Chapter 49 The closed training camp opens
Next is the shooting of public service advertisements. To bring together such a large number of traffic, all you have to say is definitely what you want to persuade people to be kind. Adding it to the previous promotional video is a way to capture both spiritual civilization and material civilization.
Lee Yuan and Chris Bosh have never had any acting experience, so the camera feels not very good in the advertisement, but under the guidance of the director, they still completed the shooting smoothly.
The entire itinerary was completely over afterwards. Interestingly, Jim Carrey came to ask for contact information from Li Yuan and Chris Bosh. He is a basketball enthusiast, and as a Canadian, he naturally supports the only Raptors in the NBA in Toronto. He also paid attention to what happened to the Raptors these days. Carter went to Washington. The protagonists of the Raptors in the new season will be Chris Bosh and Li Yuan standing in front of him.
So when he met them on the spot today, he had already made up his mind to contact them after the filming was over.
Li Yuan and Chris Bosh also simply exchanged contact information with the latter.
Since Chris Bosh has been playing in the NBA for a year and has performed very well this year, some celebrities often add his contact information. He is no longer surprised by such things. Of course, it is rare for big stars like Jim Carrey to take the initiative to exchange contact information with him.
And for Li Yuan, this is even more new.
After exchanging contact information, they exchanged greetings with each other for a few words. Jim Carrey said that he would take his friends to the JND Aviation Stadium with him in the regular season to cheer them on. Li Yuan and Chris Posh nodded, expressed their welcome, and then went home.
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Soon, the promotional video and public service advertisement that Li Yuan participated in were broadcast on various TV channels in Toronto. The combination of Li Yuan and Chris Bosh also became the hot topic of discussion among Raptors fans during this period.
"Big Sharks" went to Miami and Wade to form a new "ok" combination, and McGrady went to Houston and Yao Ming to form another "ok" combination. These news made the fans of the Raptors quite envious. They still longed for the Raptors to have such a combination, but now with the broadcast of this promotional video and this public service advertisement, they suddenly found that it seemed that they really had a pair of "ok" combinations - Li Yuan and Chris Bosh.
Moreover, this pair was called the "Georgia Double Devils" as early as March last year, which fully proves that they can coexist and cooperate on the court and are a newcomer combination that is completely worth looking forward to.
Even amid the discussion, some fans have regarded them as the future of the Raptors!
Li Yuan saw that the discussions about him in the local media in Toronto suddenly became louder in the past few days, and he also said in his heart: No wonder Leon Ross was so eager to ask me to agree to this shooting. This influence is really great!
However, Li Yuan also knows that being regarded by some Raptors fans as the future hope of the Raptors, and being a powerful newcomer who can form another "ok" combination with Chris Bosh. This is certainly a good thing, but at the same time, these expectations will also become his pressure. If he cannot play the expected performances of these fans, then he can completely imagine that this part of the fans who are so optimistic about him now will all become his black fans!
Just like Vince Carter now, the Toronto media's sarcasm for him has not stopped since the latter was traded.
But the most reported "Vincecart's bravery" were the local media in Toronto.
Most of the black fans were originally true fans, but they only became black fans after they were disappointed.
This is the situation Li Yuan is facing now.
Only by constantly working hard to make himself what these Raptors fans expect can he continue to gain greater support.
This is undoubtedly a kind of pressure, and Li Yuan also had to turn this pressure into motivation.
It’s really thankful to this wave of pressure. Li Yuan’s completion and quality in the following special training were very high, which allowed him to make some obvious progress in the last special training before the Raptors’ closed training camp.
These advancements also made him full of confidence in his upcoming first season of his career.
Finally, September 15th arrived, and the Raptors' closed training camp opened. Li Yuan went to the team on time to report that a staff member had already sorted out his locker for him. It was not someone else's, but the one used by Vince Carter before. The management gave him this wardrobe, and it was self-evident what he wanted to explain.
Li Yuan chose the number 0, which is the same as his choice at Georgia Tech.
0 symbolizes starting from the new beginning, starting from scratch, starting from the beginning... The meaning of the word Yuan in Li Yuan also has the meaning of the head. Starting from the beginning, that is, starting from the Yuan. From Li Yuan's perspective, this number reminds him that everything starts with himself.
Of course, if the head of state chooses this number 0, there is also the meaning of Li Yuan being the boss.
Next to his locker is Chris Posh and Iguodala.
The NBA's locker room cabinet can always show a player's position in the team: a water dispenser player's locker must be in a certain inconspicuous corner, and the team's main locker must be concentrated in a range, just like the locker room of Li Yuan, Bosh and Iguodala now.
While Li Yuan changed his clothes, Chris Bosh also arrived. He also thought that Li Yuan would come early today, so he deliberately went in advance. He thought that with him there, he could help Li Yuan integrate into the "old man" circle of the Raptors.
However, Chris Bosh was also a little over-concerned. After the Raptors traded Vince Carter this summer, they made some small trades one after another, with the purpose of trading some guys in the team who may occupy the ball rights in the new season, giving them enough room for growth for the three of them.
In other words, the remaining "old men" in the Raptors lineup are players with very good personalities and temperaments. At the same time, their careers have basically been set and they have no ambitions, such as Jaylen Ross, who has won the Community Contribution Award, and Morris Peterson, the defensive sharp knife... They are all players with good reputations in the league and are very easy to get along with.
After Chris Bosh arrived, he found that he was worried too much because Li Yuan had already started chatting with these "old men". Listening to the frequent laughter, he obviously had a good chat.
Then Chris Bosh realized that when he was in the University of Georgia, Li Yuan was the circle he quickly integrated into. He really knew how to deal with his teammates well. His boss, who had been the captain of the University of Georgia for two years, had no idea.
Chapter completed!