Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 221 Let’s Do a Big Fight
When Wang Zhen was alone on the pirate ship watching TV and saw Chen Fang say that the Chinese can definitely do it, he excitedly raised his arms and shouted, muttering, "Brother, your words are really morale-boosting."

Excited, he walked around the conference room for several times, took out his cell phone and wanted to call, but then he remembered that Chen Fang must be busy. Just as he was hesitating, a text message came.

The text message was not long, but every word shocked Wang Zhen.

[Quickly gather all the school team members and invite them to the United States to watch me play in the finals! And you, come with me, I miss you! ]

"Fuck, I knew you wouldn't forget." Wang Zhen pushed open the door of the conference room like the wind and shouted, "Everyone come to the conference room."

Ten minutes later, Wang Zhen said anxiously, "Can we find and contact them all in half a day?"

"It's a very simple thing, but the most difficult thing is how to get them to gather in the shortest time possible." Wang Nian said.

"Let's all go to Shanghai and fly directly to Los Angeles from Shanghai. Apply for visas quickly and get tourist visas. Use the company as a guarantor." Wang Zhen said decisively.

"Understood. I'll go now." It was the first time that Wang Nian saw the boss so excited, but when he thought about it, it made sense. The big boss made it to the finals historically and invited his former high school teammates to go to the United States to watch the finals. This was no longer just a nostalgia, but a true brotherhood.

"Let's start. I'll go to Shanghai first." Wang Zhen felt relieved.

It takes 2 days, and it takes one day to fly to the United States, so there is a high probability that problems will occur.

"Book a cross-border private jet as a backup plan. This mission must be accomplished at any cost." Wang Zhen made up his mind.

Just three minutes later, Yue Gang was still bragging to his roommates about his past with Chen Fang. He seemed extremely excited, having just finished watching the live broadcast, and then his cell phone rang.

"Hey, did you watch the game too?" When Yue Gang saw that it was Wang Zhen's call, he immediately answered the call and asked with a laugh.

Then his laughter stopped abruptly and an incredible expression appeared on his face.

"What? You're not kidding? Chen Fang said that?"

All the roommates fell silent and looked at Yue Gang.

"Really? What the hell? What the hell, what the hell!" Yue Gang cursed repeatedly and jumped up and down on the spot. He didn't look like the calm and composed big brother at all.

"I understand, I understand. I'll book a ticket now and arrive in Shanghai tonight. What about the others?"

"I have the contact information. We have a group."

"Okay, I'll call now."

After he died, Yue Gang was dizzy for a moment. He danced around, not knowing what to do first.

Finally, he slumped in his chair.

"Lao Yue, what's wrong with you?" The roommates were a little confused and surrounded him with concern.

Yue Gang had a strange smile on his face, his eyes were full of light: "I'm going to the United States to watch the NCAA finals!"

"What? Lao Yue, are you so happy that you're silly?" The roommate didn't believe it at all. Instead, he touched his forehead worriedly.

"I don't have a fever." Yue Gang brushed away his roommate's hand and said seriously, "Chen Fang asked me to watch the finals. He called all the school teams. I'm going to book a ticket to Shanghai now."

"Yes, book the tickets!" Yue Gang jumped up, took out his mobile phone and opened Ctrip.

There was no need to worry about the original price ticket. He only looked for the nearest flight departing today. The moment he saw that the booking was successful, he felt relieved.

He slumped in his chair again, laughing.

"Brothers, I'm going to watch the game live!"

"Fuck, I'm so jealous." The roommates were also happy and shouted loudly. They saw the whole process of Yue Gang booking the ticket and finally believed it.

Yue Gang was so happy that he was silly, but he still remembered something more important, which was that no one could be left behind, so he immediately opened the group chat, but by then, the group had exploded and everyone jumped out.

It turned out that while Yue Gang was in a daze, everyone else had made contact.

"Hurry up and book the tickets. There's no point in chatting. Just tell us when you get on the train. For shorter distances, take the high-speed train. For longer distances, take a flight." Yue Gang shouted in the group chat.

Throwing his phone aside, he began to pack his luggage. Although he didn't know how many days he would be gone, he had to bring all his clothes and other things with him.

In fact, compared with girls, boys' speed of going out can be measured in minutes. In just a few minutes, Yue Gang had already picked up the box.

"Please ask my counselor for leave for me. Just say I'm seriously ill and I'm hospitalized."

"What kind of serious illness is this?" The roommates were confused.

"You can make up whatever you want, as long as it's not cancer. I'm leaving, haha!" Yue Gang rushed out with his suitcase like a madman.

The roommate who saw him off to the door watched with great envy as Yue Gang disappeared down the corridor.

"Oh, it would be great if I had teammates like this."

"It's Chen Fang after all, so awesome. He's so sentimental that he actually invited all his teammates to go to the United States to watch the game. Just for this reason, we have to be his fans." Putting ourselves in his shoes, we just saw Chen Fang showing off our country's prestige in the game and saying to the camera that the Chinese can do it.

