Chapter Twenty-Seven: The City of Jokes, Cleveland

In this game, Qin Yang played an unprecedented 30 minutes, scoring 18 points, 10 assists and 3 rebounds.

At the end of the game, the players of both sides shook hands and the game ended.

LeBron is very personable as a superstar in the league, shaking hands with several members of the Jazz team. And Qin Yang ran to the first row of the audience.

As soon as she walked to the edge, Lily ran over quickly and gave Qin Yang a hug.

Qin Yang bent down, hugged it for a while, and then quickly let go.

"Lily, when I'm done taking a shower, I'll invite you to dinner."

Qin Yang blushed and patted Lily's head. Lily nodded and greeted Qin Yang's teammates, and LeBron stepped forward to shake Lily's hand.

"Your boyfriend is doing very well, and he will become a star in the future."

LeBron said a word to Lily, and Lily smiled, and her heart moved.

Before Qin Yang had time to go back to the locker room to take a shower, a group of reporters ran over to interview.

"Bruce, what do you think of your performance today?"

Qin Yang really wanted to take a shower, but this media was a reporter from the Cleveland Honest People, well, his own people, this is a fan of the Cavaliers, a local Cleveland media.

Traditionally, players have to answer one or two questions.

"It was a good night, I was full of energy and played a good game, which was worth the sweat I put in, and I think in the future I can play better and contribute better to the team, and Cleveland deserves to have a championship, right?"

Qin Yang is not very good at dealing with the media, but he said what LeBron often says in the media.

As a Cleveland native, LeBron has always wanted to bring a championship to his team, and every time LeBron says so, he has expressed his love for Cleveland again and again, and will not leave the Cavaliers to get a championship for Cleveland.

Well, how to say it, after staying in Cleveland for two months, Qin Yang somewhat understands the peculiarities of Cleveland.

Cleveland is one of the few cities in the U.S. that has never had a championship in several leagues, including football, baseball, and basketball.

In Cleveland's more than 60-year history, there has never been.

Cleveland is a small place, and it doesn't matter if it's not treated by Americans, even if it has a bad reputation.

Until LeBron James arrived in Cleveland.

It is God's choice.

LeBron often says that Cleveland deserves its own championship.

After Qin Yang expressed his self-confidence, he repeated this sentence.

This sentence has different interpretations and opinions in the eyes of different people, and Qin Yang didn't care.

After answering the questions, Qin Yang quickly returned to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes, and then took Lily out to eat after saying goodbye to the team.

Qin Yang has an inexplicable affection for Lily.

If it weren't for Lily, Qin Yang wouldn't have happened to get the future training machine, and he wouldn't have improved so quickly, let alone get the help of Williams and finally entered the Cavaliers.

Lily was like her own lady of luck.

Well, in this case, Qin Yang took Lily to a mid-to-high-end Chinese restaurant for dinner.

Cleveland is a small place, but there are also Chinese restaurants, such as Li Wah Chinese Rest. Asian Plaza.

Looks good, if translated into Chinese it is...... Lihua Restaurant.

That's right, this is the harvest of Qin Yang's hard work in Cleveland.

Qin Yang couldn't get used to American food, and finally Qin Yang found this Lihua restaurant, the Asian food in this place is more authentic, and it feels very good to eat.

The only embarrassment is that Qin Yang is now training hard and has to control his food intake.

In two months, Qin Yang only ate it twice, and each time it was a shallow taste.

In order to enhance his explosiveness and strength, Qin Yang cannot consume high-fat greasy food, Asian food is delicious, but it is not friendly to athletes.

Qin Yang can only choose to give up food.

After ordering a lot of meals, Qin Yang signed a group photo of the staff of Lihua Restaurant, and the table returned to calm.

"Looks like you're popular in Cleveland?" Lily saw Qin Yang's non-stop autograph group photos, and asked with a smile on her face, with a playful look.

"Hehe, it's because we're both from China, and Cleveland people are more average to me anyway."

In the past few months, when Qin Yang was not yet famous, Lihua Restaurant was very supportive of Qin Yang, which is the nature of Chinese, huddle for warmth.

In the country, every province, every small city and county will have its own circle.

But when you get to Cleveland, as long as you are Chinese, wow, that is the old man sees the old man, and the two tears are in his eyes.

The owner of Lihua Restaurant is Chinese, and the waiters and chefs are mainly Chinese, in this case, Qin Yang's treatment is quite high.

Especially tonight, Qin Yang got the data of 18+10, which aroused the admiration of his compatriots.

In this way, Qin Yang was a little proud.

Lily looked around and lowered her voice, "You don't know Cleveland, it's normal for you to receive discrimination here, you don't have to take it personally. ”

Qin Yang nodded, and then Lily quietly explained the tragedy of Cleveland to Qin Yang.

Anyone who has spent time in the United States should know that Cleveland in the United States is similar to a Celestial Iron Ridge after infinite deterioration. Tieling is just a source of jokes about "being regarded as a big city by people in small places", and it was only mentioned by Zhao Benshan.

And Cleveland?

It was what all jokers called "the worst place on earth", "a place where everyone wants to escape", "a place where it is more difficult to escape than from the USSR/North Korea". and even comedians say "there is a Cleveland." The audience was already laughing. For more than 50 years, Cleveland has played the role of an all-American joke, and all sorts of comedians want to tell a city joke? Don't think about it, it's definitely Cleveland. And the prejudice that has accumulated for half a century wants to be eliminated? Unless you give all Americans a collective amnesia.

In the American cultural atmosphere, Cleveland is a natural loser, a natural joke, a place that everyone wants to escape, a garbage in the garbage, and the most miserable city in the United States. And it's a cultural atmosphere that's been stereotyped, that is, it's not about how the city is. Cleveland is destined to not escape the fate of being ridiculed and teased by all over the United States,

So...... LeBron insists that he is an Akron, not a Cleveland.

That's why LeBron got so much support when he said he wanted to bring a championship trophy to Cleveland.

Even the Cavaliers owners and managers have to express their support, otherwise the tickets will not sell.

Qin Yang had also inquired about this issue in private, but the other teammates were either secretive or couldn't say it clearly, and it wasn't until Lily finished explaining that Qin Yang suddenly realized.

Cleveland is truly a tragic city.