Before going to lunch, Liu Mang was called away by a staff member and taken to the reception room of the Wachovia Center.

Liu Mang was very curious, what's going on? Or is it that the 76ers management is going to do this kind of shady behind-the-scenes operation?

For example, give up a big contract and let Liu Mang join the 76ers after playing next season?

This is something that requires heavy punishment!

As a result, the door opened, and inside were the owner of his team, Steven Price, and head coach Kruger.

In addition, Liu Mang also saw several unexpected faces!

Reporters sent from China!

There were four people in the group, a reporter who was responsible for sketching and recording, a camera reporter, and two commentators, one was Su Qun who was still young, and the other was Zhang Weiping who still had black hair!

"Win the championship, win the championship..."

Director Zhang's cheers after the Lakers won the championship came to Liu Mang's mind.

It seems that there were domestic reporters during group interviews before, such as a certain wave, a certain fox, the TV stations of Guangdong and Guangxi, the media of Taiwan Province, the media of the special economic zone... but there was no real owner. That is to say, domestic sports still attract the most attention and are the most mainstream media.

Media's imperial sports channel.

"Ace, you're here. Let me introduce you. These are your journalists from China. They have specially booked an exclusive interview with you. I wanted to tell you yesterday, but you didn't stay in the officially arranged hotel..."

Boss Price is very excited. Ever since he received the interview request from the Imperial Sports Station yesterday morning, he has been almost crazy with excitement.

It’s finally here! Finally, we took the lead and became the first team to officially have ties with China!

Although Price had such a premonition since he was selected for the All-Star Game, when China's most mainstream media came to request an interview, he almost lost his breath with excitement.

"Hello, Mr. Liu, hello..." Zhang Weiping said a string of English.

Obviously, Liu Mang was regarded as someone who could not speak Mandarin.

This is a matter of habit. Generally speaking, although Chinese basketball players are not as dark as a certain football team, and are so dark that they involve some unimaginably dirty transactions, domestic basketball players must participate in official competitions, starting from high school.

From universities to professions, etc., they are all controlled by certain associations in various places and certain associations across the country.

Even these days, basketball-related industries, such as the media, are subject to the regulation of a certain association.

Liu Mang is completely outside the control of a certain association. That is to say, he may have been outside the country since he became famous for playing basketball. He may even be a Chinese and may have grown up in the United States.

After all, basketball is something that, except for a few exceptions, more than 95% of basketball geniuses, especially those of the yellow race, can recognize it from a young age.

What does it mean to be scary when you open your mouth?

He is talking about Liu Mang.

There is a very popular accent in China. Many people want to learn it but can’t learn it well, but it does sound interesting...

"You are so careless in coaching, oh my, I really like to see you doing it, it's Bashi..." Liu Mangbiao said in Chengdu dialect.

The four people from China were stunned, and their collective heads exploded!

Sichuanese?

What does this say?

Except for the name Director Zhang, everyone was confused when hearing other words.

So embarrassing! Director Zhang is so embarrassed that he actually uses English. He speaks Mandarin or a dialect, which makes it even more embarrassing! He still doesn’t understand!

Director Zhang glanced at Su Qun. Su Qun was still a young commentator at this time, not the respected old man he later became. He decisively stated that he did not understand. Neither of the two reporters were from the south. The south, especially the southwestern region.

The dialect is pretty much the same.

If you don't understand... then pretend to understand! That 'Bashi' should be a good word. Zhang was very agile when he was young, but his brain reflexes are still very fast as he gets older. He immediately smiled and said in Mandarin: "No.

I think Mr. Liu, your Chinese is so good, thank you, thank you for your support."

After speaking, Director Zhang pricked up his ears and listened carefully! You will definitely understand.

Then...Liu Mang changed his dialect...

"Aren't you kidding me? How can our Gada Chinese be bad..."

Northeastern dialect!

I go!

Where is this from?

etc!

Director Zhang burst out laughing: "Haha, Mr. Liu, you are so funny, there is no way you don't know Mandarin!"

"Hi, hello, Director Zhang, I often watch the games you commentate on... Of course, before coming to the United States, you are the greatest player in the history of our country's basketball." Liu Mang stopped being weird and spoke honestly in Mandarin.

.

The latter is not a compliment. Before Yao Ming, it was really difficult for anyone to surpass Zhang Weiping in terms of personal honors. He is the only World Championship scoring champion in the history of Chinese basketball!

"I don't dare to claim it as the greatest... In my opinion, Mr. Liu, you are even greater. You have already reached the NBA and become an All-Star..."