In the blink of an eye, I saw Chen Fang inviting his good brothers to go to the United States to watch a game. Even though I didn’t know how much it would cost, the price was not something that ordinary people could afford.

"With this confidence, we will definitely win in the final." Someone suddenly thought.

"Yeah, that must be the case." Everyone else reacted.

"I'll go tell my brother."

Before long, almost everyone in the building knew that Chen Fang had invited his high school teammates to go to the United States to watch a game. It was already a public fact that Yue Gang was Chen Fang's old team captain, and now their relationship was further confirmed.

While everyone is envious, they are also looking forward to the final the day after tomorrow.

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The Trojans did as Chen Fang said and began preparing for the game that night.

The whole team was in the conference room, watching the entire game in which North Carolina eliminated Kansas. Their opponent was the North Carolina team that was unfortunately defeated in last year's final.

"Joel Berry!"

"Justin Jackson."

"Isaiah Hicks."

Andy wrote the names of the three people on the whiteboard.

"Berry 183, Justin 203, Isaiah 206."

“The three of them form a line of offense and defense for North Carolina inside and outside.”

"We can see from the game that North Carolina's offense and defense are balanced. They have many three-point shooters. Theo Pinson, Berry, and Justin, who are all 198cm tall, all have three-point shooting ability. In the interior, Isaiah, who is 206cm tall, and Kennedy Meeks, who is 208cm tall, form a very flexible and mobile interior line, which allows them to have a strong and mobile lineup with almost five outside players."

"Kansas played very well, but North Carolina's efficiency deserves more respect."

"We collected every game of North Carolina since the tournament and compared it with last year's tournament. We found that many of North Carolina's weaknesses and loopholes have been made up."

"While they maintain strong mobility, they also strengthen their regional coordination in positional warfare. They prefer to open up gaps on the flanks and bottom corners."

"Our defense is not good. We are at a disadvantage in one-on-one defense." Andy's expression was serious. He had completely come out of his joy. After all, his beloved disciple had calmed down, and as a coach, he should do the same.

"Our plan for tomorrow is to recover and practice some new defensive tactics. On offense, we will develop more about how to solve the problem of receiving points and the stability of the second and third scoring points after Chen is double-teamed."

After giving a few more instructions, Andy announced the adjournment of the meeting and called out to Chen Fang.

"I've saved you twenty tickets for the finals. They're all in row A, behind our bench."

"Thank you."

"Is that enough?" Andy asked with concern.

"That's enough, more than enough." Chen Fang also let go of the last bit of worry.

"Okay then. If you need anything else, come to me and I'll coordinate it for you."

"Thank you very much, Coach. I'm going back to my room now."

Andy didn't see him off. After Chen Fang left, Andy sat alone in the conference room. He felt extremely exhausted. His nerves had been tense for the past month. His relatives and friends sent him their blessings after the game, and even some of his arch-enemies put aside their differences and sent him congratulations.

This made Andy feel unreal, as if he was in a dream.

It seemed like the recruitment of Chen Fang was just yesterday, but the day after tomorrow, they will stand together on the final court to welcome that historic moment.

Eight games, from March 3th to today April 8nd, in less than a month, they played eight games, and every opponent was not a simple one. The whole team had a hard time along the way, it was like a dream.

No one dared to imagine that one day they would stand on the final court.

"Still savoring it?" Busen's voice sounded behind him.

"Well, I dare not sleep now, for fear that I will wake up and find out that it was just a dream." "Boss, this is not your style." Busen sat down, and the two of them looked at the big white board side by side, as if there was some huge secret there.

“The goal I’ve been pursuing my whole life is right in front of me, and I admit, I’m scared.”

"Everyone is scared. Compared to us, North Carolina cannot accept a second defeat in the finals." Busen said from another perspective.

Andy thought about it and nodded: "Yes, they are more scared than us."

"Then don't be afraid!" Andy cheered up and patted Busen's shoulder.

"You're right, man. They're more scared than we are."

"Yes, we keep our mentality, with Chen Fang, there is no possibility for us to lose."

"Trust Chen Fang!"

"Yes, believe Chen Fang!" they both said in unison.

In another five-star hotel in Felix, North Carolina's uniform team is reviewing the game intensively. They want to watch all of USC's games this year in the shortest possible time.

Legendary coach Roy has only one requirement: find the problem, find the flaw, and find a solution.

At this moment, Roy is talking to Jordan.

“Thank you for coming.”

"I think it's my duty, sir," replied Jordan.

In front of them was the video of the Final Four, where USC eliminated South Carolina.

"We really need the best scorer in the world to tell us how to contain a very good scorer. Even though it sounds like a fantasy."

Jordan smiled and said, "We need to disrupt him endlessly in every step, including touching the ball, dribbling, passing, shooting, and retreating."

