warrior godfather

"Huaxia doesn't only have hot pot, there are many other things, I think you will like it, such as Huaxia-style barbecue..."

The two chatted for a while, and Zhang Yu continued to tell Curry about the food and history of China. Curry was fascinated by it, especially when Zhang Yu said that China had achieved great unification 2000 years ago, his eyes widened. exclaimed:
"2000? The history of the United States is less than 300 years old!"

The two chatted for a while, and didn't stop until the plane took off.

When the plane rose into the sky and entered a stable flying attitude, Zhang Yu suddenly said:
"Stephen, do you remember when we were still at Butler University, I went to your house for Christmas, and on the plane back, did fans come to us and take photos with us?"

Curry nodded and said:
"Of course! I remember it very well. That was the first time I was recognized outside the school. I was a freshman and just joined the team. It must be a senior fan, right? He also asked if we could We made it to March Madness, boss, you answered very firmly at the time, and in the end we did make it to March Madness, and made it all the way to the top [-], only to lose to Florida State University, Horford, Brewer, and Noah , Taurin Green and the four of them are on the same team, it's really rascal..."

Zhang Yu smiled and said:

"Yeah, at that time, Florida State University was the big devil of the NCAA. The scenery was infinite. We made it to the top [-]. In the eyes of others, we were already lucky. Who would have thought that we would win two NCAA games in a row. Champion? Are you going to be a legendary guard in the NCAA?"

"Boss, stop teasing me. If I hadn't met you, I would have gone to play in a secondary league school. Let alone a legendary guard, I don't know if I can make it to March Madness. Well, according to the According to the situation, if you didn’t recruit me, I should go to Davidson College to play, which is very close to my home. Davidson’s head coach, Mr. Bob McKlopp, was very optimistic about me. At that time, only you and him thought I could play in the NCAA It is." Curry laughed to himself.

Zhang Yu smiled and said:

"It's all over, and now no one will look down on you. You are the scoring leader, the MVP, and the championship. Didn't you read what Coach K said in the interview? He said that the one thing he regrets the most is that he missed you. , If he hadn’t shut you out at that time, then Duke would have created a dynasty of three consecutive championships, and now he has recruited Seth, it seems that he doesn’t want to repeat the same mistakes.”

Curry shook his head and said:
"No, boss, the most correct thing he did was to turn me down, otherwise how would I go to Butler and play for you?"

"Hahaha……"

The two laughed heartily together, and the laughter was full of emotions and memories.

"Stephen, do you still remember when I asked you to play point guard?" Zhang Yu stopped laughing and said.

Curry nodded and said with a wry smile:

"Of course, to be honest, I was a little bit against it at the time. After all, I played the shooting guard position in high school, and then I went to college and suddenly changed to point guard. That summer, I did a lot of ball handling and passing. Ball training, very painful..."

"This is the price of the championship. If you want to become stronger and win the championship, you must continue to improve..." Zhang Yu said seriously, "Next season, I will make a little adjustment in tactics. I need you to run more without the ball. Hand the ball over to someone else, would you like to?"

"Running without the ball?"

"Yes, it is to increase the proportion of passing and cutting in the offense. I hope you will give the ball to Drummond or Jimmy more in regular time. You and Klay run without the ball and involve the opponent's defense. , Create opportunities for others to cut, which is conducive to stimulating their enthusiasm on the defensive end, and in the long season, they also need to participate more in offense to reduce burnout..." Zhang Yu explained carefully the reason.

After he finished speaking, Curry said without hesitation:

"No problem, boss, as long as it's good for the team to win and the championship, I'm willing to do anything!"

There was no surprise on Zhang Yu's face, and he said with a smile:
"Very well, you don't have to worry. Except for the less possession of the ball, your number of shots will not decrease, but will increase. After we win the championship, the opponent will definitely put a lot of defensive energy on you. When you run without the ball , They can’t double-team you, you will get more open shots, your data will be better, and your efficiency will be higher.”

Curry was dissatisfied:
"Boss, you know, I don't care about the data, you don't have to explain so much to me..."

"I know you don't care about the data, but you don't have to, but I have to explain it, otherwise I'm bullying honest people?" Zhang Yu laughed.

"Boss, you always take my feelings into consideration..." Curry sighed, and then asked suspiciously, "Hey, by the way, why didn't you bring it up when you were on vacation? If you told me earlier, I could Increase the training of running without the ball earlier."

