The sun is shining brightly in San Francisco in July, but the Tenderloin district under the sunshine exudes an atmosphere of decay and decay. Shacks made of cardboard boxes can be seen everywhere on both sides of the dirty streets.
Bums, beggars, and people who look like drug addicts lie curled up, enjoying the free sunshine—one of the rare free and warm things in America.
Gan Guohui had long been used to this. Seeing that Gan Guoyang seemed to feel pity for a long-haired homeless man, he quickly pulled him away and said, "Don't pity them, they have food and drink, they just don't have a place to live. It’s better to pity them than to pity ourselves... let’s go, keep the money to take the bus.”
Gan Guoyang did not pity the long-haired homeless man, but noticed that this man was wearing a green military jacket and had several medals on his chest. This man might be a Vietnam War veteran, but now he was living on the streets.
This is very different from the America in Gan Guoyang's impression and knowledge, and this is San Francisco, one of the largest cities on the West Coast.
The two got on the bus and headed north to Chinatown. Gan Guoyang asked puzzledly: "Why do you have to travel so far to play ball?"
Gan Guohui said: "Other places are mostly full of black people, it's too dangerous. Just like the day before yesterday, you don't want to cause any more trouble, right?"
Gan Guoyang "recalled" his experience the day before yesterday. They were just passing by a basketball court and a ball flew over. He went over to pick it up and was about to throw it back, but a black man yelled at him and rushed over quickly. He I was almost hit by a car while standing on the side of the road.
The black man cursed after getting the ball back. Gan Guoyang remembered that his top was a brown T-shirt with many holes, shorts, and a bandage on his left calf.
"I don't want to cause trouble, but what if trouble comes to my door? Yesterday I seemed to hear someone coming to ask for rent. If they can't pay, they will close the store."
"Ha, the person who came to ask for rent yesterday was the landlord Chen Yaoming, the father of the friend I'm looking for today. His father won't let us live a good life, so I want to squeeze some oil out of his son."
Gan Guohui took Gan Guoyang through the streets and came to Cameron House, a non-profit community center on Joyce Lane in Chinatown.
Downstairs of the center, people were queuing up to receive relief food, including Chinese, blacks, whites, and Latinos.
San Francisco is truly a melting pot of races, where faces of all ethnic groups can be found.
The two bypassed the long queue and went to the roof of the building. Gan Guoyang muttered in his heart, why did he have to go upstairs to play basketball?
Is the stadium on the roof?
The stadium is really on the roof.
The top floor is surrounded by high barbed wire, and the basket is tied to the steel pipe support of the barbed wire.
Standing on the court, you can overlook the high-rise buildings in San Francisco's Chinatown.
There is also the blue sky and white sun flag standing in front of the Chinese Federation Hall in San Francisco.
Gan Guoyang looked at the stadium, as well as the buildings and the sky in the distance, always feeling familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
"Wow, this is your cousin who is over two meters tall? Hello, I am the number one speedster in Chinatown, Tiny-Chen, Chen Xing. Fat Hui, did you bring the things? No, I don't want to do this. For you to play with.”
Gan Guohui's friend Chen Xing has a lean build and a southern face. He wears a pair of toad glasses and looks a bit bookish.
Gan Guohui took out several small black plastic boxes with colorful paintings on them from his shoulder bag, handed them to Chen Xing, and said: "Here are "Table Tennis", "Ghost Catcher", "Mechanical Tank", and There is the latest one, "The Adventures of Yael". This is the best-selling one, and I can't even buy it recently. I got it very easily."
Chen Xing's eyes sparkled, he took these small black boxes, turned them over in his hands with admiration, and said: "I... let me check. Last time you deceived me with a fake cassette, I didn't settle the score with you."
Gan Guoyang asked: "What is this?"
Gan Guohui whispered back: "The game cartridge is for Atari 2600, but I stopped playing it a long time ago. This guy likes children's things..."
"How's it going? Is there no problem? It was an accident last time. I put the wrong box in the box. Four cassettes, 10 US dollars a disc, 40 US dollars. I calculated a bargain price, 35 US dollars."
"Is there any mistake? Four cassettes cost $35? You might as well go grab it! It's 20 yuan! I'll give you a golf course to play on!"
"This stadium doesn't belong to you. If you don't let me knock you down, we'll just leave!"
"Okay, okay, forget it, 35 is 35. But I didn't bring that much cash, can I give it together next time?"
"What? Next time, I'll give you the cassette for the money and the goods next time."
"Pang Hui, everything is easy to discuss. When did you become so ruthless and cold-blooded?"
Gan Guohui cursed in his heart, if you want to be ruthless and cold-blooded, who can compare to your father, Chen Yaoming, who will fall out whenever he wants.
"How about this? You and my brother play two balls for $5 each. If you win enough, I will give you this cassette. How about it?"
Chen Xing glanced at Gan Guoyang, who was standing nearby, and said: "Oh~ So I invited helpers here today. You, the big brother, are a master at first glance. With such a tall man, I can fight with him without any chance of death. Health. I'm not that stupid~ If I come with you, Fat Hui, I can do it."
