Chapter 14 [Role Playing]
The Lakers narrowly defeated the Warriors 102-100. Ye Feng played for 14 minutes and scored 2 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks. His dunk was selected into the top five goals of the day, but apart from dunks, he did nothing on the offensive end.
In the next few games, as long as Ye Feng comes on the court, his opponent will adopt a 23-team joint defense tactic and defend the basket. He pulls to a high position, and the defenders are all small men, but he has the advantage of height but cannot score, which is disappointing. He shoots more inaccurately than in training when someone is interfering in front of him.
If Ye Feng grabs the frontcourt rebound, the defensive players will adopt foul tactics and send him to the free throw line. Ye Feng's poor performance on the free throw line is comparable to "Big Ben" and "Sharks", and he has made 1 of 4 free throws and 1 of 6 free throws in a row. The more he doesn't make a shot, the more pressure he will be. By the sixth game, he will feel a little dizzy when he stands on the free throw line.
In the end, the Lakers achieved a record of 5 wins and 2 losses in the preseason. Ye Feng averaged only about 15 minutes of playing time, but fortunately this would not affect his stay. Everyone in the coaching staff thought that he had potential to dig, and was a piece of uncensored jade, and could become a treasure with a little polishing.
At the end of the preseason, the team had three days off. Ye Feng returned to Los Angeles with the team. That night, the team held a press conference and announced that they had signed with him for a year's minimum salary. He will wear the No. 74 jersey for the Lakers in the new season. Manager Kuppchek and Ye Feng made a promising press conference and showed off the jersey.
Afterwards, the reporters began to ask questions, it was the first time Ye Feng was interviewed by so many people.
The reporter asked: "Congratulations on signing the contract with the Lakers. Can you tell me about your mood at this moment?"
Ye Feng was a little speechless in the first question. When many people were interviewed, the first thing they wanted to say was to thank the XX Basketball Association, thank their parents and friends, thank their leaders, and thank all TV... Ye Feng found that it was okay for his joining the Lakers to have nothing to do with these people. "I am very, very happy. The Lakers are a great team, and I like to play in Los Angeles."
The reporter asked: "You have the opportunity to fight side by side with Kobe now. Can you please comment on Kobe?"
Ye Feng thought for a while and said, "He has comprehensive skills, confident shooting, and is a superstar. In the preseason training camp, I learned a lot from him. He is my role model and goal."
The reporter asked: "What do you mean is to reach Kobe's height?"
Ye Feng knew what reporters like to listen to and how to hype them. These words would not cause disgust, but it would only make people feel that he was motivated. "I know it is difficult to achieve, but it is always good to have ideals and great goals, right? I hope that one day, provided that God has to give me the ability to shoot."
A female reporter asked with a smile: "Los Angeles is the base camp of Hollywood, with bright stars. Many people on the Internet say that you have a very good appearance. Will you use these conditions to get involved in the entertainment industry?"
Ye Feng smiled and said, "If I can become a league superstar and have time during the holidays, I will consider it in the future. Now I have to put practice first."
The reporter asked: "You are a non-draft and you are in the NBA. The Lakers are competing in the inside. Are you worried that playing time is difficult to guarantee? What role will you play in the team?"
Ye Feng said: "I will obey the team's arrangements and the coach's command. As long as I go on the court, I will do my best to strive to be a good role player. If the role the coach arranges for me does not play, I will do it well."
The reporters laughed.
A Chinese reporter asked: "You are the first Chinese player to join the NBA. Are you willing to play on behalf of the Chinese national team?"
Ye Feng answered in Chinese: "Of course I am willing to play for the Chinese team. My parents are both Chinese and I am also Chinese, but I was born here and have American nationality. I may not have such a chance."
The reporter was very satisfied with Ye Feng's Chinese speaking and asked with a smile: "If the Lakers meet Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming's team, what do you think?"
Ye Feng smiled and said, "I would like to make friends with them. Yao Ming is a great player and is very nice and humorous. Yi Jianlian and I are about the same age, so maybe we will talk to each other."
The reporter asked: "Sun Yue was selected by the Lakers this season, but she did not sign the contract smoothly. Some fans said that you snatched his position. What do you think of this issue?"
Ye Feng pretended to be surprised. "I didn't grab his position. He didn't participate in training camp. I grabbed Elton Brown and Turner's position. I hope he can join the Lakers next year."
The press conference was very short. The news that Ye Feng joined the Lakers has been enough to make Chinese fans excited for a while. Sun Yue can't play, and it's good to have Ye Feng now. All his preseason scores came from dunks, which left a deep impression on people. Fans like violent dunks.
The Lakers' final 15-man roster is released.
Organizing guards: Derek Fisher, Jordan Famal, Gavaris Crittanton.
Scoring guards: Kobe Bryant, Morris Evans, Sasha Vujasic.
Small forwards: Luke Walton, Vladimir Radmanovich.
