After the end of this farcical playoff press conference, the NBA's fan forum quickly exploded, and Li Xiaole's playoff predictions became a complete joke, and countless basketball fans left messages on major websites to express their ridicule of him after learning about this hour:

Kurt Miller, a college player from Ohio, left a message: "Ha~~ It's so interesting that a film director has crossed over to our basketball industry, how could he think that the game would be like a movie plot to listen to his arrangement? I dare say he must have been poisoned by the film......"

Felix Suns fan, whose profile picture is Shore Jackson, a black man with a cornhead, left a message: "I can't believe he said that our team will only win one game in the knockout round? Do you want to know that we have a lineup of the big three of Nash, O'Neal, and Stodamire? What do Spurs have? A bunch of second-rate players...... He's a layman. ”

The only people who feel excited are the fans in Los Angeles, because Li Xiaole predicted that the Los Angeles Lakers swept the opponent 4-0, they were very happy about it, and they called on Facebook to support the Lakers: "Ha, Li Jesus thinks we can enter the finals, it seems that Kobe Bryant has a lot of fans in Asia, I hope that all Chinese in the United States will support the Lakers~~" "The Lakers will definitely win this time." ”

The NBA sports reporters who followed the report were excited to go out en masse and immediately on the NBA court, besieging the star players in the hope that they would give their opinions on the prediction, and the Rockets, who had Chinese star Yao Ming, bore the brunt.

Since Yao Ming was already injured, reporters surrounded Tracy McGrady, the Rockets' number one star, and asked him, "May I ask Tracy, what do you think of the Oscar-winning director Li Xiaole's prediction that you will stop in the first round of the playoffs again?" After losing Yao Ming, does the Rockets no longer have the strength to compete with the Jazz? ”

The two-time season scoring champion looked down at the reporter who asked the question, and said coolly: "I've heard the news, but that Li Xiaole should support us, even if there is no Yao, we are still a strong team." After speaking, he said disdainfully:

"I understand the feeling of being a Chinese fan, maybe they want us to lose, which proves that Yao is important, but I don't understand why an Oscar-winning director would mix up in the big leagues, doesn't Los Angeles already have Jack Nicholson? Still need a new mascot? ”

Maddie compared Li Xiaole to a mascot, which made the reporters on the scene laugh, in this atmosphere of ridicule and mockery, Li Xiaole has also become a big joke in the league recently, and even many Los Angeles fans held Li Xiaole's portrait at the door of the MGM Building, just waiting for him to appear and mock.

But in this situation, the ratings of Pirate TV's sports programs are soaring, because of Li Xiaole's trouble, those Olympic programs that originally had a pitiful rating of only about 1 percent have doubled to 2 percent.

This is the so-called celebrity effect, Mina Neill admires their boss so much that the ratings have skyrocketed in just a few days.

But not everyone in the Pirate Desk is excited about it...... Your boss is going to be a basketball game judge? The news caused an uproar on the pirate TV station, and before going to work, dozens of employees saw Li Xiaole's registration photo on the new notice board and put it on the ball commentator's option, and everyone talked about it.

"Oh my God, what's going on, is our boss crazy, why did he go into battle himself?" "Does he know basketball...... I bet he won't last two games and he'll be scolded by the fans. "Don't worry, no one watches our sports program anyway......"

In the commotion of everyone, there was only one person with an embarrassed face and no sound, that is, there was another person next to Li Xiaole's photo, the sports commentator of Pirate TV, Chinese-American Xu Wentao, the short Chinese commentator who was less than 1.6 meters tall has been unknown in the company, responsible for the most unpopular sports programs, just thinking about working for 5 years in order to get a green card in the United States, but I didn't expect such a change to happen suddenly.

Xu Wentao suddenly began to worry, worried that his stable life status quo would be broken, and his whimsical boss would serve as a ball commentator, in case the response was not good, then he would be the first to be unlucky...... Then his American dream is completely over...... There is one more year to go, and if he persists, he will be able to get a green card in the United States...... How can it be a failure now~

Xu Wentao walked into the studio nervously, and saw Li Xiaole sitting in his place reading the script, and suddenly became even more nervous, what's wrong...... There's no NBA game yet, it's just an Olympic program of "Walking with the Flame" today...... Could it be that this little boss even came to this show himself.

"Wen Tao~~ You're here, come here." Li Xiaole looked at him and beckoned to him, Xu Wentao, who was wearing glasses, hurriedly passed over tremblingly, and at this time, the people in the program team were discussing something around Li Xiaole.

