Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 13 December 2005.

"I finally have a chance to come out and have fun~"

After several days of competition and training, Chen Mu's body, which had not yet fully developed to its peak, was a little unbearable. Fortunately, on this day, coach D'Antoni decided to take a holiday and let the players adjust for a day off, and Chen Mu also took advantage of this rare opportunity to go out and relax.

After signing a ten-day contract, Chen Mu also received his own income. Unlike the annual salaries of stars who often pay tens of millions of dollars, the contract signed by Chen Mu is the lowest level in the NBA.

The salary contract of the NBA is generally divided into three parts: top new, middle class, and base salary, which are bound by various applicable terms, and the income obtained is also different.

The ten-day contract salary is based on the NBA base salary for the year, divided by 170 days of regular season time, as the daily salary base, and then multiplied by ten to finally calculate the player's salary.

In the NBA in 2005, rookies like Chen Mu without any professional basketball experience had a base salary of $385277 per year. According to the above conversion, the salary is about $2,266 a day. In other words, this ten-day short contract, Chen Mu can get a total salary of more than 20,000 US dollars.

After prepaying part of his salary from the team's finances, Chen Mu finally had the confidence to leave the stadium and his residence to take a good look at the famous Phoenix.

"Doodoo"

On the road, everything has not changed much from the country, it is still the flow of people shuttling, and the sound of car horns is still the same. Phoenix, the capital of Arizona and the largest city in the state, is said to have literally translated its original name as "hot land" in some ancient dialect.

I have to say that this title is still very apt, Phoenix is the hottest summer of the year, the temperature can reach up to more than 40 degrees, and there is less rainfall, it is definitely a hot city.

It wouldn't be too surprising if there really was a phoenix in the city.

It's December, which is a real winter, and the temperature in Phoenix is still around 20 degrees during the day, and it will be lower at night, but it's only around 10 degrees.

Walking on the streets of this foreign country, Chen Mu was full of emotion in his heart.

He never imagined that just a few months ago, he was still in the original timeline, living a life of eating and waiting for death every day. A few months later, he has become a power forward in the NBA, and has played quite well in several games.

"No. 1 ...... of the NBA's Top 10 Ball of the Week"

In the electrical appliance store on the street, sports channels were playing on the TV, Chen Mu stopped to look, and saw that the familiar NBA top ten ball picture was flickering. After the transition, a figure wearing the No. 8 purple and gold jersey appeared.

“…… Kobe Bryant, the most terrifying assassin in the league, has one more revenant. Start, dribble, get rid of, face the defense and step back to shoot the jumper, BOOM! Squeeze the lore !! ”

Chen Mu saw that on the TV screen, he was struggling to pounce on Kobe, and it could be seen from the slow-motion replay that his fingertips were only one centimeter away from the basketball at that time.

But facts are facts, Kobe Bryant killed the Suns and became the savior of Staples again. The Suns returned home, and what appeared in the camera was Chen Mu's lonely back.

"Smack"

When Chen Mu saw half of it, the TV suddenly changed, and a middle-aged man who looked like an uncle in the store said indignantly: "! It's just luck!! ”

Chen Mu smiled when he heard this, knowing that the owner must also be a fan of the Suns, and he couldn't let go of Kobe's lore.

However, just as Chen Mu was about to leave, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Hmm...... What the shopkeeper just said...... It seems to be Chinese! ”

Chen Mu hurriedly turned around and took a closer look inside the store, and sure enough, he saw that the uncle had an Asian face, and he was dusting off the dust while placing the position of the TV.

After coming to the United States, Chen Mu had not seen a Chinese outside the stadium, so he was a little excited and pushed the door in.

"Buy something?"

The shopkeeper didn't look up, not knowing that it was a Chinese who came in, and asked in English: "American manufacturing technology is superb, German products are sturdy and reliable, and Chinese TV prices are fair, if you want to find Japanese electrical appliances, I'm sorry, please go out and turn right, and don't come back......!" ”

"Haha......"

Chen Mu was amused by the shopkeeper's words, it seems that the shopkeeper is not only a sports fan, but also a patriot, and he is somewhat resistant to Japan.

Although Chen Mu is not interested in political matters, he does not have any prejudice against Japan. But meeting a person with obvious hometown characteristics in another country still made him feel a lot more relaxed.

"What are you laughing at!"

When the shopkeeper heard Chen Mu's laughter, he swept the floor without raising his head, and said quite dissatisfied: "You don't understand our Chinese resistance to Japan, no matter how good their sales are, Lao Tzu won't sell them!" ”

"Huh." Chen Mu smiled slightly and said in standard Chinese: "Actually, I understand." ”

"You know the! You Yankees know how to support the day...... Well?!! ”

Only then did the shopkeeper react, and hurriedly looked up, only to see Chen Muzheng looking at himself with a smile, pointing to a domestic TV and saying, "How much is this TV?" There was a small TV in the apartment, so I couldn't watch the game footage. ”

"You, you, you, you, you, you, ......!"

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then suddenly reacted, stretched out his finger and pointed at Chen Mu, then pointed at the TV, then patted his head, and said loudly: "You are the ...... That one...... Chinese kid! Old! Yes, yes, you are Chen !! ”

Chen Mu's appearance instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the store, in addition to the shopkeeper, several customers also came over when they heard the sound, they were very excited when they saw Chen Mu, it seems that they are all hardcore fans, and even a small character like Chen Mu can recognize it.

"Haha, thank you so much, thank you for your support."

