Two days later, Su Tianyu, Zhou Tonghui, Dabai, An Qiqi, Wawa and others took a plane and arrived in New York City in Area 1.
After everyone left the airport lobby, An Qiqi, wearing a baseball cap, turned around and asked, "Where are we going first?"
"Look at my big bear brother." Su Tianyu replied with a smile: "Hurry up and call a taxi. If you go early, maybe you can catch his training match."
Originally, Su Tianyu was planning to meet Daxiong in Huadu, but the latter temporarily found a new coach and needed to have a trial training in New York for half a year. In addition, An Qiqi was also planning to travel here, so the two made another appointment and planned to meet here.
After everyone finished discussing, An Qiqi called a taxi using the app, and everyone rushed to the Red Dragon Boxing Gym, where Daxiong was currently training.
For overseas Chinese, except for those who have completely integrated into other national cultures, the vast majority of Chinese people actually pay more attention to their own national culture.
For example, in the Chinese living area here, all matters related to weddings, funerals, and opening of shops are accompanied by grand traditional ceremonies. Even the almost extinct lion dance and ancient Chinese wedding ceremony can be seen frequently, while such ceremonies are even less common in the Chinese area.
There are many boxing and martial arts gyms with strong ethnic styles here. But unlike in the past, this culture is also improving. The previous model of making money by recruiting disciples is definitely rare. It has become more commercial and more organized.
For example, the boxing gym where Daxiong works also participates in various fighting competitions, and has capital operations behind it, relying on branding and commercial operations to increase its income. And some people will participate in the film and television industry.
In short, the model has changed, but the essential things have not changed. Most Chinese people gather together with the intention of keeping each other warm and making themselves more comfortable here.
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About an hour later, everyone arrived at the training base. Su Tianyu called Daxiong and waited at the door for a while before someone came out to greet them.
Su Tianyu had also seen this person before. He was from the Zhou family's northern hall. He chatted briefly with everyone and then took them into the museum.
This training base is also quite large, with a main building of six floors. The academy, boxers, brokerage companies, and film and television incubation companies all work here. When Su Tianyu and others came in, they saw someone filming a short film in the lobby on the first floor. In short, it looked very formal.
They walked through the hall, turned two corners, and came to the training hall of several thousand square meters. There were six regular arenas, and many people stood around each arena, and there were also special audience seats.
Dabai followed behind Su Tianyu, and when he looked up, he saw a burly big bear standing at the edge of the ring.
"Brother Bear!" Dabai waved his hand and shouted.
The big bear turned around upon hearing the voice, looked back at the familiar faces and grinned.
"His third training match is about to start. Sit here and wait for a while." The Zhou family coach greeted everyone.
"good!"
Su Tianyu nodded, and took An Qiqi and the others to bend down and sit in the not-so-large auditorium.
"I think Xiongxiong seems to be injured, his face is blue." An Qiqi asked Su Tianyu in a low voice.
"I don't know. He didn't tell me." Su Tianyu shook his head.
"bite!"
A crisp bell rang, and Big Bear's tryout match began.
A young man about 1.78 meters tall and weighing about 75 kilograms walked onto the ring with swift movements. This man was the opponent of Daxiong. Judging from their body shapes, the two were not in the same weight class. Although the latter was quite heavy, he looked very dark and skinny, with lumps all over his body.
In fact, people who participate in sports competitions are very heavy. They may not look fat or strong, but if you really weigh them, their weight is not low. This is because they have a high muscle content and very little fat on their bodies.
The bell rang, and the two of them exchanged simple greetings before starting to work.
The big bear protected his vital parts with both hands and moved sideways, looking very cautious. On the contrary, the relatively smaller young man simply swayed a few steps and then raised his leg to launch a tentative attack.
“Pah, pah…!”
The sound of whip kicks hitting flesh could be heard. After Big Bear defended himself several times, he probably felt that the opponent's strength was not too strong, so he also started to attack.
“Bang!”
Daxiong swung his left arm down to block the opponent's whip kick, and his right arm drew an arc and punched directly at the opponent's head.
The 1.90-meter-tall bear looked like a blind bear when he stood on the stage. His arms were almost as thick as a woman's thighs, and his punches were extremely violent and beautiful.
“Bang!”
The young man protected his head with his right arm and took two steps back after being hit.
Daxiong took a step forward and threw a hook with his left arm with great momentum.
Although An Qiqi and Wawa and the others usually never watch any fighting matches and don't quite understand the rules of this kind of sports competition, they are very excited when they see their friends beating the opponents.
"Fuck him, Xiongxiong!" the baby screamed wildly.
"Beat him! Come on!" An Qiqi also shouted excitedly.
Su Tianyu, Dabai and Zhou Tonghui were also so excited that they stood up and shouted wildly.
Perhaps encouraged by his family and friends, Daxiong fought more aggressively, pressing his opponent to the edge of the ring and throwing two consecutive combination punches.
The young man huddled in a corner, swaying his body from side to side, his feet moving at a very fast frequency. He seemed to be slashed by the big bear without any chance to fight back, but he protected his head and vital parts with both hands, and was almost not hit by the fatal punches.
After the big bear had been hitting him for four or five seconds, the young man found his opportunity, bent down and stepped, and moved his upper body directly out from the corner.
“Bang!”
A dull sound was heard, and the young man leaned sideways and punched the big bear accurately in the ribs.
“Bang!”
The young man leaned against the rope, raised his leg and kicked the big bear's soft spot again.
The big bear was huge and could take a beating. He slowly turned around and punched the young man, but the young man dodged it.
“Bang, bang, bang…!”
The young man pulled out of position, punched the big bear three times on the side of the head, and then pulled away.
"Gudong!"
The big bear was stunned and fell directly to the ground on his back.
In the audience, the friends and family who were originally cheering were all stunned and looked at each other awkwardly.
"It's over, Barbie Q is gone, stop shouting, it's quite embarrassing." Dabai advised.
Su Tianyu turned his head and looked at the Zhou family coach: "What was his performance in the training match?"
"He had six fights in Huadu and lost all six. He had three trials here and lost all three. He was knocked down in the first round." The coach smiled bitterly and replied, "He started training late. Take your time."
Five minutes later, Daxiong stepped down, wiped the blood from his nose, and said to Su Tianyu: "... Xiao... Xiaoyu, I'm sorry for embarrassing you."
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In the inner sea of Longcheng, a small passenger ship slowly approached. In the lounge of the economy class on the ship, a man held the phone and whispered, "I'm almost there. Well, I have a friend here who may be able to help..."