From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 37 The first step, Internet celebrity players
On May 5th, the NBA playoffs are in full swing, and at the same time, the most desired training camp for potential rookies who are eager to be drafted by the NBA—the Chicago United Trial Camp, officially opened for business.

It has been more than half a month since Jianghu came to the United States.

Compared with being penniless when he first came to the United States, he has already gained a little popularity in the United States at this moment, and it can even be said to be an Internet celebrity player.

The reason is: Jianghu and Schwartz planned a project called "Challenge Marksman"

The project has a bonus, and the bonus is 50 US dollars.

The purpose of this prize-winning challenge is to open up Jianghu's popularity in the United States.

First of all, Jianghu is the initiator of the project. It took him five days to prepare a piece of video material.

Afterwards, Schwartz was in charge of negotiating, and contacted an Internet celebrity with more than 700 million fans on the YouTube video, and was responsible for uploading the video.

A video blogger uploaded a long unedited video of Jiang Hu.

The title is: "$50, as a sharpshooter, do you dare to challenge it?" "

The content of the video is: Within the stipulated 21 minutes, Jianghu made 400 consecutive shots in five positions within the three-point line and five positions outside the three-point line as required, and then dribbled the ball from the half of the shot to the opposite side At halftime, he changed hands and dunked two steps from the free throw line.

This project seems very simple, especially for some semi-professional players...

At first they were full of confidence and prepared to win the prize.

But once they started, they realized that this thing is really difficult...

Because basically everyone who plays ball knows that everyone has their favorite position.

I have a particularly good touch in the hot spot. If you let an NCAA player make 100 consecutive shots in his favorite position, he may complete them.

But once you switch to an uncomfortable position, it will be very difficult...

What's more, catching and shooting the ball in 10 different positions is equivalent to a shooting contest with double the difficulty.

The most disgusting point is: after you hit 400 shots in a row, you need to complete a one-stop free throw line two-step crotch change hand dunk...

You know, hitting 21 shots in a row in 400 minutes is already embarrassing for 99% of the people, changing hands at the free throw line almost kills the rest...

Just imagine, who is a person who loves to shoot, and is even proficient in shooting?

Generally, they are players who are not very physically fit but who love basketball very much. Only this kind of players will put all their minds on shooting.

Who is the guy who likes to dunk under the crotch at the free throw line?

He must be very physically fit and can easily get to the basket and score.For such a player, will he study shooting with all his heart?

He should spend more time studying his breakthrough footsteps, studying how to avoid being fouled, and studying how to score the ball while being fouled, rather than studying how to make shots...

These two completely different requirements need to be fulfilled at the same time.
With Jianghu's 86-point mid-range shooting and 90-point three-point shooting ability, he also kept trying, and it took him five full days to complete.

During these five days, he basically lived in the training hall and had to shoot for more than 10 hours a day. During the five days, he took at least 30000 shots.

A few times, I have even hit more than 390 in a row, and finally fell short...

He was able to complete [-] consecutive times, in addition to his own strength, there is also a certain amount of luck.

In order to prevent professional shooters from picking peaches, Jianghu set up a crotch dunk from the free throw line, which stopped perverted accurate people like Curry and Thompson from the door...

The large bonus and super difficulty made this video quickly become popular...

Everyone is eager to try...

But they were all slapped in the face soon...

The video has been uploaded for 10 days and received 1000 million views, but no one can complete it...

Closest: Someone hits 400 consecutive shots, falls short on a crotch changeover dunk at the final free throw line, and falls...

There are also people who can easily finish dunks from the free throw line, but keep failing in the shooting process...

On the tenth day, someone made a Fansheng video, which made it popular.

This is a black player with excellent physical fitness and excellent jumping ability.

His physical fitness is very good, but his appearance looks a bit cheap...

He easily completes all kinds of dunks at the free throw line, dunks at the free throw line, changing hands behind the free throw line, dunks under the crotch of the free throw line...

After dunking, he put on various celebration poses, Ronaldo's SIU, James' overlord step, Lillard's watch, Westbrook's cradle...

"Yo yo, dunk, it's too easy for Jerry!!"

While celebrating arrogantly, he sang fast-paced rap while facing the camera with a group of chatter...

Then things started to reverse...

After the dunk, he released his performance in the shooting session...

Make 10 shots in a row, hit the iron, start over...

Make 8 shots in a row, hit the iron, start over...

