33. Digging the Wall
The Ford Mustang slowly drove on Oakland Eighth Avenue, and on both sides of the highway, the street lights flashed soft light. The lights in Oakland City not far away were already late at night, but this city never sleeps still had brilliant lights.
Looking further away, a magnificent bridge spans the two sides of the Golden Gate Bay, connecting Oakland and San Francisco to form the Twin Cities, which is the famous Golden Gate Bridge.
The Ford Mustang slowly drove to a cliff in Golden Gate Bay. The cold sea breeze blew into the face with the smell of fishy smell. The waves slammed the reefs and made a sound like wind and clouds. The strait is more than 1,900 meters wide and is the estuary of the San Francisco Bay. The two sides of the shore are steep and the water depth of the channel is discovered by the British explorer Francis Drake in 1579 and named by him.
Chamberlain got out of the car and stood by the coast. He was very familiar with the Golden Gate Bridge and liked to play here since he was a child. Especially after he was diagnosed with Giant disease, he prefers to arrive at this place at midnight. Only in this place, looking at the majestic Golden Gate Bridge, can the heroism and ambition in his heart rush out, making him less desperate.
The Golden Gate Bridge is usually a tourist destination in San Francisco. It is often crowded with tourists during the day, but now it is midnight, and no matter how many tourists return to the hotel, they fall into a deep sleep. At this time, the Golden Gate Bridge becomes peaceful and solemn, as if an eternal giant lies on the coast.
Standing in this place, what directly caught Chamberlain's eye was the giant steel tower of the bridge. There are two steel towers, which stand on the north and south sides of the bridge, with a height of 342 meters. One of them is stuck in the water, and the other part rises into the air and soars into the sky!
The top of the steel tower is connected by two steel cables with a diameter of nearly one meter and weighing 24,500 tons. The midpoint of the steel cable sags, almost close to the bridge body, and the two sides are connected by thin steel ropes. The bridge body of this bridge is suspended in the air by the huge tension generated by the two steel cables on both sides of the bridge.
The bridge between the steel towers has a span of 1,280 meters. The single-hole long-span suspension bridge is rare among the bridges built by the world. The height from the sea surface to the center of the bridge is about 60 meters, wide and high. At this time, a giant ship was about to enter Jinzhou Bay through the bridge. With a loud and continuous whistle, the giant ship slowly passed through the bridge.
Chamberlain considers himself a sentimental man. Every time he sees this kind of scene, he will be moved to tears. Great humans, amazing humans, all these miracles of nature are created with their small brains.
Looking at the magnificent scene in front of him, blown by the cool sea breeze, Chamberlain's always excited mood quickly calmed down. He accepted everything Samar said, although he felt that everything was so absurd and unruly.
Just now in the car, Samar told him everything. He claimed to be an alien. About two thousand years ago, the spacecraft he was riding on was roaming between major galaxies. As a result, shortly after entering the banking system, there was a problem with the power of the spacecraft. In the end, he and his companions tried their best, but did not save their spacecraft, and eventually landed on Earth.
Samael and his companions have great abilities and long life. They have lived on the earth for two thousand years. In these two thousand years, Samael has really seen the prosperity of the world and experienced countless things. Everything on the earth is no difficulty for him. He usually has nothing to do. Not long ago, he met Chamberlain in a bar. Out of boredom, he used his ability to transform his body.
After all, Samar treats Chamberlain as a toy and makes fun of himself.
The reason for all this was Chamberlain's drunken words. He said that he had no interest in women. What Samar liked to do most now is to change a person's nature, so he planned to portray Chamberlain into a successful young man. In order to allow Chamberlain to accept his transformation, this body is a bargaining chip.
Chamberlain believed in all this because his family knew his family and how could the person who could change his body to him be a person on earth?
Even if I believe it, Chamberlain still has some difficulty accepting all this. It turned out that he thought his body would always be so strong. Previously, Samar told him that he had to pick up girls and pick up girls that satisfies him, and then Samar would exchange him for the right to use this body.
Standing on the shore and blew the sea breeze for a while, Chamberlain returned to the old Mustang carriage.
"Are you accepting all this?" Samar asked with a slanted look at Chamberlain.
Chamberlain nodded silently, looking depressed and unhappy. Of course this is nonsense. Who would be happy to know that his professional life is pinned to others? This is the human heart and will never be satisfied. You must know that if Chamberlain was still the sick body that would fall when the wind blew, someone could give him such an unprecedented and powerful body, he would definitely be crazy. No matter what the conditions were, he would agree.
Seeing his little thoughts, Samar said rationally: "Don't you want to? It doesn't matter. Although my name is 'Satan', I am actually a good person. If you don't want to make this deal with me, I can leave immediately to restore you to the past and erase your memories of this period. How about it?"
"No, no, no, I'm very willing to make this deal with you." Chamberlain agreed in panic. The two games with the Lakers and the Spurs allowed him to fully enjoy the charm of basketball and fame. This thing is like a poppy. Once touched, it will make people immerse themselves in it and cannot extricate themselves.
