From last summer's Mavericks winning the championship, all championship contenders are looking for ways to supplement their interior against the Mavericks, to this year's Grizzlies' championship, other teams are competing for quality point guards and forwards...... Sun Ce understood one thing.

As long as you win the championship, you will be a thorn in the side of your opponent next season!

The approach is different, but other teams aiming for the title are looking for ways to cause problems for the defending champions next season.

Don't care about it so much, what other teams want to do, they can't stop it, and it's more important to manage yourself.

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A few hours later, Sun Ce and his party arrived in Edinburgh, and Lily Collins had already arranged a car to pick them up.

Both Sun Ce and Lily Collins invited Robert Pera to be their guests, but the other party politely declined.

Arriving at Lily Collins' father's villa on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Sun Ce looked at the villa in this part of the UK...... What's the difference with a castle?

On the way off the plane to get here, Sun Ce heard Lily Collins say that her father owned more than a dozen properties in the UK, as well as more than 80 fast-food chains...... He has won 7 Grammys, as well as Oscars, Golden Globes, and Saturn MTV...... The man who has won countless awards is really rich, and the key is to do business.

Sun Ce has checked before that Lily Collins has sold more than 100 million of his father's solo albums, and the album sales of his previous orchestra have also exceeded 100 million...... The British version of MJ's sense of déjà vu.

As soon as the group got out of the car, two little children rushed over.

The two children looked exactly the same, about seven or eight years old, and their necks were tilted to the point of breaking and looking at Sun Ce.

One of the little boys exclaimed, "Lily, your boyfriend is so tall!" ”

"Lucas, Jeremy, this is Noah, here Lerina, here Noah's father and mother......" Lily Collins first introduced Sun Ce's family to her younger brothers, and then introduced Sun Ce's family: "These are my two younger brothers, this is ...... Who is Lucas of you? ”

The one who spoke just now rolled his eyes: "Lily, I'm your own brother, you don't recognize me, hello, I'm Lucas, and this is my twin brother Jeremy." ”

After greeting each other, the twin children seemed to have very different personalities, the one who took the initiative to speak at first taught Lucas very lively, and the one who did not speak taught Jeremy very reservedly.

In the process of getting to know each other, Sun Ce's father scared both children...... Mainly the very reserved Jeremy, Lucas quietly asked Lily Collins Sun Ce if his father was the Chinese mafia......

The maid pushes a cart to help with the luggage, and as the group walks into the "castle", Lily Collins asks, "Lucas, where's Daddy?" ”

"Dad is preparing dinner with Mommy."

At the mention of "Mom," Lily Collins stopped talking.

Sun Ce knew why, this was Lily Collins' second stepmother, the mother of the twins, and Lily Collins' own mother was also her father's second wife.

Coming to the second floor, Lily Collins took the maid to put her luggage, the twin brother came to the dining room with the other four, and Lily Collins' father, Phil Collins, was serving a slice of raw beef on the table.

"Oh, you're here, wait a minute, dinner will be ready, I specially asked the chef of the Chinese restaurant to prepare it...... Hot pot, yes, it's hot pot, and steak imported from Kobe, Japan, and salad if you want to, you must try my newly learned red mushroom soup......"

...... with short white hair and a white mustache The old man said to Sun Ce's family of four about the dinner they had prepared, both Chinese and Western.

Phil Collins was about 10 years older than Sun Ce's parents, and they were both almost 40 years old when they had children, supposedly because his first wife was unable to have children.

As he spoke, Phil Collins suddenly reacted: "Sorry, I forgot to introduce, I'm Lily's father, it's okay to call me Phil, it's nice to meet you." ”

Sun Ce was worried that something bad would happen to her daughter who abducted her, but Lily Collins and her father were so enthusiastic!

"Hello uncle, my name is Noah, this is my father'......"

Sun Ce was about to introduce his parents, but the other party walked up directly and stretched out his hand to Sun Ce's father: "Mr. Sun, I heard Lily say that you like wine very much, I have long wanted to meet you, but unfortunately I didn't have a chance, this time it's just right, we can have a good drink." ”

Sun Ce's father was wearing a simultaneous translation machine, and when he heard the wine, he originally came to a foreign country and was a guest of such a family, and he was originally very restrained, but when he heard the wine, he immediately changed his person, shook hands and said: "My father-in-law, I have long wanted to meet you......

