Six Hundred and Forty-Seven. Christmas Eve

"Hey, Zach, do you think anyone's going to ask us to make a record?"

"Shawn, you'd better just wash your ass and go to sleep. Noah is a possibility."

"Noah, this guy has outcompeted us all. Now the whole world is calling him lord. By the way, where are the Noahs? Why didn't you play their card game with those brats? What's the name of that card game?" ? By the way, it’s called Landlord, isn’t Noah himself the lord..."

"He's having sex with his little girlfriend again. God, that girl is still a child! I remember when we had dinner together in China, she said she was only 18 years old."

"Noah seems to be only 20 years old. I also had a freshman girlfriend when I was a senior..."

"It's amazing that you had a girlfriend in college, right? Tiantian said, by the way, Sean, our team is quite special. Very few teams allow family members to take the team's chartered flight when playing away games. Even for the Christmas game, it's too It’s rare.”

"Yeah, Zach, our team is really good..."

Randolph and Battier's girlfriends did not take this chartered flight. Their girlfriends all had work to do and they took a flight to Dallas together in the evening.

Although NBA players are very rich, there are very few full-time wives. Most of them have jobs, and some capable ones can use the influence of their husbands or boyfriends to develop their own industries.

The two of them sat together and chatted every time they took a plane. They had more topics to talk about. Although there was a three-year age difference, the two were first-round picks in the same draft. They had some friendship before the draft. Privately, Randolph Shane is the big brother.

The position where the players sit when flying can indicate the degree of closeness between the players. Generally, the players with the best relationship sit together.

For example, Gasol and Conley sat together and talked about what flowers to plant next spring. There is a garden in front of their villa, and Gasol also has a vegetable patch in the backyard.

Originally, Morrow, Jordan, Yi Jianlian and Sun Ce would get together to fight Landlords. This style of play is simple and easy to learn. It is a game that the four of them often played during the flight this season. However, this time, Sun Ce abandoned the most knowledgeable player. The three teammates who passed the ball with his head throbbing, euphemistically saying they "don't have to take turns", sat in the back row and got tired of Wang Keying.

The cruelest thing is that none of these three people currently have girlfriends!

The three of them really want to fight the landlord!

…

"Is your tour over?"

"right,

I originally planned to go directly to Dallas to see you for Christmas. My uncle won’t take me with him on the next tour. He asked my mother to give me a sum of money to study and practice my acting skills at the School of Film and Television Arts at the University of Southern California. Lord, I Is this being disliked? "

"..."

This sentence "Lord" made Sun Ce a little irritated. It doesn't matter if others call him. The key is that Wang Keying called him in his apartment most of the night last night. Now Wang Keying looks aggrieved and cute. Sun Ce thought of how they were together after the interview last night. During the craziness of returning to the apartment, this little sister kept saying "Lord".

This morning when I went out, I ran into Mrs. Vance, my upstairs neighbor, and was teased a lot.

Quickly putting aside those magnificent scenes, Sun Ce said: "Are you short of money? Take my credit card and charge it..."

"Of course I want to go to school and ask my parents and uncle for money. Why should I spend your money? Why don't you save more money?" Sun Ce was interrupted by Wang Keying before he could finish his words.

Sun Ce asked strangely: "Don't you Americans stop spending your parents' money when you reach adulthood? You go to school and you have no income."

"Lord, Americans are the same as Chinese. They can't finish college without taking out loans or spending their parents' money. It's the same with public universities. Most of them are self-funded and they take out loans or spend their parents' money. When I studied Chinese in a Chinese school, I felt It’s very strange, everyone thinks that just like magic, a high school student can conjure up tuition fees and living expenses. We are human beings too! When I arrived in China, my mother also gave me a credit card with 10,000 yuan in it..."

Hearing Wang Keying's words, Sun Ce felt that this was really the case, but he had never understood these things before. He had such misunderstandings, mainly because he had read too many self-made and self-proclaimed remarks by public intellectuals in his previous life.

Generally speaking, it is a manifestation of lack of confidence.

After chatting for a while about going to study at the University of Southern California, Wang Keying began to rummage through her bag and took out a few posters of Sun Ce: "Lord, sign your name for me! Both in Chinese and English!"

Sun Ce took the pen and poster, and asked doubtfully while signing, "Why are you signing this?"

"There are other people in our troupe who want to study together. I received a call from them in the morning. They asked me to get your autograph for them. You sang so beautifully last night. Do you want to consider developing a career in music? My uncle's company can do it. Help Lord Lord release an album!”

"Uh...Chloe, do you want me to blossom artistically?"

…

…

Sun Ce and Wang Keying were chatting here, and then they talked about the song they sang last night.

