From sparring to superstar

Chapter 59 57. I have a small goal
"The toy manufacturer made a lot of money this time."

Li Ao looked at the passers-by carrying the bear heads of teddy bears everywhere on the road. There were all kinds of bear heads, and he couldn't help sighing.

Even Vivienne and Liam bought a bear head, ready to take it back and hang it for prayer.

Li Ao didn't buy this one in his hand. The store saw him and planned to give them three directly.

If the complete bears were not sold out, he would be happy to send the complete ones directly.

This store is not a fan of the Trojans... Now it can be, there is no way, it makes too much money, let alone a fan, it is fine to be a grandson.

But Vivian asked Li Ao to accept it, and she paid for her own.

Liam, who had a bad temper, also paid the money.

"Aunt Vivian, is it really okay for us to hang bear heads so directly? After all, it's a team from the same city... Do you want to sprinkle some dog blood on it?"

"Leo, we are the Golden State Bears, not the Bruins Bears. The purpose of hanging the bear head is to cheer for you who are about to face the Golden State Bears. It has nothing to do with a certain team in the same city... What do you mean by blood? Is it a mysterious curse from a certain big eastern country? Where is there someone who sells dog blood?"

"..."

Today is Friday. After playing the Duke team the night before yesterday, Li Ao returned to Los Angeles with the team yesterday morning.

After defeating the Dukes and winning 14 consecutive victories, their Trojans are really on fire!
Unlike when they won 12 consecutive victories, the attention was not as high as that of fans, this time it really attracted widespread attention across the United States.

The NCAA Division I basketball team is still on a winning streak this season, and they are the only ones left!

As strong as the Spartans, they also stopped at 13 consecutive victories.

However, this is still thanks to the Bruins, a team that has attracted much attention across the United States. The record of changing another team is about to be surpassed, and it cannot attract so much attention.

In USC, it is even more celebrated!
The middle of the month for rugby games is over, ice hockey has not performed well this year, and the most concerned time for baseball is from the end of April to May.

USC sports fans are most concerned about the basketball team's games.

In order to cheer for the school team, buying all kinds of bear dolls and toys has become the favorite thing for current Southern California students.

After buying a toy doll, the most common operation is to behead the bear angrily in front of everyone, and then everyone collectively roars and cheers in convulsions.

At first glance, it looks like a cult.

This operation, everyone's unanimous caliber is aimed at the Golden State Bears, and has nothing to do with other teams.

As many people love Kobe, there are as many people who hate Kobe, and it's about the same for a certain team.

Students in Los Angeles and even universities in California do not like a certain team that has dominated the competition for decades. The trend of beheading bears has spread rapidly. Students in major cities in California and even other schools in the Pac10 league also Follow the trend and cut the bear's head.

The videos and photos taken were posted on the Internet, with numerous reposts and comments, and also attracted other people who were enthusiastic about it, pushing this trend to a climax.

Last night, Li Ao saw the news that the bear-like products of major supermarkets in Los Angeles were out of stock.

This made him think about burning the No. 23 jersey in the future...

After class this morning, without lunch at noon, Vivienne took Li Ao to buy bear dolls together, and Liam went with them. When they went to buy, there were only bear heads left, and the store sold them to others. The price is five or six times more expensive than the price of a complete doll.

It is said that after the goods arrive, if you buy a complete bear doll, the price will double again.

Li Ao seriously suspected that these bear heads were thrown away after the bear-slaying ceremony, and the store went to pick them up and sell them again, but he had no evidence.

Vivienne thought it was good, and asked her to buy a doll and cut off the head, but she was a little bit reluctant, so she just bought the bear's head, but she was very happy.

It's just that Liam looked very depressed, and when he went to the restaurant to order food, he was not interested, and even felt a little hopeless.

After ordering the dishes, Li Ao asked wonderingly: "What's wrong with you? It's like losing money."

"It's money lost!"

"Then call the police!"

"Can calling the police be a medicine for regret? Can you turn back time and give me a chance to choose again?"

"What do you mean?"

Liam sighed and said, "I have a classmate who owns a toy factory. After we beat the Bruins last week, he approached me and begged me to invest in his factory. Their family ran out of cash. I owe money to the bank, have no money to pay workers, and have no money to buy raw materials.”

