The God of Basketball

? When Li Chen arrived in Los Angeles, the time had come to April 1st. 35xs After he and Bill Duffy completed the official signing at the Hilton Hotel, Bill Duffy held a press conference with great fanfare.

This made Li Zhen even worried that he might lose money by doing so, after all, the basic salary is less than 200,000 a year.

When Li Zhen appeared at the press conference, he realized that the reporters in front of him had changed. The reporters who interviewed him were no longer the media who ran the naa news, but replaced by the reporters who ran the nba news. They had all kinds of skin colors, and yellow-skinned reporters even accounted for nearly a quarter.

This shows how much China pays attention to itself now.

Bill Duffy told Li Zhen in private: "Now the whole country is taking you as a pride. The news that you won the OP of the NAA semi-finals made headlines in China. There has never been a Chinese guard who has proved himself in NAA like this. Next, I will arrange some official media interviews for you, as well as the filming of public service advertisements, to further enhance and consolidate your popularity."

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows. It is an extremely honorable thing for people in his own country to know and be proud of him.

Moreover, who is a wanderer who doesn't want to go home with a great reputation?

Most of the reporters at the press conference were asking about commonplace topics.

For example, which NBA team do you like the most, which NBA team do you want to join the most, predict your own draft order, what is it like to work with Bill Duffy... Li Zhen also answered one by one: "I like the Bulls in the 90s the most. I don't have a pre-determined position to join a certain team, I just want to play. Regarding the draft ranking, it is out of my control, no matter where I am selected, I will go all out to work. With Bill Duffy The cooperation is very pleasant, we are people with the same aura and the same concept..."

These questions have no substantive meaning, and the answers are mere formality.

After the grand press conference, Li Zhen went to accept an exclusive interview with CCTV. In the interview, he talked about his schooling experience, the hard work behind the OP, and the change of mentality after becoming famous overnight. He kept his authenticity in the face of these issues, and he let the audience in front of the TV know as much as possible about himself.

For example, when he was answering and studying.

"In terms of study, I actually worked really hard. I'm not a genius. The reason why I was admitted to university at the age of 16 was because I felt that the learning atmosphere in my family was too strong. I wanted to go to university to release pressure."

Regarding the OP trophy, he said with a smile: It has become my pressure. And I checked the Internet two days ago, and found that the only person who got the OP in the past ten years seems to be Carmelo Anthony who became a superstar in the NBA. This result made me very stressed, although I am not a fatalist.

Li Chen can always say some strange, interesting but appropriate words inadvertently. For example, there is a lot of pressure.

He didn't know how he said it, but the reporter obviously liked this expression.

"Being famous overnight meant more and more scrutiny and criticism for me. There was a time when I turned on the TV and a bunch of people were judging me. Some of them were right and some were not, but I couldn't help myself. Change them. I can only continue to work hard and continue to run in my own direction. As for the future, I will leave it to time."

At the end of the interview, Li Zhen said that he would go back to China in the summer.

"Although I go back to China every summer for a long time, this year is different. My mother started a business in China. I have to go back and see my factory."

Li Zhen said with a smile.

Then, CCTV gave him an excellent advertising window, and the reporter asked: "Oh? Really? What kind of industry is she engaged in?"

“She bought a sneaker factory in China.

In the future, I will produce my personal brand sneakers... By the way, the team of sneaker designers has set up a studio in New York. Now the sneaker logo has been determined. "Li Zhen pointed at the camera and said: "It is composed of my Chinese pinyin initials, one l, one, and then overlapped obliquely... Just like this, forming a lightning pattern...very cool..."

Li Zhen is not sure whether the audience can make up this pattern when they see his description.

But he is indeed the first person to blatantly type the ad like this in the prime time of CCTV Channel 1, and it has not been cut.

The reporters and leaders of CCTV all liked Li Zhen, a 19-year-old boy who grew up in the United States but was completely indistinguishable from Chinese children. In fact, the government has also emphasized the need to promote this kind of young role model who is overseas but has a heart at home... After all, everyone has sharpened their heads to go abroad, but this one has to give up American citizenship and return to China.

After the interview, Li Zhen shot 3 consecutive public service advertisements in front of the camera. It's about saving water, sorting garbage, and traveling in a civilized way.

This is also a way to virtually increase popularity and expand influence.

As these advertisements are continuously broadcast on CCTV, even those who don't care about basketball will gradually know who Li Zhen is.

Citizenship is often revealed in the details.

After finishing the commercial shooting, Bill Duffy comforted Li Zhen about Bruce’s drop in the rankings of major draft predictions this week: “The players participating in the draft this year do not have supernovas with outstanding personal abilities or potential far beyond others, but there are a group of Players with similar strength, potential and popularity, so it is normal for the draft pick to fluctuate up and down, and it does not mean the final ranking. According to my inside information, many teams have shown strong interest in you. Moreover, there are already The club sent the trial training invitation to my mailbox."

But in fact, Li Zhen was not worried about this.

After the naa finals are over and the OP is obtained. Suddenly, there were a lot of unfavorable remarks in the media, and many players began to target themselves inexplicably.

Lagalondo from Kentucky even claimed that this year's OP selection is an act of charity.

Many people dissatisfied with this, thinking that Li Zhen is not qualified to receive this highest honor.

Moreover, those voices about "Bruce Lee is not worthy of his name and is not suitable for NBA" are also coming and going.

"They just want to use your reputation to hype and promote themselves by belittling you." Richmond said to Li Zhen a week ago.

Li Zhen is well aware of this, but what he is worried about now is...Since the naa finals, although he has been actively training every day, he still has not opened the talent slot so far.

Although both strength and weight have increased, but... the lack of strength still makes him worried.

He now feels like a person who has an empty wallet but suddenly wants to go to a high-end restaurant to spend.

"The Los Angeles Lakers want to try out you tomorrow afternoon. Although their draft pick is not high, they are sincere. And the Lakers have always been the focus of media attention. If you can be appreciated in this tryout, Then...your now-sliding predicted ranking will skyrocket.”

Bill Duffy said seriously.

Li Zhen nodded.

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