glory sports empire

Chapter 63 All-Star Voting

On Saturday the 13th, there was no class, elementary school student Tiff Curry took his younger brother Seth Curry to Gaoshen's villa early in the morning.

"Why are you two here? You are not welcome here!" Avril stood at the door with her hips akimbo, preventing the pupil and his younger brother from entering.

The aura was so strong that the elementary school students really didn't dare to force their way in, and looked at Gaoshen aggrievedly.

Seth didn't agree, and retorted: "You are just a guest, and you have no right to stop us."

Avril raised her head and said: "Wrong, I am the future hostess here, and I have the right to decide who will be the guest."

"Then can you not let Aunt Tony, Aunt Liv, Aunt Kate, Aunt Renee, Aunt Catherine, maybe there will be Madonna and even more aunts in the future, can you not let them come?" Seth asked.

"Ahhh..." Avril went crazy, twisted the pupil's ears, and asked, "Is this how you teach your younger brother?"

"This has nothing to do with me..." The primary school student felt wronged.

It is said that a gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands, well, you are a woman, so it is reasonable to do it...

"Avril, pay attention to your ladylike demeanor, okay?" Gao Shen said, saving Steve Curry.

"Hmph, let me spare you once, if you don't teach your brother well, your legs will be broken." Avril threatened viciously.

The baby is bitter, but the baby doesn't want to say it.

Ever since she sat on Gao Shen's shoulder and completed the dunk, Avril Lavigne has held a grudge against the elementary school students, thinking that the elementary school students have robbed her of her exclusive position, and she has been targeted in various ways.

What can elementary school students do?

You can't fight or scold... well, in fact, you can't fight, coaxing is useless, and there is no way to reconcile.

Turning grief and anger into appetite, he wolfed down a basket of steamed dumplings. The elementary school student said vaguely, "Uncle Gao, I'm here to learn how to dunk from you."

"Humph, it's just you?" Avril snorted disdainfully: "It's not that I despise you, you will never dunk in your life."

Gao Shen knocked Avril on the head and said to Stephen Curry: "Don't listen to her nonsense, you will become a great player in the future."

If a player who can change the way the game is played is not great, then indeed there is no player who can be called great.

"So, can I be as great a player as you are?" asked the elementary school student.

"Hmph, go back to sleep, there is everything in the dream." Avril poured a bucket of cold water.

Fortunately, being used to being bullied, elementary school students have enough resistance.

Seth let go of the sarcasm until now without saying a word, just being a cook with peace of mind, without any sense of existence.

Before I knew it, a basket of buns, a basket of steamed dumplings, and a bowl of tofu nao had been dried up.

Putting down the chopsticks and pushing the bowl, Seth Curry said, "I'm full, I'm going to watch TV."

Gao Shen shook his head and laughed.

Dell Curry is stricter, so the two brothers come to eat, drink, and play.

Gaoshen hired two chefs. The pure Chinese taste cannot be resisted by Americans who only have sandwiches and burgers.

Seth turned on the TV, sipped on soy milk, and watched with relish.

"Yesterday, the All-Star voting has ended, and the number of votes will be announced at noon today.

We will wait and see who can become the All-Star vote king, and whether the final number of votes can surpass the record. "

"Uncle Gao, you will become the top vote-getter, right?" the primary school student suddenly asked.

"Of course!" Avril Lavigne had no doubts.

This year's All-Star ballot distribution began on November 11 last year, and a total of 8 million ballots were released.

In order to expand its influence worldwide, 1000 million of them were sent to various sports brand stores in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, so that fans around the world can participate in voting.

Another 500 million ballots were distributed in the league's 29 arenas.

The deadline is May 1th.

Since the invoice, Gao Shen has never solicited votes for himself, and he has never mentioned this topic in front of the media.

why?
The burden of idols is too heavy.

Canvassing votes is a sign of lack of confidence and is not what a superstar should do.

"Uncle Gao, if you didn't become the king of votes..."

"Impossible!" Avril interrupted Seth, and said angrily: "If you can't become the top voter, this All-Star doesn't matter!"

"But……"

"No, but, shut up!" Avril Lavigne was very rude.

"Uncle Gao, if you weren't the top vote-getter, would you really not participate in the All-Star Game?" Curry also asked.

Gao Shen touched the pupil's head and nodded.

Then you must not participate, I can't afford to lose this person!
The number of All-Star votes is the most intuitive reflection of a star's influence and commercial value.

Because the voters are basically true fans, there is a high probability that they will become consumers.

Therefore, the commercial value of non-All-Star players is completely incomparable with that of All-Stars.

If you are not the top vote-getter, it means there are too few true fans and it would be meaningless to participate.

In fact, the top vote is just the bottom line. Gao Shen's own expectation is to get more than twice as many votes as No.2, and this can prove his unique status.

After breakfast, I played a game console for an hour, and then Gao Shen took Curry to practice.

The old man Curry handed over his son, but he can't be useless.

Strengthening definitely cannot be strengthened, even if Curry's potential is as high as 96, but he is an American after all, and he is not born to be a teammate.

Moreover, Gao Shen hates the naturalization policy from the bottom of his heart.

The pig blood of later generations got naturalized players, and the results are not a pile of shit!
These days, the basketball league in the Philippines is good, and many players have been naturalized. Isn't the Philippine men's basketball team a big fish?

