That night, Chen Qiang followed Hu Shi to attend a charity dinner for the two female pilots around the United States flight fundraising.

There were not many Chinese people attending the dinner. On the contrary, many Americans attended the charity dinner, and the two heroines at the dinner were even more like stars and surrounded by Americans.

It has to be said that the two female pilots are still very popular among Americans, and the special envoys are sought after by many American men. A large group of greasy middle-aged and elderly men are now posing as if they are licking dogs and constantly showing their etiquette to the two female pilots.

There are still a lot of cultural differences between China and the United States in this era. If women learn to fly planes, they should do something around the United States. In many people's opinion, it is absolutely inappropriate for many people to show up in public. Those old scholars even quote classics and criticize them in a variety of ways.

In the United States, this kind of independent and brave behavior is very recognized. Even many male pilots may not dare to do something like flying around the United States. The two women dare to try it. This is very much for Americans, and many Americans like this kind of independent women. Among these old American men attending the dinner, I don’t know how many of them want to have a love affair.

"It's really unfair. If it were a male pilot, there would definitely be so many people supporting him." Chen Qiang said in his heart.

In terms of attracting fans, women do have more advantages than men. Perhaps because women are more likely to attract fans, the more male celebrities in the future will become more and more feminine. The more they dress up, the more they are liked by female fans.

The guests went to watch the two female pilots, but no one paid attention to Chen Qiang. Chen Qiang was also happy to be idle. He found a corner to sit down, poured a glass of champagne, and enjoyed a moment of comfort.

"Chen, is he alone?" A voice suddenly sounded from the side. Chen Qiang turned his head and looked at him. He was speaking with a middle-aged man in his early forties.

"Mr. Bi, it seems that you are the same, you are alone." Chen Qiang said with a smile.

The middle-aged man was just met by Chen Qiang at this dinner. His name is Claire Francis Bee, and he is the head coach of the Brooklyn Blackbirds basketball team.

This Claire Bi is considered an ancient master in basketball. He led the Brooklyn Blackbirds to achieve a 95% winning rate between the years, which is also the highest winning rate record in Naa basketball. In the future, even Duke University of "Old K" Shashevsky will not achieve such a terrifying victory.

Since 1952, Claire Bi served as the head coach of the Baltimore Bullets. The Baltimore Bullets later moved to Washington and renamed it the Wizards, which is now the Washington Wizards.

At the same time, Claire Bi is still an innovator of basketball rules. The three-second rule in basketball is what Claire Bi advocates.

Such an ancient basketball master was also inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1968. It can be said that he was a representative figure of academic basketball from the 1930s to 1950s.

As the two chatted, they talked about the upcoming Naa National Invitational Finals, against both sides, the Brooklyn Blackbirds and Chicago Loyola.

The future Naa teams are spread all over the United States, so Naa is divided into more than 30 leagues, and in the end only 64 teams can enter the "March Crazy", which is the final national championship stage.

In the 1930s, the basketball league of American universities was also hosted by Naa. The national invitational part was equivalent to the playoffs of the university league. In the future, this national invitational tournament gradually evolved into a first-tier league of Naa, which is the so-called "March Crazy".

There are only six teams in the National Invitational Tournament. Although there are fewer teams, this National Invitational Tournament still represents the highest-level basketball game in the United States and even the world. After all, the NBA was not established at that time, and professional basketball was still in its infancy. College basketball was the top league.

The final of the National Invitational Tournament is the Brooklyn Blackbirds vs. Chicago Loyola. Both teams entered the final with unbeaten records. Therefore, this final has attracted attention from the whole United States, and the attention is definitely no less than the future Warriors and the Cavaliers tiebreak.

There have been many major events in Europe recently, such as the Romanian war panic, Germany's occupation of the Memel region, Slovakia and Hungary fought, but these news have almost been ignored by the American media, and replaced by reports about this game. In the eyes of Americans, this Naa final may be more important than the world war.

The media bombarded repeatedly, how could Chen Qiang not know about this game!

Only Claire Bi asked: "Chan, who do you prefer to be in the upcoming final?"

"Of course I am optimistic about the Brooklyn Blackbirds you led." Chen Qiang replied.

"But Chicago Loyola is also very strong, and they have never lost this year!" Claire Bi said.

"Didn't your Brooklyn Blackbirds also entered the finals with a complete victory? The newspapers say that your chances of winning will be very high!" Chen Qiang said.

"Those who say these are New York newspapers, and the Chicago newspapers don't say that." Claire Bee said with a smile.

"Although I'm not from New York, I live in New York after all, so I will support the Blackbirds no matter what," Chen Qiang responded.

"Thank you for your support." Klarby said, and actually took out a ticket from his arms, handed it to Chen Qiang, and then said: "Chen, this is the ticket for the final day, and you are welcome to come to the game."

