Chapter 239: Christmas
Jordan was unhappy after the loss and hurriedly ended the post-game press conference, so when he knew what Zhang Mao said after the game, the koala had already gotten on the plane and fled. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Chicago fans only found out about it after the fact, otherwise eighty percent of people would have run to the airport to curse.
"Run away after pretending, it's really exciting!"
Zhang Yu smashed the field, beat people, and whipped the corpse, and was able to leave Chicago unharmed, which is also a kind of ability.
It is only to blame that the speed at which the media disseminates news is still too slow, and the number of Internet users cannot be compared with the scale of hundreds of millions of people in ten years, according to statistics, there are only about 10 million Internet users in the United States, and there are no more than 20 million Internet users worldwide, and of course the number of personal PCs must at least double.
The Lakers players felt that it was already dangerous to attend the postgame press conference with Zhang, but they saw the angry look of the Chicago media off the court at the time.
However, Zhang Mao's statement actually has a large market in the United States, although the United States does not grant titles to nobles, but many big families that combine wealth and power are often more powerful than the nobles of the old era, so if you are from a good background, you have a unique advantage over others.
However, to be able to say this kind of thing so openly seems to be a bit too open-mouthed, right? Is it really good to show off your background so unabashedly?
Of course, Zhang Wei knows that it is not appropriate to say this, but sometimes you have to look at the problem in combination with reality, a 25-year-old person, or a person who has not achieved much to say this, will inevitably be sprayed to the ground, and will definitely be scolded to show off or show off his wealth.
But Zhang Qi is different, he is too young, and the age of 19 can be said to be young and vigorous, naïve and ignorant.
Secondly, he is more capable than many of his own people, didn't Pippen stop cooking today, and Jordan couldn't teach him a lesson, so after winning such a hearty victory, can't the young man say something crazy? He's still a kid!
The most important thing is that the koala baby is handsome, so he is justice!
Zhang Qi knows very well that most of the people who hate his words are elderly fans, these people already have a deep understanding of reality, so they don't hate the rich and don't have a good impression of those so-called high society, because those big families in Zhang Zhu's mouth have occupied the little money and the little sister, and the best resources are only in the hands of this small number of people, who can balance it!
In addition, these elderly fans are motivated by feelings or pretending to be forced, many people like to be thick and thin, and basically think that the stars of their generation are the strongest.
Zhang is not afraid to offend these people, because most of them are fans of the superstars of Bird, Jordan and Magic, and they like to find fault with young stars like him. Those young fans under the age of 30 are different, especially the secondary two teenagers in Europe and the United States mature later, they will like Zhang Zhu's youthful frivolity, as long as he can continue to play on the court, the more Zhang Zhu is invincible, the more arrogant and presumptuous, the more these young fans will regard him as their idol.
The Lakers defeated the Bucks in Minnesota the next day, and various media began to hype Zhang Fu's wild words last night from early in the morning, and as a result, the public opinion orientation really showed a polarized trend. But there are many people who like his arrogance and empty eyes. In particular, the discussion of female fans is basically showing a one-sided trend of support, and even the title of "domineering president" has appeared, and I believe that in Japan and South Korea and other regions, public opinion will support Zhang Fu one-sidedly.
Jordan will definitely suspect that his four rings are fake at this moment, can he win four rings in 5 seasons so that he can't hold down that little rookie? Why do people like this nasty little bunny?
Not to mention, it's not just Zhang Qi, he didn't even suppress Hill last year, so playing well is really not everything, appearance and hype are also crucial.
Of course, it cannot be denied that black people are indeed discriminated against around the world, and it stands to reason that Jordan is a handsome guy among black people, but he still lost in popularity, and if he hadn't won the fourth championship last season, Hill would still be riding on his head.
In short, no matter whether he scolds him or supports him, Zhang Zhu's popularity among the fan base will not be affected, he is not really a child, it seems that he really hasn't said anything to ruin his reputation, this koala is shrewd.
However, in the eyes of other teams and fans, his impression will become even worse, and whoever calls him is like only the Lakers and Celtics can play the leading role in the NBA, and everyone else is here to mess around?
In terms of the alliance, he didn't want to form such a situation where a few families were dominant, so his words were still a little impulsive, and although he gained something, he also attracted a lot of hatred.