"I don't want to talk about work while on vacation. If I didn't happen to go back to China together this time, I'm going to wait until the training camp starts to discuss this matter with you." Zhang Yu said.

"The sneaker endorsement..."

"That's not what you asked for my opinion?"

"Well, so I was the one taking up your precious vacation time?"

"It's good that you know. How about this. This time in China, you have a better attitude towards China fans. After you come back, train well, and I won't pursue it."

"Hey boss, don't you know me yet? I never snub my fans!"

"That's good, by the way, don't be like James and the others, making news about going to nightclubs late at night..."

"Boss! Is this kind of person in your heart?"

"Haha, I'm just worried that if Ayesha isn't by your side, you'll make 'mistakes all men make'..."

"Don't worry, I will never do that kind of thing!"

……

After 13 hours of flight, the plane landed at Huaxia Capital International Airport. Zhang Yu, Mark Baum, Curry and others respectively took the special car arranged by Venus Capital for him and rushed back to Qilu Province. Mark Baum went straight Going to the headquarters of Venus Capital, Curry rested for a night, and started his China tour the next day.

Curry’s trip to China this time will go through three cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, and Pengcheng, covering the third of the four major first-tier cities in China. There is no Yangcheng in his itinerary because the distance between Pengcheng and Yangcheng is too close Well, the Huaxia tour arranged by Under Armor for him was rather hasty, so this stop was omitted to reduce the workload of Huaxia's company that undertook the operation of this event.

This also reflects from the side that Curry's China trip was not fully prepared.

But this did not reduce the fans' enthusiasm at all. Due to the existence of Zhang Yu and Yi Jianlian, the Warriors were one of the teams that attracted the most attention from Chinese fans before winning the championship. After winning the championship, they became the hottest NBA team in China. Not only It was the Warriors fans who supported Curry, and even the Lakers fans started to support Curry.

From Comey’s point of view, James is the bigger threat to Kobe. Even though the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs by the Warriors, they didn’t feel too bad about the Warriors. Instead, they mocked James after the Heat lost the finals .

Fans' support for Curry was reflected offline, and it was an extremely hot scene. When Curry participated in an event in Beijing, before he entered the venue, he was surrounded by thousands of fans who did not buy tickets. Fanatical Fans completely blocked the street, chanted Curry's name, rushed forward one after another, scrambling to reach out their hands, wanting to get close to Curry.

Curry's bodyguards and the security team hired by Huaxia Fang Company formed a human wall as if they were facing an enemy, and they desperately stopped between Curry and the fans for fear of accidents.

But Curry, who was so playful, showed his superb off-the-ball running skills at this time. First he pretended to retreat, cooperating with the movements of the bodyguard and the security team, but the next moment he suddenly got short and jumped from behind his bodyguard. He ran over and came to the fans.

"Curry, I love you!!!"

"Ahhh! I touched Curry, live Curry!!!"

"Curry, you are the best shooter... who the hell is pulling me, I haven't finished talking!! I very, very like you!"

"Okay brother, you can go back quickly, just your English, purely embarrassing the Chinese people!"

The fans fell into a frenzy in an instant, and surrounded them one after another, yelling and venting their excitement. There were also smart fans who wanted to use English to get close to Curry, but under the excitement, they didn't even Basic grammar is forgotten.

Curry's bodyguards and Huaxia Fang's security team were shocked when they saw this scene. They were so frightened by Curry's actions that they rushed to Curry's side and surrounded him again, desperately separating the fans from him. open.

Curry was dissatisfied:
"Hey guys, I just wanted to sign autographs for my fans, you don't have to do that, they're here to support me, not to beat me up, let alone assassinate me!"

Most of the Huaxia fans at the scene couldn't hear what Curry was doing in the noisy environment, but they saw Curry's displeased expression and his attempt to escape the security team's restrictions again, and they all shouted:
"Why are you stopping Curry? Can we eat Curry?"

"That is, Curry is willing to sign for us, why do you stop? We are all here to support Curry!"

"We won't hurt Curry, he finally came to Huaxia, why not let him sign for us!"

Seeing the anger of the fans at the scene, Curry himself was also moved and dissatisfied. The security team did not dare to separate Curry from the fans, so Curry happily signed autographs for the fans, took photos with them, and even touched small fans. Touch their heads, smile and encourage a few words.

But he didn't stop after signing a few autographs. He signed from east to west without any intention of stopping at all. It seemed that he wanted to sign for all the fans present. To Curry, reminded:
"Stephen, the event is about to start, do you think you should go to the event first, and then sign for them after the event is over?"

