Colangelo did not take Wang Tiejun back to the hotel immediately, because he would never be able to enter a five-star hotel like this.
He took Wang Tiejun to an ordinary clothing store on the street and changed his outfit, spending a total of nearly three hundred dollars inside and out.
Wang Tiejun put on new clothes and felt that a new life had begun. He gratefully said to Colangelo: "Sir, I promise I won't let you down."
Colangelo smiled and nodded, and said: "Young man, your static talent is excellent, and your strength talent should also be top-notch. When I let you join my team, I don't just let you be a sparring partner. I want you to
Use this opportunity to practice your skills, and one day if you satisfy me, I will give you a player contract."
"real?"
Lao Wang was full of surprises.
"certainly."
Colangelo laughed.
Then he found a shoe store and asked the clerk to try on Wang Tiejun's shoes. Finally, he spent seventy dollars and bought a pair of very warm size 53 high-top fur shoes.
“It’s so warm!”
After Wang Tiejun changed from his thin cloth shoes to fur shoes, he felt that the winter that had just begun had passed.
Now that he is wearing new clothes and new shoes, he feels that he already looks a bit like a human being. Oh, he has changed his appearance and stands out.
"Let's go, let's go back to the hotel." Colangelo smiled.
“let’s go!”
Wang Tiejun followed happily.
"I didn't expect that one day I would be able to live here, it's like a dream!"
After getting off the taxi and standing in front of the five-star hotel on the 20th floor, he felt like he had everything.
Next, Colangelo quickly changed Wang Tiejun's tourist visa to a work visa through his connections in New York. This was just a small matter for him.
After doing this, Wang Tiejun signed a sparring contract and became a trainer for the Suns.
"Sir, can I call back to China from the hotel? I want to let my family know that I have a formal job in the United States." he asked.
"Of course, you can contact the front desk first. The room will have a number, and then they will help you open the international line." Colangelo nodded and smiled.
"Thank you, sir." He said happily.
When I come to my room, the first thing I do is take a shower.
He hadn't taken a shower for more than ten days since the temperature dropped below five degrees Celsius, and his body smelled like old pickled cabbage jars.
He took this bath for an hour, and all the skin on his body was rubbed off.
"Congratulations to the host for completing the novice mission and receiving a reward of 200 points."
"Please host get a fully guaranteed NBA player contract, which will reward you with 300 points. Other player contract rewards will be halved."
When he turned on the system, he saw two new prompts.
"Fully guaranteed contract for players?"
His head is a bit big and he can't finish it now. He hasn't trained in the past two years. At his current age, these two years are the best time to improve his skills. But in the past two years, his level has not risen but dropped. What's the matter?
Are you qualified to play in the NBA?
Just like Mr. Colangelo said, do your sparring first, and things will fall into place when your strength improves.
After getting dressed, he sat next to the phone in the room, grabbed the receiver, and dialed the main station.
I have been in the United States for almost 5 months. Because my life here is so bad, I don’t have the nerve to call home. Now that my life has improved, I can’t wait.
Soon, the international line was connected, and he started calling the May 7th Brigade.
It's 7pm in the United States and 7am in China. There should be people at the brigade headquarters.
The May 7th Brigade is the brigade where his family belongs, which is now the village committee. The entire brigade only has one phone.
"Hey, who are you looking for this early in the morning?"
After the phone rang more than a dozen times, it finally got connected, and a man with a rough voice shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Uncle Hongtong, I am Tiejun." He said quickly.
"Hey, patron king, is this your boy?"
Liu Hongtong, who was on the opposite side, was startled at first, and then immediately shouted: "You haven't called me back since you went to the United States. There are rumors from all over the country that you died in the United States. I asked you if you made any money, your father and your mother."
Your two sisters are still eating pickled radish strips at home every day."
"Uncle, what nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up and shout for me through the loudspeaker. Hurry up. My international phone number is expensive. One minute is enough for you to do for a month," he shouted.
"Just wait and call back in half an hour," Liu Hong said.
"Okay, thank you, uncle." Wang Tiejun said.
There is Qing County in cz city. Qing county used to belong to Tianjin, but was later assigned to Hebei. It is quite close to Tianjin and BJ. Wang Tiejun's family is in Qingzhou Town of Qing County, not close to the sea, and mainly engaged in farming.
