Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 112: The Blue Plan
On the fifth day in the hospital, Chen Fang was able to get out of bed and walk around on his own. According to the doctor's advice, he could be discharged from the hospital in the afternoon.

Just when I was feeling happy, Zhang Shaohong came in with a smile on his face.

"Boss!" Chen Fang shouted.

"It seems like he's recovering quickly!" Zhang Shaohong said when he saw Chen Fang walking along the wall.

"It was just a minor injury."

"Don't think like that. Groin and waist injuries are the most difficult to recover from. You can't be careless. This is what I mean and it's also the doctor's advice." Zhang Shaohong immediately said with a serious expression.

"Got it." Chen Fang quickly put on a serious attitude.

"I have also communicated with Lin Hai. He has watched your game video and understands the whole process of your injury."

"Uh, there is actually a video." Chen Fang was surprised.

"I asked the General Administration for it. You are now famous, known as the National Youth Wudang, and the top scorer!"

"Ah!" Chen Fang was quite embarrassed and sat back on the bed and laughed.

"You got carried away by the other guy that day and scored 36 points. You're really good!"

"So many?" Chen Fang was shocked.

"Look, I was really stunned. I can't even remember how many points I scored. Okay, I came here to inform you. From now on, you should take good care of your injuries and go to Coach Lin for rehabilitation every day."

"understood."

"Boss, when is the holiday?" Chen Fang asked, remembering something.

"Why, are you homesick?"

"Well, a little bit."

"It depends on what Coach Lin means. Come and report to me before you leave." Zhang Shaohong said after hesitating for a moment.

"understand!"

Not long after Zhang Shaohong left, Lu Yun came. He came to help with discharge from the hospital.

The two completed the discharge procedures, took a taxi, and returned to the center dormitory.

"Your room is cleaned regularly, so it's not moldy." Lu Yun said.

As soon as I entered the house, I felt the heat. It had been a long time since I felt the heating. It was really nice.

Chen Fang's mood improved immediately.

Lu Yun also followed and brought his luggage.

"Please pack your things. I'll be leaving in a few days."

"Where are you going?" Chen Fang was surprised.

"U16 is on holiday, don't you know?" Lu Yun said.

Um, at the end of the relationship, I am the only one left.

Chen Fang became depressed.

This depressed mood was still there when I went to see Lin Hai in the afternoon.

Lin Hai first judged Chen Fang's recovery situation by pinching his hands, then took out an iPad Air2 and opened a video.

"You should be careful about these dangerous moves in the future." The scene playing was exactly the one where Chen Fang was injured. Lin Hai said, "You should also start working on your flexibility. Stretching is very important. It has excellent buffering and error correction capabilities for some unconventional moves."

"I have written a training outline for you. I plan to give you half a month to familiarize yourself with it. Then you will start training yourself."

"Coach, are you leaving?" Chen Fang heard the hidden meaning.

"I don't want to go home for the New Year!" Lin Hai said unhappily.

"Oh, it's me. I had forgotten about it." Chen Fang scratched his head.

"Stop talking nonsense and let's get started."

"First of all, you have to understand that groin strain is actually a broad term that includes many small muscle groups, and yours is the gluteus medius."

"I have written ten rehabilitation movements. I will demonstrate them to you and you will follow them. I will monitor you."

Following Lin Hai's voice, Chen Fang began a two-week rehabilitation training program.

When the first heavy snow of 2015 fell, Lin Hai said goodbye to Chen Fang and boarded the train back home. He is from Fujian, and this period was quite difficult for him.

Chen trained on his own in the deserted center. He wanted to choose a time so that he could go back when all the schools in Nanyang started their winter vacation.

Wei Lan still has a lot of things to do that require him to coordinate and guide.

At 5:30 in the morning, Chen Fang woke up on time as usual, ready to go jogging and boxing.

In the white grove, Chen Fang met Mr. Zhao.

"Uncle Zhao." Chen Fang was very surprised. He hadn't seen the old man for such a long time since he came back, and he felt a little nervous.

"Hey, what a rare visitor, young man. Where have you been? I haven't seen you for two months." Old man Zhao was also very happy.

"I went to play in a competition, and then got injured. I've been recovering from the injury ever since." Chen Fang truthfully explained his recent whereabouts.

