Gao Tianzuo is the producer of the "Basketball Park" column of CCTV Sports Channel.

He is a person who has experience in studying in the United States, so he deeply understands what an amazing achievement Li Zhen has achieved as a guard in the NBA.

But...it's obvious that a large number of people in the domestic sports circle have misjudged this.

In fact, Li Zhen has succeeded in making many basketball players and many basketball association officials have unrealistic fantasies. They feel that since Li Zhen can secure a position in the United States, then so can rookie guards like Chen Jianghua. As for Yi Jianlian,

Supernovas who have high hopes, they even think they can achieve achievements beyond Yao Huang.

They think too low of the NBA.

Therefore, most of the current domestic basketball reports are reporting on newcomers from various clubs and encouraging them to enter the NBA. Some leaders of the Basketball Association even claimed in private: Before the 2008 Olympics, we can have five to eight Chinese players.

Go to NBA for further studies.

This is too easy to say.

As a result, Li Zhen was not taken seriously.

Coupled with the conservative cultural atmosphere, many news about Li Zhen cannot enter the country. As a result, his influence in the country has never increased. He is only well-known. Therefore, his sneaker sales data are tepid, far lower than before.

prediction.

When Gao Tianzuo shook his head at this situation, when he had a headache about the material for the upcoming May Day special program.

The distant United States suddenly sent a 90-minute video material.

Moreover, the reporter named Duan Ping also declared very arbitrarily on the phone: "This is a top-secret interview that will change the domestic audience's perception of the NBA. There is no one in China who is closer to the NBA than our interview. You may

I can’t imagine Li Chen’s status in the New York team. He gave us the green light to walk through Madison Garden without any hindrance. Believe me, this will become the most powerful report this summer.”

At first, Gao Tianzuo felt that this foreign reporter was trying to promote himself in order to gain attention.

But when he opens the video.

After watching it for less than 2 minutes, he was stunned.

When he saw Li Zhen appear on the screen with a smile on his face, he called Isaiah Thomas and Donny Walsh in front of the camera and told them that reporters would be arranged for a personal interview.

He sensed great news value.

Later... the Knicks players teased Li Zhen, which also made him feel friendly. It turned out that these big stars on TV would also gossip. Although these contents will be cut later, this immersive scene has brought him unlimited fun.

visual impact.

And then... when the Knicks players came on the stage and the whole crowd shouted Li Zhen's nickname, Gao Tianzuo felt the shock and pride from all over the world.

He is someone who has lived abroad, and he knows the sense of superiority hidden behind the hypocrisy of those foreigners. Without truly conquering them, they would not be able to make such a sound of worship.

To be honest, when Li Zhen took steps to run towards the court, Gao Tianzuo even had tears in his eyes.

Then, what surprised him even more was that the camera was focused on the bench. He heard the Knicks players talking about Li Zhen on the bench, and he also noticed from the conversation that the Knicks respected Li Zhen.

Next... is Li Zhen's speech when he won the Best Rookie.

Then... when Li Zhen was in a state of excitement again in the arena, he left early to train silently.

This is very in line with the values ​​of the Chinese people. Whether it is Tao Yuanming's sowing beans and leisurely seeing Nanshan Mountain, or Li Bai's work and hiding his merits and fame, the Chinese have always had a humble and profound hermit style.

At the same time, Li Zhen's hard work and tenacious training give the ultimate answer to why Li Zhen can gain a foothold in the NBA.

This video was shot so well.

Gao Tianzuo sighed from the bottom of his heart.

In the last shot, when the radio was playing the American VJ's most effusive praise of Li Zhen, Li Zhen was leaning on the passenger seat and quietly looking at the lights of the players outside the window.

"What a beautiful set of film language this is."

Gao Tianzuo had almost no hesitation.

He decided on the spot: "Edit! The May Day special program has also been named, and it's called 'The story behind the best rookie's victory over the top and the 4-0 sweep'."

After he decided on this matter, he received a call from North America.

The North American supervisor on the phone was very angry and asked him to go to his boss to punish Duan Ping because he was not cooperating with the work and did not go to Orlando to follow the popular rookie Yi Jianlian. Instead, he followed and filmed Li Zhen.

?

However, Gao Tianzuo told him very gently: "No, we have decided to report on Li Zhen for a long time now. We will arrange a new reporter for Yi Jianlian. Moreover, what is the rush now? There is still a long period of time in the draft.

For a long time, and didn’t Yi Jianlian’s American agent say that he will not go to any team for trial training?”

This led the North American executive to take the complaint to higher-level leadership.

However, Gao Tianzuo, who has been a coward for more than ten years, finally became brave this time: "If something goes wrong, I will bear all the consequences."

