The Golden Age of Basketball

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In China in 1982, reforms in various fields were in full swing, and an earth-shaking change was about to change the fate of many people in this ancient land; scenes of tragedies and comedies about wealth and status were about to be staged in this hot land.

On the other side of the ocean in America, Gan Youwei, who left his motherland before the storm, enjoys an unprecedentedly peaceful life.

As a Chinese who was born into a big family, has a certain amount of knowledge, and is deeply influenced by traditional culture, Gan Youwei never even thought about coming to the United States.

However, when his father was defeated in the turmoil because of his status as a landlord, he was put on a high hat and marched in the streets, slept in a pigsty, and ate pig food; when his former friends turned against each other, and his wife left him Gan Youwei had the idea of ​​leaving this place for the first time when only one unknown son was left behind.

But where can he go?

My culinary skills have no place to display, my political background is not good, and my wife has run away with others, so I can only work as a small accountant by relying on some accounting skills I learned in the past.

Later, the turmoil ended and his father Gan Binghua was cleared of his charges, but what had been lost would never come back.

Although Gan Youwei looks thin, tall, frail, and has a strong bookish spirit, he is a stubborn and tenacious man in his bones, which also deeply affected Gan Guoyang.

He still has a good brain, and finally took advantage of the opportunity of reselling agricultural machinery to earn the first pot of gold in his life.

If he continues to stay in China, then with the further deepening of the reform, he may become a figurehead of the times in this unprecedented wave and a beneficiary of the change; perhaps he will be photographed by the ten-foot wave Shattered to pieces, turned into a handful of dry bones in front of the beach.

At this time, a long letter sent across the ocean changed the fate of Gan Youwei and Gan Guoyang.

The family of his distant cousin Gan Bingguang, who immigrated to San Francisco before liberation, opened a restaurant in Chinatown, which has grown bigger and bigger.

However, they have Huaiyang cuisine—Ganjia cuisine as their signature dish, but they don’t have a real Huaiyang chef; whether it is Gan Bingguang or his son Gan Youtang, they are better at Yangzhou cuisine, and they are well-known for Huaipai cuisine. very little.

As the true heir of Gan's family cuisine, Gan Binghua chose to stay in the mainland, and also left his outstanding culinary skills in China.

If Gan's restaurant wants to develop further, it must hire a chef who really knows how to cook Gan's cuisine, so that he can carry forward Gan's cuisine in the United States.

Gan Youwei didn't expect that this distant cousin could find him, but after thinking about it, it became clear that the people in Gan's Village had already died in the turmoil, and only his family was left.

Gan Bingguang's family originally sent this letter with the mentality of trying it out, but unexpectedly received a phone call from Gan Youwei, expressing his willingness to go there.

Gan Youwei has suffered too much in this land he once loved, especially the departure of his wife, which almost caused him a fatal blow.

Fortunately, he still has a son, and Gan Guoyang, his only hope for living, the brightest light in his dark life.

He suddenly had an extremely strong feeling that he would take his son and leave here, because Gan Guoyang's brightest future is not here, but on the other side.

Therefore, Gan Youwei quickly agreed to the sudden invitation letter, and went to the provincial capital to make an overseas phone call.

And when he brought his son across the Pacific Ocean, the wealth, beauty, and development here were far beyond his imagination. He felt that even if China reached China, it would be nothing more than that?

Although there is always something missing here, something that haunts his dreams.

As a result, his son has truly become the center of his life, and everything revolves around his son; he works hard to make money for his son, knows all kinds of sports product brands for his son, and learns to cook Sichuan cuisine for his son—because Gan Guoyang likes to eat Sichuan food for some reason.

And Gan Guoyang is also extremely competitive, he never needed to worry about his studies in high school; although he couldn't help when applying for college, he still applied for a very good university with Qian Hui's help, which made him always pay attention to culture. Gan Youwei, who is knowledgeable, is extremely pleased, feeling that his worries were not in vain.

Of course, he is also very supportive of his son's love of playing basketball. Although he doesn't understand what fun it is for a group of people to run around chasing a ball, every time he sees his son's enthusiastic expression when he talks about basketball, he knows Gan Guoyang I really like this sport.

On December 1982, 12, Gan Guoyang had been going to Los Angeles to attend college for three full months. During these three months, Gan Youwei felt that a big piece of his life seemed to be missing.

Gan Guoyang used to live on campus when he was in high school in Palo Alto, but he would go back to San Francisco every week, and Gan Youwei also had the opportunity to spend two days with his son.

Los Angeles is different. It is 500 miles away from San Francisco, and it takes 5 to 6 hours to drive there.

And Gan Youwei couldn't leave the Gan's restaurant, and he couldn't see his son for three months. This kind of miss was getting heavier and heavier.

Sometimes Gan Bingguang and Gan Youtang also want to give Gan Youwei a few days off, let him go to Los Angeles to see Gan Guoyang, and have fun in Hollywood by the way.

