Chapter 3 What will the future be like?
What the hell!
Zhang Hao kept blinking his eyes, and it really worked!
Just when Zhang Hao's brain was freezing, the subtitles changed again, showing a new prompt.
At this time, Zhang Hao wanted to take another look at the prompt, but he didn't expect the subtitles to automatically change back to the prompt.
Looking at the prompt of "Reward for finding system vulnerabilities", Zhang Hao finally realized that he had found a bug in the cheat code, a way to complete the problem that was not included in the cheat code's completion conditions but was theoretically possible.
Then you have to pay more attention in the future, maybe there are bugs that can be exploited!
Oh yeah! New tip!
When Zhang Hao thought of this, the subtitles switched to the latest prompt that he had not read just now.
"Task 1 has been successfully completed. Congratulations to the host for increasing his lifespan by 15 days.
Player detection is enabled.
Remaining life: 380 days, usable life: 379 days. ”
Sure enough! After completing the task, the remaining life span increased!
"Player detection function? Wait, there seems to be a growth card with special rewards for finding bugs - the top mid-range jump shot training card?"
When Zhang Hao thought of this, the subtitles changed immediately.
"Player detection function: During the game, the comprehensive ability of the players on the field can be observed from three aspects: physical fitness, shooting level, and technical level. The characteristics of the opponent's playing style can be inferred through the technical characteristics of the opponent, and targeted tactical arrangements can be made.
The system determines the players' technical abilities as: average, good, first-rate, near-top, and top.
In FIBA and NBA professional basketball, there are different ways of judging based on the rules, playing characteristics, etc.
The system uses a 100-point rating system to divide the grades:
60-69 is the average level.
70-79 is a good level.
80-84 is first-class level.
85-89 is the top level.
90-94 is the top level.
(Note: This is only a player strength rating, not an evaluation of a player’s status in the team. The evaluation of a player’s status in the team is affected by a combination of factors, such as age, contribution to the team, leadership, and ability focus.)”
“Growth Card: Mid-range Jump Shot Expert:
The host uses the mid-range jump shot training card (top) on the signed player. The player's muscle memory and training comprehension ability will be greatly increased during mid-range jump shot training. The mid-range jump shot level will be quickly improved with the training effect of having the best mid-range jump shot talent until the level reaches the top level (90), and the training bonus will stop. "
Growth card! This is a good treasure!
However, this is a special reward and may not be so easy to get.
As for the player detection function, he will be a loyal basketball fan in the future. He is very familiar with the NBA in the inside era from the 1990s to 2015. Later, the NBA was ruined by a guy who looked like a hermaphrodite, so he didn't pay much attention to the NBA.
However, there are definitely many buried talents, such as the future Van Jordan and Brogdon, one was undrafted and the other a second-round pick. The former would have had no chance to play if the Raptors hadn't been lucky enough to recall him from the Development League due to his lack of a backup point guard, and the latter would have had no chance to play if the Bucks point guard Jennings hadn't been disabled.
So as a coach, this feature is very good.
Moreover, it can detect a player's physical fitness, shooting level, and technical level, which can also play a huge role if he is a player!
Zhang Hao has not given up on his potential as a player, because he is a really good basketball player and is considered very good among high school students in California.
Suddenly, Zhang Hao found something wrong and looked at the subtitles again.
"FIBA? NBA professional basketball? Wait, am I not going to college? Why are there NBA and FIBA directly?"
At this time, the content of the subtitles has switched, showing signed players, tasks, rewards... and a special signed player.
The task is marked with (1), and the reward is the same, but the signed player is marked with (0), while the special signed player is marked with (1).
Thinking about the special contract players, the subtitles changed again.
“Special signing player: Zhang Hao.
Age: 18 (January 7, 1977).
Height: 199 cm.
Weight: 89 kg.
Position: Forward.
Team: Former Inglewood High School boys basketball team, Current team: Baseball team: Ritian Gang.
Achievements: Member of the California State High School League championship team in the 1994-1995 season; ranked 22nd among all high school students in the United States in the 1994-1995 season; selected to the first team of the California State High School All-Star Team in the 1994-1995 season; selected to the third team of the Associated Press All-Star High School All-Star Team in the 1994-1995 season.
data:
Senior season: Played in 25 games, averaging 12.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 2.4 steals, and 2.6 blocks per game.
