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Chapter 164 Seriously Persuading People to Surrender
New Orleans was originally a beautiful city, but due to its special geographical location, it has been hit by hurricanes this year, especially on August 2005, 8, the five-category hurricane Katrina in southeastern Louisiana. Burnertown landed, and New Orleans was utterly devastated.

This small hurricane, which was predicted to land in Florida, caught everyone by surprise. It made a big bend from Florida, and quickly strengthened to a category [-] in the Gulf of Mexico, hitting many New Orleans who didn't know where it was. , the dilapidated lake embankment collapsed in the shock of the hurricane, and Lake Pontchartrain in the north of the city poured back into the bowl-shaped city of New Orleans. Many people who were too poor to evacuate were trapped in the river. The New Orleans area and The external communication system was completely paralyzed, the basic living supplies were exhausted, and the situation was out of control for a while. Riots, robberies, escapes, and panic enveloped the city. The tragic scene of the end of the world was widely broadcast by the TV media.

In this catastrophe, New Orleans, Louisiana suffered the heaviest losses, and the death toll was the highest among all disaster-stricken areas. According to incomplete statistics, a total of 1577 people died and 705 people were missing. For the United States, it is already very big.

Hurricane Katrina caused total damage of more than $810 billion, the most in U.S. history, and today, four years later, much of New Orleans' hardest-hit and poorest Ninth Ward remains dilapidated and revived. The road is difficult, and the NBA League set up this All-Star Game in the New Orleans Arena here just to revive the economy here. It is hoped that through basketball and the charm of the All-Stars, this troubled small city will be revived. Restored to splendor.

Before the start of the All-Star Game, there were two roundtable meetings, one was a press conference held externally, and the other was an internal meeting of the stars. The external ones were not interesting, but those big bowlers made guarantees and rhetoric in front of the TV, and they were also objective. It’s just for others to see who has a higher reputation based on which reporter gathers more, but the internal meeting that outsiders don’t know is very important. It’s just to discuss the matter of dividing the cake, such as who will get high scores and who will get mvp this year What, basically the cake is divided in this meeting.

Since Totoro is the All-Star starter, he was naturally invited to participate in this meeting. To this day in the NBA, there are many black players who hate him, but those who have played against him have basically recognized his strength. In the NBA, as long as you have a level, you will be respected. Whether you can become friends is one thing, and whether you can qualify is another matter.

The first press conference was held at the Sheraton Hotel in New Orleans. When Totoro and Yao Ming arrived, the place was already full. The global appeal of Kobe and James is not casual. Surrounded by reporters, it was packed. Apart from them, Chris Paul was the second most popular. As the host of this All-Star event, the queen bee also received a lot of attention!

Totoro came to the table with his name written on it and sat down. Just as he wanted to take a sip of the tea on the table to catch his breath, a group of reporters who looked like sharks smelling blood surrounded him with a huff.

"Hold the grass! What's going on!"

Totoro, who was not fully prepared, was a little dumbfounded. He had carefully analyzed the situation before coming here, and felt that although he performed outstandingly, his popularity should not be high enough to compete with the orangutan and the little black snake. After all, this It is the solid foundation laid by others in the league for 5, 6 years or even decades, but he is just a fledgling, who knows if he will fall like a shooting star in the eyes of everyone, there are too many examples of this in nba up.

But now through the facts, he still underestimated his fame a bit.

"Mr. Totoro, I'm a reporter from the New Orleans Real News. This is your first season, and it's also your first time participating in an All-Star game. How do you feel now?"

A heroic female reporter broke through the siege, elbowed and pushed back the other elders, and handed the microphone to Totoro first.

"Uh, actually, I'm not very nervous right now."

Although Totoro said so, a few drops of cold sweat had already flowed down the back of his neck.

As Totoro's queen agent, Bugay had already prepared for him a complete manuscript that had been revised many times before Totoro came to New Orleans, which was enough to deal with various emergencies. Totoro, who thought he was interested, didn't read it carefully at all, but just glanced at it casually to deal with it. Now it's not fun, and everything depends on his own improvisation.

However, Totoro is not really unable to speak a word. Compared with those football stars with only high school or even junior high school education, Totoro was also a graduate of an authentic Chinese university in his previous life, and his general social skills and vocabulary are still not good enough. questionable.

"In my opinion, the All-Star game is a stage for stars to give back to fans, and it is also a stage for players to relax, so I am not very nervous. I come here with a relaxed mind. I will put my best Show good form to the fans, and at the same time give some help to the citizens of New Orleans who have been troubled by the hurricane."

"Clap clap clap!"

The reporters immediately burst into applause, they applauded for Totoro's last sentence, the All-Star Game was originally intended to help those refugees, but few stars would specifically click on it when they visited.

"Mr. Totoro, hello, I'm a reporter from the Basketball Pioneer, you can participate in the All-Star Game in the first season as a rookie, and you are the first in NBA history to participate in the Rookie Challenge at the same time in the All-Star Game Do you have anything to say about the three-point contest, the slam dunk contest and the players in the main game?"

The second one appeared was a male reporter with an Asian face. When he asked questions, his face was full of pride, and at the same time, he deliberately bit the words "No. [-] in history" very hard. American journalists are a little upset.

This is blatantly blackmailing Totoro, but Totoro himself doesn't care. Chinese people have suffered a lot of discrimination in the United States, and they have suffered a lot of oppression and exclusion in basketball. His dream of entering the nba is In order to smash it all, what's the point of being proud now?
"I feel very honored and a little ecstatic at the same time. This is the affirmation of the fans and the league. For me, the only thing I can do is to give my best side to the fans during the game."

