Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 20 Getting what you want

As the results of each subject are released, the most anticipated rankings for the entire grade and class will be announced soon. After each get out of class, some students will run to the blackboard wall downstairs to take a look.

Chen Fang was very calm, only Wang Zhen was still excited. He ran downstairs all day and never got tired of it.

"You must be in the top 20! Five hundred and fifty points, Old Chen, you are really awesome now!" Wang Zhen said to Chen Fang with certainty.

The classmates around him also looked at him sideways. Chen Fang could only sigh inwardly. He really stole the spotlight this time.

In fact, he had a feeling after the test that he would get a good score this time, because English, which was originally a weak subject, would give him an extra 60 or 70 points, and Chinese reading comprehension and composition, with the blessing of life experience, could also provide more than 20 points. Mathematics was his focus, and he caught the questions well, so it was easy to get more than 40 points.

These three subjects provided him with an additional bonus of more than 120 points.

So it is natural that the total score reached 550 points this time, and Chen Fang is very clear that he still has room for improvement.

Now just waiting for ranking.

"The rankings are out, go and check it out!" A classmate suddenly rushed into the classroom and shouted.

The classroom was in an uproar. Many students ran outside. Those who stayed in the classroom either didn't do well in the exam and didn't want to go, or didn't worry about the good results they did.

Chen Fang looked at a beautiful figure in front of him.

Lin Xi did not do well in the exam. This was a secret known to everyone in the class. Her usual score was over 985, but this time her total score was only over . There was no chance of her getting into the class.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xi seemed very calm and accepted the failure. Even when several main subject teachers called her out for questioning, she still behaved calmly when she came back.

Chen Fang vaguely guessed a possibility. He could only say that all the beautiful things in the world are on campus. Once you enter society, it becomes increasingly difficult to encounter them.

But Chen Fang can only let down this beautiful and painstaking effort.

"Chen Fang!" Wang Zhen ran back, laughing loudly, attracting the attention of other students.

"You rank 194th in the class and th in the grade. You have secured your place in an undergraduate program!" Wang Zhen jumped for joy.

Dongsheng is a key middle school in Nanyang, one of the top three good schools. There is a tacit consensus in Dongsheng that students who rank in the top 200 in their grade will definitely be admitted to a first-class university.

He quickly covered his mouth and pressed Wang Zhen down on his seat.

"Okay, okay, I heard you, stop yelling." Chen Fang was really afraid of him. Looking at his posture, he was just about to beat drums and gongs to spread the news.

Seeing Wang Zhen's eyes rolled back, she let him go even though she knew he was pretending. Then she wiped her hands on his clothes and asked, "What's your ranking?"

"My grade ranking is only in the top 300. I don't know. My class ranking is 36th." Wang Zhen calmed down, but there was still a smug look on his face.

"You've made progress compared to the end of your freshman year. I remember you were in your forties!" Chen Fang became happy.

"Hey, with my IQ, I can become a big shot with just a little effort. I'm too kind and don't want to hurt these studious students."

"Yeah, I didn't use any strength..." Chen Ming laughed and started bragging as well.

The bell rang, interrupting the two brothers' madness, and the physics teacher walked in at the right moment.

They shrank back as if they had been electrocuted, and the whole class became quiet.

The physics teacher's surname is Huang, and his nickname is Huang Laoxie. He is very good at using chalk, and his range and accuracy cover the entire classroom. Anyone who dozes off, talks, or is distracted will be eaten by his chalk.

The most disgusting thing is that the chalk bounced on his face. Chen Fang witnessed Wang Zhen dozing off with his mouth open, and the physics teacher's magical skill of snapping his fingers into his mouth.

Comparing his own shooting, Chen Fang admitted defeat.

Since I had to go to training in the third period, the second period this afternoon was a bit difficult to endure. It seemed like the class lasted for a long time before I finally heard the bell for the end of get out of class.

After the teacher left, Chen Fang picked up his schoolbag and said, "Let's go, Wang Zhen."

"Well, take it easy." Wang Zhen also began to get used to this rhythm. He waved his hand and concentrated on taking notes.

When I walked to the door, I saw the head teacher Zhang Deming coming up from the stairwell and waved to Chen Fang as soon as he saw him.

"You did well in the exam. Tell me, what do you want?" Zhang Deming asked with a smile.

"Actually, I just said it casually. I never thought I could really get into the top 20." Chen Fang said modestly.

Seeing that Chen Fang didn't mention it, the head teacher didn't say much either. He said, "Studying and playing ball at the same time is very tiring. It's a good thing that you insist on doing it. If you don't understand a subject, tell me and I'll go and coordinate with them."

"Thank you, head teacher." Chen Fang bowed with sincere gratitude.

