"Whether the road ahead is full of thorns or flowers, you have to try to find out!"

"You mean let's take those commercial sponsorships?" After all, it was the path that he had adhered to for so many years, and David Bell was still a little difficult to accept for a while to make a sudden change.

"Selective, limited, conditional acceptance!" Sabasti finally made the decision.

The impact of Sabasti's words on the members of Yamakasi was unprecedented, and Lin Mingyang saw hesitation in the eyes of everyone, everyone was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle, and at this time, perhaps he could be the last straw to tip the scales.

"Can I say two words?" After all, he was the least qualified member of Yamakasi, and out of caution, Lin Mingyang asked in a low voice first.

"Of course!" Sabasti nodded, Lin Mingyang was the most critical part of his plan, and his opinion was naturally very important.

"Actually, the first time I walked here, there was a big gap between Yamakasi and my imagination. Forgive me for using an American mindset to look at this issue, and I don't think Yamakasi's fame is in line with his reality, which is generally rare in the United States. I know it has something to do with Yamakasi's philosophy, which is why I chose Yamakasi. ”

"I can understand Mr. David Bell's original intention, because once everything is related to interests, it will deteriorate, and as far as the Yamakasi team is concerned, I am willing to support such a choice. But from the perspective of the realization of the Yamakasi concept, I can understand Mr. Sabasti's feelings. It's a dilemma, but it's not an opposite. There is a degree of certainty between commercialization and hobbies, so I agree with Mr. Sabasti's limited acceptance. ”

Lin Mingyang's words made everyone fall into deep thought, and he decided to strike while the iron was hot: "In fact, the development of any social thing in this world is driven by the power of capital and commerce. In most sports, the highest level of sports is the relevant commercial league, after all, we live in a commercial society, and we can only survive by following the trend, and parkour is no exception. ”

"I had a lot of resistance before I came here, and the source of that resistance was the fear of the dangers of parkour, which I think was a big factor in hindering the promotion of the sport. Hazards are unavoidable, but they can be reduced, and this requires more specialized protective equipment. ”

"Nowadays, young people's perception of parkour comes from the influence of trends, but parkour is not a product of popularity, it has its own core ideas, but people don't understand it, and even some people have misunderstood these things. Unfortunately, the taxi driver who took me here for the first time was such a person. To be properly guided, we need to face the opportunities of the public. If we keep the status quo, we will only be treated as an outlier and gradually forgotten by everyone. ”

"I support Sabasti!" The most silent "Rocket" Rick was the first to stand up and make a statement.

"Me too!" Brooke responded.

"Count me in!" Bill also joins the camp.

Welch was still a little hesitant, seeing that his partners around him had made a choice, and he finally chose to agree.

"Count me and Felix, six to one!" Despite the overwhelming advantage in numbers, Sabasti did not rush to announce the passage of the resolution, he looked at David Bell, "Bell, I know this is a difficult decision, although everyone has agreed, I still want to hear your opinion!" ”

"One step forward, there will be no more simple life like this!" David Bell sighed heavily, "I respect everyone's choice!" ”

Silence stood up, everyone knew in their hearts what David Bell was thinking, and no one spoke.

David Bell walked up to Lin Mingyang and patted him on the shoulder.

"I'm so sorry!" Seeing the loss on the other party's face, Lin Mingyang felt uncomfortable, emotionally he actually preferred David Bell, but reason made him biased towards Sabasti.

"You're right!" David Bell shook his head and choked Lin Mingyang's more apologetic words in his throat, "Times are changing, and choices are also changing!" But I'm a little tired now, and it's up to you next! ”

With all that said, David Bell left alone.

"Aren't we going too far?" Welch couldn't help but say.

"He just can't accept this result for a while, and it will get better slowly!" Although Sabasti said this, he knew in his heart that he and David Bell would never return to the tacit understanding they had before.

"What are we going to do next?" Bill asked in a whisper, and then everyone looked at Sabasti.

"Felix, don't you mind if I make the fact that you joined Yamakasi public?" Sabasti forced himself to break free from his stupor, he had more important things to do.

"I can't hide this anymore!" Lin Mingyang replied with a wry smile.

