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Chapter 33 033 - New Year's Eve and Spring Festival

As the saying goes, the good news of the spring breeze spreads thousands of miles, and the triumphant song lingers for another year.

Just in time for New Year’s Eve, Bu Zelu’s family, plus Powell’s three generations, were sitting around the tea table in the hotel room, making dumplings and laughing and chatting there, no matter if they were from the East They are still Westerners, and their language is pale in front of festivals, just like the old Dou who can walk and talk with Powell. One speaks Cantonese and the other speaks German.

Mi Liya was also held in the arms of the elder sister's mother-in-law who taught her how to make dumplings.

Bu Zelu was lazily lying on the sofa, holding the two little ancestors there.As for the flour all over the faces of the two little ancestors, they were also very happy. They seemed to know that it was the Chinese New Year, and they played without crying or making trouble.

A large group of people were watching the Chinese New Year program on the Internet, and Bu Zelu was watching Djokovic's game with headphones.Since it was not yet dinner time, everyone was busy there, talking and laughing, their house hadn't been so lively in many years, and today, Barry and his wife also learned how to make dumplings there. It's fun.

The sudden knock on the door took everyone by surprise. They had no acquaintances, and the hotel had been specially instructed by the Australian Open, so generally no one would disturb them.

After the brother-in-law opened the door, he recognized the other party. It was Peng Shuai and his party from China, and they invited them in without blocking them.But seeing a few people behind him carrying the camera, this made the brother-in-law hesitate to speak, but the other party said that he would not shoot now.

As the host and the person in charge, Bu Zelu could only take them to another guest room and ask what was going on, and why even the camera resisted coming in, although there was no filming.

"Xiao Bu, it doesn't matter if you call it that way. First of all, on behalf of the National Tennis Association Center, I would like to congratulate you on successfully entering the quarterfinals." The person from the Tennis Association Center said familiarly.

"Ah, thank you, what's the matter?" Bu Zelu said haha.

"Look, today is New Year's Eve, and the camera crew at Station C wants to shoot a promotional video." After speaking, the people from the Tennis Association Center gave Peng Shuai a wink.

"It's the kind of short film about New Year's greetings. Our athletes in Melbourne have shot it. I can't contact you, so I took the liberty of bringing everyone here." Peng Shuai said embarrassedly, after all, she was the only one who could bring people over. Yes, she is also a player at the Australian Open, and she was also not eliminated.However, the women's singles is quite miserable. Their match is tomorrow, which happens to be the first day of the Lunar New Year.

"Just say Happy New Year like those celebrities do." Bu Zelu just watched TV. At each time, several celebrities dressed in red and colorful came to the C station to wish the audience across the country a Happy New Year and so on. '

"Of course it's best to connect online, if it's convenient." A person from the Center of the Tennis Association hurriedly interjected.

"Okay, so what, what should I say, can you give me a line or something, is it really a live broadcast? In case I say something wrong, you understand." Bu Zelu thought about it and it didn't matter, And this is station C, live broadcast by all Chinese, which is much higher than the ratings of the Australian Open.

"Thank you, thank you. In fact, it's nothing but a New Year's greeting to the audience all over the country. Just do it casually. For the New Year, it's just for auspiciousness. In fact, it's best for us to take a picture of the living room. The family is happy and harmonious. I see uncles and aunts. They are making dumplings, does Xiangjiang also make dumplings for Chinese New Year?" At this moment, a middle-aged man rushed to ask.

"Who is this?" Bu Zelu had never seen him before, and he thought it was a staff member of the Tennis Association Center.

"Hello, hello, Mr. Bu Zelu, I am the director of Station C accompanying the Huaxia Legion this time, and my name is Wang Minxing." Wang Minxing said hello.

"Hello, hello, let me ask, and how many foreigners are there?" Bu Zelu thought for a while. He also watched the programs of Station C during the Spring Festival during the Spring Festival. If you can roughly understand what's going on, it's a celebrity blessing event.

Soon, Bu Zelu went to the living room to talk to everyone, but except for the old lady, everyone else was embarrassed, and the Powell family refused.In the end, Bu Zelu could only take the filming team to his room for on-site connection.

I simply tidied up, at least I changed my pajamas into an ordinary short-sleeved one. Under the explanation of the director of station C, the on-site connection was actually delayed. After all, this is a greeting to Chinese people all over the world. , it would be bad if something goes wrong.

After setting up the scene, Bu Zelu sat on the sofa behind the coffee table, looked at the camera in front of him, and wore a headset. After a few experiments, Bu Zelu also understood, and basically followed the computer with others The feeling of the video is similar, except that he can't see the picture of the other party, he can only look at the camera lens in front of him.

"Hello, Bu Zelu, can you hear me?"

"Oh, I can hear it, I can hear it."

"Hi Buzelu, we are station C, do you speak Shaanxi dialect?"