Before he finished speaking, Sun Ce's father was stunned and looked at Sun Ce, Phil Collins, who couldn't understand what Sun Ce's father said, also looked at Sun Ce......

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An hour later, dinner began.

The atmosphere of the dinner was very delicate, Sun Ce's father and Lily Collins and her father sat together to drink, and when they tried the liquor, Phil Collins was desperate, and seeing Sun Ce's father drinking red wine, Phil Collins was even more desperate.

Lily Collins gave her dad her translation headset and didn't speak the whole time.

Zu Ge went to Sun Ce's mother and Lily Collins' other stepmother, Claire Collins, as a translator.

Sun Ce was pestered by Lucas to ask questions, the main question was how to grow to 192 cm.

Anyway, Sun Ce said that he was 192 centimeters tall, and Lucas and Jeremy believed it.

From the conversation with Lucas, Sun Ce learned why Phil Collins seemed to have known their family for a long time, and Phil Collins investigated them long after rumors broke that he was with Lily Collins.

And Lily Collins eased the relationship with her father, also because Phil Collins took the initiative to contact her to meet Sun Ce, and then slowly communicated, this time in the UK, Lily Collins will inform his father first, wanting the two sides to meet...... Of course, there is also the reason why Sun Ce's parents want to meet Lily Collins's parents, and the Chinese and Western cultures are very different.

And Lily Collins is the main reason why her father is so enthusiastic is to make his daughter happy, this is the first time Lily Collins has met him in more than two years.

Overall, for tonight's dinner, Sun Ce felt that the atmosphere was really weird.

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After dinner, they each went back to their rooms, Sun Ce didn't know much about the situation of Lily Collins' family, but learned from Lucas that the villa was originally empty, and Lily Collins only asked his father and two younger brothers to come, but his stepmother also came, so Lily Collins was not happy.

But Sun Ce didn't ask much, and after returning to the room to wash up, he hugged Lily Collins and talked about the next work arrangement.

Seeing that Sun Ce didn't ask some questions that she didn't want to answer, Lily Collins was in a much better mood, took out a small notebook, and told Sun Ce where to take his parents, grandfather goose and his two younger brothers to play next.

The night was fine, and the next morning, two Chinese came to Lily Collins' house, Yao Ming, who had already brought his national team teammates to Scotland after the finals, and Yi Jianlian, who returned early after the championship parade.

The two came to pick up Sun Ce and take him to a small village in the south of Edinburgh, in the village of Gifford in Hardington, 30 kilometers south of Edinburgh, where the Chinese men's basketball team is currently training.

When he got up in the morning, Sun Ce heard Zu Ge say that Phil Collins and Claire Collins had left, and let the twin sons play with them, and Sun Ce couldn't deal with the intricate family entanglements of the Lily Collins family, so he didn't care.

Sun Ce felt that Lily Collins's mood was the most important for this kind of thing, and he felt that it was the best for her to deal with it, and there was no need to deliberately "help".

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Together with Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, they came to Gifford in a rented car.

After getting out of the car, Sun Ce looked around and said in astonishment: "It's really a rural area......

Yao Mingying said: "Many parts of European countries are rural. ”

Sun Ce looked at the picture in front of him, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Future director, forget about living in the countryside, why is the place where we live so broken?" Didn't I just see a big hotel? There is also a swimming pool there! ”

"If you want to swim, I can help you apply, go to the pool at public expense, you don't have to pay, the hotel just now was chartered by the Spanish team."

"What kind of public swimming pool with a bunch of British big-bellied uncles to make dumplings together? Is our men's basketball team so poor? Do we stay in a homestay? How do I remember that our men's basketball team has a sponsorship fee of more than 200 million? The U.S. men's basketball team doesn't have as much sponsorship as we do! Sun Ce's stomach was full of troughs and wanted to vomit.

Yao Ming was also helpless: "You know." ”

This bull's answer to the horse's mouth, Sun Ce really understood.