Make 15 shots in a row, hit the iron, start over...

The highest time he hit 45 in a row, and then hit the iron...

His expression began to change slowly, from the initial complacent, arrogant, arrogant, to gradually impatient, irritable, and then to angry, manic...

After failing many times in a row, he finally gave up.

Sitting on the floor of the arena in frustration, his eyes are blank, and his face is written with emo, which is completely opposite to the high-spirited expression when dunking.

The sad BGM is combined with the ugly and funny expressions of the black players.

The more depressed he looks, the happier people watching the video...

At the end of the video, the black man pointed at the camera and shouted: "Damn Jiang Hu, I hate you (jiang hu I hate You)!!"

Then he knelt down on the ground, looked up at the sky with a mournful face...

The camera zoomed in, and a tear came out of his right eye...

This drop of tears is the finishing touch...

"Gift Crab, he really cried!!"

"How arrogant you are when you dunk, how embarrassing you are when you cry!!"

"His crying scene touched me!! God, I was even sad for a second... But when I thought of his arrogant attitude in front of him, I couldn't help laughing out loud!!"

"He is really a standard "Negan". When he is arrogant, he is the most arrogant in the world, and when he cries, he looks like the most pitiful in the world..."

"Upstairs, I saw your homepage, fortunately you are also a "Negan", otherwise I would definitely go to your house with a gun!!"

Jerry is on fire, as hot as a black man carrying a coffin...

This video spread like a virus on the Internet...

Even the pride and arrogance in front of the black man, as well as his tears at the end, have also been made into emoticons for netizens to tease each other for fun...

Even the mantra of the host, "Jianghu, I hate you..." has become a buzzword on the Internet...

no one knows……

This black man was actually an actor specially invited by Schwartz. Everyone performed a scene together, which amused everyone...

His super physical fitness, superb acting skills, and touching crying scenes made this video explode, and the viewership of the video about Jianghu also reached a new high...

More people started to join, and the heat of this shooting challenge was heated up to the extreme...

People began to realize that this thing seems to be beyond the reach of ordinary people, because to complete this challenge, physical fitness and shooting accuracy are indispensable...

And there are too few players who combine extremely precise players with super physical fitness...

So all netizens suggested in the comment area to let NBA stars try the challenge.

"@StephenCurry, Steph, come on over here, this challenge is giving you money??"

"You're so bad, you want to see him slip again, don't you?"

"@Klay, hurry up and dunk the basket."

"My opinion is: PG (Paul George) is a good candidate, his shooting is very accurate, and he should be able to complete dunks from the free throw line!!"

"And KL (Kawhi Leonard), he's a good shooter, but I'm not sure, can he make a crotch change at the free throw line??"

"Don't forget KD (Kevin Durant), he can definitely do it!!"

"Don't be stupid, brother, he doesn't have time to do this, he is busy using his trumpet to spar with netizens!!"

"@KingJames, LeBron, up for the challenge!!"

"Brother, my name is Tom Holiday. I have verified my real name. If LeBron can make 400 shots in a row, I will eat our school's basketball hoop!!"

"Brother, you are too brave, I support you..."

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Netizens spontaneously became trolls and forwarded the video from YouTube to Instagram and Twitter, setting off a new round of challenges and discussions.

The discussion became more and more heated, and more and more people challenged it, and it finally became the trending search on Instagram and Twitter.

By this time period, Schwartz once again made a decisive attack, buying a large number of trolls from Twitter and INS to help fuel the hot searches.

At the peak of the popularity, Jianghu opened his own social account, and Schwartz used his contacts to contact some big-name players to help Jianghu attract attention.

"My name is Jianghu, and I am from the CBA South China Tigers in Guangdong, China. I am here to participate in the NBA draft to show off my basketball talent..."

By this time, the hype had succeeded, and Schwartz converted the hype into the attention of Jianghu.

This was a successful Internet marketing campaign. Jianghu and Schwartz achieved great results at a very low cost.

Within 24 hours of opening Jianghu's Instagram account, it managed to gain 220 million followers...

His Twitter account also gained 170 million followers.

Schwartz, who successfully completed the plan, opened the champagne to celebrate...

Jianghu still sat in Schwartz's office chair and smiled silently while lighting a cigar...

The first step of the program was successfully completed.

A video, and a bonus full of gimmicks, let Jiang Hu, a player who is about to participate in the draft, successfully enter the public eye...

(End of this chapter)