Chapter 24: An Interview with Zhou Heyang
In the Victory Boxing Gym, Lin Ye was punching punches and punching punches. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Yesterday night, the three of Jenon Norton Lynn celebrated at the bar, and the three of them partyed until 12 o'clock. In the end, Lin Ye supported the drunken Jenon and Norton back to the gym on the left and right. Lin Ye also drank a lot of wine and was dizzy. When he woke up at eight o'clock in the morning, Lin Ye became lively again.
Go see Jenon and Norton, who are sleeping like dead pigs. Lin Ye made some breakfast by himself, and after eating, he came to the sandbag to train.
Lin Ye earned 300 talent points after yesterday's final, and 67 points before the finals, for a total of 367 points. Lin Ye thought about it, and now he needs points for offense, defense, and footwork. After weighing it for a long time, Lin Ye chose to add 350 talent points to his jab. This brings his jab points to 60.
With a decent straight punch and jab ability, combined with the advantage of his arm span, he will play a greater role in the ring.
After adding talent points, he only has 17 talent points left. Lin Ye's current idea is to train as much as possible to improve his strength, and then go to play some amateur matches. Wait until your strength has grown to a certain level before participating in professional competitions.
"Hello." The dilapidated door of the boxing gym was pushed open, and a man with a leather bag, a camera, and glasses walked in.
Lin Ye looked at the person who came and said, "Who are you, is there something wrong?" ā
The person who came was Zhou Heyang. It took him a lot of effort to find the Victory Boxing Gym through his friends in the American media. As soon as Zhou Heyang entered the boxing gym, he saw Lin Ye. Lin Ye's portrait was on the sports pages of many newspapers yesterday, and Zhou Heyang recognized him at a glance.
"You're Lin Ye. Hello, I am a reporter for NetEase Sports Column in the United States, my surname is Zhou, and my name is Zhou Heyang. Zhou Heyang said, stretching out his hand to Lin Ye.
Lin Ye shook hands with Zhou Heyang and said, "You won't be here to interview me, will you?" ā
Zhou Heyang listened and said, "Of course I'm here to interview you." ā
Lin Ye went to move a stool and took two bottles of water. Although there is a living room upstairs, it is too messy, and there are two uncles who can't wake up. So Lin Ye didn't go upstairs.
"The conditions of this gym are a bit poor, I'm really embarrassed." Lin Ye handed a bottle of water to Zhou Heyang.
"It's okay, I've been looking at this gym for some years." Zhou Heyang took the water and looked around.
"It's been quite a long time, my coach and his father opened this gym very early. It's been almost forty or fifty years now. Lin Ye said.
"I saw in the Daily News yesterday that you won the All-American Golden Glove League. As far as I know, this event is comparable to the Olympic boxing event. You are the first Chinese in history to win this championship, which is really amazing. ā
"Well, it's over, it's over."
"I'm here to do an exclusive interview with you, okay?" Zhou Heyang asked.
"Absolutely."
Zhou Heyang opened his notebook and voice recorder and said, "You are only 18 years old this year, what prompted you to come to the United States and choose boxing?" ā
Of course, I can't tell the truth about this question. Lin Ye pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, I have liked watching Tyson's games since I was a child, and I yearn to be a player like Tyson." At that time, I watched the boxing match on the TV station and imitated the practice. Later, my coach's friend met me while traveling in China and thought I was very talented. So he funded me to come to the United States and practice with Jenon. ā
Zhou Heyang nodded, and said: "So what is your usual training, and does your life in a foreign country in the United States feel strange compared to that in China?" ā
"I don't feel anything. Except for race days, I usually get up at 5:30 and go for a morning jog. Then I did strength training in the morning, technical training in the afternoon, and trained until 9 p.m. to bed, with only a short break at noon for lunch. That's how I spend almost every day. ā
Zhou Heyang listened to it and said in surprise: "Your training volume is really amazing!" I had to train for about thirteen or fourteen hours a day, which I don't know many athletes can't do. You deserve this title. How did you feel after winning this title? What are your plans for the future? ā
"It's a good feeling to win the championship. As for the future, I'm definitely going to go professional. But until then, I still have to train hard and try to improve myself as much as possible. ā
Next, Zhou Heyang asked Lin Ye some more questions and took a few photos of Lin Ye. Before leaving, Zhou Heyang said: "Come on, I will always pay attention to you." Hopefully, you can get a good result when you enter the professional boxing world. ā
After interviewing Lin Ye, Zhou Heyang returned to the apartment where he lived, sorted out the interview materials, wrote a report, and posted it on the homepage of NetEase Sports. The name Lin Ye also appeared in the eyes of the domestic people for the first time.
