That Saturday, I suddenly received a call from Zhang Feng, the leader of the basketball team of Cangzhou City Sports School, inviting him to come back to the city team to take a look.
He is familiar with Zhang Feng. He is the old leader of the city team. He followed Zhang Feng into the city team and treated him well.
He readily agreed and left immediately, driving his car and arriving at the city.
The city team also made some preparations. Leaders from the Sports Bureau came, as did the men's and women's basketball teams of the city team. He also saw a few familiar faces.
"Sister Wang, I haven't seen you in a few years. Is this Xiaoyue? I haven't seen you in a few years. How come you've grown so tall?"
When he saw Wang Xiaoli, there was an eight or nine-year-old boy next to Wang Xiaoli, and he quickly greeted her.
"Tie Jun, you are much different now than when you were in the city team. You are truly a giant!" Wang Xiaozui sighed.
She was a member of the provincial youth women's team. After retiring in 1982, she returned to work at the city sports school. She got married and gave birth to her son Sun Yue in 1984. Wang Tiejun entered the sports school in 1987 and received a lot of care from her. He even often went to her house to eat.
Drink.
"Xiaoyue, call Uncle Tiejun." She lowered her head and said to her son.
"Hello, Uncle Tiejun."
Eight-year-old Sun Yue raised her neck and looked at the giant in the sky, shouting a little timidly.
When Wang Tiejun left the sports school, he was only more than four years old. He can't remember much about that time. He just has an impression that there was a big guy who often went to his house to eat and drink for free, and he often carried him in his hand.
Play in.
"She's quite tall, Sister Wang, has Xiaoyue started playing basketball?" he asked.
"Not yet, I'm thinking of letting him practice ball this year." Wang Xiaoli said with a smile.
"Yes, it was much earlier than me. I only started playing basketball when I was in the first grade of junior high school." He smiled.
Today, Saturday, Wang Xiaoli also deliberately brought her son with her to let him meet Wang Tiejun and leave an impression.
She estimates that Wang Tiejun will have a bright future in the future. Although he has not joined the national team yet, he will definitely do so in the future. With such a person around, his son's future basketball career should be smoother.
Wang Tiejun touched his body and said awkwardly without any preparation: "Next time, Xiaoyue, uncle will give you a gift next time."
Sun Yue had a look of disdain on his face, tilted his head, curled his mouth, and said nothing.
"What do you want?" he asked awkwardly.
"I want Jordan's signed basketball and sneakers." Sun Yue shouted immediately.
"You also know Jordan?"
He was even more embarrassed. He asked for Jordan's autograph in front of me. The little guy lacked a lesson!
He had no choice but to agree to Xiaoyue's request and give him a Jordan's signed basketball and a pair of Jordan's signed sneakers when he comes back next year.
On the 17th, a new canal was to be built in the village, and each family had to contribute one laborer. As soon as it got light, Wang Tiejun climbed out of bed.
In the past, this was his father's job. Now that he is at home, of course it is him who does it.
After breakfast, he put on his Mammoth sneakers, a straw hat, and his sunglasses. With half a cigar in his mouth, he picked up the big teapot that his mother had prepared for him and the big shovel that his father had prepared for him.
The sun just emerged and set off.
After working for six days, the canal was finally built, and he was tanned black.
In the early morning of July 23, more than a hundred miles away from Charlotte, USA, James Jordan was returning from attending a friend's funeral out of town. He was tired from driving and parked the car on the side of the road, intending to take a rest.
This red Lexus 400 was a birthday gift from his son Jordan. The license plate number is unc0023.
At this moment, a broken pickup truck suddenly appeared. It drove past, but then it backed up and parked next to it, and two young men got out.
"Hey, what do you want to do?" He said alertly when he saw the two people walking towards him and smoking while leaning against the car door.
"Daniel, this old guy looks quite rich, and this car is nice." A young man said excitedly.
"Larry, then don't be polite to him." Another young man rushed towards James Jordan without saying a word.
When James Jordan resisted, he was beaten to death and his valuable watches, cell phones and wallets were all taken away.
"Bang!"
Two young men were about to steal his car again, and he got up to stop them. At this time, gunfire rang out and he fell to the ground.
"Shet! Come here quickly, Larry, let's get him out of here."
"Coming."
The two men carried the body into the woods. An hour later, they emerged from the woods and drove away in two cars.
