the center of the mainland of the United States, Nebraska to the north, Oklahoma to the south, Colorado to the west, and Missouri to the east. In addition to a slightly curved state boundary near Missouri in the northeast, the entire state is rectangular, flat, and vast in area. This is the state with the largest winter wheat production in the United States. Manufacturing industry outside agriculture is also an important economic pillar.

From a geographical perspective, this is the center of the mainland of North America, and agriculture and animal husbandry are the largest granary in the United States; but from an economic and cultural perspective, this is a desert, just like a traditional Hollywood western film, with wheat on the endless vast plains.

Topeka, located in northeastern Kansas, is the second largest city in the state. The winding Kansas River crosses the city from west to east. An hour's drive upstream is a small city with the same name as Manhattan, New York, and a forty-minute drive downstream is a small city called Lawrence. Two top public universities are located in the upper and lower reaches of the Kansas River, respectively, on the east and west sides of Topeka.

University of Kansas and Kansas State University.

In Kansas, there are no professional teams in the Big Four leagues, only two NCAA Division I teams, the University of Kansas Jayhawks and the Kansas State Wildcats, both of which have football and basketball, which also makes them mortal enemies.

Kansas State Wildcats, this is the team Lu Yiqi is currently working for.

Manhattan is a very, very mini city with a permanent population of less than 50,000, but the gurgling streams, endless wheat fields, towering pines, and spring-like climates. The beautiful and pleasant scenery has received countless praises. It is not only the first place in Kansas to be selected as the "most beautiful city in the United States", but also the "New York Times" as the most suitable place for young retirees to live.

Apart from cowboys and beer, all the entertainment time of the locals is placed on the NCAA football team - even the entire state of Kansas. Every game day, the local residents' enthusiasm for watching the game is even stronger than that of the NFL, because this is the team connected to their bloodline.

It is precisely because of this that the "Manhattan Chronicle" as a local newspaper has given the front page headlines to the biggest contributor to the 2007 opening game to the biggest contributor to the victory.

The reporter mentioned a very, very important fact in the news report:

Since the 2002 Holiday Bowl, the Kansas State Wildcats have never been able to reverse the victory after falling behind seven or more points in the first half.

Indeed, in the past four years, the Wildcats have achieved many great victory under the leadership of legendary coach Bill Schneider:

For example, in 2003, he blocked his generation's old rival Iowa State University with a score of 45:0; for example, in 2005, he narrowly defeated Marshall University with a score of 21:19" away night games; including last year, under the leadership of the new coach Ron Press, he thrilled to defeat the fourth-ranked University of Texas at home with a score of 45:42...

And so on.

Even in the trough, the Wildcats have indeed contributed many classic battles, but the team has not reversed the defeat in adversity for a long time. Not to mention falling behind in big scores, even if it is a touchdown behind in half, the team seems to have lost the ability to turn defeat into victory.

For four years, from Bill Schneider to Long Pres, the team never changed such a situation. Until the day before yesterday, no one expected that they would break the predicament and reborn under the leadership of the interim head coach, and they would reverse the victory on the edge of the cliff that was 17 points behind. The sweet taste of victory was enough to make every Wildcats fan frenzy, and the surging emotional frenzy continued all night.

Lu Yiqi looked at his appearance on the front page seriously, a little strange, familiar, a little embarrassed and excited, especially as he watched his name become lead type, an indescribable emotion rolled in his chest, and the little bits of that game appeared in his mind again-

The fans from home court were cheering and roaring, the humid and stuffy air stuck to the surface of the skin, the heartbeat that hit the eardrum at critical moments, the sweat splashing in the air between the impact, the rapid breathing and anxious sight, and the ever-changing game process...

Everything is so lifelike, but it is so beautiful that it makes people immerse themselves in it. I can't help but want to experience it carefully again.

He likes every minute and every second he stands on the court, including those moments when he is nervous and nervous to the point of suffocation.

victory.

He likes victory, as if he likes candy-

This is a habit left over from the editor-in-chief’s period.

Everyone in the office is old cigarette guns, and the reporters are always under stress, either coffee or alcohol, or cigarettes. They always need to find a little sustenance to vent their emotions, otherwise they may explode as they write. Or, delay the time of their explosion.

But over time, the body began to protest. This was one of the countless quarrels between him and his ex-wife. Then he began to try to quit smoking candy and further replaced it with candy. After quitting cigarettes, the candy could not be quit.

Later I found that when I was nervous or anxious, adding a little sugar did have a relief effect, and my mood seemed to gradually calm down. Then, this naturally became a habit. Now, no matter when, he would carry candy, especially when he stayed up late.

Maybe, he will also be addicted to victory.

To clean up the dining table, Lu Yiqi fixed the front page of the "Manhattan Chronicle" with a refrigerator sticker on the refrigerator door. He gently tapped the word "Victory" with his fingers. He walked firm and brisk steps and left the door, preparing to go to the office to start a new day and a new round of work.
Chapter completed!