Zhang Qian can't take care of so much for the time being, he doesn't have time to look backwards, in fact, he doesn't care too much whether public opinion is good or bad, in such a fast-paced news era, his news will soon be messed up by a certain star, which big man has an affair with a woman, or the United States has launched a certain war and drowned it down.
After the Lakers' back-to-back away victories against the Bucks, their seven-game winning streak has arrived, and relying on the previous two consecutive performances of 30+10+10, Zhang Mao is likely to win the Player of the Week again, after all, there are victories over the Bulls, as well as back-to-back games against the Bucks, and his data is full of gold!
Zhang Fu hopes that he will continue to win the best of the week, he doesn't particularly care about it, but if he doesn't want to take it, he is pretending to be too much, he doesn't want to let go of any honor, at most he has a little more normal heart for this kind of soft award.
The Lakers had a good schedule this month, with three days of rest after beating the Bucks, and the results of the second round of the 1997 All-Star Poll came out during this period.
Overall ranking: 1, Zhang Qi (1194233 votes); 2. Michael Jordan (958135 votes); 3. Grant Hill (701844 votes); 4. Shaquille Oni (655296 votes); 5. Hakim Olajuwon (623582 votes); 6. Scottie Pippen (602784 votes).
Pippen's performance for the month was mediocre, and his votes dropped immediately.
On the other hand, Kidd has just moved to the Lakers, and before he has performed much, his vote has increased significantly, jumping to 310047 votes and rising to 13th place in the league. Uncle Mu followed closely behind, coming in 15th place with 298412 votes, and the Lakers had three votes in the top 15.
It's not quite fair, of course, but that's the good thing about big cities, and playing for the Lakers and Knicks has far more exposure than other cities can match.
Although Kidd has performed well in recent games, you must know that the current All-Star votes are mailed, and fans will not be able to arrive for ten or eight days after sending out the completed ballots.
Therefore, Kidd's vote count is not because he played well during this period, but because he moved to the Lakers, the vote number began to skyrocket, which is unfair to Stockton and Payton.
Lakers fans don't care about that, they just know that the team will have at least three players who will make it to the All-Star list this year.
Needless to say, Zhang Mao is the king of scheduled tickets.
The Lakers' league-leading record qualifies Harris to lead this year's Western Conference Stars, and he will definitely bring Mutombo and Kidd to the All-Star team, so that Zhang has a good chance to win the AMVP this year.
"Don't ask, I said I wouldn't be in the slam dunk contest again unless someone did at least three of the moves I performed in the game, and that's when I thought about it."
As Christmas approached, Zhang Mao began to be frequently asked questions by the media about All-Star Weekend, his name as the "King of Slam Dunk" is justified, it is said that the league intends to invite him to be the guest of this year's Slam Dunk Contest, anyway, he should not participate in this competition again, so letting the "King of Slam Dunk" be a judge is also a gimmick to attract ratings.
Zhang Mao did not refuse this proposal, and he also felt that being a judge could make him more valuable and hype-worthy.
Moreover, the NBA has never invited an active player to be a judge before, doesn't this mean that even the official admits that his dunk is not only unprecedented, but also unprecedented?
"My fans are about to crowd my forum board lately, and now I'm openly answering a few of their questions: 1, I won't be participating in the slam dunk contest again, but I may be a judge; 2. I will participate in this year's three-point contest, which is a new challenge for me; 3. I will still participate in the Rookie Challenge; 4. The last All-Star event I participated in will be the All-Star Game. ”
After following the team to Minnesota ahead of schedule, Zhang answered a few questions that fans were most interested in.
Next, of course, it's the ad break......
Dragonborn's Resident Evil 2 will be released on Christmas Day, something that has been hyped up a week ago.
Zhang Yu also had a new tattoo on his arm against the Bucks, which was a rather terrifying bloodshot eyeball, and the English abbreviation of "Resident Evil 2" underneath, it is estimated that many non-basketball fans should be most interested in the new tattoo on his arm.
The original Resident Evil sales doubled in this time and space, and better game quality was key, but Zhang Fu's celebrity effect also contributed to it. If it weren't for his forced placement, it would not have been possible for anyone in Eurasia to know about the game before it was released, and the Dragonborn company didn't run many ads in North America at the time.
