Houston has the nickname Space City because it is home to the Johnson Aerospace Center and the Mission Monitoring Center, so the first word used when the United States landed on the moon was "Houston".

Like aerospace engineering, Houston's Rockets are the pride of all Houstonians.

Toyota Center is the home of the Rockets, and the 18,300 seats were sold out at the beginning of the year.

Nothing is more popular than a Rockets all-season package in Houston.

During the first three days of the competition, the venue is usually closed for cleaning, safety checks, and other preparations.

Under the leadership of Xiao Cai, Cao Wu and the team drove into the central arena.

There were only some cleaners cleaning and maintenance outside the stadium, Xiao Zhang from the marketing department was busy unloading musical instruments, and Cao Wu followed Xiao Cai into the stadium to check the environment.

The stadium of tens of thousands of square meters is brightly lit, the stadium maintenance personnel are cleaning and repairing the stadium with the floor cleaning machine, more than a dozen workers are inspecting the stadium floor inch by inch, and more are inspecting the on-site seats and box facilities.

Several cleaners hung from the roof of the stadium with safety ropes hanging from the top of the stadium to clean the huge electronic screen on top.

Directly below, the huge "R" logo dominates the entire midfield.

"Hey, Steven, are you okay today?" Xiao Cai shook hands with the person in charge of the stadium who came over, and introduced, "They are the Black Hole Band that will perform tomorrow." ”

"Hello, nice to meet you. Steven and Cao Wu greeted each other one by one and invited them to come in for a visit.

"The central arena can accommodate 18,300 spectators, and the circle under the guardrail is the club seat, which has a total of 2,900 seats. There are 103 luxurious suites on top of the commentary room, one of which will be yours on the day of the game. ”

Steven turned around and smiled and asked, "Have you watched the Rockets game?"

"Of course!" Batu nodded, "There is Daqiu, and all of China is a fan of Team Rocket." ”

As a Houstonian, Steven was impressed by the compliment, agreeing: "Time has shown how the club made the right choice to sign Fall." ”

Cao Wu was very observant, and he asked, "Steven, where will we be on the day of the performance?"

Steven pointed to the opposite side of the midfield: "It's tentatively there, because the lines are all taken from there, and the media cameras will be concentrated in that area. ”

Cao Wu drew the angle and asked, "Then the shooting angle is not right." ”

The cameras of the TV media are all big guys, and the focal length of the lens cannot be too large, so if you shoot at such a close distance, I am afraid that the shots that come out will become local close-ups.

Steven explained: "This side is facing the players' tunnel, and the media's live cameras are fixed and can't be moved, so the external wiring in the stadium has been adjusted to this side, and if you need to plug in the performance, this is the best location." ”

Cao Wu turned around and exchanged glances with Batu and them, asking for opinions: "What do you think?"

Qing Song shook his head and said affirmatively: "It's definitely not possible here, I can't shoot it at all." ”

Batu also nodded and said, "That's right, if you can't be on TV, won't it be live publicity?"

Looking around, Cao Wu pointed to the location on the other side of the player's tunnel and said, "Can you connect the external line over there?"

Steven thought for a moment and said, "Yes, but if you put the performance position there, it will conflict with the player's path back to the lounge, and your instruments will have to be carried out after the player returns, and with the radio line combing, at least one song will be lost." ”

This is a problem, not to mention other instruments, drums and synthesizers are not easy to hold, and it is impossible to move them out first, and the halftime is only 15 minutes, and it is too much time to wait for the players to return to the lounge to move the instruments.

"Can you lay the line first? Our staff can set up the instruments while the players go back to the lounge. ”

Steven estimated it and said, "If the line is laid in this way, it must go around the field, and the line is more than 100 meters, which is easy to cause signal attenuation delay." ”

It's a bit of a hassle, but it's always something to deal with.

After discussing for a while, everyone came up with a plan.

The line was picked up from the original side, and the band's performance was placed outside the middle of the court, and the basketball babies who were originally dancing here pulled back a certain distance to make room for the black hole.

In this way, the problems of the line and shooting are solved, but Steven needs to communicate with the above.

Xiao Zhang and the others moved all the musical instruments in, and Steven also called the engineering department of the stadium to lay the wiring according to the agreed position, debug the audio equipment, and test the effect.

After a busy day, I finally finished the preparations.

Counting the time spent setting up the dismantling lines and moving the instruments, the Black Hole Band only had two songs to perform, which was in line with their plan.

Soon after the album was recorded, an afternoon of rehearsals was enough for them to regain their tacit understanding and feel, and everything was ready for tomorrow's performance.

Tomorrow, Game 3 of the regular season, the Rockets will face their old rivals in Texas, the Dallas Mavericks.

As the Mavericks, who won the championship for the first time three years ago, the Mavericks are no longer the rookie team of the 90s, they are the favorites to qualify in the Western Conference.

However, the Rockets are not weak, and for this game, the Houstonians have been looking forward to it for a long time.

Yesterday, Cao Wu and the others saw a lot of fans coming from the surrounding cities in the square opposite the center, camping in tents and waiting for the game to start.

Early this morning, after opening for admission, the center was already crowded with people.

Fans wearing Rockets uniforms can be seen chatting excitedly, strolling around with a large glass of Gatorade with ice cubes, looking for key bears to take photos.

There is a long line at the souvenir shop, where couples with small children buy small items such as stickers for noisy children, and get a set for themselves.

The half-grown young man was holding a basketball, wearing a full set of jerseys, headbands, wrist pads, knee pads and other accessories, holding basketball magazines with great interest, arguing about which player was the best, who was beaten by whom, and how many points the Rockets could beat the Mavericks today.

Parking the car in the internal parking lot, Cao Wu and the others found the staff arranged by Steven, followed behind, and entered the arena.

Although there was a luxury suite, they didn't go up to see the game today, but came to the VIP seating of the club, where they also had a resting seat.

The people who were able to get the club's free tickets were all people with heads and faces, and Cao Wu recognized a Brazilian tennis star player sitting in the front row with his wife, and the idle and boring camera slammed at them.