Chapter 1521 1520. Kobe's Admiration (Asking for Monthly Votes)

The Christmas games in the past three years have been very interesting.

The "run-and-gun duel" between the Suns and the Hawks in the 2005-06 season plus the "OK battle" between the Lakers and the Heat.

The battle between the Hawks and the Lakers in the 2006-07 season.

This season's super brawl...

From the 23rd, two days before Christmas, the hot atmosphere of the Christmas game has already begun.

When Liu Mang, Yao Ming and others arrived at the Staples Center, a large number of fans had gathered outside the stadium. Some fans had rushed to Los Angeles from all over the world a few days ago. Today, they are expected to wait from the morning until the evening game starts.

Those who have tickets will go to the scene to watch, and those who don't have tickets are also looking forward to seeing the players. The major bars and basketball fan clubs in Los Angeles have been fully booked...

Liu Mang thinks that the other four cities hosting Christmas games should be just as crazy.

After discussing the tactics of the evening game again in the morning, the Hawks had no other arrangements. Except for not being allowed to go out, they can go back to the hotel or meet friends, or stay in the lounge of the Staples Center to watch the live broadcast of the first four Christmas games in the afternoon.

Liu Mang had nothing to do. Christmas was the most important time of the year in Europe and America. Liu Mang chose to go back to the hotel to have lunch with the three girls.

After lunch, the little girl stuck to Liu Mang and prepared to watch the second Christmas game in Los Angeles at 1:30, where the Raptors played against the Suns at home.

The first game started at 11:00 a.m. in Los Angeles time, which was almost three hours earlier in the East than in Los Angeles.

While watching the pre-match interviews and other news, Liu Mang's cell phone rang.

"Is this... little bun sister?"

Little bun, who had not been in touch since summer's birthday, called, and Liu Mang picked up the phone.

"Little bun sister, the future big star, I haven't seen you for a long time, what's the matter?" Liu Mang asked with a smile.

"I've told you many times not to call me little bun!"

"Okay, little bun."

"..." The other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "Brother Ace, can you do me a favor?"

"Go ahead." Liu Mang was also very direct.

"I want two tickets for your game against the Lakers tonight."

"Okay, I'll ask Jeff to buy you two tickets. I'll treat you." Liu Mang has his daughter on the left and his little girl on the right. He is in a good mood today.

"No, no, Brother Ace, you can just ask the Lakers for two tickets. I checked the pre-sale tickets last month. They are so expensive."

This stingy character... Liu Mang felt a strong sense of identification!

Before Liu Mang spoke, the voice on the other end of the phone came again: "Brother Ace, you are so good, the Lakers should not dare not give you tickets!"

Liu Mang was happy to hear this and immediately replied: "Of course, it's just tickets, right? How many do you want?"

"Two, I'm going to watch the game with my roommate. We don't need front row tickets, as long as they are tickets, and the stands are fine. It's great that I can go to the scene to watch you play."

"...Isn't it just two front row tickets? Leave it to me." Liu Mang agreed immediately, with a tone that could not be refused.

Let Xiao Baozi wait, Liu Mang hung up the phone and began to think about how to ask for tickets. It was a bit difficult to call for tickets at this time.

Liu Mang rarely contacted this little girl with a chubby face. It was originally just an "investment", and it was a low-risk investment. He only needed to borrow tuition and living expenses. The last time he contacted was when she called to send birthday wishes on his birthday.

Xiao Baozi studied preparatory courses in Los Angeles for a long time, starting with the most basic English and then studying acting. Although hard work may not necessarily pay off, there will definitely be no gains if you don't work hard. After a period of hard work, she was admitted to the acting department of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. This year, she has been studying at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.

Tuition and living expenses are still borrowed from Liu Mang, but Liu Mang feels that the time for this investment to pay off is getting closer and closer. Few Chinese art students can be admitted to the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. The University of Southern California is the first art and sports university in American history to obtain a bachelor's degree.

Unlike in China, where you can get a bachelor's degree or even a doctorate from any art school, the academic world in the United States is very rigorous. In the 21st century, there are only a handful of art schools in the United States that are qualified to award bachelor's degrees.