Senior season: Played in 35 games, averaging 22 points, 14.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.8 steals, and 3.4 blocks.
Ability rating based on NBA basketball level: 60
Physical fitness: speed 90, strength 70, jumping 93, flexibility 96, stamina 90...
Shooting: 3-pointer 45, mid-range 75, layup 80…
Skills: Ball handling 52, passing 43, catch-and-shoot 85…
Overall evaluation: A thin, athletic, strong, and monotonous bench player. "
"Bench player? I accept that his skills are monotonous, but his skinny body?"
Zhang Hao was a little confused when he saw this comment. Except for those few people with freak physical fitness in California, his physique can be considered as walking sideways, right?
In California, apart from a few outstanding players in the past two years such as Pierce, Keith Van Horn, and Bobby Jackson who performed better than him in the local high school league, even some talented players who entered college last year and were predicted by the media to have a chance to be selected in the first round in 1997 or 1998 after completing their junior year or graduating from college were not as good as him.
After all, he was a top 30 high school talent in the United States, ranked third in small forward scoring, first in rebounding, and ranked in the top five in California in blocks and steals in the 1994-95 California High School League! How could he be considered a bench player?
"Wait, is this an NBA-level evaluation?"
Zhang Hao's breathing quickened when he thought of this. Looking at it this way, he found that his talent could really be called a genius in many aspects. No wonder he was spotted by an American basketball coach at the age of 15. He had an idea in his mind that he felt was ridiculous, but he couldn't get rid of it. However, he tried hard to suppress it in his heart.
This was a last-ditch effort. He could have taken safer approaches, such as asking his family for more money… As long as he went to college, he would have to ask his family for money. However, with the basketball scholarship, he could save a lot of money. He was not desperate enough to give it a try.
It's just that idea that always lingers in his mind...but he doesn't have the capital to do so.
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After getting the golden finger, Zhang Hao didn't plan to tell anyone, and Pierce didn't plan to tell anyone either. This kind of suicidal plot often happens in movies and stories, where the protagonist gets something good and has to let the whole world know about it, which then gets him into trouble.
Zhang Hao doesn't like trouble. He regards this as a condition that can be exploited. His goals are, first, to increase the time he can live, and second, to fulfill his dream of becoming a top basketball player.
The current situation is to take things one step at a time, but Zhang Hao will use all available conditions.
The first thing to do now is to find an NCAA Division I school to give him a full scholarship.
Returning to China to live off his parents and wait for death for a year would be a choice he would make even if it was dominated by his future memories. But since there is a chance to live longer, of course he would choose to manage himself better!
Getting a full scholarship to a prestigious NCAA basketball school is the first step!
He doesn't need to go to class now. For international students, once the tuition is paid, no one will care if you don't attend class, and it is easy to take leave. Their main purpose is to make money from you, not to support you, give you money and treat you like a deity.
But they still have to go to the school gym for training. The state high school competition is over, but club activities are still going on as normal. Because the fundamental purpose of high school basketball clubs is not to train players for the NCAA, but to let students enjoy the joy of basketball... Of course, if a high school produces many players who can enter the NCAA or even skip college and enter the NBA, it will definitely be more attractive to children and can make a lot of money.
Also, seniors are preparing to enter the NCAA or give up basketball, but freshmen, sophomores, and juniors still have to continue training and playing games.
Zhang Hao had made an appointment with Pierce to practice basketball together, and he also happened to be going to the school gym for training. He wanted to try out the effect of the "Growth Card".
When he arrived at school, Zhang Hao received some small packages from some enthusiastic female classmates. Without even looking at them, he knew they were underwear with their contact information attached.
As the fourth star in California high school basketball this year, Zhang Hao is quite popular in school. Although he is not as popular as Pierce, who is proficient in basketball, bowling, baseball and football, he is also a well-known figure in the school.
However, since he has memories of the future, he knows that leaving school and being popular in school are nothing, so he appears very calm.
This is consistent with his past, he has always been cold and aloof.
The more Zhang Hao acted like this, the more female classmates wanted to get him into bed to prove their "charm".
