Zhou Xuan is willing to participate in the radio program, a very important reason is that the San Francisco radio station is owned by Chinese.

Founded in 1982 by Chinese-American media tycoon Liu Shu, the Multicultural Media Group is now the largest Asian-American media group in the United States, with 44 radio stations in 22 major cities and more than 30 languages, including English, Chinese, French, Korean, and Hindi.

In New York and Los Angeles, where there is the largest concentration of Chinese, several Chinese-language radio stations broadcast around the clock in Mandarin and Cantonese. The group also owns Chinese TV cable TV channels and satellite TV channel resources, as well as print media "Multi Weekly", etc., which make countless Chinese feel friendly. Headquartered in New York, Chinese TV broadcasts simultaneously in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and more than 70 percent of Chinese in the United States can watch TVB for free.

San Francisco is the sixth-largest television market in the United States, and Asians make up one-third of the city's population. In order to expand its business share, in December last year, Liu Shu acquired the San Francisco KCNS No. 38 TV station, renamed it Chinese TV, and began trial Mandarin entertainment programs in March this year, plus serials and variety shows from Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Not long ago, Liu Shu personally called Zhou Xuan to communicate, hoping that he could participate in an interview in San Francisco, and now he is very famous in the United States, appearing on the cover of the Asian edition of magazines such as "Multi Weekly" and "Time", and also appeared on the cover of "Sports Illustrated" for two consecutive weeks, becoming the first player in Oakland's sports history to do so. Many Chinese people want to know more about Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan gave Mitchell in the morning? Butler made a phone call and said he was free to participate in a Chinese-language talk show. Mitchell contacted the organizers, and soon someone called Zhou Xuan and set up a live interview in the golden segment of the evening.

At noon, Zhou Xuan and Nie Yuyan ate together, chatted for a while, and drove to the radio station after sending Nie Yuyan back to school in the afternoon. He doesn't know anything about recording programs, so it's better to communicate in advance.

When he arrived at the TV station, Zhou Xuan saw that most of the employees were Chinese, and he felt like he was back in China. To do a Chinese program, it is of course more appropriate to invite Chinese than to invite foreign employees.

Gao Xiang, a radio manager in his forties with a big belly, personally came out to greet Zhou Xuan and introduced the hostess Lin Jing, who was going to record the show with him, a very beautiful eldest sister who looked about thirty years old.

"Hello."

Lin Jing shook hands with him and said with a smile: "It's nice to meet you, Zhou Xuan, I'm your die-hard fan, and I went to the home stadium to watch your game, but you definitely didn't pay attention to me." ”

"It's really not, we met today, as long as you go to the stadium to watch the game, I will definitely notice you, you are very beautiful." After arriving in the United States, Zhou Xuan became bolder in his speech.

The show was to be recorded in the evening, and Zhou Xuan visited the radio station in the afternoon, and there was nothing to prepare, just chatting. The moderator had already prepared the questions and did not tell him the content for the sake of being more truthful.

Lin Jing chatted with Zhou Xuan, she is thirty-five years old this year, but she looks relatively young. She is Chinese-American and just jumped to work here after graduating from college at a local television station in Nashville, Tennessee.

Lin Jing said: "Zhou Xuan, you have achieved your current achievements in the United States with your own ability, which is very remarkable. ”

"Don't praise me." Zhou Xuan smiled. I thought: I'm afraid you don't praise enough.

"No, I'm really, it's hard for Chinese people to get ahead in the United States. Let's just talk about me, one year on Christmas Eve, I told the director in charge of the show that if other anchors wanted to take a vacation on holidays, I was willing to work overtime. Do you know what Director Lu Dao said? He said, 'You're never going to be sitting on the anchor stage because you're Chinese.'" After Lin Jing finished speaking, she snorted lightly, and now she is also an anchor.

In the United States, Chinese people need to work twice as hard to do a job that is beautiful. Lin Jing has been unhappy until she left her birthplace and arrived in San Francisco, a Chinese gathering place, that she had a chance. In her opinion, Zhou Xuan can enter the NBA, and he played well in his rookie season, and if he writes an autobiography, it will be an inspirational story.

After casually eating dinner, Zhou Xuan finally waited for the show to start.

The interview was conducted in a closed studio with more than 100 live audiences, all Chinese. Zhou Xuan appeared in sportswear, greeted the audience, and immediately received warm applause.

After sitting down. Lin Jing said some words of welcome as an opening remark and began to chat with Zhou Xuan.

"As we all know, you are not famous for playing in China, when did you decide to go to school in the United States and take basketball as a profession?"

"When I was in high school, I was the core of the varsity team and won the MVP of the amateur league, and I wanted to prove myself, so I came to the United States."

