God of basketball

Chapter 102 0099: [Participate in trial training]

When Li Chen arrived in Los Angeles, the time had come to April 4.When 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 would lose money if he did this. After all, the basic salary is less than 20 a year.

When Li Zhen appeared at the press conference, he found that the reporters who interviewed him were no longer NCAA news media, but replaced by NBA news reporters. They had all kinds of skin colors, and yellow-skinned reporters even accounted for nearly a quarter.

This shows how much China and even the Asian region pay attention to themselves.

Bill Duffy told Li Zhen in private: "The whole of Asia now regards you as a pride. The news that you won the MOP of the NCAA Final Four even made headlines in China. There has never been a Chinese guard who has proved himself in the NCAA. Next, I will arrange some official media interviews for you, as well as the shooting 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.

Who doesn't want to go home with a great reputation when they are away from home?

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 draft order, and what it feels 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 preset position to join a certain team, I just want to play. Regarding the draft ranking, this is beyond my control. No matter where I am selected, I will go all out to work. It is very pleasant to cooperate with Bill Duffy. We are people with the same aura and the same philosophy..."

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, Li Zhen was very frank. When the reporter asked him about his schooling experience, the hard work behind MOP, and his mentality changes after becoming famous overnight.He is true to the truth, and he tries to let the audience in front of the TV know himself as much as possible.

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 MOP 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 MOP 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 journalists liked it and thought it would become a catchphrase.

"Being famous overnight means that I have been more and more scrutinized and critical. For a while, when I turned on the TV, a group of people judged me. Some of them were right and some were wrong, but I couldn't 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 a little 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 foundry in China. In the future, I will produce my personal brand sneakers... By the way, the sneaker designer team has established a studio in New York. Now the sneaker logo has been determined." Li Zhen said to the camera: "It consists of my Chinese pinyin initials, one L, one Z, and then overlapped diagonally and upside down... 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 [-], 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 the recent decline in Bruce’s ranking in major draft predictions: “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 position to fluctuate. It does not mean the final ranking, but a technical adjustment. According to my inside information, many teams have shown strong interest in you. Moreover, clubs have already begun to send invitations to tryouts to my mailbox. "

Bill Duffy reassured Li Zhen in confidence, but in fact Li Zhen was not worried about it.Even though ESPN's forecast put him at No. 15, NBADraft's professional website put him at No. 16.

After the NCAA Finals.Li Zhen, who won the MOP, did not soar into the sky with the arrival of the honor. On the contrary, there were suddenly a lot of unfavorable remarks in the media. Many articles were analyzing how weak his physical confrontation was, saying that he was knocked around in the NCAA, and even more unable to gain a foothold in the NBA.

Moreover, many players began to target Li Zhen inexplicably.

Lagalondo from Kentucky even claimed that this year's MOP selection is a kind of charitable act: "Besides a charitable act, I can't think of why he won the MOP, just because he is handsome, just because he has an affair with Lindsay Lohan? He obviously lost!"

Not only Lagalondo, but also many other people are dissatisfied with this. The voices of 'Bruce Lee is not worthy of the name and not suitable for the NBA' come and go.

"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... After the NCAA 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 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 they don't have a high draft pick, they are very sincere. And the Lakers have always been the focus of media attention. If you can get appreciation in this tryout, then... your current projected ranking that is currently slipping will skyrocket."

Bill Duffy said seriously.

Li Zhen nodded.

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(End of this chapter)