Entertaining Children

  Chapter 687 Secret Weapon

  Since Guo Qi did not want to go heads-up, Xiao Yao shrugged helplessly, threw the basketball back to Guo Qi, and walked to the sidelines to warm up.

After warming up, Xiao Yao picked up an idle basketball from the sidelines and walked to the court to practice shooting.

  The two practiced shooting for a while, and the others arrived one after another. Everyone is a star, and they are on the same team. Many people meet for the first time, so everyone can't avoid getting to know each other and greet each other.

  Of these people, the biggest card is naturally the former All-Star player of the US NBA. The former American basketball player for Xiao Yao's blue team is Joey Bilsa. He is a black American player. He is known for his strong self-discipline and hard training when he plays in the American basketball team. Although he is the biggest star in this team, he didn't play a big game either, and he came earlier than the coach. Of course, there are no celebrities in this team playing big cards, and even the one who arrives the latest is earlier than the prescribed training time.

  Seeing that the staff had arrived, the head coach of the blue team also called everyone together and started today's training session ahead of schedule.

  The head coach of the blue team is Wei Zhiping. He is more than 60 years old and was the main player of the national team of the China Men’s Basketball Team when he was young. In the 1980s, it was the outstanding performance of the group of people with him at the core, winning several consecutive Asian Championships, and establishing China's basketball dominance in Asia, and it is China's well-deserved basketball star. After he retired, he also worked as a basketball coach. He also studied and lived in the United States for several years. He is also engaged in basketball-related work. In addition to working in a basketball club in the China Professional League, he is also a CCTV sports. One of the very famous professional basketball commentators on the channel. Fans who like to watch basketball games basically know him.

  For such a famous basketball player, whether in terms of qualifications or level, he is more than enough to be the head coach of this improvised professional and non-professional mixed team, and everyone is very convinced of him. As a result of the experience of studying and living in the United States, he has also served as a TV game commentator for a long time. Whether it is communicating with foreign aid from the United States, or controlling the balance between professionalism, viewing and entertainment of this exhibition game. Can do a good job, in all aspects, is a very suitable candidate.

  After calling everyone together, the head coach Wei Zhiping also asked everyone to introduce themselves first, and then formally met each other. At the same time, when introducing himself, Wei Zhiping also asked everyone to talk about his technical characteristics and the position he is good at.

   "Hello everyone, my name is Xiao Yao, I am twenty years old, and I should be the youngest in this team. Please take care of seniors, brothers and sisters." When it was Xiao Yao's turn, Xiao Yao said very low-key.

   "Twenty years old? What are you doing?" Bilsa asked curiously in English.

  Because most of the people present were Chinese, and there was an interpreter standing beside Bilsa, so when he was not talking with Bilsa alone, Xiao Yao spoke Chinese. And Bilsa’s translator was also very dedicated to translating every Chinese spoken to him.

  "I'm a student!" This time, Xiao Yao didn't wait for the translator to translate Birsa's English into Chinese, but smiled and replied directly in English.

  "Student? Isn't this a star charity match?" Bilsa continued to ask.

"Of course he is a star." Guo Qi, who stood beside Bilsa, helped him introduce him, "He is not only a student, but also an actor, singer, and photographer." Guo Qi has played in international competitions and there are foreign teammates in the club. , English level is also good.

   "You haven't talked about the director and screenwriter." Liu Haoming interrupted with a smile. Liu Haoming is an actor, graduated from the Acting Department of Shen Opera, and is a senior Xiaoyao's senior. Although the two have met for the first time, they seem to be more familiar and better with each other because of the relationship between the two.

  "What?" Bielsa was even more confused. "He has so many professions?"

   "I think you should know him," Guo Qi continued, "Have you heard that "American Airlines broke my guitar"? He wrote it!"

   "Jan Xiao?" Birsa looked at Xiao Yao and said. The video that caused American Airlines to lose close to 200 million U.S. dollars and forced the head of American Airlines to apologize publicly in front of the media is very widely circulated in the United States, and Bilsa naturally knows it.

   "Yes!" Xiao Yao smiled and nodded.

   "David who defeated Goliath, I like you, buddy!" Bilsa smiled and stretched out his hand to hold Xiao Yao, and then put Xiao Yao on the shoulder.

   "Alright," Wei Zhiping, who watched the interaction between the two, asked Xiao Yao, "Which aspect are you good at and where are you used to playing?"

   "I usually play outside, mainly as point guard, but also as shooting guard." Xiao Yao said.

"The point guard has me. I think Xiao Yao is better to play inside." Guo Qi said to Wei Zhiping again, "Guide Wei, have you seen the news about Xiao Yao **** tennis some time ago? His power must be. It’s very good. Although this height is a bit worse than our professional players, he certainly won’t suffer from acting stars. I suggest arranging him to play inside."