"Then Mr. Totoro, according to what you said, you are well prepared and will definitely be able to win in these competitions?"

An American male reporter on the side interjected very rudely, and the alliance press officer who was following Totoro frowned and wanted to step forward to stop the other party from speaking, but Totoro waved his hand to stop him.

"I dare to guarantee the All-Star Game and the Rookie Challenge, but I can promise you the slam dunk contest and the three-pointer contest of individual events. This year's new class dunk champion and three-pointer champion must be me, you It can be witnessed by hundreds of thousands of fans who are now watching the live broadcast in front of the screen."

Totoro's words stunned all the surrounding reporters. Totoro's words are too crazy. What kind of support does he have to make him speak so loudly? He can say such things in public before the game starts. He Will he be able to defeat others?
You must know that you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. Totoro has such a status in the first season. Useless work is very simple, just say a few big words that you can't do in front of the media and fans.

Although if he succeeds, his reputation will rise accordingly, and it will be right soon. This kind of thing has gains and losses, and he will not do things that are not directly proportional to income and risk.

"Is there anything else you want to ask? Eat without me."

Totoro's two words made the reporter speechless, but those seasoned reporters quickly realized that this kind of player who likes to talk nonsense is the player they want to visit the most. There is no shortage of explosive news about this kind of person Themes, they don't have to think about how to process them after they get them, they are really their "good friends"!
It's just that they didn't think of any other questions related to the All-Star game that they could ask Totoro. It seemed that the other party had finished all the topics that might include the All-Star in the previous two sentences.

"Well, I heard that the famous Hollywood director Spielberg wants you to play the leading role in a fantasy drama, what do you think about this matter?"

Seeing that the impatient press officer was about to speak to announce the end of the visit, the anxious sports reporters had no choice but to use this kind of lace news to delay time.

"Well, personally, I don't mind acting in movies. You must know that the god of basketball, Jordan, also starred in movies after he became famous, but now my job is still basketball, so I plan to consider other things after I have made corresponding achievements in the NBA. things."

Totoro smiled slightly, and immediately turned a group of female reporters around him into a blush.

My Neighbor Totoro is lucky. The 2konlie fictional person he traveled to has a good appearance. Although he doesn't have the kind of enchanting beauty that surprises people at first glance, his face is sharp and angular, which matches his height and body shape very well. The masculine beauty of a man, the soft eyebrows, the neat nose, and the deep eyes give people a melancholy and cold masculine taste. This combination of rigidity and softness is really eye-catching and both Eastern and Western.

He has long been the representative of the league's good looks, and he is also the star among all NBA stars whose male fans and female fans are closest. 80% of women are attracted to Totoro first and then to his skills Yes, it means that they liked the face of Totoro and then fell in love with the sport of basketball. From this point of view, Totoro still made a large contribution to the basketball career.

"Then how many girlfriends do you have now? According to rumors, you are very close to the popular singer Taylor Swift, but some newspapers have photographed that you have a good relationship with a blonde beauty named Ivy. Recently, you are even more What do you have to say about taking a black-haired woman on the team's chartered plane openly?"

Another reporter asked a question unrelated to basketball in an attempt to delay time, but his question was a bit cheating.

"Sorry, these are my good friends, and this is a matter of my private life. Please forgive me for refusing to answer. Are you a reporter for a sports newspaper? Or are you a paparazzi for a gossip magazine?"

Totoro's face darkened. He usually hates people asking him about Lufa, Ivy and the others. Now the United States still stipulates monogamy. If the matter of him having multiple girlfriends is exposed , At that time, many people who are full and supporting themselves may be condemned as a scumbag. Even if it doesn't have much impact on him, Totoro still feels that one less troublesome thing is one thing.

"Then, Mr. Totoro, what is your favorite thing to do in your daily life?"

"What's your favorite dish, Mr. Totoro?"

"Okay, let's end the interview now, if you have nothing else to do, please leave!"

Those reporters were still preparing to die, but they couldn't even listen to the press officer next to them. They forcibly interrupted and ended the reporters' visit, so that these reporters who were not professional enough at all packed up their bags and left.

The entire public reception lasted only half an hour, and later it was said that it was time for the players to eat privately. Totoro Dayao and Brother Yi sat at a table as team members. Kobe and his wife came over to join the table. A few minutes later, Wei De brought his younger brother Beasley to join in the fun, and finally James and Paul also took their seats and left. The Totoro table instantly became the busiest place in the entire hotel.

"I heard that you have booked the champion of the slam dunk contest? Are you kidding me?"

Beasley, who originally looked like a rogue, said with his nostrils up, this year, I don’t know if it’s the butterfly effect of Totoro crossing. The cba star who had never appeared in the slam dunk contest also participated in this year’s slam dunk. Contest, this guy probably still remembers the last "grass abuse" of chinchillas, and he is still proud of it.

"That's right, I advise you to withdraw from the competition. You can't win against me, and it's a waste of both of us's time. Wouldn't it be easier for me to win the championship directly?"

My Neighbor Totoro admitted it directly, and solemnly persuaded the other party to give up. Beasley said that he had never seen such a brazen person.

"Why are you so arrogant?"

"I'm not arrogant, I'm telling the truth. Can you do a 720-degree dunk? Can you dunk to the free throw line? Those are the warm-up moves I did in the regular season. Even better, do you think you can win?"
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The cba star immediately had no words to refute, because he really couldn't do these actions, but he didn't know how to do it. When Beasley saw Totoro's sincere eyes, Beasley said that he really wanted to beat him up !
(End of this chapter)