Chapter 469: An existence that Yu Fei didn't believe

Jordan's public denial of Yu Fei in his Hall of Fame speech and Yu Fei's direct response in subsequent interviews were later called the "Hall of Fame Big Bang".

However, as the two sides involved, Jordan received more criticism.

It is true that he and Yu Fei are enemies, but Yu Fei has already expressed his congratulatory attitude when he went to the scene in person, even if Jordan does not accept it, he should not make trouble on that occasion.

Not to mention, Jordan's speech at the Hall of Fame, a place that has always been themed on "love and peace", liquidates former rivals one after another, as if he is casting a final seal on his own final victory.

Those speeches were not pleasing in the first place, let alone giving Yu Fei strength on the spot later.

"Michael Jordan tried to prove once again in his Hall of Fame speech that he is still a morbid winner. But in fact, we only see that he is sick. ”

The Seattle Times was relentless in its spraying of Jordan the next day.

Yu Fei was not at all surprised by Jordan's reckoning with his former opponents.

It should be said that he is such a person.

This is something he knew after watching "The Last Dance" in his previous life.

Before the start of "The Last Dance", what were people's expectations for it? It is an all-round three-dimensional display of the inside story of the 98 bulls.

If you feel the intrigue at the end of the Warriors dynasty and the friction between championship feats and the team's new talent, if you think the entanglement of the OK Lakers is as vulgar as a soap opera, then these things can be seen in the Bulls that year.

The NBA's entertainment department followed the Bulls throughout that year, and they had all the information.

But in the end, what is presented is still a mediocre documentary with Jordan as the absolute theme. In the documentary, Jordan self-righteously mocked all his opponents, including his boss, who complained that he dismantled the team after 1998 and didn't give him a chance to compete for a four-game winning streak in 1999.

He is such a person, almost infinitely self-centered.

However, this does not mean that Yu Fei can accept what he said to himself at the end.

It seems that he has patronized and dealt with the current players over the years, but he has "snubbed" this old thing who has been hiding behind the scenes.

Now, he has the same championship count as Jordan.

Jordan's "GOAT" status was in jeopardy, so he did not hesitate to use Hall of Fame speeches to snatch the right to define the "dynasty".

He attempted to reduce Yu Fei's camp's notion of an "empireal" narrative to individualistic selfishness, thereby weakening Yu Fei's honor.

This practice is not uncommon in media debates, but it is really surprising that the main owner himself is torn apart.

This made Yu Fei realize that the frequency of his talk about Jordan was a bit low.

When it comes to black spots, the career has been decided, and the black spots of Mr. Dadan, who is still emitting low light in the career of the boss who makes people's eyes black, are more than ten times more than his.

Yu Fei is a person who does what he says.

Back at the hotel, he called Quint Demiou: "I want to do an interview. ”

Demio is the CEO of his entertainment company, responsible not only for marketing and public opinion guidance, but also for arranging his entertainment itinerary.

"Sports media or entertainment media?" Demio asked.

"Entertainment media, of course." Yu Fei said, "The more people who watch, the better." ”

Demio immediately connected Yu Fei with NBC's "The Conan O'Brien Tonight Show".

Conan O'Brien has replaced Jay Reynaud as the host of "The Tonight Show" since June of this year, a long-time ace show has changed its main coffee, which has been good and bad for the audience, and the freshness comes and goes quickly, and the ratings of "The Tonight Show" under Conan's hosting have been declining since the fall.

When Yu Fei indicated that he was going to create some kind of controversy on the show, Conan's eyes lit up.

He was only worried that the guests didn't want controversy.

So, they devised a few clever sequences, and finally Yu Fei said this sentence under the gaze of tens of millions of viewers: "Everyone who follows basketball must know Elgin Baylor." Who is Elgin? He's the guy who runs the Clippers, and now we only know that he's the most failed GM in NBA history, but we don't know he's also one of the best players in NBA history. Why is this happening? Because his failures in managing the team's resume are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, just as Nicolas Cage was once the best actor of his generation, but every film he makes now tarnishes his place in history. ”

"Now, I would like to introduce you to a man who is considered by many to be the best player of all time, but after retiring he has achieved nothing and he has brought failure to every place he has reached. He used to scorn the work of the GM and was at odds with the GM who helped him become the best GM of his generation. But it turns out that the man with so much success can't even build a roster for his team that can make the playoffs. I would like to ask, how much time will it take us to look at Elgin the way we look at him? ”

Yu Fei interprets true entertainment, humor and seriousness in this episode.

