Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 34: On-the-spot Enlightenment
"Put down your pens, let me say a few words before the get out of class ends." Zhang Deming knocked on the podium.

"Today we have a basketball game at Dongsheng High School, which will be held at 4 pm at our Dongsheng basketball court. According to the instructions of the school leaders, students of our school can go to the court to cheer for the school team, or they can study in the classroom."

"Don't whisper to each other yet. I have two reminders. First, those who come to watch the game must pay attention to discipline. Students in the same class must sit together and cannot walk around at will. Second, whether in the classroom or on the court, you are not allowed to walk around the campus. There will be patrol teachers to supervise. If I receive a report from the patrol, the consequences will be at your own risk."

"Do you understand?"

"understand!"

"Chen Fang!"

"To!"

"Chen Fang from my class will represent our school in the competition. Here, as your teacher and class teacher, I hope you can bring honor to your class and your school!" Zhang Deming looked at Chen Fang seriously.

Chen was under the collective gaze of his teachers and classmates, and suddenly he felt a sacred feeling.

"Don't worry, I will try my best!"

"Come on, blow up Nan'an!" Wang Zhen suddenly shouted.

"Yes, blow them up!"

As everyone shouted in unison, Chen Fang quickly clasped his fists and said, "I will definitely not bring shame to Class 12!"

"Yoho!" A strange cry was heard in the classroom.

Zhang Deming pounded on the podium: "Stop making trouble." Then he said to Chen Fang: "Chen Fang, come out."

Chen Fang hurriedly followed him out. He couldn't stand the feeling just now, especially Lin Xi's gaze, which made him feel uncomfortable all over.

"teacher."

"Recently, your teachers have given you feedback that you study very hard. It seems that I am short-sighted and should have encouraged you to play basketball earlier."

Chen Fang smiled bitterly: "Teacher, please stop teasing me."

"Fight well and don't get hurt. Your health is the most important thing."

"Well, I'll pay close attention."

"Go back." Zhang Deming waved his hand.

Chen Fang returned to the classroom and was surrounded by his classmates. He struggled to break free. Just as he sat back in his seat, Wang Zhen, Liu Jun and Zhen Xin surrounded him again.

"We have designed a very cool slogan, listen to it."

"Come on, why are you being so naughty?" Chen Fang felt a headache.

Wang Zhen was puzzled: "Chen Fang, I find that you are really different now. In the past, you always begged us to do this kind of thing."

Chen Fang could only raise his hands in surrender: "Okay, go ahead."

"Chen Fang Chen Fang, ride the wind and waves, turn the rivers and seas upside down!" Liu Jun cleared his throat and shouted.

Sweat broke out from his head. Chen Fang covered his head in pain and lay on the table: "Three big brothers, please let me go."

"Isn't it good? The homonym plus the idiom makes it look domineering and powerful. We have thought about it for a long time!" Wang Zhen was unhappy.

At this moment, the classroom loudspeaker sounded: "Notice, members of the basketball team, please gather at the Dongsheng Stadium."

Chen Fang jumped up and rushed out: "Thank you, I'm leaving now."

"Hey, damn, he ran away in a flash." Wang Zhen couldn't shout in time and could only sigh. Then he ran to the podium and slammed the table and shouted: "Classmates, I want our whole class to go to watch the game later. You are not allowed to not go!"

"Yes, cheer for Chen Fang!" Liu Jun Zhenxin immediately cooperated and shouted.

"Of course we'll go. It's a good opportunity to see Chen Fang slaughtering everyone!" a classmate shouted.

"Of course he does. You don't know how powerful Chen Fang is now!" Wang Zhen was beaming with joy.

Compared to the mess in the classroom, the Dongsheng Stadium seemed very quiet at this moment.

Chen Fang was the last to arrive. As soon as he entered the stadium, he saw everyone standing in an orderly manner. There were a few people standing in the front. When he ran over, Yue Gang immediately introduced them, "Principal, this is the deputy captain Chen Fang."

headmaster!

Chen Fang's head was shocked.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the principal, Mr. Qi Jianzhong.

Qi Jianzhong, the old principal, has worked at Dongsheng for nearly twenty years. Judging from his age, he should be planning to retire at Dongsheng High School.

Dongsheng’s current achievements are inseparable from him. He is a principal widely respected by teachers and students.

"He looks very energetic." The old principal commented, and then asked Yue Gang: "Is everyone here?"

"We're all here!"

