Las Vegas, a dream where even the goddess of fate lingers.

Here, a rich man can become impoverished overnight, and a poor boy can become a god in an instant after a few big gambles.

If there's one place that truly represents the world's understanding of the American Dream, it's Las Vegas.

The 2007 NBA All-Star Weekend was held in Las Vegas.

“YO~~~！！”

Coming to Las Vegas with the team, not to mention outsiders and recruits like Chen Mu and Carney, even Iguodala, Miller and others couldn't help but sigh in admiration and shout softly for the dreamlike scene in front of them.

"Watch out for the impact!"

Although there was nothing to do during the All-Star Weekend, Cheeks still came with the team, after all, compared to other teams, the 76ers have four people to participate in the All-Star Weekend performance, which is not a small miracle for a team that is still in the rebuilding period.

Among them, Korver and Iguodala, who specialize in the art industry, are capable people in their respective individual fields, and it is not unusual for them to be selected.

Carney was somewhat affected by the "Chen Mu Halo" after the start of the season, and his performance on the court, especially on the offensive end, was eye-catching, and he was finally selected for the rookie game, and he was very excited.

Speaking of which, Chen Mu is also a second-year rookie, and theoretically hopes to enter the rookie game, according to the court data and performance, in the fourth position, the second-year team is probably only the well-known David Li Youneng and Chen Mu wrenched their wrists.

It's a pity that according to the regulations at this time, a player can't participate in the rookie game and the all-star game at the same time, compared with the two, naturally the main game is much more important, Chen Mu directly skipped the rookie stage and entered the real all-star field.

If you look closely, if it weren't for the fact that the eastern inner line, especially the No. 4 position, is too cold. Chen Mu's strength is far from being comparable to his predecessors. But the rules are the rules, no matter how the outside players feel that their fate is unfair, they can only accept Chen Mu's triple jump-like upward momentum, and he sat on the sidelines and sighed watching the game.

On February 16, 2007, the day of the All-Star Weekend, the first half of the regular season was over, and after a few short days of rest, the basketball feast that attracted fans from all over the world was about to begin.

"It's okay to play, pay attention to the impact!"

Cheeks said that. But I also know very well in my heart that it is too difficult to make this group of young people as calm and sophisticated as him, and not to try their luck.

Besides, even he himself is ready to move, everyone has had a hard time this half season, and finally has a weekend vacation, so why don't you have a good time?

"Chen, I've seen that Chinatown has been very lively in the past two days, isn't it almost your New Year?"

Korver was thoughtful. While walking around with his teammates, he asked, "Is there any arrangement?" Las Vegas seems to have a lot of New Year's events dedicated to you Chinese, do you want to join in the fun? ”

"Got an event?? I'll go wherever I go! ”

As soon as he heard that there was an event to participate in, Carney, who was fresh to see, naturally immediately came up. Curious inquiry.

"It depends!"

Chen Mu smiled and stretched out his hand to pat Carney's head and said, "I made an appointment with my old friends to meet here, and we are all in a foreign land to celebrate the New Year together." ”

"Oh."

Korver didn't ask, but Iguodala was gossiping. Stretched out his hand to put his hand on Chen Mu's shoulder, and said with a wicked smile: "Did you make an appointment with some girl, and you are going to take advantage of the festival to win?" ”

"Huh. Are you embarrassed to call yourself a believer? ”

Iguodala didn't know where the little Jiujiu Chen Mu didn't know, haha laughed, and a few sloppy eyes were sent away.

"Free time during the day, don't overdo it at night and forget about Rodney's All-Star debut!"

Cheeks finished speaking briefly, waved his hand, and let the young people go around.

"Have you arrived?"

Finally got rid of the gossip king Iguodala, Chen Mu hurriedly took out his mobile phone to contact Su Yin, and Xiao Nizi replied quickly to the text message.

"As soon as I got off the plane and turned on my mobile phone, the text message came, are you a computer?"

Chen Mu also smiled when he saw it, although so far, he didn't know much about Fei Bruising's purpose, but with this guy, the relationship between him and Su Yin has been repaired a lot, and the two of them have returned to the feeling they had before, and everything is going well.

Su Yin is about to graduate from high school this year, which city will she go to college in the future? Every time Chen Mu asked, Xiao Nizi still pulled the topic around in circles, which made Chen Mu have to sigh that no matter where she went, a woman's heart was a needle under the sea.

Don't think about these things, and make an appointment with Su Yin to meet the place, Chen Mu began to wander around Las Vegas.

Las Vegas is no more like Philadelphia, or any other city in the country. In Philadelphia, Chen Mu is the core star, and he will be recognized as soon as he gets on the road, and three or four out of ten people can see Chen Mu's identity at a glance.

