zero second lore

Chapter 458 The Light in the Darkness

BJ time is [-]:[-], BJ, no matter how long the summer day is, it will almost end by this time. When the sun sets, the sky will get dark very quickly, and the city will be illuminated again.

In Wukesong Gymnasium, the No.20 NHBA National High School Basketball League will start in half an hour. A camera was aimed at the center of the field, and the opening ceremony before the game was in progress.

Like every level of competition, there will be a speech and a flag-handing ceremony in the national finals. All the members of the previous champion Huaqing High School stand near the middle circle. Standing in front of them is the founder of the NHBA. Controversial superstar, Gan Guoyang.

All the lights on the scene went out at once, and only a spotlight hit the court.

Gan Guoyang stood in the middle of the field, with the lights on his body. Every year in the NHBA Finals, he would give a speech at the opening ceremony, long or short. This habit has never been interrupted.

He was tall and straight in his plain, stately brown suit, and the years had taken away his strength, spring, speed, and agility, leaving deep marks on his face, but it hadn't made him stoop, he Still the same as back then, always standing straight on the court.

He raised the microphone with his left hand, and gently pressed his right hand down. It was just a simple small movement, and the scene became quiet. He looked up and scanned the auditorium. He was not looking at anyone, which was his habit.

He is over sixty years old, and his temples are a little gray. Compared with decades ago, his hairstyle is still the same, it is a little longer, to cover up the receding hairline.

On the big screen above the stadium, a close-up shot was taken of Gan Guoyang's front. His eyes were no longer so energetic, slightly cloudy, and his eyelids drooped downwards. But the glance towards the auditorium still made countless people Hold your breath.

Unlike those athletes who are not good at words, Forrest Gump is not only a great basketball player, but also a great orator. His eloquence comes from the continuous and adaptable trash talk on the basketball court, and the Eloquent in court and on the commercial battlefield.Of course, the more important source is his legendary and rich life experience and unparalleled on-site momentum.

After the scene became quiet, Gan Guoyang stood there without saying a word, falling into a long silence.

There was only ten seconds of silence, but for the audience at the scene and in front of the TV, every second was a double torment, and everyone was waiting for his voice, a speech for the [-]th anniversary of the NHBA.

"At the scene, my friends."

When the extremely quiet waiting slowly began to turn into rustling anxiety, he finally spoke. His voice was as mellow as old wine, touching everyone's eardrums, and the anxiety of waiting was instantly swept away. He phrased it as if he was actually chatting with an old friend of his.

"40 years ago, I entered the NBA. Many people said that it was the year that changed Chinese basketball. There was a Chinese who established his own kingdom in the country of basketball. However, being a king is lonely and lonely. .”

Gan Guoyang's speech was slow and melodious. If others said that he had once been a king, he would be laughed out of his teeth, but Gan Guoyang couldn't say that. It was perfectly normal for him to say such a thing.

"20 years ago, I returned to China and founded the NHBA league. Some people said that this is a year that will change Chinese basketball, because the Chinese have their own basketball campus basketball talent training system. I became a king again, but It is the king of children, this time, I am very happy."

When Gan Guoyang said this, many people at the scene laughed, and A-Gump pressed his hand down again, the laughter stopped, and he continued: "But I think many people ignore one thing, saying that I Changed this, changed that, but forget, basketball changed me."

At this time, Gan Guoyang stopped. He walked to the sidelines, grabbed a basketball with one hand, held him in front of his chest, and said: "More than 100 years ago, an American invented this game. After more than 100 years, many people will This game has become life, and I am one of them. Many people are crazy about it, and put their all, career, relationship, sustenance, everything, it is this little ball. I think many people have thought about this Question, a basketball, what is worth investing in like this? Before I founded the NHBA 20 years ago, this question also troubled me. At that time, I had five NBA championship rings, one Olympic gold medal, and eight MVPs Trophies, four Defensive Player of the Year trophies, I put them in front of me, I looked at them, and I was like, is this what I got?"