What Zhang Deming means is that I will help you coordinate with your teacher to give you one-on-one after-school tutoring to cover the difficult knowledge points that you have fallen behind on due to training.

This should be the best treatment a teacher can give to students. Chen Fang understood it immediately because in his previous life, Zhang Deming had taught him in this way, from one teacher to another.

"Go."

"Okay, teacher."

By the time we got to the stadium, the whole team had already finished warming up and were training.

The trainers Chen Fang assigned to him taught each student differently, so he trained alone half of the time. Seeing Chen Fang coming, Yue Gang blew the whistle and asked everyone to gather.

Although he didn't know the captain's intention, Chen Fang still gave a few instructions.

"Everyone watched the game of No. 1 Middle School yesterday. The fact that the Affiliated Middle School was able to win proves that the training we chose is effective. Now there is still a week left, so we should train hard and try to use this tactic before the league starts."

"Captain Chen, I'd like to ask if this tactic has a name?" Xue Chong asked.

Chen Fang pondered for a moment, thinking that calling it run-and-gun was too general, and calling it small ball was also vague. A word flashed through his mind.

"Call the Death Five!"

"Wow!" Everyone exclaimed and then became excited.

"What a cool name, so awesome!" Xue Chong clenched his fists.

"At our current level, we can't do both offense and defense, and our physical fitness can't balance offense and defense, so we give up defense and focus on offense."

"Either the other team dies or we die. That's what the Death Five means." Chen Fang explained.

"Today's training subject should be to hold the ball and shoot. Everyone dribbles to the front court, whether it's a three-pointer or a two-pointer, shoot and grab the ball by yourself, two frames, and if you make both, it counts as one. Ten times in a set, we will do three sets."

"Come on."

"Come on!" the whole team shouted in unison.

Chen Fang also started to warm up. Yue Gang followed him and accompanied him in warming up while saying, "The league will start soon. Many schools are inviting each other. I have received interest from several schools. What do you mean?"

"No fighting! There's no point." Chen Fang refused decisively.

Seeing Yue Gang's confusion, he explained, "The league is an elimination system. It's okay for our opponents to watch our style of play, but it's another matter to experience it in person."

“These are all random draw matches, and we have to make sure that the opponents we play against don’t have a chance to adjust.”

Then he said to Yue Gang very seriously: "An elimination system is the most beneficial to us. What we have to do is to keep it secret as much as possible."

"I understand." Yue Gang understood.

"Also, I've applied for a cheerleading team. The school is researching it. Director Zhou told me that if we make it to the finals, the school will definitely organize one."

Chen Fang smiled: "The school is a bit reluctant to release the eagle until it sees the rabbit. Fine, then we will advance to the top eight."

"Top eight!" Yue Gang repeated confidently.

"Oh, there's one thing about the competition system that I still don't quite understand, what are the home and away rules?" "Oh, this is quite fair. At the beginning, we draw lots. If this game is the home game, then the next game will be the away game. If the two teams have the same results in the previous game, we draw lots again."

When Chen Fang heard this, he thought it was just so-so.

The reason why the three-game system was cancelled should be that there were too many conflicts with school teaching. It was impossible to organize it on weekends. Normally, it is during school hours, so how could so much time be spared for the competition?

Do we still need to study? If we are in class here and the stadium is cheering loudly over there, who would have the heart to study? Do we need spectators in the stands? Do we need students? Then can we still have classes?
This is also the reason why we implement an elimination system. The strong teams will naturally remain, while the weak teams can go home early and study with peace of mind.

"Captain Yue, if we meet No. 1 Middle School in advance, do you want us to play at home or away?"

Yue Gang was stunned. He had never thought about this question before, but when Chen Fang brought it up, he was stumped.

"Home court." He finally gave the answer.

Chen Fang didn't comment. He had just finished warming up and pulled Yue Gang to join the training.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the school bell rang, but for the school team, their training was not even halfway through.

The requirement of hitting all the targets was too demanding, and the whole team failed to achieve it. The best results were achieved by Hu Fei and Huang Jian. Hu Fei's jump shot was indeed good, because his shooting posture was a double-door spread-leg jump shot, which ensured his balance and naturally high hit rate.

It was Huang Jian who surprised Chen Fang. He was a shooting guard and had been the starter before Chen Fang came.

His shooting is of the 1.5 type, with a bit of a dribbling element, and his shot is quick and looks very light.

Although he took his position, Huang Jian seemed to have the same gentle temper as Yang Shan. At least, he did not show any dissatisfaction at the moment.

Chen Fang was the only one who finished. He took a very short time. He finished three sets before others finished their first set.

Basketball is about strength, and the effect of Chen Fang’s training is terrifying.

