America 1979

Chapter 90

Adam came back the next night, "I'm still too weak to do one-on-three. Failure, it's a complete failure."

He dragged himself into the room and lay down on his bed.

Bill reminded him, "You missed training today. A coach of the defense team asked me to give you a warning. If you continue like this, first reduce your nutrition expenses. If you don't change it many times, you will directly cancel your quota..."

"I understand..." Because the mouth was under the head, Adam's voice became very weird, "This is just an occasional indulgence, I know I haven't been on the list, and I will never do this in the future."

NFL professional teams have a very interesting phenomenon. The roster is fixed at 53 people, but during spring training, the training roster will have seven to 80 people.That is to say, when the season starts, some reserve or training players cannot be on the list, not even the bench players.

This Tibetan habit has also been learned by college teams. In the 80s, the NCAAF did not have strict regulations saying that freshmen were not allowed to play, but there were still restrictions on the number of teams.As soon as the new year is over, some of the main players of the school team will be invited to participate in the NFL draft camp, so the freshmen who are not on the list will be replaced.

"You'd better say this sincerely. Do you have class tomorrow afternoon? I want to buy a car. I can't wait until the weekend."

Unlike Adam, Arthur Bryan was in a serious relationship and didn't get in the car at noon today.

"Alright, what about Martin? A quarterback must have a cool car." Adam spit out a vague sentence.

His state is a bit strange, his body is abnormally tired, but his mind is quite clear.

According to team rules, the quarterback is the captain or the captain's alternate. Although Martin is only the third quarterback, he is only a year or two away from leading the team. He really needs a good car.

"He should go too. I haven't asked yet. I'll contact you later."

Martin had class on Thursday afternoon, but when he heard that Bill and Adam were going to buy a car, he said he would skip class and go with his brothers.

Although this Martin has a soft temper and a bit indecisive personality, he is very good to his friends.

On Thursday morning, a few people should go to class, and should lie in the dormitory. In the afternoon, Arthur, who had a car, sent three teammates to the nearby downtown area of ​​San Jose to buy a car.

"I want a car, as long as it works." The old uncle's Toyota Corolla drove well. In terms of cars, Bill likes small ones.

American car shops are naturally dominated by pickup trucks and off-road vehicles. The types of cars are a bit small, and there are only a few Ford models.

"This is a pony car, our high-horsepower compact sports car for the middle class..."

The bearded white male clerk recommended Ford's Mustang to the four young and strong men, which could barely be regarded as a Mustang for sports cars.

The color of sapphire blue made Bill very excited. It is low-key and connotative. Although the appearance has a hint of a sports car, it is closer to a car.It's just that the price of more than 6000 US dollars makes him feel a bit unaffordable.

"I also think it's a bit expensive. This thing is also subject to federal consumption tax, and the price has increased by 11.00%." ​​Martin also shook his head.

Adam took a different attitude, "That's six months of nutrition, Bill, don't you still have a scholarship? Buying a good car is convenient for girls."

"Why don't you give it a try, the Mustang is not slow, and it's very comfortable to drive." The running back brother suggested that Bill should test drive it.

After a few more glances, Mr. Ferrari couldn't bear the impulse in his heart. He was already a millionaire, so there was no need to be so stingy, so he got into the car on the spot, and drove out for a walk with the clerk and Arthur Bryan.

"That's it." Although it is a weakened version of the sports car, it still has the feeling of pushing the back, and Bill decided to buy this one, so that he can live up to his title of "Mr. Sports Car".

The payment was made in the name of the LLC company. After Bill went to school, his weekly consulting fees of tens of dollars to Tiqi, the second uncle and others stopped, and the money to the uncle and his wife continued.

The other two had a pickup truck and a jeep off-road vehicle. Adam said that the pickup truck can realize the function of transportation, and the rest of the money will be spent on picking up girls.

With a car, college life is much more refreshing, and Bill has become more active even in class, making the rest of his teammates call the tight end too studious.

On Wednesday night of the following week, according to the agreement with that Sophia, the deputy minister of the Social Federation, Mr. Ferrari drove his Ford Mustang to San Jose to attend a party among the Italians.

This is an invitational party for young people, and there are quite a lot of people participating. Although there are many handsome men and women, no one can control Bill's appearance.

"I'm Bill Ferrari and I'm currently playing football for the Red and White team at Stanford University. You can also call me the Texas Longhorns."

This is his self-introduction. Italians who are engaged in sports are relatively rare. Some interested peers gathered around Bill to chat. As luxurious and extravagant as rumored by the outside world.

Bill, who aims to expand his circle, naturally knows everything and can't stop talking.

"...My family, it is because my ancestors were Michelangelo's statue models that I have such a strong body..."

After talking for a long time, Bill directly referred to this group of people who had just met for a long time as logging tired.Anyway, Italians are disgusting, and they don't care about these small details.

"You said you're a Stanford player, can you get some front row tickets for this weekend, some of our buddies want to see the ax fight, but haven't got tickets yet."

After chatting for a while, a young man named Oliver asked.

Bill felt that the tickets in the front row were a bit difficult to find, "This Saturday we will play the Golden Bears at home. If we don't get tickets in the next two days, we really can't help it. I don't know how to find tickets for internal relations. .”

Oliver felt that he should give Bill some motivation, "Among my little friends, there is a little brother who is very eager to have a ticket in the front row. He stayed in San Francisco for more than a year in the second grade of middle school, and then returned to Beverly Hills. At home, now he finally left home to do it alone. It has become his wish to watch the games that he didn’t get tickets and stood on the mountain. His uncle is the director of the movie godfather. If you can get tickets, this little friend will remember Your kindness, maybe you will appear in a movie because of it."

"The director of the godfather of movies?" Bill thought for a while, and that was Francis Ford Coppola, his nephew, who seemed to be the king of bad movies, Nicolas Cage.

"Isn't this little friend Nicholas Coppola?"

Mr. Ferrari asked.

The reason why the King of Bad Movies keeps receiving bad movies is that he got divorced three or four times, and the money was all gone, plus he likes to collect special items, most of which are fake.

Oliver was surprised, "You know him?"

PS: Some people say that entering a fraternity will broaden your network. Let me roughly explain that your network will naturally expand with your own strength, and you don’t need to join a certain organization to achieve it. Moreover, the fraternity on campus is full of garbage people, and the rush to join is very abnormal. And the members are generally the rich second generation of white supremacy.In the 80s, Italians could not be called whites, and were generally not eligible for membership.The protagonist himself has two big social circles, so he doesn't need to join such a low-level organization as the fraternity.

(End of this chapter)