Chapter 48 It's time to meet the parents in advance
After Jessica's explanation, Lu Yu finally figured out that this "sport" magazine was not the famous "Sports Illustrated".
The full name of "Sports Illustrated" should be "sports illustrated".
The two are equivalent to the relationship between Li Gui and Li Kui.
But it’s really hard to say who is Li Gui and who is Li Kui.
Speaking of the founding date of "Sports Illustrated", Sports Illustrated is very early. In 1935, the Straus brothers, the heads of the American department store chain Macy's, founded a sports magazine called "Sports Illustrated".
However, sales were poor, and the Traus brothers' investment failed, so Sports Illustrated closed down early.
In 1946, Macfadden Publishing Company in New York published a monthly sports magazine called "Sport", which was sought after by many teenagers.
In other words, the sales of "Sport" magazine were very good at that time.
Later, "Sports Illustrated" was reborn from the ashes, but in less than half a year, it was beaten by "Sport" magazine. During this period, the dominant sports newspaper was still "Sport" where Jessica was an intern.
By 1954, the world was in turmoil again. Time Inc., run by "Father of Time" Henry Luce, planned to enter the sports magazine industry.
At first, he planned to buy "sport" magazine for US$200,000, but "sport" magazine insisted on asking for US$250,000, and the two sides were at a stalemate.
At this time, the Strauss brothers stepped in and sold the rights to "Sports Illustrated" to Luce for only $10,000.
On August 8 of that year, Sports Illustrated was launched again.
Of course, few people mention the previous two periods of history, and the industry generally regards August 8, 1954 as the founding day of "Sports Illustrated".
In comparison, "sport" obviously has a longer history.
Therefore, it is impossible to tell who is Li Gui and who is Li Kui between the two magazines. However, it took "Sports Illustrated" twelve years to finally gain a foothold in the sports market, while the management of "Sport" magazine has been deteriorating. Finally, in December this year
Announced the suspension of publication on March 30th.
That was the day when Lu Yu went to help Jessica move into the dormitory.
Lu Yu checked all the information about "Sport" magazine in the dormitory, sat in front of the computer blankly and read for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and knocked on the table.
"It's him!"
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The next day was New Year's Day, and Spokane was much more lively.
In fact, the most popular holidays in the United States are not New Year's Day, but Christmas and Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, Lu Yu was playing away games on Christmas and Thanksgiving some time ago.
But Lu Yu has no feelings about these two festivals.
As for New Year's Day, I just had a meal of dumplings with Lu Chaoyang in a restaurant, which was nothing special.
In the next few days, the team trained normally. Although Lu Yu could not play in the next game, he could not miss the training. His teammates were speechless and found that Lu Yu's training volume seemed to be even more abnormal.
While training, Lu Yu has been paying attention to the news about "sport". Fortunately, this asset seems to be too bad, and there has been no news of selling it.
Two days later, the team defeated the St. Mary Gaels with a huge score.
The Gaels were a complete underdog in the West Coast League, and they were beaten without any room to fight back.
Without Lu Yu on the court, his teammates let go and scored a score of 102:48, which made Lu Yu wonder if these beasts were deliberately acting like themselves.
The team won the game, but Lu Yu was called aside alone by Mark Foyo.
"Coach, what's wrong?" Lu Yu asked.
He also thought about returning to the school basketball court and playing another hundred games with Blake Stepp and the others, but he didn't know if Blake Stepp, who had just played 37 minutes of the game, would scold him for bullying.
Mark Foyou was in a good mood after winning the game. He dragged him to the lounge and opened the door: "This is a reporter from China. He wants to interview you. Let's talk."
After saying that, he went out and closed the door behind him.
Lu Yu couldn't help being stunned when he saw Su Qun wearing glasses and a gentle face in front of him.
"Hello."
"Hello, I am Su Qun, a reporter from Sports Weekly."
