The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master.

Chapter 121 The group pet at the training base

This kind of personal training in the training base will have different results for different people with different plans.

Lin Dong is like polishing a precision instrument, constantly fine-tuning and making corrections little by little. Just because of its own precision, it is already very high. What he pursues is to make further progress.

This is the most difficult, but other people's training is different.

In addition to physical training, Zhu Fangyu and the others received mainly targeted technical training here, just like opening skill packages. Wang Shipeng coached three-pointers, and Sun Yue coached ball control. Zhu Fangyu, on the other hand, was more playful. He mastered the inside and outside skills of three-pointers and back shots, and practiced everything. By the way, he often came over at night to learn two-handed boxing from Lin Dong.

Lin Dong knew what happened in his heart. He didn't inherit any memories of the original owner when he traveled through time.

Fortunately, the body has muscle memory for boxing, and there are many videotapes of him practicing boxing at home. When he first crossed over, he wanted to integrate into his new identity as soon as possible, so he looked at them several times, so he had no idea how to practice boxing. , I can still tell you something about what I want to do.

When Zhu Fangyu couldn't help it, he would teach him from time to time at night, so there were two more hard-working people in this training base every night.

One is Zhu Fangyu who beats pillows and quilts as sandbags in the dormitory all day long. When the wind blows, he beats him in the middle of the night. The sound of bang bang bang bang makes Old Earl often suffer from insomnia.

The other one is Kaede Rukawa in Arena No. 3. Except for going back to the dormitory to sleep when he is too sleepy, that guy basically spends all his time in the arena.

Even Old Earl couldn't stand his diligence. He talked to him several times and asked him to arrange his training time reasonably to avoid irreversible damage to his still-growing body.

But while the guy nodded and looked back, he started practicing more intensively, and his personality seemed to become more and more withdrawn. He couldn't say a few words to anyone, and he only cared about basketball. In the end, Old Earl had to use his trump card. , the lights must be turned off and the museum closed before 10 pm, so I calmed down a little.

In this atmosphere, the training base also welcomed two new students.

On August 8th, a Filipino in his early twenties came. I heard he was from the national team there, but his level was average, and his overall strength was probably equivalent to that of Sun Yue, the youngest in the Dragon Kingdom trio. William took over a training spot.

The other one is Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was brought here by coach Anzai on August 8th.

On Lao Earl's side, each of the three personal trainers currently in the training base leads two, and they have all reached their quotas. The fastest ones, Zhu Fangyu and Rukawa Kaede, still have more than half a month to finish training.

According to Old Earl's intention, he originally wanted him to wait for half a month, but Coach Anxi couldn't wait. He didn't know what he talked about with Old Earl upstairs. In the end, Old Earl waved his hand and took action himself.

Old Earl's level of training players is there. These trainers were all taught by him. There are a lot of technical things. The only trouble is that Old Earl really can't play. He is over 70 years old. He is such a good person, let alone confrontation, he will have to breathe even if he shoots a few more baskets.

So we simply grabbed ready-made 'strong men' from the base.

In addition to technical training, Lin Donglai and Sakuragi Hanamichi will be given a duel today, and Zhu Fangyu will be given a beating tomorrow.

Anyway, in the training plan formulated by Old Earl for Sakuragi Hanamichi, the main coach is defensive ability, and these people also have half a day to relax and train by themselves. It is better to let Sakuragi defend the first defense when throwing empty blue. It happens to be beneficial to each. required.

Different from Rukawa Kaede's isolation, Sakuragi Hanamichi has become the 'group favorite' in the training base after only a few days here.

It's not because of his 'perseverance' during training, but because of his 'similar odor'!
Training with all his strength during the day did not affect him at all from sneaking out of the dormitory to have a barbecue with Zhu Fangyu and others at night.

In the first few days, Zhu Fangyu only called Lin Dong occasionally, and Lin Dong also called Yingmu. After going back and forth, they became familiar with each other.

Later, Lin Dong's training volume began to increase and he rarely went out at night. Zhu Fangyu and the others wanted someone to cover, so they called Sakuragi every time.

There was a language barrier between the two parties, and they each spoke their own opinions, so they couldn't get together. But on the night of the 22nd, several people came back with bruises and bruises, saying they had a fight with someone outside.