"Boss, hello ......" He didn't dare to look at Li Xiaole at all, for fear that he would make trouble for himself.

"Wen Tao, in the future, we will be partners in the on-site commentary of NBA games, we have to get to know each other more and cultivate a tacit understanding......" Li Xiaole smiled and asked him to sit down, and then said: "I have watched your previous show, I think there is nothing wrong with your commentary skills, but the emotions are too calm, so I am afraid it is not suitable for the broadcast of sports games......"

"Boss~~~Don't fire me~~" Xu Wentao's face immediately turned pale with fright: "I have been working in the United States for 4 years, and I can get a green card in one year, I came to the United States to be sponsored by my family, if you fire me, I don't have a regular job, I can't continue to stay in the United States~~"

Looking at Xu Wentao's desperate plea, just to stay in the United States, Li Xiaole did not look down on him, because once upon a time, he was also like this, thinking that the moon abroad was relatively round, and desperately wanted to stay in the United States.

Wen Tao ...... Don't be nervous, don't worry, I won't fire you. Li Xiaole patted him on the shoulder gently, and then turned his head to look at all the Chinese employees in the room: "You all tell me honestly, don't you all like China?" This time, for this "Flame Walking" program, Pirate TV specially recruited a group of Chinese staff in Los Angeles.

When everyone heard this question, their faces were full of embarrassment, and they didn't know how to answer.

"This ......" Xu Wentao also hesitated, he was just a small person, he couldn't answer such a big question, but looking at Li Xiaole looking at him, he finally nodded honestly: "I prefer the United States...... Our country is too corrupt...... There are so many social problems...... The United States will develop better. ”

"Hmm." Li Xiaole nodded slowly: "This is the opinion of many Chinese people in the United States, they all see the good side of the United States, and finally choose to stay in the United States, but maybe they will regret it in a few years, or they still feel that their hometown is good, and they will regret their choice today......"

Li Xiaole suddenly seemed to come out of his memory, looked at Xu Wentao and the others next to him, and said: "Wentao, do you know why I have to buy out the broadcast rights of the Olympic Games in North America?" ”

Xu Wentao and the Chinese staff of the Yibang Gang shook their heads, they really didn't know why this boss had to do this thankless job.

"Because I want the Chinese who are staying in the United States now to see what our nation is like." The light emitted in Li Xiaole's eyes said:

"Too many of our talented people have stayed in the U.S. because each of them wants to be American, and they think American culture, life is their dream......

And sometimes if you get too close, you can see the shortcomings, but you can't see the excellence of our nation...... I hope that through my lens, all Chinese in the United States can see the beauty of our culture and the beauty of our Chinese, so that they can feel proud of being Chinese in their hearts. ”

The Olympics itself is not important to ordinary people, the important thing is to arouse everyone's sense of identity with their own nation through this big event, feel the cohesion of blood thicker than water, and feel the strength of this heart, which is the most important thing.

Xu Wentao didn't understand why Li Xiaole wanted to tell him this, but he always felt that this boss was not going to fire him, so he also amplified his courage and promised: "Boss, I understand, I will change my mentality, I must be proud of my Chinese......"

The surrounding Chinese staff also nodded, indicating that they also meant the same, but Li Xiaole is such a shrewd person, of course, he can see that they are not right at all, these people have come to the United States with great difficulty, it is impossible to be shaken after listening to a few words from him, Li Xiaole does not care, after all, it takes time to change people.

At this time, the show is about to start, and he is not commenting on this "Walking with the Flame" program, he is here today because of a special event......

In front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, hundreds of Chinese students are gathering on the side of the road, waving national flags, waiting for the arrival of the Olympic torch~~ This year is the day when the torch relay passes through Paris, which makes the local Chinese very excited, but what makes people feel very bad is that on the other side, there is a group of white people holding a slogan of "Tibetan independence", making a noise.

"Why does the boss want us to come here to guard?" Butler, the pirate station's European field reporter, was smoking a cigarette and chatting with the photographer.

"Who knows? Anyway, the boss said that there may be news events for us to stare at today, and we must shoot the girl named Jin Jing. The black photographer also shrugged his shoulders helplessly, this kind of Olympic torch relay has to pass through the whole world, although the torchbearers are very excited, and the Chinese students from all over the world are very excited, but after all, this is only what the Chinese audience loves to watch, and the American audience is not interested in these ......