I just play ball

Chapter 235 Qualification Argument
In half an hour, Li Yue arrived at his destination and walked to the periphery of a building accompanied by Nike staff.

According to the staff, the Avenue of Stars, as a tourist attraction in Los Angeles, rarely has a single building with a height of more than ten floors. Pay recurring fees and use the latest poster-making techniques.

Panavision is a high-precision photographic equipment manufacturing company. It is also known as the four famous mirrors together with Arri, Cook, and Leica. Famous movies such as "Tomb Raider", "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", "Mystic River" and so on are all Take pictures with their cameras.

The talks had almost collapsed, but Panavision suddenly agreed at the last moment. The person in charge revealed that it was because of Li Yue's face, because the boss of Panavision was always an avid Lakers fan, but because he was too busy with work, he learned that he scored 75 points. The time was relatively late, and after hearing about it, I immediately agreed and provided a lot of extra space.

Dozens of media at the scene had already set up their cameras, and when they saw Li Yue appearing, they swarmed around him.

The ESPN reporter asked: "You are the second player under Nike to receive this award. How do you feel?"

The first one is naturally LeBron James. Nike hung its huge poster in Cleveland in 03 until LeBron left the Cavaliers for the Heat in 10 years.

"I am very happy and excited. Nike has given me great support. I hope to share this moment with all fans. Without them always standing by my side, I cannot achieve what I have achieved so far."

Li Yue knew that it would be profitable for Nike to make posters, and the sales of autographed sneakers were the best proof. It was natural for the fans to be able to hang such a huge poster. I said it from the bottom of my heart.

The Los Angeles Times reporter asked: "I heard that you deliberately chose the free throw posture in the game against the Pacers last season as a reference for making this poster. Does that have any special meaning for you?"

Li Yue pondered for a while: "It was an unforgettable game. You know, I was almost laid off at that time. If I didn't get that free throw opportunity, all this would have been rewritten, and I might have To be successful in a later game, but that wouldn't happen in this city, that free throw was where it all started."

Thinking back carefully, if the Lakers hadn't met a team like the Pacers with a super-defensive but mediocre offense, either the Lakers or the Pacers would have been defeated in that game. In the conflict between Lance and Artest, several coincidences came together, and finally an opportunity appeared, which was even less likely than "Linsanity".

The TNT reporter asked: "According to Nike's official Twitter, there will be two posters featuring you in the future that will be hung in Venice Beach and China Town. What image will you choose?"

"I haven't decided on a plan yet. I'm leaning towards the finals lore and the 75-point goal." Li Gao didn't have many bright moments, but he was extremely shining, so there was no need to worry too much.

"Could you tell me why you chose Chinese 'Where there is a will, there is a way' as the slogan of this poster?" The TMZ reporter imitated the Chinese pronunciation a little clumsily. "Is it translated from an ancient British proverb?"

"This is an ancient Chinese saying, which comes from the history book "Book of the Later Han Dynasty". It means that we must work hard and struggle for our ideals, and we must move forward bravely even if we encounter difficulties and obstacles. I used it to encourage myself in the past two years. I took this opportunity to share to more people."

The interview before the unveiling ended quickly. Nike staff said that there were important things to announce after the unveiling, and then took Li Yue into the Panavision building and took the elevator to the 15th floor.

According to the staff, the huge poster is distributed in a rectangle with a total area of ​​2000 square meters. In the center of the poster is Li Yue throwing a ball with both hands.

A group of people soon came to the 15th floor. As soon as the elevator door opened, Li Yue saw a white-haired old man walking towards him with a smile, "Hello, I am Ronald Perel, President of Panavision. Man, I am a fan of the Lakers and you, and I am very glad that you chose to hang the huge poster in our building, if you need help in the future, please feel free to ask.”

"Thank you!" Li Yue took the initiative to extend his hand, and the two stood side by side holding hands, while the cameraman next to him took pictures.

The two chatted briefly, Ronald left on the grounds that he needed to deal with work, and Li Yue and others entered the room where the top of the poster was located.

"You pull this rope, and the curtain outside the poster will fall." The staff reminded.

Li Yue nodded, stepped forward to take the rope, turned around and faced the camera to provide a close-up pose, the staff began to count down, and the moment he heard '1', he gently pulled the rope back, and the sound of friction was continuous.

Looking out, I saw four oversized pieces of cloth falling rapidly, and the poster gradually revealed its true face.

"Wow!" The crowd on the Avenue of Stars noticed the sudden appearance and shouted curiously. More and more people stopped to take pictures with their mobile phones, causing traffic jams within a few minutes.

"Very successful!" The staff exclaimed, and Li Yue gave them high-fives to celebrate.

Everyone went back downstairs, and Li Yue and the person in charge stood in front of the Nike background board that had been prepared to accept reporters' interviews. They announced three upcoming public welfare activities on the spot, which drew applause from the onlookers.

At about five o'clock, the huge poster hanging event ended, and Li Yue returned to Ramona's apartment by Nike car.

After the Lakers' four-game winning streak in the Southwest Division, he has three days to rest, which he intends to use to deal with many personal matters.