It was only seven o'clock now, and the four members of the Wang family were already working in the fields.
In addition to the dozen or so acres of land at home, they also picked up forty or fifty acres of land in the village for farming. There are more than sixty acres of land in total. Wang Tiejun's eldest and second sister are taking care of it, while his parents work as laborers to help others farm.
The four members of the family are as tired as dogs every day.
In addition, it has been almost five months since Wang Tiejun left for the United States, and there is no news at all. There are rumors in the village that Wang Tiejun died in the United States. They feel uneasy every day, are tired and even more tired, and their days are like years.
"Wang Aiguo, Wang Aiguo of the fourth team, I, the patron king, did you hear that? Your boy called, come to the team headquarters right away..."
"Wang Aiguo, Wang Aiguo of the fourth team..."
At this time, the loudspeaker in the team suddenly sounded, and the loud voice of team leader Liu Hongtong rang out.
"Dad, dad, did my son call? He is still alive..." Sister Liu, who was helping others dig the ground, said excitedly.
"Hey!"
Wang Aiguo was already listening to the loudspeaker with his ears open. Now he dropped his hoe and ran towards the brigade headquarters, while turning back and shouting: "Sister, do you have anything to say?"
Sister Liu's eyes were red, she shook her head and shouted: "I have nothing to say, let your son work there so that he doesn't get too tired, eat well, don't meddle in other people's business, and let him control his temper...
"
After her man ran away, she sat down on the ground and started crying.
"Sister, I called. I said he was fine. Look, he called."
A mile away, in the Wang family's own land, Wang Erya said happily after hearing the broadcast.
"Uh-huh……"
Wang Daya was also very excited. He raised his head and stood on tiptoe, looked into the distance, and said with a smile: "Dad went there, running."
"I don't know if I've finished wearing my shoes. His feet are so big, he would freeze without shoes." Wang Erya looked at the brigade headquarters and said in a daze.
"well!"
Wang Daya sighed.
"Da Ya Er Ya, you guys finally called me back. This Tie Jun hasn't contacted my family for several months and I thought he was gone. You can rest assured now."
At this time, Aunt Six, the neighbor of the Wang family, went to the ground with a hoe and shouted loudly.
"Uh-huh……"
Both sisters laughed, their faces full of joy.
Aunt Six sighed again: "Tie Jun caused such a big trouble, and you two sisters will also suffer. Otherwise, we should both be mothers."
After hearing this, Da Ya and Ya Ya looked at each other with unnatural expressions.
Their family was considered a very respectable family in this area two years ago. Because I have a lot of potential, I became a patron king in the Cangzhou martial arts circle at a young age. I also entered the HeB Provincial Men's Basketball Team and was later selected for the national team.
Youth team, who in this area wouldn’t dare to take a fancy to their family?
The two of them were pretty handsome. During that time, there were many people who came to act as matchmakers for the sisters. There were also many young men around who took the initiative to pursue them. Their parents had to pick and choose, and in the second half of 1990, they fell in love with Zhang Dacheng and Zhang Ercheng from the village.
brother.
The Zhang family brothers were also those who pursued them. Their family was a professional pig farmer. The Zhang family was a household worth ten thousand yuan in the village in the 1980s. Their father, Wang Aiguo, took a fancy to the economic conditions of the Zhang family.
However, the Zhang family wanted to get married that year, but they were in their third year of high school that year and wanted to continue their studies and go to college. They didn't want to marry into the Zhang family and feed pigs, so they had conflicts with their family.
But they couldn't stand up to their patriarchal father, Wang Aiguo, and were beaten several times in a row. They tried to go to SJZ to find their younger brother Tie Jun, but were caught by their father on the way. In the end, they had to drop out of school and get married.
But just before the wedding, something happened to Tiejun, the old man, and their family hit rock bottom.
The family lost everything and had a huge debt of more than 70,000 yuan. The Zhang brothers were worried that they would be implicated and regretted their marriage.
This was good, even though it was embarrassing and there were a lot of rumors in the neighboring villages, but they didn't want to get married in the first place, so their wish was fulfilled.
"Look, let's talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here." At this time, Aunt Six shouted.
When Da Ya and Er Ya took a look, they were really brothers from the Zhang family, carrying hoes on their backs and going to the ground.