The translator is the deputy manager of the Huaxiafang Operation Planning Company. While serving as the translator for Curry, he also represents the Huaxiafang company to communicate with Curry.

His most important task is to ensure that Curry's Huaxia trip is successfully completed as planned, and strive to continue to undertake the planning and operation of the event when Curry's real Huaxia trip next time.

Seeing that Curry was popular with the fans, he was both excited and painful. After several struggles, in order to ensure the smooth completion of the event, he still came forward to be the villain.

When Curry heard this, a look of displeasure flashed across his face. He came to Huaxia for the first time and received such fanatical support from Huaxia fans.

But he also knew that the translation was correct, so he could only stop the action of signing in his hands regretfully. Finally, after taking pictures with the fans twice, he walked towards the arena step by step, waving to the fans constantly. For a short distance, it took nearly 10 minutes to walk.

After entering the arena, there was another burst of cheers like a tsunami. The auditorium was full. Nearly [-] spectators stood up after Curry entered the arena and shouted in unison:
"MVP! MVP! MVP!"

Curry came to the center of the court, waving his hands around, his face full of smiles.

He has seen this kind of scene too much. Sometimes when he goes to an away game, he can use his outstanding performance to attract the away fans to defect collectively. But this is the first time Curry heard the Huaxia fans shout "MVP".

The support of American fans is taken for granted by Curry. They bought tickets to watch the game. Curry trained hard and played a wonderful performance. He lived up to the expectations of the fans and deserved to enjoy the cheers of the fans.

But Huaxia fans are thousands of miles away, and they will never go to the Oracle Center to watch a ball in their lives, but they treat him like American fans.
so supportive.

Zhang Yu told Curry before that he is very popular in China, but he has no concept of how popular he is in China. Today, he was very surprised and moved when he saw such fanatical Chinese fans. He said in Chinese :
"Huaxia fans, hello guys, I love you guys, I am very grateful for your support, thank you guys, I will definitely come to China often after I translate, thank you guys for your support again, I will play a bigger game, Return the hitter!"

His Chinese pronunciation is not standard, but it can make people understand the meaning clearly, and the length is even more amazing, which made the Huaxia fans on the scene even more excited:

"Fuck, Curry speaks Chinese so well?"

"This trip is really worth it. Curry said thank you to me in person, haha!"

"Curry actually specially practiced Chinese for Huaxia fans, he loves Huaxia fans so much, I cried to death!!"

The event host was also very surprised. In the previously set event process, it was not mentioned that Curry can speak Chinese. He hurriedly asked in English:
"Stephen, your Chinese is really good!"

Curry smiled triumphantly:
"I learned this from the boss on purpose. His name is 'Zhang Yu', right? Since I met the boss, I have been very interested in Chinese culture. The boss taught me Chinese a long time ago. Before I came to China this time , I even learned Chinese from the boss.”

The host translated Curry's words, and there was another round of enthusiastic cheers. Before Curry, there were many stars who came to China to participate in the event, but at most they would just say "Hello". No star ever Like Curry, he can speak such a long paragraph of Chinese, and his pronunciation is relatively standard. He is not just fooling around and perfunctory.

Immediately, some fans at the scene recorded this video and posted it on the Internet, with the caption:

"Look, this is my own star. He speaks Chinese very well, much better than those players who only know how to come to China to make money!"

After the post was sent out, the number of comments below increased rapidly:
"Fuck, Curry's Chinese is so good?"

"If other stars say that he likes Chinese culture, I really don't believe it, but Curry said that he likes Chinese culture, I really believe it!"

"It is strongly recommended that other stars follow Curry's standard. They can't even speak a few words in Chinese. Why come to China? Is it just to make money?"

"It's still Coach Z who taught well. Lu became a fan, and I will also be a Warriors fan in the future! I was also stupid. I didn't support a team with a Chinese head coach, Chinese players, and Chinese cultural stars. I ran to support it." Heat, how foolish I am to hack the Warriors!"

"Haha, it's not too late for a prodigal son to turn his back on money. It's never too late to support the warriors!"

Soon, the video of Curry speaking Chinese at the event was on the Weibo hot search, sparking heated discussions on the Internet.

In the subsequent activities, Curry uttered two sentences in Chinese from time to time, which attracted cheers from the fans.

After several activities such as shooting competitions and friendly matches, Curry talked about how he was rejected by Duke and other famous schools after graduating from high school, and was frustrated again and again. Just when he was about to go to the NCAA secondary league to play, Zhang Yu invited him. Butler's college trial training has changed the trajectory of his basketball career ever since.

