142. New Year's Eve (ask for collection, recommended)

Time came to the last day of '98,

John and Peggy finally got out of the apartment building.

The two are like newlyweds, and they are very reluctant to separate.

I can't wait to be together all day long, for fear that the other party will disappear, just like a kite that has gone off the string and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Therefore, the two are inseparable in the apartment, and their lips are inseparable from their cheeks.

John and Matthew, Lily and Ted made an appointment and went to Times Square in the afternoon to participate in the Chinese New Year's Eve rally.

In the evening, I went to my hotel to watch the big ball drop ceremony, knowing that the temperature outside in the early morning was below zero degrees Celsius.

It's better to watch it indoors.

At this time of year,

Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world gathered in New York's Times Square to wait for the New Year.

There will also be the most popular stars and singers performing on stage.

You must know that the number of people who watch the live broadcast every year is countless, especially when the midnight broadcast is down.

When the big colored ball lands, countless colored bars and brilliant fireworks fall from the sky, which is very spectacular.

Of course

Soon after, there will be an event that can be called the reputation of the American Spring Festival Gala,

That's the American Super Bowl.

The Super Bowl is the finals of Major League Football and is watched by tens of millions of people each year.

Not to mention the commercial value, especially during the intermission, when the advertising cost reached hundreds of thousands per second.

Tickets are not cheap, the ticket price for the ordinary field is hundreds of dollars a piece, not to mention the infield, and it is possible that you can't buy it if you have money.

Every year, the black market is hyped up, and the price may reach dozens of times the original price of the ticket.

The most classic halftime performance of the Super Bowl was the performance of American superstar, Michael Jackson.

In his previous life, John knew about the king of world pop, but he was too far away from him as an ordinary person in his previous life.

Just learn about the greatness of this superstar in the world of music and dance.

After coming to this different time and space, John realized that he still underestimated the influence of this superstar in the United States and even the world.

It's a pity that John was still quite young at the time.

So that show can only be watched on live TV.

It's that he watched through the TV screen,

I was also shocked.

First his image appears on the big screen, and then the image travels across the entire screen.

Then a real Michael appears at the top of the big screen.

It's as if he's a video coming from the screen, it's sci-fi, it's unbelievable.

Later, I found out that it was one of his stuntmen.

After two wonderful performances, it seems to appear out of thin air,

The main character appears in the center of the stage, with gorgeous and cool fireworks behind him.

Then the climax of the whole show came,

He stood silently in the center of the stage,

motionless,

The crowd at the scene was unknown, cheering, screaming, very lively.

Hundreds of thousands of people shouted together,

But Michael was unmoved, standing still and motionless,

lasted more than a minute,

You know, this is the halftime show of the Super Bowl,

The cost of advertising per second adds up to an astronomical amount

When everyone thought that there was an unknown stage accident,

Michael embarked on one of the greatest and most incredible performances in the history of his life.

Finally, Michael began his own performance.

He performed four of his songs in one go – "Jam", "Why You want to Trip On Me", "Billie Jean", "Black or White"

Of course, how could such a large-scale show not have his classic space dance moves?

So Michael went on to start his most classic space dance moves.

The scene exploded.

In the end, a choir of 3,000 children from Los Angeles performed "We Are The World," his masterpiece for world peace.

And in the performance, he is holding a wand. Hundreds of thousands of spectators in the audience interacted with him wherever the wand was pointed, raising their colorful puzzles to form a spectacular puzzle of love – modeled after children of different ethnicities around the world. It was almost one of the most spectacular and thrilling performances in human history!

This is also the peak moment of the Super Bowl halftime show and the highlight moment of the American theatrical performance.

Familiar with the development process of later generations,

John felt sorry for Michael, who can be said to be the first person in global pop music.

The peak of McCaul's popularity is actually a reflection of the peak moment of American national power.

At that time, it was the end of the Cold War, and the superpower steel empire alongside the United States collapsed, and the United States won the final victory in this confrontation.

The clouds of war that hung over the people of the world had lifted, and the self-confidence of the people was unprecedented.

As a result, Hollywood began to guide the social and cultural direction of other regions and countries.

Whether it's books, movies, music, and so on.

This halftime show is actually an important stage to promote American culture.

Unlike the highly developed Internet in later generations, the mainstream broadcast channel is now television, so you can imagine how many people watched that show.

Globally, football is the most popular, followed by basketball.

But the most popular sport in the United States is football,

Of course, it's also called American football.

It joins baseball, basketball, and ice hockey to form the four major sports league events in the United States.

Every year when the Super Bowl is played, the food consumed in the United States that day is second only to Thanksgiving.

Millions of pounds of fries, hundreds of millions of chicken wings.

You can imagine how lively it was that day.

Many people around John are football fans.

My friend Matthew is also an avid rugby fan.

Under the influence of his father and older brothers, Matthew was super fanatical about the Minnesota Vikings in his hometown.

I can't see others say bad things about my hometown team.

Even Grandma Teresa is obsessed with the sport.

Because my hometown of Texas is vast and sparsely populated,

Every time there is the most crowded town time, it is probably a football game held at the town high school.

Although John was a god of movement, he was not in the midst of this.

He felt that he had practiced martial arts, and if he played football again,

It's just so unfair to everyone else.

The above is just a joke, the main thing is that rugby does not mean that you can get seven in and seven out on the field if you know a few hands of martial arts.

You must know that there are more than 20 people on the rugby field, and there are many kinds of tactics involved in a game, and it should be quite thick if it were printed in a book.

In many American campus film and television works, the quarterback is often the villain.

They tend to be reckless and careless.

But in reality, it's the opposite.

The quarterback is one of the most important members of a football team, and he needs to be familiar with the team's tactics and lead and direct the rest of the team on the court. Therefore, it is necessary for the quarterback to be cautious, attentive and clear-headed.

In addition, John was under a lot of academic pressure at that time, after all, he was not a real genius, but he was just working hard.

For this reason, Sheldon's father often consulted with John,

George Sr. put his desire to produce a Major League Football player on John,

But John politely declined Old George's invitation.

Shelton's father, George Sr., was an avid rugby fan, and he even wanted to be a rugby professional in high school.

His dreams were shattered by an unfortunate physical injury.

Thankfully, he used what he learned about rugby in the team to get a position as the school's rugby coach.

To this end,

John thanked Old George for his kindness, and Principal Tom for taking care of him and loving the town.

He donated a large amount of money to the town's high school, so that the team had no worries.

John, who grew up here, has long regarded this place as his new home.