Chapter 4 Guns and Roses(1/2)
The tail of June 1981 hurriedly swept by, and the hot July had arrived.
Another morning, the Gan family and the staff of the restaurant had breakfast in the store as usual. This time, in addition to the three generations of Gan Bingguang, Gan Youwei and his son, Gan Guoyang's cousin, Gan Guohui's mother, and Qian Hui also came to the store to have a meal.
Although Qian Hui married into the Gan family, the Gan family also has a good business restaurant, but unlike other Chinese families in Chinatown, she does not work in the Gan family restaurant. Instead, she has an independent job and a high-ranking career in the United States - a lawyer.
As for how Gan Guohui, the fat chef, got the heart of a smart and capable female lawyer, and how Qian Hui liked this greasy fat man, no one knew about it for the time being.
Gan Guohui didn't know, and he didn't dare to ask, because what he feared most in this family was his lawyer's mother.
"Mom...I...I've finished eating."
"Well, put away the bowl and go home to complete the homework I assigned for you. I heard that you go to the electric every day while I am on a business trip?"
Qian Hui glanced at Gan Guohui and scared the fat man.
"No! I do my homework every day. The Guoyang has come these days, so I've played basketball with him every day."
"So you want to play basketball today?" Before Gan Guohui could speak up, Qian Hui had already guessed from his son's words that he wanted to play basketball again.
"No...I..." Gan Guohui, who was exposed by his mother, didn't know what to say. He knew that bargaining with his lawyer's mother was only dead.
"Ah Hui, if Guohui wants to play basketball, let him go. He is playing basketball and training with Guoyang every day. I think it's pretty good. He has lost a lot of weight these days." Gan Bingguang advised from the side, and he also respected her for her powerful daughter-in-law.
"Okay, then go and play basketball. But you have to make up for the homework you have left behind!" Qian Hui still has to give her father-in-law's face.
Gan Guohui finally felt relieved and signaled Gan Guoyang to eat soon.
"Ah Hui, how many days will be spent when I come back this time? Are you still busy?" Gan Youtang asked his wife with concern. Qian Hui had been on a business trip for more than a month, and he was also quite worried.
"I have to go to Washington after a while, and I still have to try to get the case of Hinckley."
"Oh, why should a person who assassinated the president defend him?" Gan Bingguang complained from the side that he didn't think it was good for his daughter-in-law to go on business for so long.
"Assassinate the President?" Gan Youwei was shocked when he heard this.
It turns out that what Qian Hui mentioned was John Hinckley, the murderer who assassinated US President Reagan in March 1981. This case is undoubtedly the focus of everyone in the United States. For Qian Hui, getting the right to defend this case will be of great help to her career.
"Dad, don't worry about my business..."
"Dad, I've finished eating my uncle and aunt! We're leaving!"
"Mom, dad, grandpa, we're leaving!"
At this time, Gan Guoyang finished his breakfast and ran out with Gan Guohui impatiently, leaving the adults to talk about some messy things.
"Hey Guohui, are you so afraid of your mother?" Gan Guoyang asked the fat man on the way.
"It's not just fear! You have never seen my mother's horror! None of our family is afraid of her!" Gan Guohui felt a chill on his back when he mentioned his mother.
"Hey, you are in a blessing and don't know how to be blessed. I don't have a mother yet." When it comes to mother, Gan Guoyang looked a little sad. Dang Lei, who later generations, didn't know who his mother was, but Gan Guoyang's mother ran away with someone in this life.
"Hehe, don't do this, my mother will be your mother in the future! Although she is strict and has a great mouth, she has a good heart and a cheerful person. She is not as narrow-and-stingy as some women. We all call my mother 'Master Qian'!"
"Mr. Qian?"
"Yes! This means that my mother is the same person as my elder sister. But you can't say it in front of my mother, otherwise you will die miserably!"
The two cousins chatted all the way to the old place, the small stadium in Union Square.
Chen Xing was waiting for them there just like the first time. But this time he brought a basketball over and had already practiced there.
Because he found that if he didn't practice hard, he would be surpassed by Gan Guoyang.
Since the three of them fought in the square on June 28, these three people would gather here on time every morning to play basketball together for the whole morning.
