The rise of basketball legends

After defeating the Grizzlies, the sun went up and down for two days, and the New Year came.

Chen Yan flew to Los Angeles on the 31st, and he planned to stay with Taylor Swift on the New Year's Eve.

On New Year’s Eve night, Chen Yan originally wanted to go to the famous Grand Park in Los Angeles to participate in the New Year’s countdown party. This is a plaza that spans multiple blocks and connects to the Los Angeles Music Center. The exhibition booth for eating, drinking and having fun has been the largest New Year’s Eve countdown party venue on the west coast of the United States since the year it was opened. When the first second of the new year begins, more than tons of colorful paper pieces will fall from the sky, and all kinds of gorgeous fireworks will rise. In the sky, people's cheers will also echo throughout the square.

Chen Yan really wanted to experience this New Year's Eve feeling, but after discussing with Taylor Swift, he decided to forget it. With his current popularity, when he appeared in such a public event, people would see him instead of paper scraps and fireworks.

This is the trouble of becoming famous, not being able to do something as one likes.

Later, Chen Yan and Taylor Swift were invited to a celebrity party.

After shopping around, Chen Yan found that many people looked familiar, but most of them didn't know each other. Although he had already released a single, he was not considered to have stepped into the entertainment circle.

To be honest, Chen Yan doesn't like this kind of social parties. He prefers to play games at home during this time. Chen Yan has two completely different personalities on and off the court. On the court, he is confident and shows off. Off the court he is quiet and prefers to be alone.

Tonight he was pulled over by Taylor Swift, who felt that getting to know more people in the entertainment industry would be good for her future development.

"Hey! Chen!" At this moment, a voice came from behind the two of them.

Chen Yan looked back and saw that Beckham was holding a glass of wine and looking at him with a smile on his face.

Beckham plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy and often comes to Staples to watch Lakers games. Chen Yan has seen him on the sidelines more than once. The two have had a group photo and had a short exchange, so they know each other well.

"Hey! David, long time no see, how are you doing?" Chen Yan asked.

"I've been busy signing contracts recently. I just signed a contract with Milan and I'm going back to Europe in a few days." Beckham laughed.

"Congratulations, returning to the five major leagues will be a new beginning!" Chen Yan congratulated.

"Thank you, come to Italy to watch me play football." Beckham smiled, and it was obvious that he was very happy to return to the five major leagues.

"No problem, I happen to have plans to go to Europe for vacation during the offseason."

The two chatted with each other, and Chen Yan felt that he had more topics to talk about with sports stars than with entertainment stars.

After Beckham nodded and said hello, he called his two sons, the eldest son Brooklyn, and the second son Romeo,

Chen Yan touched the heads of the two boys. These two boys obviously did not inherit Xiao Bei's beauty, and their genes were biased by the hot girls.

Halfway through the chat, Beckham introduced Chen Yan to his fellow Englishman, the famous director Christopher Nolan.

"Christopher, hello! I like your director's Fatal Magic very much. I have watched it more than once. I also like the Batman series." Chen Yan said enthusiastically.

"Thank you, thank you very much, and I also appreciate your performance on the court."

Nolan replied politely. In fact, he had never seen Chen Yan play, and he was not interested in basketball. He only knew that the big man in front of him was a basketball player.

Nolan is not interested in basketball, but there is a director who is very interested in basketball. After finishing the chat with Nolan, Spike Lee approached Chen Yan.

"Chen, your recent performance is really impressive. How many points did you score in the last game? 60? 62? It's unbelievable. You are the second Kobe. After him, it's the first time I've seen someone like this Cut points."

Spike - Lee is Kobe Bryant's hardcore, it is not difficult to hear from his words.

"Hahaha, thank you, this is a very high evaluation." Chen Yan laughed.

Spike Lee continued: "I think you are also very artistically talented. I was still listening to your latest song, i-gotta-feeling~that-tonight's-gonna-be-a-good-night ~that-tonight's-gonna-be-a-good-good-night~"

Spike-Lee sang directly in the middle of his speech, and he didn't forget to twist his body while singing, looking very happy.

Not only Chen Yan and Taylor Swift, but also the people around were amused by Spike Lee's performance.

Chen Yan joked: "I should really invite you to sing this song, it's definitely more vivid than my original singer's performance."

Spike Lee panted and waved his hands: "I'm not good at singing. What I'm good at is making movies. Are you interested in participating in "Single Out" 2?"

"Making a movie?" Chen Yan asked.

"Yes." Spike Lee replied.

Chen Yan can’t say how much he likes making movies, but he always wants to give it a try when he has the opportunity. Just like releasing a single, as long as his personal performance is online, no matter whether he releases a song or makes a movie, no one will say that he is not doing his job properly. After careful consideration, O’Neal actually used During the break, he has acted in nearly 20 movies. Chen Yan's image and temperament are better, and his acting skills are wider. He thinks it should be no problem to make 40 movies in his career, right?

"Of course, I would love to try to diversify, it would be fun."

Seeing that Chen Yan agreed, Spike-Li was overjoyed, and began to look forward to the picture of the cooperation between the two.

"Heads Up" was the first basketball-themed movie released in 1998, starring Ray Allen, who was only a rookie at the time, and Denzel Washington, a veteran actor.