Two days later, a video appeared online, showing two young men showing off Jordan's All-Star MVP ring from the 1985/86 season and his championship watch from the 1991/92 season.
This video has attracted the attention of some people, but no one thinks it is real. They all think it is a fake, and the Internet is not yet developed, so not many people know about it.
Also on this day, the 24th in China, the May 7th Brigade, which had just finished building the canal, began to harvest wheat, and so did Wang Tiejun's family.
This time, my two sisters and my mother were not allowed to go to the fields. They were only responsible for cooking. Five wheat farmers from other places were hired to harvest the wheat. He and his father were responsible for picking it back. They could harvest five acres of land in one day.
As the wheat fields were harvested, some small animals hiding in them also ran out from time to time. There were many rabbits, pheasants, and hedgehogs.
At the end of the day, Wang Tiejun was able to get some game with his long pole, which was considered as extra food for the family.
Early in the morning on July 29, he drove to the county town with his eldest and second sister.
Today is the day when the results are released, and everyone's college entrance examination scores will be announced together. By the time the three of them arrived at school, the list was already crowded with people, and they couldn't squeeze in front of them.
"Da Ya Er Ya, come here quickly."
A middle-aged woman who looked like a teacher stood in front of the list. When she saw the three Wang Tiejun siblings, her face suddenly burst into smiles and she waved excitedly.
"Teacher Liu."
Da Ya and Er Ya quickly walked around from the side.
These were the class teachers of two sisters in high school. Later, they dropped out of school. Teacher Liu also visited the home many times, but unfortunately he did not do any patriotic work to support the king.
Da Ya and Er Ya came to Teacher Liu anxiously, and the latter excitedly pulled them towards the list and pointed at a certain place and said happily: "Da Ya, this is yours, with a score of 634, the test score is 634."
Deke is so beautiful!”
"Wow, 634 points. Oh my god, I only scored over 300 points."
"Oh my God, with such a high score, she is still so beautiful?"
"That's right, the dress on her is so beautiful, so fashionable!"
"Compared with her, she and her sister are both repeat students. I heard that the family is rich and has hired several tutors."
"A repeat student can get such a high score? Then I will repeat the exam next year."
"I am also a repeat student, but why did I only get a score of 403?"
"I know them. They are eldest Ya Er Ya, who are three years ahead of me. When I was in the third year of junior high school, they were in the third year of high school. They were very famous in the school. They were pretty and had good grades. However, they dropped out of school when they heard that something happened at home.
They should have taken the college entrance examination in 1990, but it was already three years too late."
"I heard that the minimum admission score for Tsinghua and Peking University this time is only over 500 points, so isn't she guaranteed to get into Tsinghua and Peking University?"
"Why is the man behind so tall and strong, like a mountain?"
The surrounding students and parents started talking about it, and half of them were envious and jealous.
"634 points?"
Da Ya was shocked, could she get such a high score in the exam?
"Sister, you have been admitted to a key university!" Erya said happily.
"Teacher Liu, where is my second sister?" Wang Tiejun was also very happy and asked quickly.
Looking up at Wang Tiejun, Teacher Liu nodded quickly, then pointed to another place and said: "Here, Erya scored 581 points, and also passed the major line."
"Wow, eldest sister, I've also passed the entrance examination." Erya immediately cheered.
The envious and jealous voices around him started ringing again.
Teacher Liu took Da Ya and Er Ya outside and said with concern: "Now it's up to you to fill in the application form. I hope nothing happens. But Da Ya will definitely be fine. She can get into any major university in China."
Da Ya and Er Ya are both science majors. This year’s key undergraduate science major in Heb Province is 561 points, and the general undergraduate degree is 535 points. Da Ya’s score should be able to stabilize the basics, while Er Ya’s score is a bit risky, and it won’t be exceeded by much. In the end, it will be
It depends on how well you fill out your application form and whether you can meet the professional score line.
"I'm relieved that you two can go to college. It's been three years. You should have been able to go to college three years ago. You're about to graduate now." Teacher Liu said with a look of relief.
"Thank you, teacher." Da Ya Er Ya bowed.
"Is this your brother? He's so tall and strong. No wonder he used to be called the patron king." Teacher Liu raised his neck and glanced at Wang Tiejun again.
"Hello, Teacher Liu." Lao Wang quickly bent down and saluted.
