Chapter 2: College life
next morning...
"Welcome to your joining lad"
Lian Dao saw a white-skinned middle-aged man extend his right hand to him, and shook hands to express his welcome. Lian Dao mechanically grasped the hand extended to him. It was the hand of Tim Floyd, the coach of Lian Dao's college basketball team.
"How did I come to USC, I'm at home in New York, and how did Tim get younger?"
Lian Dao looked bewildered, and his mind was filled with various small problems.
At this time, Lian Dao didn't realize that he would be reborn as a college student. He thought he was sleepwalking back to his alma mater, Southern University.
"Hey, sickle, are you too excited?" Tim looked at Lian Dao's dull expression and guessed with a smile.
Tim has seen too many surprise expressions of high school students after being admitted to a prestigious basketball school, and he thought that Lian Dao's dull expression was due to the excessive surprise after being admitted.
Sickle is the English name Lian Dao gave himself, which means sickle in Chinese. This is the name Lian Dao gave himself after he first came to the United States to go to school. He really couldn't accept the pronunciation when they called him his name.
Lian Dao corrected their pronunciation over and over again, and then found that it was useless. For Americans, the Chinese pronunciation is too convoluted, so he named himself "sickle" because the Chinese meaning of this name is "sickle". It has the same pronunciation as Lian Dao's name.
"I, what am I... yes, I'm a little excited!" Lian Dao said halfway, and suddenly got stuck in his throat. At this moment, he realized that something was wrong, but he could only answer along the way. He originally wanted to ask Tim how he came to USC, but found that his voice had become much younger and he had lost some weight. Well, the height feels a little shorter.
And the skin is whiter too!
"Huh? What? My bronzed skin is gone. It's the result of a summer of sunbathing on the beach in Miami."
"Huh? No, the focus is a bit off"
"Why am I in USC, and why am I so young? Could it be that I was reborn, I shouldn't, I don't meet the conditions for the rebirth army?" Lian Daobu was taken aback, and immediately started a brainstorming , and keep asking myself in my heart to find the memory in my brain.
Before his rebirth, Lian Dao was already a well-known basketball trainer in the United States, as well as a well-known choreographer. It can be said that he does not lack money and status at all.
Introduced by friends after graduation, Lian Dao has worked as a basketball trainer for many NBA stars, and he is quite famous in the circle. His training plan has been recognized and praised by many NBA stars.
Even several NBA teams offered high prices to invite Lian Dao to be the team's exclusive basketball trainer.
But at that time, Lian Dao felt that being the team's exclusive trainer would restrict his freedom, so he declined the invitation.
This is also directly related to the high income of Lian Dao at that time. When both freedom and money are available, Lian Dao will not give up freedom for more money.
Actually lazy.
Moreover, the script "Dark Night" he wrote was favored by Hollywood directors, and it was filmed and released as a movie. It swept the box office around the world in 22 years, and was sought after by the media as a "genius screenwriter".
I showed up in Harlem before to avoid the media, and at the same time to visit the master in New York's Chinatown, but I didn't expect...
Lian Dao before rebirth can be said to have a house, a car, deposits and fame, the key is to look handsome, this is a typical tall, rich and handsome.
Moreover, my parents are still alive. My parents came to New York, USA in 1998 and founded a company in New York. Later, due to the transformation, he moved to Silicon Valley in San Francisco. In 2007, his father Lian Guochang saw the rapid development in China, so he discussed with his mother Zhao Ruoyun, and the two chose to move the company's headquarters back to China to develop in China.
Then, he left Lian Dao alone in the United States, and the name was called: In order to cultivate his son's independent ability.
Ha ha, the key is that I believed it at the time!
Before his rebirth, his father, Lian Guochang, wanted him to return to China to inherit the family business, but Lian Dao's stubborn character never agreed, and the father and son even quarreled several times for this reason. Until rebirth, there was very little communication between father and son.
It is estimated that the parents did not think of it, originally planned to release them, but they did not expect that they would be released if they were not careful!
