Entertaining Children

  Chapter 686 Don't do stupid things

  "Next month's National Day holiday, there will be a lot of performance opportunities, and the school will be on holiday again. I don't know if you have any performances and are there any schedules?" Chen Yang asked Xiao Yao.

   "Oh, why do you ask me about my schedule? We are very free during the holiday in China. Wouldn't you want to introduce me to the performance?" Xiao Yao smiled.

"It's not an introduction, it's an invitation." Chen Yang said, "Our Basketball Association and Haiyan Video jointly organized a star charity basketball game, and we want to invite you to participate. It's not a guest performer, but a team member on the game. Of course, if you can both As a team member, we are also very welcome if we can perform in the opening or midfield."

   "Is it a regular game?" Xiao Yao asked immediately. Speaking of playing basketball, Xiao Yao is still very interested.

   "Of course it is a regular game!" Chen Yang said, "The whole game, there are referees, coaches, and players. Regardless of the time of the game or the rules of the game, it is in accordance with the regular game."

   "Who are the players in that game?" Xiao Yao asked next. In the Star Charity Tournament, the players in the competition must be all stars, but there are also many kinds of stars.

"Our plan is to divide into two teams, each with nine to ten players. The list has not yet been fully finalized." Chen Yang said, "Now we are sure to participate in the two NBA star players retired, four of our Huaxia The current players of the national team, two men's basketball and two women's basketball, are all professional players. The rest are stars in your entertainment industry, so I won't tell you one by one."

"We need to ensure the quality and excitement of the game. In addition to finding six professional players, most of the acting stars we find can play basketball and play well." I remembered that Xiao Siqi told Chen Yang that Xiao Yao back then. The reason for refusing to participate in the "challenge for the championship", Chen Yang continued, "I saw you play basketball. I was able to play like that with Guo Qi three years ago. Now it must be even stronger. I am definitely qualified to participate. This charity basketball game. Generally speaking, the star players are invited by Haiyan Video. You are the only entertainment star I have invited."

   "Okay, you can play basketball and do charity. The most important thing is that you, the new vice chairman of the Basketball Association, can't help but give face. I promise you, I will go!" Xiao Yao nodded with a smile.

"Come on! I think you are still touched by me. You want to fight with the masters?" Chen Yang said with a curled mouth. "I don't know your character. Don't say that I am the vice chairman of the Basketball Association. Chairman of the Association, you may not give face."

  After talking about the two things, I got a satisfactory answer. Chen Yang was also in a good mood, and he turned around and chatted with Xiao Yao about other free articles.

  Chen Yang just came forward to invite people. The specific time, place and process of the event have their own dedicated personnel to communicate with the star team. There is no need for Chen Yang to do it himself. After sending Xiao Yao to the hotel where Li Ai was staying and picking up his car, Chen Yang said goodbye to Xiao Yao and left.

  Writing the theme song of the league, Xiao Yao had a draft in his mind, it was not difficult to do it, and the deadline was about October 20th, it was still a long time, Xiao Yao did not intend to start immediately. Instead, it’s a basketball game. The time is closer. Xiao Yao hasn’t played for a long time. Taking advantage of this period of free time, Xiao Yao still plans to spend more time practicing and find more players to play. Feel.

  It’s still in mid-September, and there are still more than two weeks before the basketball game. If you are practicing, you can use your spare time enough, so Xiao Yao is not in a hurry. After the weekend, he will go back to school and go back to school.

  In addition to class and practice, another personal matter of Xiao Yao has also progressed. That is, the design drawings handed over to Chen Bella have finally been completed. Xiao Yao was very satisfied after seeing it. The warehouse of the small logistics company he bought can also start to renovate and renovate. However, Xiao Yao didn't need to worry too much about this matter. According to what was said before, Lin Qisan, the local snake, was responsible for finding someone to do it. Xiao Yao only had to pay for it. Xiao Yao gave the design drawings to Lin Qisan, which was tantamount to throwing everything about the warehouse renovation to Lin Qisan, and he just waited for the final acceptance.

Half a month before the start of the National Day holiday, Haiyan Video’s official website began to show pre-publicity reports on the star charity basketball game, which has attracted the attention of many media. After introducing the nature of the game and the composition of the player’s identity, One week before the start of the National Day holiday, the official website of Haiyan Video began to announce the list of star players who have confirmed the competition, and many media have also reprinted it.