Su Qun stood up and stretched out his hand. Lu Yu shook hands with him and the two sat down. He remembered that in the first NCAA game, Su Qun was sitting next to Lu Chaoyang. At that time, he thought he would do an interview after the game, but he didn't.
I thought I didn’t even see anyone after the game.
Su Qun should be regarded as a big shot among domestic basketball commentators in the future.
It is beneficial to have a good relationship with him.
"Actually, I wanted to interview you more than a month ago, but then I was delayed by some things." Su Qun did not reveal what Lu Chaoyang asked him to do, and continued: "The game between your team and the National Youth Team was broadcast on CCTV a few days ago.
Okay, now there is a high demand in the country for interviewing you. I am honored to interview you. Can the interview begin?" Su Qun said while holding a recording pen.
Lu Yu smiled: "You can ask."
This is also the first time that he has heard others talk about his current influence in the country. Perhaps as domestic fans pay more and more attention to him, those advertising endorsements will come to his door?
Now Lu Yu is a little short of money.
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It was already late at night when the interview ended. Su Qun had to take a taxi back because he wanted to put out the manuscript at night. Lu Yu walked out of the arena alone.
A crescent moon hung in the night sky. When I walked out of the gymnasium door, I felt a gust of cold wind blowing by.
Spokane has entered winter. Except for the lack of snow, it is colder than in the Northeast at other times, and it is so humid that it is unbearable.
Lu Yu braved the cold wind and prepared to go to the roadside to take a taxi back to school. However, when he just walked down the steps, he suddenly saw a familiar figure standing not far away. He walked over and took a look, and it turned out to be Anne Hathaway.
"Why are you here?" Lu Yu frowned slightly.
Anne Hathaway was wearing a long white down jacket in the cold wind, holding her shoulders with her hands and shivering, and from time to time she put her hands to her mouth and breathed.
Seeing Lu Yu coming over, her face showed a hint of joy.
"I asked the staff... they said you were inside..." She did not dare to look directly at Lu Yu and turned half-way.
"Can you go in and find me?" Lu Yu looked at her defensive look and felt a little unhappy.
"I, I don't dare."
Anne Hathaway took out a neatly folded towel from her pocket and handed it over: "This is your towel from last time. I'll give it back to you."
The towel was the one Lu Yu used to wipe Hathaway's sweat when Scarlett asked the crew to bring things in last time.
Lu Yu did not take it back.
After Hathaway went back to clean up, she kept trying to find an opportunity to return it to Lu Yu, but recently either Lu Yu was competing or the crew was filming, and there was never a suitable time. Today's Gonzaga home game, she finally found the time.
When time came, I heard that Lu Yu was suspended for this game, and I was worried that Lu Yu would not be there. I found the arena staff and decided to wait for Lu Yu at the door after knowing that Lu Yu was inside.
Lu Yu did not reach out to take the towel, but walked to the side of the road and stopped a taxi. He turned around and said, "Let's go home with me."
"ah?"
Anne Hathaway looked up in panic.
"You must have not eaten since you waited so late. Come home with me, and I'll ask Lao Lu to make something to eat. After dinner, I'll take you back to school."
"No, no need."
The last time we had dinner together, it was because of Scarlett's strong request that she agreed to go. If she and Lu Yu were allowed to eat alone, she wouldn't dare.
Lu Yu suddenly sighed: "Didn't you text me last time to ask if I was injured? Although I was not injured, I have been suspended for the past two days and reprimanded several times by the coach. I am in a very bad mood. You should use it as comfort.
Me, how about having a meal with me."
Anne Hathaway hesitated for a moment before nodding: "Okay, but we agreed that we can only go to your restaurant."
Anne Hathaway is probably still a little wary of Lu Yu. If she just goes to Lu Ji Chinese Restaurant, at least Lu Yu's father is in the store, so it is relatively safe.
It doesn't matter to Lu Yu, she will be his girlfriend in the future anyway.