Xiao Baozi, who is studying at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, has attracted the attention of some domestic brands and TV producers. Liu Mang learned from Schwartz that Xiao Baozi has been shooting commercials for some fast food and snack brands, that is, the so-called advertising artist.

That Baozi face looks so delicious when eating, which makes people very appetizing. Generally speaking, the spokespersons of the catering industry and the snack industry are basically the kind who look delicious when eating.

Schwartz will certainly not let go of the money to be made. His media company signed a contract with Xiao Baozi as early as the summer and is preparing to build a studio, of course, a domestic studio. The specific work will be handled by domestic professionals. Liu Mang's company only needs to bear the initial capital supply. Although this kind of contract signing method similar to cooperation is not solid, Schwartz originally just regards this as a "side job".

Schwartz started his "side business" in 2005. As the actual owner of the agency, Schwartz's business has grown bigger and bigger. The NBA is his main business, and the other three major leagues in the United States have also signed some people. , especially the NFL where it is easiest to sign players. The NFL drafts several rounds and hundreds of rookies every year. Anyway, you don’t suffer any disadvantages when signing college students. If you are selected, you will make money. If you are not selected, you can give up.

In addition, Schwartz also established a branch in the media industry with some of his friends. Schwartz’s wide network of contacts puts Liu Mang to shame. They are all top students in prestigious universities. Except for Kruger, Liu Mang The coach didn't need any college connections, but Schwartz took full advantage of them.

This is also related to the fact that Schwartz is now famous. As the saying goes, rich people in the mountains have distant relatives. Even if Schwartz does not take the initiative to contact him, those people will come to contact him.

But Schwartz was different from Liu Mang. Liu Mang found it troublesome to contact someone, but Schwartz was a businessman.

Many third- and fourth-tier artists want to go to the front row of the NBA to watch the game because they can show their faces on live TV. Maybe they will be spotted by a director or producer and get a role in the script. .

Xiao Baozi didn't ask for front row tickets. Of course Liu Mang wanted to help Xiao Baozi. This game will not only be broadcast live in the United States, but also in China. Maybe it will make Xiao Baozi famous on the domestic Internet.

Liu Mang remembered that Little Baozi became famous after filming "New Return of the Pearl". He didn't know if it would delay the future of this little sister, so it would be nice if he could help a little.

Moreover, for my own agency, the little buns can make money if they become popular!

However, Liu Mang went to ask for the game tickets now... He had already asked San Niu for the game tickets yesterday, and it felt a bit embarrassing to ask for the game tickets again.

"Let me see how much a front row ticket is... Damn! More than 30,000?" Liu Mang looked at the price on the scalper website and decisively gave up the idea of ​​buying it, "I'd better go to Brother Blacksmith, he has such a big face. It shouldn’t be a problem to go to their boss and ask for two tickets.”

Liu Mang dialed Kobe's cell phone, and it took a while for him to get through.

Liu Mang was slandering "electronic idiots" when an unkind voice came from the other end of the phone: "What do you want?"

"Kobe, please help me." Liu Mang said directly.

"I don't have time, I can't help."

Sure enough, the person on the other end of the phone refused directly.

This was what Liu Mang had expected. Liu Mang tried his best to sound disappointed: "Oh... I also said that Los Angeles is your territory. You can solve such a trivial matter with just one sentence. Is my perception wrong? ”

The other end of the phone was silent for two seconds and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I want two front row tickets."

"..." After a few seconds of silence, the voice on the phone came: "I asked Vanessa to give the ticket to Levia. I don't want to see you before the game, so don't come to me."

"Oh, Kobe, we are all player No. 24, why are you so cold... Hey, hey, hey... Damn, I haven't even finished speaking yet!"

Liu Mang complained and hung up the phone, as long as the purpose was achieved.

The goal was achieved. Liu Mang felt that he was so lucky to have a young blacksmith in the NBA. He was someone who could come to him even if he didn't have skills. He was also a perfect opponent if he had any troubles.

However, after he was satisfied with completing something, Liu Mang felt a trace of murderous intent...

"Uncle, who is Little Baozi!" Little Loli asked unkindly.

Liu Mang had forgotten that this little loli could understand Chinese!

"We have an artist in our company, Dinah. We also have a media company. Do you want to be a star?" Liu Mang explained and then poked the little Loli in the face and asked.