Once the film was released, it became a huge sensation. It was nominated for five awards at the American Black Film Festival: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Soundtrack. One of the great basketball movies, and it is also regarded as the masterpiece of the famous black director Spike Lee.

The story tells that the protagonist is a nationally famous high school basketball star, but his family is not perfect like many NBA stars. His mother was accidentally killed by his father (Denzel Washington) in a domestic violence, and his father Jack So he went to jail.The protagonist has raised his younger sister alone for many years, and with his own efforts, he has made a name for himself in Coney Island, New York, and has become the target pursued by many universities across the country.

The protagonist's basketball career has just started, but his father suddenly received a parole order on the condition that he must persuade the protagonist to sign with the governor's alma mater, Big State University.However, the protagonist cannot forgive his father at first and refuses to meet or communicate with him.As the signing deadline approached, everyone around the protagonist was bought by agents from various universities or the NBA, and they all wanted to get a piece of the protagonist's money, which troubled him very much.

At this moment, the father proposed to challenge his son one-on-one. If the father wins, the son must sign with Dazhou University.The father in the middle of the year is no longer his son's opponent, and the protagonist defeated his father cleanly 11-5.But in the process of heads-up, the protagonist finds that he still loves his father very much in his heart, because it was his father who led him to the path of basketball.In the end, he chose to help his father and signed with Dazhou University.

Chen Yan had watched this movie in his previous life. In this movie about the love and hatred between father and son, the seemingly young Ray Allen performed very well, which complemented the film's excellent reputation, and there was no trace of a layman.

His performance is inseparable from Spike Lee's training, and Chen Yan feels that Ray Allen can do it himself.

So here comes the question...

Chen Yan looked into Spike Lee's eyes and asked: "The main character in the first film is a black man. If I act in the second film, I will become a yellow race. Isn't that appropriate?"

Spike-Lee was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "Chen, movies don't just have protagonists, sometimes a supporting role can leave a deeper impression on the audience."

Chen Yan thought for a while, and it seemed reasonable, and immediately asked again: "What kind of supporting role?"

Spike Lee pondered for a moment and said, "We won't know until the script comes out."

Chen Yan was dumbfounded after hearing this. Can you tell me that the script is undecided and there are no actors yet?

Chen Yan felt that he had been tricked by Spike Lee.

Spike Lee has a serious face: "Don't worry, I will contact you as soon as the script is finished. Be sure to leave me the schedule."

Chen Yan fully agreed to Spike Lee, but in his heart he felt that this little old man was not very reliable...

At 12:30 in the morning, Chen Yan and Taylor Swift left the party scene after celebrating the New Year's Eve. Instead of returning home, they went to a five-star hotel near the party. It's a kind of fun.

The new year has officially arrived, flames are everywhere in the night sky, gorgeous fireworks can be seen everywhere, Chen Yan and Taylor Swift are also in full swing in the room.

The two are also welcoming the new year in the favorite way of young people.

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"List!!!"

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Chen Yan was awakened by a scream from Taylor Swift.

Chen Yan sat up reflexively, and Taylor's scream made him think it was on fire, but when he opened his eyes, there was nothing but Taylor's happy smiling face that was about to go crazy.

"You took No. [-] on the Billboard! i-gotta-feeling is now No. [-] on the Billboard!"

Billboard (Billboard) is an American music magazine founded in 1894. It contains introductions and rankings of many types of music. The most important rankings are Billboard Hot 100 (single ranking) and Billboard 200 (album ranking). Song Ranking is currently recognized as the most authoritative list in the world.

"Are you kidding? Today is New Year's Day, not April Fool's Day." After Chen Yan finished speaking, he was about to fall back to sleep, but was pulled up again by Taylor Swift.

"It's not a joke, you really did it, look!" Taylor Swift took out her phone, and the screen showed the news that Chen Yan got the first place on the bulletin board.

After watching the whole song, Chen Yan suddenly became sober. His singing was just for fun, and he didn't expect much. It was beyond his expectation that the song won the first place on the bulletin board in the first week of its release.

Chen Yan is very excited, which is different from the excitement of basketball achievements.

"You are a genius, if you specialize in music, you can be a big star now!" Taylor Swift took a bite out of it, regardless of whether she had brushed her teeth or not.

"Baby, you should keep your voice down. If you keep shouting like this, the next door should complain." Chen Yan laughed.

Taylor Swift said disapprovingly, "This hotel has very good sound insulation."

Chen Yan nodded after thinking for a while: "That's right, if the sound insulation effect is not good, we should have been complained last night."

Taylor raised her fist and hit Chen Yan, she thought Chen Yan was very bad.

The news that Chen Yan's single won the No. [-] billboard spread like wildfire, and many fans listened to it with the mentality of giving it a try, which doubled the popularity of "i-gotta-feeling" .

The outside world has the same opinion as Taylor Swift, thinking that Chen Yan is a musical genius, and this song "see-you-again" has two completely different styles.

O'Neill posted 6 winters in a row that day, expressing that he will make a collaboration single with Chen Yan.

The two chatted, and they were both signed players of Li Ning, so they often interacted in private.

With Chen Yan's presence, O'Neal no longer dares to brag that he is the best singing player in the NBA.