Entertaining Children

"National Day holiday next month, there are a lot of opportunities to perform, and the school is on holiday again. I wonder if you have accepted any performances, and do you have a schedule?" Chen Yang asked Xiao Yao.

"Hey, why did you ask me about my schedule? I'm very free during the National Day holiday, don't you want to introduce me to performances?" Xiao Yao smiled.

"It's not an introduction, it's an invitation." Chen Yang said, "Our Basketball Association and Haiyan Video jointly organized a star charity basketball game, and we want to invite you to participate. It's not a guest performer, but a team member in the game. Of course, if you can both As a player, if we can perform in the opening or halftime, we are also very welcome."

"A regular game?" Xiao Yao asked immediately. Speaking of playing basketball, Xiao Yao is still very interested.

"Of course it's a regular game!" Chen Yang said, "The whole game has referees, coaches, and players. Both the game time and the rules of the game are in accordance with the regular game."

"Who are the players in the game?" Xiao Yao continued to ask. In the Celebrity Charity Competition, the players in the competition must be all stars, but there are also many kinds of stars.

"Our plan is to divide into two teams, with nine to ten players in each team. The roster has not been fully finalized yet." Chen Yang said, "Now there are two retired star players from the NBA who are confirmed to participate, and four from China. The active players of the national team, two men’s basketball players and two women’s basketball players, are all professional players. The rest are all stars in your entertainment circle, so I won’t tell you one by one.”

"We have to ensure the quality and excitement of the game. In addition to finding six professional players, the acting stars we are looking for are also basically able to play basketball and play well." I remembered that Xiao Siqi told Chen Yang that Xiao Yao The reason for refusing to participate in "Challenge the Champion", Chen Yang continued, "I have seen you play basketball, and you were able to play like that with Guo Qi three years ago, and it must be even better now, and you are definitely qualified to participate For this charity basketball game. Generally speaking, Haiyan Video invites the players of performing arts stars, and you are the only performing arts star I invite."

"Okay, you can play basketball and do charity. The most important thing is that you, the new vice chairman of the Basketball Association, have to give face. I promise you, I will go!" Xiao Yao nodded with a smile.

"Come on! I think you are still moved by what I said, and you want to compete with a master?" Chen Yang pouted, "It's not that I don't know your personality. Don't say that I am the vice chairman of the Basketball Association, it is the basketball team." Chairman of the association, you may not even give face."

After talking about the two things and getting satisfactory answers, Chen Yang was also in a good mood, and turned around to chat with Xiao Yao about other idle things.

Chen Yang just came forward to invite people. For details such as the specific time, place and process of the event, there will be dedicated personnel to communicate with the star's team, and there is no need for Chen Yang, a big boss, to do it himself.

After sending Xiao Yao to Li Ai's hotel to pick up his car, Chen Yang said goodbye to Xiao Yao and left.

For writing the theme song of the league, Xiao Yao already had a draft in mind, and it was not difficult to do it, and the deadline was around October 20th, which was still a long time. Xiao Yao didn't plan to start it right away. On the contrary, it is about the basketball game, the time is closer, and Xiao Yao has not played for a long time. Taking advantage of this relatively free time, Xiao Yao still plans to spend more time practicing and finding more players to play. feel.

It's still mid-September, and there are still more than two weeks before the basketball game. If you want to practice basketball, you can use your spare time, so Xiao Yao is not in a hurry. After the weekend, he will return to school for class.

In addition to class and practice, Xiao Yao has also made progress in another personal matter. That is, the design drawings handed over to Chen Bella were finally completed. Xiao Yao was very satisfied after seeing it, and the warehouse of the small logistics company he bought can also start to be remodeled and decorated. However, Xiao Yao doesn't need to worry too much about this matter. According to the previous agreement, Lin Qisan, a local snake, is responsible for finding people to do things like materials and manpower. Xiao Yao only needs to pay for it. Xiao Yao gave the design drawings to Lin Qisan, which is equivalent to throwing the whole matter of warehouse renovation to Lin Qisan, and he just waited for the final acceptance.

Half a month before the start of the National Day holiday, the official website of Haiyan Video began to appear the preliminary publicity reports about the star charity basketball game, which has attracted the attention of many media. After introducing the nature of the game and the identity of the players, in A week before the start of the National Day holiday, Haiyan Video's official website began to announce the list of star players confirmed to participate in the competition, and many media also reproduced it.

