The God of Basketball

Yang Zhengyao is the chief reporter of CCTV Sports Channel stationed in Houston, and he has been responsible for tracking and reporting Yao Huang's news.

Just the day before yesterday, he came to Los Angeles with the Houston Rockets.

The leaders attach great importance to the game between the Rockets and the Lakers, because... Yao Huang, McGrady, and Kobe are the most popular NBA superstars in China. Every time their game will trigger a climax of ratings.

However, the game ended hastily. Yao Huang was injured in the first quarter, and McGrady also left in the third game with back spasms.

The Rockets' disastrous defeat made the domestic fans quite unhappy, and even the chief reporter heard a lot of gossip, and Yao Huang's truce in the next half month, there was not so much news sent to the country at all. It's about performance!

at this time.

Heaven pays off.

When he was tossing and turning in the hotel in Los Angeles worrying about the next news, the California Chinese channel actually saw a Chinese face: this player named Bruce Lee was attacking the most important NCAA league in the United States, one after another. Created a miracle, and now he has led his team to the Sweet Sixteen, which is an unprecedented achievement.

The Chinese channel boasted him as a yellow superhero.

This aroused his infinite curiosity.

He hurried to follow Li Zhen's news, when all the news was spread out in front of him.

He was shocked: born in a family of professors, he was admitted to Harvard University, the world's top university, at the age of 16, and then transferred to Stanford to pursue his basketball dream. After sitting on the bench for two years and being publicly given up by the head coach, he seized the last chance and teamed up with Chinese assistant Jamie Lin to create the greatest counterattack in NCAA history, and it is still going on.

Most importantly, even Michael Jordan stood by him and endorsed him, saying that his future will definitely have a place in the NBA, and that he is most like himself when he was young.

American fans are now discussing him every day, and the heat has surpassed some superstars in the NBA.

No, we must let the domestic fans know... We not only have a super center in the United States, but also a young guard who is rising in the American basketball world.

As a full-fledged patriot, Yang Zhengyao can't understand the arguments of some domestic Yao Hei and some Muyang dogs. They always say that the Chinese are not good enough, and that Yao Huang is only based on his height. What's more, they say that Yao Huang would never be able to gain a foothold in the NBA if it weren't for the Chinese market. These self-deprecating words made Yang Zhengyao very angry.

Therefore, he quickly reported to domestic leaders, and at the same time applied to Stanford University for an interview opportunity.

The leaders agreed to the interview, but... still have some doubts.

However, this doubt was dispelled when Yang Zhengyao met Li Zhen for the first time.

At that time, Li Zhen, who was drenched in sweat, took the initiative to walk over, with a bright smile on his handsome face, and said, "Hello!"

This stunned Yang Zhengyao, he said subconsciously: "You can speak Chinese?"

"I know a little bit of Hangzhou dialect and Hokkien dialect." Li Zhen said with a smile in dialect: "My father is from Zhejiang, and my mother is from Fujian."

Forehead….

This surprised Yang Zhengyao even more. He turned around and found that the camera was already working.

"Actually, I am Chinese. Although I was born in the United States, I gave up my American citizenship last year when I was eighteen." Li Zhen told Yang Zhengyao very frankly.

Yang Zhengyao was pleasantly surprised when he heard these words.

The biggest concern of him and his leaders is actually the issue of national identity. They are worried that what they are facing is a banana man with yellow skin and white heart.

However, Li Zhen speaks fluent Mandarin, and at the same time speaks Hangzhou dialect and Hokkien dialect so standard. This is obviously an out-and-out Chinese.

And...he also said that he voluntarily renounced his American citizenship last year. Sending this report back will definitely cause heated discussions!

That's great!

In Yang Zhengyao's mind, he even began to fantasize about the next year's Beijing Olympics, where Yao Huang and Li Zhen stood on the court and played for the country at the same time.

After a while, Jamelin also came over.

Jamilin also speaks some Chinese, and he is a third-generation Chinese who grew up in San Francisco. Therefore, when facing journalists from China, he is always very kind.

Then, it was natural to talk about the NCAA miracle set off by the two Chinese. He asked Jamilin: "From being unknown to being a sensation in the United States, what is your biggest feeling?"

"Facing you, I don't want to say those high-sounding words. I have to be honest, it's difficult. Whether it's me or Li Zhen, we have to put in more effort than anyone else. Here, whether it's white or black , They don’t recognize yellow-skinned basketball workers, and they have a natural contempt. Even if you work twice as hard, it’s still hard to be recognized.”

"And the reason why we can stand here is because we have put in far more effort than anyone else. Since I took over the game, I have never slept more than 5 hours of sleep a day. And Li Zhen, it is difficult for you to see in the daytime The jersey on him is dry. He's been sweating, been training."

Only when Jamilin speaks Chinese can he vent his depression.

At this time, Li Zhen smiled. He patted Jamilin on the shoulder, and then said to Yang Zhengyao: "Cut this part off and don't play it. There is no need to exaggerate these things."

Li Zhen is a cheerful person.

Although along the way, it is unimaginable for ordinary people to receive critical gazes and exclusion. But... it's over. The same people who said he couldn't do this or that are probably hiding in the corner of a room, pounding away at their keyboards, saying something like, "I beat him at 11:0 in seventh grade."

Lee is really a forward-looking person.

He likes to knock down those who underestimate him, and then he clenches his fists to reach higher heights.

Yang Zhengyao began to ask other questions, such as asking Li Zhen, how did he feel when he scored the goal against the University of Oregon?

When Michael Jordan took the initiative to shake hands and said those words, what did you think deep down in your heart?

And... do you think the team will continue to do wonders going forward? Can you beat it?

These are all standard questions, very much in the style of CCTV.

And Li Zhen is also stable. As a young genius who can be admitted to Harvard University, although he is not good at talking about scenes, he is more than enough to deal with these elementary problems.

The interview was a pleasure.

Everyone is very happy.

For Yang Zhengyao, he couldn't wait to send this video back to China. He believes that this Chinese defender who has attracted the attention of American fans will definitely set off a greater wave of public opinion in the land of China.

Moreover, if he can successfully enter the NBA, then...he may even become a symbol of Chinese basketball on a par with Yao Huang.

The influence may be even greater.

After all, Yao Huang is a super center forward. His height and style of play doomed him to not being able to get along with the widest range of fans: very few kids would imitate Yao Huang’s style of play on the field. Everyone likes Kobe and Tracy McGrady likes Iverson.

This is nature.

"I like you very much! Come on!"

After the interview, Yang Zhengyao did not forget to hand over his business card. He also expressed his desire to have dinner with Li Zhen, but Li Zhen was too busy in training. During their interview, Nick Yang broke into the camera more than once, urging Li Zhen to hurry up and go one-on-one with gestures.

The star player of the University of Southern California is very expressive. He can't understand Chinese, and he has raised his eyebrows in front of the camera many times. The expression of "black question mark" is very interesting.

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