As the saying goes, if you press the head of a cow, you will not drink the water.
Anyone who can reach the top in a field has a temper.
Especially as Chinese, those who can make their mark overseas are all very temperamental.
Uncle Long is like this, and Dayao is like this too.
Even if he is not as top-notch as the two of them, look at Fan Zhiyi, who was the captain of Crystal Palace in the League One. How can he have such a temper?
Therefore, Yao Ming is naturally very happy to see Brother Chenlong now.
After all, who hasn’t watched Big Brother movies when they were kids?
It must be a good mood to meet big stars and idols.
"I've seen your movie, "Kung Fu."
Dayao is a decent person and greeted him warmly.
This guy basically doesn’t watch TV series, but he still watches Xingye’s movies, so he recognized him.
It's not because he doesn't watch TV series because he dislikes it, it's mainly because he has spent most of his free time playing games since he was a child.
He joined the Magic City basketball team as a teenager and started playing game consoles such as Saturn and PS in his dormitory.
I'm stuck with the old game.
"Let's just come and talk about the guest appearance in the next movie." Uncle Long raised his head and said to the other party.
"Okay..." Dayao replied uneasily.
"Come on, I'll treat you to dinner and let's have a good chat." Uncle Long smiled and took Dayao's arm.
Zhang Yuan followed behind.
From a distance, it looks like a strong orc holding a hobbit...
Uncle Long is still very famous. Even in Salt Lake City, he used facial recognition to find a restaurant for several people that required reservations several months in advance.
And he not only invited Dayao, but also invited all the members of the Rockets team, including coaches and substitutes.
In this way, teammates know that it is because of Yao Ming that they have the opportunity to eat with Chen Long, and Yao also has face.
Yao Ming's face looked better.
Doing this will help consolidate his position within the team.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
Foreigners also drink, but they don’t drink alcohol.
Basically, each person drank a bottle of expensive red wine.
Zhang Yuan ate very little, after all, the filming of "The Disciple" had not yet been completed.
At the same time, he also lamented the workload of NBA players.
These huge men, with an average height of two meters, can eat several kilograms in one meal.
Big eaters do it for performance, others do it for life.
After dinner, we invited these guys to a nightclub to have fun.
Dayao was only interested in the nightclub environment, so the three of them happened to find a quiet place to chat.
It should be said that the differences between China and foreign countries are indeed relatively large.
Dayao likes a relatively quiet environment, but those old gangsters are so lively.
But these teammates treated him well.
I came to Yao Ming’s house for dinner in February this year.
This group of people didn't know where they heard about the Chinese custom of putting money in envelopes to give away during the New Year, so they all brought "red envelopes" to Dayao when they came to visit.
Let’s not talk about cultural differences.
Dayao was quite happy when he heard about the red envelopes, so he took out these and took a look.
One for all, they were all packed in white envelopes... Yao Ming was so frightened that he didn't dare to accept any of them.
"As an honor to the Chinese, thank you very much for your help." Uncle Long thanked him repeatedly.
He also saw that the other party was not that happy.
Uncle Long's reputation was still very high. As Zhang Yuan expected, Dayao's mood indeed improved a lot when he saw the two people coming.
But in his eyes, Zhang Yuan was just an extra, mainly because of Uncle Long's face.
The eldest brother talked to him about the drama for a while. Although this guy agreed to show up, he kept denying it, saying that he was not in good health and had injuries on his body, so he tried not to arrange action scenes.
Long Shuxin said, if we don’t arrange action scenes, why would we ask you to do it?
According to the design of the director and Chen Long, he and the black guy Chris Tucker had to attack Dayao together, but they were beaten to pieces by him.
And it also has to reflect a sense of contrast similar to Lilliput vs. Giant in "Gulliver's Travels".
But even though the General Administration of Sport called him and asked him to "help."
He said it was to help, but Dayao also knew that this help was necessary or not.
