253. Three calls
In the United States, especially in Hollywood, Yinmi's life is not a shocking big news, which is why the media broke the news that Alba's pregnancy did not cause big news some time ago, after all, Alba is not Angelina. Julie is not Cameron either. Diaz, she's just a rookie star.
Who hasn't eaten the forbidden fruit when they're young? This is the first reaction of movie fans after seeing the news, is there still a virgin in Hollywood? What is there to report on this?
But it would be another matter if Alba had an abortion after she became pregnant, especially since she had always declared herself a devout Christian, and in Christian teachings, abortion was a terrible original sin. Therefore, once Americans find out that they are pregnant after fooling around, they will generally give birth to the child, no matter how difficult their survival is, no matter how old they are, such as the mother of AI, such as LeBron's mother.
One of the major differences between the United States and China is that the former allows the media to do any advertising that avoids tricks and drugs, but it is resolutely not allowed to advertise abortion, or even publicity. The latter is the opposite.
According to the American concept, when a baby appears in your body, it is your child, and abortion is killing your own child. If you can kill your own children, what else would you not dare to do? This is unacceptable cruelty to them.
Many public figures have broken out the scandal of illegitimate children, which is nothing, and it is even normal in the United States, but no public figure has broken the news about his abortion, which is enough to destroy a person's image.
Soon, after some irresponsible tabloid propaganda, the Alba abortion scandal swept across California and then spread across the United States. In particular, someone interviewed the doctor at Angel Baby Hospital in Los Angeles, who insisted that Alba was pregnant, and someone took out photos of Huaben and Alba appearing in New York Hospital as evidence that she went to have an abortion.
At this time, the 04 presidential election was in full swing, and the Republican candidate, the incumbent President George W. Bush, had the advantage. In order to regain his disadvantage, Kelly used various topics of public concern to make a move, including one of his speeches on the issue of abortion, citing Alba as a negative example.
In this way, Alba is unable to explain it clearly, because under such strong propaganda, any refutation is powerless.
The biggest blow to her was that Alba's agent despicably chose to terminate her contract after discovering that the matter was irreparable. In order to avoid his reputation being stinted, the agent told the media that he had no idea about Alba's affairs, and that she did everything behind his back, and that he was just a wage earner who had been following the orders of his boss Alba.
For a combination of reasons, Alba has become the new bad girl in Hollywood, with everyone lashing out at her and public figures using her as a topic to attract attention. Even, her family became suspicious of her and forced her to ask why she did such a thing.
Quickly, because of a stupid move by the agent, Alba changed from a jade girl to a fallen angel in just one week, and the speed was so fast that she couldn't react.
"I'm done, Christine, why is this happening?" Alba asked Bell dazedly after drinking, "I did something wrong, but it wasn't my will." Now, why is everyone attacking me? I haven't done anything bad, I like children, I even planned to raise this child by myself even if I wasn't committed to it, but I was obviously not pregnant, why did everyone say that I strangled my own child?! ”
Looking at the despair and confusion on Alba's face, Bell's heart was like a knife, and he could only say one sentence: "The fate of the son of a bitch, you ruined a good girl!" ”
Alba's public opinion offensive swept through Detroit, and Huaben was worried, but there was nothing he could do. First of all, he was running a training camp, and the kids were coming for him, and he couldn't walk away; Second, Eva's contract talks with the Pistons are at a critical juncture, and he needs to be available at all times; Finally, and most importantly, he can't reach Alba and Bale.
When this incident first appeared, Alba and Bell's phone calls were blown up, and the former's family and friends kept questioning her and even criticizing her, and Alba couldn't accept the harshness of his tone and vicious words, and Bell directly smashed all the communication tools.
In the Ming Cook Party candidate John. After Kelly's speech, they were surrounded by paparazzi reporters outside their villa, and Bale had no choice but to quietly leave the villa with Alba. Fortunately, now that Li Dalong is in Los Angeles, he has helped a lot, otherwise why would two powerless girls avoid these paparazzi with a keen sense of smell?
In this way, Huaben can only worry about this matter, but there is nothing he can do. Actually, he is also a bit self-conscious, his image is not much better than Alba's, in the mouths of pro-Alba journalists, he is portrayed as a villain who 'forces women to have an abortion', and in order to include Alba, they can only attack Huaben, anyway, this guy is from the Pistons, which has always been notorious.
Hua Ben doesn't care about that, and his fans don't care about either, because he has too many friends and too many people who speak for him.
Pierce, AI, Garnett, Kobe Bryant and others are really busy this summer, just after praising Wang Zhizhi against their will, they turned around and wiped their butts for Huaben, a bunch of awesome people at various press conferences, and swore together that Huaben was not this kind of person. Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi also hurriedly stood up and said good things to Hua Ben one by one. In addition, domestic fans are not interested in abortion, and Huaben's reputation in China is increasing instead of falling.
