Chapter 446: Desperate Pass
Although Stockton was very surprised and delighted with Yang Mo's diligence, he was not polite at all. Instead, he said sharply, "Yang, your training attitude has finally improved a bit. However, I am very dissatisfied with your progress. You still can't achieve the accuracy of long-distance passes. At the same time, your grasp of the timing of your passes is very poor. You have almost no successful cross passes. Therefore, I have decided to increase the distance of your passes by another three meters. Do you have any objections?"
"No!" Yang Mo said firmly, like a soldier who absolutely obeys orders.
Stockton nodded repeatedly at Yang Mo's attitude. He admired Yang Mo's fighting spirit; it was the kind of humble learning he showed. How could those who always just followed instructions learn any real skills? After nodding, he quickly pushed the pass forward three meters and said to Yang Mo, "From now on, you'll follow this distance."
"yes!"
Yang Mo nodded and immediately threw himself into training. Bang, bang, bang, bang! On his first pass, all five tennis balls missed, with only one going in. He undoubtedly hadn't yet grasped the sudden increase in distance.
Seeing Yang Mo's serious and active participation in training, Stockton became more confident: This guy is so talented and trains so hard, how could it be fair that he doesn't surpass Michael Jordan?
With his confidence doubled, Stockton couldn't help yawning. A wave of fatigue came over him and he had to go back for a nap.
Stockton strolled leisurely out of the training hall, while Yang Mo threw himself into even more frantic training. To Stockton, Yang Mo's greatness simply allowed him to finally experience what it felt like to defeat Michael Jordan. For Yang Mo, the only thing he needed to do was to prevent himself from falling. He couldn't accept being a mediocre basketball player, even though he had already achieved incredible success in business.
While Yang Mo was undergoing her almost self-torturing training, Lu Xuefei was negotiating with Zhou Yiyi and the other two. Zhou Yiyi was a very assertive person. When she learned that he and other women were having affairs with Yang Mo at the same time, her first reaction was to throw money at them. He offered Liu Yifei, Kim Tae-hee, and Lu Xuefei 10 million RMB each to keep them quiet.
However, it was obvious that this money would not have the desired effect on these three women, because their needs were not money, and they were not short of money.
Compared with Zhou Yiyi's tough attitude, Liu Yifei seemed a little flustered and at a loss. It was obvious that she had never experienced such a thing before. It was a huge shock to her and she had no time to digest it.
In this situation, Lu Xuefei decided to make a breakthrough directly from Zhou Yiyi. She began to instill in her the idea that true love is supreme, and then brainwashed her with Confucianism. Finally, she concluded: Women, don’t you just want to live happily with the man you love in this life?
With Kim Tae-hee's encouragement, Zhou Yiyi gradually began to accept this reality. After all, Zhou Yiyi's love for Yang Mo was simply too strong. Of all her confidantes, she had loved her the longest, having been deeply in love since they were both very young. Later, regardless of whether Yang Mo found other women as a girlfriend, her love for her never wavered or diminished. So, subconsciously, she could accept that Yang Mo didn't belong to her alone.
Once Zhou Yiyi's mind softened, Liu Yifei's situation became much easier to resolve. Thanks to Lu Xuefei's exceptional negotiation skills, the four women quickly reached an agreement. Ultimately, they called each other sisters, their relationship blossoming. It felt like they'd met too late.
It must be said that Lu Xuefei was also a talented person. If her sister was Han Xin, who expanded the territory for Yang Mo, then she could definitely be called Xiao He, who planned and organized the internal affairs for Yang Mo.
Yang Mo was incredibly lucky to have the Lu sisters as his right-hand men. Back then, outside the coffee shop, Yang Mo could never have imagined that the girl squatting on the ground crying would become the biggest contributor to his business empire, much less that she would become his confidante. Even more unexpected was that he would actually have both sisters, with the younger sister becoming the biggest founder of his harmonious harem.
To put it another way, if Yang Mo had not signed the girl who was squatting and crying, then... everything would have changed now. Maybe he would have become the ace leader of the Bobcats long ago.
Fate is truly amazing. A slight deviation can lead to a completely different life. Just like when Yang Mo was standing a little off, the hexagram wouldn't have hit him.
The four women played together, while Yang Mo continued to sweat profusely in the training hall. After a morning of practice, he was finally able to throw three or four balls at a time, but this was clearly not enough for him. He needed to get his passing score above 90, otherwise... the physical fitness he gained from the hexagram would be completely lost, and then... he would have no chance of making a living in the NBA.
In order to prevent herself from losing what she had worked so hard to obtain, Yang Mo could only grit her teeth and continue to hold on.
Seeing Yang Moru practicing her passing in a self-deprecating manner, the other Knicks players couldn't help but correct their training attitude: The team's ace is working so hard, what qualifications do we role players have to be lazy?
After a day of intense training, even though Yang Mo was a tough guy, he still felt a little exhausted when he got home. He returned home to find Lu Xueman sitting on the sofa watching TV intently. Yang Mo glanced at the TV, which was analyzing the latest Nasdaq index. The market had been somewhat volatile recently due to the European financial crisis.
Seeing that Lu Xueman was so serious, Yang Mo didn't want to disturb her, so she lay down on the sofa next to her, took a long breath, and relieved the fatigue from her body.
The two of them remained silent. After an unknown amount of time, Lu Xueman suddenly said, "Mo, don't play basketball if you're tired. To be honest, playing basketball really doesn't pay for itself. Look, I've already turned down three movie offers for you this month."
"This is my only hobby. Let's wait until I win a few championships." Yang Mo lay in Lu Xueman's arms and said with a smile.
"Win a championship? Isn't that easy?" Lu Xueman chuckled and said, "I currently have agency contracts with nearly 50% of the players. If I want, I can trade for five All-Stars for you Knicks at any time. You can win as many championships as you want."
"That's like using cheats!" Yang Mo shook his head and said firmly, "Basketball is a competitive sport, and competition is the most important thing. I like games where you defeat strong opponents through arduous battles. If I just bully the weaker ones right from the start, it would be boring, and I wouldn't be able to show off my bravery."
Lu Xueman could only shake her head helplessly at Yang Mo's words. She knew she couldn't outmaneuver Yang Mo when it came to basketball. Although she gave her the most freedom financially, when it came to basketball, Lu Xueman couldn't get involved at all and had to obey him.
Therefore, Lu Xueman did not continue to try to persuade Yang Mo. Instead, she pulled Yang Mo into her arms, scratched Yang Mo's nose with her hand, and said in a pretentious manner, "Anyway, you are not allowed to get hurt again. I don't want to spend my whole life with a disabled guy."
"Don't worry, even if my two legs are broken, the third leg will not be broken." Yang Mo laughed, straightened his body, turned around and tried to press Lu Xueman under him.
But just as he was about to execute it, the door opened and Lu Xuefei walked in with the key. In an instant, the originally ambiguous atmosphere was broken by her sudden intrusion. Yang Mo lost the best opportunity to overthrow her.
Lu Xuefei obviously hadn't expected to catch her brother-in-law in an erotic scene. She stood there in a daze, looking awkward and bewildered. After a while, she said, "Um... I didn't see anything. I'm going out first."
If she hadn't said this, Lu Xueman might have been fine, but once she said this, wasn't it like she was trying to cover up her mistake? Lu Xueman stopped her immediately, "Hey... don't leave. We're fine. Don't misunderstand me."
As she spoke, she glared at Yang Mo, her eyes full of blame. She thought that Yang Mo's behavior might affect Lu Xuefei's outlook on life. After all, she was still a child.