"Claire Bi is not here to give away tickets, right? This game is very hyped, so you can't even sell tickets!" Chen Qiang complained in his heart, but he still took the tickets from Claire Bi.

A moment later, Claire Bee came to another person, chatted for a few words, and then took out a ticket. Chen Qiang saw this scene.

"This Claireby is really here to give away tickets."

...

All competitions of the Naa National Invitational are held in Madison Square Garden.

People who are familiar with sports must be familiar with Madison Garden Plaza. After all, there have been too many classic games and too many historical moments that have been remembered in this stadium.

In 1939, Madison Garden Square was mainly used to hold boxing games and occasionally held other events. It was not until the stadium was concessioned to the Knicks in 1946 that it became a holy place for basketball.

The two participating teams were considered wealthy teams at that time.

In 1939, the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers of baseball, the New York Giants of football, and the New York Rangers of ice hockey were all established, but the New York Knicks had not yet been established in basketball, so the Brooklyn Blackbirds became the representative of New York basketball culture.

Brooklyn Blackbirds are affiliated with Long Island University. Even in the future, the Blackbirds are also regulars in the Naa Division One League, but their luck is always not good. For example, in the first round of 2011, they met North Carolina, which ranked second in that year, and Michigan, which ranked first in the year in the first round of 2012. These are the top strong teams in Naa, so many of the Blackbirds' experience in the first round of the first league are in the first round.

In the 1930s and 1940s, the Brooklyn Blackbirds were a well-deserved giant. Their status in Naa is equivalent to that of Duke University today. In terms of record, the head coach of the Blackbirds Claire Biye is indeed better than the old K of Duke University.

The Brooklyn Blackbirds' opponent is Chicago Loyola, one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States. The medical department is very famous. They once won the basketball championship. In the 1930s and 1940s, Chicago Loyola was also the top team in the United States.

The future Loyola University is no longer a prestigious basketball school, and they can't even enter the first-tier league. The only impression that people have is a player named Donte Ingram, who graduated from Loyola University and participated in the draft, but was not selected. Later, he signed a training contract with the Mavericks, but was quickly laid off.

Both teams were the wealthy families at that time, and the competition between them was a stunning match against Mai Mang. However, at the game, Chen Qiang looked drowsy.

The final score was 44 to 32, and the New York Blackbirds defeated Chicago Loyola and won the championship. With such a score, it is no wonder that Chen Qiang was drowsy!

The next day, everyone praised the Blackbirds in the newspapers in New York, especially the Blackbirds' offense, which was almost blown to the sky. Almost all newspapers talked about how excellent the Blackbirds' offense was.

If you scored 44 points in one game, future junior high school students may be better than this, but in that era, they were called "outstanding offensive".

Because there was no offensive violation of 24 or 30 seconds in the basketball game at that time. In theory, the offensive side could hold the ball for unlimited time, even if it was held in the whole game and did not attack.

Just imagine that the offensive side has no limit on the offensive time. They can dribble, pass the ball, find the right opportunity, and then launch the attack. It may take three or five minutes to attack. The offensive rhythm is slower than football. In such a basketball game, there is no such ornamentality.

Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Chen Qiang curled his lips disdainfully.

"You can even blow flowers in such a slow-paced game. A group of American local buns who have never seen the world. When you have the chance, you can see what real basketball is and scare you to death!"

...

At the end of March, bad news came from China. Chongqing sent agents to Hanoi, Vietnam to assassinate the defected Dean Wang, but ended in failure. After the failure of this assassination, the Japanese were prepared and it would be difficult to carry out assassination again.

At the same time, news of Nanchang's loss also came, but Japan paid a huge price to seize Nanchang, with more than 13,000 casualties.

In April, the Battle of Lushan was over. The Chinese team fought alone for nine months, with heavy casualties. In the end, only more than 800 people retreated to Minshan, and the Japanese army occupied Lushan.

In Europe, the Spanish Civil War was completely over, and Franco became the power of Madrid, starting his rule over Spain for more than 30 years.

Italy began to invade Albania. Faced with the "World War II cute creature" Italy, the king of Albania did not choose to resist and yo-yo directly.

Unlike the tension in Europe, Americans celebrated an Easter happily. On Easter, an African-American singer Marian Anderson performed in front of 75,000 audiences at the Lincoln Memorial Hall, which became a topic of interest to Americans. For Americans, Marian Anderson's singing is also more important than the upcoming war in Europe.

Then, on April 30, Americans will usher in a grand festival, which is the opening of the New York World Expo.

Three things happened one after another in the Brooklyn Blackbirds game, Marian Anderson's concert, and the New York World Expo, which attracted the attention of the whole United States and left Americans no time to pay attention to things outside the United States.

Americans in peace can watch competitions, listen to concerts, and visit the World Expo.

On the other side of the earth, forty million people are in trouble.

Europe, separated from the United States, is also in panic all day because of the upcoming war.

