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It is not easy to find a parking space in the dense car array. It only took them 30 minutes to get from the Sunset Plaza to the Great Western Forum Arena, and it took more than 20 minutes to find a parking space. After that, a group of four rushed towards the gate of the arena following the huge crowd.

Originally, Hugo thought that the draft conference was not a real live game after all, and the tickets should not be too nervous, but after arriving at the scene and seeing the surging crowd, Hugo knew that there must be many viewers eager to get tickets to enter the scene to watch. .

When approaching the gate of the arena, you can see many fans wandering around holding signs asking for tickets, but these slogans are quite interesting. Some write "San Francisco 49ers fans are eager for tickets", while others Write "Cry for the Cincinnati Bengals Defensive Line", or "Come Specially for Bryant Young" or "Mississippi Supporter", from NFL teams to rookie names, From professional fans to college supporters, fans go out of their way to get tickets.

When someone noticed Hugo's gaze, they thought that Hugo had the intention of selling tickets, and immediately walked over with a face full of excitement, just about giving Hugo a warm hug. Just curious, the other party can only jump on the spot in depression.

It's funny, it's part of football culture, even if it's just a rookie meeting, it can still drive fans crazy.

Some people long for the team they support to be able to replenish fresh blood from the rookie conference, so as to thoroughly analyze everyone and every position in the rookie training camp, and then give the team advice to see how the draft is. The most cost-effective transaction; some people support a specific rookie or college team, and have become fans of the rookie since high school and college, hoping that the rookie can stand out and create glory in the NFL...

This kind of fanaticism is the essence of sports.

The draft hadn't even started yet, and Hugo was already looking forward to it. Follow the crowd into the arena. Fortunately, as the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, the Great Western Forum Arena has enough entrances to evacuate the crowd, so it took less time to enter the arena than expected.

After entering the arena, you can immediately feel the taste of history. This is an old arena built more than 20 years ago. It is the same age as Hugo, whether it is the neatly arranged orange seats or the simple and plain ones. The lighting, or the arrangement of commentary seats and broadcast booths, are full of traces of history.

Samora led the way and quickly found a seat. They were not sitting in the front row near the court, but sitting slightly behind the seventh row.

Generally speaking, the closer you are to the stadium, the more exciting you are when you go to the stadium. You can often see superstars in the first three rows during TV broadcasts. But today is not a live broadcast of the game, but a draft conference, so the positions in the first three rows are reserved for the news media, who must report the draft results on the front line.

In fact, the arrangement of these positions is also very particular, because rugby rookies come from various universities, and the universities are in different states. There is also competition between regions. For example, the rookies who are most likely to win the draft this year are: From Ohio State University (The. Ohio. State. University), San Diego State University (San. Diego. State. University), University of Tennessee and University of Southern California (University. Of. Southern. California).

Taking advantage of the home field, the media from California occupied the main position in the first row, Tennessee also found its own position in the first row because of the fine tradition of football, and Ohio was placed in the first row. The second row, but it is still a golden position.

Under such circumstances, Hugo and the others who came to watch the draft conference or the family members of the rookies could only sit in the back.

Before Samora could sit down, he couldn't wait to start yelling "popcorn, popcorn", Joseph was holding two buckets of popcorn in his hands, and looked helplessly at Samora, who was holding Coke in both hands, "Are you going first? Sit down, put things away, and then start eating?"

But Samora shook his head solemnly, "I still want to buy pizza!" Joseph couldn't refute a word, he sat down depressed, and put the popcorn on his lap. Coke was distributed to three of Hugo, and then they trotted all the way and went out again. It was amazing that the sturdy figure was so flexible in the dense crowd.

Hugo and Leonardo are talking about this year's rookies. In fact, this is the hottest topic in the past two months. No one can make an exception. Almost everyone is discussing these things. I don't know, that's the real outdated.

At this time, someone sat down next to them, and they were also arguing about the rookie, and a voice was saying, "...It's not that his ability is not good, but now the Tigers don't need a quarterback, you know, the Tigers The team's defense was terrible..."