Lin Jing asked, "When you tell your family, what is their reaction?" ”

"They were all surprised. My parents are not fans, my mom learned some basketball knowledge from the physical education teacher, and my dad didn't watch basketball at all, he was more interested in TV dramas, and then I signed for the Development League, and he didn't know what kind of game it was. Still, they cared about my ideas and supported me, believing that I would succeed. ”

Lin Jing was curious: "Only the best Chinese basketball players can join the NBA, do they also believe in you?" ”

"So I said they really didn't understand basketball, and they thought they could succeed as long as they got out, and I just wanted to try it, and I didn't have confidence at all." Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

The audience laughed.

"They still have a lot of confidence in you."

"Because I rarely disappoint." Zhou Xuan said confidently. "When I was a kid, I was fat, I wore a green down jacket in winter, and my classmates laughed at me and said I was a mobile mailbox. The next year I decided to lose weight, and no one was optimistic about me, but by the time I was in junior high school, I was already thin. In junior high school, I wanted to play in the school team, and it was good to break through with the ball at that time, but the school team was reluctant to do so, because I was very short, and I was 1.55 meters tall when I first entered junior high school. ”

Lin Jing asked, "What happened later?" ”

"In the intramural basketball competition, our class easily won the championship, and none of those big men could stop me." Zhou Xuan smiled slightly. "Later, the coach came to me in the class and informed me that I could join the school team, I was only 1.78 meters tall when I graduated, and I also entered high school as a sports special student, and then I won an MVP."

The audience applauded. Lin Jing asked: "I heard that your family background is not good, and it is not easy to go to the United States, right?" ”

Zhou Xuan shook his head. "It's true that it took a lot of effort to get a visa to study abroad, and after I arrived in the United States, I had no one to accompany me, and I had to work and study, but I had a skill that I learned from my father, so I lived a pretty good life. I don't want to say too much about family conditions. It's true that I'm not a rich second generation, but compared to someone like LeBron? James, Allen? Iverson is a star from the slums, and I'm already living well. ”

doesn't cry poor, always smiles, which makes Lin Jing admire Zhou Xuan even more. "You worked hard, and when you went to university, you had a serious setback, how did you feel at that time?" she asked. ”

"I've said this question many times in interviews. At that time, I was at a low point in my life, but fortunately, my mother came to the United States and continued to support me. I decided to go to the professional team and enter the development league on my own, which was already the only viable option, and if I returned to China, maybe no one would find out about my basketball talent, and I would have to live a dull life. I took every opportunity to prove myself, and in Los Angeles, thank God for giving me the opportunity to open my mind. I knew exactly what I wanted to do to get to where I am now, and I'm glad I went to Los Angeles at that time. In fact, Zhou Xuan was most fortunate that he was hit by the man who jumped off the building, otherwise he might be a chef now. It was a turning point in his life, and he is now a theist as well.

Lin Jing asked: "The Rockets selected you, but didn't give you a chance to perform in the summer league, what did you think at the time?" ”

"Very angry. I knew after the first game that I wasn't going to get my chance, and the coach made it clear that I was going to use Brooks. So I immediately called my agent and talked to him about what to do and ask him to help me find other teams to play in the preseason. Then he found the Warriors, a team that suited me, and he was so lucky. Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

"Does luck also include Davis' departure and Ellis's injury?"

"It's really good that Davis is leaving, I'm sorry Ellis is injured, he's a very quality player, if he can play, we'll definitely be stronger, and I'm looking forward to him coming back and playing together." Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

Lin Jing asked: "If other people experience these setbacks of yours, they may give up, what makes you persevere?" ”

Zhou Xuan thought about it for a while, and said lightly: "I don't know what to do, there are no external factors for me to persevere." I just kept telling myself, 'You can do it, there's nothing you can't solve.'" I never thought about giving up on this kind of thing, I thought that doing my best to do something would definitely pay off, and even if it didn't pay off, I wouldn't regret it if I failed, and that's the kind of person I am. ”

The audience applauded vigorously, maybe Zhou Xuan's thoughts doomed him not to be an ordinary person. The weak will always make excuses for themselves, and the strong will always find ways for themselves.

Next, Lin Jing asked a pointed question. "Do you feel that there is racism in American sports?"

"Nope." Zhou Xuan replied immediately. If you want to answer "yes" and reach David Stern's ears, can people thank him? That's asking yourself for trouble. "When I entered the NBA, I never heard discriminatory words again. All I felt in Auckland was respect, and the big brothers encouraged me and supported me in their own way. At the Warriors, I have a great relationship with my teammates, we are brothers, including Zach who just arrived? Randolph. I think he's a very nice guy and people used to judge him so unfairly. ”

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Before going to bed, I found out that the monthly pass exceeded 60 chapters, and I was very happy. Keep asking for tickets! Keep exploding! Today, the first chapter is sent, and Xie Lu thanked everyone for their support.