Chapter 191: Jordan Woos All-Stars
Early the next morning, Zhou Quan invited Zhang Lili, Sun Zhenping, and the three-person camera team to breakfast, which was agreed last night.
Sun Zhenping and the four arrived in Los Angeles yesterday morning, and after meeting with Zhang Lili, they knew that Zhou Quan would participate in a professional golf tournament today, and decided to take some videos of Zhou Quan playing golf, so they rushed to San Francisco by bus in the afternoon.
At present, there are not many people playing golf in China, and not many people even know that the first golf course in China is still a hot spring course in Zhongshan built by Mr. Huo Da in 84, in fact, there is nothing to shoot.
But this time they not only want to broadcast the NBA All-Stars live, but also have an important task, which is to interview Zhou Quan, so they decided to shoot some.
While they were having breakfast, Philip arrived in a car, called a taxi, and the group went to the golf course.
When he arrived at the course, Zhou Quan reflected the influence of cross-border stars, except for some star golfers, many professional ordinary golfers did not have his appeal, and many media reporters came to interview him immediately when they saw him.
Sun Zhenping is very excited, as a veteran sports journalist, he rarely covers such professional sports competitions, and rarely sees Chinese athletes so popular abroad.
"Shoot it, shoot it all." He constantly instructed the camera crew.
The PGA TOUR started in '90 and is in its fourth year, and it's getting more and more influential, with millions of dollars per tournament to win.
In these two rounds, relying on his excellent precision hitting ability, Zhou Quan shot a total of 139, a 70 in the first round, 2 under par, and a better performance in the second round, 69, 3 under par, playing at the level of a professional player.
After the first two rounds, there are 135 players in total, and he is not low in the rankings, and he is tied for 15th place with the other two, making a total of 21 players in the top 14.
These two rounds, although not enough to prove his professional strength, after all, there are too few games, and it is entirely possible for amateur golfers to play well to play under par, but they also further prove that he does have the strength to play professional golf.
"Another successful crossover! Iron Fist Slayer is advised to change careers, and with a hard work, you have every potential to become a good golfer. Los Angeles Daily News.
"Cross-border madman Zhou Quan once again proves that he does have cross-border professional strength." New york times.
After playing the second round on the morning of the 19th, Zhou Quan took a plane in the afternoon, accompanied by Zhang Lili and other five people, and flew to Salt Lake City, Utah, together with this year's All-Star at the home of the Jazz.
"Be careful, Zhou, Jordan is likely to target you, he's not a large number of people." Before getting on the plane, Philip reminded.
"Oh, it doesn't matter, he doesn't have a lot of energy, but my energy is still quite large, and I won't care about him in general." Zhou Quan smiled.
Roger Philip laughed silently, what about the liar, you are the type who has revenge, no different from Michael Jordan.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Quan and his entourage arrived at the hotel where the NBA All-Stars stayed in Salt Lake City.
"Oh, look, the Iron Fist has arrived."
"I guess he's going to be there too."
"This guy shot three under par in two rounds, and I don't think he's going to be in the NBA long time and he's going to have to change careers sooner or later."
"I think so, too, if he spends his time practicing basketball on golf, he won't achieve any less than playing basketball."
"But I think he should play baseball, and he hit a home run under Angie, the main pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and it was so fast that Angie didn't keep it."
"I don't think I should go into professional boxing, but he knocked out Larry Johnson and Oakley in one round."
Outside the hotel, a large group of reporters rushed up and surrounded Zhou Quan, who had just gotten off the bus, while the fans waiting outside were talking.
"Iron Fist, do you have any thoughts about changing careers?"
"No, not yet."
"That is, there will be later?"
"Not necessarily in the future."
"Tekken, the NBA has a long offseason, will you be competing professionally in other sports?"
"Possibly."
"What do you hope to achieve in other sports? Or is it just for showmanship? ”
"I'm still trying it out, and I'm hoping to try more sports in the future, such as tennis, shooting, etc., which I've tried at UCLA, and they're very appealing to me."
"This All-Star, did you consider being isolated?"
"Who will isolate me?"
"You and Michael Jordan are mortal enemies, and so are Big Dreams, and there are many other people who have recently clashed with Barkley, do you think they won't isolate you?"
"Oh, I don't care about the Western All-Stars, but if anyone in the Eastern All-Stars dares to isolate me, I won't pass the ball to them."
"Haha......"
As soon as Zhou Quan said this, the scene suddenly broke out into laughter.
"Xiao Gao, have you taken a picture?" Sun Zhenping asked Xiao Gao, the leader of the camera team.
"Teacher Sun, if you continue to shoot like this, the tape is not enough." Kodaka was embarrassed.
"Then go buy it and get reimbursement from the NBA." Sun Zhenping said unceremoniously.
After dealing with a reporter, Zhou Quan had to enter the hotel.
The NBA did not charter an entire hotel, only the 23rd to 25th floors, Zhou Quan's room was on the 24th floor, and the league's administrators lived on the 23rd floor.
"Xiao Zhou, see you later."