"I'm an artist in the company. Dinah doesn't want it. It's too troublesome." After hearing this, the little loli lost interest.

"Who did you learn this troublesome character from?"

"Stop talking about this, the game is about to begin..."

"Hey, who asked first?"

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"The next one...the best player in the world...Kobe Bryant..."

At 8:07, there were still 23 minutes left before the start of the Eagles' away game against the Lakers on Christmas Day. Amid the cheers of all the fans, Kobe entered the court with his head held high proudly.

At 8:05, the Eagles players had already entered the stadium.

Every team says that their star player is the best player in the world... The stars these days are confident, unlike in the future who will not dare to say that they are the best player.

Just as Liu Mang expected, the loser MVP cast a shadow over the Lakers' championship at the time, but as time goes by, the loser is the loser after all, and the championship is king.

Unlike last year's Christmas game, when the Eagles came here for the Christmas game last year, the fans at the scene were in a very violent mood.

But last season, the Lakers succeeded in revenge in the Finals, and the arrogant mentality of Lakers fans regained the upper hand. Even though they had just climbed to third place in the Western Conference, Lakers fans were very proud. Since they were not first in the Western Conference in the new century, , has won three championships.

Looking at the two cubs who are over two years old and can be held by Levia and Alexia to watch the game at the scene, looking at Alexia looking at a little girl with a bun face with unfriendly eyes, looking at Levia looked like it had nothing to do with her, but occasionally paid attention to Liu Mang's artists, watching the little loli curiously chatting with Bun-faced...

The roommate Xiao Baozi brought with him was also a college student. He was two years younger than Xiao Baozi, only 18 years old. He was also studying at the University of Southern California, but in the history department.

Liu Mang was so pissed that that guy Kobe was looking for trouble and actually went to ask for the tickets next to Levia and the others.

"Where are the first-row tickets that we agreed on? Wait, it seems that I want front-row tickets. I didn't ask for the first-row tickets... What a big loss..."

Nothing else mattered. What Liu Mang cared about was that the price difference between the tickets in the fourth row and those in the first row was several times higher!

The original price of the tickets in the first row was 15,000, but they were sold to more than 30,000 by scalpers...

However, Liu Mang felt that with Xiao Baozi and San Niu, his three family members, sitting next to each other, they might get more shots, and he felt more comfortable.

Kobe was not surprised when he saw two Chinese girls sitting in the seats where he wanted the tickets. In his opinion, men... As a 100-person kill, and a 100-year-old man all over the world. The little blacksmith who contacted me thought it was too normal.

But Kobe saw that Liu Mang had found two girlfriends and it was public, and he seemed to be planning to find a third one. For the first time, he felt that Liu Mang was really a man! I'm so impressed!

As for Little Baozi's roommate, Kobe ignored him. Although the aesthetics of China and the United States are different, their aesthetics are basically the same. Kobe feels that Liu Mang, who he regards as his strongest enemy, should have a high standard.

But Liu Mang saw a girl sitting next to Yi Jianlian... His heart was burning with gossip...

The game was about to start, and neither Liu Mang nor Kobe took the initiative to talk to each other. Liu Mang learned to be smart this time, and did not take the initiative to say hello to Kobe. He was repeatedly ignored. If he didn't learn to be smart, he would be really stupid.

Liu Mang, Yao Ming, and Wang Zhizhi chatted about Yi Jianlian's gossip. Yi Jianlian was sitting in the front row. He felt the gazes from the three national team bosses from time to time. He saw Liu Mang, Yao Ming, and Wang Zhizhi talking and looking at each other. There were various kinds of smiles on his side, especially seeing Yao Ming's warm smile, Yi Jianlian felt that something was going to happen...

Yao Dazui is no joke.

There were a lot of pre-match activities before the Christmas game. By 8:20, all the pre-match activities were over, and the media and staff left the stadium at the referee's signal.

Liu Mang practiced shooting more than ten times. When it was almost 8:30, he came to the technical stage and applied magnesium powder on it, then took a handful and threw it into the air, which triggered boos from the fans at the scene, and a small number of Chinese and Asian fans. Cheers, and the starting teammates who have finished applying magnesium powder come on stage together!