At 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Lakers were training for the pre-Finals at the Toyota Center Gymnasium in Orange County, Los Angeles, with tall basketball players sweating on wooden floors and head coach Phil Jackson talking to Li Xiaole next to him.

After entering the second round of the playoffs, Lakers owner Jerry Buss asked Li Xiaole, the team's spokesperson, to practice with the team to encourage the players to play better in the game.

At first, head coach Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant and other players thought it was a bit ridiculous and just used him as the team's mascot, but with Li Xiaole's accurate predictions in the Western Conference semifinals and finals, and his extremely accurate analysis of the game, everyone began to worship the data deduction master from their hearts.

All the players felt that Li Xiaole, a Chinese with a mysterious aura, was on their side, and their confidence was unprecedentedly high.

Even Phil Jackson began to discuss various tactical issues with Li Xiaole.

While Li Xiaole and Phil Jackson were talking on the side of the court, his driver Agai trotted in, handed a document to Li Xiaole, and said excitedly:

"Boss~~We got rich~~~!! Look at ESPN, ABC, these scoundrels have surrendered to us~~"

"Hmm......" Li Xiaole took the file and looked at it, as he expected, it was a contract for the distribution of the Olympic broadcast rights from ESPN and ABC, and they wanted to buy the broadcast rights from Pirate TV.

"A broadcast rights deal of $120 million, which is a lot more than our advertising costs." Ah Gai rubbed his hands excitedly, although the box office of the boss made a movie was amazing, but he didn't see any large sums of money coming into the company, this time it was a real check, just like that, more than 200 million US dollars can be recovered, which is really cheap

"Boss~~ I think Miss Mina will be very happy, you don't know how worried she has been lately, I have seen her a few times, she is scratching her hair alone......" Ah Gai shook his head and sighed, very pitying.

"Agay, do something for me." Li Xiaole slapped the document back to Ah Gai's chest, and said calmly: "Tell them that we are not interested, and Pirate TV will not distribute the broadcast rights to any other TV station." ”

"Ah......?" Ah Gai was stunned, and then his eyes widened: "What are you doing!" Boss~! You can see clearly, their contract says that we have the right of first refusal, and ESPN they only broadcast the rest that we pick!? This is nothing to lose us~! "Agai felt that his boss was a little unreasonable.

"Of course we have ......losses," Li Xiaole shook his head and said: "I am now broadcasting the Olympic Games in the name of a Chinese company, from the opening ceremony to the competition site, I can keep the topic within the scope of sports, if they can be these commercial TV networks, they will broadcast in a way that I find disgusting...... Then it would be pointless for me to get the broadcast rights. ”

What this Olympics wants to express can only he, a Chinese, really grasp, and he does not want to distort this sports event by anyone wearing politically colored glasses.

"Okay...... Boss, I don't understand, but I'm sure you will. Ah Gai could only sigh when he heard this, he is a very stubborn boss on many issues, and he will definitely do what he is determined to do.

Li Xiaole patted Ah Gai's shoulder with a smile: "Okay, you can do it quickly, you are our spokesman, and these things are left to you." ”

Ah Gai listened to Li Xiaole's praise, and immediately took the contract out of the way, and scolded as he walked: "Damn, 120 million wants to buy our boss's ideals, I really look down on people, what are they...... Vulgar~! ”

Seeing Agai leave, Li Xiaole actually felt very relieved in his heart, the recent month's busyness has finally been exchanged for results, and the bowing of ESPN and ABC means that the other party has seen that the pirate station has the strength to initially broadcast this Olympic Games, of course, they will definitely think that the pirate station can't do a good job, after all, they only have one channel.

For him, this means that he no longer has to worry about the lack of sports crowds on the Pirate Channel, after all, his opponents will always judge him much more accurately than the market analysts in his own company, and he can do almost the same, and now everything is only left until the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

Now it's time for him to go back to the back of the show, and it looks like his short-lived role as the Lakers' face is over.

After discussing with Lakers owner Jerry Buss, he said goodbye to the Lakers players in the afternoon, and the players obviously still felt a little reluctant......

"Lee, are you really not going to explain our summary game?" The leader of the dressing room, veteran player Fisher said with some regret.

