The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master

The call was put through, but Lin Dong was so shocked that he almost lost his teeth.

"Stephen? Who are you?"

Lin Dong: "This is the basketball club of Kanagawa Shoyo High School. I would like to invite Mr. Stephen to be the team's trainer. Can you please convey it to me? Who are you?"

"Oh! Then please help Stephen pay the room fee first! Three months, 153,600 yen, you pay the room fee, and I will ask him to come and answer the phone!"

"You'd better let Mr. Stephen answer the phone first. If he agrees to serve, I think with the salary we offer, he should be able to pay off your debt easily."

"..." The other end of the phone was silent for a full seven or eight seconds, and then suddenly screamed and roared like the NPC in the screaming room who was responsible for scaring people: "Pick up, pick up! Take that damn call! That bastard owes you He paid for my room for three months, three months! But the day before yesterday, he packed up his things and ran away. He also stole my TV and blanket, and then left me a whole trash can full of condoms. Bucket! Now the air in the entire apartment is filled with his damn smell...Ahhhhh! This damn black pig! I have already called the police, but the police can't find him. Where can I look for him? Is he going to answer your damn phone call?!"

"These hateful niggas, you must not trust them! The government should not let them come to our land in Japan! This is simply irresponsible and criminal to the people! These shameless bastards! Don't let me see this Damn nigger, otherwise I swear, I will beat the shit out of him in his previous life! I will definitely..."

The voice on the phone continued to roar and output, as if he had gone completely crazy, as if he and Stephen had an sworn hatred for killing his father and taking his wife!

Lin Dong had to quickly hang up the fatal call. He felt that he could almost smell the smell through the phone line.

"Senior, your list is..." Lin Dong, who hung up the phone, turned to look at Yua Ishihara with a dumbfounded look.

Yuya Ishihara stuck out his tongue in embarrassment: "It seems that I faxed it to my dad a week ago, but he actually forgot about it. If I hadn't suddenly asked about it today... Fortunately, we didn't go directly to Tokyo just now."

Sakuragi Hanamichi picked up the last white rice ball in the plastic box. For a moment, he seemed a little unsure whether he should eat it or not. He just said with emotion: "That unlucky landlord must be very angry!"

"How about calling Shibuya Sun Rock and asking? Maybe someone at the International Arena knows his whereabouts."

So Lin Dong dialed another number.

"Stephen? I haven't seen him for several days. Let me ask you..."

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting. There is no competition in the gym today and it is a working day. Not many people come to play. I asked several people but they all said they don't know. Who are you?"

"Ah, Mr. Ishihara introduced him to Xiangyang School. Okay, okay, Stephen is quite famous in the arena. I know him, but he is a bit out of place. He doesn't seem to have a formal job. You know, These guys without formal jobs often run around, and it is common for them not to see anyone for a month or two. I will ask people in the arena to find out more. If there is any news, I will notify you as soon as possible. Please call this Phone?"

"Wait a minute, let me note it down... Hahahaha, don't worry, Mr. Ishihara's friends are our friends, this matter is taken care of by us."

The duck that reached the mouth actually flew away, and Lin Dong was really speechless.

But...that's not right!

Did Stephen not tell the truth to himself in the first place, or was it because of the parallel world that he was no longer the Stephen he once knew?

Didn’t that guy say that he went to Japan just to break away from the American gangs and to change his mind and start a new life?

Lin Dong still remembers the inspirational energy he felt when he heard Stephen tell the stories about how he first arrived in Japan. It was as if he had watched a drama about Andy Lau's prodigal son turning back in "If There's Love" Generally wonderful.

As a result, when I inquired about the reality, I found out that this guy didn't get along well at the beginning after coming to Japan. He just ran away because he owed three months' rent, but he actually took away the landlord's TV. What happened? And that trash can...

Dare to come to a parallel world, and Andy Lau's "If There's Love" turned into Nicolas Cage's "Face/Off"?

This face has become really thorough...

"How about we try the other people on the list? Their levels should be about the same, right?" Ishihara Yuya asked.

Lin Dong just shook his head and took a long breath.

Not to mention Stephen, this Xiangyang school board seems a bit out of tune... What about the terms that were verbally promised when he said he would compete for the county championship?

The trainer has not been found for a long time, and the promised coach Kitano did not come.

Finally, I saw the name of an acquaintance whom I met, but it was actually different from the one I knew in my previous life, and I couldn't find him at all now.

The training effect that was stimulated after the battle with Robles began to increase again. It seems that it will not be long before it will stagnate again.

...Imagine that guys like Robles will be able to go to the NBA to receive training and grow rapidly in a while, but I, a winner, are still struggling in the Japanese high school league.

It has been nearly ten days since we expected to see some signs of the expected reaction after the street ball battle, but there is still no movement at all.

Tsk.

Lin Dong felt a little helpless.

It's going to rain. My mother is going to get married, which is really worrying.

………………

Reports on the NBA president’s visit lasted until late July.

