Chapter 106: Bill Simmons' Interview
The king's crowd was furious until 3 a.m. While the whole team was sleeping, Zhang Feng got up early, because the schedule after the end of the summer league was long, and he had to be interviewed by Bill Simmons today.
Downstairs and walking to the exit of the hotel, Zhang Feng found that Huo Ke and Wang Wanlu were already waiting for him.
In the car, Wang Wanlu took out a bunch of materials, handed them to Zhang Feng, and said, "Take a look, you may need it for today's interview."
Zhang Feng checked the materials in his hand, at least the thickness of an index finger, his eyes widened in fright, and he tightened his forehead and said, "There is so much information to know?" ”
"It's mostly some Kings information, including the history of the Kings, the culture of Saramento, some interesting anecdotes about the team's management, etc., with your memory, just look at it," Wang Wanlu said as she touched up her makeup with a makeup pen.
"Why, you're going to be interviewed too?" Zhang Feng remembered that Wang Wanlu was a woman who didn't care about the effect of makeup.
Closing the makeup box with a snap, Wang Wanlu looked in the mirror again, "It's not that I want to be interviewed, but there is a business dinner to attend today, and you must remember to take care of it."
"It's over when you go, I'll take care of it" Zhang Feng flipped through the information casually, quickly remembering these possible interviews.
"Haha, you took money from others and didn't show your face, isn't it too much?" Wang Wanlu, who had finished her makeup, motioned to Hawke to hurry up, and Bill Simmons' interview time was too late.
Zhang Feng pondered, "Could it be that the furniture company endorses?" Wang Wanlu glanced at him, as if to say, "Can it still be someone else?" ”
Bill Simmons's interview location is arranged in Zhang Feng's familiar old place - Bellagio Hotel, can be interviewed by Bill Simon is a great benefit to rookie level players, his articles are known for humor, if you help a star to promote a few words, the possible result is that the commercial value of the star has increased significantly, followed by big contract endorsements, of course, Bill Simmons got first-hand news, gossip consultation, he relied on this to write some in-depth articles, so he won a lot of audience love.
As soon as he arrived at the door of the hotel, Zhang Feng found that Bill Simmons was already waiting for him with his assistant, although there was still half an hour before the agreed interview time.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Zhang Feng, congratulations on your great victory last night" Bill Simmons saw Zhang Feng get out of the car, and walked up quickly to take the initiative to shake hands.
"Thanks, it's an honor to be interviewed with you, shall we begin?" Now that Bill Simmons was already waiting at the door, indicating that his team was ready for all the interviews, Zhang Feng went straight to the point.
"No problem, follow me" Bill Simmons led Zhang Feng to a VIP conference room at the Bellagio Hotel.
After a short period of practice, Zhang Feng quickly learned the basics of TV interviews, such as watching the camera, and after some preparation, Bill Simmons' interview officially began.
"Welcome to the Bill Simmons Show, today I'm going to have Zhang Feng, the recently red-haired Kings player, and I'm going to talk to him about his basketball life and emotional life," Bill Simmons gave a signature smile to the camera.
"Hi, everyone, I'm Zhang Feng" Looking at the camera, Zhang Feng "said hello" for the first time.
"To be honest, I don't really like you, Zhang Feng," Bill Simmons said suddenly.
These words made Hawke and Wang Wanlu, who were watching the interview, frown, and Zhang Feng was also stunned for a moment, but he took a closer look at Bill Simmons' demeanor and knew that Simmons was joking, so he also joked and said:
"To be honest, I'm here to increase my fame, and I'm going to talk about sneaker endorsement contracts in a few days, and I hope you will air this episode soon."
"I like you, haha, interesting" Bill Simmons understood Zhang Feng's joke and laughed sincerely.
"Seriously, I was very unhappy that you led the team to beat the Celtics, Stevens' tactics were so good in that game, and the players executed it successfully, but you actually played better" Bill Simmons, as a Celtics diehard, said his true words.
"You should hate Kobe, it was he who told me not to compromise, even if I was sandwiched, I would be on it" Zhang Feng changed his words and threw the "pot" on Kobe.
"So Kobe Bryant told you this tactic? I'm curious, and I'm sure the audience is also curious, why did you just play a heads-up fight with Kobe Bryant and he took care of you so much," Simmons asked.
This question is the first time he has been asked on a formal occasion, Zhang Feng thought about it and said seriously: "This is fate, Kobe said that he saw the young him in me, and he promoted me as a senior"
"Do you have an idol in the NBA?"
"Except for Kobe and Carter, not for the time being"
"Why Carter?"
"When I first learned basketball, I watched a lot of highlights, and Carter's dunk video shook me."
Speaking of this, Bill Simon seemed to think of something and asked: "According to media reports, before you came to the United States, it seems that you had no basketball experience, otherwise you would not be unknown, and later someone said that you raised your basketball level to the NBA level in a month, is this true?" ”
"It's true, I have the ability to memorize when learning a certain skill, and I don't need a lot of practice to consolidate, I can always learn it at once, this is my biggest advantage" Zhang Feng certainly couldn't tell Simmons that he relied on Taoist kung fu.
"Wow, that's amazing, why did so many teams invite you to tryouts, and you only promised the Knicks and Kings" Bill Simon's question always gets to the point.
Zhang Feng decided to tell the truth on this issue, "Because the two teams are relatively high, I know that I can't make it to the top three, but I have to fight for the seventh and eighth, at least the first round, so I refused the invitation of the Knicks and the teams after the Kings, but I didn't expect that in the end, the Kings got the fifth pick in the lottery, and the Knicks didn't express interest in me, so I went to the Kings."
"There were gossip reporters who said that you can be selected by the king by a woman, that is, your girlfriend An Jiali, of course, your performance has proved your strength, but I also want to ask, do you think your relationship with An Jiali has been favored in the draft?" Simmons dropped another bomb.
Zhang Feng cleared his throat and laughed, "I like this question, just take this opportunity to say it again." In an interview with O'Neal at the time, I said that no point guard can surpass me in stats, and I want to tell the truth here. That's - I did get preferential treatment, Angeli suggested to the management that they should use the No. 5 pick to pick me, and in the end I proved her suggestion right, and the Kings were understandably not optimistic about me at first, after all, I had too few places to prove myself. ”
Bill Simmons kept staring at Zhang Feng, and as soon as Zhang Feng finished speaking, he immediately asked: "If you leave the team in the future in order to win the championship, or leave the team for a big contract, or be traded by the team, will this affect your relationship with Anjiali?" ”
"The world is unpredictable, unless the team trades me, I will not take the initiative to leave, because I believe that I can build the team into a championship team with the Kings players, even if I am traded away by the team, I will not take the initiative to leave Anjiali, unless she has another new love, then I will bless her" After saying this, Zhang Feng picked up the water glass next to him and took a sip.
Bill Simmons watched Zhang Feng finish saying this decisively, and he couldn't help but nod his head in appreciation of Zhang Feng's statement.