This situation is not as good as training in China, but I don't know what is wrong with the current management of the Blue Association, so I have to break away from the Chinese Olympic Committee and lead the team to the UK for training alone, and then I am reluctant to pay for it, and I don't know where the money is spent.

Sun Ce tried to comfort himself, although it is a small village, but at least the environment is good, and the place is large, although the area of European countries is not large, but there are few people, relatively speaking, the population density is much smaller than that of China, the villages are very large, Yao Ming took Sun Ce to see the homestay is Sun Ce alone, which is considered preferential treatment.

Under the leadership of Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, Sun Ce walked over a small hill and saw several houses connected together, and under Yao Ming's introduction, Sun Ce learned that everyone else lived here except for him.

Seeing that Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian's treatment was much worse than his own, that is, worse, Sun Ce was finally in a much happier mood......

However, the accommodation is average, but the training ground is not bad, and the Association has rented a new gymnasium at St Mary's College, which was completed in March last year, in the southern suburbs of Haddington, five kilometres from Ggfford.

The training treatment is better than that of the Spanish team, which rents the old gymnasium of St. Mary's College, which was donated to a local welfare agency after the new gymnasium was built last year and is open to the public for free.

Under the leadership of Yao Ming, after Sun Ce finished their activities for the next 20 days, Sun Ce finally figured it out.

Their trip to Scotland is the product of the Blue Association's desperate face-saving efforts!

Because the United States, Spain, and Argentina, the three national teams that have won the world championship in the new century, are all separated from their own countries' Olympic committees and find separate places for training, the Chinese Blue Association should also do the same, and as the only team in the three major team sports of men's football and basketball volleyball to win the world championship, the Chinese Olympic Committee can only agree.

And then they players suffer!

But what's the solution? Sun Ce felt that it could only be like this, and Yi Jianlian had long been accustomed to the inexplicable convulsions of the people of the Blue Association, so they would not be surprised how they arranged Yi Jianlian.

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After touring the activity area, Sun Ce followed the twin towers to a separate homestay, which was much larger than his small house, with rows of bungalows and a lot of signs.

Infirmary, instrument room, physiotherapy room, video hall, ...... The things that the national team players need are quite complete,

Sun Ce lives in a single house, the other players and staff live in a residential area, the officials of the Blue Association, the entourage of the Olympic Committee, etc. live in another area, and the three houses are at the foot of three hills on the same hill.

Today is the day of Sun Ce's return to the team, and it is also the day of the arranged physical examination, Sun Ce entered the conference room, and the head coach of the national team Deng Huade, assistant coach Li Nan, and the translator were chatting inside.

Seeing Sun Ce coming, the two immediately got up, and Deng Huade came up very enthusiastically and hugged Sun Ce: "Lord, we have been waiting for you for a long time, quick, let's go for a physical test...... Uh......"

Deng Huade said for a moment, how is the feeling of this hug a little different from two years ago?

Sun Ce didn't pay so much attention, first hugged and greeted Deng Huade, and then greeted Li Nan very politely: "Hello Brother Nan, I need you to take care of it again this time." ”

What kind of juniors do those seniors, especially those who have retired from the front line, like the most?

is a young man like Sun Ce, who no matter how many achievements he has made, he still treats people and things as he first saw him, and he has not become unpopular because of his achievements.

Li Nan patted Sun Ce's shoulder happily: "If you come back on time, I don't have to worry about the Blue Association group of people playing official and kicking you out, we have a greater probability of reaching the top four!" ”

Aside from his displeasure with the Blue Association, Sun Ce is still very satisfied with this training camp and is also very confident.

Although the decisions of the Blue Association are always pit players, but the men's basketball team itself, Sun Ce still likes it very much, Yao Ming has put the entire Blue Association in addition to the decision-making level into his own hands, on the way to the activity area, Sun Ce learned that in addition to the group of old men who live in Haddington City, from the trainer, to the team medical team, to the coaching staff, to the staff, all are Yao Ming and the team leader, that is, Xu Jicheng, the director of the sports department of Xinhua News Agency!

In addition to where to train and where to arrange accommodation, these things cannot be controlled, the training itself is their own, and there will be no inexplicable interference by outsiders, which is enough!