"Where are you injured?" The old man raised his white eyebrows.

"Groin." Chen Fang said.

"Come, let me touch it!" said the old man as he squatted down.

Chen Fang was stunned, but he was in a dilemma. He couldn't refuse the old man's kindness. He made up his mind. Since there was no one around, he slightly opened his legs and said, "It's the left leg."

Old man Zhao raised his index finger, middle finger and thumb like a tripod and touched the tendon inside the thigh.

After reaching the crotch, it goes along the crotch groove to the back of the buttocks.

Chen Fang felt a sudden pain and numbness in his legs, and he almost lost his balance, and his knees bent down subconsciously.

"Bear with it." The old man snorted majestically.

After a while, the old man clapped his hands and stood up, saying: "There are still hidden injuries."

"Ah!" Chen Fang was stunned. It had been almost a month and he was still injured.

"It's not completely healed yet, it still needs to be healed." The old man was very serious, afraid that Chen Fang would not believe him, so he said: "The muscles in the inguinal groove are as tough as leather and as thin as paper. They are easily injured and difficult to heal."

"Come back tomorrow, and I'll give you some external compresses and a prescription. You can follow the prescription and take the medicine for a week."

"What? You don't believe it?" The old man raised his eyebrows again.

"Believe it, believe it. Thanks to your Wudang Eight-Section Brocade, I am in much better physical condition now!" Chen Fang said hurriedly.

"Of course you've strained your leg. That shows that you've only focused on breathing while practicing Ba Duan Jin, and have forgotten the external postures. Your horse stance is not solid." The old man was very dissatisfied. He continued, "I'll teach you a move. If you practice it for a long time, your horse stance will be solid. Even if you can't even shake a mountain or crack the ground, at least you'll be as steady as a mountain on a stormy deck."

“As the saying goes, one has to stand in a horse stance for three years before learning to fight, and one has to do a horse stance before learning to fight.” The old man took a horse stance and the ground actually shook slightly. The snow on the treetops next to him fell down, and Chen Fang was stunned.

"Concentrate your mind and calm your breath, breathe naturally, squat deep, flat and steady, and tighten your abdomen and legs."

Chen Fang followed the instructions, and within a minute, he began to feel slight numbness in his hips, knees, and ankles.

"Breathe out, breathe in." Then the old man said.

"If you feel unbearable soreness and numbness, it means that the Qi and blood are blocked in the joints. At this time, you need to use your breathing to drive the Qi and move."

"Move with the Qi, settle with the Qi. Qi and blood flow through the body, reaching all meridians."

Hearing the old man's words, Chen Fang concentrated on his breathing. After three months of continuous breathing, he suddenly felt the numbness and soreness disappear.

"The heart is in the feet and also in the hips. Exhale to sink down, inhale to lift the spirits."

Chen Fang has understood that the heart here is the center of gravity.

Exhale slowly, sink your center of gravity to your feet, inhale and slowly lift your body back to your hips, repeat this cycle over and over again, moving with the breath. In the end, your mind and energy will naturally become one, and you can do whatever you want.

But after all, he had just learned it, and Chen Fang felt stiff after a while.

"Get up." The old man also knew Chen Fang's background and slowly stood up.

Chen Fang followed suit and slowly straightened up.

“From now on, you should integrate stance and boxing together. When you can see your own image in your mind with your eyes closed, you will have truly mastered the art.” The old man chuckled, as if he had done something insignificant, and walked away on the snow.

"Remember tomorrow." The old man's deep voice came from afar.

He is truly an accomplished person.

Chen Fang clasped his hands together and bowed devoutly.

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"Leaving in the afternoon?" Zhang Shaohong put down the pen in his hand and looked at Chen Fang who was standing in front of the table.

"Yeah, I miss home a lot lately." Chen Fang said.

"Well, when you get home, be careful not to do anything rash, and don't go play games."

"Of course, I still need to recover slowly." Chen Fang said.

"That's right." Zhang Shaohong really took good care of Chen Fang and has been guarding this treasure at the center for the past six months.

"The national youth team is back, and Coach Fan has talked to me about it. He suggested that you practice the skills of a small guard before June. Basic skills such as lobs and layups, as well as one-on-one defense and assist defense are big issues."

"Yes!" Chen Fang blushed. In fact, he had already realized the problems he had exposed in the two games against France and Germany.