In other cities, Chen Mu is a superstar from China, and when he meets a die-hard fan, his identity is quickly revealed. If you happen to run into a Chinese, you will be surrounded by a group of people in an instant, and you will have no skills to get out.

But in Las Vegas, celebrities and rich people from all over the United States gathered, and a celebrity could be smashed by throwing a brick on the road, and a celebrity of Chen Mu's level really degenerated into a human name.

Without the "idol baggage", Chen Mu walked very comfortably along the way, and occasionally a few sports fans recognized Chen Mu's identity, but they just stepped forward to sign and take a group photo, and they would not be entangled for too long. This long-lost sense of freedom made Chen Mu seem to return to the era before the time in a trance, and he was indescribably relaxed in his heart.

As a result of All-Star Weekend, the number of fans in Las Vegas has skyrocketed, and the NBA is arguably one of the most successful commercial sports leagues in the world, and the All-Star Weekend can be seen everywhere on the roads, building facades, and billboards. Chen Mu even saw himself on a huge billboard, lined up in the starting lineup of the Eastern All-Stars, holding a basketball and smiling brightly.

The makeup photos were taken after the list was officially determined, and for the All-Star Game, familiar with the venue or anything is also a floating cloud, at this time Chen Mu is the most idle time, of course, he has to take the opportunity to visit this dream city.

Wander around. Before I knew it, time flew by, and Su Yin's text message came, saying that she had arrived at the hotel. Chen Mu took a taxi and came to the hotel where Su Yin was staying, and after a while, Su Yin, who had packed up his salute, appeared outside the hotel gate in a hurry, blinking with big eyes, looking for Chen Mu's trace.

"Yin'er."

Chen Mu leaned out and said hello to Su Yin, and Xiao Nizi's face instantly burst into laughter. Take two steps in three steps to the side of the car, open the door, and sit in the car.

"Where's Boss Su?"

I didn't see Boss Su, as soon as Chen Mu asked this question, he immediately thought of the answer, and only felt that he was really stupid.

"No, it's a lot of fun to play inside, and it is estimated that it will come out before the game starts~"

Su Yin stretched out his hand and pointed, sure enough, it was the direction of the hotel gambling hall, and he finally came to Las Vegas. How can you not try your luck? Chen Mu also smiled, said hello to the driver, and the car started to start and left the hotel.

"Where are you going??"

Xiao Nizi was curious. It is estimated that I have never been out of the door so far, and I kept looking around along the way, and I felt fresh and interesting when I saw everything.

Chen Mu didn't answer, he reached out and took out two tickets from his pocket. shook it in front of Su Yin and said with a smile: "All-Star Carnival, are you interested?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!!"

This period of time down. Su Yin is becoming more and more interested in the NBA, and the sports games that didn't seem interesting before, but at this time, he was interested, his head was like a stapler, and he grabbed the ticket from Chen Mu's hand and looked at it carefully.

This ticket was naturally prepared by Chen Mu after he knew that Su Yin would come to Las Vegas, and when a girl arrived in the casino, it was estimated that there was nothing fun, so it was better to take her to the carnival to join in the fun.

The taxi sped all the way, and soon came to the venue where the carnival was held, and when he arrived here, even if Chen Mu was a small star, he could no longer hide his identity.

It is not uncommon to say that there is a star at the All-Star Carnival, firstly, the official will be prepared, and secondly, many players will also come to the carnival with their families and friends to experience it and have fun with the people. So as long as it's not for superstars like Jordan, LeBron, and Kobe, after coming to the carnival, you won't even be able to walk.

Finally broke out of the inhumane onlookers of the fans, Chen Mu took Su Yin's hand and walked towards the stadium. Of course, this seemingly natural action did not escape the eyes of fans, and many people were curious about Su Yin's identity, but Lao Mei still attached great importance to personal privacy, and no one stepped forward to ask more questions for the time being.

But such an action made Xiao Nizi blush, but she was less than 18 years old, and her father was a typical "marriage cutter", where did Su Yin have this kind of experience in public? At this time, Chen Mu's big hand grabbed the small hand, his face was hot and blushing, and he didn't know what to do when he lowered his head, but he didn't speak all the way and accepted everyone's onlookers.

Most of the carnival activities are interactive games, and the height of the stars is arm span, have their own physical test report, baskets of different heights are lined up for everyone to buckle and play, the folk version of the skills contest three-point contest bullfighting competition, the latest NBA game trial, official souvenir sales, cheerleaders perform at close range, and even the warm-up training venue for all-star players may be placed in the corner of the carnival, separated by glass and fences for everyone to watch.

After entering the interior of the carnival venue, there were more stars of each team, and Chen Mu suffered fewer onlookers, and the two could move basically freely. Xiao Nizi after the beginning of the discomfort, but also gradually found fun, at first Chen Mu took her around to experience various projects, and later played, Xiao Nizi herself was running around the venue, seeing fun novelties and shouting Chen Mu to play with her.