He thought it was Uncle Long who contacted the people above.
I never thought that the young man next to me who was always smiling was the "mastermind behind the scenes".
Just like he wouldn't have thought that the young man he ignored would make him an offer he couldn't refuse.
"Brother Chenlong, my body really doesn't allow it."
"After all, in addition to NBA games, I also want to represent the Chinese team in international leagues."
"So try to make it as quiet as possible for me when I make a guest appearance..."
Uncle Long saw that this Tai Chi player was good at playing Tai Chi and refused to take hard or soft measures. For a while, he felt that there was no good solution.
After all, it’s a big honor for people to come.
"Uncle Long, how about I talk to Brother Dayao?" At this time, Zhang Yuan spoke softly.
"That's fine, you young people have something to talk about." Uncle Long reacted for a moment, then remembered that it was Zhang Yuan who mentioned this.
Since it was him who brought it up, based on his usual behavior, it would definitely not be aimless and there must be some way to do it.
Zhang Yuan clinked glasses with Dayao from the cocktails on the table. Neither of them drank anymore, just sipping lightly.
He was not in a hurry and started talking about the sports world in Shanghai.
In particular, he mentioned that in the first half of this year, he held a charity race at the Shanghai Circuit.
Incidentally, he mentioned that he met the leader of the Magic City Jiushi Group.
Dayao was a little more polite when he heard this.
Only then did I realize that Zhang Yuan also has a relationship with the sports world.
Secondly, if anyone in the Magic City sports community wants to get ahead, especially if they want to go abroad, they cannot do without the support and sponsorship of Jiushi Group, a subsidiary of the Magic Capital State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
Yao Yao can come to the NBA, and the Jiushi Group has also made a lot of efforts.
Even later, when he took the CBA management route in order to enter politics, he had to sell the Magic City Sharks team he owned.
After all, if you are the chairman of the Basketball Association and you still own the team, then who will believe that you have no shady secrets and are not helping your team?
The team is being sold to the Magic City Jiushi Group.
So as soon as they talked about this unit, the relationship between the two quickly became closer.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Yuan got to the point when he saw that the fire was almost done.
"Brother Ming, I heard that you are a master of "Warcraft"?"
As soon as he mentioned this, Dayao burst into laughter.
"What?"
"You can play too!"
Uncle Long on the side was shocked.
Yao Ming couldn't come out all night long. Why did he get excited after chatting with Zhang Yuan for a short time?
It has to be said that there is an age gap.
In Uncle Long's eyes, games are not serious stuff.
In fact, compared to the things he often does, such as dating women, racing cars, and gambling, gaming is more serious.
This belongs to the prejudice of the older generation.
Zhang Yuan had long known that Yao Ming would have this reaction.
There has always been a joke about Yao Ming.
He knows which hotel in 29 cities across the United States has the best internet speed.
The reason why he knows this is because as soon as every game or training is over, he hides in the hotel and plays "World of Warcraft"!
Now he carries the alien notebook on the top of the stage in his backpack.
He seemed uninterested all the way. Apart from being reluctant to make a cameo, there was another reason...
Why are you so annoying?
Can we break up the situation quickly?
Don't stop me from going back to playing games, okay?
As I said before, since the end of last year, it has been almost a year now. Dayao's left foot has been injured repeatedly and he has been in and out of the hospital for several surgeries.
If you are injured all the time, you will have a lot of time to recuperate.
And if you can’t train during your training time, what should you do?
Hide at home and play World of Warcraft crazily!
This guy plays Horde and his profession is Troll Rogue.
I am not familiar with foreigners, and those gangsters are having fun and drinking all day long, so we can't hang out together.
So Dayao has been pulling his former teammates from the Magic City Sharks to form a team to play dungeons.
Moreover, this person once failed to log in for more than two months because he played games continuously. When he logged in again, he found that his account had been hacked.
It made him angry...