Gan Youtang has been to the University of Southern California a few times, and had a great time in Los Angeles with his fat son.

Gan Youwei refused again and again. He always didn't want to cause trouble for his son. He was afraid that he, a foreigner who didn't understand anything and couldn't speak a few words of English, would embarrass his son.

In the morning, Gan's Restaurant opened early again, and after a while, the breakfast guests would arrive.

Gan Youwei is very leisurely, because making breakfast is Gan Youtang's job, he sits at the small dining table near the door drinking tea, enjoying the fresh morning air.

When Gan Guoyang lived in the store, he would have breakfast with Gan Youwei at the dining table in front of the store every morning; then he would do some chores for the store, and at ninety o'clock, he would go out to play basketball up.

"dad…"

Gan Youwei, who was sitting on a stool drinking tea, was thinking about his son when Gan Guoyang's voice came from his ear.

Gan Youwei felt that he must have been thinking too much and had hallucinations.

"dad?"

Then, the real voice sounded again, and Gan Youwei also felt that there was indeed someone standing beside him.

As soon as he looked up, he saw an extremely tall but familiar figure, blocking the door of the restaurant, completely covering the door.

It is Gan Youwei's son, Gan Guoyang.

"Guoyang?!" Gan Youwei was both surprised and delighted. He was delighted that the son he had been missing would suddenly appear; he was surprised that today was Wednesday and the school was in session. How could Gan Guoyang come back suddenly?

Moreover, after Gan Guoyang entered the door, Gan Youwei discovered that he did not come back empty-handed, but brought a lot of things in big bags and small bags. These things were the luggage that Gan Guoyang brought to school when the school started.

Did something happen to Gan Guoyang at school?

But Gan Youwei didn't ask in a hurry, but first helped Gan Guoyang put everything upstairs, and went to the kitchen to bring him breakfast.

"It's Guoyang, why are you back? Guohui also came back together?" Gan Youtang saw Gan Youwei coming in to serve breakfast, and came out to have a look. It turned out that it was Gan Guoyang who had returned.

"No, Guohui...is still in school."

"Oh, Guoyang, I think you don't look very good. You ran back early in the morning, did you rush back overnight?"

In the past, Gan Guoyang had always lived a regular life, was an athlete, and always looked good; but today he looked like he didn't have enough sleep.

"Is there no class at school? Why did you come back today?" Gan Youwei asked after watching his son eat his breakfast.

After Gan Guoyang made a big breakthrough in his life last night, he took the evening bus with his luggage and left Los Angeles without a sound, and also temporarily left Wang Fuxi.

Thinking of Wang Fuxi's staggering appearance when walking, Gan Guoyang really wanted to stay in Los Angeles to spend a good day with her.

However, the stubborn Wang Fuxi still asked Gan Guoyang to go home first, because dropping out of school was not a trivial matter, and Gan Guoyang couldn't be happy even if he was with her until this matter was resolved.

Now, even if Gan Guoyang returned to the familiar Gan's restaurant, he couldn't be happy for a while, because he had seen the expression on his father's face from anger to fury after listening to his narration.

Gan Youwei's emotions ranged from joy to surprise, and then from surprise to anger. Finally, he couldn't restrain his anger, and slapped Gan Guoyang on the face.

"Slap!" The crisp sound of slaps echoed in the still quiet restaurant, making it so harsh.

This slap made half of Gan Guoyang's face ache, and it suddenly became numb, as if he had been scalded by a branding iron.

"Youwei! If you have anything to say, just talk to the child. Why are you beating him? Guoyang didn't make any big mistakes, it's just that he didn't get used to it for a while. If you talk to him carefully, he will naturally go back to school." At this time , the old shop owner Gan Bingguang saw Gan Youwei beat Gan Guoyang, and quickly stood up to persuade him.

Gan Guoyang covered his face and lowered his head, not daring to look up into Gan Youwei's eyes.

Although Gan Guoyang decided to leave UC after putting in a lot of courage, the most difficult thing for him was his father.

Strictly speaking, Gan Youwei is only Gan Guoyang's half father, and in Gan Guoyang's soul, a man named Dang Lei has already integrated into him.

But the memory of the previous life, plus Gan Youwei's meticulous love for him over the past year, both Gan Guoyang and Dang Lei have long regarded Gan Youwei as their true relatives.

Now, no matter how wronged he was at school, how unsatisfactory he was in life, how much unfair treatment he suffered in the basketball team, quitting school was not a glorious thing after all, nor was it the best way to solve the problem.

Especially for Gan Youwei, who has gone through ups and downs, he feels that Gan Guoyang dropped out of school just because of such "trivial things", which is really a cowardly and irresponsible performance.

This slap made him feel very distressed, but he had to slap this slap again. This is a manifestation of a father's deep love and responsibility for his son.

"Now, take your things and go back to school!" Gan Youwei said sharply, looking at Gan Guoyang, who was bowing his head and saying nothing.