He can afford to joke, catch Conan's stalks, and then, boldly throw out two large paragraphs of words through the show that will inevitably cause major controversy.

NBC accelerated the editing of this episode of the show, and warmed up to the outside world ten days after the filming was completed.

"Whether you like basketball or not, Frye Yu can make you laugh."

This is their slogan.

Jay Reno, the previous star of "The Tonight Show", wrote emotionally on his Twitter after watching the samples: "Frye and Michael are the Caesars and Pompey of sports. ”

Yu Fei retweeted Renault's tweet and asked rhetorically, "Who is Caesar?" ”

When personal grievances are mixed with honor and fame, it becomes an inextricable shackle.

Someone has to fall for another to stay in high position.

What the Jordan camp fears is that the player Jordan has been buried in the Hall of Fame, and from now on there is only the owner Jordan.

But Yu Fei's honor has tied with the player Jordan.

At this point, they had only two paths to choose from.

One is thick and thin, but unfortunately, Jordan is not "ancient" enough, and he even became teammates with Yu Fei.

In the Joe debate, the biggest weakness of Jordan's camp was that after Jordan traded Yu Fei that year, he was personally beaten and retired by the other party in the following year.

Of course, they can play the "Michael is old" card.

But now it doesn't matter whether Jordan is old or not, the current situation is that the 27-year-old Yu Fei has equaled Jordan in honor.

Predictably, he can almost certainly surpass Jordan's accolades in the future.

At that point, Jordan's biggest cornerstone of the modern basketball GOAT will be shattered — in terms of honor, he is no longer the GOAT.

So what can be done?

It's nothing more than two moves, instead of admitting defeat, it is better to deny the opponent.

This is the motivation for Jordan's Hall of Fame speech to fly fire, although the pressure is low and looks very low, but it does cause a reaction from the outside world.

Another trick is to start with the ethereal "influence".

As a star whose prime coincided with the cable era and the globalization of the NBA, Jordan has eaten up the dividends of the times, and he is truly one of the most influential athletes to date.

Times are always advancing, though.

The coming era of social media is an era in which information can be truly globalized, and this is an era that Jordan's camp could not predict.

A few days later, NBA preseason training camp began.

Yu Fei did not come to report, he took four days off.

Moreover, his reasons for taking a leave of absence are beyond doubt.

He will represent SuperSonics at Seattle Mayor Greg Nichols' re-election party as mayor.

As for why the party took four days, Yu Fei's liaison in the team, Lawson, did not give a clear answer.

However, no one will get to the bottom of it.

As far as Yu Fei is concerned, even if he wants to be absent from the entire training camp, no one dares to say anything.

Soon, the real reason for Yu Fei's four-day absence was exposed.

While Nichols was celebrating his third term in high profile, Seattle's prominent organization MCCAIT (Bringing Citizens to More Important Things) protested outside the government building.

MCCAIT ARGUES THAT THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE SUPERSONIC ARE GETTING TOO CLOSE, AND THAT YU FEI, A SUPERSTAR WHO HAS PUBLICLY DECLARED THAT HE HAS NO POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT, HAS STOOD UP FOR NICHOLS AS HE CHASES FOR A THIRD MAYORAL TERM.

With Yu Fei's extraordinary popularity in Seattle, whoever he decides to support will have a high probability of becoming mayor.

Nichols has been close to the SuperSonics since last year, and he has participated in every major game day for the SuperSonics.

He even wore Reebok's latest "Empire" short sleeves to pull voters during the campaign.

"We have reason to think that the mayor and Frye have reached some kind of agreement, and they are quietly pushing the agenda for the construction of a new arena for supersound!" A MCCAIT spokesman said.

To this end, Yu Fei had an open debate with the MCCAIT spokesperson under the arrangement of a local television station.

He refuted the accusations made by MCCAIT spokesperson and asked: "Supersonic has been profitable for two consecutive years under the Municipal Financing Act passed in 2008, we are eligible for financing under the Act, and we have not violated any regulations when we took this step." But what are your intentions in accusing us of having an under-the-table agreement with the mayor without any evidence? ”

"If you can make $150 million a year, it means you have enough money to build yourself a new arena."

"Wrong, the new arena doesn't belong to the supersonics, it belongs to Seattle."

"Why are we using taxpayer money to facilitate the business of these billionaires?"