"Ah, hell, I can't speak Mandarin. Everyone in the house speaks Shaanxi dialect. I'm afraid that everyone won't understand Cantonese. How about speaking Cantonese?" Bu Zelu spoke Shaanxi dialect.This is not a lie. After living in a living environment for 20 years, he has long forgotten how to speak Mandarin. It is like a Chinese living in a foreign country who cannot speak Mandarin even after decades of living there.

"It's okay, we can understand, it sounds quite friendly, do you usually speak Shaanxi dialect at home?"

"It's not like that. When Master Hungry was alive, he and Hungry Dad lived together. Now Hungry Dad is alone. Sometimes Hungry also hangs out. He usually speaks Cantonese outside." Bu Zelu said with a smile, looking proficient.

"It's really kind. We just learned that Mr. Bu Zelu has advanced to the top 16 of the Australian Open men's singles. It is really amazing. We have received online messages from many viewers across the country, all of which are to send you blessings .”

"Ha, luck, luck, thank you for your support, and today I saw a lot of Chinese at the scene, I guess there are friends from China, thank you for your support." Bu Zelu said modestly.

"Wow, here are a lot of netizens from all over the country sending messages, and I want to ask Mr. Bu Zelu a lot of questions."

"Don't, don't, I have a bad temper and get angry easily, why don't you pick two compliments? Did you say that I'm more handsome than Mr. Andy Lau? Haha, just kidding." Bu Zelu turned to the camera I waved my hand and got a little invested in it.

"Okay, I'll help you find it, but here's an article saying, Mr. Bu Zelu, hello, at what age did you start playing tennis?"

"Ah, about 4-5 years old!" Bu Zelu said and answered a few simple questions, and finally ended the connection with the national audience after a routine New Year's Eve. The people at station C are still very face-saving, and they ask some basic questions, which will not embarrass everyone.

After sending away the camera crew at station C, and looking at the people at the Tennis Association Center who were hesitant to speak, they laughed and rushed into the guest room of my parents without even having a chance to speak to him.

It took about 10 minutes before Bu Zelu saw his interview on TV. It was quite embarrassing to say, but his family watched it with gusto.In fact, most people in Xiangjiang can understand Mandarin, but they can’t speak it. As for his elder sister, she can also speak a little Shaanxi dialect, unlike him who can use it proficiently. After all, he has learned the "Shaanxi dialect" skill book people.

Not to mention the simple interview at Station C, it was the first time that Bu Zelu spent a New Year’s Eve abroad, well, the colonial time does not count.He rested early, and he didn't have any young people's activities like running out to go clubbing after dinner like in previous years.You must know that he will have a day off tomorrow, and there will be an important game the day after tomorrow.

If Bu Zelu is considered to be a real dark horse, and it can be regarded as a smooth entry into the quarterfinals, the domestic Golden Flower Army is not satisfactory. Losing to Serena Williams in the second round was eliminated; this year's Australian Open, Yuan Meng was directly shortlisted for the women's singles main draw with a wild card.

Although Zheng Jie withdrew from the competition due to a wrist injury, she still tied Li Na's best record at the Australian Open - the top 16 women's singles.In doubles, the old pair of Zheng Jie and Yan Zi only made it to the third round, which is their worst record in the four years since they participated in the Australian Open.

Peng Shuai broke into the second round in the singles field, but also stopped. Fortunately, she and Xie Shuwei still maintained their competitiveness in the doubles, and the next schedule is still very strong for the two of them.It can be said that this pair of doubles is the only remaining fruit of the domestic Golden Flower Legion.

On the contrary, Bu Zelu, who was born out of nowhere, entered the quarterfinals all the way on thin ice. Regardless of the process, in terms of the results of the Chinese, he is now the best.In particular, every step he takes is creating history in China's tennis records.

The reason why the history of the Chinese is not created is because there is a Chinese named Zhang Depei who has won two Grand Slams. Fortunately, this product is American and has lived in the United States since he was a child. Unlike Bu Zelu, it is completely made in China. , Well, let’s say it’s made in China.

During the Spring Festival, Bu Zelu was invited to the arena contracted by the Center of the Domestic Tennis Association, and told him that he can use it all the time during the Australian Open and does not need to rotate with others. After all, there is only one left in the Australian Open. Women's doubles, and his men's singles.This is good news.

And Barry Schmeichel officially provided Bu Zelu with a weekly salary of 300 Australian dollars for all the questions and answers of foreign reporters, and gave him an answer text overnight.Basically, it belongs to the official discourse, because the results of Bu Zelu's two interviews with reporters were not very good, which caused a lot of damage to his image.

At least if Bu Zelu continues to pursue a tennis career in the future, these will be very detrimental to him.Similarly, Barry also took on some of Bu Zelu's manager duties, that is, to help explain some of Bu Zelu's personal problems.But he won't help Bu Zelu receive sponsorship or advertising endorsements, it's just a conveyance.

At least keeping Bu Zelu isolated from the outside world is all for the long-term development of Bu Zelu's future career path.

(End of this chapter)