Of course he accepted the things. The first and second year students on the team were all vying for them. It was important to have good relationships with teammates. This was what his father taught him. So although he was a loner, he was quite popular in the team.
The advantages of having a good father are more than you can imagine! Many habits and consciousness are developed under the subtle influence of parents.
Carrying a bunch of small packages, Zhang Hao came to the indoor basketball hall on campus.
Although the senior season has ended, Zhang Hao still needs to maintain good relationships with the guys on the team. God knows whether these younger classmates have the talent to become NBA players.
Zhang Hao knew that Pierce was not even on the bench in his freshman year of high school because he was too fat, but he became the second best high school student in California in his sophomore year, second only to Keith Van Horn.
He certainly remembers the famous players of this period, but with more than 50 rookies in a year's draft, he has no impression of most of the marginal players. Even if he is a bench player in the NBA, he is in the high-income group and one of the best hundreds of basketball players in the world. If he wants to be a coach in the future, it is never a bad thing to have a past friendship with an NBA player.
Zhang Hao is still unsure about his future. He loves basketball very much, and if he can become a coach, it would be a good choice...
When we arrived outside the stadium, we saw this brand new stadium, which was renovated last summer. Last season, Pierce was crowned the best high school student in California and received sponsorship from an old schoolmate to renovate the stadium. This season, it seemed like he had some good luck as he won the championship and it was said that he got sponsorship again. However, it has nothing to do with Zhang Hao as he is about to graduate from high school.
It's not big, with only about 3,000 seats, but it's here that Zhang Hao and his teammates have fought for two years. He was a substitute who played in more than a dozen games last season before getting a chance to play, and now he has become a member of the All-American Third Team.
After entering the gym, Zhang Hao threw out a bunch of small cards and packages he was holding, which drew cheers from his younger classmates.
Although the senior season is over, the semester is not even halfway through, and if I join the school team, I still have to train three times a week.
In the United States, high school basketball and even junior high school basketball are not just entertainment and fitness, but the place where many children's dreams begin. Even if they cannot become professional players in the end, competing for the state championship and the NCAA is everyone's dream.
It has long been a tradition for popular senior teammates to bring "small gifts". However, by the time they reach their senior year, many seniors, except for those who still want to make it to the NCAA, choose to quit the school team and study hard for the college entrance examination.
Pierce and Zhang Hao are the only two seniors left this season. Because they are among the best high school students in the state, both are in the top five in California and have the possibility of becoming professional players.
Of course, at present, it is just a possibility.
"Aix..."
Zhang Hao heard a shout and raised his hand to catch the flying ball. Without saying anything, he took off his coat and put it aside with his backpack, and went up to face Pierce one-on-one.
In high school competitions, any high school with two players ranked in the top 50 in the United States is basically invincible. This year, the team was able to win another weekly championship with a record of 33 wins and 2 losses after 26 years, all thanks to these two.
Zhang Hao averaged 22 points, 14.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.8 steals and 3.4 blocks per game, while Pierce averaged 31 points, 11.4 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 4.4 steals and 2 blocks per game. When the two of them get together, no one in the state can stop them! The two games they lost were because of a conflict in a game. The reason was simple: discrimination. Then Pierce stood up and the whole team fought together. Many people were suspended. Although there were only two games, Zhang Hao and Pierce could not play in both games, and then they lost both games.
When Zhang Hao and Pierce played bullfighting in the past, they didn't think too much and just fought. But today, Zhang Hao had a lot more distracting thoughts in his mind.
Normally, he could rely on his athletic ability to win in one-on-one duels, but this time he was completely crushed.
After hitting 20 balls, Zhang Hao and Pierce sat next to the rack to rest for a while. Pierce asked, "Axel, what's wrong with you? You are different from usual!"
Zhang Hao had a one-on-one duel with Pierce this time. Seeing Pierce's comprehensive skills, which showed that he could do almost everything, he always thought of himself, so he was distracted several times.
Without expressing his worries, Zhang Hao responded, "I'm a little tired today."
"Don't worry too much. There will always be a way. I'll ask the coach at the University of Kansas and ask him to recruit you as well!"
"You haven't even graduated from high school yet, and you want to gain a reputation as a ball bully? I'll try again. If you can't go to a first-tier league team, a second-tier league will do. The tuition is even cheaper."
