NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 172 The upcoming 06-07 season and Kobe No. 24

The first part of "Transformers" can almost be regarded as the pinnacle of the film series. Although it is known as a nutritious popcorn movie, compared with many subsequent big-budget movies, it is already considered to be well-made.

But it did give the director a headache when filming the movie.

After all, this thing is just a cartoon used to sell toys. The content is childish and simple. Almost the entire story needs to be improved according to the situation of the movie. How to shoot it is also a completely basic exploration.

In this case, Wang Chong, who had already watched the film and even several subsequent series, accidentally came up with some ideas. For the tangled Michael Bay, it was like a flash of inspiration that made him suddenly enlightened.

"Wang, if you weren't able to achieve higher achievements in the NBA, I would have hired you as my screenwriter."

Listening to Michael Bay's heartfelt sigh, Wang Chong just smiled.

He still knows how much he weighs. He is just able to point out a little bit because he has the memory of the movie. It does not mean that he really has enough professional knowledge.

If Wang Chong hadn't invested almost all of his net worth in this movie, he wouldn't have even planned to say anything.

For him, it doesn't matter how the "Transformers" movie is shot. What's important is that he can't lose the money he invested. It would be better if he could make a small profit.

But from Jessica Alba's perspective, Wang Chong is simply not too handsome.

Although she is a basketball player and knows nothing about movies, she is able to give suggestions to the director during the filming process, and has been adopted many times. This is not something ordinary people can do, even though Wang Chong has always discussed movies with her before. But Jessica always felt that Wang Chong just got to know him better because of her so that we could have a common topic. She didn't expect Wang Chong to be so powerful.

As time goes by, Wang Chong goes to the "Transformers" set less and less frequently. It's not that Wang Chong is embarrassed to go, but as an investor, no one dares to say anything even if he lives on the set.

But he found that Michael Bay seemed to have a habit of relying on him. Whenever a problem was discovered during the filming process, the first thing he thought of was to discuss it with Wang Chong, without even thinking about it himself.

How can this be done? Wang Chong came to the set mainly to see his girlfriend and watch the excitement, not to work for free, so when Wang Chong saw the director's shadow, he immediately ran away, as if he had seen a ghost.

Wang Chong is not worried that the movie will be messed up without his help. After all, Michael Bay originally made "Transformers" without relying on anyone and it was a global hit.

In addition to the energy he invested in movies, Wang Chong not only took a break during the holidays, but also accepted several commercial endorsements with good quotes and cooperated with the filming of endorsement ads.

With Wang Chong's explosive performance in the Bulls, his commercial value has also begun to increase rapidly. Although it is still slightly inferior to top American superstars such as Kobe, James, and Garnett, the commercial value is also quite high. And this is just in the United States. On the other side of the ocean, in China, Wang Chong has become the most famous basketball player under Yao Yao. Countless manufacturers are flocking to him, holding up their money and asking Wang Chong to help him endorse.

Of course, Wang Chong will not accept all orders, but select some of them to endorse products that are more reliable and have a high probability of not causing problems or collapse.

After all, Wang Chong's commercial endorsement fees have reached nearly 1000 million yuan in one year.

Don’t underestimate this 1000 million. This is 2006. This is not the era of skyrocketing prices ten years later. The maximum salary contract of NBA stars rarely exceeds 1500 million. Wang Chong can earn 1000 in a year just from commercial endorsements. Wan is already among the top players in the league, not counting his shoe contract.

In terms of money-absorbing ability, few players in the league can match it. You must know that even Yao's annual commercial endorsements during this period were only about 2000 million.

The owner of the Rockets has the most say in the commercial value of Dayao. With Dayao as a hot commodity, Alexander can be said to have made a lot of money.

Although Wang Chong's influence is not yet as great as that of Dayao, where one person can achieve enlightenment and the whole team can rise to heaven, he can still easily eat enough.

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Leisure time always passes very quickly.

Wang Chong didn't even realize how long it had passed, as the one and a half month vacation passed in an instant.

In just the blink of an eye, time has arrived at the beginning of September.

Although he was a little reluctant to leave, Wang Chong had to say goodbye to Jessica, left Los Angeles and returned to Chicago to start preparing for the new season.