However, Yao Xin said that he is an international superstar now and cannot pretend to be a show-off!
He directly called the customer service of Ninetowns, the domestic agent of "World of Warcraft" at that time, and revealed his identity.
"Hey, I'm Yao Ming, my account has been hacked."
Then... there is no more.
The customer service thought he was crazy.
You think I'm stupid, Yao Ming is so busy playing in the NBA, how can he have time to play games?
Dayao:……
He couldn't escape in North America, so he still found friends in China to go to Ninetowns Company, and finally recovered his account.
And there are two things Dayao loves to do most when playing "World of Warcraft".
One is to chase and kill players whose names contain the words mocking, joking, and insulting Yao Ming.
Another thing is that they especially love to kill dwarf and dwarf players in the Alliance.
He is a tall guy, but he is quiet in real life, but once he comes to the game, his true colors are revealed, and he looks down on the short guy... which is quite a loss. Therefore, like Nicholas Tse, this person is a hardcore player of "World of Warcraft".
Basically wherever he goes, he hits wherever he goes.
Apart from work, I spend all my time playing games.
Being busy for him, he even had less contact with Ye Li.
Zhang Bozhi should be able to relate to this.
"I'm usually busy filming and have no time to play." Zhang Yuan replied candidly.
"Oh..." When Dayao heard this, his expression turned pale again.
"However, you should play more games with the union system, you know, right?"
"I know, our union also uses it." Yao Ming replied immediately.
The union he belongs to is called "For Gathering Eternity", and he plays in the first area of the national server.
"That's right, I am a shareholder of Duowan."
"It just so happens that they are going to engage in union activities recently."
“The largest trade unions in the country will come to offline team building.”
"I think we can hold an event."
"Selecting the strongest group of "World of Warcraft" players in the country."
"When the time comes, gather the strongest people into a union and you can come and play, how about it?"
Ouch!
Yao Ming's eyes widened.
This is so emotional!
I am worried that no one will teach me, and a sticky bean bag falls from the sky!
I just recently played an alliance hunter trumpet, and I was chased by a tauren all day long.
The other party also killed the bird first and then the human being, which was very humiliating.
Depressing for Dayao.
But he couldn't beat him to death.
Even though he was abroad, he knew that he would play in many trade unions.
The largest "World of Warcraft" guild system in the country, most people who play World of Warcraft will use it.
Select and refine them from the unions that play more, and form a union with me.
Then doesn’t it mean that I want the best of the tens of millions of players in China to play with me?
How exciting that is!
I'm not allowed to walk sideways all over the server?
Who dares to kill my mount when I see it!
Yao Ming rubbed his hands and said with a playful smile: "Really?"
"Of course." Zhang Yuan replied firmly.
Isn't it just to select a group of people to study with the prince?
Little things.
Now he is the third largest shareholder besides Duowan founder Li Xuelin and angel investor Lei Jun.
If he can't handle this, then his 2 million US dollars will be wasted, so don't hold any shares.
Besides, Duowan originally planned to organize activities to gather the hearts of players.
Now, isn't there a ready-made activity theme?
Everyone has a good thing. As long as you can grasp your hobby, many things are not difficult to do.
"If you don't want to leave your contact information, I will contact you at any time."
"Okay, okay..." Is it okay if someone organizes a playdate? Dayao then left his mobile phone number and email address.
"The guest appearance I just mentioned." After drawing the cake for him, Zhang Yuan returned to the topic.
“Actually, shooting is very safe.”
“Not only can we buy insurance, but we also have a professional martial arts team to provide guidance on site.”
"We will try our best to simplify your actions and reduce the difficulty."
"But some action scenes are inevitable."
"I hope you can understand."
"Uh... okay." Dayao pursed his lips and replied.
Chen Long on the side hugged his shoulders and didn't dare to speak for a long time.
I spent a long time talking and talking, but it was useless.
Did he agree immediately?
Uncle Long didn't even know how to describe it.
