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

Chapter 183 Children, you have the final say!

Hearing that Lin Dong wanted to get a driver's license, Sun Yue recommended him to a friend from a driving school. Although he was young, he had been in Yanjing for more than a year and already had some connections.

It was actually not difficult to get a driver's license in 2000, but some rules were more flexible.

For example, if you go to the driving school to learn more than 7 times, each time for an hour, you can get the instructor's approval to take the test, but the instructor's schedule for you also depends on his own time schedule.

It makes you intermittent, and sometimes you may not be able to pass the exam even one or two months after you sign up.

But it was just a trip the next day. After all, the coach was an acquaintance. After seeing the driving skills of the old driver Lin Dong, he immediately told him that he could go there anytime he wanted to practice driving in the past few days. If he didn't want to go, the coach would automatically Put a check mark on him, which means that the one hour of practice that day has been completed, and then go directly to the exam a week later.

In this era, there was no such thing as subject four. From subject one to subject three, he was fully booked in a few days. If he completed the exam, he would be guaranteed to get his driver's license in 10 days. It was so efficient that he became an acquaintance.

Lin Dong felt deeply that Yanjing did not seem to have changed much between 2000 and 2028. It is easier to do things if you have more acquaintances. This is really the unchanging tradition of Yanjing since ancient times.

So the next few days were busy with the Basketball Association.

Although Lao Li has almost completed all the procedures for him, in addition to taking photos and going through the formalities, he also has to attend some press conferences with Lao Li to build momentum for him to go to the Sharks trial training and let some domestic players Fans have a bit of an impression on him.

Of course, it's just a matter of letting him show off his face and find an opportunity to make a few remarks in front of the media. It's not like we have to hold a separate press conference for him.

Domestic fame will be of great help to Lin Dong's future career in the NBA. Attention means commercial value, and commercial value means your logistical support. It also means how much the team values ​​you, and even simple things. One thing, at least let the referee not dare to criticize you too much when making penalties... There are still many benefits to having someone in your family.

Compared with the Dragon Country basketball world that has gone through various reforms 28 years later, Lin Dong still feels uncomfortable with the various rules of this era.

In my previous life, I only needed to practice the ball well, but it seems to be different here... Especially after talking with Sun Yue, I felt that not taking the CBA path was the most correct choice.

Fortunately, with Lao Li taking care of him, most of these troubles can be avoided.

It was the 13th when I returned to Yanjing, and it was already the 23rd after I was busy here and there. I failed to pass the driver's license test. The coach's guarantee did not take into account the time of the New Year...

Since 00 happened to be a leap year, the Spring Festival in 01 came very early, and January 1rd was already New Year’s Eve.

I went to my grandparents' house early in the morning and helped the old couple prepare a large table of food.

The cooking skills I developed in Japan during this period have been put to some use, but they are just scratching the surface. The big table prepared by grandma is quite particular, with four cold dishes, four hot stir-fries, and four meats. Dish and four soup dishes, the so-called bottoming out of four and four means a stable and even situation.

You can't use the knife on New Year's Eve, and most of the ingredients are prepared in advance.

The old man finally left home today. Compared to his grandma's elegance, the old man struck Lin Dong as a more forthright and upright type, and he was also a talkative.

I especially loved listening to Lin Dong talking about the various highlight moments of tyrannizing Japanese teams during games in Japan. Lin Dong felt that the old man didn’t understand basketball. He had never even watched basketball. He didn’t even know how many people were on the court. , to be able to show such a strong interest is most likely not because of basketball itself, or perhaps not because he is his grandson, but because the old man enjoys the feeling of "violating Japan".

When he heard Lin Dong talk about the Japanese Basketball Association and Hitachi Group wanting to naturalize him, the old man felt nervous at first, and his face immediately darkened, making Lin Dong feel a sudden murderous aura, that sharp edge, and the The heroes in the novel are equally coercive, which really makes people dare not look down upon them. It feels like if my father said even half a sentence wrong, the old man could cross the ocean with a knife and kill him.

The old man asked what Lao Lin's answer was. When he heard the core idea of ​​Lao Lin's education, "Everyone will be punished by heaven for his own sake", the old man's frown suddenly relaxed, and then he slapped his thigh hard: "Thanks to this The little bastard just followed his mother, if it were me, and I can’t say such literate words, I would stab him with one knife and let him see what it means to be punished by heaven and earth!”