"God, there aren't that many good universities in the minor leagues. You're almost 1,400 points and you play basketball so well. There's no school you can't go to...Are those bastards blind?"
"You forgot that I am Chinese."
“…”
When it comes to Chinese people, discrimination or not is secondary. Pierce recalled a talented forward from China who was recruited by the University of Utah three years ago. He couldn't remember his name. At that time, the forward snatched a spot on the University of Utah team and caused quite a stir among college students. Some people who had nothing to do with them felt that their chances were snatched away. More importantly, the so-called talented Chinese forward played very mediocrely, and it was said that the University of Utah regretted it.
Compared with high school students, college students are obviously much more realistic. From high school to college, they are two different circles.
Also, information and communication technology was still very backward these days. The popularization of computer and mobile phone communications has only happened in a few years. People still read newspapers, watch TV news, and listen to the radio to get information from the outside world. If Zhang Hao left the California basketball circle, he would not be famous.
Let’s not talk about this for now. Pierce wanted to change the subject, but suddenly thought of something and said, “Axel, I was invited by McDonald’s this morning. They want me to participate in the dunk contest.”
"..." Zhang Hao looked at Pierce. If this guy said something, he must be ready to participate. But he still refused to believe it and replied, "I heard that Vince Carter from Daytona Beach Continental High School is going to participate in this dunk contest..."
"I'm going to defeat him!"
Seeing that Pierce , a 196cm tall, 110kg chubby boy, was not as high as he jumped, Zhang Hao asked, "Paul, are you talking in your sleep?"
"You also think I will definitely lose? Then I have to participate!"
Pierce is so angry!
When he told his mother, she told him not to participate; when he told his coach, the coach also told him not to participate; when he told the kid next door who idolized him, that kid also told him not to participate... Now there is one more!
"Come on! Do you need my help passing the ball?"
"Do you think I can catch your alley-oop? I'm pretty sure I can pass you an alley-oop... Wait, I remember they said they sent you an invitation letter and you rejected it."
"I don't have time to participate in a dunk contest. Interviewing with those universities is enough to give me a headache..."
Just as Zhang Hao waved his hand to indicate his refusal to participate, subtitles suddenly popped up.
"Special contract player growth mission: Shine! Slam Dunk Contest triggered."
"Shine! Slam Dunk Contest:
Objective 1: Zhang Hao, a special contract player in the host team, has received an invitation to the 1995 McDonald's High School All-Star Slam Dunk Contest. Please assign him to participate.
Reward: Lifespan of 15 days.
Objective 2: The host's designated player must complete at least one perfect dunk in the dunk contest.
Reward: Lifespan 30 days. "
"..." Zhang Hao looked at the newly triggered task, then looked at Pierce, who was now talking nonsense again...
"Aix, you should participate. You see, many people don't know your ability. You are famous in California, but not in other places. If you stand out in the dunk contest, maybe some university will take a fancy to you..."
When Pierce said this, he himself did not believe it. In Zhang Hao's situation, did he look down on his ability? Perhaps he questioned Zhang Hao's ability, but more importantly, he looked down on Zhang Hao's identity as a Chinese player.
This is a very unsolvable question. Zhang Hao played so well in his senior year of high school. Although he was not as good as Pierce in singles, in terms of their role on the team, there is not much difference between Zhang Hao and Pierce. The two complement each other, but Pierce is more dazzling because he is a ball-handling player.
Pierce knew very well that his good friend was very smart, and he didn't even believe this statement, let alone Zhang Hao?
But Pierce really had no choice. He really didn't know how to help Zhang Hao.
After listening to Pierce's words, Zhang Hao nodded: "Paul, you are right. I am going to participate in the dunk contest. What about you?"
"Me?" Pierce blurted out, "I won't participate. It would just be funny if I went... eh?"
Suddenly, Pierce realized, you agree now?
"You really agreed to participate?" Pierce's eyes widened. "I just said that! If you participate, won't I have even less screen time?"
Seeing Zhang Hao nod, Pierce hooked his arm around Zhang Hao's shoulder and said, "Then let's go together! The Los Angeles Flyers are about to make their debut!"
"I think the reporter is right, you are more like Charles Barkley..."
"You poisonous man, I want to duel with you!"