On the first day, Chen Xing was quite relaxed to play the two of them. Although both of the cousins were so tall, he had better agility and stronger physique. In addition, he had great progress in all aspects with Lao Hei during this summer vacation.
After a week of fighting, Chen Xing found that it was acceptable to fight Gan Guohui alone. Although this fat man was slowly recovering his strength, Gan Guohui could not beat him before.
However, it is becoming more and more difficult to fight with Gan Guoyang. Not to mention the huge advantages brought by Gan Guoyang's 6-foot-3 (1 meter 91) height, the key is that his football skills are extremely progressive.
At the beginning, he only knew how to shoot, and his shooting percentage would drop greatly whenever he was disturbed. For example, basic dribbling, change direction, breakthrough, layup, Gan Guoyang was not proficient in, and could only compete with Chen Xing based on his height and feel.
Now, Gan Guoyang is very skilled in his right hand dribbling. Although the breakthrough is not effective under strong interference, he saw the fat man Gan Guohui playing basketball and followed suit. He also pushed Chen Xing with his butt, and then turned over and jumped into the ball.
That's right, it's just a turnover jump shot. This relatively difficult technical move has become Gan Guoyang's killer weapon, with a fresh move. As long as the feel is coming and the height of 6-foot-3, Chen Xing has no way to do it.
"Hey, Chen Xing! So early again? He brought the ball to practice by himself. If he got another ball, there would be as many balls as people." Gan Guohui said to Chen Xing who was shooting. He felt that there were always three people coming to play, and there were too few people.
"Why don't we go to the beach court in the afternoon?" Chen Xing also felt this way, so he suggested.
"Will those old men fight with us?" Gan Guohui felt a little scared when he thought of going to the Haibin Stadium.
"Why can't it? Don't I go and play with them too! It's okay, I carry cigarettes on me, and I'll just give them a few packs of cigarettes when the time comes." Chen Xing got the opportunity to play with black people with the cigarettes in his convenience store.
"Okay! Then we will be in a team of three, and we will beat those old men toutofthem! (They're so pissed!)"
"Okay, stop bragging! You can't even beat me, let's practice again."
"Come on, who is afraid of whom!"
The three of them started the bullfighting all morning as usual. This time, Gan Guoyang beat Chen Xing and Gan Guohui up.
"Fuck! Guoyang, you're so fucking accurate. You'll turn around and have it. How can we play?" Gan Guohui, who was exhausted and panting, sat on the ground and looked at Gan Guoyang who still had the strength to shoot there.
"There is no way, the feel is coming, and I can't stop it."
"Brush!" As he said that, Gan Guoyang made a jump shot.
"Let's go to Haibin Stadium in the afternoon. We can no longer stop you cousin!" Chen Xing also seemed very powerless on the side, and was beaten by Gan Guoyang's turnover jump shot without temper.
"Okay! Let's go to the beach court!"
Gan Guoyang is now full of confidence. In a week, he felt that he had become a little successful from a beginner. Although he felt a little bit reliant on his height to be slutty, Chen Xing's lower plate was still very stable and fierce. He was trained to play with black people.
Gan Guoyang's ability to make jump shots without being pushed very uncomfortable is not explained by simply "good feel". Obviously, his skills have made great progress.
More importantly, Gan Guoyang had an idea in his mind, that although the character setting ability of NBALIVE2004 was not attached to him that time, he felt that perhaps those abilities were his future limit! To obtain these abilities, he had to enhance it through continuous practice.
In other words, what he gains is not ability, but talent. Talent is like zero, and practice is one. Without practice, no matter how many zeros or zeros there are, but with practice of this one, the beginning of this can be ten, hundreds, thousands, and tens!
The three of them finished the morning bullfight and found a McDonald's for a simple lunch.
In McDonald's restaurant, the basketball game that was playing on the TV deeply attracted Gan Guoyang.
"What kind of competition is this?" Gan Guoyang looked at the TV, and the picture was a little blurry, because the TV set was relatively small at that time and the camera tube was displayed.
"Uh? Oh, that's the video, this year's McDonald's All-American High School Star Competition!" Gan Guohui replied while eating the hamburger.