"In the first step of my plan, we need to attract more attention to Yamakasi through you. If you refuse, we will remain silent because we don't want to take advantage of you, but we need your help. Sabasti briefly explained his plan.

"I'm happy to be able to do something for Yamakasi." Lin Mingyang knew that this would be the result, as for the use of this statement, it is actually a process of mutual borrowing, as long as it is beneficial to both parties, there is no talk of using or not using.

"But I have a suggestion, in fact, we don't have to take the initiative to announce this matter, so the mentality of creating momentum is too obvious, and we can just wait for the reporter to send it to the door by himself." In this regard, Lin Mingyang can be described as a veteran.

"Okay, so from today onwards, all your training is going from outdoor to indoor, and we just want to let people know you're here, but just so that they can't see you, so that people will be more and more curious!" Sabasti's knowledge of propaganda is clearly no slouch.

"What about us?" This time Bruce got ahead of the curve.

"You guys are training outside, do you know what I mean?" Sabasti blinked.

"Just let us show the reporters!" Welch nodded lightly, "I wonder if I'll be nervous at that time!" ”

"It's either showmanship or foolishness, the choice is yours!" Bill smiled.

"I'll talk to Bell again, and I'll deal with those requests for interviews." After assigning all the tasks, Sabasti nodded with satisfaction, except for David Bell, the rest of the Yamakasi team had some expectations for what was to come.

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The person who went to Yamakasi to secretly photograph Lin Mingyang was a reporter from a lace newspaper in Paris, named Allen. He gets the hapless assignment of interviewing a homicide in the notorious District 17. When he got there, he found that the whole case was very simple, several teenagers who were addicted to drugs robbed a grocery store, met the shopkeeper's resistance and then killed and robbed the property, and when the police arrested these people, they were getting together to enjoy the pleasure of drugs. Without much effort, all the perpetrators were arrested. There is nothing new in such a case, and therefore there is no reporting value.

The police cordoned off at the scene of the arrest, and Alan hastily took a few photos of the scene, and prepared to go home. There were many people watching from the perimeter of the cordon, and after passing through the crowd of onlookers, Alan overheard the conversation between two young black men.

"Aubrey, is this what you call explosive surname news? A few addicts robbed and killed people, what kind of is this in District 17? One of the young men asked disdainfully.

"Jem, it was Matthews' old guy's grocery store that was robbed, but it's a pity that he wasn't here today, so he wasn't killed by those guys!" The other young man shook his head with some regret, "Didn't you always say that you would tear that guy's mouth with your own hands?" I thought you'd be glad to hear that. ”

"Do you think Matthews is really that easy to deal with? Fortunately, he is not here today, otherwise what you see here would not be the police arresting people, but collecting the body! ”

"And do you know anything exciting?" The black man named Aubrey asked rhetorically.

"Have you watched Pirates of the Caribbean?"

Aubrey nodded, "It's being shown in the cinema, I heard that it's very popular, everyone says that the heroine's breasts are a little smaller, otherwise it would be perfect!" ”

"Are you just concerned about women's breasts and buttocks?" The other man looked disappointed, "Do you remember the guy in the film who is very stylish in martial arts, he is the protagonist in "Youth Musical", a big star in Hollywood!" ”

"You're talking about Felix Lin?"

"That's right, it's him, I spoke to him not long ago, and he signed me on the clothes that time, and we almost became friends!" The man boasted.

"You are dreaming in vain, how can someone who is an American star come to France to sign your autograph!" Aubrey scoffed at such claims.

"If you don't believe it, well, I'll tell you a big secret, Felix Lin is in Paris right now, and I know where he is!" The man deliberately lowered his voice and said mysteriously.

"Who would believe you like this?" Aubrey shook his head disdainfully and turned to leave.

"Wait, I'll prove it to you!" Jem yelled at Aubrey's back, then huffed and walked in the other direction.

Jem didn't get out of the way when suddenly a guy popped out of the side and grabbed him.

