Match Point

If someone told Gu Xiao five days ago that he would go to Athens impulsively and recklessly just to watch the tennis match up close, he would definitely think that the other party was crazy and talking nonsense.

But the reality is that on the day when the Bruins topped the men's and women's team championships, the entire campus of UCLA in Westwood was boiling like a boiler. They also joined the ranks of the party.

Gu Xiao, who followed a group of friends in the cafeteria to watch the live broadcast and witnessed the team's championship, can also deeply feel the joy brought by competitive sports. At the moment of victory, adrenaline is like a fireworks display in his mind. Blooming, blending with everyone in the audience, the power of the heart hitting the chest is unprecedentedly real.

This feeling is so strange, but so wonderful.

Gu Xiao also got carried away and joined the party of the whole campus, shouting, singing and dancing as much as he wanted, as if today was the last day of his life.

Then?

Then, by the time Gu Xiao realized it, he had already embarked on a road trip to Athens with a group of friends.

After studying abroad for many years, Gu Xiao broke his routine life for the first time and seemed to be off track—of course, it was also the first time to experience real university life, the first time to make friends with different skin colors and different nationalities, and the first time to watch to the world outside of learning.

Gu Xiao thought he would regret it, and felt heartburn all the time, worried about his homework, worried about the beginning of the end of next month, and worried about the books he hadn't finished reading.

But in fact, he didn't.

Not only did it not, but it was completely immersed in it. Even the speed of accepting this incident calmly at the beginning was faster than I imagined, and I began to enjoy this magical journey in a blink of an eye.

Because deep down he knew that if it wasn't for Gao Wen, if it wasn't for impulsiveness, he would never have made such a move in his life, which also meant that he might never see the rapidly receding scenery outside the window, and he would never feel Not to the laughter and the heat that floats in the air of the towns and cities of Athens.

Especially when Gao Wen played triumphant songs all the way to the finals, his mood seemed to fly into the sky, and the whole world brightened up.

call…

Letting out a long breath, Gu Xiao got up immediately, impatiently preparing to go to the center court to watch today's final peak match.

Obviously, Gu Xiao was not the only one.

Bustling.

shoulder to shoulder.

The streets and alleys of the small town of Athens are filled with crowds of people. It seems that crowds can be seen in every corner, so that it is difficult to move.

John Tobias doesn't like such occasions because it makes him feel like a patty in a hamburger and is being squashed flat.

Pete Sampras turned his head to look at his friend and complained directly, "You, a sports agent, end up not liking the crowd? Is that reasonable?"

"Of course it's unreasonable." Tobias said as a matter of course, "I like the sea of ​​people, and that is the most beautiful and touching moment of competitive sports. The problem is, I don't like being a member of the sea of ​​people. In the VIP box, overlooking the sea of ​​people."

"Just like nobles?" Sampras joked mercilessly.

Tobias also deliberately raised his jaw half-jokingly, "Don't I have the same temperament?"

Sampras laughed out loud and didn't give any face.

After waiting to laugh, Sampras squeezed his friend with his shoulders, "The last time you saw that young guy, didn't you still say that he deserves attention? Let's look at the performance in the final today, maybe it can bring surprise."

"Interesting, I mean interesting." Tobias expressed his position, "Peter, there are not too many interesting young players, but there are not many who are really worthy of attention. Not everyone can be Nadal, and not everyone Anyone can be Messi."

It was only a short month before the final of the Pacific 12 School League, and it was obvious that the senior agent had already forgotten about Gao Wen.

To put it bluntly, the NCAA game is still a little less competitive, at least for Tobias who is used to professional games, it is too simple.

Sampras didn't refute either, because he knew Tobias was right.

Sampras just said something meaningful.

"John, before Nadal became Nadal, before Messi became Messi, how many people saw this?"

Don't bully the young and poor, that's probably what it means, never be blinded by experience and arrogance.

Tobias glanced at Sampras, unable to believe that his friend used such an analogy, and smiled in disbelief.

At this time, someone next to him accidentally squeezed his position, and he said sorry to Tobias in his voice, and then continued to move forward between the crowds, walking forward quickly.

Sampras smiled and gestured to the back, "Look, there are still people who can't wait to see the game."

Eric Robinson is really looking forward to today's final.

As a Nike scout, it is undoubtedly a good thing to see the recovery of Nike's sponsor Geelong, but more importantly, after observing several games, Robinson's evaluation of Gao Wen is getting higher and higher. I think the future of this player is worth looking forward to.

Unfortunately, Robinson's first two scouting reports were sent back to the headquarters, neither of which could elicit any response—

For Nike, they have really seen too many talents, and Gao Wen is not yet ranked.

If you look at the general opinion of the news media, you can see that they don't think Gao Wen is a "once in ten years" talent, which also makes Nike more unhurried, and has not responded to Robinson's scouting report for a long time.

This made Robinson a little anxious. He always felt that he couldn't miss Gao Wen, but he couldn't say why. After all, he only watched Gao Wen's games, and the time for Gao Wen to rise was too short. , it is difficult for him to find more solid evidence.

It's just... intuition.

It belongs to the hunter's intuition~www.wuxiaspot.com~ But Robinson knows that Nike will not pay for his intuition, so he hopes to find more evidence to support his idea, maybe an American singles championship trophy.

More importantly, Robinson himself is also looking forward to today's final, which may give him some inspiration and further confirm his intuition—it's not just an illusory feeling, but evidence that he truly believes that Gao Wen can write miracles.

gurgling.

gurgling.

The air was boiling, and Robinson walked through the crowd.

Even though he has been a scout for many, many years, Robinson still likes the feeling of watching the game live, so real, so hot and so turbulent, the breath floating in the air is mixed with the smell of sunshine and sweat, and then the adrenaline burst, really touched The beating of the pulse of life.

poof.

poof.