On the other end of the phone, Elena heard Wen Hao agree, and she was so excited that she almost jumped like a child. She smiled at the phone and said, "That's great, Wen Hao, I'll pack it up now, where can we meet?"
Before Wen Hao could answer, Elena said: "By the way, you are a star now, so you have to be cautious in your actions. If you are with a girl by your side, it will definitely cause a lot of rumors to the outside world. Let's leave it like this. Let's wait until we get to Rucker Park.
meet."
Since Elena said so, Wen Hao naturally had nothing to say and could only agree.
Elena hung up the phone, really jumped up, then turned to the girl next to her and said proudly: "He agreed, haha, he agreed."
"Awesome!" The girl held Elena's hand and was sincerely happy for her. "I told you a long time ago, how could you succeed if you didn't try? Now going to Rucker Park with him to participate in the competition is really awesome.
Very good!"
As she said that, the girl urged Elena to hand over the work for the past few days, and she went to ask for leave for Elena. After the handover was completed, the girl sent Elena to the door of the Hooters restaurant and said to Elena: "I hope
You can develop further with him this time, and I wish you the best, Elena."
Elena turned back, smiled sweetly at the girl, thanked her, and walked to her residence with brisk steps. She couldn't wait.
…
This morning, although the Rockets had two days off, no other players came to train. But Wen Hao still came to the training hall and completed his training. During the training, Dayao and Jeremy Lin also arrived. Three Chinese
They looked at each other and smiled, without any unnecessary words, and started training.
What surprised the three of them was that after they had trained for more than half an hour, Jones also walked into the training hall.
Normally, if there is no training, except for Wenhao, Yao and Jeremy Lin, other players will not come to the training hall at all. Today, Jones suddenly came to the training hall, which naturally surprised the three of them.
When Jones saw the surprised looks of the three people, he smiled slightly awkwardly and said, "Don't look at me like that, okay? Is it only you who can train and I can't come?"
"Of course, any Rockets player can come, but your sudden appearance is really surprising," Dayao said.
Jones grinned and continued to laugh twice, and said: "Actually, I summed up the reason. It was because I was greatly inspired by that hit, so I trained even harder. And I saw the three of you working so hard every day.
, naturally I will not be far behind.”
Wen Hao had long known that Jones had to work much harder than other players. Now that he saw Jones hit the buzzer beater, instead of being proud, it became his motivation, and he felt even more fond of Jones.
While Jones was doing the initial warm-up, he turned his head and said to Wen Hao: "Wen Hao, I have two days off. I heard that you are going to participate in some competition?"
"Well, it's a competition sponsored by Nike." Wen Hao said calmly.
"So you've been spotted by Nike?!" Jones said with envy on his face, "That's incredible. If you sign a contract with Nike, fame and wealth will come rolling in. I'm telling you, why is your life so good?"
"Maybe Nike's scouts made a mistake," Wen Hao said mockingly.
"You can't say that. I heard that when Nike chooses a spokesperson, the most important thing is not the current strength, but the potential and commercial value hidden behind a person. Wen Hao was selected by Nike to participate in the competition because of the commercial value.
One factor is that his potential is also rare. Especially in the last few games, each game is better than the last. Many authoritative experts are saying that Wen Hao's strength is only the tip of the iceberg of his potential. We have many of his talents.
I haven’t seen it yet, but I will definitely show it one by one in the future.”
Dayao nodded, but he did not praise Wen Hao, but said sincerely: "Wen Hao, being able to participate in the Nike competition shows that people recognize your potential. But as for whether you can be selected as a spokesperson, you still have to
It depends on yourself. And even if you are selected as a spokesperson, everything you do in the future will be
Be cautious. When your popularity greatly increases, there will be more temptations in front of you. At that time, you have to keep your eyes open, distinguish which ones are beneficial and which ones are harmful, and be able to withstand most temptations and make the right choice.
The right choice. Only in this way will everything about you last forever. Do you understand?"
After hearing Dayao's words, Wen Hao was not very clear in his heart. Sometimes, you will understand all this when everything comes. Otherwise, even if others say it clearly, but you have never experienced it, you will never have that feeling and feeling.
Cognition.
However, although he did not have this kind of feeling and cognition, Wen Hao secretly remembered Dayao's words in his heart. After all, Dayao had been through much more than himself, and even if he did not listen to all his words, he could still use them as a reference.
At this time, Jones' words interrupted Wen Hao's thinking: "Wen Hao, I've been idle for the past two days anyway. Can I go with you so that I can see more of you?"