Now the original generation of "Resident Evil" has created a sales myth in the history of PC games, plus the PS version has sold a total of 14 million copies, and the second generation of the remade protagonist is said to be based on Zhang Zhu, which is a good publicity and selling point, and this generation of works is released on PC and PS platforms at the same time.
Dragonborn is now very important to the sales of console platforms, and the Sony PS console was released in '94, and now the total sales have reached 30 million units, which is an attractive scale.
Although the release of games on the console platform has to give up more profits, the top IPs also have to pay about 40% of the share to the host company, and other channels also have to share from it, even if it is a large company that integrates production and distribution, it can only get about 30% of the profit in the end.
But considering that the original Resident Evil sold a total of seven million units on PlayStation, this is still a more potential sales platform than PC, and Dragonborn will not give up the console in order to make those profits. In addition, the price of console games is generally about 20% more expensive than that of PC, and this time "Resident Evil 2" is priced at $49.9 and $39.9, corresponding to console and PC, respectively.
Dragonborn began to work on game discs half a month ago, preparing to stock at least two million copies of the console version on Christmas Day, and the PC version will also be stocked up on one million units, which may seem risky, but the Dragonborn company is confident that there will be no risk in this seemingly risky move, because nine out of ten of these discs will be sold out within a week, and Zhang Zhu's fans alone will be enough to consume these stocks.
At this time, many people can see where the real power of ICQ is, and the Dragonborn company can let users around the world know that such a game is about to be released just by using ICQ's push advertisements to promote it.
So, how many users of ICQ are there now?
According to the internal information revealed by the Dragonborn, ICQ has more than 30 million registered users around the world by December 96, although it includes the situation of one person with multiple accounts, but the real users have reached at least 10 million, which means that more than half of the world's Internet users are using this instant messaging software. Moreover, ICQ's market share has reached 99%, and even the number of members has exceeded one million, and no software of the same type can get a piece of the pie.
This also means that at least 10 million people around the world will see the news pushed by the Dragonborn company when they open the ICQ, which is the publicity ability that other companies spend tens of millions of dollars can hardly match, and the Dragonborn company does not even need to invest a huge amount of publicity money on TV, they can use their own ICQ, the Dragonborn forum, and the Dragonborn network to play a better role than TV advertising.
On December 21, the league should not want Zhang Zhu to win the best of the week again, in the game against the Timberwolves, Mutombo committed two fouls in the first three minutes, Zhang Zhu himself almost two fouls in the first quarter, this home whistle is a bit excessive.
But what is even more excessive is the big action of the Timberwolves players, but the referees always turn a blind eye.
Zhang Zhu broke through for a layup in the second half, and was hit the wrist by Garnett in the restricted area to cover the ball, but the referee blew a good ball, which made the koala baby mentality blow up!
In the end, instead of falling on back-to-back games with the Bulls and the road, the Lakers overturned in tiny Minnesota, a result that could not have been imagined before the game.
After Zhang Mao's wrist was hit by Garnett, the feeling of this game dropped significantly, and in the end he only shot 6 of 19, only cutting 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
This performance is normal for others, but it can be considered one of his worst games of the season, and the league has a reason not to award him this week's Player of the Week, which sounds a bit like a arranged conspiracy, and Zhang is very unconvinced anyway, and this loss is not in his plan.
But it's worth mentioning that Garnett almost cried after the game, and the picture of the wolf baby yelling after the game sucked him some powder.
Garnett was also quite pitiful, and it was his first win over Zhang in two seasons.
If you count the preseason, the two have played each other a total of 7 times in the NBA, counting Garnett's 6 losses this time, and only averaging 11 points and 7 rebounds per game, this performance does not look like a player of the same grade as Zhang Qi at all.
Today is the first time Garnett has won, and he has not fallen behind in statistics, the data of 22 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists in the game can finally compete with Zhang Mao, and the little wolf king is extremely excited, and it is understandable that there are tears in his eyes.
Garnett is indeed not easy, when he first entered the league last season, his reputation was even louder than that of Zhang Mao.