"So that's how we do?" Samar looked at Chamberlain inquiring, who sighed and waved, "Go back home!"
"OK!" Samar snapped his fingers, turned the steering wheel, and the old Ford Mustang roared and turned around, spraying smoke and driving towards the highway. Because of the age of time, the shock absorption of the seats in the car is no longer very useful. The coast is full of rocks and the road conditions are not good. Chamberlain was shaken and almost vomited out his intestines.
"I said, man, you are an alien. Even if you don't drive a spaceship, can you change a better car? What are the lengthened Lincoln, BMW 760, new generation Mercedes-Benz, etc., I'm not picky. If you like sports cars, aren't Porsche 911, Ferrari, and Bugatti Veyron all better? Why do you drive such a broken car?" Chamberlain couldn't help complaining.
Samar looked back at Chamberlain seriously and said, "It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Boy, I am doing this for your own good. Are you not a superstar yet? Just want to enjoy the treatment of a superstar? Dream!"
Chamberlain was shocked when he heard Samar speak a Chinese proverb in Chinese and said, "You can still speak Chinese?"
Samar smiled proudly, with a magnificent and shining look on his face, and said, "What can I say? Don't speak Chinese Mandarin, I will speak even the native dialects of the Eskimos!"
Chamberlain couldn't help but feel awe, but he still tried hard to persuade Samar to change his mind and said, "I'm actually for your own good. You think, with your noble and elegant identity, driving such a broken car would be a bit too expensive, right? Besides, don't you want to live a more comfortable life?"
Samar shrugged and said in an indifferent tone: "What's this little bit of pain? I walked south and rushed to the north train lane and slammed the leg in the bathroom and drank water..."
Just like talking about rip-rop rap, Samar squirted in a gurgling manner, Chamberlain had to raise his hand to surrender, and it happened that Samar's cell phone lit up, and he hurriedly said, "You're calling, hurry up and answer your damn call..."
Samar said casually, "Don't worry about him, this is the call from other teams in the league."
"Poaching?" Chamberlain asked subconsciously, "It has something to do with me?"
Samar rolled his eyes and said, "Of course, don't you know how popular you are now? Tell you, boy, so far, the other twenty-nine teams in the league have called me one after another, starting with scouts, then head coaches, and finally general managers and presidents. You have become a treasure in their eyes now!"
Chamberlain asked in confusion: "Then why haven't I heard you say that there is something like this?"
Samar turned the steering wheel and said as if he were right: "Are you doubting my professional level? I am your agent, what do you do with such news? It will only disturb your mood in training and competitions, but don't worry, I have told Lao Tang and Mulin about every call. If they don't give you a good price, I will take you to a team that will satisfy you."
It can be seen that Chamberlain is indeed very popular now. It takes a total of half an hour from the Golden Gate Bridge to the community they rented. Samar's mobile phone received forty or fifty calls, and the ringtone almost never stopped.
The neighborhood where the two rented is quite far from the bustling area of Auckland. It is located in a small corner of the Getto-Ballet. Don’t be confused by the name of this area. The United States is different from China. Generally speaking, urban areas with such a loud and tacky name are often slums, and the most representative one is Queens in New York.
When renting a house, Chamberlain and Samar did not want to pay for it. After both parties shirked each other, they came up with an AA system. As a result, neither of them was willing to pay more. In the end, they found a two-bedroom and one-living bedroom in a dilapidated slum like the Golden District.
The Ballet Soul Area is the largest gathering area of slums in Oakland and a famous slum in the United States. As its name suggests, this city is known for its abundant production of outstanding ballet female dancers. However, after these beautiful girls become famous, they will escape from this slum, so even if a famous dancer like Martha Graham was born here, they are still in chaos and poverty.
In this city, boys' only way out is gangsters or basketball, while girls are ballet dancers. The reason why Chamberlain chose this place is mainly because this place is the closest to the Oracle Arena and the cheapest rent.
It was midnight and the slums were still crowded. In fact, for such places and people here, night was the time when life began. At this time, drug dealers sold their deadly babies all over the streets, and modified sports cars were wandering around the streets with terrifying roars, while girls in sexy clothes were wearing heavy makeup on the streets.
When they arrived at the entrance of the community, Ford Mustang was blocked by a group of gangsters. These gangsters were surrounded and pushed and shoved, and a strong young man was surrounded by them.
Seeing this, Chamberlain smiled and said gloatingly: "It seems that another guy is going to be unlucky..."
He glanced at the crowd, then his face suddenly changed, and he exclaimed: "Damn it, shit, why is this guy jackal here? Stop quickly, stop quickly!"
The Jackal Doug Sardmons, Chamberlain's only brother before Jackson and others, was also the first player in middle school basketball in San Francisco. Chamberlain did not expect that he would meet him here. Didn't this guy play in the Austin Bulls in the NBDL?
Chapter completed!