In America, the winner takes all.

Chapter 127 Power Rangers (14)

On the playing field, her teammates put the ball to the predetermined position. Catherine jumped up high, raised her arm, and dunked hard. At the same time, she let out a scream, and the ball was dunked hard into the boundary and ejected. It all happened so unexpectedly. So fast that the opponent has no time to react.

"Violent smash!" the host drawled.

There were cheers in the stadium!

Ethan, who was in the crowd of spectators, couldn't help but nod. The shouts from Catherine's mouth just now could be heard clearly even from his position. The smash speed became faster and the angle became more tricky.

After several attacks and defenses, Catherine burst out with more powerful power than before.

Now Catherine may only need one punch to make ordinary people like Xiao Li lose the ability to resist.

Speaking of King Kong Barbie, it doesn't matter. In Ethan's opinion, Catherine still falls into the category of "well-proportioned and slender", at least he didn't feel anything out of the ordinary.

I even feel that it would be nice if some places could be more abrupt...

The result of the game was just as Ethan had predicted before. Yale easily took away its opponent without any bloodshed.

Ethan and Mia also saw Catherine at the exit of the player tunnel. At this moment, she took off her tight volleyball uniform and wore a long coat that was very in line with the current trend, and also wore a woolen hat.

Ethan and Mia came here this time, naturally, to watch Catherine's game and visit her about her college life.

The two also met the roommates that Catherine often talked about before, chubby Jenny, skinny little Bonnie, and Elizabeth...

"Due to the competition, I may not be able to cheer for you in person, but if we are eliminated, I will go there as soon as possible..." Catherine laughed.

There is no doubt that the Christmas season is the most intensive period of time for various competitions in the United States. NCAA women's volleyball has "Mad December" and high school football has the national championship.

As for men's volleyball... Volleyball is one of the rare sports where the yin is strong and the yang is weak. Among American universities that have men's volleyball teams, they only have a quarter of the women's volleyball teams.

And when it comes to women’s rugby, it’s hard not to mention it.

Even in the United States, women's rugby is still a very niche sport, because this sport that overemphasizes the body is not suitable for women, and the enjoyment of the game has not declined at all.

Except for the "underwear bowl"...

This women's professional football league, which was born out of the Super Bowl halftime show and contains elements of selling meat, has actually been controversial since its inception.

As for influence, it can't even make a splash.

However, Ethan is quite interested in trying it, and has even imagined a specific scene... It must be very exciting to have a group of female celebrities wearing bikinis, helmets and protective gear collide with each other in the venue.

However, this is too far away for the current Ethan, and it can only stay at the level of YY.

"Don't say that. You have to go all the way to the end. As for the national championship, it's just a small competition. It doesn't matter if you don't watch it." Ethan said rather indifferently.

Judging from his tone, this tournament is nothing among the championships he will win in the future.

"I look forward to the day when you fill the honor room with trophies!" Catherine said cheerfully.

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Sitting on the plane back, Ethan looked at the music video being played on the seat screen. It came from Madonna's sixth solo album "Bedtime Stories". The song was a mixture of rhythm and blues, new hip-hop, pop and electronic dance music. It was very forward-looking. Sex, so that "bums" like Ethan who only like to listen to vulgar songs and chants can't listen at all.

As for the MV itself, the very "artistic" and "stream of consciousness" images and sounds reveal Madonna's musical ambitions.This made Ethan even more fortunate. Fortunately, he had not agreed to David Fincher's MV shooting invitation before. He did not want to wear weird clothes and perform some kind of performance art in the camera.

As for the reason why Ethan didn't agree to him, it was actually very simple - because he didn't have enough money.

Although Ethan no longer receives bonuses from Murphy, he has found a new profit point-the sale of golf course packages.

This thing is actually quite profitable, especially now that Niccolo Stadium can attract more people to watch the game. Mia did some calculations, including the previous qualifying finals, and the total profit was nearly 7. US dollars, Ethan asked Mia to keep this part of the money first.

There is another important thing. In a phone conversation with his brother William, William mentioned the "Center for Entrepreneurial Studies" that was just established at Stanford this semester, aiming to educate, research and activities. to promote entrepreneurship among students and alumni.

The Entrepreneurship Research Center will hold a Business Plan Competition this year, inviting angel investors and entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley as judges. The final winner will receive an investment of US$50 from the Stanford Venture Fund.

William was very interested in participating in this business plan competition, but struggled to find a corresponding entrepreneurial project.

Ethan recalled his previous experience in repairing vending machines and came up with a brand new idea.

"Since you have an advantage in technology, why not try to change the functions of the vending machine and add automatic rental options. I think this is not difficult for you." Ethan suddenly said.

William has excellent hands-on ability and technical accumulation, and it is not like he has never done similar entrepreneurial projects in history. Ethan feels that William is completely qualified.

"But so what if it's made? I can't think of anything that can be rented from a vending machine. I mean, why not just buy it?"

"Then you have to think about what would be more cost-effective to rent than to buy outright, and that everyone needs..."

