Super all-around point guard

Chapter 424 Be a host!
In order to win the All-Star vote, Xie Chen did not hesitate to repeat the same tricks and offended Carter, the great god, in order to become the All-Star vote leader again and prove that he is still the most popular star in the league. As long as he proves this point, then Adam Silver will stop Xie Chen's suspension as a matter of course.

On the night before the news was announced, Hassan Wade and other good brothers had a drink with Xie Chen. Needless to say, they also talked about Porzingis. Xie Chen thanked Wade for encouraging Porzingis in the game, and asked Wade. The Heat and the Knicks are likely to become rivals in the playoffs and help grow Porzingis. Is Wade not afraid of losing to him?Wade said something very meaningful. He said that if the Heat were destined not to reach the finals for six consecutive years, he hoped that Xie Chen would win in the end.

Hassan woke up the next day still slightly drunk. After washing at Xie Chen's house, he found that Wade and Xie Chen were still awake. Bored, Hassan turned on his phone and browsed, and suddenly found that the NBA officially announced the results of the second round of the All-Star voting.

Hassan was very pleasantly surprised: "The results of the second round are out? I don't know if my ranking has improved. I really want to partner with Xie to enter the All-Stars. This kid has bragged twice before. Now needless to say, the number of votes must surpass Curry!"

Hassan found himself first, and the number of votes has indeed improved compared with the previous results. It seems that there is still a good chance to go to Toronto to participate in the All-Star Game this year!

Going to see Xie Chen again, the ranking did not rise but fell! No.1 is still Stephen Curry, and the gap between him and Xie Chen is getting bigger and bigger!
"Damn, how did this happen?" Hassan wondered, it doesn't make sense at all. Last year, Xie Chen boasted about his ability to dunk. Everyone voted for Xie Chen out of curiosity. In the end, he assisted Xie Chen to surpass Stephen Curry. Hasn't everyone stopped doing this this year?But it doesn't make sense, because Xie Chen didn't brag last year, he fulfilled his promise, everyone should continue to believe in him.

"Hey, thank you, wake up, come and see your All-Star voting results!" Hassan rushed into Xie Chen's room. Since Xie Chen had a party with them last night, Katie lived with Xie Chen's parents.

Xie Chen was woken up by Hassan, vaguely heard Hassan mentioning the results of the All-Star voting, and then suddenly realized that today is the day when the results of the second round of voting will be announced. Xie Chen squinted his eyes and said calmly, "Why are you excited? Isn't it because I overtook Curry to become the number one? It was the same last year, Hassan, you should get used to these things."

Xie Chen thought that Hassan's excited yelling was because of Xie Chen's high number of votes, but Hassan told him: "You guessed wrong, brother, your current ranking can't even compare with Jimmy Butler."

"What? Are you sure you're not kidding me?" Xie Chen quickly picked up the phone, and sure enough, he saw that in the latest ranking, his ranking not only did not rise but fell!

"How is this possible! The fans have no reason not to vote for me because of my fight, and as far as I know, there should be a lot of people who voted for me." Xie Chen immediately sat up from the bed, and then quickly called his agent. He also heard the news immediately, and he didn't believe it. He was communicating with the people at the headquarters to see if something went wrong.

Hassan let out a long sigh: "Last year, I was not eligible to join you in the All-Star Game. This year, you can't go unless I can. That's really a pity. I'm sorry brother, I can't accompany you. I have to hurry up to join the team and fly out of New York."

Xie Chen nodded, hugged and said goodbye to Hassan.

Later, when Xie Chen was worried and confused, Ci Shiping unexpectedly came.

Speaking of which, Ci Shiping is indeed a rare visitor. Although Xie Chen recruited this guy to New York, since Ci Shiping joined the team, he often deliberately avoided Xie Chen. This time, he took the initiative to find Xie Chen. I don't know why.

"Why did you come?" Xie Chen asked curiously.

As soon as Ci Shiping came in, he looked very angry, took off his leather jacket and slammed it on the carpet, took out his mobile phone and threw it on the sofa, Xie Chen was surprised, he didn't wonder what Ci Shiping was angry about, but he was a little surprised that he knew how to protect his mobile phone.