"Then your precious son will also be punished." Grandma reminded him with a smile: "Speak civilly in front of children!"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, what Madam said is right! Hahaha!" The old man quickly laughed like a child and touched Lin Dong's head: "Your grandfather was a rough man, but now we are in a civilized society. , don’t learn from me! Practice calligraphy with your grandma when you have nothing to do, and don’t ignore your foreign calligraphy!”

Lin Dong just smiled, the family tradition was quite upright.

The New Year's Eve dinner should be made brighter and brighter the more you eat, so the meal started at two or three in the afternoon. The old man insisted on forcing Lin Dong to drink two drinks. If grandma hadn't helped to stop him, I felt that the old man would have been forced to break the habit today by the cheerful old man. .

I received two calls at the dinner table. One was naturally from Lao Lin, and the other was from my mother in the United States.

What surprised Lin Dong was that although the couple had been divorced for more than ten years, Yang Dong still called his grandparents "Mom and Dad" and seemed to call him every year at the New Year's Eve dinner to greet him and give him gifts. They are all the same.

The grandparents didn't seem to have any complaints about their mother. They asked her all kinds of questions on the phone and called her by nicknames, which made Lin Dong feel a little emotional. In this era, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law often became enemies, cursed each other after divorce, and died of old age. It seems that the future generations who are not in contact with each other are really different.

From what my grandparents said, Lin Dong’s parents’ divorce actually had a lot to do with it.

My mother was originally a rare female wrestler in the 90s. She later retired to give birth to Lin Dong. After that, she worked as a housewife for several years. However, her strong temperament could not bear the thought that she was living off her husband. There was no leisure at home, and she tried several times to ask Lao Lin to help her find a job, but Lao Lin always refused on the grounds that "there was no one to take care of the child," which made the two very unhappy.

The two quarreled from the beginning to the cold war. When Lin Dong was six years old, his mother simply slapped the divorce agreement on the table and said, "I don't need you to help me find a job. I can make my own way, and I can do better than you." good! You have to sign today. If you don’t sign, I will beat you until you sign!

Then he went to the United States alone.

Lin Dong knew everything about what happened next.

After so many years, the two of them are still in contact from time to time, and they have not looked for each other again.

"Your parents actually have feelings for each other, and there is no big conflict between them. Your mother wants to prove herself, and your father's thinking is more traditional, and he was influenced by this old thing..."

"What does it have to do with me? Didn't I also support Yang Dong to work? When you were teaching at Yan University..." The old man quickly interrupted.

"I think all this has passed." Grandma ignored him and just said with a smile: "I heard from Ah Hai that you might go to the United States to go to school this year. If you go to your mother's place, tell her more about your father when you have nothing to do. What happened in the past few years, she is a very aggressive person, but she is very talkative and has a soft heart. She is just trying to save face. The more you talk about it, the more her heart will soften."

"This couple is better off as the original couple. When people get older, they also need a companion. They say enemies are enemies. When these two people can't stand it anymore, they will know that each other is the best to rely on."

"Hey, these young people..." The old man shook his head: "They are messing around!"

Lin Dong was speechless and laughed.

According to what my mother said on the phone that day, 'Fly back and break your legs', you're not kidding... maybe you really have that kind of strength!

In the evening, I made some dumplings and watched the Spring Festival Gala. When Lao Zhao shouted out the phrase that has been famous for more than ten years, "When the feet leave the ground, the virus shuts down, and the smart IQ takes over the high ground again," the three of them watched the TV. They were laughing so hard that they kept watching until 12 o'clock, even though the old couple was already yawning a little.

Although Yanjing City had banned private fireworks as early as 93, when the New Year's bell rang, beautiful fireworks were still fired at some government-specified display locations, and the city of Yanjing was filled with cheers and salutes. Accompanied by cheers from every household in the community, grandma also took out the balloons prepared in advance and asked Lin Dong to stomp them all. The old man was also very interested and sneaked over to stomp on them. Fortunately, Lin Dong had quick eyes and quick hands. Hurry and grab hold of this 76-year-old body, don't let it fall under your feet.

