The Golden Age of Basketball

After getting Behrman's promise to apply for the Trail Blazers assistant coach, Gan Guoyang had no intention of staying in Spokane any longer. He began to think about finding a place to attend the training camp.

Since the end of the season, Gan Guoyang has not carried out systematic and long-term training. Instead, he ran around the United States, playing here for a while and playing there. For professional players, such training will not have good results.

Therefore, Gan Guoyang needs to spend a relatively long time intensively practicing with other high-level players.

In the nba, each team does not organize training during the offseason. All players have to hold a training camp by themselves, usually with a few good stars, and then call some ordinary players, plus hire a special coach Practice together.

Because Moses Malone invited Gan Guoyang to take time to come to Houston when he was in Portland, and Drexler had already called to urge Gan Guoyang to come to Houston quickly, so Gan Guoyang set his next destination in Houston, but Wang Fuxi did not disagreed with him.

Wang Fuxi wanted to go back to Los Angeles first, at least he should go home to meet his parents after the holiday.

Wang Fuxi's reason is indeed very legitimate, which makes Gan Guoyang start to scratch his head. If he goes to Los Angeles, is it possible to find Lakers players to train with them?

After arguing, Gan Guoyang still chose to give in. He decided to go back to Los Angeles with Wang Fuxi first, stay for a few days, and then go to Houston to start his summer training plan.

The journey went very smoothly. Apart from being recognized by some fans at the Portland airport and asking for autographs, after arriving in Los Angeles, Gan Guoyang was not “sieged” by reporters as he was when he watched the finals last time. He was like an ordinary person. Same, go home with Wang Fuxi, have dinner, and stay at home to watch the "Discovery" Discovery Channel program in the evening.

"Why does this Discovery Channel always show some old-fashioned things, and the shooting pictures are really bad." This is Gan Guoyang's evaluation of the Discovery Channel at that time, and when Wang Fuxi told him that Discovery was a newly launched program, Gan Guoyang realized , I have too high requirements for its vision.

Such a comfortable and comfortable day can easily make people lazy. At this time, Wang Fuxi and Gan Guoyang can be said to be carefree, enjoying the beautiful sunshine in California, and time is passing by like this.

Gan Guoyang, who originally planned to stay in Los Angeles for only two or three days, was dragged back and forth by Wang Fuxi, and unexpectedly dragged it all the way to July.

Since Drexler didn't have Wang Fuxi's phone number, nor did he have a mobile phone at that time, he couldn't contact Gan Guoyang, and he didn't know why Gan Guoyang didn't come to Houston until now.

As early as the end of the playoffs, Drexler left Portland and returned to Houston, and began to sweat in the training hall, because in his first season, he was too late to participate in training camp. The loss led to an unstable start to the season. Since then, Drexler has understood that training must be done as soon as possible.

And Gan Guoyang seems to be trapped in a gentle hometown and cannot extricate himself. In a beautiful city like Los Angeles, being with Wang Fuxi every day is indeed a fairy-like day. The two of them will stick together all day long, which seems to make up for the long separation during the season. regret.

"Forrest Gump, let's go to the movies today! "Back to the Future" is about to be released!" After lunch, Gan Guoyang, who was doing squat exercises at Wang Fuxi's house, suddenly felt his body sink, and Wang Fu who jumped onto his back Xi put her arms around his neck and spoke softly to him.

On July 7, the movie "Back to the Future" written and directed by Robert Zemeckis will finally be released.

When Gan Guoyang heard what Wang Fuxi said, he remembered that he met Zemeckis in a nightclub and knew that he was filming "Back to the Future".

Gan Guoyang knew that this movie would be a hit, so he had already decided to invest in Zemeckis' movies in the future. It would be even better if he could catch Spielberg along the way.

"Okay! We'll go tonight... But I'm afraid there won't be any seats for the premiere. How about I call the director and ask him to reserve a spot for us!" Gan Guoyang still has Chalmers' phone in his hand. Let him say hello to Zemeckis.

"How did you know the director of the movie?" Wang Fuxi asked after hearing Gan Guoyang's words.

"Uh... this... I met outside the Great Western Forum... Okay, I'm going to make a phone call." Gan Guoyang didn't dare to tell Wang Fuxi about his going to the nightclub, so he went over with a haha.

After calling Chalmers, Gan Guoyang also got a reply quickly. Zemeckis said that he could reserve a private room for Gan Guoyang, but he also said, "There is no way for you to walk on the red carpet. You can only do one." general audience."

This is exactly what Gan Guoyang meant, he is not willing to walk on the red carpet and be photographed endlessly by a group of reporters with cameras. He has been photographed enough on the basketball court, if he doesn't want to watch a movie be harassed.

When Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi drove to the premiere location, the Captain's Theater in Hollywood, they found that there were countless celebrities from all walks of life present.

"Hey, I saw Ethan Hawke! Wow, and... that's Brooke Shields!" Wang Fuxi and Gan Guoyang sat in the car, pointing to the stars gathered around the red carpet at the entrance of the theater At this point, there are many stars who have not yet arrived on the scene.