Moreover, the biggest difference between a sports star and an entertainment star is that one relies on strength and the other relies on fame, as long as you play well in the NBA, you are not afraid of blocking or smearing. For example, Iverson, almost all American sports reporters are working against him, but his fame is getting louder and bigger, and there are more and more fans, precisely because his strength is there.
What about entertainment stars? The reputation stinks, and the whole image is ruined.
However, this matter is not without impact on Huaben, for example, the uniform team of the Pistons is used to make a price to pressure Eva to regress.
"We're a bad kid on our team, but he's a tough guy who dares to be a tough guy and that's going to make it hard for us to do, you know, it's stressful for us to renew because parents obviously don't want their kids to watch a team with outright villains play." The Pistons' director represents Rand. Naibers said to Eva in a pretended helplessness.
Hearing this, Eva was furious, she pointed to the contract and said: "Mr. Naibels, I don't want to say anything, you can see for yourself this damn contract, it turned out to be 85 million for 5 years?" Is that the price tag for a two-star MVP and the best defensive player? You're insulting me, and you're insulting Ben! ”
Dumas sat calmly, but his eyes were fierce, the object of his gaze was Rand, and he kept scolding in his heart, this pig-headed idiot, what kind of shit contract did you give? If I were Ben, I'd be a pig-headed like you if I signed this kind of contract!
Naibers is a smart businessman who knows how to use external forces reasonably to maximize his own interests, and also knows how to use the emotional loopholes of his opponents to gain an advantage for himself.
Hua Ben came to the scene, because he didn't want to spend any more, he felt exhausted by the many things that happened this summer, and he just wanted to quickly solve some unimportant little things and put all his energy into more important things. For example, contact Bell and Alba.
Eva and Rand are still in a fierce confrontation, but the two protagonists, Warben and Dumas, have nothing to do. At this time, a bell rang, Hua Ben took out his Nokia brick and saw that it was a call from Wang Zhizhi, so he answered it regardless of the dissatisfied eyes of Rand and others.
"Ben, I'm Wang, thank you for your help all the time, just got the news, our basketball association officials finally compromised, met and voted to approve my Olympic application, I can play for our country, this feeling of having a ball to play is amazing." Wang Zhizhi's slightly trembling voice sounded, "Thank you so much, Ben, this time I really owe you a lot, thank you so much, I have the opportunity to come to China in the future, I will definitely ask you to taste the delicious food of our country"
Hua Ben and Wang Zhizhi had a brief chat, agreed to meet each other in the Athens Olympic Village, and hung up the phone.
Eva and Rand were still chattering and arguing, and Hua Ben was impatient and made a final decision: "80 million for 4 years, 3+1, the last year player option." I don't want to say more, if it weren't for the good guys here, Rand, I wouldn't waste a tongue with you, let's be honest, I see you're very upset. You have to thank Detroit for having a bunch of good fans, the team for having a bunch of good guys, otherwise I wouldn't have played under you for four years and 800 million. ”
Rand's eyes revealed joy, but his expression remained unchanged, and he opened his mouth and said, "Ben, I have to say"
"Okay, that's it, let's discuss the details." Dumas said that this is the price code given to him by the big boss, and the average annual control is around 20 million, and the price of double MVP is still worth it.
Rand wanted to say something, but since Dumas, who held the sword of the big boss Shang Fang, had made a decision, he couldn't object anymore. It's a pity, this price can be pressed down a little more, Rand smacked his lips regretfully, he is a businessman, and Huaben is just a commodity in his eyes, so this is not cold-blooded for him.
"Then let's sign a contract first." Rand pointed to the contract.
Hua Ben nodded, and just picked up the pen, the phone suddenly rang again. Rand was suddenly a little dissatisfied, frowned and said, "Ben, can you be serious?" Please turn off your phone, we're in"
As soon as it seemed that the call was a strange number, Hua Ben really wanted to suppress the phone, but after hearing what Rand said, he just answered it, and as soon as he connected, he immediately thanked Rand, because it was Bell's voice that sounded: "Hi, Ben, I'm Christine, you find a time to come to San Francisco, now that we have left Los Angeles, Jessica's mood is not very good, you must come." ”
"Tell me the address, and I'll book a ticket." Wabbon shook off his pen, shook his head at Eva, and walked out of the office first. Behind him, Rand's face was extremely ugly, and he tore up the contract book.
Bought the nearest flight, Warburn and Eva flew non-stop to San Francisco, despite the fact that it was already night. As a result, as soon as he got off the plane, his phone rang again, and a hurried voice said, "Hey, Ben, why the fuck your phone keeps getting through?" Damn, something happened."
(To be continued)