As Ethan revealed more details, William on the other end of the phone couldn't help but exclaimed: "What a genius idea."

After Ethan's prompting, he immediately established the direction and was ready to start.

Ethan finally mentioned the name of the business plan, which he named "redbox"...

After returning to Los Angeles with Mia, Ethan devoted his spare time to training before the "National Championship".

But today, an uninvited guest came to the training ground at Niekluo Stadium.

When Ethan walked over, he found that everyone was gathered together, as if some big shot had arrived. Flea stood in front of everyone and helped the team members take photos one by one.And when Ethan walked over, he saw clearly who was coming - Kate Moss.

"Why are you here?" Ethan felt a little embarrassed. He couldn't figure out why Kate Moss appeared here.

"Let me ask you why you didn't answer my call!" Kate Moss pinched her waist, looking a little angry.

During this period, she often called Ethan, but nine times out of ten, Ethan would not answer the phone, and even if he answered, it would be quite perfunctory.

The main reason is that Ethan is really "busy" and there are too many girls around him. Even as a time management master, sometimes he can't help but encounter busy moments. For example, Penny and Lisa want Ethan to come to him at the same time. , when Ethan and Jennifer are on a night out in Los Angeles, Katherine will call... On the field, Ethan, as a quarterback, can decisively make the best choice.

In life, he will also decisively make the best choice. His choice is - want it all.

So it’s really busy a lot of the time.

Moreover, he and Kate Moss were completely accidental. If it hadn't been for the previous fracture, the two would have stopped contacting each other.

This made Ethan hesitate. After all, Lisa lived relatively close to him, and other people were somewhat related to him in life and career.

But Kate is different. She is a model who often flies between Europe and the United States, and she is also in the fashion circle.

They are completely different from Ethan. Geographically, one of them is on the west coast of the United States and the other is in London, England. This is farther than Ellie on the east coast and Margaret in Hawaii.

This made Ethan very pessimistic about the prospects of the two of them, and even avoided them. However, this made Kate Moss more inclined to contact Ethan proactively.

After many days of contact with no results, she finally couldn't bear it anymore and came to Ethan's school to ask for an explanation.

"Ahem, I know you have a lot to say to me, but it's training time now, so you have to wait on the sidelines for a while." Ethan looked at Kate Moss at this moment. She was wearing a very thick and exaggerated fur on her upper body. , looking like a noble lady.But she was wearing nothing on her lower body, her legs were bare, and she had a pair of high-top boots on her feet. Speaking of which, she was really frost-resistant, as it was already late autumn and winter.

Even though Los Angeles is at a lower latitude, it's still quite cold.

Ethan would not let his team members wait here to watch him struggle with a woman who came to the door. No matter who came over, they had to finish training first.

"I will stand here waiting for you, not going anywhere, just staring at you." Kate said immediately.

It was as if she was afraid that Ethan would run away.

Ethan looked up at the gray sky, then at Kate who was standing there shivering, and after some thought he handed her his coat.

Kate looked at it twice, and finally took Ethan's coat and wrapped it around her legs.

Then the football players went into the locker room to change clothes.

In the locker room, the players laughed and talked about Ethan and Kate.

"This may be the trouble of handsome men." Flea sighed with a smile.

"Ethan's situation has made me more determined not to find a girlfriend. The opposite sex will only affect my running speed!" Cooper fulfilled his single declaration as usual.

Apart from talking about Ethan, the team members spent the rest of the time talking about some relevant newspaper news.

"High school sports gave the Normans a brand new nickname, Power Rangers."

Not just Ethan, but now every player has benefited from the team's great results.

"That's right, you can call me Velociraptor from now on!" Flea said about the new nickname given to her by the media.

This sounds much more domineering than "flea", and it shows off the flexibility of one's body. Fleas like this nickname very much.

"Sounds good, better than Triceratops." Albert also talked about his new nickname.

Then many people looked at Cooper.

"Don't tell me about Power Rangers." Cooper couldn't help but shook his head. Because of its long neck, it was called a plesiosaur.It made him feel ridiculed. (The literal translation of plesiosaur in English has nothing to do with snake, the root word is lizard in Greek)
"Anyway, at least you have gained some fame, which will be very helpful for going to college later and will make many schools notice you."

The training went on as usual. During the break, Ethan looked towards the edge of the field. Kate was sitting there, looking at him.

Really persevering.

But when the afternoon training came to an end, staff from the sports director's office came to the court.

"After training is over later, you have to go to Grace's office. She has something important to ask you about, involving the sponsorship of the school team!" He whispered.

Although sponsoring amateur players is obviously not allowed, the degree of restrictions on schools is still lower.

This is obviously a big deal for the Normans, and by letting him go directly, it must be that the relevant negotiations have come to an end and the other party has put forward certain conditions.So Ethan could only let Kate stay for a while again, and after finishing his training, he went to Grace's office with the staff.

In Grace's warm office, Ethan met a middle-aged man in a suit and tie.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Simone from Wilson Sporting Goods Company." Grace introduced to Ethan.

　Four updates today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)