NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

When Li Kaiming secretly improved himself, the Wizards won the championship, and the impact of Li Kaiming becoming the biggest winner of the season is still fermenting in America.

The next day, Li Kaiming received a text message from beautiful agent Monica, saying that America's well-known basketball magazine "SLAM", whose Chinese name is "Slam Dunk", invited Li Kaiming to be interviewed and requested that Li Kaiming be the next one. Cover character of an issue of Slam Dunk magazine!

Of course Li Kaiming would not refuse this kind of invitation. "Slam Dunk" magazine has a great influence in America. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the largest basketball magazine in America. Li Kaiming was also a "Slam Dunk" magazine when he was in school. He is a loyal reader of Basketball magazine, and many basketball superstars have been on the cover of "Slam Dunk".

But what Li Kaiming didn't know was that the cover figure of "Slam Dunk" magazine was not just as simple as it appeared on the surface. Its greater symbolic significance was that after Li Kaiming led the team to win the championship and dominated this season, America's mainstream media , finally began to accept him.

Prior to this, even if Li Kaiming could enter the first team in his rookie season and become the youngest regular season MVP in his second season, these American sports media all believed that a yellow man and a Chinese-American could not succeed even if he could No matter how good your performance is in the regular season, it is difficult to really lead the team to win, or even lead the team to win the championship.

Winning and championships are the most important thing in competitive sports. The reason why Jordan is recognized as the God of Basketball is because during his career with the Bulls, he carved a bloody path in a league that was originally ruled by elders. Reached the finals 6 times and won them all!

And it was two and three consecutive championships. Putting aside awards such as MVP, this kind of dominance shown in the playoffs made Jordan undoubtedly the number one in history.

Therefore, there is some truth in the American media's constant belittling of Li Kaiming, because when Jordan was blocked from the Finals by the Pistons' Bad Boys, many media also believed that Jordan was just a scumbag, but when Jordan When he started winning championships, this doubt disappeared.

To put it bluntly, in competitive sports, winning can solve 99% of the problems, and the remaining 1% of the problems can only mean that you have not won enough...

But compared to Jordan, if you want to say that the American media is not racist towards yellow people, Li Kaiming doesn't believe it. Otherwise, how else to explain that that little turtle named Koslov keeps finding him in different ways all day long? Stubble?

Li Kaiming drove to the place agreed upon by both parties. As soon as he got off the car, he found that Monica was already waiting for him at the garage door.

Li Kaiming was very satisfied with his beautiful manager, who was beautiful and capable. Although he was stubborn to death at times, it was understandable for his own good. He smiled and greeted her.

"Hi! Carol, long time no see!"

Monica gave Li Kaiming a charming eye roll, "Your opening remarks are still as tacky as ever. Besides, didn't we just meet a few days ago?"

Li Kaiming had a look of embarrassment on his face, "Really? Is my opening statement very tacky?"

Monica couldn't help but chuckle, and then punched Li Kaiming lightly on the arm, "Butu, you are the god of romance, let's go, Editor Porter is already waiting for us!"

Li Kaiming nodded, and then walked towards the interview location under the guidance of Monica.

Monica, who was next to her, was casually chatting with Li Kaiming while walking, laughing from time to time, which made Li Kaiming less boring along the way.

A small building appeared in front of her sight. Monica turned around and introduced it to Li Kaiming, "Well, the one in front is the location for today's interview and shooting."

Li Kaiming looked at the layout of the house and found that it was a very typical ugly Dabieye layout, so he nodded and followed Monica in.

As soon as he entered the room, Li Kaiming was surprised by the spacious room, because although it looked like a two-story building from the outside, after entering the door, he discovered that a large area in the middle was connected to the upper and lower floors, and it was full of There are all kinds of shooting equipment, and there’s even a green screen in the middle!

specialized!

Li Kaiming couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and then followed Monica towards the center of the venue. A group of people in front had already come to greet them. Monica stepped forward quickly, then turned around and began to introduce the two parties.

"Lee, let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Simpson Porter, the editor-in-chief of Slam Dunk magazine."

Li Kaiming looked at Mr. Porter and found that the latter was actually a very young-looking middle-aged man. There were not many wrinkles on his face, but his body exuded a kind of weathered stability.

The two shook hands and said, "Mr. Porter looks very young. He is actually the editor-in-chief of "Slam Dunk". He is young and promising!"

Potter let out a hearty laugh. It was obvious that he really liked hearing people compliment him on his youth. "Li, you really know how to joke. I'm an old man. Besides, compared with you, how can I be like this?" You can’t be considered young and promising, you are young and promising!”

The two parties enjoyed themselves happily. After talking for a while, Mr. Porter first took Li Kaiming and Monica to visit his secret base, which was the renovated studio.

Then the two parties began today's main task, which was interviewing and taking cover photos.

"Slam Dunk" magazine is indeed America's best-selling basketball magazine. Editor-in-chief Porter's interview skills are also very high. Unlike other sports media who like to focus on hot topics, Mr. Porter prefers to understand the details of Li Kaiming. , such as the time when he was a substitute for the Tigers, and interesting stories about the special summer training with Ross and Williams.