Four people beat nine people. I heard that Sakuragi Hanamichi knocked down four people by himself. He was shocked by the Dragon Kingdom trio and even helped Zhu Fangyu drink a bottle of wine...

Although the last few people were severely punished by Old Earl all morning, and their dormitories were checked regularly every night, and they were prohibited from going out at night, but after that, the attitude of Zhu Fangyu and the other three towards Sakuragi Hanamichi was completely different. His posture was two points closer to Lin Dongdu, which made Lin Dong have to lament Sakuragi Hanamichi's popularity. He was indeed a group favorite.

So Sakuragi developed a new skill...English!
It’s impossible not to learn. There’s no way to communicate with Lao Zhu and the others.

Although there are many similarities between Japanese and Chinese, it is easy for those who understand Chinese to learn Japanese. But for those who understand Japanese and want to learn Chinese, they are actually no better than Europeans and Americans. English is at least a little easier to learn than Chinese, right?
In addition, Old Earl and the other trainers often spoke English, which forced Sakuragi Hanamichi to work hard. After more than a month of training, he was able to conduct simple daily communications in English.

Of course, it is limited to the level of spoken language. If you ask him to write, he will never be able to write a complete word.

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Ever since Zhu Fangyu and several others came back from a fight and were punished corporally, and curfew management was implemented, life in the training base finally returned to a period of peace.

Several things happened in the meantime.

One is that the Dragon Country Basketball Association actually came to the door and even brought a contract from the Dragon Country Basketball Association.

It seems to be similar to what Lao Li said, although this player contract still shows the sincerity of the Basketball Association.

For example, the membership fee for registering a player after joining the Basketball Association is only 10% of the player's annual income. This is already a very low price for the Basketball Association, which plans to focus on cultivating Lin Dong. After all, promoting and cultivating a player itself also requires The operating costs are high, and for most new players, there is basically no fixed income. The annual salary is nothing more than a few thousand yuan a month subsidized by the National Youth Team, plus some game bonuses, which is not much money at all. , let alone a proportion of 10%, which is completely insignificant.

Lin Dong really doesn't think anything about this. Even if the contract Lao Li gets next year is only 10%, he can accept it.

Players registered with the Basketball Association have many conveniences for themselves. Take joining the NBA as an example. Only American players can apply for the draft in their own name, while international players need to be recommended by the local Basketball Association. Even if Stern and Bob know each other, I have the foundation to go through the back door, but it is still much better to go through the formal route of the Basketball Association, not to mention the commercial value after being promoted nationally by the Basketball Association. For the players themselves, it takes 10% of the 'agency fee' in exchange for These are definitely only profits but no losses.

But in addition, you must participate in domestic competitions of all sizes, and you must return to the team from the beginning of the training camp, obey some dispatches, etc. In a word, the Basketball Association has the final say where you go, but such restrictive clauses really restrict personal development.

Of course, according to what Lao Li said, he casually said 'study first' and had no plans to return to China for the time being.

The second thing was that Xiangyang school officials were urging him to sign a three-year contract. Akino Amangong not only went to see Lao Lin alone several times, but also made many phone calls to Lin Dong.

The conditions in the contract are also getting higher and higher.

In addition to all the conditions mentioned before, including cultural course assessment, university recommendation quota, etc., the international student subsidy for him has been extended to 10 yen a month, which is already extremely high for a high school. He even tried desperately to open all the school's deposit accounts into Lin Dong's father's bank, as long as Lin Dong agreed to sign a three-year international student contract.

The results are obvious.

Lin Dong signed nothing.

Since Lao Li has promised a quota for next year's Nike Basketball Summit and U19 World Championship, there is a high probability that there will be no surprises.

After this year's winter break, he might leave Japan, but before that, it wouldn't be a problem to help Xiangyang compete in the winter trials again.

The third thing was a call from the Kanagawa Prefecture Sports Association to Lin Dong during the Autumn National Sports Competition.

The Autumn National Sports is actually an all-star game, and it is somewhat meant to showcase the sports achievements of each county, so it is more valued by the county government.