Cheers, salutes, balloon explosions, it’s New Year!

Accompanying the two old people, the city's rich flavor of the new year is far better than that of later generations, and the family atmosphere of family affection is something Lin Dong has never experienced in his previous life.

God treats me really well.

In this life, I really want to cherish it!

…………… During the past few days during the Chinese New Year, I basically spent time wandering around with the old couple. It was already the end of January when everyone started working on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.

I took the time to take the test at the driving school. I just got my driver's license on February 2th, and Lao Li was already urging me to go to the magic city.

The CBA of this era does not have traditions such as the draft. The so-called trial training actually means that you will follow the team's daily training for a period of time, you will be given various tests, and you will play some intra-team games.

Lao Li's idea is actually very simple. The Magic City Sharks are now considered one of the teams with the best training conditions in the country. Throwing Lin Dong over is to attract some attention and gain some popularity for him. On the other hand, it is also Let Lin Dong get used to the high-level training of the Sharks.

Of course, Lao Li knows that Lin Dong has been to the Lloyd training base. The Sharks' daily training level cannot keep up with Lloyd's. But after all, the environment is different and the players who train together are of different levels. This is important for Lin Dong to maintain a high level of competitive status. , the effect is no worse than going to Lloyd's.

There is another thing that Lao Li did not have a famous saying, but he hinted at Lin Dong.

At present, Yao Ming is still in the Sharks Club. As the two leading figures of the next generation of the Dragon Kingdom, Lao Li obviously hopes that the two can get familiar with each other in advance and build a good relationship. This will not only affect their future development in the NBA but also their future in the country. The cooperation of the team will be of great help.

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Thanks to Lao Li's recommendation, although the Sharks already knew that Lin Dong was not their 'dish', they still showed considerable importance and sent an assistant coach to pick him up. They also gave Lin Dong Dong has arranged dormitories at the Meilong base, and the club's players usually train in the arena here.

The conditions of the dormitory are average. This is for the youth training members of the club. His name has already been engraved on the nameplate on the door: Lin Dong.

Lin Dong paid attention to the nameplates of the rooms next door, and at a glance he saw the word "Yao Ming" engraved on the nameplate next door.

The person who brought him over was the team's assistant coach Lao Zhang, who smiled and said: "Yao Ming has already moved out. Basically, the official players of the club will not live here. There are no complicated rules here. Remember every morning. Just report to the arena on time at 7 o'clock, and you are not allowed to go out after 10 pm."

"You will know the training arrangements during the trial period when you go to the arena tomorrow. In addition, the diet will be uniformly controlled during the training period. You will eat in the arena in the morning, noon and evening. It is best not to bring some snacks back to the dormitory. If you check the bed, check If you eat snacks that do not meet the regulations, you will be deducted trial training points... In addition, the people living in the next few rooms are also youth training players. There is also someone in Yao Ming's room next to you. Like you, Xiao He is from Yanjing. He is a kid with a good personality. He admires Yao Mingte so much that he didn’t change the nameplate on the door. If nothing happens, he can go to the door to get to know him. If he has anything he doesn’t know, he can ask them.”

Lin Dong wrote them down one by one.

The room is only about ten square meters in size, but it is very clean and tidy. The bed should be customized, very long, about 2.2 meters, and about 1.7 meters wide. It is equipped with a small table, as well as TV, VCD and other electrical appliances. It can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has everything.

Lin Dong simply cleaned up and saluted. He was thinking that he hadn't started formal training today yet, so he might as well go out for a walk around the area and solve the problem of dinner. Then he heard someone knocking on the door.

I opened the door and saw a boy wearing a Sharks trial jersey. He looked a little shorter than me. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looked at Lin Dong with a smile on his face: "You are the Lin Dong who played in high school in Japan." ?”

"you are?"

"Haha, my surname is Liu, and I also came here for trial training. I'm older than you, and I came here a few days earlier."

"Senior Brother Liu." Lin Dong responded with a smile.

"Hey, don't be in a hurry to call me senior brother." The boy said with a smile: "I heard that you were very good in Japanese high schools, sweeping all over the world! I can't be your senior brother. I struggled to play college basketball, but I'm not as good as you. Be dominant.”