Peace is so good!

...

In the morning, there were no customers in the gym. Several fitness coaches hired by Chen Qiang were gathering in the lounge area to have coffee and chat.

Chen Qiang also joined in. Although Chen Qiang is their boss, his age is similar to that of several people. Everyone is a peer and has a common language.

This is like the startup team of some technology companies in the future. Whether the boss or the employee, everyone is a peer and has a common language, so they will work together for a goal and will eventually be easier to succeed.

At this time, footsteps sounded from outside. Chen Qiang thought that a customer came to the door and immediately stood up to greet him, but saw a middle-aged man walking in with a young man, and each of them was carrying a big bag.

"Mr. Chen, I have already prepared all the sportswear you ordered!" said the visitor.

"So it's Mr. Lieber, just move the things in. What do you want to drink? How about coffee?" Chen Qiang picked up a coffee cup.

"Just one piece of candy, thank you." The man named Lieber said, while moving the big bag into the gym.

The middle-aged man was named Jack Liber, a Jewish immigrant from Romania. He was a tailor. Chen Qiang planned to order a batch of sportswear with comfortable materials and novel styles for his gym, so he found Jack Liber.

Chen Qiang poured two cups of coffee and handed it to Jack Liber and the young man behind him, and said at the same time: "Mr. Liber, your business must be very good recently, and you have hired an apprentice!"

"I can't stand the apprentice. He is my son Stanley Martin Lieber. He is about to graduate from high school!" Jack Lieber introduced.

"Hello, Mr. Chen." The young man said shyly, while looking at the fitness equipment around him curiously.

Boys of this age are more interested in these sci-fi-looking machinery.

"Stanley, do you want to try it?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Is it OK?" Stanley Lieber looked eager to try.

"It's okay, go and try it." Chen Qiang said dismissively.

Stanley Lieber happily fiddled with the fitness equipment, while Chen Qiang opened his pocket and began inspecting the goods.

Jack Lieber's craftsmanship is still very good. He used to be a worker in a clothing factory and knew how to use fabric cutting machines. He was unemployed during the Great Depression and had to rely on crafts to support his family. So he knew the skills of mass production of clothing.

"These clothes are very good. Mr. Liber, wait for a while and I'll get you the final payment." After Chen Qiang said that, he was about to return to the office and took out the final payment from the safe.

When passing the fitness area, I happened to see Stanley Lieber swaying the dumbbells in my hand curiously.

At this moment, a book fell out of Stanley Lieber's pocket.

"Your book has fallen." Chen Qiang picked up the book and looked carefully. It turned out to be a "Detective Comic". The cover of this Detective Comic is a man wearing a gray dress, a mask, and a bat cloak.

"Batman!" Chen Qiang immediately said the name of the character on the cover.

"Mr. Chen, do you also read "Detective Comics"?" Stanley Lieber asked.

"No, but I've heard of Batman." Chen Qiang said and exchanged the "Detective Comic" for Stanley Lieber.

"But this is the first time Batman has appeared! And this 27th issue of "Detective Comics" was just released today." Stanley Lieber said in confusion.

On May 1, 1939, in the 27th issue of "Detective Comics", Batman appeared in front of people for the first time. Chen Qiang obviously didn't know that this was Batman's first appearance, so he blurted out Batman's name.

"Haha..." Chen Qiang laughed dryly, concealing his embarrassment. Then he used the topic to change the topic and said, "Who do you think is better, Batman or Superman?"

"It must be Superman! Superman has superpowers, he is extremely powerful, can lift a Ford car, he can jump over a building, and he runs faster than a train!" Stanley Lieber answered.

"Can Superman not fly?" Chen Qiang asked subconsciously.

"Oh, this idea is awesome. If Superman can fly, that would be really amazing!" Stanley Lieber seemed to have begun to think about Superman flying.

Superman appeared in "Action Comics" in 1938. The original Superman was not that awesome. He couldn't fly, had no laser eyes, and could only lift a car. The others were running faster and jumping higher, probably like Captain America's level.

Chen Qiang then asked: "Do you know what Batman's superpowers are?"

Stanley Lieber thought for a while and answered: "It seems that Batman doesn't have superpowers."

"No, he has super powers." Chen Qiang said firmly.

"What is Batman's superpower?" Stanley Lieber asked.

Chen Qiang smiled slightly: "Very rich!"

...

After sending off Uncle Li and his son, Chen Qiang suddenly became interested in Batman's comics.

"It turns out that Batman has just been born today. Should I buy a few books to collect? Batman and Superman are both from D comics. I don't know how Marvel is doing now, and that Stan-Li is there now. If you have the chance, meet him and take a photo. It's best to trick some original manuscripts of Iron Man, it's so wonderful!"

Chen Qiang didn't know that "Stan-Li" was actually a pseudonym.
Chapter completed!