Chapter 1353 1352. Extreme Joy Leads to Sorrow (Asking for Monthly Votes)

"Hahahahaha, Ace, I really saw you right, brother..." O'Neal held the contract and said excitedly, hooking his arm around Liu Mang's neck.

"I have always thought that Shaq, you are very suitable for a program like this... But that matter..." Liu Mang smiled a little obscenely.

"I know, I will always pay attention to No. 24... Of course, it is the No. 24 on the west coast, not the one on the south coast." O'Neal also laughed obscenely.

There is only one "protagonist" in the program they recorded together today, a certain black snake who calls himself Mamba!

ESPN originally had no intention of inviting O'Neal to record the show. They had criticized O'Neal quite a few times.

Although O'Neal wants to be on TV and have opportunities to shine outside of games like Liu Mang, otherwise he wouldn't have released records or guest-starred in movies, but he still wants to discuss cooperation with ESPN, which has done most of these things. I can't keep my face down.

Other TV stations are not as fun and practical as ESPN. Even a professional sports media has been led astray by Liu Mang.

After all, these days, even if there is no separation of genres, there is still an obvious gap between them.

O'Neal tried hard to beat the Hawks last night, but failed.

In terms of running and gunning, the Suns are very good, but in this change of pace, coach Gentry is still a rookie.

At least in the past two years, the Suns had a very promising future before O'Neal was completely unstoppable, but now, it's still a little bit behind. They have done a good job offensively, but they just don't have defense.

At this stage, the Suns give people the impression of a surprising change on the offensive end. They caught the Hawks off guard in the first half, but after the Hawks strengthened their firepower in the second half, the situation turned around.

This is what the Suns will work hard to improve next.

O'Neal was originally very depressed after losing, but this morning, Liu Mang called him and invited him to record a program together. He had already thought of the theme to collect funny clips from recent NBA games and select the ones from the past week. The five most embarrassing funny highlights, with O'Neal as the judge and commentator.

When O'Neal heard this, his original depression of losing was gone. Early in the morning, he came to the recording studio that ESPN had built overnight in Phoenix by borrowing equipment and venues from friendly stations, and recorded the program with Liu Mang.

And because of O'Neal's talent for comedy, ESPN, which broke the ice with O'Neal, also signed a contract with O'Neal and would come to Phoenix to record "Five Embarrassing" with O'Neal once a week.

Money is secondary. O'Neal is excited about being able to cooperate with ESPN for a long time, which will allow him to show up more often.

O'Neal lamented that Liu Mang was much better than him in many aspects. He had a very bad relationship with Kobe. Liu Mang was so angry with Kobe that Kobe would still participate in some activities invited by Liu Mang.

O'Neal himself didn't like Liu Mang back then. He was just happy that Liu Mang and Kobe were fighting against him. But Liu Mang won three consecutive championships, two regular season MVPs, two scoring champions, in addition to the best team and best defensive team. Although he has fewer honors than him, Liu Mang can no longer lose to him in terms of major honors.

Not only is it strong, but it has done well in many other aspects. It has single-handedly launched a carbonated drink brand. Although Very Coke is not yet a rival to the two cola giants, it is already the third best-selling carbonated drink brand in the United States.

The operation of commercial value has also been well developed. The endorsement fee ranks first among active players. This is inseparable from Liu Mang's frequent appearances on TV and causing troubles. O'Neal knows that he is at the end of his career and this contract is over. It's basically time to retire. He is the kind of person who spends money like water. Although he has some businesses of his own, he is worried about his exposure after retirement. This time he owes Liu Mang a favor.

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On December 21st, the Hawks came to Dallas for a day of training to prepare for their second meeting with the Mavericks on the night of the 22nd.

In the evening, the Eagles players gathered in Liu Mang's room, and the Eagles coaching staff also came, wanting to watch Liu Mang's program.

When Liu Mang first started recording these programs a few years ago, the coaching staff...mainly Coach Kruger was very dissatisfied. Mike Woodson's dislike of Liu Mang was also due to these non-basketball factors.

But later they discovered that although Liu Mang liked to toss, it would not affect the game, so they left it alone. Now Liu Mang's various programs are very popular, and they were also very interested, and wanted to see what Liu Mang was going to do this time. Who is.

After Duncan was wildly praised by Liu Mang last time, he was targeted by his opponents in almost every game. His scoring average dropped by 20 points per game, but his assists increased to a career-high 4.1. The Spurs originally wanted to develop insignificantly, but now they have to Every day, teams want to beat the No. 1 power forward in history.

Today's live broadcast on ESPN is the game between the New Orleans Hornets and the Sherlock Bobcats. The showdown between Paul and Felton is still interesting to watch, especially in North Carolina. After all, they were once their team.