"That's not Brooke Shields idiot, that's Claudia Wells, an actor in the movie, an actor!" Gan Guoyang said when he saw the person named Brooke Shields that Wang Fuxi said.

"How do you know she's not? But it really doesn't look like it, and she's still standing in the group of actors..."

"Of course I know that Brooke Shields is Michael Jackson's girlfriend, and I am Michael Jackson's good friend! I know her, how can I be wrong."

When Gan Guoyang ate with Michael Jackson a few times, he was with Brooke Shields. The two of them were childhood sweethearts, and they had known each other since they were teenagers.

"Hmph, you're the only one who knows the director, the actors, and the singer! But, how do we get in? We don't have tickets, and I think you will be discovered by the reporters."

Wang Fuxi raised a major problem. At this time, director Zemeckis was on the high platform at the entrance, taking pictures with all the celebrities, and he didn't know how to tell Zemeckis that he had arrived.

Zemeckis is busy running around now, it is probably difficult to take care of Gan Guoyang, and Chalmers didn't come at all, and went to other places to have fun.

At this time, there was some commotion in the crowd, and the shutters of the cameras of the reporters rang suddenly, and there must be some important person coming.

Gan Guoyang saw that it was indeed a "big shot". It turned out to be Chamberlain, wearing a yellow T-shirt and a pair of sunglasses and walking on the red carpet!

"Old Zhang is awesome. He dares to go on the red carpet dressed like this. He's really used to it." Gan Guoyang thought to himself, but he also knew who he should go to.

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In a private room in the cinema, although there were only three people in the original four-person room, it seemed quite crowded, because there were two giants over two meters in it.

"Hey Gan, when your girlfriend came to look for me just now, I thought another girl came to ask me out to have fun." It was Chamberlain who spoke. For him and a star like Magician, a one-night stand is nothing I didn't find it myself, but delivered it to my door.

Gan Guoyang could only laugh when he heard this, he knew that Lao Zhang was good at this and had rich experience, every time he made fun of this kind of thing, Gan Guoyang would consciously shut up.

"Haha, but your girlfriend is really... She was stopped by the security guard, and she even yelled my name, which really scared everyone. Her voice is really loud," Chamberlain continued.

When Chamberlain said this, it was Wang Fuxi's turn to blush. Neither of them thought that there must be security guards on such an occasion, and it would be easy for people to approach. Because Wang Fuxi is a woman, she was politely stopped by the security guards. After getting down, Wang Fuxi yelled at Chamberlain as soon as he was in a hurry, which attracted Chamberlain's attention, and finally the two were brought into the theater by Chamberlain.

It just so happened that Zemeckis originally arranged for the two of them to be in Chamberlain's box, so the three of them were able to watch the movie that caused a huge sensation in this VIP room together.

Gan Guoyang had seen the movie on TV, so naturally he didn't seem to have any feelings, while Chamberlain and Wang Fuxi were quickly and deeply attracted by the movie.

The subject matter of "Back to the Future" was completely groundbreaking at the time, and it was an area that many previous films had not touched. Coupled with its excellent production, it was destined to be a classic that would sweep the major theaters.

When the movie ended, Chamberlain and Wang Fuxi were still immersed in the excitement of traveling through time and space in "Back to the Future".

"It's great~ it's great~ If there is a second part, I must fight for a role!" After watching the movie, Chamberlain sighed.

Gan Guoyang remembered that when they watched "Conan the Barbarian" together, Chamberlain also said similar things. Two years later, he and Schwarzenegger co-produced "Conan the Destroyer", although the overall quality is not as good as the first one. Much inferior.

"Maybe I can help you and find a role for you!" Gan Guoyang said confidently.

"Gan, I can see that you have a good relationship with Zemeckis, but it's not that easy to get a role. These guys in Hollywood...fame and fortune are their highest beliefs. For you, getting these Things, I can only rely on basketball...how about it, how about coming to UCLA to play with me tomorrow?" Chamberlain invited Gan Guoyang to play together tomorrow.

"You play at UCLA?" Gan Guoyang didn't expect that Chamberlain would go to UCLA.

"Haha, I go there almost every year, but you didn't meet me when you were at UCLA. I have been playing at UCLA for a month, and I go every day. I am used to it. As soon as the season ends, it starts I train, even after I retire." Chamberlain said lightly.

But his words stimulated Gan Guoyang all of a sudden. Gan Guoyang suddenly remembered that he hadn't trained well for more than two weeks. He usually practiced dribbling and some basic strength training at most.

"I'm too slack..." A thought flashed in Gan Guoyang's mind. In fact, he had realized it a long time ago, but he hadn't woken up yet.

The success of the rookie game, coupled with the bloody abuse of the Chinese men's basketball team in New York, made Gan Guoyang a little arrogant, and he suddenly entered a state of relaxation.

"I think I won't be able to play with you tomorrow. I'm going to Houston."