"Again, the proposal for a new arena is expected to bring $300 million to $600 million a year to Seattle and thousands of jobs, and I must remind you that our annual subsidies to businesses are a figure you can't imagine. This is how our society works. ”

After a person's fame has reached enough heights, his life becomes a pure drama.

As soon as Mr. Yu executed Michael Jordan on "The Tonight Show," he turned around and went to Seattle for a public debate with a spokesman for a pro-democracy group on local television.

A Seattleman who never pays attention to basketball complained on Reddit: "I don't care about the supersonic speed and who the government subsidizes, but why is there Frye Yu everywhere in my world?" I'm sick of this bastard! ”

Later, a student from China replied to him: "I feel the same way as you, this hypocrite slept with my favorite Japanese actress in just a few days in the summer, and then came to China to pretend to be a serious person who is not close to women, because he knows that only in this way will his image and reputation in China not be affected." Do you know what the scariest thing is? Even in China, as soon as you turn on the TV, his commercials will fill your life! ”

"Shut up, you guys can't see other people's good flying blacks!"

Heaven and earth, there is no place in this world that hates flying that Feimi cannot reach.

This post complaining about Yu Fei quickly became a battlefield for black fans.

For Fei, except for adding a few black powders, there is no effect.

It's just that the people around him are more and more aware that Yu Fei's image as a person has been blurred by mythology.

As an athlete he is undefeated, as a celebrity he is perfect, and as a superstar, he should be unbeatable.

To let an imperfect person play a perfect person is to let him walk on earth with a cross on his back.

Jesus had to die, and after that He would have eternal life.

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Most of the superSonics players neither understand Yu Fei's life, nor do they want to get close to Yu Fei's life.

Even Brandon Roy, who has a close relationship with Yu Fei, deliberately separated from Yu Fei through Reebok's arrangement this summer.

This is not because they are worried that Roy will steal Yu Fei's market, but because of Fei's side, Roy's sense of presence will be weaker than the shadow.

SuperSonics head coach George Carr, however, is upset by one thing.

After the imperial idea of "SoleImperium" was proposed, the idea of the dynasty was overturned.

Yu Fei's camp fanatically hyped the 2006-2009 NBA as an empire that belonged to Yu Fei alone.

Even, Reebok's marketing department tried its best to cater to such a gimmick and developed a large number of products around the gimmick of the empire.

As a result, many people only know the empire of flying, but the players who don't know the supersonic speed and even the Bucks are the founders of the empire.

People like Kwame Brown certainly don't mind.

Yu Fei's camp ignored his contributions, but his mouth had already made a deep impression on his honor in the hearts of fans.

But people like Brown are unique.

What about others? They all live in the shadow of the empire, obviously noble champions, but now they have become the shadow of mythology.

Nobody cares, nobody cares.

Karl is well aware that this can wreak havoc on the team's cohesion.

Now Yu Fei won't report until four days later, and Carl can't talk about it on the phone, so he can only wait and see.

Durant was the first to report to training camp.

He came two days early.

Last season, Durant's evolution made the outside world basically recognize his gold content as the top pick in the 2007 draft.

The management of the hypersonic thus got rid of the hat of a gambler.

They picked the right one.

Surprisingly, Durant's personality is not at all like those traditional black people who seem to have grown up in a fire.

There was no cynical anger in him that of the black people at the bottom.

By any standard, Durant feels relatable.

That is, until he welcomed Chris Bosh with a sinister tweet in the summer.

That tweet almost cast doubt on his image as a good person, but fortunately he quickly woke up.

After a duo of deletions and apologies, Durant defended his image and avoided further escalation.

Throughout the summer, he and Yu Fei were like ice and fire, and their living conditions showed two styles.

Yu Fei participated in the filming of "Iron Man 2", and Kevin Fitch claimed, "Frye is not a simple cameo, he will be an important role". Then, he had scandals with many actresses on the set, including Scarlett, a married woman. Although both sides claimed a misunderstanding, no one believed it.

Subsequently, Yu Fei's trip to Asia was a day of gossip, and his private life seemed as ridiculous as Dennis Rodman during the Bull period. Back in the U.S., he surprisingly attended Jordan's Hall of Fame speech, and sure enough, he got into trouble and hit back at Jordan on "The Tonight Show."

His life spans sports, entertainment, gossip, and now, he's back in politics.

