The God of Basketball

February in California is like the face of a child, it can change.

In the afternoon, it was still blue sea and cloudy sky, but it suddenly became dark in the evening, and the cloudy clouds accumulated in the air, which was extremely deterrent and oppressed the people who were in a hurry.

Li Zhen was lying on the sofa in a small apartment in the southwest area of ​​Palo Alto, with exhaustion and horror written on his handsome and fair face.

He had just woken up from a long nightmare.

He dreamed of his whole life: He found himself ridiculed by many after he transferred back to Harvard from Stanford. Under great pressure, he gave up his studies and set out to build a social network like his friend Dustin. But as a result, the company burned through a million dollars it had saved.

After failing to start a business, he had no choice but to return to the Bay Area and enter an Internet company. As a result, due to the company's infighting and the failure of his parents to return to China to do business, he returned from the United States. Wasting years in a small and medium-sized Internet company: this is definitely not the life he wants, because he doesn't even have a girlfriend.

It's terrible!

Li Zhen rubbed his already very bad hair hard.

He knew it was because he had been under too much pressure recently.

Was it really a mistake to transfer from Harvard to Stanford a year ago? My basketball dream is like what my mother said: a joke at all? ?

Li Zhen sighed helplessly.

As the only four-star Chinese point guard in American high school basketball history, he was very confident before transferring to the Pacific Division. When he was studying at Harvard, he was once the Ivy League's top assists and steals kings: but later, he realized that the Ivy League was nothing compared to other NCAA leagues.

He turned on the TV, and the Chinese channel on the TV just happened to broadcast a basketball program.

"...The basketball god Michael Jordan entered the palace of marriage with his wife Juanita in 1989, and raised a son and a daughter after that, but Juanita filed for divorce in 2002, the reason she gave was "unbearable" Michael was stealing again and again, and there were irreconcilable contradictions between the two sides.” For this, she even wrote a 6-page divorce lawsuit document.”

"But due to the relationship between property and compensation, it took 4 years for the flying man's divorce case. Yesterday, the two sides finally reached an out-of-court settlement agreement. According to rumors, Michael will pay up to 168 million breakup fees to his ex-wife! I have to say, It's one of the most expensive divorce breakups in sports history..."

Scumbag!

Li Zhen murmured subconsciously.

Um?

This sentence that suddenly appeared made him both unfamiliar and familiar... This word seemed to be brought out of a nightmare.

He shook his head.

The news on TV is still being broadcast.

“…This morning, we interviewed Coach McHarney, the head coach of the Stanford Crimson Reds. With two major players injured in succession this season, the Crimson Reds have the possibility of rushing out of the Pacific Division with only three division games remaining. Almost zero. Therefore, he regretfully announced that the focus of the team's work this season will shift from preparation to signings. In addition, we interviewed him about the topic of Chinese defender Li Zhen."

As soon as the picture turned, the honest and charitable coach McHarney appeared in front of the camera.

Coach McHarney once served as an assistant coach for the NBA Lakers for a long time and made great contributions to the Lakers dynasty. He took charge of the Crimson Reds three years ago and helped the team reach the NCAA Finals 16 that season.

And then the team's ace Childress also entered the NBA as a lottery pick with his excellent play in the knockout game: this is one of the few lottery picks in Stanford.

The reason why Li Zhen transferred from Harvard to Stanford,

The biggest reason is Coach McHarney's coaching ability, followed by Stanford's natural conditions: Stanford is in a high-level Pacific League and can play a round robin with the strongest team in the NCAA. And because Stanford itself is not strong, it can get a lot of playing time.

However.

"Bruce is a smart, enthusiastic, discreet and very hardworking player. He has the most incredible ball control I've ever seen, and he's amazingly creative and talented, always doing things that make all the audience jump up and down. Excellent assist."

"But, we have to admit. His body can't keep up with his mind. Compared to other NCAA players, he is too thin. Although he is 1.86 meters tall, he is only 68 kilograms. That's why I There's no reason to keep him on the pitch for a long time."

"The last three games, I'll give him some chances. But next season... um. You know, he's got a super smart brain, he should focus on his studies, he can definitely achieve something that will shake the world..."

Snapped!

Li Zhen turned off the TV.

For him, this is no less than a heavy blow.