This statement was obviously a sign of yin and yang. Lin Dong knew it and continued to watch his performance with a smile.

Just listen to him continue to talk: "I heard that your family is quite rich? A courtyard house in Yanjing? No wonder you got the quota for the Nike Basketball Summit so smoothly... Tsk! It's good to be rich. I want to go to Japan. I want to go to the United States, go to the United States..."

"Are you Liu Ziqiu?" Lin Dong interrupted him with a smile: "I heard that you want to challenge me to a duel?"

Liu Ziqiu was startled for a moment, then laughed.

He came to the Shanghai Sharks just for Lin Dong. The trial training was obviously not the purpose, and of course it was not just for a gamble.

It was impossible for him to leave Qinghua with such good school team treatment and still wait for his graduation certificate.

However, the tickets to the Nike Basketball Summit must be won back with skill!

The idea is also very simple. We are all trying out for the same team. If my grades are higher than yours and my performance is better than yours, why should you go? Just because you have money?

Now the Basketball Association is vigorously rectifying it. At this juncture, as long as he beats Lin Dong, the Basketball Association must withdraw its fate. Otherwise, Qinghua is not a vegetarian. He encourages a group of insiders to cause trouble in the sports industry. Go to the General Administration, you won’t be able to scare him to death!

The opponent is just a kid who plays basketball in a high school in Japan. Not to mention that the level of the Dragon Kingdom is much higher than that of Japan. I play college basketball at a higher level in the Dragon Kingdom. Winning against this kid is not a point. A matter of minutes.

But the other party is the owner of a courtyard in Yanjing, and he can also get the unofficial support of the Basketball Association. His background is definitely not simple, and he is afraid that something will happen to him.

If you rely on the team's scoring during the trial training, then your chances of winning are very small. The best way is to stimulate this kid to compete with you openly and even one-on-one!

Strength speaks for itself on the court, so it was inevitable to come over and give some eye drops in advance to stimulate the blood in this high school student.

I thought it would take at least several days of provocation, but I didn't expect that after just a few words, the other party had already taken the bait.

"One-on-one? Okay!" Liu Ziqiu couldn't help laughing: "After training in the gym tomorrow, let's have a game? Let me also see the level of Japanese high school basketball! Let's see how good you are at relying on your skills. It’s up to my parents to come up!”

He was afraid of being unsafe, so he really didn't hesitate to tease her in his words. Thinking of the other party's impatient character, he was definitely furious at this moment.

Unexpectedly, Lin Dong just smiled slightly.

"It'll take a few days." Lin Dong said with a smile. He remembered the repeated negotiations between Sun Yue and Zhu Fangyu before he came. Lao Zhu would only take a day off on the 9th, and Sun Yue also planned to take leave on those days. Both of these guys said they must come over to watch him torture Liu Ziqiu. If Lin Dong doesn't wait for them, they will break off their relationship with Lin Dong...

"How about No. 10?" Lin Dong asked.

Liu Ziqiu burst out laughing after hearing this: "Hahahaha! Children who come back from abroad are different. Why, how many days are you inconvenient every month?"

"It's quite inconvenient." Lin Dong responded with a smile.

Delaying time or something, this kid obviously seems to be timid at the moment of battle, but it doesn't matter.

Let this kid get familiar with the arena first, and don't bully others by saying that he is a newbie! By the way, in the past few days, you can also promote and build momentum in the arena. You can not only expand your influence a little and reach the ears of the senior management, so that they can't ignore it, but you can also use the public's mouth to make this kid unable to hide. hide!

"Then it's No. 10, it's settled." Liu Ziqiu laughed and said, "Kid, it doesn't matter, brother, you have the final say!"

　Regarding the update, please explain.

　　When it comes to non-competition plots, there are usually two updates, but no less than 8000 words, because there are more and more detailed things to explain. When it comes to subsequent plots, you have to consider them slowly. In fact, it takes more time than writing a competition plot. It is much more time-consuming and labor-intensive... As long as there is a competition plot, it will be updated three times a day. So far, the update speed of this book is much faster than I originally thought. It has maintained an average daily update volume of 9000+. So you don’t have to worry about updates. If there are special reasons, we will ask for leave.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)