Theoretically speaking, Liu Mang and Szczerbiak of the Timberwolves are now considered All-Stars, but the real decision-making power will be in the hands of the head coaches of the two teams. But before it is determined, Liu Mang and Szczerbiak

, the name is the replacement for the All-Star.

"How dare I compete with you, Director Zhang, a highly respected senior..."

Both faces were smiling and they started to promote business...

The two domestic reporters and the future respected Su Qun were stunned by the sudden change of painting style. The Eagles owner Price and head coach Kruger on the other side did not understand what was said, but saw Liu Mang.

The conversation with the leader, who was probably the commentator, seemed to be very enjoyable, and the big stone in my heart was relieved.

Coach Kruger was relieved because the boss was relieved. As for Liu Mang's commercial value, he didn't care so much. In the NBA, as long as he plays well, unless he really annoys the fans too much, the commercial value

Not bad at all!

On Price's side, he heard complaints from the Mavericks boss, saying that their Chinese players have a bad relationship with Chinese reporters and media, and have not benefited from the Chinese market at all. He is afraid that his own company will also suffer.

Something like that.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Now it seems that everything is moving in a good direction!

The business promotion was over and the formal interview began. The interviewer was Director Zhang, and Su Qun was responsible for translating for the two Americans.

"Mr. Liu..."

"Director Zhang, just call me... Ace. My English name is Ace." Liu Mang originally wanted the other party to call me by his name directly, but when he called his name seriously, it still sounded nice.

It's like being scolded.

"OK, Ace, I know you are also busy. You can be seen almost everywhere during the All-Star Weekend. Can you tell us why you participate in so many games? As you are now an All-Star player, you should

You don’t need to participate in so many games.” Director Zhang is very curious about this. This is also the biggest question for this All-Star and the biggest question for basketball fans around the world after seeing all the participating lists.

"So..." Liu Mang really didn't expect that this question would come up when he opened his mouth. The team owner and Kruger, who had a little understanding of Liu Mang's thoughts, almost burst out laughing.

To tell the truth, I want to be famous and want to go crazy.

But it’s impossible to tell the truth! This interview will definitely be released in China soon. The news about Liu Mang, the first NBA star player in China, was forced to lift the ban by a certain association in China. He must be the first domestic player at this stage.

The target of publicity may become Yao Ming in the future. After all, he is regarded as the "blood son" of a certain association, and he has to pay so much money a year.

Although it later changed from 45% to 5%, it was still a lot of money...

Let’s just say it! Liu Mang thought for a while and said it directly, but from a different angle: “I want to try to get all the best awards in the All-Star Game. At first, I didn’t expect that I would be selected for the All-Star Game, but

Now that everyone has signed up, wouldn’t it be nice to try an All-Star Grand Slam?”

So confident!

Su Qun hesitated for a moment, then translated to boss Price and Coach Kruger, and found that they were not surprised at all. Director Zhang and the reporter who had just transferred the camera to the two team management also discovered this.

In other words, Americans are not surprised at all by Liu Mang’s words!

In other words, our Chinese, who was selected as an All-Star in his rookie year, has always stood tall in the NBA with such confidence!

This is completely different from their previous interviews with Battelle and Wang Zhizhi!

If a person's self-confidence is not recognized by others, it will be regarded as arrogance, but if a person's self-confidence is taken for granted by others, then new people who know this will admire it!

Regardless of the fact that a certain association has opened up the news, it still seems to be indifferent. Anyway, Director Zhang, a man who has dedicated most of his life to domestic basketball, decided to praise Liu Mang!

Liu Mang probably didn't expect that his very ordinary answer, based on the confidence he had developed after coming to this world, would actually make several Chinese people feel so deeply.

This is the impact of the excessive worship of foreigners in China! Having a person with such self-confidence is like a breath of fresh air!

"Then let me first give you my best wishes, Ace, and wish you can achieve the All-Star Grand Slam!" Director Zhang couldn't help but applaud.

The interview had to continue, and Director Zhang then asked: "Although it's still a little long, you haven't played half of the season, and your record is so good, you might be able to go far in the playoffs. I wish you all the best."

Achieve better results, but will you choose to participate in the Indiana World Championships in the summer?"

When the country was mentioned, Liu Mang immediately put away his smile and said seriously: "Of course, if the country needs me to participate, I will be obliged to participate!"

Director Zhang and Su Qun looked at each other and smiled. With this interview, the chance of this young man being tripped up by a certain association is much lower.

It's not just fans who are disgusted. Professional basketball players and media people are actually equally disgusted with a certain association, but the system is like this...

Next are some general questions, where are you from, how did you fall in love with basketball, how did you get used to it after coming to the United States, and what about it? It’s an exclusive interview. In fact, most of them are personal but insignificant questions. This interview should be
To be continued...