He had already made a desperate attempt to play basketball. At the beginning, he resolutely transferred from Harvard to Stanford despite the opposition of his parents: this angered his strong mother. Ms. Wang Junzhu, a professor of biology at New York University, said very angrily that if Li Zhen did not return to Harvard and chose to major in life sciences, she would refuse to give him the opportunity to study life sciences. Li Zhen pays any tuition fees and living expenses.

At that time, Li Zhen, who had played the invincible players of the Ivy League, had great ambitions. He thought that he could play a world by his own ability without relying on his parents.

But now... alas!

As the Jianghong team will no longer give him a registered player quota next season, he cannot continue to enjoy the high living allowance from the school.

Over the years, although he has saved some lucky money and earned almost $150,000 through scholarships and competition awards, including developing web pages for others, he has already invested all of it into the website Dustin co-founded. To $1,500, I have to pay rent next month.

so…

Do you really have to bow your head and admit your mistake, go home obediently and be a rich second generation?

Ding dong!

At this time, a voice came from the laptop next to the sofa, it was an email from Zuckerberg.

He opened it and said, "Dear Li Zhen, are you sure you want to transfer the 150,000 US dollars that angels invested in us, equivalent to 12% of the preferred equity? Now Mr. Peter Thiel of PayPal. And several other investors are willing to invest in us as individuals, and their investment amount will reach the level of tens of millions of dollars. If you want, we can transfer your shares now, according to the current valuation of about 190 $10,000. But I don't recommend it, you know, what you own is non-dilutable preferred stock."

Zuckerberg's guy has a very soft tone, and Li Zhen has a very good relationship with him.

Li Zhen likes this introverted guy very much. He also has a Chinese girlfriend who is not very beautiful. This creates more common topics for them to get along with.

This is why... Last year, Zuckerberg diluted Eduardo's shares by professional means, but did not dilute Li Zhen's shares: on the one hand, they are very close to each other. On the other hand, Eduardo, the Brazilian who likes to play some bad tricks, was indeed the first person to pay Zuckerberg $15,000 to rent a server, but later on the website Quote some illegal ads when you're just getting on the right track, which has very bad consequences for the site.

Then, under the introduction of Dustin, Li Zhen decided to spend $150,000 in just five minutes to solve their urgent needs. This gave Zuckerberg the lead in negotiations with angel investor Peter Thiel. In the end, only a conditional investment of $200,000 was accepted.

And Zuckerberg also reciprocated, he gave Li Zhen 12% of preferred shares with structural anti-dilution and conversion rights. To this end, Li Zhen borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and he agreed to hand over the voting rights to Zuckerberg in his absence.

But now he is really embarrassed, and he must cash out these shares.

But just when he was about to write a yes in the email reply, he suddenly remembered that in the dream he had just had, what he did was to convert all the shares into cash, pay full taxes, and return to Harvard to start a business. Unfortunately, his venture was unsuccessful and the money was quickly spent.

Boom! !

There was a sudden lightning and thunder outside, and a pair of AJ sneakers he was hanging on the balcony was blown to the ground by the strong wind.

This scene made him more familiar.

Because that was the beginning of that long nightmare.

In that nightmare, he ignored the pair of basketball shoes in the storm, he thought his basketball dream had been completely shattered. So, bow your head and reply to the email on your notebook: YES! All for sale.

But now, he raised his head inexplicably and looked at the sky outside. Under the dim light, layers of dark clouds were accumulating, and each dark cloud seemed to be inlaid with gold, which was very beautiful.

So, the sun is shining behind the dark clouds, right?

Li Zhen lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then walked over in a ghostly way.

It was the first pair of AJs in his life, AJ10s, the shoes Michael wore when he announced the 'I'm-back'.

When he grabbed the sneakers that had fallen on the balcony with both hands, suddenly there was a bright light in front of him, and the most intense white lightning instantly enveloped his whole body.

Boom!

He felt himself being hit hard, and then the pain filled every cell in his body.

fell to the ground on the spot.

And for a moment when he remained conscious.

He heard an echo in his head: "Hee hee, finally escaped from that demon's body."

"I didn't disappear? Did time create a crack?"

"I can speak. I speak English?"

"With 20 percent of the energy remaining, the body cannot be completely transformed. Strength, speed, bounce, agility, and body shape can only be improved one..."

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