When they reached the 23rd floor, Zhang Li and the others went out, and they had to go to the NBA management first, and they had to get an interview card before they could conduct interviews and shoots.
Zhou Quan came to the 24th floor, and as soon as the elevator door opened, he saw a large number of people waiting for the elevator outside, and it was Michael Jordan standing at the front, followed by Barkley and Big Dream.
Seeing that it was Zhou Quan inside, a group of people who were talking and laughing immediately stopped.
Seeing Zhou Quan come out, Jordan, who was standing in the front, took the initiative to get out of the way, he knew Zhou Quan's temper, and if he was provoked and beaten in public, it would be a shame.
"Iron Fist, good golf." Joe Dumas in the crowd laughed.
"Joe, have dinner together?"
Zhou Quan walked past Jordan with his suitcase, smiling and nodding to the others as he greeted Joe Dumas.
"Oh, we just made an appointment to go to dinner together, so you can go too." Jo Dumas said busily.
"OK, wait a minute, I'll put the suitcase."
Zhou Quan did not refuse, although the relationship with Jordan and some of them is not good, but the All-Star is not all mortal enemies, and there are many people worth associating, he will not isolate himself.
"Hey, Iron Fist, you're in the limelight again, teach me how to play golf someday." O'Neill in the crowd shouted.
"OK, does the hotel have an indoor golf course, or fairways, and if so, do you want to play together at night?" He asked.
"It's a good idea, and it's settled." O'Neill said happily.
"Who else wants to have fun with?" He asked the others again.
He knows that some people want to play, because golf is a so-called aristocratic sport, and if you get the word aristocracy, the attraction will be greatly increased, and the vast majority of NBA players are born in the slums, and the aristocracy has a very great attraction to them.
In the United States, golfing is one of the most fashionable and stylish ways to socialize, and it is also a way to talk about business while playing on the golf course.
People with a little money like to play golf, everyone wants to try, at least they must be able to play, they must know the rules, so as to appear that they are very gentlemanly and noble, and they have more opportunities to contact the upper class, if you can't even play golf, you don't even have the qualifications to contact the upper class.
People such as Jordan and Barkley also like to play golf, and they must be inseparable from the word aristocracy.
And he has just put on a professional-level performance on the PGA Tour, and his offer should be appealing to this group of All-Stars.
Sure enough, someone responded immediately.
"Iron Fist, count me in." Danny Manning said.
"Count me in." Trebert also said.
There are also Schramf, Doherty, Larry Nans, Mark Price, Wilkins and others, as long as they don't have much of a holiday with him, they all want to have fun.
"Let's be together." He smiled.
Joe Dumas secretly gave Zhou Quan a thumbs up, he had just met, and with just one sentence, he had a connection with so many All-Stars and established a common hobby, so he was not afraid of being isolated by Jordan and them.
When he came, the assassin told him to remind Iron Fist not to be isolated by Jordan, but now it should not be.
Jordan was a little annoyed, he really wanted to isolate Zhou Quan at the All-Star, not only in the game, but also at the All-Star event tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but this is a little impossible.
He now regrets that he should have offered to play golf just now, but unfortunately he brought up playing cards.
After dinner, Zhou Quan and a group of people went to play golf, and another group of people followed Jordan and chartered a business suite to play cards.
The hotel is not sealed, even though the NBA staff has closed the three floors, but those reporters can also buy the hotel staff, and then the next day, Zhou Quan and Jordan made the front page headlines of major media at the same time.
"On one side are gamblers, on the other side are gentlemen and aristocrats, should now the fans know who you are going to support?"
The Detroit Daily found a photo of Jordan losing at the gambling table in the past, and put together a photo of Zhou Quan and Joe Dumas playing golf last night, forming a strong contrast.
"During the All-Star period, I didn't forget to pull a group of All-Stars to gamble, Michael Jordan has become addicted to gambling, he will ruin himself, and he will teach our young people badly." New york times.
At eight o'clock, Jordan's mobile phone rang as he had just gotten up.
"Harrow ......"
"Michael, Michael, I'm begging you, don't play cards for All-Stars, okay? You go to the newspapers and the TV news, you're in the headlines again because of gambling. From the beginning of this season and all the way to now, the media across the United States has been targeting you, so stop doing stupid things, you're going to ruin yourself. ”
As soon as he connected it, the voice of agent David Falke on the other end of the TV was a little angry, which made him stunned.
At this time, in a room on the 25th floor, David Stern had finished washing up, when his special assistant Hawk Houston came in.
"Michael Jordan played another night of cards last night?"
Hearing Houston's report, he only felt a pain in his brain, and said angrily: "Doesn't he also like golf, why can't he learn to learn Iron Fist?" Could it be because of the origin? ”
He was very glad that some people followed Zhou Quan to play golf, and if everyone followed Jordan to play cards, the media would definitely describe the NBA as a league of bad gamblers.
But thinking of Zhou Quan, he also has a headache, because not long ago, Zhou Quan boxed Dan Marley in the ring again, and then clashed with Barkley.