The leader stopped talking.

This is often the case within the system. As long as someone has the courage to take the blame, anything can be done in principle.

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As Gao Tianzuo expected, this immersive report quickly exploded on the first night of the May Day holiday. Countless basketball-loving fans turned on the TV at 8:30 pm and saw this special program.

In the past, most people only watched the game broadcast on TV. Although the commentator would specifically mention Li Zhen as a Chinese player during the broadcast, there were very few other related follow-up reports. In addition, Li Zhen’s personal data was different from that of Kobe, Wade,

Super guards like Tracy McGrady and James are very different from each other, so everyone knows less about him.

Tonight's program will show fans a more realistic NBA and Li Zhen's amazing influence in the United States.

They never thought that before the game started, more than 20,000 people would shout the nickname of a Chinese player in unison.

Then, those seemingly unruly NBA players actually praised Li Zhen during the bench discussion, and their words were all affirmative.

And then...he actually won Rookie of the Year.

This is a trophy that even Yao Huang has not won.

Moreover, his award speech is too cool, right?

Li Zhen actually walked into the training hall when the audience was cheering for victory and trained conscientiously for two hours. He is really a character like Li Bai.

Just as Gao Tianzuo felt, the beautiful movie scene at the end had a profound impact on everyone. It was the first time they saw the star in a private scene, and it turned out that Li Zhen was so charming.

This show was a blast.

Ratings and word-of-mouth are soaring.

Li Zhen's name is rapidly rising on the still poor Chinese Internet, and more and more people want to know more about Li Zhen's story.

At the same time, the server of a basketball forum called Hoop was also experiencing congestion.

This is a very small basketball forum, founded by a foreign student and not for profit.

There are many people who are proficient in various basketball knowledge gathered here, as well as many international students, who often translate various basketball reports and analysis articles from basketball experts from abroad.

In an era when not everyone in China has access to the Internet, a relatively elite basketball culture has formed here.

This kind of elite culture naturally makes some big IDs who have the right to speak a little higher than others, and even look down on the ordinary fans who watch CCTV or Basketball Pioneer every day.

Moreover, some of them deliberately show resistance to the authority of the mainstream media. They often translate some foreign articles and use various seemingly detailed information to criticize Yao Huang, saying that he is just tall and occupies a large proportion of the ball. His true level is

That's Kwame Brown and the like.

The most famous of these IDs is "Chang'an Huakai".

It can be said that Hei Yao has been blackened to the extreme.

Although Li Zhen does not have as many black men as Yao Huang, he also has a top Li Hei, a guy named 'Zhou Gongzi Chun Shenjun', who has been doing all kinds of black things since Li Zhen entered the NBA, either overtly or covertly.

Either directly sarcastic or covertly sarcastic, the breadth and depth of Chinese characters are clearly displayed.

'Bruce Tofu Lee', 'the worst player in history to be second in assists in a single season', 'giving the ball to Li Zhen at the critical moment is like asking a sanitation worker to use a lighter to ignite an aviation rocket' Li Zhen exists

The biggest significance is to give work to those female stars in Hollywood who have no filming roles. "The probability of the Knicks entering the second round is exactly the same as the probability of my grandma climbing the 20th floor in one breath." The Knicks' behavior in trading Li Zhen is like

I scraped off the coating and saw the word "re", and I was overjoyed. However, I continued to scrape off, only to buy another bottle of "...".

These are the classic remarks left by Mr. Zhou on hoop. It can be seen that he was deeply influenced by his idol, the famous ESPN commentator Bill Simmons. He actually perfected the practice of Bill Simmons, a hermaphrodite with spaces in his name.

Brought to China.

As we all know, Bill Simmons is the famous Li Hei.

Therefore, it is not clear whether Mr. Zhou is really a black man, or whether he wants to follow his idol because he is a black man.

However, with the popularity of the Basketball Park program.

More and more fans saw Li Zhen who was different from what was described on the forum, and they began to raise questions.

"Mr. Zhou, didn't you say that the Knicks will never advance to the second round? How come they are sweeping the Raptors now?"

"Chunshen Jun, Li Zhen won the Rookie of the Year award. Your Brandon Roy is empty-handed, he didn't make the playoffs, and he didn't receive any awards."

"Mr. Zhou, what do you think of the news that Li Zhen practiced for two hours after the game? Didn't it say that Li Zhen spent all day dating female celebrities?"

"Mr. Zhou, what does it mean for the Knicks to sweep into the second round?"

"Chun Shenjun, why didn't Yao Huang win the Rookie of the Year..."

"..."

Suddenly, the forum was filled with a happy atmosphere.
To be continued...