Seeing that the man was carrying a camera, Jem immediately guessed his occupation, and then he looked at the other party with some vigilance, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Give you a chance to make money!" Alan Lu grinned, revealing a mouthful of beautiful white teeth, "My name is Allen, I'm a reporter for Paris Saturday, and I have a deal I want to talk to you about right now!" ”

"You were eavesdropping on us!" Jem's head spun fast.

"I also undoubtedly heard it, and was particularly interested in a certain part of your conversation." Alan deliberately took out a few banknotes from his pocket and counted them, and then he saw a greedy green light in the other party's eyes, and smiled: "No one in this world will have trouble with money, am I right?" ”

Jem swallowed hard, "What do you want to do?" ”

"It's simple, make a deal!"

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Alan used money to buy Lin Mingyang's whereabouts from Jem, and it was impossible for him to enter directly through the gate, so he chose to take a candid photo. It's a pity that he only pressed the shutter more than ten times before he was discovered by the people inside.

Alan put away his camera and ran, but the guy who chased him was so fast that he was about to be overtaken, but luckily he found that the door of a resident on the corner was unlocked. Alan slipped into it without even thinking about it, and finally escaped.

After he went back, he immediately developed the photos, although most of the photos were very blurry, but there were two very clear photos of Lin Mingyang's face. Instead of handing over the photos to his editor-in-chief, he contacted the editors of several other more influential newspapers in Paris, and eventually sold them to the Paris Times, the highest bidder.

The editor-in-chief of the Paris Times became another "second-hand dealer", and in addition to the newspaper's next publication, he also sold the source along with the photos to a Hollywood newspaper.

It has to be said that the editor's judgment was very accurate, and the news was published in France and only succeeded in arousing people's curiosity, but in the United States it caused a sensation. The flight from the United States to Paris that day was almost packed with American journalists.

The situation did not exceed Lin Mingyang and Sabasti's expectations, and the day after the news appeared in the newspaper, the gate of the abandoned factory where Yamakasi worked was already crowded with American reporters who had come to cover the news. Without exception, they all ate behind closed doors.

But the more this happened, the deeper their curiosity about the matter became, and all the reporters chose to squat, and of course some tried to sneak in, but in the end they were all thrown out by the members of Yamakasi. The people inside don't seem to be affected by the outside, they train when they should train, they call takeout when they should order takeout, and they bask in the sun when they should bask in the sun, the only difference is that Lin Mingyang, who reporters are most eager to see, has never shown up.

On the training ground that can be seen through the gate, there are always a few people running and jumping on it every morning, which did not arouse the interest of the reporters outside the door at first, but gradually some people found that these people actually moved freely in the midst of various obstacles, and the movements were very smooth, even beautiful. Reporters began to focus their cameras on a sport they weren't interested in.

The two sides have been in a stalemate for a week, and it seems that Yamakasi's internal pressure can no longer withstand the pressure of the media, and finally a person in charge has come forward, and this person is naturally Sabasti. Hearing that someone inside was willing to be interviewed, the reporters surrounding the outside immediately surrounded him, and for a while, more than a dozen microphones were handed to Sabasti at once, such a formation he had never experienced before.

Picking out a few important questions, Sabasti began to answer them one by one:

"We at Yamakasi have just accepted a new member, and yes, he is Felix Rin, who everyone cares about very much. We at Yamakasi were founded to promote parkour as a sport, and Felix happens to be very interested in it, and he's been training with us these days! ”

"In fact, the earliest parkour was initiated by our yamakasi, and we pay more attention to the spiritual shaping of the individual in addition to emphasizing physical training. We have high requirements for recruiting members, so all of our members are experts in this area, as the residents of this neighborhood can attest. Felix also passed our test before joining us. ”

"Felix is definitely not going to stay here, he's just coming here for a while to train and we're going to give you a perfect Felix back, I can definitely guarantee that."

"Felix has agreed to be the face of Yamakasi, and I hope that young Americans who are adventurous and have the courage to challenge themselves will get to know the sport through him and join the ranks of parkour runners."

"Yes, that's parkour, but the moves that our members do during training, we hope you don't imitate them until you're professionally trained, because it's dangerous!"

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I'm afraid I forgot to update again, so I took advantage of the break to update it in advance, it's also 4500 words, and it adds up to 9000 today.

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