Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 6: Positioning of Big Stars
"Mom, I'm back!"

"Why are you so late today? I was just about to ask your dad to call Teacher Zhang." Mother Ke Qing stood up from the sofa in the living room.

"The car has a flat tire, which delayed us for a while." Chen Fang walked towards his bedroom with his schoolbag on his back. This scene was seen by his parents in the living room. After the door was closed, Ke Qing asked her husband: "Old Chen, did Fang Fang come back with a schoolbag just now?"

"It's a schoolbag!" the father was sure.

"Will this fall really affect your personality?" The mother sat back on the sofa worriedly, and no longer had the heart to watch the interesting TV series.

"Don't let your imagination run wild. Everyone has a time to grow up. It's time for Chen Fang to grow up too!"

"Whether he is sensible or not, he is my son. As a father, you are too arrogant to him sometimes." Seeing her husband's nonchalant expression, Ke Qing was a little dissatisfied.

"Putting on airs? Nonsense. Do you want me to be friends with him?"

"Why not? It's like this in other countries. Fathers and sons are very close. Can't you learn from them?"

"Nonsense, read less of those unreliable lecture articles, that stuff..."

Chen Fang in the bedroom could vaguely hear his parents' daily bickering. Now Chen Fang understood clearly that this way of communication could enhance relationships. In the past, he always thought that his parents were not getting along well.

He shook his head with self-mockery and took out a pen. These days he had been immersed in the joy of rebirth and had not taken the time to plan what to do next. Now was the time.

Many of the considerations are just assumptions, without any details filled in. This is not the way to do things, and it is also Chen Fang's old habit. Now he will not allow himself to make the same mistake again.

What is a star? The kind of star from a certain school or county is meaningless. Just like Xue Chong, when he was in Dongsheng, he also regarded him as a star, but later when his level improved, he didn't take it seriously at all.

These regional stars have a low ceiling and are easily forgotten and ignored.

To count as a star, he or she must be nationally renowned, well-known, and have a bright future that is visibly visible to the naked eye.

He knew that his body would not begin to develop until the end of his senior year of high school. As his body grew in college, his skills and strength would also increase. However, Chen Fang knew very well that if he waited until college to become a big star, that was not what he wanted.

Because at best, I am only famous in CUBA, but this is a small niche and does not have much significance. It is not much different from the previous life, except that I will make more money, but it will not help my dream of becoming a professional star.

What's more, Chen Fang is very clear that the attention and treatment of CUBA's top players entering the CBA are not as good as those of a role player who comes from youth training.

So from the very beginning, if you want to realize your professional dream through campus basketball, it cannot be said that there is no hope, but it can only be used as a backup.

Youth training!

Youth training is the directest path, but it is more difficult to achieve.

In professional clubs, youth training teams start from U12, and U12 enter the club's youth training system at the age of eight or nine. Through winter and summer vacations, they train and compete, and by the time they are 12 years old, those who are still in the team are already basketball seedlings who have been screened through several rounds.

The bone age has been measured, the characteristics have been analyzed, and I have started to switch from amateur to semi-professional training.

This is even more true when it comes to the U16 stage, with complete full-time cultural studies, full-time training and competitions, and the best players among them begin to participate in competitions at the provincial and national levels.

Generally speaking, the campus system has a large number of people, narrow paths and low thresholds, while the youth training system has a small number of people, high quality and high thresholds.

Both roads are difficult to take.

What's more, there are many pitfalls in youth training, and it is easy to make yourself feel constrained.

Chen wrote "campus" and "youth training" on the paper, and then used a ballpoint pen to cross out the two words.

First go to campus, then go to youth training, and jump back and forth between the two?
Chen Fang touched his forehead with a headache. The imagination was beautiful, but the reality was cruel. This dream of becoming a star could not stand up to scrutiny.

"Bang!" Chen slammed the desk and gave up his determination.

I have a good body and skills, which are my assets. Being hesitant is not my style.

You should do your best to show your strength like a peacock spreading its tail.

Chen Fang, who has played street basketball for more than ten years, knows very well that basketball is about expanding one's own popularity as much as possible in order to have a chance to seize those unattainable opportunities.

Plans cannot keep up with changes. If there is an opportunity, seize it. If there is no opportunity, create it yourself.

Before this year's Spring Festival, your name must have a high degree of popularity, the earlier the better.

If you want to become famous, do it early.

I am already 16 years old, which is the end of my hope. If I wait until I am 20 to talk about it, many doors will be closed to me.

So the top priority now is to improve physical strength.

Chen Fang knows that his jumping ability is very scary. He suffered several serious injuries in high school but was still able to grab the basket easily, which shows his quality.

What we need to do now is to avoid injuries while strengthening our lower limb strength, especially the small muscle groups in the legs and joint flexibility.

Leg training is the core and the most important thing. If you want to avoid injuries in the future, the earlier you lay this foundation, the longer your protection will be.

This involves equipment, nutrition, medicine, trainers, venues and so on.

And all of these require one thing, one word: money.

A lot of money.

