swing striker

Chapter 8 Dawn
Shi Lei connected the phone, he was so depressed and exhausted for several days that he didn't even see the number of the caller clearly, just like the weather, he was groggy.There is a fire in my heart, but I can only burn myself.

"Hello, I'm the assistant director of the celtics Elena, Mr Shileiiscalling, please?" (Hello, I'm the assistant director of the Celtics Elena, are you Mr. Shi Lei?)

"Celtic!"

This ethereal holy voice seemed to come from the sky, causing Shi Lei's eyes to suddenly enlarge. The exhaustion and sleepiness of the journey, as well as the frustration and confusion that couldn't be fulfilled, were swept away on his face.Inspired by the sound, Shi Lei's heart was beating happily and fiercely like a cowhide drum being struck.

At this moment, Shi Lei felt that his eyes were a little dry, and his voice was trembling inexplicably.

"Is all this true?"

Shi Lei still couldn't believe that his ears heard the message.

"Yes, Iam, and glad to talk with you, my English is not very good, can youspeakslowly?"

Shi Lei was a little incoherent, he was not good at foreign languages, and even made grammatical mistakes.He pressed his chest desperately, excited, unconsciously amplified his voice, and said stumblingly.

"No problem, Sir. We see from video, you think you are the one the team needs, invite you out to the team to participate in the trial, you can come here to participate in the NBA summer league?" Come over for NBA Summer League?)
This is a typical diplomatic phrase, the real situation is that they are interested in Shi Lei's Chinese identity.

Yao Ming achieved great success in the NBA, and all the teams began to pay attention to this vast market at that time.

The Celtics, whose team has not been doing well in recent years, intends to use Shi Lei to stimulate their increasingly depressed football market.They don't have to pay anything, they just invite you to try out, and then play a few games that don't make much sense, such as summer league, preseason or something, and if it's not suitable, they'll let you know "I'm sorry", it's a good deal!

This situation has happened many times, this is not the first time, nor is it the last time, like the dwarf in the plaster country, and the hippopotamus in the stick, it is a similar marketing situation.

However, the Celtics' idea this time may be in vain. Shi Lei is not a genius with great influence as they think, but a guy that no one knows.

But, no matter what, this is the only glimmer of light that Shi Lei encountered during these struggling days.Just such a sentence made Shi Lei feel that all the things he had endured in his heart these days were nothing.

On the contrary, all the things he experienced brought a huge sense of satisfaction in his heart, which was the satisfaction of falling rocks and ups and downs that he would never experience in the calm and ordinary life!

"No problem, I will attend on time." (No problem at all, I will attend on time.)
Clutching the phone desperately, and sticking it to his ear, Shi Lei said loudly in an uncontrollable loud voice.

"That good, please be sure to arrive before July, before the call to contact me, I will welcome yourcoming."
"Beep", the phone was hung up.

Shi Lei didn't seem to notice, he still kept the posture of answering the phone, and kept saying: "thank you, thank you, thank you"

When God closes a door, there will always be a window for people. No matter what the Celts think, for Shi Lei, this is a huge surprise and opportunity, a road to the other shore that he has been looking for. , just like that suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, if it wasn't for being in the car with only a little reason left in his heart, he might not be able to help but cheer loudly.

There was no more gloom, the sky turned blue, the heart that had been suppressed for a long time was finally opened, all the exhaustion accumulated over the past few days surged up together, just like this, maintaining the posture of answering the phone, Shi Lei slumped on the seat of the bus On, fell asleep deeply.

With satisfaction and a smile!
Many years later, when people asked Shi Lei why he took the first step of professional basketball in such a way, he didn't want to involve too much, or complained about the training strategy and echelon construction of domestic basketball. Answer with some humor: "Because I don't have an agent, I have to take on this part of the work that should have been done by them."

At that time, he had already deeply realized how lucky he was to receive such a call.

Every year in the NBA, there are countless scouts and agents, holding similar videos, promoting their own players. The only difference is that Shi Lei has done all of this by himself, and the video production is rougher and has no highlights.

What does it mean for a basketball layman to suddenly break into that dream stage with good luck?What kind of future awaits him?

Shi Lei didn't think about all of this for the time being, just like an ignorant child who doesn't realize that there will be many difficulties, obstacles and pains on the road of growth.He only knows now that he is a little closer to what he wants to pursue.

He is no longer a salted fish without dreams!
When he got off the bus, the sense of reality of stepping on this familiar land made the joy in his heart fade a little.

The first question Shi Lei thought of was - "How should I tell my parents?"

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