Chapter 238 [Chasing Stars, You Can Have a Snack]
Guo Xu left two bodyguards, agent Harpy Waters acted with him, Megan Fox and Claire Taylor quietly joined Kobe's team and returned to the United States early that night.
As soon as his identity was revealed, Guo Xu didn't need a makeup artist, and showed his true face.
No one in the Chinese media paid attention to Meghan, treating her as an inconsequential person. Guo Xu said in an interview that none of his friends are celebrities, so no one deliberately digs up their news.
The staff saw Megan and Vanessa together, some when she was the best friend of the sister-in-law, and some suspected that she was her own sister, the two had similar skin tones, hair colors and hairstyles were very similar, they were as tall as they were, and even their lips were a little similar.
While waiting for her flight at the airport, Vanessa said to Kobe, "Look at how considerate Jason is and how good he is to his girlfriend?" He knew it would be boring to do activities with the fans, so he asked Meghan to go home first. Look at you again, climb the Great Wall and run away by yourself, is there a husband like you? ”
Kobe Bryant smiled: "That kid does have a lot of ideas, but don't you like me like this?" ”
Megan sat on the side and blushed a little, but she didn't refute that she was not Guo Xu's girlfriend, and after meeting more times, she didn't treat Kobe Bryant as outsiders for a long time.
When Meghan got on the plane, she walked very slowly and was reluctant to give up, which was the most unforgettable experience of her life.
On the other hand, the leaders of the Basketball Association cordially met with Guo Xu, a big-name NBA star who is related to China, and immediately advocated changing him to a high-end hotel.
Guo Xu's sentence of "don't pay an appearance fee" easily won everyone's favor.
"My agent is not here to talk about business, Harpy is my friend, and we travel together. My father has always told me about the beauty of China, and I have a great yearning for it, and now I finally have the opportunity to see it. Since I'm a tourist, not a commercial activity, how can I collect money? I'll talk about it when I have endorsement activities in the future. ”
Guo Xu is easier to talk than those CBA players who are purely Chinese, and some CBA players do activities to play big names to drag to the sky.
Since 1979, when the Washington Bullets came to China to play exhibition games, NBA players have come to China for three main purposes: to participate in NBA league activities, to participate in sponsorship promotional activities, and to participate in commercial exhibition games. In short, they all come for fame and fortune.
Guo Xu has become an exception, he does not pay attention to pomp, and the Chinese side is ready to directly recognize everything and express his satisfaction. The Basketball Association arranged a three-day event, and Guo Xu also happily agreed, with zero appearance fee.
On the first day, he met with Chinese fans at the Dongdan Basketball Court in Beijing.
Before getting off the bus, Guo Xu first asked the host of the event to enter the venue to maintain order, because it was now the summer vacation of the students, and there were too many people coming, and there were people standing on the roof, and everyone was afraid that there would be an accident that would cause the fans to be injured.
After confirming that there was no danger, Guo Xu appeared to meet the fans, chatting and interacting in Chinese throughout the process.
The host praised Guo Xu for being approachable and not having a star shelf.
Guo Xu said: "I can get to this point because of the support of the fans. It is precisely because of the large number of fans that there are stars and the development and growth of the NBA league. In my opinion, apart from the game, the fans come first. ”
Guo Xu continued: "So, in the future, if a star comes to play a big name in China, no matter who it is, don't bother with him." In my opinion, no one is unattainable, the popularity of all stars is given by the fans, without the support of the fans, the stars are just ordinary people who play basketball well, remember, you are very important! ”
The fans applauded wildly, who doesn't like to be taken seriously?
Guo Xu's words may affect the financial path of some people in the future, but it is not his fault, is it reasonable to play a big name?
Guo Xu's main target is the famous "basketball flyer" Michael Jordan, in his previous life, Jordan came to China for the first time in 2004, extremely luxurious and mysterious.
He flew to Beijing on a special plane from Nike, and ate only food flown in from Italy, as if the exquisite Chinese food prepared for him by the Chinese side was poisonous, as if he had never eaten fries, hamburgers and other junk food when he was young.
He stayed in a six-star luxury hotel for about $5,000 a night, and rarely appeared in public during his three days on the mainland.
In New York, Jordan can still talk to fans for a few minutes about "why didn't he go to the Knicks in 1995." But when he arrived in China, Jordan became a real god on top. He descended and left in a hurry, bringing with him a whirlwind and rolling up a little gravel. He didn't teach people how to play, he didn't give interviews, he just let a lot of people know how to sell shoes.
The original plan was that Jordan was supposed to "meet" Chinese fans at the Dongdan basketball court, but he eventually canceled the event, which made countless Chinese fans from Tiannan and Haibei heartbroken, and some even burned the No. 23 jersey on the spot.
In hindsight, Jordan's "hunger marketing" was very successful, successfully creating an unattainable image and further strengthening the concept of "basketball god" in China. In 2015, Joe Gang came to China for the second time as the owner and the Hornets together, and after 11 years, Jordan's identity has changed from a player to a boss, and what has not changed is his super popularity.
In the eyes of many fans, Jordan is flawless. Jordan has indeed made outstanding contributions to the development of the NBA, and the league has played hard to praise Jordan, erasing most of the black spots for him and creating a flawless hero image. But is that really the case?
Jordan in life is gambling, lustful, mean, stingy, and capricious.
Everyone knows about his gambling and amorous nature, so it goes without saying.
Jordan scolded the team owner for being stingy when he was a player, and scolded the management during labor disputes, and the league fought hard that year, just so that the Bulls could give Jordan $30 million per season for his last two seasons.
When Jordan became the owner of the Bobcats, he was the most angry boss, and in order to save money, he would rather trade the team's top card at that time, Gerald Wallace, but the annual salary of "Elvis" was less than 10 million, low salary and high energy.
When the league shut down in '11, Jordan was hard-lined, unwilling to concede to labor, and he didn't even want players to get a 50 percent share of basketball-related revenues, he wanted players to get 10-20 percentage points less. Many media outlets have criticized Jordan as a despicable and greedy white-eyed wolf.
In addition to Jordan, the favorite to play big names is Iverson.
In Guo Xu's previous life, the Chinese media repeatedly exposed the rude performance of the balloon star, but this could not stop Aimi's five-body worship. Iverson didn't speak almost the whole time when he held the event in Xi'an, and the most important thing that accompanied Iverson was his mobile phone and girlfriend. In activities, he is always on the phone, and he is completely like a "Boss Ai" who is in charge of everything. Of course, fans should still kneel and cry!
Later, Iverson found that Amy's money was particularly easy to make, and after 15 years of publicly saying that he "never wanted to come to China again", he came to China every year to make money, and it was estimated that he needed to earn more money to continue gambling after losing all his gambling.
Even if Guo Xu has now become a member of the stars, he can't get used to the style of some extreme star-chasers, and in reality, when he sees a star, he cries as if his father died, as for it?
Guo Xu doesn't need to mention his name now, just dig a pit in China for those stars who will play big names in the future and wait, who will blame them for jumping in when they jump in? Go to his hunger marketing, go to his unattainable.
He is not afraid of spoiling Chinese fans, star chasers are not so easy to change, most of them are cute.
Chasing stars, you can have a snack.