"After the New Year, remember to report back on time. I have already found a second trainer for you to hone your basic skills."

"Also, I need to remind you." Zhang Shaohong was very serious, and Chen Fang stood straighter.

"The Shandong Sports Bureau signed you so that you can play in the Youth Games and the National Games."

"You must remember this very clearly."

"Play in the World Youth Championship first, then come back and play well in the Youth Games. Don't act on impulse and get unnecessary injuries."

"Yes!" Chen Fang nodded in response.

"How tall are you now?" Looking at Chen Fang lowering his head, Zhang Shaohong felt that he was still a little tall, so he couldn't help but ask.

"I just measured myself last week, and I'm 191cm. With shoes on, I'm 193cm. I weigh 87kg."

"It seems that the bones are starting to get heavier." Zhang Shaohong took a look. Even though it was winter, he still looked thin with a coat on.

"Very good, you have grown 14 centimeters in five months, which is not an exaggeration!" Zhang Shaohong thought for a moment and said, "Come back and do a physical test. You need to grow to 195cm in June."

"It should be possible." Chen Fang was very confident.

Zhang Shaohong leaned back in his chair and said with emotion, "The last time for people to grow taller is only these few months. Don't eat carelessly and follow the nutritious diet strictly. You can relax during the Chinese New Year except for New Year's Eve. The rest of the days should be normal."

"Boss, I'm very self-disciplined." Chen Fang assured.

"Go!"

After leaving Zhang Shaohong's place, Chen Fang sent a message to Wu Zi, telling him to arrive in Nanyang in the afternoon.

After returning to the dormitory, I started to pack my things, then picked up my large luggage and left the center and headed for the station.

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when Chen Fang arrived in Nanyang. Instead of going home, he went directly to the gym.

As early as in the morning, everyone was notified to hold a meeting in the afternoon. Chen Fang had to make some adjustments to his recent work. When he arrived at the stadium, he felt his eyes brightened.

The previous dilapidated wall was demolished and replaced with a huge blue gate with a logo. After entering, it felt like entering a casino. The basketball court and ice rink were on the left, and on the right was a larger standard blue building.

Chen Fang was looking around with his suitcase when he heard a familiar voice: "Chen Fang!"

Looking over, Wang Zhen was standing at the door, running towards him.

Before he even got there, he kept shouting, "Fuck, fuck."

"Oh my god, why are you so tall now?"

It seems that there is a limit to height. Once you exceed this height, the visual perception changes geometrically.

Chen Fang is only about 15 centimeters taller than Wang Zhen now, but the visual impact on Wang Zhen is enormous.

"Not that tall, only 191cm." Chen Fang smiled. The conversation with Wang Zhen seemed familiar. When they had a reunion after freshman year, Wang Zhen had the same expression.

"Is everyone here?" Chen Fang changed the subject.

"Everyone's here."

"Okay, has the big LCD TV in the conference room arrived?"

“It arrived yesterday and has been installed.”

Chen Fang asked a few questions, and the two of them went upstairs while chatting. When they pushed the door open, they saw everyone chatting in the room.

When they saw Chen Fang coming in, they all stood up involuntarily.

Ever since everyone knew that Chen Fang joined the national youth team, the psychological shock to everyone was enormous. Maybe some people were unwilling to accept that Chen Fang was running a label before, but now no one is like that.

As the saying goes, when you're away for three days, you'll look at him with new eyes.

Combined with Chen Fang's suddenly taller stature, he looks even more imposing.

"Wow, the room is still comfortable and warm." Chen Fang joked to lighten the atmosphere.

"Chen Fang, have you grown taller again?" Xue Yi asked.

"Chen Fang is already 191cm tall." Wang Zhen said first, with a look of pride on his face.

"Wow!" The whole room exclaimed.

"Let's get to the point. I just got off the train and came here. Everyone's time is precious. I'm really sorry for calling you here on the first day of the holiday!" Chen Fang started with a polite remark.

"I was planning to come here anyway. It's super nice to have a base during the holiday!" Lei Chen laughed.

After everyone discussed it for a while, Chen Fang spoke up: "This time, I came here to summarize our first experience in the media industry. To be honest, there are some problems."

