Chapter 105: The Great Earthquake
Who is Roy? This is the most frequently asked question by many California media people in the past two days.
Roy's performance against Justin Sina High School was undoubtedly in the city of Chinogon, causing an earthquake in California.
The first wave of earthquakes came from the scene.
In the uniform shouts of "Roy" from the fans at the scene, Roy was interviewed by reporters.
Well, compared to the last time when there was only Shirley alone before the showdown with Lonzo Bauer, Roy is really facing a big battle today, with long guns and short artillery surrounding Roy, flashing lights one after another, Su Dong hurriedly beckoned reporters to "come one by one, don't worry".
The first question was about Roy himself, about Roy's origins, and about why Roy came to play in the United States.
This is a question that Roy has been preparing for a long time, and he answered it very well, about his background as an amateur player, about his yearning for American basketball, about his desire to play in the NCAA and NBA.
Roy's clever and humorous answer immediately won the favor of reporters, which reminded them of Yao Ming, the last Chinese player to get so much attention from the American media.
The second question was about his rivalry with Lonzo Bauer.
In fact, from the performance of the two people not passing the ball to each other and zero communication on the field, to the remarks of bickering and competing to tear down the stage off the field, and then thinking of the previous one-on-one game between the two, it is easy to give people the feeling that the two are full of contradictions.
California is home to Hollywood, the leader of the American entertainment industry, and the Californian media are naturally the most fond of digging for gossip, and the close and delicate teammate duo of Lonzo Ball and Roy undoubtedly reminds them of the Lakers' Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.
If that's the relationship, then the fans are definitely interested.
Roy certainly knows what reporters want to hear, he's read the NBA Encyclopedia, he knows the careful thinking of those media people, and he has his own way of dealing with it.
So, he described the story of his journey from China to Chino High School, the unexpected defeat of LaMelo and Liangelo, and then the defeat to Lonzo, and the story of how he was not very well received in the team.
For example, his sentence "Chino Gang varsity is Lonzo's team, all I can do is play my role" is very newsworthy, and I believe that all fans will have the feeling that Lonzo Ball deliberately isolated Roy in the team when they come to this report.
Finally, of course, Roy's personal ambitions and future prospects cannot be avoided.
It's still the same old routine, Roy praised the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant, and he even mentioned the regret of not being able to compete with him because of Kobe's retirement. Regarding his goals, he expressed his desire to lead Chino High School to defend his title and officially enter the American professional basketball world.
In this way, through a short twenty-minute interview, Roy created a positive, sunny and enthusiastic image of an oriental big boy.
The second wave of earthquakes came from the network.
Within 24 hours of the race against Justin Sina High School, Roy's name spread like a virus in Chino Hills, then in California, and across the United States.
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Roy's deeds are all circulating.
Details about his all-out rivalry with Lonzo Ball, details about his beating of "All-American High School All-Star" Josh Jackson, about his record-setting and more.
"You know what? There is a Chinese player who is about the same age as Lonzo Ball and as strong as him. ”
"I watched yesterday's live game, and I was X, it was so exciting, and that Roy let me think of Kobe Bryant, even though he prefers to shoot threes from the outside."
"Justin Sina didn't score as much as Roy or Lonzo Ball alone? Will Josh Jackson be returned by the University of Kansas? ”
"Reliable news: 'Ball Daddy' is going crazy, because a Chinese kid has stolen the limelight from his precious son, let's sit and see what 'Ball Daddy' can do."
"It is said that at least half of the NCAA colleges are willing to give a full scholarship to a Chinese high school student named Roy, can you believe it?"
Su Dong quickly flipped through the fan comments on major American websites and forums, and he enjoyed the result very much.
In the information age, there is nothing better and more efficient to hype up the news than the media, these guys who love gossip, love performance, and love sharing can save themselves a lot of effort, as long as they are properly guided, they can even become Roy's loyal "water army".
But he knows that the admiration of netizens alone is not enough, Roy must strike while the iron is hot, go to the next level, and let more people in the circle recognize him.
Now is the opportunity.
Just an hour after the game, Su Dong received a message from Shirley, according to Shirley's own ears at the scene after the game, "Ball Daddy" Ball Sr. and head coach Steve Buck fell out, and Bauer Sr. even used his three sons to boycott the game as a threat.
Lonzo Ball is not playing? That's really hard to ask for, as long as Lonzo is not there, the only core of the team must be Roy.
This is great good news for Roy, Roy's status will rise, Roy's stats will grow, Roy will become a household name, Roy needs to seize this opportunity.
Su Dong understands that he can't miss the opportunity to get Buck, he has to.
Barker must stop relying on Lonzo Power, fans must be made to forget Lonzo Ball, and the media must be allowed to cool Lonzo Ball.
As long as Roy can lead the team forward in place of Lonzo Ball, win one victory after another, and win the state championship, then Roy can completely replace Lonzo Ball.
Of course, Roy had to win Buck's trust first, he had to get the head coach to trust him, he had to get his teammates to trust him, and he had to get the fans to trust him......
The last wave of shock waves came from domestic.
Roy didn't know that a small California Championship match had actually been reported domestically.
In an era of scarcity of homegrown stars, a rising star playing high school league in the United States is bound to be the focus of domestic media and fans.
Through Wang Jie's retelling, Roy Fang learned that the domestic media had blown himself into a god.
How godly are you? You'll have to see it with your own eyes to find out.
Open the domestic sports portal, and Roy's name can be found everywhere on the homepage.
What is a superstar who is comparable to the future NBA champion, what is a talented player who scored 65 points in the Final Four last year, what is a prodigy who abused high school All-Star Josh Jackson, and what is the next Chinese star who will definitely land in the NBA.
Major media even edited the game video into a highlight clip and broadcast it on TV, the Internet, mobile APP and other platforms, needless to say, the biggest promoter of this must be Su Dong, it is the domestic media he contacted that made so many people know Roy.
With this wave of publicity, Roy's fame in China has reached a higher level.
Roy certainly knows best whether he is noticed and valued, except for the fast-exploding mobile phone, the fan value is the most telling thing, and he has also discovered a new gadget - celebrity fans.
This fan value is red, and people who look at the introduction of their own fans are regarded as stars, and this kind of celebrity fans have a separate statistic, which is more valuable, and a star fan is equivalent to a hundred ordinary fans, which can be imagined.
So which celebrities have followed me? Roy really wanted to know, but unfortunately all he could see was a bunch of data.
Roy doesn't know how popular he is at home, but some people know that just when Roy was still thinking about how to replace Lonzo Ball as the core of the Chinogang High School varsity team, a group of people had already embarked on a journey to California......