Because Chen Fang shot three-pointers, there were three groups of 60 three-pointers, and the last group, except for one interruption in the middle, was completed in one go.

Huang Jian quietly asked Yang Shan: "When did you reach this three-point level?"

Yang Shan quickly shook his head: "It's impossible in my lifetime."

Huang Jian did not take the opportunity to make fun of his good brother. Instead, he looked at Chen Fang's back and sighed: He was born at the wrong time.

Yang Shan patted him comfortingly and said, "Don't think about it, just keep going."

After finishing his training, Chen Fang started his own special training.

Jump shots and floaters.

At this point, everyone felt relieved. Watching Chen Fang constantly picking up the ball and repeating it, Xue Chong said to Yue Gang, "Captain, I think I've discovered Chen Fang's weakness."

"You want to show off your intelligence, huh?" Yue Gang told Xue Chong to shut up, and then he scolded the others: "What are you looking at? Focus on your own practice. Have you finished it? Xia Wen, you haven't even finished the first set. Are you planning to sleep on the floor here and practice all night?"

Chen Fang devoted himself completely to the training. He repeatedly sorted out his force-generating steps so that his body could remember the order as quickly as possible.

When shooting a jump shot, you must first let your body adapt to the force process of shooting, and then pursue the hit rate.

In his previous life, Chen Fang had the chance to take a free training class. The teacher in the class was a trainer who specialized in providing off-season shooting training for NBA stars.

His training theory was very inspiring to Chen Fang.

The purpose of training is not to let you complete a difficult goal, nor is it to let you complete a simple one.

Training is about finding physical comfort, the feeling where you don't feel you are exerting any force, but you have completed a shot.

He calls it "no-feeling training". If you shoot hard, even if you make it, it's meaningless because in actual combat, your strength will continue to dissipate until it is exhausted as the game progresses.

Training should be about training yourself to use extremely energy-saving offensive techniques, rather than training yourself to use your maximum physical strength to shoot.

Of course, increasing strength is also the right training direction.

From then on, Chen Fang changed his training mode, and his competition level went up to a higher level.

Now, Chen Fang is facing a brand new skill training challenge. He has to find a way to shoot the ball without any sense of force after jumping up. It doesn’t matter whether it goes in or not.

The shooting percentage in training has only one function: to increase your confidence in shooting in the game.

The sky gradually darkened, and the eight headlights surrounding the stadium lit up. As the last person completed the subject, today's training came to an end.

Chen Fang still hadn't found his feeling. His hit rate was rising, but it was just an illusion.

"Disband." Yue Gang felt that Chen Fang would not finish so soon, so he gave the order to end.

After everyone had left, Yue Gang sat nearby and watched quietly. When picking up the ball, Chen Fang discovered that Yue Gang was the only one left on the court.

"What time is it?" Chen Fang asked.

After checking his phone, Yue Gang replied, "Ten minutes to six."

"There's still half an hour until evening self-study. Let's go and have dinner together."

"Okay, wait for me to clean up."

Ten minutes later in the cafeteria, looking at the sumptuous meal, Chen Fang smiled and said, "The captain's logistics are really amazing."

"Let Yang Shan do it first, it's a piece of cake."

The two sat down and ate while chatting. Chen Fang said, "Actually, there is something I have been forgetting to mention."

"Ok?"

"We need sparring partners to hone our training results."

"You mean?"

"Yes, we will form a second team. We have too few people and it is difficult to complete normal training matches."

"But I recruited him once at the beginning of the school year, you know it clearly."

"Captain, relax the conditions. We want talent, not current level. Even if he can't play, we can train him."

"Okay, as you say, I'll sort it out and send the notice out." The two had not been in contact for a long time, but Yue Gang believed in Chen Fang's theoretical knowledge of basketball.

"Let's send it to the junior high school as well."

Yue Gang was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Chen Fang say, "It's wrong to think about whether he will be admitted to another high school in the future. Even if he is admitted to another high school, he is still trained by Dongsheng. Captain, we need to have a broader vision."

"The pattern has been expanded." Yue Gang chewed on this sentence and nodded: "I agree!"

“I hope that our efforts can help Dongsheng High School become a strong team like No. 1 High School in the future.”

What is a wealthy family?

Always in the quarterfinals, have a championship title, have you ever played against Naigao?
In fact, neither is correct. A wealthy team needs to be recognized by the city's high school basketball community.

If many high school team stars come from Dongsheng, then the respect for Dongsheng must be at an extremely high level.

Yue Gang immediately figured it out, and he laughed: "This meal is worth it, haha."

Chen Fang picked up a chicken drumstick with chopsticks and said with a smile: "That's worth it."

Many years later, in the version of how Dongsheng High School became a wealthy family, the chicken leg party is the mainstream.

(End of this chapter)