. Yang Xiao's eyes turned dark and he almost fell over. It seemed that Qiu Zhang didn't care about his emotions at all. He originally thought he wanted him to come back to discuss it with him, but he didn't expect that it was just to tell him a fact. From this, it can be seen that in the Yang family, men have never had a status, and Qiu Zhang didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

"Mr. Bell, this is my son Yang Xiao, I will ask you in the future." Qiu Zhang said with a smile.

Derek Bell immediately smiled, revealing a neat white teeth. His eyes looked at Yang Xiao with a bit of a big bad wolf looking at the pitiful little Aries. Yang Xiao felt a huge wave in his heart. In the past year, he has developed the habit of ignoring everyone on the court, but once it falls into Qiu Zhang's hands, he still can't move. The so-called "one thing is to subdue another thing," that's the truth.

Yang Xiao was about to protest, but Qiu Zhang was not ready to give him any room for play. He stood up and said to Derek Bell with a smile: "My son will be handed over to Coach Bell. There is a summer training camp at Harvard University, right? Tommy will report on time. I hope Coach Bell will give you more advice."

"Don't worry, as the head coach of the academy who made a great statement, I will definitely discover all the potential of Tommy Yang!" Derek Bell said shamelessly. Yang Xiao looked at him and wanted to vomit, but they didn't give Yang Xiao a trace of space to interrupt. Even if Yang Xiao wanted to speak, he was stopped by Qiu Zhang with his stern eyes.

In this way, the "academic" head coach Derek Bale has done many things that the head coaches of famous basketball schools have not done. In fact, Mr. Bale has been prepared for a protracted battle. Yang Xiao is a famous high school player. In his opinion, this Chinese boy is the hope of Harvard University. During countless summer vacations, Coach Bale has always wandered in the homes of popular high school players, but he has never succeeded, because almost all Americans know that although Harvard University is a famous school, their basketball is not.

Ordinary bad, entering such a school is equivalent to ending his basketball career: NBA coaches believe that famous basketball schools can produce good players, and those bad schools, even if their players have outstanding strength, are still difficult to attract the attention of those NBA teams, because there are too many schools across the United States, and scouts don’t have much time to watch the performances of these bad teams. Unless Harvard can reach the last 64 or above, they can attract a little bit of attention from scouts.

For Harvard basketball team, being able to emerge from the Ivy League is an unprecedented achievement, let alone the finals.

Walton has explained this to Yang Xiao very clearly.

"Boy, what kind of shit is going to Harvard University is equivalent to ending your basketball career." Walton's answer was very concise, which disappointed Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao, who seemed to have reached a dead end, naturally would not surrender. He tried his best to resist and even adopted the tactic of crying, making a fuss and hanging himself, but it was useless. Qiu Zhang's will was very firm.

"I have no future at Harvard University. This school will ruin me. Their basketball gap is so bad. Do you really want to see me sinking?" Yang Xiao said angrily.

"No problem, it's best not to play basketball. You can study hard. The history department of Harvard University is very good. There are countless famous professors, Yang Xiao. This is a good opportunity for you. Generally speaking, you can't enter Harvard University. You can not only study there, but also be with many outstanding students. If you have time, you can even support yourself. This is a great thing!" Qiu Zhang said with a smile. This also shattered Yang Xiao's last glimmer of hope. Obviously, his basketball career is not within the scope of consideration for Qiu Zhang.

Afterwards, Yang Willie told Yang Xiao that his mother originally wanted to find a husband from Harvard University, but unfortunately she had not succeeded, so Qiu Zhang's dream was transferred to Yang Xiao.

The summer of 2002 was a disastrous holiday for Yang Xiao. Since winning the state championship, everything has become unsuccessful. He even sought the possibility of entering the NBA directly. However, coach Leto clearly told him that with his current foundation, it would be good to have a chance to enter the NBA at the end of the second round. To a large extent, what would happen is that no team chose him because Yang Xiao's foundation was really bad.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiao couldn't help but hate Coach Leto. He thought that if Coach Leto could give him some guidance on offensive skills, his life would definitely not be so sad.

So in the remaining month, Yang Xiao did not conduct one training, and Lin Jia and Ouyang Yi also returned to China. Poor Yang Xiao could only stay at home and eat and drink every day. It seemed that Qiu Zhang had no intention of stopping him.

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Yang Xiao was sitting in the bar, holding a bottle of beer in his hand, and opposite him was Catherine Leto.

"You have gained at least 20 pounds." Catherine looked at Yang Xiao, whose fat flesh was already on her face, and said with a smile.

"25 pounds." Yang Xiao said without raising his head.

"This is very normal. Once people who insist on exercising stop exercising, they are prone to gain weight. This is also a situation where many athletes experience significant weight gain after retirement. The famous case is the current commentator Barkley. You can imagine his obesity." Catherine said with a smile, "By the way, I have been admitted to the UCLA. My major is sports medicine."

"Congratulations." Yang Xiao said, but there was no trace of congratulations on his face, "That's a good university."

"Harvard University is not bad, although basketball is not good, I heard from me that you are not Yang Xiao I know." Catherine said.

"Oh? What does Yang Xiao look like when you know him?" Yang Xiao smiled and said.

"The Yang Xiao I know is a guy who never gives up. He has nothing, so he has nothing to give up. He always trains hard and defeats everyone's doubts with his own performance. Think about those who despise you. Now that you are like this, isn't you giving them a reason to laugh at you?" Catherine said.

"I just don't understand why I'm so hard and why they don't support me." Yang Xiao said.

"Everyone has his own reasons. Since you can't decide others, why are you working hard for yourself?"

"For myself? Don't you know that there is no hope at Harvard?" Yang Xiao's expression was very painful.

"No hope at all?" Catherine smiled. "Two years ago, would anyone think you could be a basketball player? A year ago, would someone think Mayer High School can beat Lincoln High School? As long as you stick to your beliefs and hope will always exist. Once you think you can't do it yourself, you will always be a loser. You have nothing, so what else can you lose?"

Yang Xiao's mood was a little higher, but he still said: "Do you know what the Harvard basketball team is like? In the Ivy League, they are all ranked last."

"Do you know what a hero is?" Katherine looked at Yang Xiao with an intoxicated look and said, "Heroes only appear in times of difficulty. People who only add icing on the cake will not become heroes. You have such an opportunity now. You can create a miracle and lead Harvard to create history, just like you did in high school. I believe in you, why don't you believe in yourself?"

Yang Xiao slowly raised his head and looked at Catherine opposite him. He had never thought that Catherine could say such words. He used to think that Catherine was just a beautiful girl at most. At this moment, Yang Xiao realized that he really underestimated this beautiful girl too much. Before, Yang Xiao paid far more attention to her body than her wisdom.

ps: I'm sorry for the recent update volume. I've spent a week on business trips and meetings in a row.
Chapter completed!