After dialing Taylor, Li Yue wanted to come to the commercial shooting plan that had been set before, and check the relevant details one by one.

The first is Volvo Cars. You only need to go to the other company to shoot a video of walking quickly to the car with the car key to unlock it, then get in the car and start the ignition, and then say a few high-quality lines. It can be done in up to two hours.

The second is the Cartier watch, which only needs to take a few hard photos, which may be done in half an hour, and then there are three brands such as Coca-Cola and Samsung mobile phones, which will take about two days in total.

After confirming the itinerary, Li Yue started to cook and turned on the TV at the same time. ESPN was broadcasting "First Take".

The host Molly said: "Just now, we received a report from the reporter in front that Nike hung a poster of Li Yue over 2000 square meters on the Panavision Building next to Kuan Teng Street on the Avenue of Stars, causing many passers-by to Stopped to watch, and even caused traffic jams at one point, and there have been many discussions on this matter on social networks, what do you think?"

Jalen Rose said: "In my opinion, this is an offensive move. We all know that the Walk of Fame is used to commemorate the eternal memorial of people who have made outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry. Broadcasting microphones, stage plays, etc., but Li Yue is a basketball player, even if it is just the contribution of this city, he cannot compare with Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and others. What qualifications?"

Stephen A. Smith said: "I disagree with you. The Avenue of Stars was indeed established to recognize outstanding contributors to the entertainment industry, but there is no constitutional provision that it can no longer be used to recognize outstanding contributors to other industries. It’s better to build a museum, and the entertainment industry is meant to serve the public, why stay away from the public?”

Skype Besley said: "I agree with half of the views of the two. First of all, Nike has the right to hang a huge poster on the iconic building of the Avenue of Stars, but if the subject of the poster is a person, then It is indeed necessary to consider whether he has made enough contributions, so I would like to discuss, so far, what contributions has Li Yue made?"

Stephen A. Smith said: "He led the Los Angeles Lakers to win the championship five months ago, helped the Los Angeles Lakers tie the Boston Celtics, and tied for the first NBA championship. You must know that was when Kobe was injured and missed the first round of the playoffs. In the case of the first three games of the second round, we achieved the second 5-8 division championship in NBA history."

"I admit that it was really difficult." Jaylen Rose said, "But Kobe helped the Lakers win 5 championships, and Magic Johnson also helped the Lakers win 5 championships. They also experienced many difficulties, so Li Yue is not qualified enough. "

Stephen A. Smith said: "All the outstanding figures on the Avenue of Stars, do they all have the same contribution? Some of them have made films that have been recorded in the annals of film history, but some have never been understood by the public. We can't just use the amount of contribution as a standard. , and it doesn't mean that Kobe can't hang a huge poster on the Avenue of Fame."

"So besides leading the Lakers to win the championship, what other contributions does Li Yue have?" Skype Besley asked.

"He donated to build and improve the basketball courts of local schools in Los Angeles..."

"Wait, this matter is worthy of encouragement and praise, but many NBA players are doing it, and it doesn't reflect how outstanding Li Yue is. I hope you can list some of his outstanding places." Jaylen Rose said.

"There's really nowhere else that stands out," Stephen said. "If I had to say one thing, it's that he inspired billions of Asians and many Asian basketball players to believe that they, too, could become legends for the world to see." What do you think about the fact that the NBA is not just about black and white players dominating the game?"

Speaking of this, Jerons and Skyp were obviously stunned, and Li Yue couldn't help laughing out loud.

When it came to racial issues, neither of these two dared to have too much BB, so the host Molly hurried to save the scene.

"OK, the director has some selected social network discussion and sharing, let's take a look."

Hearing this, Li Yue put down the beef cutting knife in his hand and turned to look at the TV screen.

[Richard Gere: Nike actually hangs a huge poster of Li Yue in a sacred place like the Avenue of Stars without conscience because of money to grab the attention of many artists. It is too disappointing and should be removed immediately. 】

A close-up of the TV screen shows that this tweet has received as many as 8349 likes and 5000 retweets.

Li Yue is not surprised by such a view. Richard Gere is an anti-China vanguard, which is even a bit polite.

"The public seems to be dissatisfied with the hanging of huge posters. What do you think?" Molly asked.

Stephen said: "In my opinion, this is a deliberate provocation, and Nike has the right to hang it."

"It's still the previous point of view. He does have power, but he doesn't contribute enough." Jaylen Rose said.

"Me too." Scape nodded.

"What do those two think Li Yue is qualified for?" Stephen asked back.

"Three consecutive championships, and social contributions that exceed the average level of NBA stars." Jaylen Rose spread his hands, "It may sound harsh, but considering that it is compared to Kobe and Magic, it is nothing."

"My request is not that complicated." Skyp said, "As long as he really breaks two NBA historical records, the kind of record that doesn't need too many qualifiers, it can't be a single game."

Li Yue raised his eyebrows when he heard the words. Although he didn't want to ignore Skyp, the Lakers' next opponent is the Milwaukee Bucks. They are currently in a 5-game losing streak.

(End of this chapter)