Chen wrote the word "money" heavily on the paper, then closed his eyes and thought for a long time. Based on his previous training experience and knowledge, he made a rough estimate and wrote behind the word "money": 10. One hundred thousand! This was the first year's investment. His family had such a large sum of money, but what reason could he have to ask his parents to take it out?
Chen Fang shook his head slightly and rejected the idea of taking money from home.

Draw a circle around the word “money” and then underline it, and Chen Fang writes four words: How to make money.

Chen Fang doesn't care about current affairs. He does pay attention to the NBA, but that doesn't help him now. Forget about lottery or gambling. He really has no impression of it at all.

As for what business opportunities there are in Nanyang, that is nothing more than wishful thinking. Forget about what you remember, just the qualification alone is a big problem.

Wild ball!

As soon as Chen Fang had this thought, a lot of information immediately came to his mind.

In 14, because the parents' officials loved basketball, foreign players began to appear on a large scale in the Nanyang amateur basketball circle, and various competitions emerged one after another, from spring to winter.

No, age doesn’t qualify!

Chen Fang was annoyed and forgot about it. It was okay to hit a student, but they were college students. High school students would definitely be reported.

Wait, which year was the sensational report incident? 16, yes, 16!
It was not until the year after next that Nanyang explicitly stipulated that participating players must be at least 18 years old. At present, the Nanyang Basketball Association has not yet issued the regulations.

Chen Fang knew very well that baseball was really profitable. If you got a good ranking, you would make more money next year. It was a virtuous cycle. In the second year, the bosses would flock to bid for the experts, because if you didn't, the experts would become your opponents.

It was almost October, and the competition was about to begin. All the agencies were already gearing up to recruit. If I could get into a certain team, I would have a chance to get a five-figure salary by the end of October.

Ten thousand yuan!
Chen Fang's heartbeat quickened and his eyes lit up.

But how can one get into the agency team? Chen Fang immediately thought of someone.

Wang Yuan!

He was the future chairman of the Nanyang Basketball Association. He should still be working as the criminal investigation captain and head coach of the political science and law department basketball team at the district public security bureau.

Chen Fang and Wang Yuan first met three years later. Chen Fang represented the National Health Commission in the final against the Political and Legal Team. He scored the winning goal in the last seconds and Wang Yuan, the head coach of the Political and Legal Team, fainted on the spot.

Afterwards, Chen Fang, feeling embarrassed, went to the hospital to visit Wang Yuan. Instead, Wang Yuan mocked himself for being narrow-minded. The two of them became friends regardless of age difference after a fight.

Wang Yuan is a basketball fanatic who truly loves basketball and has a very good character. He used his basketball skills to bring people closer to him.

As for how to reestablish a relationship with Brother Wang, Chen Fang had a rough plan. It might seem difficult to others, but to Chen Fang, it was simple!
Make friends through ball!

It’s just another decisive kill!
A smile appeared on Chen Fang's lips.

Using absolute strength to carve out a path forward was exactly what Chen Fang wanted.

If this plan succeeds, then there will be a steady stream of corporate and township competitions coming to me.

This is a reliable way to make money.

Chen Fang knew the way of thinking in the baseball circle too well. Once his strength reached a consensus, the money would come.

After the excitement, Chen Fang suddenly smiled bitterly. After going around in circles, he still had to rely on baseball to start the situation after his rebirth.

Time is running out. Today is September 15th, and there are still two weeks left.

If the strange situation that occurred in the duel during the day continues, it will take a long time for all my skills to return to normal.

Tomorrow morning, I will go to the stadium first to verify this guess myself.

There is also a tryout in the afternoon. If everything goes as planned, I will go all out in this tryout. Who says that newcomers can't be the core?
It’s not that the fierce dragon cannot cross the river. I, Chen Fang, will use a big move tomorrow to shock the whole audience.

As for why his skills suddenly improved by leaps and bounds, Chen Fang also thought of an explanation.

During the past summer vacation, I went to my grandfather's house with my mother and hadn't seen Wang Zhen and others for two months. This time was enough for me to make up a story. As long as Wang Zhen and others didn't say anything, there would be no clue.

After thinking it over again, Chen Fang felt that there was nothing wrong with his current thinking. Making money was the first priority. He would be the core of the team at school and make money from foreign players outside the school.

This year's high school league in Nanyang will be played as far as possible, and street ball will be played from autumn to spring to earn more money before the Basketball Association's ban comes out.

After saving enough money, the winter vacation begins the second stage.

Chen Fang was confident about how to strengthen himself. He had forgotten many things, but the only thing he had not forgotten was how to train.

The situation where money drives Chen crazy as soon as he opens his eyes makes him train like crazy and absorb more advanced personal basketball theories and techniques through various channels. He can cruelly torture himself to achieve his goal for a tiny technical improvement.

Taking out the unfinished paper, Chen Fang took a deep breath, trying to clear his mind. He knew it was difficult, but he had to practice it.

He forced himself to focus on the question, and brought his thoughts back after they had wandered several times.

Every small progress you make will change your destiny.

Don't think that you can be successful just by having far-sighted cognition. That is a childish fantasy.

In this world, successful people rely not on cognition, but on execution, self-discipline, and willpower as strong as a mountain.

If Chen Fang wants to rekindle his dream of becoming a star player, he knows that he still has a lot to change.

(End of this chapter)