Shooting competitions, game PK, winning prizes, tasting food......

Time flies, but Su Yin lingers, Chen Mu is not far behind Xiao Nizi, and from time to time he comes forward to play with him, and the two don't know how many photos they have taken, how many projects they have played, Xiao Nizi is not tired, she is walking around with her ponytail, and she is very excited.

As for the occasional gossip fans who come forward to ask, Chen Mu and Su Yin have already "colluded", one brother and one sister, just as relatives and brothers and sisters. Come and have a good experience.

In the stadium, Chen Mu also saw a lot of opponents who had fought on the court, everyone on the court was an opponent, and he couldn't wait to swallow the opponent in one bite. At the moment, they are friends off the field, each chatting a few words, praising each other's season performance, and it seems very harmonious.

Perhaps because it coincided with the Chinese New Year, there were many Chinese in the venue, and the official also held some activities with Chinese characteristics. Paste Spring Festival couplets, cut window flowers, paste New Year's paintings, set off firecrackers, etc., the style is quite complete.

watched the foreigners scrambling to cut out those strange window flowers. The order of the Spring Festival couplets was reversed, Chen Mu and Su Yin were almost angry when they laughed, and they walked towards the activity area with a pair of eyes and hands.

As Chinese, the skills of the two in these aspects are higher than foreigners, especially Su Yin, under Boss Su's distinctive national education policy, the window flowers are cut very beautifully, which immediately aroused onlookers. Curious foreigners have come forward to ask for advice on how to cut beautiful window grilles.

This is not because foreigners are really interested in Chinese culture, but mainly because they can get NBA All-Star related gifts after completion.

However, the officials on the scene also made some small oolongs, and some customs that did not belong to the Spring Festival were also stuffed in. Anyway, in their opinion, as long as it is a Chinese custom, it is always right to stuff it in.

Among them, the project of making a wish for a small bridge and flowing water has aroused Su Yin's strong interest, although it is impossible to really put down many lanterns into the water in the venue. Let it flow, but it is good to write down your wishes and put them in the lamp in the early stage. After writing, put the lantern into the fake river made by the machine, and it is considered complete. As for where it ended up, everyone didn't care, just have fun.

"What was written?"

After writing his wishes, Chen Mu took the note and looked at Su Yin, but Xiao Nizi was very mysterious, her little hand stopped, and the other hand waved a few times to drive Chen Mu away, pretending to be angry and said: "Don't look at it, don't look at it, it won't work~"

After saying this, Su Yin was also very curious about Chen Mu's wishes, and he didn't let him see it, but his little head poked over to Chen Mu's side, and said curiously: "What did Brother Mu write??" ”

"Of course, I will enter the playoffs this year, improve my skills next year, and win the MVP the year after next, aiming for the championship~"

Chen Mu didn't hide it, he unfolded the note to Su Yin to see, Xiao Nizi pouted, glanced at it a few times, and was clearly reading it very quickly, but he still didn't admit defeat and said: "I don't want to read it~!" ”

"Haha, okay, you write yours, let's tie the lamp together after writing."

After waiting for a while, Su Yin also wrote it here, and at the end he carefully folded it, his eyes kept glancing at Chen Mu, and he made up his mind not to let Chen Mu see it. Chen Mu was not wooden, so he naturally stepped forward and pretended to scramble, and the two of them laughed and laughed for a while, and finally tied the lamp.

"Wow"

The lanterns enter the water, and the lights are misty.

Watching the lanterns drift away, Chen Mu sighed infinitely in his heart, can his wish really come true?

"It's about the university."

Chen Mu was immersed in this beautiful atmosphere, but Su Yin, who was also staring at the lantern, spoke.

"Huh?"

"Stupid, my wish is about college."

"Oh."

Chen Mu nodded, this result is not unexpected, for Su Yin, the most important thing at the moment is naturally to take the university entrance examination, and it is not surprising that the desire is related to this.

"But it's not just universities."

Su Yin was clueless and had another sentence, and Chen Muyun was in a fog when he heard it, and he didn't understand what Xiao Nizi meant at all, and he was puzzled: "What else?" ”

"Hehe, I won't tell you~!"

Xiao Nizi made a grimace, jumped and ran away, Chen Mu was stunned for a moment, and then quickly caught up, and then naturally there was a frolic.

The lantern floated quietly across the man-made river, entered a deep passage, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

In the passage, countless lanterns woven by dreams gather together, shining in that unknown place, the most dazzling splendor in the world.

When the time came, she left the carnival with the reluctant Su Yin, called a car to send Xiao Nizi back to the hotel, and reminded her not to forget to call Boss Su out of the tempting round table to watch the game, Chen Mu said goodbye to Su Yin and went to the competition venue.

The theme of All-Star Weekend is about to begin. (To be continued......)