   "Brother Qi, I helped your men's basketball team take promotional photos, can't you cheat me like this?" Xiao Yao rolled his eyes helplessly. In this kind of game, the outside players are generally the winners, and the inside players are basically hard-working roles.

"Cut~ You have taken pictures of our national men’s basketball team how many years ago, and you did it by Yango La, and I didn’t ask you to do it. It’s not a favor for me. Right?" Guo Qi said nonchalantly.

  The women's basketball teammate Chen Nuo and other performing arts stars all know Xiao Yao and Guo Qi, but they don't know why these two different circles have such a good relationship, and they feel a little unscrupulous when they tear up the stage. Hearing what Guo Qi said, everyone remembered that Xiao Yao took photos of the national men's basketball team a few years ago, and they all showed stunned expressions.

"I remember, your promotional photos for the men's basketball team were very good, and you have also been in a French magazine." Chen Nuo warmly put on Xiao Yao's shoulders and said, "Next year our women's basketball team will also participate in the World Championships. When will we take a set of promotional photos for our women’s basketball team?" Speaking of the men’s basketball team promotional photos a few years ago, their women’s basketball players were very surprised and envious when they saw it. Now, the cheerful and lively Chen Nuo also took the opportunity to test Xiao Yao's request.

"I can't ask for pictures of the beautiful big-legged sisters. As long as the timing is okay, I will definitely help you." Xiao Yao nodded with a smile, and added, "But this is not you and I'm fine with what I said, and you have to agree with the leaders of your basketball association."

Chen Nuo is known as one of the two highest-valued women's basketball players, and his personality is also more cheerful and generous. Xiao Yao's first impression of her is very good, and the fact of taking pictures of the women's basketball players is itself a good idea Yao was more attractive, and Xiao Yao did not refuse her request. However, Xiao Yao remembers that the last time he took pictures of the men's basketball players, he was able to proceed through the interviews between Chen Yang and the leaders of the Basketball Management Center and the approval of the leaders. That's why he came up with the following sentence.

"It's okay. Your reputation is much better now than it was back then, and the photos you took for the men's basketball team are there. If you want, the leader will definitely agree to it." Chen Nuo smiled, "Just say that. Okay, when I go back, I will tell our coach to apply to the leaders, and then you can’t break your promise."

Xiao Yao’s current fame is there, and the effect of the men’s basketball promotional photos in previous years is used as a reference. Chen Nuo believes that whether it is the head coach of the national team or the leader of the Basketball Association, he will definitely find Xiao Yao to help the women’s basketball team take pictures. It is very supportive.

   "Okay, never break your promise!" Xiao Yao nodded.

   "Xiao Yao, brother has a new drama to be aired next month, can you help us take some promotional photos?" Liu Haoming also came over to join in the fun.

   "Brother, what are you doing for the fun?" Xiao Yao glanced at him and said, "Promotional photos of the TV series? Does your crew have no photographers?"

   "Haha~" Xiao Yao's completely opposite attitude immediately caused a burst of laughter.

  "Xiaoyao, you are a cow, brothers don't give me any face!" Liu Haoming said with a thumbs up, quite tasteful.

"The women's basketball sisters are participating in the World Series to contribute to the country. I take pictures to cheer for them. If you really want to take pictures, it must be the same as the last time I took promotional photos for the men's basketball players. I prepare the costumes, The equipment and venue are taken for them for free." Xiao Yao explained, and then deliberately irritated Liu Haoming, "You can't let me take you for free for your TV series promotional photos, right? I charge a lot for taking pictures. If you ask me to shoot, do you have this propaganda budget for your TV series?"

   "Huh? This, well, I admit that I can't afford it." Liu Haoming said dejectedly. For this kind of unplanned expenditure, it is estimated that the producer’s propaganda really does not have this budget.

   "It's fun to help us shoot for free!" Chen Nuo happily patted Xiao Yao and said, "During the game, my sister will definitely pass you more balls!"

"How do I feel that the hearts of the three professional players were all taken away by Xiao Yao? There are three masters feeding the ball. It seems that Xiao Yao must be a big show in this game. We unanimously asked Xiao Yao to play inside. !" Several other performing arts stars all shouted in a booze.

  "Okay, okay, it's up to me to decide what position to play!" Wei Zhiping clapped his hands and said, "Now let's start today's training session. I will look at your level first, and then arrange positions and tactics."

  The content of the training class is passing and receiving practice, shooting practice, running basket practice of taking turns to layup, running back without the ball, running back with the ball, defensive step sliding and other items, which look quite regular.