This was the first time for Li Kaiming to accept such a unique interview. To be honest, he was already prepared to offend the other party before coming. Unexpectedly, none of the tips he had in mind for dealing with ordinary media would be used.

Although it was different from what he had prepared, Li Kaiming felt very natural in this interview, as if he was chatting with his friends, and from time to time he recounted an interesting thing he had experienced before. Unknowingly, in two hours, The interview passed.

After the interview, Porter editor took Li Kaiming to the shooting area. In addition to the camera, there are all-round fill lights with no blind spots. Li Kaiming changed into a golf ball, and then struck a domineering POSE under the guidance of the on-site photographer. Of course , shooting is not just about taking a photo.

In addition to the most important cover, Mr. Porter's interview with Li Kaiming will also be included in the same issue of "Slam Dunk" magazine. Not surprisingly, it is the first article, and the article also needs some accompanying pictures. So this time we shot it all together.

After everything was over, when Li Kaiming and Monica walked out of Editor Porter's secret base, it turned out that the sun above their heads had moved to the west, and it seemed that it would fall below the horizon in a while.

Li Kaiming started the car and was about to go home when the passenger door was suddenly opened, and then a beautiful figure quickly got into the seat next to him.

"Um, Carol, is there anything else?"

The person who came up was naturally Monica, who had just said goodbye to Li Kaiming, so Li Kaiming was confused at this time.

Monica turned her head, fluttered her long eyelashes twice, bit her lip lightly, and then slowly moved her upper body closer to Li Kaiming.

"Li, can you treat me to a meal?"

Li Kaiming sniffed Monica's fragrance, and his head immediately shut down. What does this mean? Damn it, just use this as a test, right?

Monica stared at Li Kaiming's face for several seconds, and then suddenly burst into laughter!

"Hee hee! Li, I didn't expect you to be so majestic on the court but so stunned in life! Look, your earlobes are red!"

Li Kaiming licked his dry lips and turned his head guiltily, "Can this be called stupidity? This is called innocence!"

Damn, this girl is really naughty. If my friend hadn’t had a girlfriend and was a principled person, I would definitely show you what the dragon from the east is today!

"Okay, actually there's nothing else to do. I just have two friends who want to meet you and treat you to a meal. I agreed on your behalf." Monica returned to her serious look.

Li Kaiming wondered, "What kind of friend? Want to see me? Do I know him?"

Monica nodded firmly, "You must know..."

Half an hour later, when Li Kaiming walked into a luxurious private room under the leadership of Monica, he knew why Monica had brought him here without telling him.

"Hi! Li, long time no see. You've really been in the limelight these past two years!"

Before the person arrived, the voice reached Li Kaiming's ears. Along with the sound of high heels, a strong smell of cosmetics floated into Li Kaiming's nose.

Gina is wearing a deep V dress tonight, with a slim figure and a pair of sky-high heels. She looks very tempting, especially the neckline that opens directly to her lower abdomen, so Li Kaiming can see Gina if he lowers his head slightly. That huge ravine.

Gina came to Li Kaiming and skillfully moved the few strands of red hair that were blocking her chest behind her shoulders, exposing the deep crotch to Li Kaiming's eyes without any reservation. The moments she enjoyed most were those outside. The powerful man was fascinated by her capital.

But tonight Gina was deflated again, why say again, because the person in front of her was the one who deflated her last time.

Li Kaiming's face suddenly darkened. He turned his head and cast a questioning look at Monica, but Monica came directly over and hugged his right arm, while shaking her head with a pleading look.

At this time, another person joined the battle.

"Li, long time no see! Can you give me a chance, let's sit down and talk again?" Karl, a man in a suit, walked up and stretched out his hand towards Li Kaiming.

Monica, who was next to her, held Li Kaiming's arm and shook it gently. Li Kaiming sighed secretly in his heart, and then said, "I don't have much time. If you have anything, please tell me quickly."

Karl stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, "Come, sit down and talk."

Under the leadership of Karl, Li Kaiming and Monica sat on the sofa. The red-haired woman Gina stamped her feet on the spot and followed over and sat next to Karl.

"Li, I think there may have been some misunderstandings in our previous negotiations on cooperation, which prevented our cooperation from being realized..." As soon as Carl started to speak, he was coldly interrupted by Li Kaiming.

"Mr. Karl, I don't think there is any misunderstanding. You can't give me what I want, that's all."

Carl had an embarrassed look on his face, but when he thought about the tasks given by the company's management, he could only suppress his dissatisfaction in his heart, and then said with a sorry smile, "Yes, Li, we realized that there was a problem with our choice, so we are here today." I came here just to discuss cooperation with you."

"Sorry, I have already signed the contract." Li Kaiming refused.

Karl and Gina next to him looked at each other, and then said with a smile, "This is not a problem, we will pay you the liquidated damages..."