"Yes, I'm going back to China, and I can't explain the game after the last game, it's a real pity." Although Li Xiaole liked the Lakers before, this short experience as a commentator made him feel very strange and would make him unforgettable for the rest of his life.

Li Xiaole first walked over to say goodbye to Kobe, Kobe bent down and hugged him, and then whispered in his ear: "Li, you haven't predicted the final result of the finals, are we not able to beat the Celtics?" ”

"This ......" Li Xiaole touched his head a little embarrassed, indeed...... Historically, the Lakers lost the Finals 2-4, but if he says it, the morale of the Lakers will probably be even lower.

"I know that our roster is ...... worse than the Celtics," Kobe Bryant bent down to look into his eyes and whispered, "But you have to tell the players that they can win, and if you tell them, they will have confidence...... I hope you can say something. ”

Li Xiaole was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the other players, he found that all the players were looking at him expectantly, and he suddenly realized that the role he played as a "predictor" had far exceeded the weight he imagined.

At this time, he suddenly recalled a story, in the previous filming of the old version of Journey to the West, the old performance artist Zuo Dajun played the role of Guanyin Bodhisattva, because the performance was too good, during the filming of the sequel to Journey to the West, as soon as the costume of the Bodhisattva appeared on the exterior, many local people would kneel down and shout excitedly: "Bodhisattva ......"

Zuo Dajun also felt very puzzled at the time, and what made her feel even more incredible was that the assistant director of a crew had a high fever during the filming, and the fever never went away, and there was no hospital on location, so the assistant director directly told him: "Teacher Zuo, I'm so uncomfortable, you put your hand on my forehead and tell me that my tomorrow will be fine ^"

Zuo Dajun still thought it was ridiculous at the time, and one of the assistant directors was talking nonsense with a high fever, in order to coax him to have a good rest, he touched his forehead, and the result was very strange that the assistant director's high fever really subsided the next day......

Later, when Zuo Daxue recalled this past incident, he sighed: "Actually, I am just a small person, but because the image I play is too sacred in people's minds, my image has brought them a lot ......of strength, which is something I didn't expect."

And now, Li Xiaole suddenly understood, and he is the same now, these media call him Li Jesus every day, plus he predicted the game again and again, and over time, people have begun to accept him as an "expert image" who can deduce the results of the game, and his words have a power beyond his own imagination.

Li Xiaole figured this out, and finally nodded and said to the Lakers players: "You should have guessed the result I calculated, that is, the Celtics will win, and they are much better than you......"

The players looked at each other with disappointed expressions...... Sure enough, the other party is stronger than them.

"But." Li Xiaole raised his voice and said, "If you can play the first two games well and win the first two games, then the result will be completely different." Saying this, Li Xiaole paused, glanced at all of them, and said slowly:

"If you can do that, you're going to be a champion."

When Li Xiaole finished saying this, the eyes of all the players radiated a desire to win, it was a real hunger, they wanted to win, they must do their best to win...... As long as they go to win the game, they will be the overall champion~!

Head coach Phil Jackson watched from the side and couldn't help nodding, he had to admit that this was the simplest, but most effective pre-game mobilization he had ever seen, although these words were commonplace, but there was a special magic in the mouth of Li Jesus, as if it injected infinite power into the players.

When Li Xiaole walked out of the arena, Kobe Bryant sent him to the door, and Li Xiaole asked him curiously before leaving: "Kobe, if it weren't for me, do you think you would win the championship?" ”

"Of course, I will definitely win the championship, with or without you, no matter who the opponent is, the championship is mine." Kobe Bryant finished speaking in a deep voice with great firmness, looked at Li Xiaole and waved goodbye with a smile: "See you in Beijing." ”

"See you in Beijing." Li Xiaole smiled and waved his hand, this guy is really a little similar to the character in the comic book, with only victory in his eyes...... Next year's animated movie should be quite interesting......

In the last two months before the opening of the Olympic Games, Li Xiaole was busy with the rehearsal work after the opening ceremony, and for him to make the most difficult special effects, because he wanted to express a kind of artistic conception he wanted, and for a few days he stared at the studio without sleeping for several days in order to modify the special effects......