Hugo just raised his eyes and glanced at random, and then saw the figure of an acquaintance, "Hey, Steven." The person who came was Steven Spielberg, "I thought you gave us the tickets , you won't come by yourself."

Steven gave Hugo a warm hug with a brisk smile on his face, "How is it possible, I won't miss such a feast." Then Steven moved his shoulders slightly and pointed at the person behind him , said to Hugo, "David, do you remember?"

David Geffen, how can Hugo not remember, one of the Big Three of DreamWorks, the two seem to have met before, at the Oscars, right? Hugo's memory was a little fuzzy, but fortunately his face blindness was not severe enough to amnesia. He quickly smiled and stretched out his right hand, "David, are you also interested in the draft?"

David grabbed Hugo's right hand, then leaned forward gently, turning the handshake into a hug. Such enthusiasm made Hugo a little uncomfortable, and he was stunned for a while, and then he heard David's face. With a smile, he said, "No, I'm not interested in football, I still prefer basketball. But Steven forced me to come, and it was difficult for me to refuse."

This joke made Steven complain immediately, "You can absolutely refuse, I can ask Jeffrey to accompany me."

Hugo was just stunned for a moment, and then he came back to his senses, Jeffrey? Do you mean Jeffrey Katzenberg? If so, does that mean that the dream factory that will change the Hollywood landscape in the future is about to be established? Inadvertently, Hugo seems to be witnessing history again.

"You are so careful, if I refuse, I don't know what you will say bad about me when I go back." David's words are quite open, but it can be seen that his personal relationship with Steven is indeed very good, One sentence made Steven extremely depressed but he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

After David finished speaking, he turned his attention to Hugo again, "Are you coming with your friends today?"

Hugo quickly introduced Joseph and Leonardo to each other. Leonardo obviously did not expect such a big man to appear suddenly, and he was still a little cautious. When Steven and David sat down, Leonardo quietly pulled Hugo's sleeve and whispered, "You sit here."

If according to the original seat, Leonardo will be sitting next to Steven, so he asked to change seats with Hugo. Leonardo saw the banter in Hugo's eyes, but his eyes widened angrily, "It is convenient for you to speak!"

Hugo shrugged, "I didn't refute." Then he sat down in Leonardo's place, causing Leonardo to stand there with a depressed expression, gnashing his teeth, and then he was by Hugo's side. After sitting down, he picked up the popcorn in Joseph's hand and started to eat it.

Steven turned his head to Hugo and said in a low voice, "I heard you graduated from Yale? Your school's football has a long history."

"Are you talking about the last century? If that's the case, we can indeed compete with Princeton University." Hugo has completely integrated his memory, so he naturally knows a lot about Yale University.

Yale University is regarded as a traditional strong school in the early years of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). As Hugo said, in the last century, Yale University and Princeton University were absolutely dominant in the football game of the college league. Among the major league cups, Yale University has swept 18 trophies, while Princeton University has won 20 trophies, ranking the top two in major universities in the United States.

But after entering the 20th century, to be precise, after the 1930s, Yale University and Princeton University fell sharply in the same sympathy, and finally were gradually surpassed by their competitors, and that glorious rugby history also disappeared in the long river of time. Nowadays, when people mention famous football schools, they usually refer to Stanford University, University of Michigan, University of Alabama, etc. There are countless NFL celebrities from these universities.

Steven laughed when he heard Hugo's self-deprecation, "At least you still have the history of your alma mater. I don't even have an alma mater." Steven once applied for film studies The two best universities for film majors in the United States: the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles, but unfortunately both were outright rejected because of poor grades, and it was not until Steven became famous for many years that he became a member of Southern California. Bachelor of Honours from the University.

"University represents the advancement of knowledge, but not everything. What makes the film so fascinating is that it has no threshold, any talented person can achieve their dreams. So, you are sitting here, Yale University The left-hand side of the graduate." Hugo's joke made Steven burst into laughter immediately, and even David, Leonardo, and others also showed a smile.

After laughing, Steven turned his attention to the court, "How about it, do you have a rookie you like? Or, does the team you support have a desired rookie?"