"This year's MVP is Aubrey Sherrod, right? A shooting guard from Wichita High School in Kansas, about the same size as his cousin, and his left-handed player is amazing!" Chen Xing also introduced.
"Sherod?" Gan Guoyang had never heard of this person. In fact, Sherod was also an unknown passerby in his future NBA career. This high school MVP has become his peak.
At this time, the TV camera gave a close-up to a player. Gan Guoyang looked at him and felt very familiar. He frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly remembered who this famous person was.
"Isn't this Michael Jordan?" It turns out that the person he saw was the future basketball god, the God of basketball, and the "Flying Man" Michael Jordan.
"Jordan? Who is Jordan?" Gan Guohui didn't seem to know every player who participated in the game.
"It's the guy from North Carolina, which high school comes from? I can't remember it. It's okay, a very distinctive defender." Chen Xing said lightly from the side.
Gan Guoyang understood at this time that although Jordan entered the All-American high school lineup in high school, he was just an ordinary genius player in the eyes of the public at that time. No one expected that he would achieve such great achievements in the future.
"This guy will definitely be very amazing in the future."
Gan Guoyang said this, and at the same time, a small flame ignited a corner of his heart - the flame of fighting for basketball.
After lunch, the three of them took a short break at McDonald's and decided to take the bus to the beach court.
As a coastal city, San Francisco is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with many beaches and seaside parks. There are many street basketball courts built there, and many San Francisco folk basketball masters will show their outstanding skills here.
The three people in Gan Guoyang are going to the beachfront court in Baker Beach, Nanwan Town, which is also a place where Chen Xing often goes during the summer vacation. According to Chen Xing, there are not many experts there, and they can still fight a little in the past.
Soon, they arrived at Baker Beach by bus.
In this hot July, the beach is much cooler, and the wind blowing from the sea brings a burst of coolness. No wonder most people are willing to go to the beach court to play basketball. Not only are the scenery good, but it is also very cool.
Under the leadership of the two, Gan Guoyang came to a site closest to the sea. This is a regular cement site with an NBA-specification three-second zone division, but there is also no three-point line.
The basket is fixed on a semi-circular wooden rebound. The basketball boards on the streets of the United States are always very wood-saving. The outer ring of the basket is very thick and gives people a strong feeling. It is estimated that there are too many people in the United States who can dunk, and it is easy to be broken if it is not reinforced. Even the Nets are made of metal chains.
The entire venue was surrounded by a circle of barbed wire, like a duel.
When Gan Guoyang was led into this venue by Chen Xing, he felt like a gladiator entered the Roman Colosseum. Those black men who looked at each other were wild beasts that chose people to eat.
"Hey, Ross, let's take a look, you're bringing two more yellow-skinned boys like you?" At this time, a tall and thin black man with an explosive head walked up. The Ross he mentioned was Chen Xing's English name.
"Hey, hello Jason, these are my two friends, GAN brothers, they want to play basketball together."
"Wow, of course, anyone is welcome here. Of course I mean someone with strength. Both of them look tall and I hope you are not just a shame." Jason spoke very rudely, but this is the case with black people. Not playing tricks, believing in strength is the bottom line.
"Hello, I'm GAN, cousin." Gan Guoyang didn't know how to introduce his name, so he had to say that he was Cousin Gan. Gan Guohui naturally called himself Cousin Gan.
"Hello GAN brothers, we are going to have a few three-on-three games. Are you interested?"
"Uh...this..." Gan Guohui felt a little guilty when he heard that he was going to play the game. He was not very confident in his strength.
"No problem!" Gan Guoyang agreed happily, and Chen Xing was still hesitant.
"OK! Then I'll tell you the rules of our field. We use the rules of challenge here. There is a champion, and each team will take turns to challenge. Whoever scores 10 goals first will win, until one team defeats the champion, then this team will be the champion! If the champion can be unbeaten in four consecutive games and successfully defend the champion, then he will win the strongest title."
Jason talked a lot, and Gan Guoyang roughly understood that in fact, two teams went up to play, whoever lost, who would go down, and another team would go on. This is basically the rule for students playing in college.
"Okay, our champion today will be the San Francisco Tearers! They have the strongest titles, but we have the most! Are you ready?" This Jason has the talent to be a live DJ in the streetball field.
To be continued...