Looking at the local tyrants in the Middle East, who spend a lot of money, they have indeed naturalized many athletes in various sports, but let alone the Olympics and World Championships, even the Asian Games and Asian Championships are not very competitive.

The reason is actually not complicated. First, there is no need for top athletes to switch to others, because as long as they have enough honors, they will not lack fame and fortune. Second, since naturalized athletes have changed their nationality, there is a high probability that they will not have a sense of honor.

Therefore, cultivating one's own athletes is fundamental to improving competitiveness.

Taught elementary school students basketball for an hour, and then pressured them to do their homework until twelve o'clock.

In the anticipation of hundreds of reporters, Stern came out.

"Come and kill me, you fellows..."

Who wants to listen to you, hurry up and announce the number of votes!

Stern understood everyone's thoughts and opened the envelope in his hand.

"No. 1..."

Gao Shen sat up straight, Jordan sat up straight, and the others continued to lie down and watch.

These two must be the top voters, and the others are 100% useless.

"Michael Jordan, 5683214 votes..."

yeah!Hearing this result, Marmignant, who was far away in Europe, jumped up and seemed very excited.

bang~
Gao Shen smashed the TV.

"This is impossible, how can there be so many!" the primary school student exclaimed.

"There must be something shady!" Avril Lavigne also shouted.

The total votes were only 500 million, and more than one-third of the votes were obtained, just like one-third of James' online fans voted. What is the concept?
Moreover, this is not the stage when everyone has a mobile phone lying at home to vote. They are all paper votes, and people need to go to the vote distribution point and fill in the ballot with a pen.

Put yourself in the shoes of others, how many people would go to vote without incident?
More than 100 million is a normal number.

Last year, Grant Hill was the top voter, with only 128 million votes. Even if Jordan came back and met the expectations of most fans, the votes would double at most.

Online voting will be launched next year, and the number of votes has exploded. Jordan got 245 million votes.

It should be noted that it is the 90s now, and those with computers are at least middle-class people, and the poor can't even afford mobile phones.

The most important thing is that if Jordan explodes again, he is the first among mortals, and he is incomparable with Gao Shen.

In fact, this year's vote king should still be Hill, beating Jordan's 135 million with 134 million.

More than 500 million votes, Gao Shen didn't even dare to think about it.

Ding ding, the phone rang.

Bill Duffy asked straight to the point: "Gao, there is obviously something shady about this, what should I do?"

"I decided to quit the All-Star..."

"Wait..." Bill Duffy said: "Stern said that the number of votes is abnormal, announced that all votes will be verified, and invited the media to witness."

Um?When Gao Shen turned on the TV again, Stern was answering reporters' questions.

"Michael Jordan 568 million, Gao Shen 359 million, Grant Hill 256 million, Charles Barkley 231 million... Hakeem Olajuwon 201 million, No.10 Reggie Miller 156 million.

Of course we are happy to have so many votes, but this number is abnormal. Based on the principle of fairness, justice and openness, we need to launch an investigation.

For half a month, under the witness of all the media, every ballot was checked one by one..."

Bang~ Mamniang smashed the TV and decided to join other sports brands to protest to NBA officials.

Stern probably doesn't care.

Even though counting millions of votes one by one was a big undertaking, Stern had to do it.

Otherwise, the All-Stars would become a joke.

Gao Shen calmed down, smiled apologetically at the three children, and said, "Sorry, I lost my temper."

"It's okay, if you give me a kiss, I'll forgive you!" Avril Lavigne replied without losing the opportunity.

Ignore it.

"Uncle Gao, if you teach me how to dunk, I'll ask my dad to buy you a new TV." Steve Curry also seized the opportunity.

"I also want to learn to dunk." Seth Curry said.

"Forget it, your father's salary is not high, you can't let him spend money to buy a TV for me." Gao Shen declined.

Three-pointers can be taught, this dunk... Forget it, let's talk about football.

After chatting with the three children for a while, Gao Shen continued to make phone calls.

This kind of thing must be discussed with the whole team to come up with a caliber, whether to avoid talking about it or to directly complain, it depends on which is more beneficial.

But there is no investigation, no specific news, and there is no other way but to wait for the results of the league's investigation.

After the phone call with the team, the league called in, inviting Gao Shen to participate in the three-point contest and dunk contest.

In fact, the slam dunk contest has become less and less enjoyable in recent years, and the league urgently needs slam dunk masters to enter the arena to increase the interest of the audience.

After Jordan and Wilkins withdrew from the slam dunk contest one after another, the enthusiasm of the audience dwindled until Vince Carter and Kobe Bryant participated in the slam dunk contest. Later, the slam dunk contest was canceled until Zach Lavin and others appeared.

Today, Gao Shen is the only choice.

What kind of dunk is more exciting than a dunk from outside the three-point line?

We all know that there is no suspense in the result, but I still want to see it!

Dunk is poisonous, it looks really addictive.

"If the results of the voting are not satisfactory, then I will not participate in all the activities of the All-Star Weekend." Gao Shen bluntly stated his plan.

This kind of thing doesn't need to save face for anyone, not even Stern.

God should have the temper of God.

(End of this chapter)