Teacher Liu analyzed with a smile: "Based on last year's admissions score, I estimate that Tsinghua and Peking University's admissions score this year is around 540, but that is only the lowest admissions score. The actual admissions score in previous years was 80 points higher.
But it’s no problem for you to go to Tsinghua and Peking University. If you score only 80 points higher, you’re just over the line. You’re a science major, so studying at Tsinghua is just right. By the way, have you applied for Tsinghua?”
"Yes, Teacher Liu, Tsinghua University is my first choice." Da Ya nodded quickly.
"That's good."
Teacher Liu smiled happily and said: "Da Ya, your score is the first in science in our city. It would be great if you were a fresh graduate. There will definitely be bonuses in the city and county.
But you did really well in the exam this time. Do you know how many people across the country got 600 points? There were more than 3 million candidates, and only 122 people got 600 points."
"Wow, eldest sister, you are so awesome!" Wang Tiejun said with admiration.
He rushed home at noon. As soon as he got home, he shouted that he would hold a banquet for the eldest and second sisters and invite all the young and old in the brigade to come and have a drink.
"Do you want to accept the gift?"
Wang Aiguo was a little hesitant. There were no girls in this area who were admitted to college. There was no precedent. He didn't know whether to hold a banquet.
As for Da Ya and Er Ya getting admitted to college, he didn't take it very seriously, but he still had an old idea. His daughter will get married in the future, so why study so many books? Finding a good family is better than anything else.
"If you don't accept it, what kind of gift should you accept?" Wang Tiejun shook his head repeatedly.
"If you don't accept gifts, it will cost a lot of money!" Wang Aiguo said.
"Forget it, I'll let my mother take care of it. You can find a place to rest." Wang Tiejun said impatiently.
"You kid, you're still making fun of me. It's not like I can't do anything about it." Wang Aiguo said with wide eyes.
Next, the family invited some relatives and neighbors to hold a banquet, which was scheduled for the last day of the month.
One day later, the Wang family set up dozens of tables and entertained hundreds of people from the entire brigade for a lively meal.
Although they did not accept gifts, the people from the village came with nothing empty-handed and brought some things, such as side dishes, plus a lot of eggs, chicken, duck and fish, which were just in use.
July passed like this. Wang Tiejun rested for forty days and was about to resume training. On August 1st, he left his hometown and went to the capital.
Come to Fengshen Street on East Third Ring Road North, which belongs to Chaoyang District. Next to it is Sanlitun Street, not far from the Workers' Stadium.
This street is more than 300 meters long and 25 meters wide. There are old blocks on both sides, half of which are old areas with some units. Most of them are vacant land, and there are some vegetable fields. There are very few private houses, which makes it look very crowded.
Empty and silent.
The warehouse he bought is right here, in the middle, and has been renovated.
The warehouse is a rectangle as a whole, with a street frontage of 70 meters, occupying one-fifth of Fengshen Street, and a depth of more than 50 meters. The sign outside has been changed, and a sign of "Tiejun Basketball Training Hall" has been hung.
There is a parking lot on the left after entering the gate. It is ten meters deep and three to four hundred square meters. It can park many cars.
To the right of the door is a three-story office, with offices on the first floor and dormitories on the second and third floors.
Zhang Lili was already waiting here and introduced him after entering.
The warehouse is 45 meters long, about 18 meters wide, and covers an area of 810 square meters. It has been divided into two sections and three blocks.
The left side was converted into a complete basketball court, also covered with wooden floors, occupying 30 meters and covering an area of 540 square meters.
The 15 meters on the right were converted into a strength training hall of more than 230 square meters and a locker room of more than 40 square meters.
The basket rack has been installed, and some training equipment shipped from the United States has been assembled, and everything is ready.
"How's it going? Are you satisfied?" Zhang Lili asked with a smile.
"Satisfied." He smiled.
"Tie Jun, when you don't need it in the future, can I bring someone to play with you?" Zhang Lili asked with a smile.
"You can use it when I use it. I can't use such a big place by myself. It's bustling with people." He nodded and smiled.
"The swimming pool you want is at the back. A temporary shed has been built. It's okay. Let's go and have a look." Zhang Lili said again.
"good."
"You can go directly from the training hall, there is a small door."
Zhang Lili led Wang Tiejun out of the back door of the training hall and arrived at the swimming pool.