Anyway, Jordan and Zhou Quan, the sworn enemies, didn't have a time to let him worry.
But in comparison, Zhou Quan is a little better, after all, he won't hit people for no reason, he fights back after others attack him.
And Jordan, gambling is already an old problem, and last time it even involved a lone offender, and this black spot can't be washed at all.
At half past eight, a group of all-stars came to the restaurant for breakfast, and at nine o'clock they were going to leave, and there were some show activities to participate in in the morning, and no one could be absent.
Jordan also appeared in the restaurant with a stinky face, and Barkley, Big Dream, Larry Johnson and others did not have a good face, they all knew that the card game last night was dug up by the media, and they were all named and scolded by the media, and no one escaped.
Seeing Jordan's mildew on their faces, a group of all-stars who followed Zhou Quan to play golf were very happy.
At this time, David Stern appeared in the restaurant, ignoring Jordan who was looking at him, but walked towards Zhou Quan with a smile.
"Good morning, Mr. Stern." Zhou Quan got up and greeted.
"Good morning, Zhou! Hope you have a great All-Star weekend. Stern smiled.
"I'm sure it will." Zhou Quan smiled.
There was no media on the scene, but the players and management were there, and Stern's attitude was almost semi-public, and the meaning was obvious, he was expressing his anger and dissatisfaction to Jordan, and he was also expressing appreciation and support to Zhou Quan.
After breakfast, the NBA's All-Star Weekend officially began, with show activities in the morning and afternoon, and then a slam dunk contest and a three-point contest in the evening.
During the day's activities, Jordan didn't have the slightest intention of isolating Zhou Quan, because the media surrounding him had already annoyed him.
Zhou Quan did not sign up for either competition, and the league did not invite him.
Finally, last year's rookie, the Heat's first-round No. 12 pick, Harold Miner won the slam dunk contest, and Mark Price won the three-point contest.
On the 21st, I participated in some activities during the day, and at night it was the All-Star dinner, the All-Star Game.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the show was over, and all the all-stars returned to the hotel to rest.
Jordan called a group of All-Stars to his room, there were only Pippen, Larry Johnson, and Ewing in the East, and there were even more people in the West, including Barkley, Big Dream, Postman, John Stockton, Sean Kemp, Dan Marley, Tim Hardaway and other seven, and the two sides combined, counting himself, a total of eleven, almost half of the All-Stars.
His first All-Star was ruined at the hands of Isaiah Thomas, and that bastard gathered a whole bunch of All-Stars to isolate him alone, and now he wants to return it to Zhou Quan.
And in the past two days, Zhou Quan stepped on him again, he became a gambler hated by everyone, and Zhou Quan became a gentleman and nobleman admired by everyone, which made him very aggrieved and depressed.
Next, he is going to hold a grievance meeting to help his friends recall the bitter memories of the past.
"Scotty, you've been beaten with an iron fist, and this is a good opportunity."
"Don't worry, Michael, he made me a big fool, and I'll repay that bastard. By the way, Michael, you were also beaten by him, just before that battle of Auburn Hills Palace, have you forgotten? ”
"Shut up!"
Jordan snorted angrily, turned around and said to Larry Johnson: "Larry, you have also been beaten by him, more than once." ”
"One day I'll get it back, and I'll challenge him in the ring again."
"Patrick, you were beaten ...... by him too"
"No, no, I don't, I really don't." Ewing hurriedly denied it.
"Oh, sorry, that's a good point."
Jordan hurriedly said: "But you were detained by him, and he also let you bear the humiliation of your crotch, and this revenge cannot be avenged." ”
Ewing's face was as black as carbon, and he snorted, "I'll help you, Michael, can you say a few words?" I'm sure I'll help you. ”
Jordan nodded with satisfaction, looked at Karl Malone again, and said, "Postman, you were also beaten by him, and you broke a few ribs, are they three or four?" ”
"Bastard!"
The postman didn't know who he was scolding, anyway, he swore in his heart that he must get a boxing license, have a good fight with Iron Fist, and wash away his shame.
"And you, Big Dream ......"
"Shut up! Michael, if you keep talking, I'll help him. Da Meng said angrily.
"Then Sir Charles, although you were not beaten this time, it was he who was pulled away, and sooner or later he will beat you."
"Michael, you're not right, I'm going to have a free wrestling with him, but he's scared. But Iron Fist doesn't give me face, I'm a little upset, Michael, you're my friend, I'll help you this time. ”
"John, you've had your nose hurt by him, and the postman is still your brother."
"I won't forget."
"Sean, he didn't hit you, but it's said that he intimidated you in public and threw that damn glove of his at you?"
"No, no, but Michael, I'm willing to help you."
"Tim Hardaway, he's got the next three years on his contract, but is there a sneaker brand looking for you?"
"Nope." The little worm is aggrieved.
"So you're going to get in the limelight on him, and you're going to show those shoe brands how you're doing, especially when you're playing against him. Don't worry, I'll help you. ”
"Michael, thank you!" The worm said gratefully.
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(End of chapter)