American Fortune Life

Dayao, who was on his way to the Francis Foundation event, received a call from Boss Fu, "I was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies."

Dayao opened his mouth exaggeratedly. This news is undoubtedly very shocking and there is no warning. However, considering Uncle Mu's recent statement, perhaps it is to keep Uncle Mu that the Rockets are so eager to trade away Francis on the traditional Christmas Eve in the West. .

Dayao, holding his mobile phone in silence, thought of the summer of 2002, when Francis personally won the No. 1 lottery and brought him to the Houston Rockets.

When he first arrived in Houston, he seemed a bit young, but it was Francis who helped him grow up step by step. For Dayao, his transfer is naturally a bit sad. Houston has always been home to Francis, and it hasn't been easy for him.

Seeing his best friend leave again, besides lamenting, Dayao can only wish Boss Fu good luck.

"Your departure is a loss for the Rockets. But as an NBA player, it is only valuable if you play. No matter what, I wish you well. I hope you can get a chance to play in Memphis and live in the Grizzlies." Well, as brutal as it is. Of course it’s good news for the Grizzlies that they finally have an experienced player to lead the team.”

After hanging up the phone, Dayao Jiong shook his head with a wry smile. The Tianchao Sports reporter who was in the car had already learned about the explosive development from the conversation just now. Apart from being excited, he was also shocked.

"He's behind a lot of players here, it's hard for him to play, and he really wants to play. He looks like he's going to play in Memphis. That's probably a good result."

Seeing that Dayao was feeling sad, the reporter rushed to comfort him. Dayao just smiled and said helplessly: "This is how the NBA is. It's a business. It's cruel. To be honest, I sometimes think that I have become a The situation after the veteran..."

"Hehe, you don't need to worry about this. Mr. Smith will not push your cash cow out. In China, everyone knows that you and the team owner are good buddies. You are not for sale of the Rockets. You are a real treasure.

Even the arena decorations for the Christmas game are all Chinese red, with Chinese elements everywhere. Didn’t you hear that the cheerleaders will wear improved cheongsams to perform in the evening? "

Hearing what the reporter said, Dayao could only smile embarrassingly, but he was also very proud. Because of him, Chinese cultural elements are really popular in Houston. Well, although the management is to make money, and it is very unscrupulous All kinds of Kneeling Tian Dynasty Market in Qi.

But looking at the Toyota Center advertising space that is almost occupied by Chinese advertisers, the soaring market value of the team, and the astonishing profit figures, it is understandable that the management will spare no effort in packaging, so that domestic fans have a feeling that the Rockets are theirs. The idea of ​​the home team.

Typical American business thinking, as for ideology, whoever can make money will pay attention to it. . . . . .

"Mr. Smith, can I take a picture with you alone?"

In the Armani store in the Galleria Mall in Houston, Andy nodded with a smile, took the bank card, stood with the freckled cashier, and closed the card with the help of another clerk film.

Ivana, who was standing aside, kept an elegant smile on her face, but she was really caught by the bitches who wanted to take a photo with Andy alone, ignoring her beauty and Andy's fiancee status. Crazy.

"Feel sorry--"

Andy smiled and declined the female shop assistants who wanted to queue up to continue taking pictures, stretched out his arms to embrace Ivana's waist, whose eyes became sharper even though she was smiling, and walked out of the store.

"Hehe, well, it's just a photo together. Do you still need to be jealous if you can hold and enjoy it all day?"

"Pooh!"

Ivana gave her man a charming look, "I'm crazy about LIAN!"

The two hugged each other tightly and continued to feel the Christmas atmosphere in Houston, although under the impact of the financial crisis, Americans' Christmas consumption has quietly changed.

They have lived a "tight life" one after another, and are more budget-conscious, trying to reduce their shopping budget.

But the Galleria Shopping Center where Andy and Ivana visited was still very lively. A 7, 8-meter-high Christmas tree stood in the central hall, and every corner was full of festive atmosphere.

Click——

Andy and Ivana kept smiling and nodding to the people who greeted them along the way, and more people took out their mobile phones to take pictures. forward.

Under the tall Christmas tree, a man dressed in Santa Claus costume, holding a guitar while playing and singing along with the BGM, saw the crowd slowly coming and the familiar face of Andy Smith.

Seems to have thought of something, rolled his eyes, turned off the BGM music, hugged the guitar and began to play and sing by himself.

