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Chapter 301 Invitation

Time passed quickly, and Lu Yuan had already been in the United States for more than four weeks in a blink of an eye. As a child with strong learning ability, he has gradually adapted to the study and life here.

In the past four weeks, Lu Yuan's English level has improved by leaps and bounds, and he has basically achieved barrier-free daily communication and can read general textbooks at the same time.

Of course, if the other party speaks too fast, with too much accent, and too many slang words, he will still be confused and guess by his own reasoning.As well as some professional teaching materials and advanced books, it still seems very difficult.

In comparison, Lu Yuan's basketball level has not improved much - at least Lu Yuan himself feels this way, because since joining the Wilson High School basketball team, they have not won a game, which makes Lu Yuan very sad. It's frustration, which is completely different from the situation of Lien Chan Lian Jie in China.

On the one hand, Lu Yuan's teammates are still very good, and everyone has relatively big flaws.For example, Pan Sen is too slow, Noel is too fat, Limbard is too thin, and Marinka is too weak. The combination of these weaknesses means that his physical fitness is not good.

In high school, many sports are about physical fitness. Especially in the United States, some black players have physical fitness like animals at a young age. In high school competitions, it is easy for their bodies to be crushed and their skills to be useless.

The players of Wilson High School are the leftovers with mediocre physical fitness and the first batch of eliminated by various schools.Those in school who are physically fit and gifted basically choose to play rugby, and no one cares about basketball at all.

Although Lu Yuan's arrival has changed the team's appearance to a certain extent, if there is no way to bring victory, the spirit of the team and the enthusiasm of the students will soon be exhausted.

On the other hand, under Teresa's training, Lu Yuan felt that his physical condition was gradually improving, but his technical level didn't seem to have changed. He didn't learn any new skills. point.

Lu Yuan once suggested to Teresa that he wanted to learn the fallback jumper, but Teresa beat him so hard that he couldn't find his way, and punished him to practice mid-range catch jumper for an hour plus 100 push-ups.

After that, Lu Yuan gave up the idea of ​​learning new skills, and honestly followed Teresa to exercise and practice basic skills.

Time flies and it is the end of March. For Lu Yuan, there are two things that he cares most about.

One is about basketball.

In March and April, when the national college basketball event is the hottest time for crazy three-pointers, high school basketball has fallen into relative silence.

Basketball in the United States also has seasonality. The NBA starts in November and reaches its climax in the finals in June.College basketball reaches its peak in March, and high school basketball chooses to start the most intense competition in summer, which is the summer vacation of students.

But this does not mean that the American high school basketball world is lonely. In March and April, there are also major events in the high school basketball world.

Unlike universities and the NBA, American high school basketball does not have a unified league. Not only do every state in the country have its own leagues, but there are also many self-organized leagues and sponsor-organized games.

Among these self-organized leagues and sponsor competitions, there are two most influential, one is the McDonald's All-American High School All-Star Game, and the other is the AAU American Amateur Basketball League.

This year's McDonald's All-American Game announced the roster at the end of March. Those who can enter this list must be famous basketball talents in the United States during high school, and those who do not make the list may not necessarily have no strength.

The confrontation between the East and the West in the McDonald's All-American High School All-Star Game will be held in San Francisco. At that time, there will be three-point, skill and dunk contests like the NBA All-Star Game, plus a main game. It can be described as exciting.

As a transfer student, Lu Yuan's school is too bad. Of course, his reputation is not obvious and he is not eligible to participate in the competition. He just watched the publicity on TV and the Internet, and his heart itch.

Firstly, I really wanted to go and see what the top high school students in the United States are; secondly, I really wanted to know how big the gap was between myself and those American geniuses. My self-confidence took a bit of a dent.He used to think that he could get $100 million a year by looking at the water dispenser, but now he can only get $80.

However, it is more than 700 kilometers from San Francisco to Los Angeles, the plane is too expensive, the car is too slow and too far, plus the entrance fee, it is not a small expense, which makes Lu Yuan worry about losing his hair.

Although he thought that he could earn 80 US dollars a year in the future, Lu Yuan thought that he would have to live frugally for 80 years before getting the 100 annual salary.

Lu Yuan thought about working part-time to earn money, but the basketball team training and extra training in the gym left Lu Yuan with no time to work part-time.

And besides basketball, there was one more thing he cared about, and that was the language class exam.

At the end of March, Lu Yuan is about to take his first language test. If he passes it successfully, he will be able to bid farewell to the language class and officially start his study career at Wilson High School.

During more than four weeks, Lu Yuan spent a lot of effort on English, and his speaking, listening, and reading all improved in an all-round way. In the class of seven, his grades can be said to be the best.

At the beginning, Ms. Popper, who was flattering to him, gradually fell in love with this China boy. Not only was he serious about studying, he was enthusiastic, but he also had a rare sense of humor—Ms. Popper didn’t know that Lu Yuan’s sense of humor mainly It came from his guessing when he couldn't understand the words.