Although he gave himself a long vacation to relax, there is one thing to say: Wang Chong paid much more attention to the 06-07 season than last season. After all, unlike the last season, there was no pressure. In the new season, Wang Chong Chong is carrying a system task. In order to complete the system upgrade task as soon as possible, he will start competing for the regular season MVP this season. For this, Wang Chong must be fully prepared.

After returning to Chicago in early September, Wang Chong began restorative training. However, just as he thought, his abilities were completely digitized and his abilities would not decline due to a short period of neglect in training. His competitive status was not the same. The slightest attenuation.

But again, although there is no regression, there is no progress either.

Before the system upgrade is completed, Wang Chong, who has reached the peak of Durant's growth template card ability value, will hardly improve his ability significantly except for working hard on badges.

Therefore, if Wang Chong wants to compete for the regular season MVP, he must work more on his teammates.

In mid-September, Bulls players returned to the team to take makeup photos and conduct media day interviews.

Reporters in Chicago looked decidedly uninterested.

But it's not their fault. The Bulls' lineup for the new season has not changed significantly from last season. They only added some bench role players. Although such a Bulls team also reached the Eastern Conference Finals last season and performed well, the new season There was really nothing particularly good to report in the beginning.

However, when it was Wang Chong's turn to be interviewed, the reporters still showed some interest.

Unlike other players who are cautious in their words and deeds, Wang Chong has always said nothing and never stops talking.

What's even better is that Wang Chong can really do what he says.

At the beginning of last season, Wang Chong promised that he would lead the team to a record of more than 50 wins in the new season, and his goal in the playoffs was to reach the Eastern Conference Finals.

At that time, everyone thought Wang Chong was crazy for daring to speak such wild words, but they never expected that he actually did it!

With the brilliant results last season as a foreshadowing, everyone is curious, what kind of ambitions will Wang Chong release this time?

But the result was another disappointment for local reporters in Chicago.

This time when Wang Chong was interviewed by reporters, he acted very low-key and even refused to promise how many wins he would win like last season.

"We are still a young team that needs to continue to grow and improve. How many records we get is far less important than gaining more growth. What I hope is to play every game well in the next season and be solid. Real growth and progress to make both myself and the team better.”

<divclass="contentadv">Wang Chong’s words would be difficult for reporters to deal with directly.

What the hell is this? Wang Chong changed his gender? To be so low-key.

Little did they know that Wang Chong was trying to save his own character.

As the saying goes, don't pretend to be cool, or you will be struck by lightning if you pretend to be cool.

Wang Chong didn't have any clear goals last season, so it doesn't matter if he talks carelessly.

But this season is different. Wang Chong, who aims to compete for the regular season MVP, must calculate everything carefully and not miss any detail.

All in all, just stick to one sentence: don’t waste your time on development.

On the contrary, next door in Cleveland, James had already made bold statements during the final photo shoot.

"The Cavaliers' goal this season is to be first in the Eastern Conference in the regular season and to reach the Eastern Conference Finals in the playoffs!"

James dared to shout these words, and he naturally had the confidence.

The addition of Big Ben has made the Cavaliers one of the strong teams in the Eastern Conference, and they are still in a state of ebb and flow. The Pistons, the dominant team in the Eastern Conference, will definitely decline in strength without Ben Wallace. The Cavaliers' only opponents in the Eastern Conference are Wade O'Neal's Heat and Wang Chong's Bulls.

This view is not limited to James alone, the Cavaliers and even many media think so.

It's just that what they hope to see is the rise and confrontation of the two new teams of the Cavaliers and Bulls. However, while James is very ambitious, Wang Chong is very low-key, so the feeling of strong confrontation is not directly full at the beginning of the season.

In the eyes of the James brothers, this was Wang Chong taking the initiative to show weakness and give in.

"Wang Chong also saw that the Cavaliers in the new season were not as good as his Bulls, so he did not humiliate himself and chose to give in. This guy is really cunning. He used various little tricks to suppress me before. After two or three years, it was finally James' turn to stand up, but he immediately shrank back. If you have the ability, you should be tougher!"

Wang Chong’s fans are not weak in fighting spirit, and they immediately responded: “Isn’t it because James is showing off his power because he hugged Ben Wallace’s lap? This trick of pretending to be powerful is really good. Last season, both teams were singles. You haven't been beaten enough by Wang Chong when you lead the team? You should be careful. If you let out the big words now, it will be too embarrassing for us to beat you again after the start of the new season."

