Chapter 120: Pride and Prejudice

Shirley's recent visits to Chino Gang High School are so frequent that it's almost like her maiden home, and even the security guards at the school gate greet this petite, sweet-looking blonde beauty with familiarity, so it's no wonder that other teammates will mistake Roy for Shirley having some ulterior relationship.

The next day, before the team training began, Shirley and Roy met in the gymnasium to proofread the interview outline, and the whispering two were greeted by the envious cheers of their teammates.

Shirley is worthy of being a young reporter born in the 90s, and the questions she asks are extremely sharp, and Roy is very cooperative and answered.

For example, when asked how he felt about experiencing such racist remarks when he first arrived in the United States, Roy's answer was, "In fact, discrimination exists in every country and region, just like when I was studying in the past, some classmates with good family conditions would look down on classmates with poor conditions, even if they were relatives at home, they would snobbish their brothers and sisters who were born from the same roots." The world we live in is so unequal that we need to use basketball to promote the idea that everyone is equal. ”

When asked how he would respond to Ball Sr.'s insulting remarks, Roy replied: "Ball Sr. is also a father, and I can understand his motives for coming out for his son, but making racist remarks and distorting facts is unacceptable." He has lived in Chinogang for more than 40 years, Lonzo has been the core of the team for more than three years, and he is only a newcomer, how can he be able to instigate others to deal with them, if Lonzo is willing to come back now, I will still welcome them with open arms, we are a team, winning the championship is our common goal, but only if Ball Sr. must apologize for his remarks, he hurt a group of people. ”

Needless to say, Roy's interview made Shirley very satisfied, but Shirley was not Roy's only interviewer, and just after Shirley's interview, more reporters rushed to Chino Gang High School.

One after another, Roy was approached by large and small media, and he found that he could barely train, and all the questions asked by the media were almost the same, about racial discrimination, about Ball Sr., about American basketball, about his own equality, and about his own feelings.

Don't say it, when the first black president in American history was in power, racial discrimination was quite taboo, but this time Ball Sr. defied the world's condemnation and openly discriminated against an Asian American as a black person, and there were many news points that broke out.

Now, both the pro-Obama and anti-Obama media see this as a good opportunity to re-evaluate the president's governing philosophy, and Roy, an Asian American high school star, is definitely a good subject and a good gun.

After two days of interviews, Roy was at home to Game 7 of the California Championship against Palos Verdes High School, another underdog.

Usually this kind of game against a weak team will always be late for the fans to enter the stadium, but today is different, when Roy has not started to warm up, the stadium is full.

Unbelievable, Roy glanced at it, more than 80% of them were Asian fans, and they waved a thumbs up to Roy from the stands with slogans large and small saying "support for Roy".

What's going on? Roy clearly didn't expect to draw so many spectators against Palos Vertis High School, and most of them were clearly not Chinogang High School students.

Could it be that Palos Vertis High School has a lot of appeal?

Of course not, these people don't have to guess to know that they are coming for Roy, in this era of information explosion, any small incident may detonate a news boom, let alone the basket that Bauer Sr., the "No. 1 mouth in the United States", poked out at the press conference.

Under the series of ball-like interviews and reports by the news media in the past few days, at least eighty percent of people in the United States have heard of Roy's name, and they all know that there is a basketball teenager from China who is studying and playing at Chino Gang High School in Los Angeles, and has taken away the original No. 1 leader in the team, the famous Lonzo Ball.

The speed of news dissemination is fast, the power of Twitter, Facebook, and WeChat is huge, and the Chinese people in the open sea are unprecedentedly united, especially those international students who are adrift, their response speed and work efficiency are faster.

Coming to the scene today is a team of international students studying in California, some of whom even drove from San Francisco, St. Louis, and Alhambra.

It wasn't until Su Dong rushed to the gymnasium that Roy knew what happened and what happened next.

"If you look at Ball Sr.'s Twitter now, you'll find more interesting things." This is Su Dong's original words, and now the old Bauer's Twitter has been completely drowned out by angry voices, and the old Bauer is red, and the red is not glorious.

Roy is also red, he is really red, red with golden brilliance, Roy really didn't expect that just a few conversations in front of the camera could cause such a big reaction.

"So you have to learn to deal with the media, if you want to be a great NBA star in the future, dealing with the media is a must for you, you have to know that there are too many talents ruined off the court, and a media accident can ruin your career."

Su Dong's words are loud, for this, he may have a deep understanding, if it weren't for his youth and ignorance, he might also be able to retire like Lao Du, from a high-profile national player to the helm of a professional club.

But unfortunately, I was too impulsive at that time......

The game against Palos Vertis High School set a record attendance record for a basketball game at Chinogang High School, and the scene was a day that Roy will never forget, not only was the audience seat densely packed and full of people, but even the side of the court was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.

So much so that when players serve baseline balls and sideline balls, they need to make room for security guards.

The spectacle was immediately disseminated by various media outlets, including Roy's explosive performance in this match.

43 points, 16 rebounds, 13 assists, 7 steals, 8 blocks, this result is not Roy's most perfect and perverted performance, but after so many people went viral, it immediately became another version.

"Angry Chinese Ball King", "Squeezing Out the Real Core of 'Ball Brother' (Lonzo Ball)", "Kobe Bryant's Successor", "Los Angeles Rookie King", more and more nicknames are put on Roy's head.

With frequent media exposure, with the crazy momentum of fans, with a wave of 29 consecutive wins at Chino Gang High School, with Roy's terrifying stats of averaging 45.8 points, 16.3 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 7.8 interceptions, and 8.9 blocks per game, and squeezing out Lonzo Ball's fait accompli.

Roy's popularity peaked a week before Christmas, and Su Dong was pleasantly surprised to find that NBA scouts slowly appeared on the side of the court.

That's right, the arrogant Yankees are finally starting to face up to this basketball boy from the East......