"Thank you, can you bear it?" Ci Shiping asked angrily.

"What can I bear?" Xie Chen was still at a loss.

Ci Shiping pointed to the mobile phone and said: "All-Star voting! Didn't you watch it? Your ranking did not rise but fell, and now you are even worse than Jimmy Butler. This is a blatant deception! I suspect that the official NBA data is falsified. This must have been done by that old man Adam Silver. He is the best at it, isn't he? Last time we had a gang fight, oh, no, it was you gang fight, and even banned me for one game! Although I apologized and compensated me in the end, is that useful? If I can play that game, maybe our Knicks can get a win!"

Xie Chen finally understood why Ci Shiping was so angry, and why he ran to find him yelling. It turned out that he was still concerned about being played by Adam Xiao Hua before. This time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Xie Chen's vote count was abnormal. Ci Shiping wanted to join hands with Xie Chen to find Adam Xiao Hua's troubles.

Xie Chen smiled and patted Ci Shiping, and said: "It's hard to come here, sit down first, calm down, I'll make you a cup of tea, you're already 36, and don't call me old man Adam Xiao Hua, he's not much older than you, and he looks younger than you."

Ci Shiping touched his rough skin, and said angrily: "Nonsense, he is just whiter than me, he looks older than my grandpa."

Seeing Ci Shiping complaining so much to Adam Xiao Hua, Xie Chen was also helpless. Speaking of which, the last time Adam Xiao Hua rectified Ci Shiping, it should have been done for Xie Chen.

Xie Chen poured Ci Shiping a cup of tea and sat down, then asked, "You guessed right. I talked to my agent, and he also said that my vote count might be inaccurate. It's impossible for such a long time. The vote count has only increased by such a small amount. However, as players, we can't interfere with this kind of thing. What do you plan to do when you come to me?"

Ci Shiping quickly said: "What else can I do? Go directly to the headquarters to find him and reason with him!"

Xie Chen nodded: "It's really simple and straightforward, let's go!"

Seeing Xie Chen get up on the spot, even Ci Shiping was taken aback. I didn't expect Xie Chen to agree so readily!Ci Shiping didn't say anything else. After Xie Chen changed his clothes, the two went directly to the NBA headquarters. After waiting for about 10 minutes, they waited for him to appear in Adam Silver's office.

Adam Xiao Hua walked over gracefully, still smiling shyly and kindly: "I'm sorry, both of you, I suddenly have something to deal with, so I'm late."

Seeing Xiao Hua walking in, Ci Shiping immediately rushed forward as if he was about to fight, but Adam Xiao Hua is not David Stern, Xiao Hua is very tall, Ci Shiping can't cause any pressure on the other party in terms of momentum, coupled with the disparity between the two identities, Xiao Hua didn't even look at Ci Shiping.

Ci Shiping stuck to Xiao Hua and said: "Mr. President, don't blame us for messing around, but Xie's vote count is too strange. You also know that he has attracted a lot of attention by relying on his hype on the Internet. How could his ranking be lowered? Is this because you made a mistake in your calculations?"

Adam Xiao Hua hasn't stopped walking since he entered the office. He walked to the seat before sitting down, put his hands on the desk, and said solemnly: "Are you also here to talk to me about the number of thank you votes? I just want to talk to Xie about this matter. Can I trouble you to stay outside for a while?"

Ci Shiping was taken aback suddenly, why did he tease himself aside?Ci Shiping came here with selfish motives, but he was unwilling to leave like this, and quickly brought up the past: "Last time you suspended me for one game for no reason, which directly led to the current losing streak of the Knicks. Now the whole team has no fighting spirit. You must be responsible for this! You must give me an explanation!"

Adam Xiaohua guessed that Ci Shiping would mention this matter, and said helplessly: "I don't know what explanation Mr. Ci Shiping wants?" Regarding the suspension, they officially apologized and lost money, what else can they ask for?Ci Shiping thought for a while and said, "If I get banned for something like this next time, you have to deal with it lightly, at least reduce the standard of two games, how about it?"

"Deal!" Adam Xiao Hua only thought for a while, and agreed to Ci Shiping's request on the spot!

"Oh, this guy has made a lot of money." Xie Chen also smiled.

