Chapter 171: The First Advertisement
With three minutes to go before the end of the game, the crowd began to leave the court one after another, and the Trail Blazers led the Bulls by 15 points at 115-100, and barring a miracle, the Bulls didn't have much chance in this game. Jordan is still making a final effort...... Mid-range jumper hit! It was his 29th point of the game, surpassing his season average of 28 points, which means that no one in the scoring charts can shake his position. If he scores one more point, it will be his fifth game in recent games with more than 30 points. ”
"However, the other players of the Bulls played too averagely, they failed to give Jordan enough support in the crucial third quarter, and when chasing points in the fourth quarter, the Bulls were suppressed by Vanderwich and Gan Guoyang together."
"That's right, Vanderwig's return gives the Trail Blazers a lot of cushion, and Ramsey is even more comfortable with the deployment of troops...... Let's look at this ball, after Gan receives the ball in the low post, he rolls over and hooks his hand, and the ball goes in! The score gap returned to 15 points again, and the ball basically announced the death of the Bulls, who called a timeout, and it seemed that they were going to replace the bench players to play garbage time. ”
"The strength of the Trail Blazers is still even better, they comprehensively suppressed the Bulls in rebounding today, 59 against 38, with 21 more rebounds, Gan grabbed 17 rebounds alone, and he also further consolidated his first position in the rebounding list."
"Yes, the main players on both sides have gone off the court, and the Trail Blazers got off to a good start with a win on the road, the first of their three road trips in the East."
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The final score was fixed at 121-108, and the Trail Blazers knocked the Bulls to the ground without blood.
Gan Guoyang's performance of 20 points and 17 rebounds in the game not only stretched his average points to 18 points per game, but also allowed him to average 16 rebounds per game, 2 distances from Moses Malone, who was in second place.
"Why can you grab that every game?
?'s rebounding? Knowing that this is only your first season, you have to deal with a lot of more experienced, stronger interior players, how do you snatch the ball from them? After the game, Gan Guoyang was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines again, and it was the beautiful reporter last time, he interviewed Gan Guoyang before the game between the Trailblazers and Lakers, and was choked by Gan Guoyang.
"First of all, I don't think there are a lot of interior players who are stronger than me, I have absolute confidence in myself in terms of power, and I can squeeze anyone out of the three-second zone; And then, I don't think rebounding requires a lot of experience in the special, special way, unlike passing to play offense, the innate sense of smell that rebounding requires, like a tiger finding food, is innate. "Gan Guoyang has a towel on his head, and he looks like a landmine thief.
"What do you think of Jordan? He's a rookie this year like you, you've taken the rebounding charts, and he's the current scoring leader. You're also signed to the same sneaker company. "The professional sensitivity of female journalists is quite high.
"He's a really great player, it's not a compliment, I dare say, he has what it takes to be the greatest star in the history of this league, the entire NBA, the greatest, there's no one, and it's an honor to compete with him. Of course, our sneakers are very handsome, but the average person can't understand it. Gan Guoyang didn't forget to advertise his sneakers.
"Okay, thank you for the interview, Mr. Gan......"
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After the interview, Gan Guoyang was finally able to return to the locker room to rest and adjust a little, in fact, he was a little tired physically and mentally during this period of time.
Although since the first game of the new year against the 76ers, Gan Guoyang's performance on the court has become more and more mature, he has begun to better integrate into the team, and he can always make the right choice on the court.
As a result, Ramsey also began to pay more and more attention to Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang's playing time also increased steadily, but his data did not rise much, and it has been stable at the level of 15+15.
The state of the entire Trail Blazers team has also peaked again and again after beating the Lakers, and all the players are full of ambition, ready to use a wave of consecutive wins to stabilize the first position in the West, and even hit the first place in the league.
But then under the influence of injuries, the team still won and lost, one good and one bad, which made Gan Guoyang feel sad than consecutive losses.
His performance remained solid, but he couldn't fill the hole left by Vanderwicki's absence because he didn't necessarily get the ball in the fourth quarter, and at the same time, teams began to target him, and Gan Guoyang felt that his offense on the court became difficult.
At the beginning of the season, many teams didn't know much about Gan Guoyang, a rookie, especially Gan Guoyang was still a yellow race, so it was inevitable that he would be a little contemptuous.
Therefore, Gan Guoyang was able to play a number of shocking high-scoring games, and at that time, as long as he wanted to make a shot, a high score was inevitable.
And now, the other teams in the league have basically played against the Trail Blazers, and those who have not played against have begun to watch videos to study Gan Guoyang's technical characteristics.
Gan Guoyang is afraid of the bag, he doesn't shoot, and the defects of the left hand and the excellent right hand are already well known, so when the opponent defends Gan Guoyang, he will try to pack as many clips as possible, put the middle distance, and force Gan Guoyang to use his left hand.
In addition, Gan Guoyang is now shooting cautiously, so he hasn't scored for a while.
This made some media begin to question Gan Guoyang's scoring ability, often comparing him with Olajuwon, thinking that Gan Guoyang may just be a strong blue-collar insider, in comparison, Olajuwon has a beautiful turnaround jumper, which can attack in 360 degrees without dead ends.