But apart from the two of them, the topics everyone else on the plane talked about were more or less related to last night's concert.

And, now the entire basketball world is talking about last night's Grizzlies concert!

In the United States, major media are rushing to report that T.N.T has taken the initiative. They have the right of first refusal to purchase the copyright of the concert video and the temporary right of use permitted by law. They have posted the complete video of last night's concert on the official website, attracting attention. maximum traffic.

For basketball fans, it doesn’t matter whether the concert is good or not, what’s important is that it’s special!

This is the first time in NBA history that seven players from a club have formed a men's band, and they also held a concert!

This alone is very attractive, and it is something they had never thought of when they formed a band.

The main thing is that it's not that there have been bands in the NBA, but there are many underground bands that the public may not even have heard of. Examples like Sun Ce and others who have gone from underground to online for some reason are unique!

In addition, there are some who sing very well. Randolph is considered to be very good among those rappers in the NBA, and Sun Ce is even more amazing.

The two words most used by major media to describe Sun Ce's performance are "professional" and "incredible". T.N.T Entertainment Channel even specially found several popular professional music critics in the United States to evaluate this song.

It's not just domestic music programs where high notes are king, this is the same in any country.

T.N.T strikes while the iron is hot and promotes Sun Ce, making Sun Ce continue to be popular!

In China, the style is a little different. Sun Ce sings very well, and most people give high praise, of course there are some weird ones.

However, Sun Ce was not the one who benefited the most from the concert last night. The biggest beneficiaries were Yi Jianlian and Jordan...

Americans just thought they had unique looks. In the eyes of domestic fans, they could no longer look at their styles.

But the popularity of the two soared, and the number of fans skyrocketed!

...

When Sun Ce arrived at the hotel in Dallas, he was called away by the team staff before he could take Wang Keying to Yao Ming's home. Agent Bill Duffy also came to the hotel. Bill Duffy had been in Dallas for the past few days, waiting for Sun Ce to arrive to give him the customized replica sneakers, but this time there were other things.

"T.N.T wants to buy the copyright of that concert? And also want to help me release a single?" Sun Ce was a little confused.

Just for fun! Why did it become such a big deal?

"Yes, I have discussed with the agents of the other members of your band, and we will form a joint representative to negotiate with the Grizzlies, City Hall, and T.N.T. to discuss the price and profit distribution of the copyright.

Noah, T.N.T hopes to help you release a single for your song. If you are just playing around, I can help you talk to them about this. If you really want to develop in this direction, I don't recommend that you let a platform like a TV station help you release a single." Bill Duffy responded.

This... Sun Ce understood the first half, and everyone in the band agreed. Of course, he would not hinder his teammates from making money. No matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat. It is not bad for everyone to make some pocket money.

But Sun Ce didn't understand the second half and asked, "Do you want to cooperate with them just for fun?"

"The share of the contract they give will definitely be very low, and they have the final say on everything. Media like them are not suitable for deep cooperation. Have you seen any famous singers cooperate with them? Even if there are, they cooperated with them before they became famous, and they will immediately jump to a real professional entertainment company after the contract expires.

Noah, you sing so well but you have never shown it. I think you are not interested in this aspect and just want to have fun.

And Noah, you don't need to rely on TV stations to increase your popularity. Instead, they rely on you. So if you want to make more money from this, you might as well spend some money and release your own singles." Bill Duffy explained.

The other things Bill Duffy said are easy to understand. Sun Ce heard it and knew it, but he didn't care much, because... He felt that Bill Duffy thought too highly of him and thought that he didn't show his singing voice before because he was not interested in it.

He is interested! He also wants to sing to his heart's content when he goes to karaoke or nightclubs, but others can't appreciate his usual singing!

…

Sun Ce put aside the single issue for now. Phoenix had a better partner. He asked Bill Duffy to reject T.N.T.’s offer. Sun Ce signed a letter of authorization for the copyright of the concert video and asked Bill Duffy to negotiate on his behalf.

Sun Ce was quite happy to have a little money again.

After finishing these things, Sun Ce took Wang Keying and Yi Jianlian to Yao Ming’s house to prepare for the Christmas Eve dinner with Yao Ming and his wife. It was a very simple dinner, no drinking, no carnival, just a gathering of the three families.

Americans celebrate the New Year, and they follow the local customs. They are not the kind of cynical people who will point at other people’s noses and say “You don’t celebrate the New Year” when they go to other countries.

Yao Ming was not surprised to see Sun Ce’s girlfriend. He had heard about Sun Ce’s past.

But when he saw Yi Jianlian’s new look for the first time, Yao Ming couldn’t help but say, “Alian, do you feel like a genius? Right, genius Yi…”