What about Durant? He continues to train every day, responds positively to the invitation of the American Basketball Association, tweets Chicken Soup for the Soul in addition to training, prays for the less fortunate family, and personally delivers signed sneakers to fans' homes. He seems to carry a schoolbag every day, and his private life can be called pure and flawless, like a piece of beautiful jade.

"I wouldn't be surprised if one day Fry went bankrupt because of the sheer number of illegitimate children, but KD, he's the embodiment of all the positive images of modern America." The New York Times gave Durant a wonderful identity, "He's the son of America." ”

Carl is not a fool, not to mention that he witnessed the rise of the Jordan dynasty, just by seeing Yu Fei step by step from a pure avenger to the altar in 2001, into an incarnation of God that no one can approach, no one can look directly at, and no one can compare with him, he has reason to believe that all the aura shrouded in Durant is artificially created.

Just like those myths related to Yu Fei, how much is true, how much is fictional, and how much is public relations tricks, he knows it clearly.

Moreover, Carl found out that Yu Fei treated him differently from others during Durant's rookie season.

Yu Fei is not a Jordan-style leader, he will not force you to move forward with the attitude of "kill you if you don't work hard", and he is not a silent leader like Duncan, to be honest, Carl will not classify Yu Fei as a leader.

Yu Fei has a silent and arbitrary attitude, he thinks that the game should be what it should be, and the game should be the way it should be. As his teammate, you can only cooperate with him. Because he surpasses you in everything you know about basketball, and he's number one in all the statistics of modern basketball.

Statistically, he is the first person in modern basketball.

What reason do you have to resist him?

If his skills don't convince you, if his skills don't convince you, then the only thing you can do is leave.

Listen to him, play the way he likes, he takes you to success, earns you big contracts and attention, and then you're all right.

Kwame Brown is the one who knows how to fly the most, so he can roam the empire of flying without restraint.

His infinite arrogance can be tolerated by Yu Fei.

Because he is willing to help Yu Fei defend, is willing to give Yu Fei a card position, and is willing to do his best to let Yu Fei get the data.

But is Durant okay?

Yu Fei's way of treating him was harsh, Durant rarely received praise, and once he made a mistake, the wrath of the thunder would fall on his face.

Which time did Yu Fei be most satisfied with him?

It was his rookie season, when he was enraged by Paul Pierce and cursed the referees.

Since then, that version of Durant has disappeared.

He hid it well, as if that demon KD never existed.

With two consecutive seasons of success, Durant has fashioned himself as the only good guy in NBA history, and Nike's ambitions are on the rise, will this have a structural impact on the SuperSonics?

Although Carl disagrees with Yu Fei's camp's aggressive promotion of the "Empire" narrative, his career has been firmly tied to Yu Fei.

Yu Fei must win, so he has to help monitor all the instability in the team.

In Karl's view, the biggest instability is the impact of the "one-man empire" public opinion on the team, followed by the change of Durant in the third year of his career.

Has anything changed about him?

He came to the camp early, greeted everyone in a friendly way, and then actively trained for the whole day.

On the opening day of the camp, he kindly took rookie Alonzo Key around the camp and said to Key, "You can try everything, I'll just give you one piece of advice, don't say no to Fry." ”

"Can I meet Frye today?"

Durant smiled mysteriously: "He's the only one who can say no to training camp." ”

"He's not coming?"

"He's only coming in a few days."

"Great!"

For Durant, the fact that Yu Fei will come in a few days is really "too good".

On the third day, Durant scored 40 points in the matchup, and after practice, he asked George Carr: "I want a media friend to come into the camp. ”

"Can you tell me his name?" Carl asked.

Durant replied, "Bill Simmons." ”

Simmons is not only Yu Fei's enemy in public opinion, but also Durant's biggest supporter in the media world.

In the years when Oden dominated the draft, Simmons was the only one who stood out for Durant.

"KD, I can give you a day off, but I can't let him into the camp," Carl said. ”

"I see, Coach."

Durant is really a good guy and he didn't embarrass Carl.

"I don't need to take a holiday, I'll be outside after training tomorrow." Durant said with a clear look in his eyes, "Coach, I won't embarrass you." ”

Can I trust this child?

Carl remembered the way Yu Fei treated Durant.

"There you go."

Carr said.

Yu Fei's attitude can't say a lot about things, but it at least proves that in the matter of looking at Durant, the housekeeper and the young master have come together.

Yu Fei doesn't believe in existence, and Carl never believes in it.

(End of chapter)