Chapter 282 After waiting for a long time, I finally waited until today
On this trip back to China, generally speaking, Wang Zelin did two things.
First, all commercial activities of the trip to China were successfully concluded.
Second, he led the Chinese men's basketball team to win the Asian Championship.
When he came to the land of America again, the two elders did not come with him to the United States. He was accompanied by his girlfriend Lena.
In my father's words: "Now my family has no worries about food and clothing, my son still has a future, and my happiness index has surpassed more than 90% of Chinese families. The most regretful thing in this life is that I can't accompany your mother to travel around the motherland."
Great rivers and mountains!”
Ever since, the two elders seemed to have regained the passion of their youth and embarked on a spontaneous trip.
First visit the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, and then go see some foreign places of interest.
When parting, although Wang Zelin was a little reluctant to leave, his mentality quickly changed.
Sometimes, parents don't have to be around their children to be happy. They also have some private space of their own and unfulfilled dreams of their own when they were young.
If you are able, it would be great to go out and have some fun!
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At 10 pm on August 16, US time, at home in Portland, Wang Zelin helped his girlfriend sit on his whip and saw the latest news:
NBA officially announced the schedule of each team for the 2013~2014 season.
The most important thing now is undoubtedly the preseason.
As far as the preseason itself is concerned, it is not a very important game. It does not matter whether you win or lose. It will not affect the regular season record anyway.
But playing these games is very meaningful to the players of each team.
The purpose is to allow the players' bodies to re-adapt to the NBA's game rhythm, confrontation, etc. after a few months of rest.
Not everyone is like LeBron James, who spends millions of dollars every offseason to maintain his body and maintain his competitive status.
On this point, Wang Zelin has to admire him.
After more than ten years of hard work, he dared not let his body slack off. No wonder Lao Zhan was able to win another championship ring in the City of Angels.
One thing to say, after helping Los Angeles win the championship again after 10 years, Lao Zhan won the fourth MVP trophy in his career, and then he truly secured his position as the second player in history... At least the controversy was not as big as before.
Unlike now, where we rely solely on the praise of unscrupulous media and fanatical fans, in fact there is still a bit of vanity under the throne!
However, there is an old saying: "You have Zhang Liangzhi, I have the wall ladder!"
Wang Zelin is undoubtedly envious of James' self-discipline, because he knows that he cannot achieve this level of self-discipline.
But that doesn't mean he will be jealous of James... Who makes him systematic?
After working in the system for so long, Wang Zelin gradually figured out some of the rules, one of which is:
Before he can completely inherit all the abilities of the drawn star card, if he adds targeted training, the speed of integration will be accelerated; but even if he does not train, his strength will still gradually increase.
Sometimes you have to admit one thing: in terms of the speed of becoming stronger, even the Chosen One cannot compare with a B-level player.
With the help of the system, Wang Zelin does not have to worry about his competitive status declining like other players.
So when he was asked whether to participate in the next five preseason games, after briefly looking at the schedule, he only chose to participate in two of them.
One is Portland vs. the Clippers in Kyoto on October 8, and the other is against the Suns at the Rose Garden Arena at home on October 12.
You must know that the preseason is no different than the regular season and playoffs. In order to promote globalization, irrelevant games such as the playoffs actually have overseas games.
For global promotion efforts, sometimes they are not NBA teams.
For example, the Philadelphia 75ers have a game in Bilbao, Spain. Their opponent is the Bilbao men's basketball team in the European League system.
After playing in Spain, the 75ers will go to Closet, the second busiest city in the UK, to play against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The protagonist this time is naturally the Thunder, and the 75 people are just supporting roles...
There are only three overseas games out of five pre-season games, which makes me feel drunk just thinking about it!
If it was last year, he certainly would not refuse the team's request because he was not qualified to refuse.
But now that he has reached his current position in the team, he is naturally qualified to say "NO".
Returning to China to play games is a way of giving back to his hometown parents. Wang Zelin is very happy to do this. If he wants to fly to other places, there is no need to discuss it.
Unless you add money!
But is this possible?
Regarding Wang Zelin's choice, after the team reported it to the league, the top management quickly agreed.
How does the NBA make money?
Of course they are fans!
Whether you buy a ticket to watch or sit at home to watch, the fans are the gods of the league.
And what do fans want to see most?
He must be a star!
Therefore, the league usually turns a blind eye to some innocuous requests from stars.
Besides, Wang Zelin also had his own legitimate reasons... He accidentally slipped and fell while taking a shower in the bathroom and twisted his waist.
Ahem, it seems nonsense, but in fact it is quite nonsense.
But for the top management, having a reason to offend the fans is enough.
Perhaps they never imagined that in the future, there would be a strange person who would end the season due to a slip in the bathroom.
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In a recording studio.
"Wang, you are such a genius! It would be a shame not to join the entertainment industry!"
Lillard, who was dressed in a flashy outfit, couldn't help but sigh again after singing "Stitches" with Wang Zelin.
Wang Zelin glanced at Lillard and thought to himself: It's so pitiful that even foreigners wouldn't say "f*ck!"