"Hahaha." Ci Shiping laughed quickly, stepped forward to shake hands with Adam Xiao Hua, and said, "Thank you, Mr. President. I believe you will have a pleasant conversation with Xie, so I won't bother you."

Ci Shiping walked out of the room full of joy.

After Ci Shiping left, Adam Silver looked at Xie Chen with a smile, and did not mention the results of the All-Star voting first, but talked about himself with Xie Chen: "Xie, do you know? I grew up in New York and was a Knicks fan since I was a child. I love this team even more than you. When I knew you were coming to New York to play, I was so excited. This team has not had such a talented player for a long time! , I really want to say something, your incident in Orlando made me too embarrassed."

Xie Chen didn't speak. As a CEO, Adam Xiao Hua really didn't like Xie Chen's behavior from the perspective of interests, but from Xie Chen's point of view, Xie Chen didn't do anything wrong.

Adam Silver went on to say: "Fortunately, you didn't hurt that fan. This is a bit of luck, so don't worry, you won't be suspended forever."

Xie Chen finally spoke: "I know that you have not announced the number of games I was suspended for my consideration, but I really want to know, is it true that I am not popular with the results of this All-Star voting? Do the fans dislike my tricks?"

Adam Silver suddenly smiled: "Wow, that's really rare. No.1 in the league actually started to doubt his popularity. Let me tell you the truth, in the second round of voting, your votes are not behind Jimmy Butler, but ahead of Stephen Curry."

Xie Chen was shocked on the spot: "What? You say I'm the top voter in the second round? I'm No.1?"

Adam Silver smiled and nodded: "You are still so popular, aren't you? Fans still eat what you brag about, don't you? However, before announcing the results, I thought about it and announced it directly. Is it the only way? If you naturally become the vote champion and are selected as the All-Star, there will still be fans who say how to let a fan-beater participate in the All-Star, or as the vote champion? So I want to deliberately lower your ranking, so that the fans worry that you will not be able to participate in the All-Star due to the impact of the fight People all over the world want to see you participate in the All-Star Game, the slam dunk matchup with LeBron James, the rhetoric of surpassing Vince Carter to become the strongest dunker in history, and the challenge of defeating Curry without Curry’s posture.

Speaking of it, Adam Xiao Hua also worked hard with good intentions. After hearing this, Xie Chen finally understood what was going on, so he asked, "Then when will you restore my normal number of votes?"

Adam Xiao Hua stood up and shook his head: "It's not that simple, you need to do what I say."

Depend on!I knew that Adam Xiao Hua did all this to threaten Xie Chen to do something!You are so cunning!
"Okay, what are you talking about." Xie Chen said helplessly.

Adam Silver said: "First, do some activities to give thanks to the fans. I am afraid you will go to Orlando to do this once. We will arrange everything, and you may need to donate some money."

Xie Chen didn't have any objection to this matter, and he had already guessed that Xiao Hua would ask him to do this, so he nodded: "What else?"

Adam Silver didn't say it directly, but asked: "By the way, I heard that you have been training in Los Angeles after you were suspended? Will you go to Los Angeles in the future?"

Xie Chen nodded dully, not understanding why Adam Silver asked this, and replied: "I want to train quietly by myself, so I chose Los Angeles, what's wrong?"

Adam Silver smiled and said: "It's a good choice. I suddenly thought that T.NT TV station is there, and it just so happens that the host of the open court has been feeling a little uncomfortable for the past two days. I have already arranged with you. You can go and be the host for a period of time in the past. Your wife has also been the host of ESPN. I believe she will support you."

"What? Go to TNT to be a host? Bragging with O'Neill, Kenny Smith, Buckley, and Thomas?" Xie Chen stood up excitedly, never expecting that Adam Silver would arrange for himself this job.

Adam Xiao Hua patted Xie Chen on the shoulder and said: "Let people across the country and even the whole world feel your humor, kindness, wit, and optimism through TV. This is the best way to restore your reputation. Come on, I am optimistic about you!"

Adam Xiao Hua left after finishing speaking, but Xie Chen really doubted whether Xie Chen would be able to calmly maintain humor, kindness, wit and fucking optimism when he went there to listen to their bragging!

(End of this chapter)