Gan Guoyang took a hot shower in the locker room, thinking about these troubles, and felt more and more that it was really not easy to really make a sky in this alliance.
Judging from the ups and downs of the team in Vanderwicki's absence, Gan Guoyang is not really at the core of the whole team, and his control of the team and the game is not as good as he imagined.
The Trail Blazers are not a rebuilding team, and Gan Guoyang will naturally not be the core of the team's cultivation as a matter of course.
Of course, Gan Guoyang has never been a jealous or complaining guy, he always told himself in his heart that one day he would rely on his own efforts to become a real superstar.
"Gan, someone called you, it seems to be Nike." After Gan Guoyang took a shower, the team's staff told him that he had something to say.
"Okay, thanks."
"Hello."
"Hello Gan, I'm Falck, congratulations on winning the game today. You can come to Hyde Park on Chicago's South Side tomorrow morning, and I'll pick you up. Nike is going to shoot a sneaker ad for you and Jordan, rest assured, it won't affect your flight. ”
The caller was Mr. Gan and Jordan's co-agent, who had already negotiated with Nike to take the opportunity of the Trail Blazers' visit to Chicago to shoot an ad for the two.
Nike attaches great importance to the shooting of this advertisement, and the placement of this advertisement will also determine the success or failure of the fate of the entire Nike company.
Gan Guoyang knew that he would come here to shoot commercials before he came to Chicago, and he was also waiting for Nike to notify him, but he didn't expect Falck to call again.
Falck has always seemed to Gan Guoyang to be elusive, and when he met this Jewish agent on the streets of Inglewood, he always appeared suddenly when he needed it and gave Gan Guoyang important help.
So Gan Guoyang has always wondered if this guy knew that he had crossed over, and then came over to help him.
However, it was impossible for Gan Guoyang to find Falck to confirm, after returning to the hotel for a good night's rest, the next morning, Gan Guoyang came downstairs to the hotel, got into Falck's car, and went to Hyde Park together.
"How do you have a car in Chicago?" Gan Guoyang sat in Falck's Sylvia car and asked, every time he went to a certain city, Gan Guoyang found that Falke always had a car to drive.
"Since I'm an agent, I naturally have connections in various cities with NBA teams, so it's certainly not a problem to get a car to drive. This is Chicago kid, if I go to Portland and ask you to borrow a car, will you lend it to me? ”
"No, I don't have a car." Gan Guoyang is extremely determined.
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Soon, Falck drove Gan Guoyang to Hyde Park on Chicago's South Side.
Chicago's South-Side is the heart of all of Chicago, and it's the oldest and most culturally rich area in Chicago — even though any place on the map of China has a longer cultural history than here.
Hyde Park is the most historic part of the South End, not a "park" but the name of an area with a large number of 18th- and 19th-century buildings, including the 1893 World's Fair.
The reason why Nike set up the filming location here is very simple, not to take advantage of the profound cultural resources here, but because first, it is easy to recognize; Second, it is easy to find a free shooting location instead of a studio......
Gan Guoyang had a good experience of the historical and cultural characteristics of the United States in Hyde Park, especially the architecture of the University of Chicago, which gave people a thick and majestic feeling in the cold Chicago weather.
Then Gan Guoyang met Jordan, who had been here for a while, at a site that Nike borrowed from the community, and then the two filmed Nike's tailor-made commercial for the two of them, which was also Gan Guoyang's first commercial.
The content of the advertisement is very simple, there is almost no need for a director, Gan Guoyang and Jordan discussed and cooperated a little and completed it.
The whole advertising shoot took only half an hour, and after repeating the camera several times to select the best effect, Gan Guoyang and Jordan's first cooperation ended like this.
For two opponents who had just fought in the arena, such a business cooperation immediately made both young people a little uncomfortable.
Especially the two of them sprayed trash talk to each other in yesterday's game, and now the two of them look at each other a little weirdly, and the two of them are ready to go their separate ways as soon as the commercial is filmed.
At this time, there were some small accidents on the side of the venue, because this is a community venue, and the shooting of advertisements is also open to the public, Jordan and Gan Guoyang are both famous basketball stars, so they attracted many onlookers.
Among them was a little boy holding his mother's hand, who looked to be only three or four years old, and held a large old basketball in his hand.
When Gan Guoyang was about to leave, the kid actually threw a basketball at Gan Guoyang, although his strength was too small, the ball couldn't hit Gan Guoyang at all, and he just rolled on the ground twice.
The other onlookers around laughed, because Gan Guoyang defeated the Bulls yesterday, and naturally became the object of hatred among Chicago fans.
"I'm sorry sir, he didn't mean to." The child's mother ran forward to pick up the ball and apologized to Gan Guoyang.
"It's okay." Gan Guoyang didn't care.
"Look at Gan, even a three-year-old hates you." Jordan on the side said.
"If I was in Portland, everybody would love me. And you're also a New Yorker, do you think New Yorkers will love you? Gan Guoyang responded.
"I'm going to make people all over America fall in love with me."
"Then I'll make the whole world fall in love with me!"
"The whole solar system!"
"All galactic!"
"The ...... of the Universe"
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At this time, the young mother obviously didn't want her child to hear the argument of these two **s, so she took the basketball and left with the child: "Let's go, Wade, remember not to quarrel with fools." ”