There are only two training sessions in two days. These basic training items are very limited in improving people, but the players all know that the head coach actually uses this to examine their technical level and various physical qualities, and arrange accordingly. The corresponding order of appearance, time and position on the field. In order to make more appearances on the court, several acting stars are also very serious. In this atmosphere, even a few professional players who can guarantee the main position are more serious in starting these training projects.

  After several basic skills training subjects in the examination room, the head coach also has a certain understanding of the basketball foundation and level of several star players, and then began to design the staffing of the players on the field and several general tactics. Even if these non-professional players have limited execution ability on the court, after at least one practice, it will look more like that.

  Although everyone attaches great importance to it, the atmosphere of the entire training class is still relatively relaxed. In training subjects such as shooting and layups, several professional players such as Bielsa also occasionally give technical guidance to other teammates to guide the action and shooting movements.

  Since there are only nine players in the team, during the tactical exercises, the offensive and defensive exercises were five-on-four in half. In the case of unequal numbers, the side with a larger number of people must have a certain advantage, but the result of this offensive and defensive tactical exercise is not important. Wei Zhiping is also constantly adjusting the positions of individual players and the teams they belong to, so This is not a battle between the main force and the substitute, but Wei Zhiping is further investigating the actual performance of the players on both ends of the offense and defense, and the players are also playing very hard.

  When those basic training courses and offensive and defensive tactics drills were completed, this one-and-a-half-hour training course was also coming to an end. Wei Zhiping wrote down the performance of the team members in a small notebook very seriously. Obviously, he will do more design and adjustments when he returns.

  The training is over, everyone said goodbye to each other and left. When Xiao Yao got dressed and prepared to go back, he was caught by Guo Qi when he was out of the locker room.

   "What are you doing?" Xiao Yao looked at Guo Qi strangely.

   "Did you not try your best when you were training just now, so you deliberately kept your strength?" Guo Qi approached Xiao Yao and asked in a low voice.

  "Are you saying that I am not serious when I train?" Xiao Yao said funnyly, "Where am I? Don't wrong me."

   "Then why didn't you see you dunk when you practiced the layup just now?" Guo Qi said, "You could dunk when you were singled out with Qiao Xun last summer. It's impossible that you can't dunk this year?"

   "Huh?" Xiao Yao smiled bitterly, "We practice layups, not dunks. I don't need to show the limelight during training, right?"

   "So you deliberately behaved low-key during training, and waited for the game to be deducted again, to scare everyone?" Guo Qi laughed.

  "Am I this kind of scheming Boy?" Xiao Yao continued to smile wryly.

"Whether you are or not," Guo Qi said, "but what I want to tell you is that a formal match is different from a one-on-one bullfight. Even if you throw off the defense, someone on the inside may come to fill up the spot. It's not because you want to dunk. It can be deducted."

   "If you can't buckle, don't buckle," Xiao Yao said with a shrug, "It's not a dunk contest."

   "But I want to see you dunk in the official game." Guo Qi said, "So I am going to train with you! If you are okay, follow me now."

  "Special training? The day after tomorrow's competition, how much can you improve me?" Xiao Yao asked puzzled.

"It's not about training you to improve how much you can improve, but for the two of us to train together to practice our cooperation." Guo Qi said, "Brother is a point guard. Passing is my specialty, and your bounce and strength are also important. There. I'll pass the ball to you, and you will dunk in the air relay. What Qiao Xun and you can do back then are unreasonable, and I and you can't do it. But this time it's not for TV. We can't try again and again. , We have to practice and match well to ensure the success rate. Let’s practice secretly as our secret weapon, and wait for it to be shown during the official competition to ensure that everyone’s jaws can be shocked!"

   "You are willing to fulfill me like this, of course I can't ask for it." Xiao Yao nodded, and then asked with some doubts, "But what do you want?"

"What is the picture?" Guo Qi smiled, "I am a professional player. Dunking is a common occurrence in the game, and everyone looks at it. But you are different. Non-professional players have relatively few dunks, let alone you. This kind of star performs dunks in this kind of official game, and it is still an aerial relay dunk? You are not a teammate of my club. If you really become a passer, I will show a superb passer with a lot of face. Well."

"Besides, the higher the level of basketball you show, the less I will lose face when it is revealed that you beat me in basketball in the future!" Guo Qi continued, "I lost to the handicap. His amateur player is an aerial relay dunk, so it sounds better to say it."

The fact that Xiao Yao won Guo Qi back then did not spread to the media and the public, but as Xiao Yao’s reputation grew and he participated in the charity basketball game this time, Guo Qi felt that most of the things that happened back then would be opposed to Xiao Yao. People or media interested in the history of yao basketball turned it out after this game.

   "I thought you thought I was scheming, so you really have scheming." Xiao Yao smiled, then nodded, "Okay, let's practice a secret weapon!"

  (End of this chapter)