Due to the enthusiasm of universities and well-known universities in Japan for the NBA trip, various friendly matches continued with the rookies brought by Stern, so the original 20-day trip was delayed for a few more days.

Basketball Weekly and related domestic media have been following and reporting on this, which has also made the names of Robles, Chriss and others become popular in Japan.

And on July 20, Stern visited the NHK live broadcast room in Tokyo, bringing Bob Myers, who is proficient in Japanese, as a special guest, and narrated the recording of the 1999-00 finals together with the on-site Japanese football commentator. After the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Indiana Pacers, NHK's ratings once exceeded 13 percentage points, which is considered the best result for NHK's broadcast of basketball games in recent years.

The increasingly mature OK group's flying performance in the finals has also become the subject of heated discussion among many basketball fans in Japan. Kobe Bryant and the Sharks are as much admired as Jordan back then.

With such sudden national attention to basketball games, this year's high school summer league national competition has become a hot topic and has become the new favorite of the media.

In previous years, except for some professional basketball weekly or local media, Japan's major mainstream media would not take the initiative to report on a high school league, even football and baseball, let alone basketball.

But this year, perhaps thinking of the 5 million US dollars it had already spent, NHK actually worked hard to support the high school summer basketball league and made a lot of money.

In the interview with the NBA president, some clips of No. 1 High School Sanno Industries playing against NBA rookies were specially shown.

I couldn't see the score, so I guess the loss was a bit miserable, but the carefully selected shots were all of Sanno's beautiful offense.

For example, Eiji Sawabita made a high-throw shot against Robles near the free throw line, and Masashi Kawada actually made a back-up hook against Hill who was guarding the basket 208 centimeters away...

——The strongest mountain king in history!

——The future of Japanese basketball!

——Eiji Sawokita, a talented Japanese basketball player, is about to go to the United States to join Lanphier High School at the age of 17 and represent Lanphier High School in the NSAA!

——Stern talks about Masashi Kawada. Japan’s young center left a deep impression on the NBA president and is expected to become the second Japanese player to go to the United States to join the NCAA after Empress Dowager Isao Tada...

Various reports, coupled with NHK's hand-picked shots that added fuel to the flames, really gave Sanno Industries a wave of fans.

In addition, the news was released in advance that the semifinals and finals of this year's high school summer league will be broadcast live nationwide, which also attracted a lot of attention and focus to this summer basketball league.

And under this unprecedented attention, some undercurrents began to surge.

………………

——On July 25, new information appeared on Ozaki Masatoshi’s desk at the Tokyo Basketball Association headquarters.

He thumbed through it carefully.

Fujima Kenji... Sakuragi Hanamichi... Ishihara Yua... Mito Yuyu...

——On the same day, at the headquarters of the Dragon Country Basketball Association, a fax letter posted anonymously from the United States and across the ocean was placed on the desk of Zhang Qiang, the then chairman of the Dragon Country Basketball Association.

Along with it, there was a video tape that had just crossed the coast and was specially sent from Japan. The two things that were separated by half a world actually arrived at the same time, and the time was exactly the same.

——On July 26, Kyushu Island, Coach Anzai was holding hands with a tall black man. The 187-cm-long Rukawa Kaede stood next to the black man, but he was as thin as a child.

The black man laughed heartily and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Anxi, his progress has been quite obvious in the past twenty days. I guarantee that he will meet your expectations before you come back."

"please."

——At this time, the Akagi Mansion in downtown Yokohama, Kanagawa.

Kazuo Karasawa, the coach of Fukasawa University, and Shota Sugiyama, the current Japanese national player, also sat on the sofa of Takenori Akagi's house at the same time.

"Akagi, tell the truth." Shota Sugiyama said: "Originally we were optimistic about Masashi Kawada of Sanno Industries, but now he has signed a franchise contract with Louisiana State University through Stern, and the national competition After it is over, he may go to the United States to participate in training, and Fukasawa needs a successor..."

"Of course, you are not a substitute for Masashi Kawada," Kazuo Karizawa smiled and said to Takenori Akagi, who was still a little confused about the situation: "If I hadn't seen the streetball tape of you playing against NBA rookies, then Maybe we won't see you at all, and the Japanese basketball world may lose a legendary center because of this."

"It's a pity that you Xiangbei failed to enter this year's national competition, but that's not your problem. If you face that person in the elimination system, I think even the Mountain King may not be able to qualify."

"Although there is no spot for you in the Summer League, you still have the Autumn National Sports and Winter Selection."

"Think about it carefully. If you are willing, go and strive for the best performance in these two games, so that I can have more bargaining chips to fight with the school board. I believe that the gate of Fukazawa University will definitely be opened for you. Open up!”

Although it is a little rushed, if the plots at the end of this chapter were written in detail, the pace would be too slow and affect everyone's viewing experience.

So, live together! Anyway, I have finished writing the information and plot evolution that I should tell you, and our national competition will begin in the afternoon chapter!

Ah, and damn Kitano^^ I hope he doesn’t cost me more than a thousand words.