I gave up a lot of ideas in this novel, and there were a few scrap pens during this period, and eventually it became what you see now.

At the beginning of the novel, my setting was flashback. A biographer came to the retired Wei Xia and expressed his desire to write a biography for him. Then, Wei Xia took him to the bar and told him.

I originally planned to use Wei Xia and the writer to look back on his career in the first chapter of each novel, but I gave up this setting because flashbacks seem to be a poisonous point at the starting point. However, I still wrote two chapters in a slut, so I will release them in the past two days.

Philadelphia

City of friendship, a major city in the United States, and a prosperous place for sports.

60-year-old Chinese American Chen Mo is watching the Philadelphia 76ers against the Dallas Mavericks at Wells Fargo Center.

To be honest, people like him who were born in the 1980s, who were born in the 1980s, had a childhood, youth, and family and career, experienced the showdown between Larry Bird and the Magician, the 1990s, and the golden decade of the 21st century created by the Oklahoma Lakers, find it difficult to have a good impression of basketball today.

The truth of center supremacy has been eliminated by the times.

Changes in the rules have led to imbalances in both offense and defense. It is only a decent way to score 120 points in a single game. The 130 and 140 styles are only the high-scoring game of the Denver Nuggets, which was completely unpredictable in the mid-to-late 1980s. It is not uncommon in this era.

Times are progressing, and there are always people talking about this.

Chen Mo agreed that the times are progressive.

At least, the average physical fitness of the league has been improved, and the shooting stability of role players has increased.

Luca Doncic, the best foreign player in the league, defeated 76ers with the Mavericks.

Dallas are doing their own thing here, with 136 points in a single game and 34 points in a big victory over the 76ers.

The bell ringing ceremony that must be held every match day at home of the 76ers looks like a death knell for himself.

Then Chen Mo heard an old fan sighing: "Since the retirement of 'wish', the league has no blood."

‘wish’..Chen Mo recited silently in his heart.

If it weren't for him, Chen Mo wouldn't have traveled all the way to Philadelphia, nor would he sit here and watch a game where he doesn't care about winning or losing.

For fans who watched football in the 10s, ‘wish’ is a resounding name. He is not as talented as LeBron. Although his honor is invincible, 99.9% of the players in history, 99.9% of Americans believe that he has not surpassed Jordan. When LeBron fans believe that the emperor's cumulative data with his unique career "40000100001000010000" is enough to surpass Michael Jordan and sit firmly in the first place in the Pantheon, the loyal 'wish' who always remained indifferent came forward to question: "LeBron can't even handle 'wish', how can he be a goat?"

So we either saw two groups of fans blushing over the argument about who is stronger and weak, or we were like country women talking nonsense for a little money. It was not until the new generation of fans came forward to say, "'wish' and LeBron are both rubbish, Emony Bates and Zion Williamson are the most awesome", that they would turn their guns and unite and ridicule the new generation of fans together.

Time can easily make us forget the greatness of our predecessors.

Just like fans in the 1980s never admit that Jordan was Goat, fans in the 1990s looked down on the popular hot chicken in the new century, every generation has their own best in history.

The game was over, and Chen Mo looked at the location of ‘wish’.

He came to watch the game on site today, and unfortunately, he failed to see his hometown team win.

Chen Mo is a well-known columnist on the Internet and has written autobiography for many sports superstars.

After retiring from ‘wish’, Chen Mo stopped reading NBA, but he wanted to write another autobiographical novel for the last NBA star he liked.

In the early days of his career, they met several times, and Chen Mo was not sure whether he still remembered himself. He was not a arrogant person. At that time, he often looked like he was on the battlefield when facing the camera. He didn't like to stand under the lights and faced the media. His colleagues could never get valuable information from him because he wouldn't talk to you at all.

The public wants to know him, but only through the competition.

So Chen Mo thought for a long time that ‘wish’ was an introverted and shy person. It was not until he accidentally met LeBron James two years ago that he learned the true side of ‘wish’ from him.

"He didn't like to deal with reporters in the early days and was related to Kobe. In fact, he was not introverted. If you could meet him privately, you would find that he was more talkative than you thought."

Writing an autobiography is not a matter of one person, it is not about searching for players' lives on Wikipedia and then expanding them. This is not the case.

Chen Mo's autobiography pursues truth. He will first have one-on-one conversations with the players, use a recorder to record the conversation between the two with the other party's permission, and then record some details that cannot be missed.

