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741 Earthshaking

"Lu Sheng, hey, Lu Sheng, wait."

As soon as Lu Jiayan left the store, Chen Weiguo ran over again, and gently hit his friend with his shoulder.

"Your confidentiality skills are really great. If they hadn't told me that Coach Archie was your kid, how long would you be planning to hide it?"

Looking at Chen Weiguo's excited expression, Lu Jiayan was a little dull, "David, why are you joining in the fun?"

Chen Weiguo was unable to detect the emotions behind Lu's words.

They are ordinary chess friends, and they have only become familiar with each other in the past two years. All their friendship is based on the chessboard. Both of them rarely mention family matters and do not gossip about each other. This also keeps both parties familiar enough, but they do not have much intersection in their private lives.

Lu Jiayan thought Chen Weiguo would not care about these things, and he didn't usually discuss them, but his ideas were overturned.

Chen Weiguo's small eyes glared round and said angrily, "Isn't this joining in the fun! Don't you know how powerful your son is?"

"I tell you, a Chinese can be a head coach in rugby, from professional leagues to college leagues, and not only has he led a college team to the championship, but now he has led a professional team to the playoffs. Even a white coach is a feat worthy of writing, let alone a Chinese?"

It was more exciting than being angry, Chen Weiguo said with joy.

"You also know that we always live in a small area of ​​Chinatown, and we dare not challenge easily and live a small life step by step. But if everyone is settled in a corner like this, how can the Chinese people's status in North America change?"

"It is precisely because of young people like Archie who bravely stand up and let everyone know our abilities and break the prejudice against us that we can have more room for survival."

"It's like when our parents first came here to work hard, Archie's work in the rugby world might have been a hundred times more difficult, but he really did it. How could this be said to be a fuss?"

"I tell you, in the future, you will post Archie's poster at the door of the store. If someone discriminates against you, you will just choke back and tell them that we are also residents living here. We need to find a way to live in peace, otherwise, you will either accept it or get out. What Archie can do, we old guys can do it."

Chen Weiguo in front of him was something that Lu Jiayan had never seen before. He was a little unfamiliar, but after careful consideration, he was more familiar with them. Those views and remarks can be felt when playing chess, but today it is just more sharp and stronger.

It was not Jiang Wenjin or Lu Yiqi, but Chen Weiguo, a friend who was on par with Lu Jiayan, and a bystander with a neutral position outside the matter. Chen Weiguo's words really touched Lu Jiayan, and his eyes couldn't help but show a hint of contemplation.

"Welcome to join us this Sunday."

At this moment, a young girl riding a bicycle passed by, stopped casually in front of them, and handed over a promotional advertisement.

Neither Lu Jiayan nor Chen Weiguo are interested. Nearby restaurants always like to do such activities, attracting customers by distributing promotional advertisements.

But the young girl did not leave and showed a big smile, "This is not an advertisement, but an invitation to a party."

"Haha, we are all old people, not suitable for parties." Chen Weiguo smiled brightly, not at all the affectionate and excited appearance just now.

"It's not a party, it's a party, we'll gather together to watch Coach Archie's game." The young girl was still trying to convince them, "Coach Archie, do you know? It's the head coach of the Green Bay Packers..."

"We know, we know." Chen Weiguo nodded repeatedly, interrupted the young girl's words, his eyes lit up, and he took the leaflet, "What, what event? What party?"

"We are planning to organize an event to watch the game. We hope that all Chinese people in the nearby neighborhood can come out to party and support Coach Archie with practical actions. We also hope to go to the stadium, but it is too late to buy tickets now, but we can still participate."

“Just in the neighborhood we live in, we should unite and stand firmly behind Coach Archie and let him know that this is his home court, just like the title of the New York Times, welcome home.”

The smile on the young girl's face was so bright and so bright, and her lively voice expressed her burning enthusiasm.

Chen Weiguo nodded repeatedly, "It will definitely be there! It will definitely be! I will bring a bunch of good guys to support you. After finally coming up with such a rare opportunity, how can I miss it?"

The young girl couldn't help but jump up, "Really? That would be the best! Please come when the time comes! Coach Archie is facing away games across the United States. No matter which city he goes to, there are always a few people who support him. Therefore, we need to unite and let Coach Archie feel more support!"

"Please join us!" Youth is full of youth and vitality, rising in the haze of New York's cold winter, like a ray of warm sun.

After saying that, the young girl rode her bicycle again and continued to move forward, but without moving far, she stopped again and continued to hand over the flyers to passers-by next to her.

Lu Jiayan's eyes were taken back from the young girl's enthusiastic back and looked down at the promotional advertisement in Chen Weiguo's hand.

“Coach Archie, welcome home—

Let's witness the Green Bay miracle together!"

Involuntarily, Lu Jiayan's heart also hit his chest slightly. He raised his head again and looked at the cheering banners hanging on the block, as well as the posters posted on the windows and iron doors. His emotions were a little mixed, as if... the world was really earth-shaking.

Not only because Lu Yiqi won his recognition with his own efforts, but more importantly, the ideas of young people and older generations have been alternating.

For Lu Jiayan's generation, leaving his hometown and traveling across Haiti to work hard on a strange continent is an adventure with extreme imagination. In their bones, they still long to return to their hometown, always thinking about returning to their roots. Life in North America is just a journey of wandering.

Therefore, even if they encounter discrimination everywhere in life, they just complain and will not really fight back, because this is not their own territory, and they are always outsiders.

But for Lu Yiqi's generation, their lives happened here. They not only "stay for a short time" here, but also open up new worlds here. They are willing to build a life with their own hands, and are willing to fight for rights with their voices, so that others realize that they are not outsiders.

Therefore, no matter what difficulties they encounter, they refuse to swallow their anger, but bravely stand up and try their best to strive for what they deserve to win their own position on this continent.

Times are different after all.

The world has changed eventually.
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