The relationship between the young African brother Rabo and Lu Yuan is quite good. Now Lu Yuan knows that Rabo’s family is the chief of a certain tribe in Congo. He is the third son of the chief’s 11th wife. The reason why he can come to the United States is because He has no interest in succeeding as chief.

As for that Chu Yuanliang, he is from ZB, Shandong, and his family only has an ordinary salary. He spent a lot of effort through the relationship and sent him to the United States. As a result, after one semester, he still failed the language test.It's not because he doesn't study well or has a weak foundation, but because his mental quality is too poor, and he performs abnormally every time he takes the exam.

It was the second semester, and there was no room for loss, so every day he immersed himself in his studies, playing table tennis at most, and prayed that he would pass the exam with pain.

As for the two girls, Gu Zimei and Korean Gu Mixian, their main interest is dealing with local Americans. Gu Zimei likes to play with hip-hop street young people, while Gu Mixian always wants to squeeze in middle and high-class family students circles.

As for the two local tyrants in the Middle East, they were so indifferent. Not long after they came to school, they bought a Lamborghini sports car, and they often disappeared in the morning.

In addition to these seven people, Lu Yuan also met a Chinese student, the long-haired girl who was at the door of the class on the first day of school, her name was Tang Mi, she was from Taiwan.

Ever since Lu Yuan made his mark in the school basketball game, this girl took the initiative to contact Lu Yuan, added his contact information, and chatted with him from time to time.

Lu Yuan is usually very busy, and there are enough people to chat with every day, so he doesn't have time to greet this Tang Mi, and he always feels that "there is nothing to be courteous, it's either adultery or robbery." After chatting with Wang Yourong one day, the two agreed that It's best to ignore this girl.

But this Tang Mi didn't mind Lu Yuan's indifference, she would chat with each other whenever she had the chance, and would greet Lu Yuan occasionally when she met him in school, gradually getting Lu Yuan a little embarrassed, and the two got a little better acquainted.

After that, Tang Mi would often appear near the language class. She and Gu Meixian had a very good relationship, and they seemed to be in the same circle.

Tang Mi intended to draw Lu Yuan into their circle, but Lu Yuan rejected her every time. He had too many things to worry about, and he didn't have the heart to join those overseas student groups.

On March 3th, Friday, it was the day for the language class of Wilson High School to take the test. In the whole morning, Lu Yuan finished the four parts of the ESL test, including listening, reading, writing and speaking, and came to the United States. subsequent language learning.

After the exam, Lu Yuan only felt relaxed, he didn't care much about the grades, anyway, once the exam is over, Lu Yuan won't take it to heart.

In contrast, Chu Yuanliang still looked sad and worried after the exam, while Gu Zimei and Gu Meixian, who also took the exam for the second time, still looked indifferent.

Now that the exams are over, Lu Yuan decides to go to the restaurant to eat something delicious with his African brother Rabo, but at the door of the classroom, Lu Yuan meets Tang Mi again.

"Hi, Lu Yuan, are you done with the exam?" Tang Mi stepped forward to greet Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan just waved at her and reluctantly greeted her, wondering why this Tang Mi always went to the language class? Are you too handsome?

However, Lu Yuan is still a bit self-aware, like that Vera Oliver approached him because he played basketball well, and this Tang Mi has no interest in basketball, Lu Yuan can also feel that the two are not the same kind of people at all, and they can't find each other at all. When it comes to common topics, this Tang Mi is often the one who comes up with it.

Lu Yuan still couldn't figure it out, so he had no choice but to temporarily think that he was too handsome.

Facing Lu Yuan's indifference, Tang Mi stepped forward and said, "Lu Yuan, I hope you get a good grade in the exam. How is it? The weekend is coming soon, do you have any plans?"

"Playing basketball, what else can I do." Lu Yuan replied.

"Sure enough, it's basketball. Lu Yuan, you like basketball so much. Do you want to go to San Francisco this weekend?"

"San Francisco?"

Tang Mi suddenly mentioned San Francisco, which surprised Lu Yuan, because he knew that this year's McDonald's High School All-Star Game will be held in San Francisco tomorrow. , getting ready to watch the All-Star Game on TV this weekend.

When Tang Mi said this, Lu Yuan suddenly felt a little moved, but after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, so he asked, "Why did you invite me so seriously? I don't know you very well."

Regarding Lu Yuan's indifference, Tang Mi was still not angry, but smiled and said: "I didn't invite you, but the president of our club invited you, and you refused to invite you to join the club. It just so happens that this time our club is going San Francisco is watching the McDonald's All-Star Game, so please join me."

Lu Yuan heard that Tang Mi mentioned this president several times. He didn't know what kind of person he was. Lu Yuan was indeed a little itchy. After all, it was an irresistible temptation for him to go to San Francisco to watch the highest-level high school competition in the United States. .

"when to go?"

"Leave this afternoon."

(End of this chapter)