Each county and district have one team. There is no need for selection games. The quotas are directly designated by the county sports association. Basically, the five best players in the county competition in the summer will serve as starters, and then some second-team players will be selected as substitutes. Lin Dong is this year's MVP. , naturally included in the invitation.

Lin Dong is not particularly resistant to this. If he has nothing to do, he can participate. However, the competition time of Qiuzhi National Sports is between the end of September and the beginning of October, which conflicts with his own training time, so he can only refuse.

I heard that the final starting lineup consisted of Maki Shinichi, Fujima, Sendō, Takenori Akagi, and Toru Hanagata. They also performed quite well in the national competition and won a runner-up spot.

The champion is Aichi Prefecture. The team composed of Morohoshi Dai and Mori Shigehiro first defeated Sanno in the semi-finals without Sawehita and Okada, and defeated Mikio Kawada, whom Sanno regarded as the future pillar of the team. It broke out to Xiang, and then defeated Kanagawa Prefecture by 3 points in the finals.

As a result, there were various complaints from high and low in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Why doesn’t Lin Dong go? How much we care for him. Sure enough, this kind of battle of honor still has to rely on our own people...

Even the county governor Hiroshi Okazaki made a special trip to Xiangyang School to inquire about the situation, and the Xiangyang School Board of Directors also became Alexander.

Fortunately, the local basketball weekly released the news that Lin Dong was secretly training in preparation for the winter selection. This not only dispelled the dissatisfaction of Kanagawa fans towards Lin Dong, but also gave the Lloyd training base a wave of free advertising.

The fourth thing is that before the end of the training, I received a cross-border letter from the other side of the ocean.

It was from Yua Ishihara, and was sent to his home in Kanagawa, and then forwarded by Lao Lin.

The contents of the letter are from more than a month ago.

After returning to the United States, she and her father went to Seattle and attended Lakeside School, a very famous private school where Bill Gates, the world's richest man, attended high school.

Unlike the girls from the Dragon Kingdom who fell in love and missed each other as soon as they were separated, Ishihara Yua's letter was quite normal. They mostly talked about some interesting things about her entering the new school. Finally, she left Lin Dong her home address and new name. Telephone.

So Lin Dong also replied to a letter, talking about something at the basketball training base, but it is estimated that by the time Yuya Ishihara received the letter, he would have already returned to Kanagawa.

In this era, there is no such convenient information network. Couples living in two places can only rely on writing letters. You can make phone calls, but cross-border ones are too expensive. It is really not suitable for future generations to talk to each other on the phone. My plot.

Apart from that, nothing else happens, except training every day.

Rukawa Kaede's special training had expired a month ago, but there was no way, the training effect did not reach the expected goal that Stephen had set for him.

Old Earl is still very particular. Although the fees are expensive, he is very responsible for every student who comes. He has already considered your potential before making a plan. If you fail to achieve the training goals, it will only be on the training base and trainers. Find the reason, and then renew for free until you complete your goal or give up.

So Rukawa Kaede never left.

In fact, as early as a month ago, Stephen felt that Rukawa Kaede's level had entered a period of stagnation or even regression.

This kid practiced extra points every day. Not only did he not make rapid progress, but he was forced to train himself...

　ps: It was said earlier that the heroine went to Texas, but for the subsequent plot arrangement, it was changed to Seattle. I would like to explain here.

　　This scene was originally arranged for the protagonist, Sakuragi, and Zhu Ba to go out for a barbecue together and then get into a fight when something happened. However, after writing it, I felt that it conflicted with the protagonist's personality. You let him get excited with Sakuragi and the others. It's too low. You let him sit on the side to break up the fight and preach. It's too fake. You let him calmly shake the world with a punch. It's too pretentious. Moreover, things like street fights are simply not pleasing to the protagonist An, so... I wrote a long paragraph in vain, but deleted it.

　　During this period of time, I have been paving the way for Sakuragi Hanamichi. In fact, half of the meaning of these plots is prepared for him, but since the protagonist is inconvenient to participate, I will just brush it off. Everyone knows that there is such a thing, and it is enough to have that meaning.

　　There will be another chapter in the evening to explain the ending of the training base, and then we will go back to prepare for the winter selection competition.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)