To write an autobiography for ‘wish’, of course, it must be the same.

Chen Mo is different from the fans. He is half an insider in the industry and knows many secrets in the industry. For example, he knows which path he will take when "wish" leaves. He will wait in advance to "wish" and the process is not long.

‘wish’ has been retiring for 5 years, and it looks not much different from the year he retired. He looks young with fireworks perm hairstyle. Since he often participates in sports activities after retirement, he maintains a good figure. What Chen Mo doesn’t understand most is that Chinese fans often say that he looks like the rural version of Wang Leehom. Is that cursing or praising people? Besides, ‘wish’ doesn’t look rustic at all...at least that’s the case now.

Chen Mo took the initiative to go up and say hello.

"I thought there would never be any reporters to bother me again." 'wish' said depressedly.

Chen Mo smiled faintly and said, "I'm not a reporter."

"Big back, suit, crimson tie, recorder... he actually uses such old-fashioned things...what are your microphone?" It seems that 'wish' has already determined that he is a reporter.

It took Chen Mo several seconds to mourn the ‘wish’ in his mind.

The 'wish' who doesn't like to talk to reporters seems to have died in the five years since he retired.

"My name is Chen Mo, and I work for espn columnist, this is my business card."

"Another old-fashioned thing...Business card hasn't been seen for many years."

Why is he always struggling with these trivial things? The sacred veil of ‘wish’ is being unveiled in less than two minutes of meeting, and it is not a perfect side. Just like many sports superstars Chen Mo has met before, they are completely different from the person we remember.

"Wish, we've seen it."

Next, Chen Mo spent five minutes explaining the purpose of this to him, and then spent five minutes explaining how he should cooperate, but in the end he only gave 30 seconds to consider.

"You have wasted my 10 minutes, why can I only waste you 30 seconds?" He came again.

Chen Mo said: "As far as I know, you have not published any autobiographical novels related to you personally. I guess you have no publication plan in the short term. Moreover, you are not good at writing. Even if you have ideas in the future, you may write a work that does not match your competitive level..."

Chen Mo spent another five minutes explaining the pros and cons to ‘wish’.

"Let's talk about it in another place." 'wish' took the initiative to propose.

It seems that he is not opposed to this matter. Chen Mo immediately agreed and the two went to a nearby bar.

In today's era, stars are not just athletes, but idols. They wrap themselves tightly just to protect a little privacy, while "wish" retains the style of a star in the last century. There are never bodyguards around them, and they go to various crowded areas at will. At first, people were surprised and watched his appearance, but later when he appeared frequently and lived like ordinary residents, the Phillies were no longer curious about his existence.

‘wish’? No, don’t call him ‘wish’, his name is Wei Xia! A guy who has succeeded in the NBA, that’s all. Although his total career income is hard for ordinary people to reach, so what? Didn’t he go to supermarkets, bars, parks like each of us, and put a country bumpkin in front of Rocky statues like a rustic bully to take pictures?

They chose a position to sit down.

‘wish’ asked: “What do you want me to do?”

He seemed to have agreed, not asking about copyright or income, not asking how much time it takes to talk. As Chen Mo thought, he did not want his story to be known ten years later.

Chen Mo took out his notebook and turned on the recorder: "Let's start from scratch."

"No, do you want to record the story of my next door neighbor's underwear pulling out the head of a superman when I was a child?" "Wish" said in surprise.

Chen Mo thrust half of his face, "Uh... these strange stories can be left to the back. Starting from scratch, not from your conscious childhood, but... Let me give an example. When MJ was in the tenth grade, he was retreated from the first team to the second team by a high school coach, which aroused his competitive nature; Kobe's childhood in Italy created his solitary personality; LeBron chose basketball because his family was too poor... This is the 'start'. The 'start' of everything."

"I'm not exaggerating, but I have to correct you. Kobe's solitary personality has nothing to do with his childhood in Italy. That's his nature."

"Okay, you're right, would you please let Kobe get out of the topic? Let's get back to the topic."

‘wish’ smiled and shouted to the waiter: “Sam, have two cups of bloody Margaret.”

Wei Xia likes the "start" defined by Chen Mo very much. Because he has a "start" that cannot be expressed to the human beings. Because his "start" is too strange, even if he talks to others, others will not believe it. He needs to make some modifications in the conversation.
Chapter completed!