The war of words between Wang Chong fans and James fans was not over yet. Another incident happened immediately, causing Wang Chong fans to start changing their guns non-stop.

The Los Angeles Lakers' new season makeup photos were released. Star star Kobe Bryant gave up the No. 8 jersey he had worn for a full decade and switched to the No. 24 jersey for the new season.

This news immediately set off a lot of excitement in the league.

In the original time and space, when Kobe changed to wear No. 24, there were a lot of doubts. They felt that Kobe wanted to outnumber Jordan even in number, because No. 24 was a little bigger than No. 23.

Although Kobe denied it and gave several reasons for choosing No. 24, no one believed it. Everyone generally believed that this behavior was extremely childish.

In this time and space, in addition to the rhythm with Jordan, the greater rhythm of Kobe's switch to wearing No. 24 comes from Wang Chong, because when Wang Chong was with the Lakers, he wore the No. 24 jersey.

Of course, this was done intentionally by Wang Chong, purely to satisfy his evil taste, but the vast number of melon-eating people did not know this.

From their perspective, Wang Chong first chose No. 24, and then for some reason this season, Kobe suddenly and inexplicably changed to No. 24. What does this mean?

When Wang Chong learned about this, he was a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect that Kobe actually chose No. 24 again. As for what the other party was thinking, Wang Chong was not sure.

When Kobe was interviewed, he just said that the number 24 was a number of extraordinary significance to him, but as to why it was so significant, Kobe did not give an explanation.

It's normal not to give it out. The memes of 24 hours a day and 24 seconds per round have already been "registered trademarks" by Wang Chong. Kobe can't just repeat his exact words, right?

All in all, despite the huge controversy, Kobe still changed his attitude to No. 24 very resolutely, and successfully caused heated discussions in the league.

"It's a very interesting choice." TNT TV commentator Barkley said it was not a big deal to watch the excitement. "Kobe's move may be a declaration of war against Wang Chong, and he wants to see who is the best No. 24 in the league. After all, he lost to Wang Chong in the scoring championship last season, and he is probably quite unconvinced. "

"In addition, No. 24 also has the meaning of surpassing Jordan. As the player who plays most like Jordan in the league today, Kobe has been compared with Jordan throughout his career. I believe he is tired of such comparisons, so he wants to pass Changing his number proves he is the better player."

I have to say, no matter how naive the idea is, Kobe's courage is really rare in the league. After all, he is a ruthless man who dares to shoot without hesitation at critical moments despite making a few shots in his twenties.

The new season hasn't even started yet, but the pace in the league is already so fast that it's hard to stop.

NBA President Stern is happy, this is what he wants to see.

如果新赛季能够在东部决赛上演24vs23，然后总决赛上演24vs24或者是23vs24，都将会是关注度和话题度都拉满的赛季！

But whether everything can go according to the script depends on their respective abilities.

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At the end of September, the 9-2006 preseason officially began.

The Bulls' performance in the preseason was quite eye-catching, mainly due to the active performance of main point guard Monta Ellis. In the preseason, the average playing time was only about 28 minutes per game, and Ellis averaged 22 points per game. With 6 rebounds, he is the team's leading scorer in the preseason, scoring higher than Wang Chongdu.

After a rookie season, Ellis's strength has grown significantly. Obviously, the vacation period has not been wasted. There is no doubt that he will become Wang Chong's most capable right-hand man in the new season!

Of course, Ellis becoming the team's scoring leader in the preseason is also related to Wang Chong not playing seriously and playing less than 20 minutes.

In the pre-season, there was no need to put in much effort, but Wang Chong didn't take it seriously at all, paddling the whole time.

With Ellis's active presence, the Bulls achieved a record of 9 wins and 1 loss in the preseason. Before the start of the new season, they ranked fifth in the league's strength list, second only to the defending champion Heat, veteran strong teams Spurs and Mavericks, and Sta. After Demier returned, the Suns were slightly higher than the Cavaliers with big capital.

This made fans of the Cavaliers and James quite dissatisfied. Although the Cavaliers performed poorly in the preseason, with only 4 wins and 6 losses, just like Wang Chong was paddling in the preseason, the Cavaliers' preseason They also didn't go all out, so why did they put the Bulls in front of the Cavaliers?