But then the situation took a turn for the worse, and the two quickly showed a crossover in the direction of development, and the distance seemed to be getting farther and farther, and Garnett naturally changed from a genius high school student to an ordinary high school rookie, and the word "genius" can only be seen occasionally in Minnesota.
This summer, Garnett was obviously stimulated by Zhang Yu to practice hard, and his performance in the new season can be said to be refreshed, and his average data per game has also reached the quasi-All-Star level of 17+8+3+2, and the word "genius" was pressed on him by the media again, and public opinion is so realistic.
Therefore, Zhang Qian will not be blindly low-key, it is really useless, now the awesomeness on the field is king, otherwise some players with a bad reputation will not be able to get big contracts and endorsements at their peak.
The Lakers accidentally lost their footing in Minnesota, and the December schedule is coming to an end, and the Lakers' current 24-4 record barely meets Zhang Mao's psychological expectations, which has to sigh again about the perversion of these tasks.
He had just won a wave of 7 consecutive victories on his side, and he thought that the pressure brought by the mission should be reduced a lot, but he had to get nervous again immediately after losing a game. Whoever allowed him to lose a maximum of 12 games this season, and now the Lakers have played less than 30 games, and losing 4 games is indeed on the verge of danger.
The next game is the "Christmas War", and the Lakers naturally have the opportunity to appear, although most players don't like to play on Christmas Eve, but this is one of the NBA's means of grabbing ratings.
It just so happens that on Christmas Eve, there are no games in other leagues, and the NBA, a league that was on the verge of collapse more than ten years ago, must of course take advantage of this opportunity to sing a one-man show.
In this year's "Christmas War", the NBA has arranged a total of 4 matchups, each of which is a strong dialogue, which can be called the highlight.
Of course, there are exceptions, there is no suspense in the battle between the Lakers and the Celtics, although the "yellow-green war" has always been the NBA's magic weapon, but in recent years, as the two old giants have both entered the rebuilding period, forgetful fans have been about to forget about this drama for a few years.
This year's "yellow-green war" is actually nothing to look forward to, the Lakers are re-emerging, but the Celtics are still in a weak period, their record this year is even worse than last season, sitting firmly on the last train in the league, and now it can be said that it is the first place in the reverse, is it possible for the Lakers to lose?
Celtics fans themselves don't have much hope, even if every yellow-green battle can make their players play hard and go all out, but in the face of a huge difference in strength, it can't be smoothed out by mental strength.
Besides, the Celtics are clearly heading for Duncan this year, and the NCAA's talented interior will participate in next year's draft, and now the Celtics, Spurs, Grizzlies, and even the 76ers, who have just been drafted, are competing for this talented interior that is said to be a once-in-a-decade talent.
"Exaggerated, how can there be so many geniuses that happen once in ten years!"
Zhang Qian is quite disdainful of this, he also knows this Duncan, the American media is ready to hype another genius to fight the wheel after Iverson seems to be unable to beat Zhang Zhu in the short term, and Duncan is obviously their next rookie on stage.
At present, major media and draft websites believe that Tim Duncan is not only the most talented rookie in '97, but also the best interior rookie since O'Neal, destined to become an NBA superstar.
Some people now think that Duncan's template is David Robinson, but considering his slightly less athletic ability but almost the entire skill set, more people think that his template should be Olajuwon, because he has almost no flaws on both ends of the floor, the only downside is his youth, but he is constantly improving.
Zhang Zhu certainly disagreed, he felt that Camby had an advantage in college, and defeated Duncan in 95-96, winning not only the Naismith Award, which meant the first prize, but also the Wooden Award, almost completely suppressing Duncan in terms of personal honor.
Therefore, last year, he felt that this Duncan would not be much stronger than Camby, otherwise why did he suddenly change his mind and not run before the draft?
Of course, it doesn't matter who is stronger or weaker between Duncan and Canby, with the Lakers' record, it is better to think about how to pick up a working rookie from the end of the second round next season, they only have one second-round pick next season, and the first-round pick has been traded.
December 23, Christmas Eve, this day is equivalent to China's Chinese New Year's Eve, this year's four major leagues in the United States are still only the NBA games, known as the "Christmas War", in fact, this decision to play the Christmas War has been resisted by NBA stars, but the player's arm can not reach the president's thigh.