Not long after Zhou Heyang left, Sheffield, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotion Company, came. In the current boxing world, Hoya's Golden Boy Promotion Company and Arum's top promotion company have signed almost most of the well-known fighters in the boxing world, and they have extraordinary influence in the boxing world.
For a boxer to enter the professional boxing world, according to the rules of the boxing organization, there must be a boxing manager or a boxing promotion company to represent his boxing career. Arrange, promote, and organize fights for boxers. This time, the promotion company of Golden Boy came to Lin Ye because it valued Lin Ye's future potential.
In fact, Arum's top promotion and Hoya's golden boy promotion both focus on new excavation and cultivating new talents in the boxing world. There are many boxing champions and top fighters who have reached the top under their promotion and become the backbone of the boxing world. In this model, these two promotion companies become a presence that can influence the boxing world. On the other hand, Tang Jin, who used to call for wind and rain in the boxing world, only focused on digging ready-made well-known fighters. Slowly, there were fewer and fewer famous boxers under him, and he gradually faded out of the boxing world, and he couldn't even see a shadow.
Sheffield was an extremely shrewd man, with a pair of eyes that sparkled with finesse.
"Lin, I watched your game on TV yesterday. You've done really well! I talked to Hoya and he also admires you very much. I hope you can join our team and join the Golden Boy promotion. Golden Boy Promotion has the best team and the most top coaches in the boxing world. I think it's the best option you can make to get into a boxing career. ā
Lin Ye listened and was silent for a while. It is also a good choice to join the Golden Boy promotion company. Golden boy Huo Ya is a super boxing champion in the boxing world, and the scenery is infinite. Off the court, he is also a shrewd and successful businessman, who has established his own boxing promotion company and signed many well-known big-name boxers, with good influence. But Hoya was a person who collapsed and retired from boxing after being defeated by Pacquiao.
After that, he was even more depressed, addicted to drugs, and completely handed over the power of the Golden Boy Promotion Company to Sheffield, regardless of whether he asked. As a result, Sheffield later poached a large number of boxers from the Golden Boy Promotion Company and put them under the Haimeng Boxing Promotion Company. For this reason, Hoya and Sheffield launched a protracted lawsuit, and finally ended with Hoya losing a lot and giving up most of the star fighters. Lin Ye was worried that if he joined the Golden Boy promotion, he would definitely be involved in the battle between Hoya and Sheffield in the future. At that point, it's hard to stay out of it.
And Huo Ya is a person, and his brain has become a little bad after taking drugs. He often talks nonsense in front of the media, the promotion of the game is not satisfactory, and many really valuable games are not presented because of him.
Lin Ye thought about it a lot, and finally rejected Sheffield, saying that he had to think again. Hearing Lin Ye's refusal, Sheffield's expression did not change at all, he was still calm, as long as he thought about Lin Yedao, the golden boy promotion could come to him at any time to sign a contract. And left a business card. Looking at Sheffield's demeanor, Lin Ye sighed with emotion, no wonder Huo Ya couldn't fight him.
After Sheffield left, an hour later, the manager of the top promotion company also arrived. The conditions given by the top promotion company are better than those of Golden Boy Promotion, but Lin Ye still hesitates.
Arum is not a fuel-efficient lamp either. Don Kim is known as a vampire in the boxing world, and Arum is not much inferior to Don King. It's just that Arum is not as greedy as Don King, and he knows the truth of restraint and trickling. Not to mention the strength of the top promotion company, it also has a super boxing champion like Pacquiao.
But as long as the contract is signed, no matter which boxing promotion company it is, 30% of the revenue from boxing matches will go to the promotion company. This rule is an unwritten rule between boxing promoters and boxing promotion companies. People like Don Kim get a higher percentage. Lin Ye was a little unwilling, and he had to hand over one-third of his income for every boxing match.
Lin Ye's reply to the top promotion company at the end is also to think about it again and give a decision.