When pride still matters

Chapter 10 A high school student you meet once in 50 years

After returning to Kent from Seattle, Yu Fei's life quietly changed.

Calls from first-tier universities began to come to Yu Fei's home.

In most cases, it was Yu Fenglin who answered the phone.

At first, Yu Fenglin mistook the college recruiters as liars because their tone of voice was too flattering.

Then, there were more and more calls, from all universities.

One day, Yu Fenglin found an offer from the University of Washington in an envelope at home. This surprised her, and she began to re-examine her son and the phone calls that kept coming to her home.

Yu Fenglin never expected his son to achieve anything.

This was not because she did not hope that her son would become a successful man, but because she felt very early on that her son would not have a big future. She would be thankful to be able to safely inherit her store in Xicheng in the future.

These recent scam-like recruitment calls have been describing her son's prospects to her as if they were talking about a future superstar.

They said Yu Fei could play professional basketball.

If he goes to school there, he will be better prepared before entering professional basketball.

When Yu Fenglin determined that these calls were not scam calls, her view of her son changed 180 degrees.

But she still didn't interfere with Yu Fei's every move.

Every day when Yu Fei goes home, Yu Fenglin will tell him how many universities have called him.

And Yu Fei's reaction is always: "Mom, just deal with it."

This brat will embarrass his mother. If I know how to deal with it, why should I worry?

Yu Fenglin consulted many people privately.

But the problem is that most of the people she knows are Asians or Chinese living in the United States. No matter Chinese or Asian, no family will think that their children will play professional basketball in the future.

They want their children to be lawyers and doctors when they grow up.

Only black families expect their children to change their destiny through sports.

Yu Fenglin had seen enough. She allowed her son to be a waste, but she didn't expect that in less than half a year, this boy seemed to be a different person.

As Yu Fei's life changed, Yu Fenglin had to change accordingly.

She started looking up relevant information online, wondering how to deal with the annoying phone calls from colleges.

As it turned out, the most reliable advice she got online was to change her number
But she also read something online—that only promising high school stars were being courted in college basketball.For such people, going to college is not a problem, but which university to choose is.

Yu Fenglin, who originally thought that his son could only go to community college and spend his life as a social waste, received the second most severe shock in his life.

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Yu Fei didn't know the ups and downs his mother had experienced during this period.

Moreover, it was not just his mother who felt the change in his life, he himself also felt it very deeply.

He is no longer "the tallest person in the school", but "the big fly who may play in the NBA in the future" or "the big fly of KM".

Anthony Lawson once wanted Yu Feilai to be the next captain.

But Yu Fei still had something to worry about. He had joined the school team less than half a year ago and had not played a single official game for the school. Why should he be the captain?So even though Lawson wanted to abdicate Xian three times, Yu Fei did not accept it.

After returning to Kent, Yu Fei found himself becoming a celebrity in the town.

Sports Illustrated wrote about him.

Kent's City Paper also wrote about him.

A local TV station in Seattle wanted to invite him to do a show.

Suddenly, Yu Fei became a moving regional icon.

He was recognized wherever he went in Kent.

"Are you the basketball legend of Kent Meridian High School - Da Fei?" When someone said this to Fei, he was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a hole and bury himself.

That's the downside of being a celebrity.

But there are many benefits. The most significant benefit is that Yu Fei's free meal rate in Kent City has skyrocketed.

Then, his popularity with women in school also increased dramatically.

Yu Fei is not an ascetic, he just has never seen a woman in school that made him attracted.

This has to do with his aesthetics.

It has to start from the past life. When his classmates were discussing in the group of car friends which teacher was the best in the island country’s dark world, some people said Mikami, some said Aoiji, some said Sunflower, and some retro ones talked about Matsushita. Shima and Aoi, and Yu Fei silently replied: "Angela White is the coolest!"

If you understand and agree with this sentence, congratulations, your orientation is consistent with Yu Fei.If you don't know these two people or know them but object, then congratulations, your aesthetics are relatively normal and you will never encounter Yu Fei's troubles.

If we have to refine these two styles, one can participate in the Dark World version of Sister Lang, and the other can participate in the Dark World pure natural European cup competition.

Moreover, if there is no shady story, others can form a group in the dark world version of Sister Lang. Angela White is probably good enough to enter the top 15 in the history of the dark world pure natural European style competition.

These two styles are not mainstream in the United States nowadays.

The first part of "American Pie" was released two years ago and contributed to the general public a pop culture term of film history - MILF.But it will take some time for MILF to become a craze, and women with larger cup sizes are still influenced by the national fitness craze in the United States started by Jane Fonda in the 80s.

The slim aesthetic remains mainstream.

Therefore, it is almost impossible for Yu Fei to meet a woman he likes in Kent.

Fortunately, he has no thoughts about this now.

After returning from Seattle, Yu Fei started a new round of special training.

But Yu Fei has no time to rest. He must have the physical fitness to cope with most of the game before his senior year.

The foundation of the inside line needs to continue to be consolidated.

The shooting training came to a standstill.

Because neither Yu Fei nor Selwan know what kind of shooting action is appropriate.

Within half a month, Yu Fei tried many shooting moves, but none of them were very comfortable.

In desperation, Selvan could only look for past veterans who had graduated to help.

Quint DeMeo is a legend in the history of Kent Meridian High School.

Only once in the history of KM's meager basketball team has it made it past Kent City and into the playoffs of the Washington State 4A tournament.

That was in 1995. DiMeo, then a senior in high school, carried the Royals to the state championship stage with his all-around performance averaging 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists per game.

DiMeo is a 180cm No. [-] player with no career prospects in terms of height or position, but at the high school level, his talent is sufficient.

DiMeo is famous for his shooting. He once hit three consecutive long three-pointers in the game. He is also a campus legend who received a teammate's serve from the backcourt and defeated his opponent with a long three-pointer.

Even a person like this can only get a second-tier league offer, then sit on the bench for four years and graduate silently.

As impressive as his high school career was, his college career was unremarkable.

After college, DiMeo stayed on as an assistant coach, a dream job for most basketball-savvy players who lack professional prospects.

When Demeo learned from Selvan that KM had produced a genius that only happens once in 50 years, he just thought he was bragging.

"If you don't believe it, come and see for yourself. I guarantee that if you fight with him, you won't be able to score a single goal!"

"Okay, okay!" Dimeo bought a plane ticket home, "I want to see how capable this high school student who comes only once in 50 years is!"

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PS: Recently, many people have asked me whether the men’s basketball team has a future.

My answer is: Please make a wish with me, let Guo Haowen, Zeng Fanbo, Cui Yongxi, Wang Junjie, Yang Hansen reach the upper limit, and let Zhao Weilun grow 5-10 centimeters taller.What, you're an atheist?Then you should make a wish. If atheists start making wishes, then the men's basketball team will have no choice but to bottom out and rebound like the national football team. Do you want the ending of the national football team?Don’t just join our wish-making army. It doesn’t matter if your wish doesn’t come true. Life is more than basketball. Dreams can come true in basketball articles. We all need to be the champions of life and win!
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