As Chen Fang spoke, the conference room suddenly became quiet. Unexpectedly, Chen Fang started to attack as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Wang Zhen, turn on the TV and we'll analyze it on the spot."

"Come one by one. Xue Yi and Lei Chen, I'll talk about you first, don't mind!" Chen Fang turned on the Bluetooth of his mobile phone, then clicked on the short video site, and then found the accounts of Lei Chen and Xue Yi and clicked on them.

Xue Yi appears in the video. He is on the court and challenges Lei Chen one-on-one. When he cannot beat him, he uses a dirty trick and says, "Look, there's a beautiful woman over there." Then he takes advantage of Lei Chen's distraction to make a sneak attack and layup.

Then Lei Chen untied Xue Yi's shoelaces and also succeeded in a sneak attack.

I continued to flip through a few more items and found they were all similar.

Chen Fang paused the video and circled the like button with the screen pen.

"There are less than a hundred likes. I guess many of them are from your school."

Xue Yi and Lei Chen both smiled awkwardly.

“You may think this is fun, but here’s the problem.”

Chen Fang stood up, looked at everyone, and said, "When making short videos, there are three problems to face."

"First, people watch videos from beginning to end. If you can't grab people's interest in the first few seconds, they will scroll away."

"Secondly, short videos should be short, and should convey happiness in just a few dozen seconds. The lines, actions, and expressions should all be carefully designed, and not verbose. Every scene and line should be carefully considered word by word."

“Third, when we make short videos, we want a sense of resonance, and the source of resonance is in life. It can be funny, but it can’t be funny all the time. It has to have depth.”

Seeing that Lei Chen and Xue Yi didn't understand, Chen Fang took out the ideas he had sorted out over the past few days.

"Let's take this video and split it up."

"I am Xue Yi now, and I am good brothers with Lei Chen. We play basketball every day and make fun of each other."

"For example, if I say now, there is a beautiful girl over there, Lei Chen goes to see her, and I make a layup and score."

"At this time, I turned around to make fun of Lei Chen, but I found that the stadium was empty. I suddenly realized that we have graduated now."

"My brothers have gone their separate ways, and there's no one to play basketball with me anymore."

Seeing that everyone seemed to be thinking deeply, Chen Fang said, "Do you agree with me? Who doesn't want to graduate? Who doesn't want to pursue their own career?"

"This is called a reversal. Everyone who sees this will think of their high school years and the time when they played basketball." Seeing that everyone nodded slightly in agreement, Chen Fang said, "In fact, this can be reversed and the sadness can be replaced."

"When I realized my brother was gone and I was feeling sad alone on the sidelines of the court, someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around and saw it was Lei Chen."

"At this time, Lei Chen said, do you think you can run away? I enrolled in the same university as you."

"Are you feeling happy again?"

"That's right. With this design, depth is created." Xue Yi suddenly realized.

Lei Chen clapped his hands immediately, and everyone followed suit in conviction.

Chen Fang was ashamed, these were all designs that had been played out in the past, but now they were indeed very novel. He struck while the iron was hot: "When we make videos, we must not make them a running account. We would rather post fewer videos but make them of high quality."

"Bai Ye, Yan Zhen, there are also problems with your video, but it is not easy to demonstrate now. I will send a video today. You can take a look and see if it can inspire you."

"This is Zhou Hanfei, right?" Chen Fang looked at a guy who was dressed very fashionably.

"It's me. I specialize in streetball." Zhou Hanfei stood up nervously. His account had not achieved any results so far.

"Your problem lies in your thinking, not your streetball skills." Chen Fang said, "Streetball videos are for showing off your skills, but if a hundred streetball accounts are like this now, what will make you stand out?"

Seeing Zhou Hanfei speechless, Chen Fang continued: "Think about what type of person likes streetball. Look in the mirror and you will know why you like streetball."

"Streetball culture must be closely linked to fashion. If you use clothing as the outer shell of streetball, and you purely want to use basketball, how can you compare with others?"

"Do you want to beat Bai Ye in a one-on-one duel? Of course not. You want your outfit and a certain move to make you look cooler than Bai Ye."

"Streetball is street culture. When I watched your videos, I didn't see any streetwear or trendy brands. This goes against the fundamentals of streetball."

"I understand, Brother Chen, I understand now!" Zhou Hanfei was greatly inspired and wanted to shoot a video right now.