The first to be announced were two former NBA pros. These two are basketball superstars who have won the NBA championship in their careers and have been selected to the All-Star many times. Although they have retired, they still have a very high popularity in China. As soon as the news that these two people will participate in the star charity basketball game in China came out, it immediately attracted the attention of countless basketball fans, and they all paid attention to the star charity basketball game held during the National Day. The No. 1 mouthpiece in the world of self-cultivation

The next announcement is the basketball players of the four national teams. Although these four are not as famous as the two superstars of the NBA, these four are players of their own national team, and the fans feel more intimate, and this kind of active professional players appeared in star charity games with performing arts stars Team games are still very rare, so the fans were very excited after learning the news.

Relatively speaking, the men's basketball game attracts much more attention than the women's basketball game. The men's basketball players are much more famous than the women's basketball players, but there is only one star charity game, that is to say, this game There will be situations where transgender male and female athletes will compete on the same field, and these two female basketball players are still rated by the fans as the two most handsome female professional basketball players, so after the list of these four players is announced together, The two women's basketball players received more attention than the two men's basketball players.

Among the two former NBA players, one is a shooting guard player and the other is a small forward player. One is 1.95 meters tall and the other is 2 meters tall. Both are considered outside players. The two Huaxia men's basketball players are a point guard and a shooting guard. One is 1.93 meters tall and the other is 1.96 meters tall. They are also guards. One of the two Huaxia women's basketball players is 1.95 meters tall and the other is 1.88 meters tall. Although they both play forwards, they are not pure inside players. In other words, none of these six professional players is a full-time center player like Chen Yang.

The announcement of the list of these six professional players basically set the tone for this game, which is to at least guarantee the professionalism and enjoyment of this game. Needless to say professionalism, six professional players participated in the game, this game will definitely not be a particularly chaotic fight. There are no full-time center players among professional players, and the height and physical fitness of entertaining stars cannot compete with professional players. It is also an exhibition game, and there will be no such fierce inside hand-to-hand combat. In the eyes of ordinary people, a basketball game that focuses on the outside line must be more enjoyable than a game that focuses on the inside line.

At the same time, such a lineup of professional players that are almost all outside players also leaves plenty of room for those performing star players. There is no moving wall under the basket, and it will be relatively easier for non-professional stars to score.

Haiyan Video did not announce all the participating lineups at once, but announced them in batches at a rate of two to four every day. After the six professional players, the official website of Haiyan Video began to announce the list of performing stars in this charity basketball game.

As time goes by, more and more star players are revealed. Judging from the announced lineup of performing arts stars, there are many popular big-name stars. Fans and fans of these performing arts stars are looking forward to the performance of these performing arts stars in regular basketball games, and they are even more looking forward to this charity basketball game .

Before the National Day holiday, Haiyan Video's official website not only announced the list of all 18 star players participating in the competition, but also divided the 18 players into teams in advance, announcing the team formation of the red and blue teams Condition. As a result, some enthusiastic fans and fans discussed the strength comparison of the two teams, arguing about which team is stronger and more likely to win the game.

The organizer of the game must want to balance the strength of the two teams as much as possible. Therefore, the six professional players must be separated, and they are very average former NBA players, men's basketball players and women's basketball players of the Huaxia National Team. Each team has one. Among the six professional players, the two former American basketball players have received almost the same honors. Huaxia's men's and women's basketball players are also the main force of the national team and their respective clubs. At least from the perspective of professional players, it is difficult to be sure. Say which team is stronger.

As a result, many fans and fans turned their attention to the lineup of acting stars.

When it comes to star players, it's actually unknown how good most of them are. After all, performing arts stars are not professional players, so they have much less opportunities to play, and even if they play, they are mostly three-on-three and four-on-four half-court games. Even if they play regular full-court games, most of them are between personal friends. Private matches are not broadcast, and generally they will not appear on TV or the Internet to be seen by others.

In such a big environment, one of the star players in the entertainment industry is officially 1.88 meters tall, and the star who has shown good skills in reality show variety shows has naturally become the focus of most people's attention.