Gan Guoyang, however, sat motionless on the stool. This stubborn bull had already decided not to go back to that place that disgusted him no matter what. His basketball talent would rot there.

Gan Youwei looked at Gan Guoyang who was motionless, and raised his left hand to give him another slap. Now even if Gan Guoyang grows into a giant of more than two meters, he is still a little ignorant in his eyes.

"Youwei! Don't slap me anymore! This slap is already hard enough. It's not like you don't know that this child is just as stubborn as you, so what's the use of slapping him like this!" Gan Bingguang immediately came forward , grabbed Gan Youwei's hand that hadn't waved down, and stopped the slap.

"Yes, cousin, why don't you sit down and talk about it. What Guoyang said is really reasonable. His basketball talent is so good. If he continues to stay in that school, it will be wasted!" Gan Youtang also spoke good words for Gan Guoyang.

"Basketball, basketball, he knows basketball! You've been pointing at basketball for the rest of your life! If you're really talented, why don't you come back with a championship!" Gan Youwei was also angry. In the past, he had always supported his son in playing basketball and never It's not because he likes basketball, but because he loves his son, and he supports whatever his son likes.

But now, Gan Guoyang actually wanted to drop out of school because of basketball, and wanted to leave a famous university like UC, so he naturally said everything.

These words pierced Gan Guoyang's sore spot deeply, and uncovered the scar of being killed and losing the championship, and his head was buried even deeper.

Gan Youwei also realized that he had said something wrong. Gan Guoyang had already done a great job, and not having a championship could not represent his failure in basketball, let alone deny his talent.

"Youwei, it's your fault for saying that. It is obvious to all that Guoyang plays basketball well. Didn't you see that big star Chamberlain and Guoyang are good friends? His future in basketball is bound to be limitless! Don’t be carried away by your old thoughts. It’s a pity that you didn’t get admitted to a university in China, but in the United States, changing a university is not as difficult as you imagined. If there is any problem, let’s sit down and discuss it carefully. What kind of problem can you solve by beating and scolding like this? Besides, there is still Youtang's daughter-in-law. With her here, don't you think about it."

Jiang was still old and spicy. Gan Bingguang calmed down the scene and atmosphere with a few words, and pointed out that this is not a big problem and can be solved.

And Gan Youwei finally calmed down, sat down and looked at his son who was still bowing his head in silence.

"Guoyang, if you have any difficulties, your first thought should be to overcome it, not to escape from it. What problem can escape solve?" Gan Youwei began to try to comfort Gan Guoyang calmly.

"Dad, sometimes, there are some problems, it's not worth it." Gan Guoyang finally spoke, but said this sentence.

Gan Youwei instantly thought of his own experience, Gan Guoyang's mother, and thinking of leaving his hometown to come to the United States, his heart tightened suddenly.

Some things cannot be solved by relying on love alone; love can bring strength, and love can also blind the eyes.

Some difficulties cannot be overcome only by hard work, and staying away is sometimes more useful than fighting.

"Perhaps, my son is right." Gan Youwei stared blankly at Gan Guoyang, thinking in his heart.

Under the mediation of Gan Bingguang and Gan Youtang, Gan Youwei gave up the idea of ​​asking Gan Guoyang to go back to school immediately, let him stay in the restaurant first, and wait for Qian Hui to come back, and the barrister will refer to and solve the problem.

Gan Guoyang's face no longer hurts, but his heart does.

He didn't beat himself willingly, but felt that his stubborn decision had brought so much trouble to his father, made him so angry, and caused a lot of trouble to his cousin's family.

"I'm sorry, Dad." Gan Guoyang stood up and said to Gan Youwei.

Although Gan Youwei agreed to let his son stay first, he was still angry and waved to him, telling Gan Guoyang to go upstairs first.

Gan Guoyang bowed his head and stooped back upstairs, back to the room he lived in when he first arrived in the United States. At that time, he was only 1.9 meters tall, and he felt that the room was cramped; now he is almost [-] meters one, and naturally he is even more cramped. Bend.

But when he was lying on the extended bed, he felt extremely at ease and extremely kind. This was the place he was familiar with and liked.

At this time, he suddenly thought of a person, the scout he met at the Inglewood Street Stadium, Falk!

He once said that you can call him if you need to.

Gan Guoyang immediately got up from the bed and found the business card from his luggage.

"Fortunately, David Falk is still there, so we can only try." Looking at the phone number on the business card, Gan Guoyang decided to make a call and give it a try.

"Hello...I'm Gan Guoyang, the Chinese who met you in Inglewood...Yes, yes, it's me...Are you free now?" The call got through.

"That's right, I have something I want to ask you..." Gan Guoyang told David Falk about his situation.

"Yeah, that's him... what did you say? He's not coaching in high school now? Going to college... what college? Okay, sorry to trouble you, I'll visit you directly this weekend when I get a chance."

When Gan Guoyang hung up the phone, he instantly felt that the world was better because he got an exciting news.

Bobby Behrman is going to be a college coach.

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