The swimming pool is not small. It is built side by side with the warehouse in front. It is a little longer, 60 meters long and 20 meters wide. It covers an area of 1,200 square meters. The back almost reaches the wall of the warehouse, and the swimming pool is also
It is very long, fifty meters long and ten meters wide, and it is already filled with water.
Wang Tiejun made this thing not only for swimming for physical exercise, but also for underwater running training.
Running in the water can greatly reduce the bearing capacity of the knee joint, reduce joint wear and tear, and strengthen the strength of the lower limbs. Some training content of the system also has this requirement. The offseason of several months happens to be summer, and the water temperature is suitable.
After coming out of the swimming pool and arriving at the parking lot in front, Zhang Liang pointed to the office and said: "The office and dormitory buildings have been decorated, and they are all arranged according to hotel standards. You are rich anyway."
He looked up and down and saw that yes, he wouldn't need to rent a house to train here in the future. There were plenty of rooms.
"There are restaurants outside, you can eat outside. There is also a vegetable market nearby. If you have dietary requirements, you can also cook it yourself. The kitchen is ready for you, and there is a refrigerator. By the way, do you want to hire a nanny?"
Zhang Lili asked.
"No need for now, my eldest sister and second sister will come over in two days." He shook his head.
"That's okay too."
Zhang Lili nodded, pondered for a while and then said: "Tie Jun, this place is in a good location, and there are actually many people who want to buy it. The reason why the Sports Commission directly sold it to you..."
"I have dollars, that must be a reason," he joked.
"Ha ha……"
Zhang Lili laughed twice, but nodded and said: "It's true, the country doesn't have much foreign exchange, and the national team is very tight every time they go abroad to compete. With your hundreds of thousands of dollars, you have everything you need."
It’s much more relaxing.”
"What else?"
He knew there must be other reasons, otherwise Lao Zhang would not have mentioned this matter.
Zhang Lili smiled and said: "You played so well in this finals, at least Liu Yumin is tempted."
"What work does she do?" he asked, pointing to his feet.
Nodding, Zhang Lili said: "But the main thing is that your US dollars are popular. If the Sports Commission sells it to others, even if it can sell an additional one million or two million yuan, it will not be as useful as your five hundred thousand US dollars."
Having said this, he turned around and said: "When I came back this time, she told me that she had already talked about your matter with the superiors.
The attitude from above is very clear. If the Basketball Department wants you to join the national team, you must ensure a stable and united situation from top to bottom."
"What do you mean, the bosses are worried about me hitting my teammates? Isn't this nonsense?" he said unhappily.
"no."
Zhang Lili shook his head and said: "That matter of yours can easily arouse criticism from others. If you don't handle that matter well, there will definitely be criticism.
Even if you get in, there will definitely be a lot of people gossiping and making reports. There are only a dozen people in the national team, and the sports bureaus in all provinces across the country are keeping an eye on them. Who doesn’t want people from their province to join the national team? Only after they have achieved results can they do so.
Wow, people talk too much!"
"I've said it a long time ago. I don't care about joining this national team. You always talk about this? Otherwise, I don't want this place and return it to the sports committee. I'll pay the US$500,000 in RMB. I'll give it to the country.
You have made a contribution." He said impatiently.
"No, no, Tie Jun, don't worry!"
Zhang Lili hurriedly advised: "The attitude on this matter is already good. After all, it is not a problem that can be solved within the sports committee. The judiciary is independent and requires time to communicate."
"Whatever."
He said nonchalantly.
They have already been in jail, and it should be fine for his two sisters to go to college. If his work is affected in the future, then arrange for them to study abroad and immigrate.
His sisters are different from him. They all have high IQs. In the future, they will go to the United States to study for a doctorate and master's degree, and they will be talented wherever they go. It's not a big deal. He doesn't care about it now, and it's a bit annoying.
As for the national team, I understand clearly, but the bright moon shines in the ditch, and it is not a business to go up to the team. When the eight-carriage sedan invites him in the future, he will think about it again.
That night, he stayed here.
The vegetable market was less than a hundred meters away from Fengshen Street. It was indeed very close. He went there and bought some vegetables, beef and chicken, and made dinner for himself.
The air conditioner worked well. After eating and drinking, he took a shower, turned on the TV, sat on the sofa, and turned on the system.