"It's another league year. Dear students, thank you for bringing glory to the school. I sincerely wish you good results. But you must also remember that friendship comes first and competition comes second." The old principal said briefly.

"I won't delay your preparations. I'll be cheering for you in the stands."

After seeing the principal off, Zhou Lihai said a few more words, then checked the time and told him about today's benefits: "Lunch will be provided by the school, and everyone will gather in the small cafeteria later."

"Wow!" the whole team cheered.

Seeing Zhou Lihai also leaving, Yue Gang said to Chen Fang: "Would you like to say something too?"

Chen Fang waved his hand: "Let me go."

"So how do we do this class?"

Chen Fang hesitated for a moment and said, "Shoot a ball from mid to long distance."

"Go get the ball and change your clothes." Yue Gang shouted.

Under the leadership of Chen Fang, Dongsheng now conducts pressure shots, with two people in a group, one defending and one attacking.

Chen Fang is practicing alone. He has gradually found some feeling for jump shot and his hit rate is also sustained without any abrupt interruption.

"Xue Chong!" Chen Fang planned to increase the intensity. For some reason, he felt particularly good today.

"You come to interfere."

"Okay, then I'll do it for real." Xue Chong rubbed his hands ready to go.

"Of course."

"Captain, help me count down for 5 seconds, starting from 5." Chen Fang gave another instruction.

Training is about practical combat, which makes you hold on tight.

"5."

Chen Fang dragged the ball with a dribble, and Xue Chong followed with a sliding step.

"4."

Use your hips and back to move the weight, and fix Xue Chong's center of gravity at the center point.

"3."

He suddenly dropped his foot and then crossed his step, protruding half his body length.

"2."

Quickly gather the ball, jump up and shoot.

"1."

The basketball went through the net.

"Awesome!" Xue Chong had to admit that he was ten centimeters taller than Chen Fang, but he still couldn't stop him.

"Come again." Chen Fang felt that something was like a door that was slowly opening, and he could already see the scene behind the crack in the door.

"5."

Between-the-crotch dribbling.

"4."

An in&out, shaking off Xue Chong.

"3."

Push the ball to the left, then jump up with the ball. "2."

When the countdown number 2 was called, Chen Fang had already shot, and Xue Chong's blocking hand also passed in front of Chen Fang's forehead.

"brush!"

The sound of the basketball hitting the net is very crisp.

"Damn, it was so close, Chen Fang, you were so quick, I thought I could block it this time!" Xue Chong jumped in regret.

Really feeling it, Chen Fang suppressed the ecstasy in his heart. What belongs to him can't be taken away after all, it will be back.

"Come again!"

"5."

Chen Fang received the ball and made a triple threat.

"4."

Step sideways with your right foot while pretending to release the ball to the right.

"3."

Keep the open stance and raise the ball to shoot.

"2."

Just jump up with your legs spread out, hold the ball in front of your forehead, and shake your elbows and wrists at a very low arm angle.

Yue Gang was so engrossed in watching that he forgot to call out 1. He watched the basketball roll into the basket in a very fast arc.

Xue Chong didn't jump at all. He was pinned to the spot by Chen Fang's three threats and just stretched out his hand in vain.

Chen Fang kept the shooting posture for a long time.

"Ring!" The bell for the end of the fourth get out of class in the morning rang.

"Let's go and have a free meal!" The whole team shouted. It was a rare opportunity to be able to enjoy the school's welfare.

"Let Chen go." Although Yue Gang felt a little strange, he didn't think much about it and greeted him.

"You guys go, but don't eat too much. Just eat until you are 70% full." Chen Fang refused. He didn't dare to leave now. He wanted to keep this door open and hold on to the feeling.

"This?" Yue Gang was puzzled.

"Go ahead, bring me some food, no rice." Chen Fang went to pick up the ball. His mind was now full of shooting.

"Captain Chen, what's going on?" Xue Chong was a little confused, but Yue Gang pulled him away.

"Maybe he realized something. Let's go." Yue Gang made up an excuse and shouted for the whole team to leave the court.

Soon, Chen Fang was the only one left on the court, picking up the ball and shooting, over and over again.

The entire court echoed with the symphony of youth played by the basket and the basketball.

The hit rate increased noticeably, and Chen Fang could no longer remember how many shots he had taken. He just felt that jump shots were like breathing, jumping up, shooting, and the entire technical movement disappeared, leaving only the feeling of the moment of shooting.

This feeling is quite similar to the scene in the novel "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" where Zhang Sanfeng asked Zhang Wuji after teaching him Tai Chi, "Have you forgotten everything?"