Power forwards: Ramal Odom, Ronnie Turiaf, Brian Cook, Ye Feng.
Center: Andrew Bynum, Kwame Brown, Chris Meim.
When Ye Feng returned home, a group of people in the house were holding a party. This was not the celebration party he signed with the Lakers, but Neal and a group of UC students came to play.
Americans are party animals and have to have a party every few days. A group of people they know or don’t know get together to eat, drink, have fun, and be free from restraint. Ye Feng is not interested in partying, so he can only join now.
He found Neil in the crowd and smiled, "Man, these are your friends?"
"Ye, are you back? Congratulations on signing the contract." During this period, Neil also became friends with him, patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "It's all my classmates, and exchange students from the UK. We are here to run a party, don't you mind?"
Of course Ye Feng had no objection. "Don't mind, everyone can have fun."
There have always been alcoholics in the UK. After a while, many people drank high, and the music became louder and louder. Ye Feng was very popular. Several girls pulled him to chat, but they didn't have the type he liked. After saying a few words, they hid on the balcony, which was quieter.
Gabriella was also on the balcony, laying a newspaper and sitting on the ground in a daze, looking a little melancholy. Seeing him come in, she smiled slightly and said softly: "Are you back?"
Ye Feng smiled and said, "Well, I'm back. I want to find a quieter place. Didn't you bother you?"
Gabriella said lightly: "It's okay, it's very spacious, will you sit for a while?"
Ye Feng also sat on the ground and asked, "You seem unhappy. If something happens, maybe I can help you."
Gabriella shook her head and sighed, "I failed the audition again, and there is no way. I went to the TV series New Oolong Girls' School for audition, and the director suggested that he would have to sleep with him if he wanted to play a supporting role, which made me so angry. Is Hollywood so bad?"
Living under the same roof, Ye Feng's career is booming, but Gabriella is very unsuccessful.
Hollywood is indeed cruel. It is normal for newcomers to sleep with directors in order to get roles. The cruelest thing is that there are too many top beauties in Hollywood, and many people can't even get the number of unspoken rules. If you want to become a superstar here, strength is the most important thing, and your connections and unspoken rules have to be back. The film and television industry players here will not be short-sighted and eager for quick success. A team can do homework for several years in order to make a fine movie, and investors will also have patience.
Ye Feng suspected that Gabriella was a type of person with no acting skills. If she had acting skills, she would not have been able to play in her first movie until 2011. After the performance, she was also regarded as a "vase". During this period, Ye Feng also roughly understood Gabriella's personality. She was honest, spoke softly, didn't know how to joke, and was always serious. Such a girl could be said to be quiet, but it is difficult for a quiet person to become a good actor.
Ye Feng smiled. "You have a good expression now. If there is a sad scene, you will definitely be successful in the audition."
Gabriella frowned and said, "I'm so unlucky. Don't you comfort me, and you still say sarcastic words. Do you deliberately anger me?"
Ye Feng smiled and said, "I don't think you are the kind of person who will sleep with directors for the sake of the role. If you want to be famous, you must be outstanding in acting. Good actors have their own acting careers. The wider the acting career, the easier it is to make a name for themselves. Do you know what you are good at acting?"
He has interviewed many movie stars. In order to find topics with each other, he needs to know a lot about movies. He has watched many movies and heard Hollywood stars talk about acting. A few words aroused Gabriella's interest in chatting.
"I want to play a romantic romance like Meg Ryan."
Ye Feng shook his head. "That's too difficult. Megrian is either sweet-sweet sister from the beginning. She played a carefree, careless, a little self-righteous woman who cried like a tap when she was boiling a tap. She is famous for her special image. To be honest, I think you lack personality."
Gabriella sighed, “I think what you said makes sense.”
Ye Feng continued: "The shortcut to being famous is to play a personal role, create a unique image, let people know you, and let the director remember you. For example, if I do the action, see what you will think of?"
Ye Feng waved his orchid fingers, swayed a few times, and smiled and said, "I have dark circles now, and my beard and hair are very long. Who am I?"
Gabriella immediately thought of the answer. "Jack Sparrow."
"Okay, this..." Ye Feng knelt on one knee, clenched his fists and rested on the ground, expressionless, his eyes slowly turned, and looked at both sides.
Gabriella said in surprise: "Devil Terminator? It's really like the performance."
"Very good." Ye Feng sat back next to her and said lightly: "I won't act the next one. You fantasize about these scenes. A cold and beautiful woman, strong and agile. She is a killer and works for a huge organization. The organization sent her to save a young man. She was shooting a gunfight in the supermarket, driving a Ferrari in the city, then crashing and exploding... Who is this person?"
Gabriella thought for a while and said, "Angelina Jolie, Milla Jovovich?"
Ye Feng smiled and said, "They can be. What I want to say is, if you were asked to play the role you just mentioned, can you play it well?
Chapter completed!