Gan Guoyang has never given such an in-depth speech in the opening ceremony of the finals in the past ten years. Wukesong Stadium fell into silence, and everyone was listening.

Gan Guoyang continued: "One morning, I was walking in the park and saw a very small child holding a basketball about his size, trying to throw the ball into the basket under the basket. But he was too young , I couldn’t throw it in. I went up and asked him if he wanted to help, and he said no, he said he could do it. I didn’t help, and watched him keep throwing it in for a long time, but it still didn’t work, and finally he left. One month Later, I saw him again in the park. He grew a little bit taller and stronger. After throwing for a long time, he finally threw the ball in. He was very happy and smiled happily. But then, he started again Start shooting, don’t go in, shoot again.”

At this time, Gan Guoyang put the ball on the ground: "At that moment, I figured it out. Human beings came to this world aimlessly, and going on a road that is doomed to end is like playing a game that is doomed to end." The game. The basket is there, the ball is in your hand, you have to shoot it, throw it in, score it, you have to continue, if you don’t make it, you have to continue. The game will not be played until the referee blows the whistle. Even if it is over, life is not over. If you choose basketball, basketball also chooses you. It can be your life or your life. It can be a game or a battle. It It’s there, in our culture, just like humans are in the world. I get everything from basketball.”

"So, the next year I started the NHBA, and now, 20 years later, how many lives has it become, and how many lives has it become? I don't know, I don't know, the final whistle When will it ring, but here's the ball, please, throw it in."

As he said that, Gan Guoyang picked up the basketball again from the ground, walked slowly towards the basket on one side, and at a position about three meters away from the basket, he lightly hooked with one hand on the spot, an elegant arc, and the ball was hollow. into the network.

Thirty years later, his hook is still perfect.

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The moment the lights of Wukesong Gymnasium were turned off, Lu Yuan, who was sitting on the bench, felt that he was in the boundless darkness.

In the afternoon, he went to the address given to him by Bai Ye, a coffee shop, where he met the long-lost Dr. Walter.

"You...you are...Dr. Watson?"

"Walter, it's Dr. Walter, your brain is still not working well."

As soon as Dr. Walter met Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan gave her a gift—a new surname.

Bai Ye sat next to him and gave Lu Yuan a supercilious look. Just now Gao Jing called and asked if Bai Ye had been kidnapped. Bai Ye knew that Lu Yuan's IQ had entered a period of fluctuation again.

Lu Yuan was very happy to see his old friend from the United States, but unfortunately, Dr. Walter has no contact with the people from Wilson High School, and he doesn't know how they are doing now.

But after chatting with Dr. Walter for a while, after the doctor asked him about the current situation, Lu Yuan was shocked by what he said.

"Lu Yuan, after this competition is over, I want to have a good chat with your parents and suggest that you go to the United States for treatment."

"Healing? Healing what?"

"Splitting."

"Split!? I'm not mentally ill! I... I've already remembered, I've remembered, I'm Lu Jian, I... I'm my brother..."

Dr. Walter suddenly took Lu Yuan's hand, and said: "I'm sorry, I was too reckless in the United States. This time I came to China to see you again. From the symptoms your friend described and your answer just now Look, you have been suffering from memory and cognition errors for a long time, and you have begun to show signs of schizophrenia. So... I must see your parents after tonight's game."

"But...but...I'm not mentally ill...I'm not..."

"I know you are not, relax, Lu Yuan, relax..."

"Relax...relax...relax...it's so dark, why is it so dark, where is mother... mother... where is this place, don't lock me here, no, where's the light? light, I can't reach it, can't reach the light, Where's the bench? Bench, bench... bench..."

At this time, a light suddenly appeared in the darkness, and Lu Yuan's confused thoughts suddenly disappeared. He looked up and saw a tall, tall person standing in the light.

He seems to have seen this person somewhere, in a very familiar place.

(End of this chapter)