“Don’t think of killing an excellent scorer with one blow, but even the most powerful lion is afraid of being hunted by a pack of wolves.”

"Tomorrow, I will spend a good day with these guys and teach them how to restrain the Chinese."

At this moment, the video just played the scene where Chen Fang made three consecutive three-pointers. Jordan was staring at the TV, and his face did not look relaxed.

As a student of North Carolina and also a god in the eyes of North Carolina basketball players, he has the obligation and responsibility to help his alma mater to win the NCAA championship.

Last year's final was not a good memory for him, and he didn't want it to be the same this year.

To this end, he immediately rushed to the North Carolina base and took the initiative to assume responsibility.

"But please understand, sir, a truly strong person will not be so simple. They will constantly look for ways to get out of trouble. Nothing is absolute. We need to be 100% motivated."

"Please rest assured that I believe in our players. Their desire for the championship even exceeds their life."

"I believe that everyone who stayed and gave up the draft showed courage and perseverance that deserves respect."

"Let's face this opponent together." Jordan stretched out his big hand.

Roy held on tightly.

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"What? You want to date me?"

"Yes, Mr. Kobe, I think there is something that may be very interesting. Although it is just my guess, I believe in my judgment."

"Okay, you tell me."

"You've been in touch with Jordan, haven't you?"

"Of course, this old guy, even after the nuclear bomb exploded, his mouth and heart are still hard. Of course, his hands are even harder." Kobe laughed.

"Do you remember the scene in last year's North Carolina finals when he saw North Carolina being defeated and burst into tears?"

"I saw it. This made me secretly happy for a long time. I even left an anonymous message under the GIF." Kobe chuckled.

"Well, I've done that too." Chen Fang didn't expect to dig up an interesting piece of information.

"Wait, what are you talking about? I think I guessed something." Kobe suddenly reacted.

"Do you want to fight him in the air?" In that case, Chen Fang said it directly.

"How to fight?" Kobe's voice suddenly became low, but everyone could hear his excitement.

Both of them are very competitive and even after retiring, they still want to beat each other.

"He must be in the hotel in North Carolina, teaching the players something and trying to deal with me." Chen Fang said calmly.

"Yes, he will. I have the picture in my mind now." Kobe understood.

"Then can you tell me what tricks he will use and how to crack them?" Chen Fang stated the purpose of this phone call.

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and then Kobe's voice rang out: "We'll meet up at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. I roughly know what the old man wants to do, and I know how to crack it."

"Really?" Chen Fang was surprised.

"Of course, I know everything about him, no doubt about it." Kobe said calmly.

"Will you come on the day of the finals?" Chen Fang asked his next question.

Kobe obviously hesitated, and then he smiled bitterly and said, "The old man will definitely be unhappy, but I think if you really crack his stuff, he will sooner or later know who is behind it."

"In that case, let him know as soon as possible. You know, I'm not afraid of him."

"I guess so. Then let's make this final the most classic matchup in the NCAA. This will make it worth my hard work to get to the final."

"Aren't you afraid of Jordan?" Kobe smiled.

"I am afraid, but I want him to respect me more."

"And fear will never make him look up to you."

"So, I hope he can remember me. In this way, I think it's worth it for me to learn to play basketball."

Kobe was stunned. After a long while, he said, "This is a higher level of flattery."

"Yes, I can say responsibly that in China, almost the vast majority of people regard Jordan as the ultimate basketball idol. If I can make him remember me, this honor will really make my life playing basketball worthwhile."

"Okay, kid, I know what you're thinking."

"Come on, I'm looking forward to this scene." Chen Fang thought of Kobe telling them how to win the game at the training ground of USC, and on the other side of the city, Jordan was doing the same thing.

And this kind of thing cannot be hidden for long. Maybe after the game, the whole world will know about it immediately.

Whoever wins seems to understand better.

Therefore, Chen Fang was sure that Kobe would accept his invitation.

This is also a huge surprise he gave to all his brothers who came to the United States to watch the game.

I believe Kobe will definitely give him face and take photos with all his brothers.

Chen Fang could imagine this scene and how exciting it would be.

Just like what he just said to Kobe, there was actually one more thing he didn't say: he didn't want Kobe to be so proud.

In fact, many Chinese teenagers start playing basketball because they like you.

Therefore, for them, meeting you is the most beautiful moment of their basketball dream.

Chen Fang wanted to do his best to make this banquet more grand and magnificent, hoping to leave everyone with unforgettable memories for a lifetime.

This is also what he can do to the best of his ability for all his friends who love basketball after his rebirth.

"Do you have confidence in me?" This was the last sentence Chen Fang asked Kobe.

"At least, they have more confidence in their juniors than Jordan, right?" Kobe replied.

"That's right." Chen Fang smiled.

"Let's do something big." Kobe's voice already began to sound excited.

"That's exactly what I want to do!" Chen Fang answered firmly.

(End of this chapter)