Chen Mu smiled: "Boss, I didn't expect there to be a lot of fans in the store!" ”

"Haha, of course!"

The owner excitedly shouted, "I'm a sports fan, a super sports fan, especially basketball, haha, I like to watch Nash with long hair fluttering and send out wonderful passes!" ”

"Before Nash, I started watching the Suns play a long time ago, starting when I came to Phoenix, Kevin Johnson, Charles Barkley, Jason Kidd, Penny Hardaway...... I know all the Suns players, and I can tell them at a glance! ”

"Haha, yes, Suco is the most famous die-hard Suns fan in our community, and we often come to discuss games with him!"

Several American guests also smiled and nodded, and it seemed that they had a good relationship with the owner.

"Come on, come on, you're a valued customer in our store, sit down!"

hurriedly beckoned Chen Mu to sit down, and the shopkeeper turned back to the depths of the store and shouted, "Yin'er! Brew tea, brew tea! There are distinguished guests!! ”

"It's coming soon, Dad~"

A pleasant female voice sounded in the store, and after a while, a brisk footstep sounded, Chen Mu couldn't help but look over, only to see a pair of slender white and tender legs stepping out from the back of the container.

“WOW……”

The appearance of the visitor made several young Americans very excited, all of them were commenting, and they seemed to be very familiar with this girl.

"Tea is coming~"

The girl's dress is very casual, with a simple T-shirt and a pair of short hot pants that can't be shorter, showing off her beautiful figure.

When she put down the tea set in her hand a few times, the girl raised her eyes and saw Chen Mu, showing a puzzled expression, and then greeted with a smile under the urging of the shop owner: "You, hello, my name is Su Yin, he is my father......"

The girl's facial features are delicate and wonderful, a pair of big eyes full of aura, a small nose with a little flesh, and with that cherry mouth, it looks pure and beautiful.

Looking down from the face, the bulge on the chest is not exaggerated, and it trembles slightly with the girl's movements, revealing a youthful atmosphere.

Compared with the bobas that can be seen everywhere on the streets of the United States, Chen Mu still prefers this Chinese-style taste, and he can't help but swallow his saliva when he sees it.

And what made Chen Mu heart the most was the girl's slender legs. The girl is about 1.67 meters, with good proportions and amazing leg length. The edges of the hot pants buckle the tender flesh on the legs, and the full and energetic legs are not skinny, but they are full of elasticity. Every time the girl stepped on her feet, the tender flesh on her legs would tremble slightly, which made Chen Mu dumbfounded.

"HEY, BROTHER, HOW'S IT GOING?"

Greeted Su Yin in a trance, Chen Mu watched Su Yin walk away in a daze, and before he came back to his senses, the American buddies around him put him on Chen Mu's shoulders and said, "Su's daughter, it's spicy enough!" ”

"Uh...... Hmmm......"

Chen Mu nodded slightly, and had to admit that in a place like the United States, which was full of white people, seeing an oriental beauty with a logo really made him very excited.

"Although the breasts are a little smaller, but after all, it's only 16 years old, haha, I heard that you Chinese girls are developing late, so you should have a chance to grow up a little more, right??"

"Stinky boys, no matter how much you say, I won't be able to marry my daughter to you!" Boss Su was furious when he heard this, reached out and grabbed the duster and slapped it on several foreigners one by one, and said angrily: "I said it, my daughter can only marry Chinese!" ”

After some jokes, Chen Mu was still thinking about Su Yin's graceful posture, but Boss Su, as a fan, said worriedly: "Chen, if I'm not mistaken, tomorrow's game will be the last game during your contract period, right?" ”

"That's right." Chen Mu nodded.

"Can you stay?"

"This ......" Facing Boss Su's question, Chen Mu didn't know how to answer.

In fact, he himself wanted to know the answer.

After the game against the Lakers, the Suns ended their eight-game winning streak. But back at home, the Suns reinvigorated themselves and won the next two games, beating the Bucks and Hawks by big scores.

And Chen Mu also played well in these two games, coming off the bench and grabbing countless rebounds like a tsunami.

After four games, Chen Mu played an average of 17 minutes per game, but grabbed a staggering 10.5 rebounds in each game, five of which were frontcourt rebounds.

But on the offensive end, Chen Mu's play was very bad, with a shooting rate of only 20 percent and an average of less than 3 points per game.

Even so, in this era of lack of rebounders, Chen Mu has still become a hot topic of discussion among the media and fans.

"If the Chinese kid could play 30 minutes per game, how many rebounds would he grab?"

Everyone wants to know the answer.

After chatting with a few fans for a while, leaving Boss Su's contact information and Su Yin's mobile phone number, Chen Mu returned to his rented apartment, ready to rest and prepare for the next game that would decide whether he would stay.

A day later, in the northwest of the United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Target Center Arena.

The warm-up show was underway, and the fans in this small ball city were very loyal, and the attendance was extremely high, with more than 20,000 fans constantly shouting and cheering for the home team.

The referee came to the center of the court with the basketball and motioned for the two sides to start jumping.

Chen Mu, who was sitting on the bench, looked up and saw a slender and capable figure, standing under the Timberwolves' half-court basket, muttering a few words, and then slammed his head into the basketball hoop a few times.

This man is wearing a classic Timberwolves home jersey with a large "21" logo on the back. Above the number, a name that scares the big forwards across the league is arranged horizontally.

G－A－R－N－E－T－T。

MVP player Kevin Garnett will be the opponent Chen Mu will play against tonight......!