But the game wasn't very good to watch. Poor Paul didn't get two big helpers. Now he's not even as good as the Bobcats. The Bobcats are at least tenth in the Eastern Conference. The Hornets have already gone to compete for Oden.

Finally, it was time for the intermission. "Five Embarrassing" and "Details" which had been previewed yesterday and also announced on Liu Mang and O'Neal's Facebook were broadcast successively...

The Eagles are having fun here, but the two boss-level players from the other two teams are experiencing great mood swings...

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In Los Angeles, Kobe was in front of the TV early in the evening. He felt a chill in his back when he saw the news that Liu Mang and O'Neal recorded a program together and the second episode of "Details" would be broadcast today. These two people got together and he felt that he was being targeted!

Especially when O'Neal was very proud in an interview that it was Liu Mang who asked him to record the program together and helped him get a long-term contract. The program will be broadcast every week in the future. Kobe felt cold...

Kobe knew that Liu Mang often made fun of him, but it was okay. Liu Mang had a bottom line.

And O'Neal, Kobe felt that he had no bottom line at all!

Sure enough, after two commercials were broadcast during the halftime break, "Five Big Embarrassments" sponsored by a well-known sports brand was broadcast, which was full of Kobe's mistakes before this season.

And the mistakes were as incredible as they could be, especially with O'Neal's dubbing and Liu Mang's timely laughter, it looked as funny as it could be.

Kobe had already prepared himself mentally, holding back his anger, and preparing to see how Liu Mang would analyze him later. This was the key point. Duncan's hit rate was targeted to almost 50%. Although Duncan adjusted very well, slowly adapted to the opponent's targeting, and strengthened his passing, the power of Liu Mang's analysis still worried Kobe.

However...

When "Details" was broadcast, Kobe saw the cover character, was stunned for a moment, and then laughed...

"Hahahaha... You fat guy, playing with this despicable boy, do you really think he is so kind? It would be strange if you don't get played to death..."

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In Phoenix, O'Neal saw his wonderful performance in the five embarrassing moments, which made his teammates and coaching staff who invited to watch the show laugh non-stop. O'Neal started to brag and show off his comedy talent again.

O'Neal also attached great importance to the subsequent "Details" program. In his opinion, it was definitely targeted at Kobe. The game between the Hawks and the Lakers will be on the 25th.

However, when the cover image of "Details" came out, O'Neal couldn't laugh anymore...

This time, Liu Mang only announced in advance that the second episode of "Details" would be broadcast today together with the five embarrassing moments, but he didn't announce the target person in advance.

ESPN meant that broadcasting the two together could boost the ratings of O'Neal's "Five Embarrassing Stories". Halftime is the time when many fans go to the bathroom or buy things, and only Liu Mang's show can keep fans in front of the TV.

O'Neal also specially helped Liu Mang release the preview of the second episode of "Details"...

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Originally, the audience of the game between the Hornets and the Bobcats was mainly concentrated in North Carolina, and even the ratings in Oklahoma were average, mainly because the Supersonics decided to move to Oklahoma in July 2008, and the Hornets decided to return to New Orleans after the 2007-2008 season to help the rebuilding New Orleans regain popularity.

New Orleans has become a ruin. If it wants to be rebuilt, people have to come back to live there. The old people are happy to go back, but the young people may not be. So we need something to attract young people, and the NBA team is the best choice.

The owner of the Hornets does not want to move to Oklahoma City either. The prospects of New Orleans, which is close to the sea, are much better than those of Oklahoma City.

But this game, which was not very popular originally, has a lot of ratings because of Liu Mang's program. Although the ads and programs during the game are free to watch, many people waited from the beginning of the game and bought a live broadcast.

Liu Mang gets one million US dollars in advertising revenue from ESPN every year because he helps ESPN increase its ratings.

Just like the idea of ​​the OK combination, Liu Mang and O'Neal are together, so the target must be O'Neal.

The broadcast of "Five Big Embarrassments" confirmed the views of fans and the media, but after the broadcast of "Details"...

Everyone understood...

O'Neal was cheated!

After the game between the Hawks and the Suns on December 19, Liu Mang and Mike Woodson studied how to limit the Card-Shark combination. There were not many ways to deal with it, but at least there were some, such as adding a meat shield center as a substitute, or replacing the starting center in advance to deal with O'Neal when the Suns could not defend against the Suns without O'Neal's main lineup, etc. The Hawks did this in the second half.

On the morning of the 20th, before O'Neal came to the TV station for the appointment, Liu Mang had already recorded the five-minute program targeting O'Neal in advance...

O'Neal looked at the detailed analysis of himself that he had promoted. He was originally very grateful to Liu Mang, but now he wanted to bite Liu Mang to death!

His new team was finally on the right track, but it encountered such a thing, and he still owed Liu Mang a favor!