Mother Zhao Ruoyun is also in a dilemma when caught between father and son. In fact, Lian Dao knew that his mother always wanted him to return to China. There is no mother who does not miss her son. But before rebirth, I never thought about the problem from the standpoint of my parents.
Thinking about it now, the previous insistence is still very correct...
Otherwise, I would not have become a basketball trainer, nor would I have become a genius screenwriter, nor would I have woken up and appeared in the training arena of the USC basketball team.
"Sickle, what's the matter with you?" Seeing that Lian Dao had a strange expression, the coach asked with concern.
"Uh, it's okay, coach. I'm just excited about being able to play in the NCAA soon." Lian Dao waved his hand immediately, with a particularly excited and excited expression on his face. The change of expression on this face is worthy of being a top student at the Academy of Film and Television Arts, Hollywood stars would be amazed when they saw it.
"Okay boy, you should be excited, but don't forget the morning meeting the day after tomorrow. Remember, I don't like guys who are not punctual." Although Tim felt that the situation just now was a little abnormal, he didn't think Too much, I just thought that Lian Dao, like other rookie players, was excited to come to the college basketball league.
"Good coach, I will definitely arrive on time," Lian Dao assured Tim.
After saying goodbye to coach Tim, Lian Dao came to the school dormitory according to his own memory.
He came to the dormitory door in a daze, but with the closed dormitory door, he suddenly thought that he didn't seem to know where the key was. In my memory, I used to put things like keys in my coat pocket.
Quickly put your hand in your coat pocket, the cold touch, familiar outline, is the key to the dormitory.
Well, good habits keep yourself from being turned away.
Open the door, this is a two-bedroom dormitory, and the roommate is DeMar DeRozan, another talented guard that Coach Tim said.
However, at this time, he has not come to the school to report, so he should come later.
Because DeRozan has mild depression, he seems to have a dull personality and doesn't communicate much with others. But the way he plays on the court will make it difficult for people to connect with this quiet big boy off the court. DeRozan has always regarded Kobe as an idol, and his playing style is also very similar to Kobe. He has an excellent mid-range shot and likes to face difficulties.
Although he has a dull personality, when you really get to know this big boy, you will find that although he looks cold on the outside, he is hot on the inside; he just lacks a fire to melt his cold shell.
Later, Lowry of the Raptors was the fire, and "garbage brothers" were what the fans called them, but DeRozan had the most smiles on his face during that time.
DeRozan is a person who values loyalty very much. has been sticking to Toronto for ten years, but he didn't expect the team to use his loyalty as a bargaining chip.
After entering the room, I hurried to the toilet to flush my face.
Unfortunately, after washing his face, Lian Dao did not return to his mansion in New York.
After washing his face, Lian Dao looked at himself in the mirror and found that apart from his fairer skin, he was still handsome, but less mature.
Although it is still sharp and angular, it reveals the immaturity of youth. Lian Dao supported the edge of the sink with his hands, looking at himself in the mirror.
"click"
The sound of keys opening the door interrupted Lian Dao's self-appreciation.
Lian Dao turned his head and went out. It was DeRozan who opened the door and dragged the box to the dormitory.
"Hey, it's you, Sickle, why are you here? You also chose USC?" DeRozan was a little surprised when he saw Lian Dao, which made him seem a little talkative due to his relatively silent personality.
"Yes, Deebo, we meet again, we will be teammates from now on!" Lian Dao held DeRozan's outstretched hand, and the two bumped their shoulders tacitly.
Lian Daoshi met DeRozan in high school, when DeRozan was studying at Compton High School. Although he was not considered a big muscle bully in the NBA later, but in high school, DeRozan could be regarded as a big guy among high school students.
DeRozan, a senior in high school, can average 29.2 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3 steals per game, and won the MVP of the Moore League, the McDonald's slam dunk champion, and is quite famous among American high school students.
Because Compton High School and Whitney High School where Lian Dao is located belong to California. So the two teams often played against each other, but Whitney High School, to which Lian Dao belonged, basically lost more and lost less.
At the same time, Lian Dao's three-pointer also left a deep impact on DeRozan.