Zhang Yu secretly said: He is willing to fight the Christmas war!
That's right, this day is not only a day for family reunions, but also a day to bring your little girlfriend home to see her parents.
However, Zhang Mao didn't want to be remembered by the nest of concubines at home, so it was too good to play the game, it was best to finish the game at almost 12 o'clock, he could only go home to spend Christmas with his father, and he didn't have time to take care of the annoying young lady.
However, his dad doesn't need him to accompany him tonight, he has an appointment with the big mouth actress, and he invited Julia's big sister to the Christmas party held by the company early in the morning to celebrate, and after that, he invited the Roberts family to his luxury villa for the holiday, and he didn't have anything to do with it at all.
Zhang Qi obviously belongs to the kind of person who can't come or not, and he won't wait for him to eat together when he's late.
"Well, Big Roberts went, does it mean that a little Lori will also go?"
Zhang Yu said that he has been thinking about that little Lori, and it is too tempting to cultivate something, so he must finish the fight early tonight and go back to have a good time.
I have to say that although the game between the Lakers and the Celtics is not very suspenseful, the status of the two teams is really high, and the game time is still scheduled for 9 o'clock in the evening, and it will be almost 12 o'clock after the game, just in time to go back for the holiday.
But to be honest, it is really difficult for the Celtics to pose much threat to the Lakers, and you can guess the result of the game just by looking at the record, one of these two teams is 24-4, and the other is 3-24.
The Celtics themselves are high-spirited, a bit like the Chinese men's football team, no matter how stinky it is, at least the Japanese team will not lose its momentum, but it can't be played at least.
It's a pity that the Green Army can't beat this Lakers team if they really do it, and Anthony Walker, who was previously favored by Zhang Yu, is a potential star in their team, and he is not too blind.
Anthony Walker is currently averaging 16+9 per game, which is already a very good performance for a 20-year-old rookie, and the All-Star potential is full, but the potential of a superstar is gone.
NBA superstar players, in addition to high school rookies, can generally play an average of about 20 points per game in their first season, interior players must be close to 20+10, point guards must be close to 20+10, and the most important thing is to improve the team's record.
That night, the Celtics caught the Lakers off guard with their high morale in the first quarter, and actually led by 6 points in the first quarter, which was an unexpected performance.
However, after all, it was a contest of strength and weakness, and in the second quarter, the weak defense of the Green Army collapsed under the onslaught of the Lakers, and it could only be carried by the rhythm of the Lakers like duckweed to drift in the direction of losing.
Zhang Zhu's desire to perform today is very high, "Resident Evil 2" will be released in North America and Europe tonight, how can he say that it is also the first time to be the protagonist, in the future, the Dragonborn company also has plans to invest in film and television, and "Resident Evil" is destined to be the top IP coveted by any big company, whether it is to cooperate with a large company in the future, or to play alone, I wonder if he can really go to Hollywood next door to play after retiring.
Anyway, a guy like him will definitely retire after he becomes famous, before his form declines, and he will never retire after the age of 35. And this age is the golden age in the film industry, not to mention the peak period of more than ten years, isn't that beautiful? !
"IMDb can now rate and evaluate games, TV series and novels, my score for the first generation of "Resident Evil" is 9 points, this time the 2nd generation I have tried the beta version, so the first rating is my score, and I gave it a high score of 9.5 points, I highly recommend everyone to buy the genuine version."
When Zhang Yi was interviewed by reporters at halftime, he forcibly advertised his game again.
At this moment, the promotional advertisements for "Resident Evil 2" are also being played on the live TV and on the big screen, and I have to say that the Dragonborn Company is not inferior to Blizzard in the production of CG, and I don't know how much stronger it is than Konami in another time and space.
Of course, his main business is basketball.
The Celtics, who couldn't stop the decline in the second quarter, were unsurprisingly slaughtered in the second half!
Zhang Mao only scored 15 points in the first half, which didn't seem like a lot, but he didn't expect him to score a full 29 points in the second half, scoring 44 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in the whole game, and helping Lakers fans have a more enjoyable Christmas with a 122-101 victory.
Now, he can finally go home and tease little Lori, if they haven't slept yet......