Wen Hao smiled bitterly in his heart: Why does everyone want to meet him?
However, he understood that it was his assist that helped Jones win the game, so Jones is now close to him.
Having many acquaintances around me always makes me feel more at ease. So Wen Hao said to Jones: "Of course, we can meet at the entrance of Toyota Center at 12 noon."
…
At twelve o'clock at noon, after Wen Hao took a shower and ate something, he greeted the Nike scouts in advance. The Nike scouts readily agreed that Wen Hao would take his teammates to watch the game.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, he saw Jones walking quickly towards this side while eating a burger. Wen Hao took a taxi directly with Jones and went to the airport.
When they arrived at the airport, the Nike scout was already waiting for them. It was the first time for Jones to meet this scout and he said to Wen Hao: "Who is this? Please introduce me."
Before Wen Hao could speak, the scout said: "I am a scout for Nike. You can call me by my nickname like others - you can't afford it."
"Can't afford it?" Jones said with a grin, "Why do you have such a nickname?"
Although Wen Hao had met this scout before, he didn't know this nickname and was a little surprised.
"If you can't afford it, you naturally can't make it. I have worked in the company for more than five years. If it were someone else, I would have become a department manager or something like that, but I have always been a scout. In these five years, I have not even had a real person."
I haven’t even found any celebrities.” When he said this, Hunbui smiled bitterly, “So others secretly called me Hunbui.”
Wen Hao and Jones looked at each other, not knowing how to comfort Hun Bu.
But soon, he raised his head and looked at Wen Hao: "But this time, I will definitely be able to mix it up. Because, I discovered Wen Hao, and as long as Wen Hao can get the top five in the competition, I will
Even if I discover a star, I will get rid of my scout status. And if Wen Hao can sign a contract with the company, then I will be prosperous and can be directly promoted to department manager. So Wen Hao, you must perform well this time.
, I just rely on you."
Jones chuckled and patted Wen Hao on the shoulder: "Wen Hao, it seems you are under a lot of pressure."
Wen Hao also smiled bitterly and said, "I can't guarantee that I will get the first place, but I will try my best to get the top five."
"As long as you can make it into the top five, you have done me a great favor." Hun Bubu nodded repeatedly.
As they talked, I couldn't afford to give them air tickets, and boarded the plane with them to go to New York.
The flight lasted more than four hours. As soon as Jones got on the plane, he leaned comfortably in his seat and fell asleep with his head tilted.
Hunfeng told Wen Hao about the competition process: "Nike chooses spokespersons. In addition to character, the most important thing is potential. But potential is just a vague concept, although it can probably be seen through ordinary performance.
But it’s not obvious. So we have to pass a series of tests to determine a person’s potential.”
"Test?" Wen Hao asked.
"Yes, it is a test, which includes many items. The simplest physical tests, such as arm span, finger length, height, Achilles tendon length of both feet, etc. Needless to say. There are also speed, jumping, strength, etc.
A series of tests.”
"Oh." Wen Hao remained calm on the surface, but his heart sank slightly. His potential is reflected in his creativity and imagination on the court and his ability to control the situation. Physically, he has almost no talent.
For example, the Achilles tendons of both of my feet can only be considered to be of average length. And the speed, bounce, and strength can only be said to be close to average. If this were tested, I'm afraid they would all be brushed off on the spot.
If you can't afford it, you naturally don't know Wen Hao's thoughts. He continued to introduce: "This series of tests will eliminate most people. Only those with good enough test data can enter the next round. The next round is
There is a competition in basketball skills. With your imagination and creativity, it is absolutely impossible to lose to those people in this aspect."
Wen Hao smiled bitterly. Yes, these people will not lose to those people, but if you can't pass the first round, how can you get to the second round? If you can't survive, I'm afraid I'm going to let you down.
But how can you know if you don’t give it a try? Now that you’re here, even if you’re destined to be kicked out, you still have to go. Think of it as meeting other people with potential.
Four hours later, the plane landed steadily at the airport.
I couldn't afford to take Wenhao and Jones with me, got into a taxi, and headed not to the center of the city, but to New York City.
After another half hour, when there were fewer and fewer vehicles around and more and more grass and trees, Wen Hao and the others saw a silver-gray building in the distance. The building was huge, and all they could see was only part of the building.
——Semi-circular gate and part of the wall. On the gate is a string of English——Physical Fitness Data Research Center
The car slowly stopped in front of the gate. The security guard who guarded the gate came to the car and saw a trace of disdain in his eyes. Then he looked at Wen Hao and saw that he had an oriental face. He immediately frowned and stood up.