This acting star is called Zhuo Zhiyuan. He lived in the United States in his childhood and youth. After returning to China as an adult, he entered the entertainment industry in China. Now he is developing in an all-round way in China. She has a very good appearance, and has made certain achievements in singing and acting. She is currently a popular little fresh meat, and her popularity is very high. Because he went to the United States last year to participate in a celebrity exhibition game with retired American basketball players, his fans and some media called him "the star with the best basketball in the entertainment circle". Splendid Phoenix

This kind of professional and non-professional mixed game, professional players generally will not give full play, and will leave more performance opportunities to non-professional performing arts stars. Therefore, after the full lineup of players was announced, Zhuo Zhiyuan's title of "the star with the best basketball in the entertainment industry" was brought up again by the media. Some media also ridiculed that his red team was composed of three semi-professional players playing the blue team. With three professional players, the red team will win the final victory, and Zhuo Zhiyuan is the strongest contender for the MVP of that game.

Basketball is a team event, even if it is an exhibition game, the cooperation between teammates is indispensable. Although this charity match is an exhibition match, it is very formal. Since coaches are arranged for both teams, the coaches will also design some tactics, so two days before the start of the game, the organizers of the game gathered these players and arranged two training sessions for them. On the one hand, it allows the coaches and players to get acquainted with each other and cultivate a tacit understanding so that they can cooperate better during the game. On the other hand, it also leaves some space for the coaches to play, so that they can guide their players to practice some tactics.

In order to keep the respective tactics of the two coaches confidential, the training of the two teams is separated. They were assigned to two different basketball halls at the same time, instead of staggered training in the same arena. From this point of view, the game still looks very formal.

Xiao Yao arrived at the basketball court about half an hour earlier than the notified time, went to the locker room to change his jersey and shoes, and then went to the court, intending to practice in advance.

The staff of the organizer of the event had already arrived early, and cameras were set up on the sidelines, obviously to take pictures of some star players training as behind-the-scenes footage. But it was still early at this time, most of the star players hadn't arrived yet, even the coach hadn't arrived yet, the film crew hadn't started working, and the cameras hadn't been turned on yet.

But at this time, there is not a single person on the field. When Xiao Yao walked into the court, he found that there was already a tall man in a training vest doing shooting practice.

"Brother Qi, why are you here so early?" Xiao Yao found out that the person was an old acquaintance Guo Qi, so he raised his hand and greeted with a smile.

"You're pretty early too!" Guo Qi looked back and saw that it was Xiao Yao, and responded with a smile, threw the basketball in her hand to Xiao Yao, and walked over.

"Have you read the latest news?" Walking in front of Xiao Yao, Guo Qi deliberately provoked her with a smile, "It is said in the media that Zhuo Zhiyuan is the best basketball star in the entertainment circle, and he is most likely to win this competition." MVP, do you have any ideas?"

"I don't have any ideas," Xiao Yao shrugged and smiled, "Should I have any ideas?"

"Of course I beat him up in the game, won the game, and won the MVP!" Guo Qi put his arms around Xiao Yao's shoulders and said, "We have already discussed it, and all six of us professional players played leisurely and kept the performance Opportunities are left to you entertainment stars, and MVP will not fight for it. I am a professional player, and I am embarrassed to stare at him, an amateur player, to bully others. But you are different, you are also an amateur, and you are against him. If you are crazy, all aspects are reasonable, and the audience will definitely like to watch it. If you have this idea, I can pass you more assists and help you from the side!"

"I'm not interested," Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "This kind of "star with the best basketball in the entertainment circle" is just a persona, image packaging and publicity strategy made for him by a brokerage company or a public relations team, and He is indeed a very good player, I don't want to go head-to-head with him for such a vain title."

"Actually, I really want to play against you." Xiao Yao continued, "I took advantage of you three years ago and beat Qiao Xun of your youth team last year, but I didn't finish that match. It's been a year, and I really want to know if I can win you once in an upright manner. It's a pity that you and I are in the same team this time, and there is no such opportunity."

"How about we come to a one-on-one bullfight?" Having said that, Xiao Yao suggested to Guo Qi, "There are no other people now, even if someone comes later, our bullfight will only occupy half of the bullfight, and there is still half of the open space , it should not affect other people. There is still half an hour before the start of training, enough for us to play a game."

"Don't come!" Guo Qi jumped away immediately, shaking her head like a rattle, "Someone should come before we finish the fight. I am a professional and you are an amateur. I should win if I win, and it is shameful to lose." But it’s a big loss. I guessed that you might have this kind of thinking, so I specifically asked to be on the same team with you, just to avoid facing you on the court during the game, how could you be in front of other stars now? You one-on-one? I don't do such stupid things."