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Chapter 74 The Return
"Hey, Ah Sheng is willing to come out today?"

As soon as he went out, he ran into the old man in the fruit shop downstairs. Li Sheng stepped forward to say hello, and he was speechless immediately after hearing his words.

Didn't I just stay home for two days after finishing work, as if I didn't go out for more than a week.

Forget it, he might just say hello and don't bother to argue with him.

Li Sheng took Michael to walk around the streets, because of his current fame, people greeted him everywhere he went, Li Sheng now hopes that he can maintain the same introverted personality as his predecessor, so there is a reason for his calm attitude.

It's a pity that he is essentially a social fear, and it is basically indispensable to communicate with them when encountering such a scene.

In addition, there is a talkative Michael next to him, basically walking and talking all the way, and it has become a rare sight in this small town.

In the end, I bought two bottles of water to quench my thirst. After walking around in this way, I ran back, and Father Li just came back from the factory.

Then after saying a few words, the mother's side was ready to start eating again.

It's boring to live this kind of life slowly, and in the end Li Sheng felt that it's better to go back first.

At this time, the time has come to mid-August, and there are still two months before the official start of the new season, but it is no problem to go back now.

The main reason is that I have done what I should do in China now, and then I have fallen into a period of dislike at home, and although the attention of the outside world to him has decreased, some of the "enthusiasm" of the folks in this village is still unbearable.

Most of the relatives and friends are fine. Those closest to him are really happy for him, and they don’t think about getting any benefits from him. In addition, they are also very busy with their own affairs, so except for the first day when Li Sheng came back, they came to have a gathering, and only the little uncle took them to play and swim together.

But "no one asks you if you are poor in the busy city, and you have distant relatives in the mountains if you are rich", the ancients were sincere and did not deceive themselves.

The more distant the relationship, the more conspicuous it is to climb up at this time, and the more bottomless it is. If it wasn't for Li Sheng's ability to respond flexibly, and for Li's father and Li's mother's face-saving personality, they would have to agree to something.

This is all good, but Li Sheng couldn't bear the repeated invitations from the town government and the Municipal Sports Bureau, as if he was about to be treated as a tool man.

So after suffering another week and approaching September, Li Sheng finally took Michael and left for the United States.

Of course, before that, I had to contact Li Xiubing and Wang Yufen first to arrange things after I left.

Fortunately, Li Xiubing said that this cooperation is very pleasant, and they can continue to cooperate in the future, but they must only be in a business relationship. Li Sheng can't reach the point where he needs to be directly recruited into the team. He knows this, so he still goes back to his own law firm.

Wang Yufen is his domestic broker, and will continue to be in charge of his domestic economic business in the future, and will also be mainly responsible for the domestic side and his contact hub.

At that time, whoever wants to find Li Sheng should contact her first.

And the media company behind them, just taking advantage of Li Sheng's brand name, to develop the economic business well, it can be regarded as taking what they need.

This time I left the same route as when I came back, but this time I was caught outside the airport, and I talked to some fans for a while, and everyone still gave him some good wishes.

Li Sheng also thanked him, and while waiting for the plane, Michael suddenly asked: "Li, can we really win the championship in the new season?"

He originally worked in the legal department of Thunder boss Bennett's sports company, so he naturally regarded the Thunder as his home team.

After hearing that Li Sheng participated in various activities, his outlook for the new season was all about the championship, including what he said to the fans just now. When he thought of seeing Li Sheng's reception here this time, he couldn't help thinking about what would happen if these words he said could not be realized.

Competitive sports like to play the routine of setting the flag and then punching your face. Some people think that there are not many things about pretending to be aggressive and punching your face in reality, but in the sports circle, this kind of thing happens from time to time.

Among other things, in terms of basketball alone, the second person in history in the future has always been ahead in terms of being slapped in the face, and has never been surpassed. Whether it is the inconsistency of words or actions, if you go deeper, don't say "This is the real gentleman's sword."

Of course, there are players who have been slapped in the face, but fans prefer to watch players slap the media and opponents in the face.

在NBA的历史上那些不被看好的人打脸逆袭的剧情也是屡试不爽，比如说04年平民活塞掀翻湖人F4、11年老司机扫平三巨头、14年老邓肯完成复仇、16年骑士掀翻73胜勇士、19年卡子哥斩断宇宙勇、22年库里荣膺FMVP……

There are also many small people's counterattacks, such as black seven and black eight, which were not favored at the beginning, and finally the "weak" defeated the "strong".

In fact, the talent that can make it to the NBA is already one in a million, and when playing games, it often depends on the players' on-the-spot status.

Superstars will also take naps, marginal players may suddenly explode in a certain game, and then the momentum on the court is a very mysterious thing, so the playoffs will arrange series games instead of a decisive battle. It is because there are too many factors affecting a single game, and the probability of upset is very high.

Later, the NBA also came up with some kind of play-offs. In fact, when the record difference is too large, this is not so fair to some teams.

Of course, the strong are always strong, and those who are really strong cannot fall into the play-offs, so regardless of their position, the rules themselves are not a big problem.

What Michael is obviously worried about is that once what Li Sheng said now is slapped in the face in the future, it will have a great impact on his reputation here in the future.

Of course, if that's the case, he won't be able to get better in the country of America, maybe he'll just quit get out of class and can't go on working any longer, and then there won't be any talk of reputation or not.

"Of course," Li Sheng nodded firmly, and then said with a smile, "I firmly believe in this. I think we should all believe in this. Only by believing can we do it."

"Okay, you are the coach, listen to you." Michael shrugged and had nothing to say.

Li Sheng laughed, and didn't explain it to him in detail, and he would know it later.

After flying back to the United States by plane, the two separated without disturbing anyone. Michael returned to Oklahoma City first. After hearing from Presti that there was a new Shang Dynasty to discuss, Li Sheng came straight to San Antonio.

After leaving for almost a month, of course Li Sheng did not completely lose contact with this side. In fact, he has to follow up the progress every two or three days to understand the current training progress of the players in real time.

It is precisely because of this that he has more expectations and confidence in the Thunder's performance in the new season.

"Lee, welcome back!"

After meeting England, Li Sheng first heard him talk about the current changes in the Thunder players.

Needless to say Durant, he has reached a peak now, it is very difficult to improve, and it is impossible to improve so obviously in such a short period of time, the remaining three rookies are different.

Antetokounmpo and Robertson's shooting has improved a lot. At least the shooting in training has improved a bit, and the shooting in confrontation has become more sure.

Of course, training or even heads-up is different from the official competition. There are many situations to consider, but now lay a solid foundation, and then after accumulating competition experience, these will be able to show slowly. After all, their physical fitness must be no problem.

(End of this chapter)