"Uh, could it be that their family borrowed money to pay wages in order to produce bear dolls?"

"That's right, he took a fancy to this opportunity and wanted to take a gamble to see if he could turn around, but he didn't make it clear what he wanted me to invest in, and my relationship with him was not good enough to give him a call. The level of his money, in the past few years, investing in the real estate industry has lost ten to nine. Of course I refused if he didn't explain clearly... This time the loss is huge! He called last night to give me a few million for nothing, but I don't want it. They sold out all the goods that they rushed to produce these days, and then he bought several other toy factories that were about to go bankrupt in their industrial park, and received an urgent order. This time their family can not only pay off their debts , and earn tens of millions.”

"The strong never complain about the general environment. Your classmate has good vision and courage."

"Is it brother, I was ridiculed and you still praised him?"

"You call him, and I'll scold him for you, and I promise to make him hate you for the rest of his life."

"No, although he didn't sound good last night, his ability looks good. Maybe he can cooperate in the future. It's a pity that he didn't become the person who helped their family at a critical moment."

"That's it... By the way, you didn't invest in them, where did they get the money?"

"He ran to the Children's Care Foundation of Los Angeles and got a loan."

"...The Children's Care Foundation lent him money to produce doll bears to decapitate college students? Children in Los Angeles are so happy, living in a city full of love and kindness."

Liam gave Li Ao a gloomy look, turned his head and looked out the window and continued to be depressed.

Li Ao didn't provoke Liam anymore. Although the result was very embarrassing, it was unlikely for him to invest in a small factory that was about to go bankrupt.

After the Internet is integrated into all aspects of life in the future, many stores will be killed, but the physical industry will not be killed. Manufacturers of toys, furniture, clothing, etc. will have more sales.

But the Internet era and the Internet bubble are two different things. The Internet bubble in recent years has killed many real industries.

Wanting to rely on stocks to achieve class leapfrogging, many ordinary families cut down on food and clothing, cut down on expenses, and wanted to take advantage of this bull market to make a fortune. The more they rose, the more they invested. Many families cut off all "non-essential expenses". Even borrowing money and mortgaging real estate to speculate in stocks has led to reduced cash in the market, lower prices, a large number of unsalable commodities, and many manufacturers' poor management or even bankruptcy.

The unlucky toy manufacturers are one of them. In the past two years, many toy manufacturers in the Los Angeles metropolitan area have closed down, and many of them are large companies that were once a pillar industry in a certain place.

Usually, I can't even bear to buy clothes for my children. Who would buy toys?

In his opinion, this wave of "beheading the bear's head" craze will not last long, but in business, sometimes you just need to win. No, Liam's classmate has turned from bankruptcy to a rich man.

...

After three weeks of classes, I was on vacation again.

The coldest days in the northern hemisphere have arrived. All colleges and universities will be on holiday for 9 days, from Saturday, January 1 to Sunday, February 29, and school will start on February 2.

In terms of NCAA basketball games, some leagues do not have a holiday, such as the American Athletic League and the Southeastern Conference. The former not only does not have a holiday, but the schedule will start to become tighter, starting every Wednesday. In some cities, even a warm winter of 20 degrees can come out.

But most of the leagues are still on holiday. The pac10 league suspends operations and has a holiday. It will resume operations on February 2th and start the last 6 games in the closing stage. , is about to enter the competition stage for the crazy three places with a more intensive schedule.

Schools are on holiday, the league is on holiday, the Trojans are not on holiday.

At two o'clock in the afternoon on the 29th, the Trojans started a team meeting in the training ground of the Memorial Stadium.

For the Golden State Bears, Wildcats, Sun Devils, and Cardinals, the coaching staff analyzed the opponents in the final four games in detail.

The most detailed ones are not the Wildcats and Cardinals, but the Golden State Bears and Sun Devils.

In the past, when the media analyzed the teams in the pac10 league, they only analyzed the top three in detail, and the other seven teams had only a few pennies.

Now the Trojans have also become a team that the media focuses on analyzing, and there are more articles analyzing the Trojans than the Bruins, Cardinals, and Wildcats.

For the fans of the Trojans, this is a very happy thing, Bel has face.

But for the team, it is not a good thing, the players will feel that they have face, but the opponent can understand them from more channels.