"This album has already been released. I'm afraid many fans will go crazy. Maybe this is what your country calls the 'blooming of both culture and sports'!"
The man with long hair, hip-hop outfit and exuding an artist's atmosphere firmly believed.
“It’s such an honor to be able to participate in this album!”
The other guy in charge of recording nodded.
Let me go, these guys are too exaggerated!
Facing the strange compliments from a group of people around him, Wang Zelin had a thought.
However, when I think about the fact that almost all of the songs that I brought out are songs that fans are familiar with from the 2K series, I can understand their feelings.
He was thinking one thing, but what he said was another thing: "Actually, I feel the same way."
"..."
Everyone is being petrified.
Doesn’t it mean that people in China want to be humble?
Why does this guy give people a completely different feeling?
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It took nearly ten days for Wang Zelin to finally fulfill his promise to Lillard and successfully record his first album.
Different from previous singles, this time there are 7 songs!
It is conceivable that fans who have been waiting for a long time will be in for a treat.
By now, Wang Zelin has gained the consciousness of being a qualified copywriter.
No, he did this to promote friendly exchanges of music culture between the two worlds. His starting point was good.
Besides, the matter of scholars...
Learn more.
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September 1st, US time.
Last night, distributors at all levels put the first album "Faith In Basketball" jointly released by Wang Zelin and Lillard on the shelves of record stores.
Among them, the bust pictures of Wang Zelin and Lillard were printed on both sides of the record, and their names were highlighted in bold.
NBA players + music, are there any ideas?
Facts have proved that there is.
Moreover, there are many NBA players who have released records or singles before.
Even stars such as O'Neal, Iverson, Tony Parker, etc. that people are very familiar with have released their own songs.
By the way, there is also an old blacksmith from Los Angeles.
It's just that unlike the above three people, Kobe is a perfect example of a negative example. Although the album in 2001 attracted many big names in the music industry to sing for him, his singing level is really not flattering.
This is also one of the dark histories of Kobe's early career.
After that, Kobe stopped pursuing music and focused on basketball.
In fact, when NBA players release singles and albums, they essentially want to use their livelihood to make some extra money during the offseason.
The difference is that some players do have talent in this area, such as O'Neal, who has laughed over a million times on the sidelines, but these people are in the minority after all. The songs released by most players are of average quality, with a few songs occasionally appearing.
After the water splashed, it disappeared without a trace.
From the outside, this album by Lillard and Wang Zelin is likely to be the same.
Although Wang Zelin has released one or two songs of good quality before, it has been so long, who knows how much he can have in his stomach?
If it's in stock, why doesn't he send it out sooner?
After listening to the entire album with scrutinizing eyes, no, with ears, people unexpectedly discovered...
Ouch! Not bad!
Gradually, the natural fame bonus of NBA players and the already good quality of the album made the album more and more popular, and some places even sold out of stock.
That was until the album debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200.
This shocked some thoughtful people to the extreme!
An album created by two amateur guys has achieved such results.
Where can such a group of professional singers put their faces?
As time goes by, record sales are getting higher and higher!
50,000, 100,000, 200,000...
With such explosive data, Wang Zelin finally realized that the sales of the album "Faith In Basketball" were much crazier than they had previously expected!
Is the charm that excellent music can bring really that great?
After using professionals to evaluate the financial income this album will bring to me...well, it is quite large.
It seems that the profession of literary copywriter has an infinitely bright future!
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Across the ocean.
The battle for the album "Faith In Basketball" finally ignited here.
That’s not to say that no fans paid attention to this matter before, on the contrary, there were quite a few people paying attention.
But everyone thought that Wang Zelin and Lillard were just having a little fight, after all, they were as separated as a mountain!
Who knows, they still underestimated Wang Zelin's ability to make trouble.
The inner shock was followed by boundless ecstasy!
How many Chinese music singers regard being able to hold a world-class concert as their lifelong pursuit.
However, due to different languages, no matter how good local albums sell, they will be the same overseas.
Don't you see, more than ten years have passed, and the song "Kiss Goodbye" by the singer is still a mountain that is difficult to reach.
Now it's good, two laymen have most likely accomplished what many professional singers only dream of doing.
I'm not convinced!
Many singers in the country roared in their hearts.
For this reason, many people secretly bought this album and listened to it secretly at home.
He was convinced and openly recommended this album to his fans very generously.
There are still those who are unwilling to give up and choose to bury their heads in the sand and become camels.
But in any case, after being tested by local singers, the album's gold content and popularity soared, and the impact it brought was naturally that Tianchao's sales soared.
This is something Wang Zelin never expected.
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September 10th.
After a boring day of training, Wang Zelin received an unexpected call.
"What? You want to select my songs into 2K..."
Wang Zelin was stunned at that time, and then he felt panicked.
If others don’t know, doesn’t he still know?
Almost all the songs in the album are future 2K series songs.
If you gather too many sheep with you, Xu Song will become Xu Gao! (It’s just a description)
But when Wang Zelin heard the fee that 2K was willing to pay, he immediately calmed down and felt confident.
what?
Is it possible that someone from a world away could come and beat me up?
Still the same sentence: the things of scholars...