"Am I really old?"
"My old tricks don't work anymore?"
Making faces, treating guests, talking about money, this is the big brother's routine.
But these are indeed not attractive to Yao Ming.
Not in the entertainment industry, not greedy, not short of money.
His current contract annual salary is almost 5 million US dollars, not counting endorsements and business income.
With his popularity, it is no problem to earn nearly 10 million US dollars a year.
The only hobby left is playing games.
Then it was smooth.
After chatting with Dayao for more than half an hour, this guy left early on the excuse that he had to train tomorrow.
In fact, I got addicted to gaming and hid in a hotel to play.
Leaving the bar, the eldest brother grinned and patted him hard on the back.
If his body bones were slightly weaker, he would be easily injured internally.
“Well done!”
"I didn't even expect you could do it so beautifully!" Chenlong boasted.
"With Yao Ming joining the cast as a guest star, the film can add another selling point for better publicity."
"When you come to Xiangjiang from now on, I'll entertain you all the way. You can play whatever you want and I'll pay for it!" Uncle Long said, patting his chest.
"Thank you, Uncle Long."
Chenlong was so excited that he walked much more briskly.
After a busy day, they both went back to the hotel to rest.
I'll rush back to New York for business tomorrow morning.
After returning to the hotel, Zhang Yuan picked up the landline and called Li Xuelin, the owner of Duowan Games on the other side of the ocean.
The time difference between China and the United States is more than ten hours.
It's midnight here with Zhang Yuan, but it's only noon on the other side of China.
"What!" Li Xuelin, who was eating lunch, almost spit out the sweet and sour pork ribs in his mouth.
"You, you, are you sure?"
"Playing World of Warcraft with Yao Ming?"
"Is that Yao Ming?"
Zhang Yuan was helpless.
Who else could he be? Where can I find a 2.26-meter-tall guy for you?
"It's him. I just met with him in Salt Lake City and had a detailed discussion."
"You can organize activities and publicity here."
"Are you sure it's Salt Lake City and not Yancheng?"
Why did you give me the whole northern Jiangsu?
After repeated confirmations, Duowan’s boss Li Xuelin felt relieved.
"This is too big!"
Zhang Yuan did say when he invested that he would help with publicity.
He said before that there will be offline events before the end of the year, and he is sure to be there in person to create excitement.
As I said when I bought the shares, I will bring in other celebrities.
But Zhang Yuan and Nicholas Tse are not as influential as Yao Ming if they are bundled together!
Li Xuelin had already foreseen it.
Participate in the multi-player game union selection and have the opportunity to form a union with NBA superstar Yao Ming and play games together... As soon as this news appears, it will cause a big stir in the small circle of "World of Warcraft"!
That’s okay!
Li Xuelin is not an ignorant fool.
What is Yao Ming worth now?
How much money did Zhang Yuan spend to get this done?
Not hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Li Xuelin knows very well that with Duowan Games’ current limited funds, it is already very difficult just to maintain daily expenses and software research and development.
Without the support of shareholder Zhang Yuan, they would not even have the budget to hire second-tier artists.
Not to mention top-tier players like Nicholas Tse and international superstars like Yao Ming!
If he knew that Zhang Yuan relied on free prostitution, he would probably be shocked to dislocate his jaw.
In any case, Li Xuelin knew it.
With Yao Ming as the selling point of this event, Duowan's union system will definitely be able to outshine its competitors.
Zhang Yuan is trying to get both sides together and eat both sides.
Whether Yao Ming joins the crew or playing more games can increase his popularity, it is a real benefit to him.
This is called a win-win situation.
He won twice by himself.
Because of this incident, when Duowan Games held its annual meeting this year, if he didn't come, no one else would dare to use their chopsticks.
After arranging everything, Zhang Yuan relaxed and fell on the bed.
Now, I just have to wait to return to New York tomorrow and get this salary contract... (End of Chapter)