"

I'm wishing on a star

. . . . . . "

"Ooh-"

Hearing the familiar music, Andy couldn't help shaking his head and laughing happily, while Ivana showed a sweet smile even more happily, snuggled into Andy's arms, looked at Andy's smiling face with fascination, and listened to the people around. exclamation sound.

Andy smiled and nodded at the shrewd singer, giving a thumbs up.

At this time, the Santa Claus, while playing the guitar, turned slightly sideways, raised one toe, and made a difficult invitation action, giving up the position of the microphone, and invited Andy to sing.

Andy smiled and shook his head, but with the booing, cheers and warm applause from the people gathered around, Andy smiled helplessly, while Ivana, who was smiling from ear to ear, was He patted his bear's mouth, followed by booing and encouraging him, and made Andy shake his head while walking forward to give him a high-five.

Standing in front of the microphone, he began to sing. More and more people gathered around him. Even the people on the second floor poked their heads out with their mobile phones to film this rare live singing.

The entire center echoed Andy's magnetic and ethereal singing, and the surrounding people and Ivana, who was surrounded by bodyguards, listened quietly.

At the end of the singing, Andy bowed slightly, and amidst the warm applause and shouts from Encore, he smiled and said: "MerryChristmas!"

"Encore!"

"Encore!"

"Encore!"

The more and more tidy shouts of "sing again" made Andy smile helplessly, and spread his hands to Ivana, looking like what do you think?

"Encore! Encore!"

Ivana also giggled, clapped her hands and shouted, making the surrounding people laugh and join in the shouting.

"Okay, ok—quiet everyone!"

After the audience quieted down, Andy looked around. There were hundreds of people gathered in the tight surroundings, and a cell phone upstairs was pointed at him.

"2008 is still a few days away. In the past year, too many misfortunes happened around us. I hope all of these can be far away from everyone with the footsteps of 2008.

An unreleased new song for everyone, Bestwishes on this holiday season. . . "

"Papa--"

Applause and whistle sounded one after another. Amid the cheers, Andy took the guitar handed over by Santa Claus, the instigator of the incident, and put it on his back. During the gap between his tunings, the scene became quiet.

Standing in front of the microphone, Andy closed his eyes, quickly passed the Chinese-English version in his mind, and then plucked the strings.

"Do you remember? How the night fell at that time.

Saying nothing, as if from the sky, as light as the tenderness of fingertips.

Have you got the life you are looking forward to.

The sound of the sea tide in the dream.

How do they slip through the fingers, like the wind blowing in the wilderness.

. . . . . . "

The singing voice is fresh and soft, without grand announcements or black criticisms, but with a peaceful and breezy narration, coupled with the reverberation brought by the empty space, there is an ethereal feeling among the people present He closed his eyes involuntarily and listened quietly.

"The world is in the fog those who say

come on and be gone

Never seen this maze clearly

all the wrong intersections

Those who died, stayed in the night sky

lights up for you

Sometimes you ride the wind, sometimes you sink

sometimes there is a rainbow at midnight

Sometimes you sing, sometimes you are silent

Sometimes you look at the sky. . . "

Andy sang this song live, the lyrics were only sung once, and most of the time he played the melody of the song with his own humming and guitar. Slapping the resonating box, clean, simple, even naive. . .

Ivana and many people were infected by the beautiful singing and melody, the sense of regret in life, the kind of please believe that there is really happiness in the world. It seems that Andy is telling everyone with singing that regret does not mean tragedy, because we can still find that heart-beating feeling in anticipation, and look forward to it all the time.

Perhaps good music can always touch the soul. Many people present who were intoxicated by the melody unconsciously felt tears falling down their cheeks.

"okokokok......"

Andy's soft hum slowly disappeared, the melody stopped, and the scene was silent. Andy slowly opened his eyes, and saw the different expressions of everyone, music has no borders!

"Thanks, MerryChristmas!"

Hum——

"Papa--"

There was thunderous applause at the scene, and Andy's name was shouted loudly by many people. Many fans were already in tears and wanted to rush up, which shocked Andy's bodyguards. Six bodyguards Hurriedly escorting Ivana to the side, the other four stepped forward to block Andy.

A random move, a perfect performance, but the ending is a bit embarrassing.

Facing the swarming crowd, Andy hugged Ivana who looked like a little girl, and under the protection of the bodyguards and mall security guards, he left the Galleria Shopping Center in Houston, but had no choice but to interrupt his shopping trip.

However, Ivana didn't feel unhappy about this, instead she snuggled up to Andy sweetly in the car, letting Andy continue to hum to her.