Huaxia fans are familiar with this incident, but this is the first time they heard Curry say it in person. The audience was amazed and praised Zhang Yu's precise vision, and felt relieved for Curry's slap in the face.

Finally, Curry laughed:

"The boss told me that the encounter between me and him is called 'Fate' according to Huaxia. He said this word means a destined encounter. I like this word very much, but I always feel weird. Later I just realized that the encounter between me and Ayesha should be called fate, the boss asked me to go to Butler for trial training, but he had a good vision and saw the potential in me, it was not fate at all!"

"Hahaha……"

When the host translated Curry's words into Chinese, the fans at the scene laughed out loud. Listening to Curry telling the story between him and Zhang Yu, these Huaxia fans felt for the first time that what used to only appear on TV and computer screens NBA stars and coaches are also real people, they also have their own sorrows and joys, they will also experience setbacks, and they will also long for love.

And Curry and Zhang Yu have been together for a long time, and unconsciously, they will also think in Huaxia's way of thinking, and from time to time they will include two sentences in Chinese in the narration, which makes Huaxia fans feel very close.

After the event in Beijing, half of the top ten Weibo searches were occupied by Curry's name, such as "Curry's trip to China", "Curry speaks Chinese", "Curry and Zhang Yu's wonderful fate", "Curry Li likes Chinese culture", "Curry and Ayesha", these entries not only entered the top ten hot searches, but their popularity continued to soar.

There are already a lot of Warriors fans in China, and Curry is good-looking, giving people a very cute feeling, which has attracted many female fans. Many girls listened to him and Ayesha. Curry, who is also caring for his family, is even more fond of him. There are even many girls who don't watch the NBA, but because of Curry's China trip, they start to pay attention to Curry and the Warriors.

……

After participating in the event in the capital, Curry came to Shanghai. Wherever he went, there were crowds of people, and the atmosphere was even hotter than in the capital.

Originally, the activities of Curry's China tour were a bit hasty, and the publicity was not particularly in place. Many Warriors fans who did not pay attention to the NBA during the long grass period did not even know that Curry was coming to China.

And after Curry's Beijing event became a hot search, many Warriors fans who were belatedly rushed to Shanghai, wanting to get in touch with Curry up close, and some smart fans went directly to Pengcheng to avoid the competition for tickets Intense Shanghai station.

In Shanghai, Curry came to an elementary school and had a friendly match with elementary school students. After the game, he still wore a red scarf and took a group photo with the little fans.

In the photo, Curry is wearing a special school uniform, with a red scarf on his chest, and is in the center of the front row.

After finishing the elementary school activities, Curry came to a hot pot restaurant and tasted the authentic Sichuan-Chongqing hot pot.

And when the fans saw him using chopsticks proficiently, picked up the mutton slices and put them in the pot for a few times, then picked them up and put them in his mouth, and shouted "Hao Chi" in Chinese, they were very happy.

"Double chefs are ecstatic! My favorite football star likes to eat my favorite hot pot, is this something I deserve to watch?"

"Haha, Coach Z really teaches everything. He not only teaches Curry how to play, but also teaches him Chinese food. Curry eats so much, isn't he afraid of spicy food?"

"Hehe, those who say that Chinese food is all about bragging, and only Chinese people like to eat get out! Is Curry an American?"

Undoubtedly, the entry "Curry eats hot pot" was once again on Weibo's hot search, and it once soared to the third place in the hot search, attracting another wave of Huaxia fans.

……

After finishing his activities in Shanghai, Curry came to Pengcheng.

This time, he came to Pengcheng University and had a friendly match with college students. After the event, he signed autographs for the fans.

After leaving Pengcheng University, Curry went to a barbecue restaurant to eat barbecue, and he was full of praise for it. Then he asked the owner, and found out that this restaurant was not opened by a local from Pengcheng, but from Qilu.

At this time, the translator told Curry intimately that Qilu is Zhang Yu's hometown, and Curry immediately said that next time he travels to China, he will go to Qilu to visit Zhang Yu's hometown.

After the news came out, Zhang Yu, who had been at home for several days, posted a Weibo, welcoming Curry to Qilu, so that Qilu fans can also have close contact with Curry, and said that he would take him to eat Authentic Qidu BBQ.

Curry immediately responded on his new Weibo:

"Boss, that's it, I'm going to visit your house next time!"