Although last year's opening show was noisy, it was still within their psychological acceptance range. The brown pants and black overalls were a bit eye-catching, but everything else was fine.
But what did they see this year?
When Jay Chou appeared in the center of the arena wearing Bruce Lee's classic yellow jumpsuit, they were immediately excited, and they already had a general idea in mind.
Sure enough, when Jay Chou sang "The Sick Man of East Asia's sign... has been kicked away by me!" for the first time, the lights at the scene suddenly dimmed...
Ten seconds passed quickly, and just as the audience in the stands began to become impatient, seven beams of light hit the center of the stage.
The seven missing all-star gentlemen were actually wearing the same look as Jay Chou, a classic yellow jumpsuit from Bruce Lee's kung fu movies, and holding a pair of nunchucks in their hands...
What shape is this?
At this time, the live TV commentary on the Imperial TV station had also switched to the scene. After Zhang Lili was stunned for a moment, he shouted loudly:
"Oh my god, Bruce Lee's classic look! The element of Chinese Kung Fu has been exported to the NBA, and the Chinese color of world basketball is becoming more and more intense..."
Everyone on the field was like this, so we can’t blame Zhang Lili for being so crazy and embarrassing.
At the same time, countless TV fans silently pressed the mute button...
But... Wang Zelin, James and others all wore the same classic style of Bruce Lee, which is really not bad!
For the next performance of the seven all-stars, everyone's anticipation was instantly overwhelming!
"Dong dong dong..."
Along with the prelude of the drum music "Nunchaku" adapted into dance music, Wang Zelin and other seven members of the dance troupe began to wave the nunchucks in their hands and kept moving...
Jay Chou started singing again from the first verse, and this time, all the instruments used in the dance song were traditional Chinese instruments...
The scene exploded instantly!
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"Snap, snap, snap!"
After the seven all-stars danced to a song, the audience clapped their hands vigorously.
7 strong men of different shapes, fat and thin, wearing the most classic yellow jumpsuits in Bruce Lee's movies, holding a pair of nunchucks in their hands, and finally with a line that most American audiences have never heard of
It's a Chinese song that's rich in rhythm, and it has such a weird painting style. When I listen to it, I feel it fits inexplicably.
When he fell in love with the dance, he didn't feel anything. After the dance, Wang Zelin stood in the center of the stage and looked at the fiery eyes of the people around him. The feeling of shame still came...
"Wang, look, the fans are applauding! Our performance this year was successful again!"
After the dance, James hugged Lillard and Wade, smiling slightly, without caring about the microphone handed to him by the host when he came for the interview.
Through the microphone, James' voice spread throughout the arena.
The cheers and applause at the scene reached the sky again and could not stop for a long time...
"..."
Are you poisonous?
Phew, we are a team, please bear with us first.
Wang Zelin suppressed his desire to complain, stabilized his blood pressure, and with an awkward but decent smile, he and the other members left the stage one by one according to the arrangements during the rehearsal.
"Jielun, thank you so much for this time. Without your wonderful choreography, there wouldn't be today's... ahem, gorgeous performance!"
After leaving the stadium and coming to the players' tunnel, Wang Zelin looked back and looked around the stadium, recalling the crazy encouragement of so many Chinese people at the scene, and the sense of shame that had just arisen in front of him immediately disappeared.
He feels that if this "shame-filled" dance can resonate with Chinese fans and increase the Chinese elements in the NBA, it will be worth it!
Jay Chou said: "No, I should be the one thanking you. Without your communication with the NBA senior management, how would I have the opportunity to sing on the stage of the NBA All-Star Game? This opportunity is very precious to me.
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Jay Chou, who is at the peak of his career since his debut, has long been invincible in the Asian music scene. Moreover, it is impossible to say that he does not have the ambition to enter the world music scene.
In 2009, Jay Chou was confirmed to star in "The Green Hornet" and play Bruce Lee's character Kato in the movie version. In addition to wanting to enter Hollywood, he probably also had the idea of trying to impact the world music scene.
Unfortunately, because English is the mainstream language in the world, although more and more people use Chinese in various countries around the world, it is still unable to challenge English's more than century-long monopoly in the world's language in a short period of time.
Just like Jay Chou said, this is a rare and precious opportunity to perform his classic song "Nunchaku" in front of the world's basketball fans. For him, it is already a very memorable thing.
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"Jay, your music is great, and your live performance is also very infectious. I hope there will be an opportunity to collaborate again in the future."
James saw the two of them staying behind the team for a long time, and after watching several other All-Stars leave, he strode over.
Hearing James' words, Wang Zelin's spirit of complaining was ignited again. You two are not in the same industry at all, okay? It's obvious that we can't work together, so we just talk...
Not to mention, James took the initiative to find the topic, and Jay Chou slowly let go. When the two of them were chatting, they even forgot about Wang Zelin behind them.
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Home team locker room.
"Cool! Brother, if there is another opportunity like this next year, I will be there for you!"
"Haha, there's me too!"
"If you don't have time to grow old, you can add me as well!"
After Wang Zelin, Lillard, Aldridge, Curry, and Love returned to the locker room, Tony Parker and Nowitzki led the way and walked toward them.
At the same time, Durant, Griffin and Davis couldn't help but look at Wang Zelin and others with a hint of envy in their eyes.
Most of the people here are young people. Who doesn't want to make a splash on such a big stage? If nothing else, at least it can add a certain amount to their off-site commercial value.
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After the lively opening dance, other performers conducted a pre-game warm-up... although the venue was already warm enough at this time.
After the other performances were over, the hard food that fans had been waiting for was finally here!
In the East, James, as the Eastern Conference's vote king and captain, led Irving, Paul George, and Anthony to appear one after another.
In the Western Conference, after Curry, Harden, Durant, and Love came out, as this year's All-Star vote leader and captain of the Western Conference team, Wang Zelin deserved to get the final appearance.
The next moment, the media in the audience went crazy, and they all focused their cameras on Wang Zelin, this year's vote king!