After hearing this, Gan Guoyang said: "I have never played basketball before, and today is the first time."
Gan Guohui helped: "I testify, when he first came here I asked him if he knew how to play, and he said no. It was his first time."
Chen Xing shook his head and said he didn't believe it. He was only willing to be one-on-one with Gan Guohui.
There was no other way. Seeing that the fish would not take the bait, Gan Guohui had no choice but to take action himself. After the warm-up, the two had a bullfight on the rooftop.
Chen Xing is lean, while Gan Guohui is a bit puffy. Although he has the upper hand in weight and strength, he suffers greatly in terms of flexibility.
Chen Xing's claim to be "the fastest player in Chinatown" is not bragging. He is very fast and has strong stealing ability. He stole the ball from Gan Guohui one after another.
When he dribbled the ball, he had a low center of gravity, fast speed and light steps. He easily passed Gan Guohui and succeeded in a layup.
After a while, he beat Gan Guohui 5:0. Chen Xing burst into laughter and said: "Pang Hui, a ball is 5 US dollars, 25 US dollars. I can buy these cassettes for 10 US dollars."
"My mother Ganlin, when did you become so good at dribbling? You are still so fast. Have you taken any medicine?"
"Hey, I didn't spend my summer vacation in vain. Fat Hui, if you play a few more games, if I score a few more goals, the cassette can be taken away for free."
Seeing Chen Xing's arrogant look, Gan Guohui was full of dissatisfaction, but this kid had made great progress, and he had obviously made some mistakes and was no match for him for a while.
Gan Guoyang saw this and said: "You have made such great progress, how can you compete with me, a newbie? I have never played basketball before."
Gan Guoyang, who has outstanding height, was noticed by the local sports bureau when he was in middle school. He went for a trial training, but found that his limbs were extremely uncoordinated and he was not an athlete, so he had to give up training in basketball.
Now the soul that has traveled through time especially wants to find out whether the modeling in 2K11 has been perfectly replicated in this body.
if so……
"That's right, my cousin is tall. He has been here for three weeks and I haven't seen him play ball. Today I just came out to have fun. I think you are bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. You can only bully me, a fat guy."
Gan Guohui was fanning the flames, but he was actually a little guilty in his heart.
When this cousin first came to San Francisco, he was really pleasantly surprised. He was tall, had long arms, and was good at playing basketball.
As a result, after getting in touch with him, he found that his cousin was dull, timid, and in a daze. His uncle said that he had fallen down when he was a child and was not very agile.
I took him to Margaret Hayward Stadium a few days ago, hoping to use his figure to show off his strength, but I didn't expect that he was frightened by a nigger and gave me a fever.
Now that the fever is gone, I feel a lot better. My eyes are clear and I can speak fluently. The key is that my courage has increased.
Chen Xing took advantage of the provocative method and his skills have improved recently, so he became proud and said: "Okay! Just fight, whoever is afraid of you. Be careful of the big guy, don't let me knock you down."
Then he threw the ball to Gan Guoyang.
Gan Guoyang pinched the ball with one hand.
The texture on the ball felt familiar to him.
His big hands made the basketball look much smaller. Gan Guoyang tossed the ball in his hands and glanced at the basket. It was about seven or eight meters away, which was quite far away.
Gan Guoyang tried a shot, but his posture was slightly stiff. The ball went out of his hand quickly, hit the backboard and bounced out.
Chen Xing picked up the ball and said with a smile: "Ha, it's indeed my first time to hit it, it's too hard!"
Gan Guohui was a little anxious when he saw this, so he stepped forward and said, "Cousin, are you really not good at it or are you pretending not to be able to do it?"
Gan Guoyang said: "Of course it's true. Why did I lie to you?"
"Hey, hey, hey! You two are just having fun, it doesn't count, it doesn't count, it has nothing to do with my cassette."
"You fart, don't go back on what you just said, come on, come on, come and attack, stop talking nonsense."
Chen Xing threw the ball to Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang paused when he got the ball, then suddenly dribbled and accelerated towards Chen Xing.
The moment Gan Guoyang rushed over, Chen Xing suddenly realized that he had underestimated the gap caused by the difference in height and size.
One is 2 meters, and the other is 174. They are two different species.
The idea in his mind was to take advantage of him and take the ball out of Gan Guoyang's hand.
Then use your speed and dribbling to get past the big man. If you can knock him down, it will be perfect.
Another beautiful left-hand layup - this is a new move he learned.
But with his short hands and feet, he had no chance at all.
This is a fierce beast, carrying the wind and crashing over.
At the moment of physical contact, Chen Xing felt like he had lost his feet, fell backwards uncontrollably, and then sat down on the ground.
A huge black shadow flew up above his head and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand. The steel pipe and barbed wire creaked from the shock.
The sunlight from the rooftop made Chen Xing's head dizzy. A black figure looked down at him against the light and stretched out his hand towards him.
"Sorry, I didn't hurt you."