All forgotten.

Everything comes back to one, and that one is the moment of shooting.

Chen Fang was shooting a jump shot in ecstasy. The players who had just returned to the court after dinner watched quietly, shocked by Chen Fang's amazing shooting rate and speechless.

It's not just the hit, but also the way Chen Fang jumped and shot.

Graceful and dignified, every time he takes a jump shot, you can only remember the moment he takes the shot, like a frozen picture.

"Wow, did you really get an epiphany?" Yue Gang couldn't believe it.

It was a well-known fact that Chen Fang had been practicing his jump shot. Even less than an hour ago, his shooting posture was still a little awkward, and his hit rate was unpredictable.

But in the blink of an eye, he seemed like a different person, in terms of movements, posture, hit rate, rhythm, and shooting speed.

No need to explain it, this is enlightenment.

The jump shot has been improved.

No one dared to disturb them for fear of spoiling the show, so the entire Dongsheng team just watched for a full half hour.

Until Chen Fang was tired and gasping for breath, he found that everyone was sitting in the stands at the entrance, so he asked curiously: "When did you come back?"

"Just got back." Yue Gang was afraid that others would say something, so he answered immediately and came over with the lunch box.

"Come, eat something first."

"Okay!" Chen Fang came out of his trance and immediately felt his stomach growling. He thanked him and picked up his lunch box to go to the stand next to him.

"Everyone, do some basic warm-up to promote digestion." After Yue Gang made all the arrangements, he sat next to Chen Fang and watched him eat without saying a word.

Chen Fang felt that everyone was looking at him strangely, but he was actually very happy in his heart. He didn't expect that his jump shot would come back in this way, and this feeling made him more comfortable than before. He couldn't tell which was better before or now.

"What are you looking at?" He suddenly spoke in Northeastern dialect.

"Look how handsome you are!" Yue Gang laughed. He couldn't understand why Chen Fang's jump shot became so strong in the blink of an eye, but this didn't stop him from being ecstatic.

I realized it before the game. Is there anything more surprising than this?
"Brother has good vision!" Chen Fang was in a good mood and more casual, joking with Yue Gang just like he did with Wang Zhen.

"Ah!" Yue Gang looked at the empty stadium and sighed, "In two hours, there will be loud drums and noises here."

"So what?" Chen Fang asked, shouting for a chicken leg.

"So, I feel a sense of mission and I can't let my classmates down." Yue Gang was serious.

"Hey, why are there only chicken legs?" Chen Fang ignored such nonsense and pointed at the chicken legs in the lunch box and asked.

"Don't you like eating chicken legs?"

"Who told you that? I prefer beef."

"Oh, next time then."

"The weather is very good today, but there are a few clouds. It won't rain in the afternoon." Yue Gang began to worry.

"Nervous!" Chen Fang stood up, ate the last chicken leg, and then found a shady place.

"What are you doing?"

"I'll take a half-hour nap. Don't call me. I want to sleep until I wake up naturally." Chen Fang lay straight on the stone slats of the stands and really went to sleep.

“And this habit…”

Yue Gang suddenly didn't know what to do. He walked and stopped, and talked to people everywhere. Yang Shan, who was practicing basketball next to him, couldn't stand it anymore.

"Captain, don't be so nervous, okay?"

“Am I nervous?”

"very nervous."

"Ugh! My stomach feels uncomfortable, I need to go take a shit."

Watching Yue Gang running away, Xue Chong was speechless: "Why does he feel even worse than me?"

"Maybe they are afraid that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment." Yang Shan glanced at Chen Fang who was lying motionless on the platform.

"Let's start quickly. My sword is thirsty for blood." Xue Chong slammed the ball excitedly.

Yang Shan dribbled the ball away alone, and everyone acted weird, oh!

Not only the team, but the entire Dongsheng campus was in an inexplicable excitement. All the students knew that there was a game to watch in the afternoon. Regardless of winning or losing, it meant that they could skip classes in the second quarter. This kind of bargain and opportunity was rare.

Just like a student praying: Gods, please bless Dongsheng to win the game, so that we can have another chance to have a holiday.

As the school bell rang, the two classes in the afternoon might have the worst quality in the whole school. When the second get out of class bell rang, the whole campus was boiling, and countless students formed a red and white wave, rolling towards the stadium.

At the same time, the north gate of Dongsheng slowly opened and a green bus drove in.

Nan'an High School, here we come!
There is only half an hour left in the game.

(End of this chapter)