"We're here! That's my training ground!" Allen pointed to an open space in front of him. It was a dilapidated street court with two lonely basketball hoops, and only half of the paint on the backboard was left. The basket is also rusty. Walking inside, you can see two young black men inside. One is dragging a heavy tire with a rope, while the other is holding a rusty dumbbell.
"That's Brother Claude. The one on the left is Joe, who works as a porter on the docks, but he wants to be a truck driver and own his own truck. On the right is David, who dreams of being a bodybuilder. I'm going to Live in their home.”
"When the Claude brothers were very young, their father was beaten to death. Later, their mother was arrested by the police for helping drug traffickers, so they were the only two people left in the family. Both Claude brothers loved basketball. , I also rely on them for my usual training, they are my sparring partners." Allen introduced while walking over with Dai Li.
"Hey, boss, you're finally back, we've been waiting for you for a long time!" David said.
"Oh, boss, you brought someone back! A yellow man! Are they those bastards from Chinatown? Don't tell me they're Korean bastards!" Qiao Ze stared at Dai Li and said.
"They call you boss!" Li Dai asked in surprise. In his opinion, Brother Claude was older than Allen.
"Of course, I teach them how to play basketball, and of course they have to call me boss! People in Los Angeles still like to play basketball. In this neighborhood, if basketball is played well, it is very popular." Allen said, patting Dai Li. He raised his shoulder and introduced: "This is Li, from China, my new friend."
"It turns out they are foreigners, as long as they are not those Korean bastards!" Joe Claude said.
Allen introduced from the side: "Claude's brother's father died in the riots in Los Angeles more than 20 years ago. He was beaten to death by Korean immigrants, so they hate Koreans."
In the early 1990s, there was a riot in Los Angeles. At that time, it was mainly black people plus some Mexicans and Koreans who had conflicts.
The initial cause of the incident was that Rodney King, a black man paroled from prison, got drunk, raced in Los Angeles, and had a city rally with more than a dozen police cars. In the end, the black boy was blocked by the police, but he was arrested under the influence of alcohol. In the end, he was beaten by the police with a baton.
It happened that this incident was filmed by nearby residents and then sold to the TV station, and the TV station, which was afraid of chaos in the world, only broadcast the scene of the police beating people with batons, so this incident caused an uproar across the United States. Four police officers He was prosecuted, but later the evidence showed that the police were not at fault, so the police were acquitted.
After the verdict was announced, hundreds of black people gathered in Los Angeles, triggering riots. The riots were just for protest at first, but later turned into vandalism and looting. In addition to black people, illegal immigrants from Mexico also took this opportunity to come out. Made a fortune. Thousands of stores in Los Angeles were vandalized, looted and burned, and dozens of people were killed. San Francisco, Seattle and Atlanta were also affected.
Also during the Rodney King case, a 15-year-old black girl in Los Angeles stole something from a Korean supermarket and was discovered by the Korean boss. The black girl beat the Korean boss down and turned away happily. However, South Korea But the boss lady took out her gun and killed the black girl from behind. In the end, the court believed that the Korean proprietress was acting in self-defense, and only sentenced the Korean proprietress to a fine of US$500 and 400 hours of community service.
This incident irritated the local blacks, perhaps because they had tasted the benefits of robbing stores before. Blacks and Mexicans directly attacked Koreatown in Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles police chose not to act and allowed them to rob. Koreatown in Los Angeles It fell into anarchy instantly.
However, what the United States did not expect was that Koreans were unusually united. They took up guns to defend their property. Koreans who did not have guns lined up to go to gun stores to buy guns. Some even bought military M16 automatic rifles. and 12mm shotgun blasters. At that time, more than 70% of the people in Koreatown in Los Angeles, including women and children, were armed with a gun. Even many Korean students attending college in Los Angeles joined the ranks of defending Koreatown with pistols.
This is simply a real-life version of "Chicken Fighting" street fighting, except that one party has picked up the gun and is guarding the door, while the other party has just parachuted down and has not even found the pan but wants to attack the house.
As a result, the blacks and Mexicans who attacked Koreatown suffered heavy casualties. For a long time after that, blacks did not dare to go near Koreatown in Los Angeles.
The Claude brothers' father was killed in that riot.
…
"Qiao, David, I brought you something good today, a video of the Adidas basketball training camp!" Allen shook his phone and continued: "In a moment, we will follow the exercises above."
"Okay, boss, but before that, I'm afraid you have to deal with Sanders' challenge first." David said.
"Sanders, that guy has lost so many times, why don't you give up?" Allen asked in surprise.
"I heard that he has found a new foreign aid, the street ball king of Sacramento, named Morris." David said, looking at the time, and then said: "I guess they will be there in half an hour. coming."
"Okay! Since you've come to give me money, I have to accept it. Bring the ball over and let me warm up first." After Allen finished speaking, he turned to Dai Li and said, "Li, I'll invite you to watch a game later. What a show, let you see how I torture the food!"
…
Morris looked at Allen opposite, with a look of despair.
Morris is known as the King of Sacramento Street Basketball. He is somewhat famous in the city of Sacramento. He even opened his own basketball training camp and taught many children how to play basketball.
However, today, when facing Allen, Morris felt extremely powerless.
"It's too fast. His speed is so fast. He can easily shake me away with just a change of direction! Is he really just a high school student?"
Although Morris was unwilling to accept it in every possible way, the reality was that in this one-on-one street ball match, he lost to a high school student.
"Sanders, you lost again!" Allen smiled and extended his hand to a black man.
"Damn it! Damn it! You monster! You shouldn't be here, you should go to Staples Stadium to play in the NBA!" The black man with Sanders' feet took out two hundred-dollar bills from his arms and handed them over. Gave it to Allen.
Allen handed one of the "Franklins" to Brother Crowder, and then put away the other one.
Only then did Li Dai, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, realize that there was a stake in this duel.
"Haha, Sanders, I told you before, even if you find professional players, they are no match for our boss!" Joe Crowder said.
Next to him, David Crowder also said: "Our boss will become an NBA superstar in the future!"
"A superstar in the NBA? It's really possible." Li Dai held his chin with his hand. At this moment, he suddenly felt a sense of joy.
"It must be a very interesting thing to teach a talented athlete!"