"Yue Gang, if you want to promote campus basketball culture, you should visit more often and take viewers and fans to explore the training environment and main figures of major universities, instead of making a documentary with text and video every day. Who would watch it?"

To Yue Gang, Chen Fang was more straightforward, because their relationship did not require any politeness.

Chen Fang finished speaking one by one and looked at the only woman in the meeting room.

Zheng Shuang didn't dare to look Chen Fang in the eye, but she had to speak up, so she said, "I'm still exploring."

Zheng Shuang felt uneasy because she had the fewest fans, likes and comments. She felt anxious when she saw that people who she thought were doing well were being criticized.

"Regarding Zheng Shuang's question, I actually need to first explain some common sense."

"It is the law of nature that men like women and women like men."

"For someone like Bai Ye, female fans should be the main focus." Chen Fang's words made Bai Ye blush and lower his head in embarrassment.

"Bai Ye is so handsome, there's no need to waste his appearance."

"Zheng Shuang, the same goes for you. How tall are you? 175cm?"

"Yes, no shoes 175."

"I'll make it clear in advance that I'm only talking about work and nothing else." Chen Fang shouted to Wang Zhen, "Come on, take Zheng Shuang to the court outside and shoot a video. Remember, only shoot her legs, not her face. Finally, focus on the shooting action and end with a hit."

"Zheng Shuang, go change your clothes. Do you have a JK skirt?" Chen Fang knew that the weather had been cold recently, so everyone had chosen the stadium for their photo shoot. There was also a special changing room here.

"some."

"Do you have white socks? Over the knee?" Chen Fang asked again.

"Have."

"Go switch in, then go outside and do a cross-leg dribble, then change direction and jump shot."

Zheng Shuang didn't know why, but it didn't stop her from obeying. Wang Zhen picked up his SLR camera and followed him out.

Not long after, the two came back together, and Chen Fang asked Wang Zhen to edit on the spot and instructed him how to design.

Finally, it was played with BGM directly on the large LCD TV.

The video starts with a close-up of a girl's slender thighs, then she dribbles the ball between her legs, suddenly changes direction, jumps with the ball, and ends with the basketball hitting the net.

This is a video of less than six seconds, but it perfectly combines basketball and women.

JK skirt, white socks, dribbling between the legs, jump shot.

The combination of the four elements gives people endless imagination.

The meeting room was very quiet, and Chen Fang broke the silence.

"How do you feel after watching it?"

"Charm!" Xue Yi blurted out.

"What long legs!" Yan Zhen was still observing them over and over again.

"I've never seen such a cool video of girls playing basketball!" Zhou Hanfei shouted.

Chen Fang looked at Zheng Shuang who was blushing: "How do you feel?"

"Very cool! If I didn't know it was me, I would definitely be her fan." Zheng Shuang was actually the most excited.

"Come, let's test it now. Wang Zhen, give the video to Zheng Shuang and let her send it out first."

Chen Fang thought for a moment and said, "No, just register a new account. A completely new one."

Soon, the account was registered and the video was uploaded.

Just five minutes later, Zheng Shuang screamed: "This, this...!"

Because it was projected on the TV, everyone could see it clearly, and with every refresh, the number of likes could be seen soaring, and the number of comments went from a few to hundreds.

"Do you understand?" Chen Fang said, "Zheng Shuang, your fans are men. We can't be vulgar, but we must have style."

"Don't show your face first. Follow this design and post one post every day. When you have more than 100,000 followers, start showing your face. Think about it and follow this idea."

"You already have a basketball foundation. You can dribble and shoot jump shots. This is beyond 99% of girls. Zheng Shuang, you must be the biggest star in the future of Weilan."

"Yes, I know what to do." Zheng Shuang was still swiping her phone frantically. In just a few minutes, this video had surpassed all her data in the past month.

Chen breathed a sigh of relief. He believed that the quality of everyone's videos would definitely improve qualitatively in the future.

He also wants to take advantage of the Spring Festival to build his own IP.

That’s right, Chen made up his mind that he also wanted to create an account, and his goal was to be number one in the country.

　This is my first week as a V, and I have updated over 10,000 pages a day. The content is pretty good. The first three chapters were criticized, but I am happy with myself. Thank you for your tolerance, I will not do it again!
　　
　
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