  The first to be announced are two former professional basketball players. Both of them are basketball superstars who have won NBA championships in their careers and have been selected as All-Stars for many times. Although they have retired, they still have a very high popularity in China. As soon as the news came out that the two would participate in the Star Charity Basketball Game in China, it immediately attracted the attention of countless basketball fans, and they paid attention to the Star Charity Basketball Game held during the National Day.

  The next announcement is the four national basketball players of the national team. Although these four are not as famous as the two NBA superstars, these four are players of their own national team, and the fans feel more intimate, and this kind of active professional player appears in the star charity match with the acting stars Team matches are still very rare, so fans are very excited after knowing the news.

Relatively speaking, the men’s basketball game has more attention than the women’s basketball game. The reputation of men’s basketball players is much greater than that of women’s basketball players, but there is only one star charity game, which means this game. There will be situations where transgender male and female players play in the same game, and these two female basketball players are still rated by fans as the two most attractive female professional basketball players. Therefore, after the names of these four players are announced together, The attention received by the two women's basketball players was higher than the attention received by the two men's basketball players.

   Of the two former US NBA players, one is the player who plays the shooting guard position and the other is the small forward player. One is 1.95 meters tall and the other is two meters tall. They are both outside players. The two Chinese men's basketball players are a point guard and a shooting guard. One is 1.93 meters tall and the other is 1.96 meters tall. They are also guards. The two Chinese women's basketball players, one is 1.95 meters tall and the other is 1.88 meters tall. Although both play forwards, there is no such pure inside player. In other words, none of these six professional players is a full-time inside center player like Chen Yang.

  The announcement of the list of these six professional players basically set the tone for the game, that is, at least to ensure the professionalism and viewing of the game. Needless to say, professionalism, the competition of six professional players will certainly not be particularly chaotic. There are no full-time center forwards among professional players, and the height and physical fitness of acting stars cannot compete with professional players. It is also an exhibition game, and there will be no such fierce insider hand-to-hand combat if you want to. Basketball games that focus on outside are definitely more enjoyable in the eyes of ordinary people than games that focus on inside.

  At the same time, such a professional lineup, which is almost all perimeter players, also leaves plenty of room for the star performers. There is no moving wall under the basket, and it is relatively easier for the stars of non-professional players to score.

  Haiyan video did not announce all the lineups all at once, but announced in batches at a rate of two to four places a day. After six professional players, the official website of Haiyan Video began to announce the list of star performers in this charity basketball game.

  As time goes by, more and more star players are announced. Judging from the announced lineup of star performers, there are many popular big-name stars. Fans and fans of these star performers are looking forward to the performance of these star performers in the regular basketball game, and they are even more looking forward to this charity basketball game. .

Before the National Day holiday, Haiyan Video's official website not only announced the list of all 18 star players participating in the game, but also helped these 18 players to be divided into teams in advance, and the red and blue teams were announced. Happening. As a result, some enthusiastic fans and fans discussed the strength of the two teams again, arguing about which team is stronger and more likely to win the game.

  The organizers of the game definitely want to balance the strength of the two teams as much as possible. Therefore, the six professional players must be separated, and they are very average former American basketball players, Chinese national team men's basketball players, and women's basketball players. Each team has one. Among the six professional players, the two former US basketball players have similar honors. China’s men’s and women’s basketball players are also the main players in the national team and their respective clubs. At least from the perspective of professional players, it is difficult to determine Said which team is stronger.

  So many fans and fans turned their attention to the lineup of acting stars.

  In terms of star players, the level of most of them is actually unknown. After all, acting stars are not professional players, so they have fewer opportunities to play, and even if they are playing, there are mostly three-on-three or four-on-four half games. Even if they are playing regular full games, most of them are personal friends. Private matches are not broadcast, and generally they will not be seen on TV or on the Internet.

  In such a big environment, one of the stars of the performing arts player is officially 1.88 meters tall, and stars who have shown good skills in reality show variety shows have naturally become the focus of most people's attention.

  This acting star is called Zhuo Zhiyuan. He had lived in the United States during his childhood and adolescence. After he returned to China as an adult, he entered the Chinese show business circle. Now in China, he is a full-scale development of film and television songs. The appearance is very high, and he has also made certain achievements in singing and acting. It is one of the most popular and popular. Because last year he went to the United States to participate in a celebrity exhibition game with retired American basketball players. His fans and some media have called him "the best basketball star in the entertainment circle."