However, Henry Bibby, who was a victorious general in college, didn't worry about it. He knew that this was a necessary process for becoming a strong team.

The tactics of the Cardinals have been studied to the bottom, but they are still the top NCAA team. Although they can't win the championship, even in the Crazy Three, no team wants to chew on this hard bone.

After the analysis period, Henry Bibby shouted the slogan: "Our goal is to lock in the league's first!"

With 14 consecutive victories, the players of the Trojans were already full of fighting spirit and momentum. Hearing this, everyone shouted "No. [-] in the league", and the drowsiness caused by boring analysis was swept away.

Has the Trojans team ever won the first place in the division?

Indeed, in the news reports of the past two days, it was mentioned that they won the first place in the division, the 1920-1921 season, the Pacific Independent League Championship, 10 wins and 4 losses.

At that time, basketball was not an NCAA national competition, and then it had nothing to do with the number one.

This time, it's a sure thing!
The current record of the Cardinals is 11 wins and 3 losses. As long as their Trojans win two more games, they can lock in the first place in the division.

This is why the coaching staff attaches great importance to the games against the Golden State Bears and the Sun Devils.

Of course, you must strive to win with all your strength when you are playing against a strong team, but you must not capsize in the gutter when you are playing against a weak team.

In addition to this, there is another advantage, the number one in the pac10 league will not have to compete with other teams for the crazy third place, and will directly advance!
The No. 1 in the six top leagues, the No. 1 in the powerful 'Minor League', and the independent teams that are considered to be strong will be directly promoted to the No. [-] in the competition area.

In the spot competition stage, the NCAA will specially arrange opponents suitable for training and preparing for the directly promoted teams. They will not be too weak, but they will not be too strong. The official purpose of the NCAA is simple - for money.

Guarantee the competitive state and strength of these teams, make Crazy Three's games more exciting, and with good ratings, you can make more money.

For the Trojans, it couldn't have been better.

The players of the Trojans are so excited just thinking about becoming the number one in the division!

At this time, someone shouted - "Total victory! Our goal, total victory!"

The shouts of the teammates instantly turned into "All Victory", the voices became louder, and everyone shouted at the top of their throats.

Henry Bibby: ( )
Vaco, too conservative!
He originally wanted to set such a goal. He has won 14 consecutive victories. How could he not expect to win the league championship with all victories?

But he wondered not to set the goal too high, so as not to scare the players.

In the end, when they heard Quan Sheng, this group of bastards became even more excited, and they couldn't see any fear at all.

Only then did he remember that he was a veteran who had been in the industry for decades, and the older he was, the less courageous he was.

This group of recruits, at best in their early twenties, have won 14 consecutive victories. How could they be afraid of the 'small goal' of 18 consecutive victories?
Wait, that kid stole the limelight again!

...

After the meeting, the Trojans conducted a 40-minute team training session, which was not too much and focused on maintaining a tacit understanding and adjusting tactical details.

Next, there will be no training arranged by the team. It is up to the individual whether to practice more.

The arrangements for the next 6 days are similar, and only afternoon training is arranged.

except someone...

Henry Bibby continued to arrange special training for Li Ao!

He wants to let Li Ao know how cruel, cruel and ruthless he is, and practice this kid to death!
The content of today's special training is defense.

After an afternoon of training, Li Ao finished extracting the extra training results, and the system prompt came, and his forward speed increased to 80!

This is his first basic skill to reach an excellent level in terms of basic defensive skills!

Basic defensive skills, the role is based on physical conditions and defensive awareness.

Relying on his excellent static physical condition, good athletic ability, and excellent defensive awareness, after his basic defensive skills reach a qualified level, he can already play a role in the game. After reaching a good level, his defensive performance is already very good.

The basic skills of defense around the front, the use scene is not only around the front defense to catch the ball, his ability in this aspect is more reflected in the interference of the catch when chasing and defending off-ball shooters.

His excellent length and length, combined with his excellent speed at shooting guard, has caused headaches for off-ball shooters.

Seeing the 77-point retreat and the 79-point lateral move, Li Ao was both happy and depressed, and the defensive progress was faster than the offensive.

He seems to have seen the day when the overall rating was raised to 70+ by relying on defense...

(End of this chapter)