  This kind of professional and non-professional mixed game, professional players generally do not play at their full capacity, and will leave more performance opportunities to non-professional star performers. Therefore, after all the player lineups were announced, Zhuo Zhiyuan's title of "the best basketball star in the entertainment industry" was again raised by the media. Some media also ridiculed that his red team was played by three semi-professional players against the blue team. Of the three professional players, the red team will win the final victory, and Zhuo Zhiyuan is the most powerful contender for the MVP of that game.

  Basketball game is a collective event, even if it is an exhibition game, it is necessary for teammates to cooperate with each other. Although this charity match is an exhibition match, it is very formal. Since coaches have been arranged for both teams, the coaches will also design some tactics, so two days before the start of the game, the organizers of the event gathered these players and arranged two training sessions for them. On the one hand, the coach and the team members can be familiar with each other and cultivate a tacit understanding so that they can cooperate better during the game. On the other hand, it also leaves some room for the coach to play, so that they can guide their players to practice some tactics.

  In order to keep the tactics of the two coaches secret, the training of the two teams is separated. They were assigned to two different basketball halls at the same time, instead of staggered training in the same arena. From this perspective, the game still looks very regular.

   Xiao Yao arrived at the basketball hall about half an hour earlier than the notified time, went to the locker room to change his jerseys and shoes, and then went to the court. He planned to practice first.

  The staff of the organizer of the event had arrived early, and cameras were also set up on the sidelines. Obviously, they wanted to take pictures of the star players' training as behind-the-scenes footage. But it was still early, most of the star players hadn't arrived, even the coach hadn't arrived, the film crew hadn't started work, and the cameras hadn't been turned on yet.

  But at this time, there is not a single person on the court. When Xiao Yao walked into the court, he found that a tall man in a training vest was already doing shooting exercises.

   "Brother Qi, are you here so early?" Xiao Yao found that the man was an old acquaintance Guo Qi, so he raised his hand and said with a smile.

   "You're pretty early too!" Guo Qi looked back at Xiao Yao, smiled in response, and threw the basketball he was holding to Xiao Yao and walked over.

"Have you watched the latest news?" When he walked to Xiao Yao, Guo Qi deliberately provoked a general smile. "The media say that Zhuo Zhiyuan is the best basketball star in the entertainment circle and is most likely to win this game. MVP, do you have any ideas?"

   "No idea," Xiao Yao shrugged and smiled, "Should I have any ideas?"

"Of course, he beat him in the game, won the game, and won the MVP!" Guo Qi took Xiao Yao's shoulders and said, "We have discussed, all of our six professional players are playing leisurely and performing well. Opportunities are left to you entertainment stars, and MVP will not fight. I am a professional player, and I am a bully by staring at him as an amateur player. I am not embarrassed. But you are not the same, you are also an amateur, and you are against him. If you go crazy, everything is reasonable, and the audience will definitely love to watch it. If you have this idea, I can pass you more assists and help you from the side!"

"I'm not interested," Xiao Yao shook his head. "This kind of "the best basketball star in the entertainment industry" is nothing more than a personal design, image packaging and publicity strategy for him by the agency or public relations team. People really play very well. I don't want to play tit-for-tat with others for this kind of empty-headed title."

"Actually, I really want to be against you." Xiao Yao continued, "Three years ago, I took advantage of you and beat you. Last year I was able to beat Qiao Xun of your youth team, but I didn't finish that game. After a year, I really want to know if I can beat you upright now. It's a pity that you and I are in the same team this time. There is no such opportunity."

"Why don't we have a one-on-one bullfight?" At this point, Xiao Yao suggested to Guo Qi, "Now there is no one else. Even if someone comes later, our bullfight will only occupy half of the court and there is still half of the open space. It shouldn’t affect other people either. There is still half an hour before the start of training, enough for us to fight."

"No!" Guo Qi immediately jumped away and shook his head like a rattle. "Someone should come before we finish playing. I'm a professional, and you're an amateur. I should win if I win, but shame if I lose. But I lost it. I guessed that you might have this idea, so I specifically asked to be on the same team with you, just to avoid confronting you on the court during the game. How can you now be in front of other stars? Are you one-on-one? I don't do such silly things."

  (End of this chapter)