After this game, there will be a three-day window, and then there will be a wave of home games against the Lakers, Timberwolves, Clippers and Heat.
On the 3rd, the team will have a day off, allowing the players to relax in Los Angeles for a day, and return to Phoenix on the 4th.
Lao Wang didn't intend to waste this day. He got up early in the morning, had breakfast, took out Roberts' personal business card, and made a call.
"Ring ring ring..."
Over there, Roberts was still sleeping under the quilt, as if he was having a sweet dream, when he was suddenly awakened by the ringing of the phone. After a long while, he reached out and grabbed the microphone on the bedside table.
"Ms. Roberts, I bet you're still in bed." An unfamiliar man's voice immediately sounded over there, with a New York accent.
"Sorry, who are you?" She was a little confused.
"I am Lao K, a man who is pursuing you."
"Oh, he is also a man who disturbs my sweet dreams."
"Have you dreamed about winning an Oscar?"
"How do you know?"
"Haha... Okay, Miss Roberts, I'm free today. I want to see the prosperity of Los Angeles. Are you willing to help me?"
Roberts was lying lazily on the bed. A man who was full of hormones wanted to chase her. His intention was obvious. He definitely didn't want to have a spiritual love with her. She recalled the process of getting along with Old K and felt that it was okay.
, she has never dated a man in the sports world, so let’s go deeper and see how she feels.
"ok."
As soon as she finished speaking, Comrade Lao Wang's cheers rang out over there, and she also started laughing.
"Old K, what are you doing?"
Buckley asked when he saw Lao Wang rushing into his room, grabbing his men's perfume and spraying it.
"Go on a date." Lao Wang chuckled.
"With Miss Roberts?" Buckley asked quickly.
"What if?"
Lao Wang put down the perfume and turned towards the door.
"TT are you ready? Don't get to the critical moment, oh damn, her car is too small to accommodate me, I'm too tall."
Buckley laughed strangely from behind.
"Ha ha……"
Kevin Johnson, who was in the same room, just got up and fell on the bed laughing again.
"Bang!"
Lao Wang was embarrassed and closed the door hard.
"Fortunately, Brother Zhang asked me to apply for a temporary driver's license, otherwise I would have wasted the opportunity again."
He got into a Mercedes-Benz SUV that the hotel had prepared for him and carefully set out on the road.
He has been in the United States for more than half a year, and he has never been in contact with a woman. During the short time he was in the provincial team, he did chase a girl from the women's team, but they were both young at the time, and the team was strict.
, they didn’t agree.
Now he is chasing a Hollywood female star, she seems to be somewhat famous, the beginning is not bad, it is a preliminary hook-up, but he doesn't know what the result will be.
Two hours later, Comrade Lao Wang was forced to park his car on the street. It was his first time in Los Angeles and he was completely lost.
"Ha ha……"
I had no choice but to call Roberts. After hearing this, the person over there couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, haha, old K, don't go anywhere now, just park there and I'll drive to you. By the way, tell me where you are now."
After laughing, Roberts asked.
Half an hour later, her Ferrari appeared in front of Lao Wang.
Throwing the Ferrari on the side of the road, the two left in the SUV.
"Old K, do you have a driver's license?" Roberts asked quickly when he saw the speed of the car.
"Yes, I just got a temporary driver's license." Lao Wang said.
"Oh, a rookie."
Roberts stroked his forehead, then made the sign of the cross on his chest, praying in his heart that he could go home safely today.
"Where are we going?" Lao Wang asked.
Roberts rolled his eyes at Lao Wang and said angrily: "Man, you asked me out, and you asked me where to go? Didn't you make any arrangements?"
Lao Wang thought, of course I want to go to the hotel, but he was afraid that it would be too abrupt. After hesitating for a while, he said: "It's almost noon, let's find a good hotel to have lunch?"
Roberts asked, if you want to have lunch instead of going to a restaurant, go to a hotel. Is the food in the hotel better than the restaurant? Damn it, old K, what are you planning?
"The car behind seems to be following us." Lao Wang said at this time.
Roberts looked back and said, "That's a reporter. He's been following me since I left the house."
"Do you want to get rid of them?" Lao Wang asked quickly.
"No, don't! Just let them follow."
Roberts immediately stopped her instinctively. She still wanted to live, she had just become popular, her days were still long, and an Oscar was waiting for her.
"Ham, they're driving so slowly, I bet they must be doing something in the car." said the paparazzi holding a camera in the car behind.
"boom!"
The driver who called Ham immediately stepped on the accelerator and rushed over.
"Kacha kacha..."
The two cars were immediately aligned, and the paparazzi with the camera started taking pictures crazily.
But soon, he stopped, stared blankly at the SUV next to him, and asked blankly: "Hey, old K, what are you doing?"
"You fool, can't you see I'm driving?" Lao Wang said angrily.
"Why are you driving so slowly?" the paparazzi asked still blankly.
"I'm afraid that if I drive too fast, you won't be able to keep up." Lao Wang shouted angrily.
"Old K, you are humiliating me. My previous job was as a professional racer around the city." Tom next to him yelled dissatisfied.
Next, the two cars slowly moved forward and continued to move forward.
"Okay, tell me where you are going, and we will wait for you there." Finally, ten minutes later, Tom couldn't help it and shouted loudly.
"Impossible, just follow slowly." Lao Wang said.
"boom!"
Angry, Tom stepped on the accelerator, leaving a cloud of black smoke, and then disappeared into the street.
"Tom, aren't you following?" the paparazzi asked in surprise.
"Follow me, I'll go crazy if you keep following me. They're going 15 mph. They're driving till night and they might not be able to get to any hotel. I'm going to curse old K for not bringing a TT with him. Yes, he didn't bring it with him. There's no place to buy it nearby."
." Tom cursed.
"They left?"
Roberts looked at the paparazzi cars going away in surprise. Why are you so impatient today?
Well, it seems like she doesn’t have much patience left. Damn it, old K. Are you going to date me like this? People running on the road can overtake you.
"Stop the car, old K, let me come." Finally, she couldn't help shouting.
"There are too many cars on the road, so for your safety, I drove very slowly." Lao Wang explained awkwardly.
"Thank you, but let me do it."
The two changed seats, and Roberts sat in the driver's seat. After adjusting the seat, he stepped on the accelerator and the SUV started racing wildly.
Not long after, the two came to Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, which is considered the most prosperous area in Los Angeles.
Roberts didn't mind that there were a lot of reporters here, and showed them openly that she was dating Lao K.
As a star, she also needs to be exposed. She is just dating a man, which is normal.
Through contact, she gained some understanding of Lao K.
A bit rustic, the media said that two months ago he was a coolie in New York's Chinatown.
Well, I'm still a little stingy. I don't have a mobile phone, not even a pager, and the clothes I wear are not up to par. Today I'm wearing the same outfit as last night. This is impossible in the upper class. It's a bit rude and etiquette-wise.
Lacks some.
But being with a giant gave her a sense of security, and last night's game allowed her to see Old K's unstoppable power and style, and his brutal and rough temperament, which was what attracted her.
In short, being with Lao K gave her a sense of freshness, and she wanted to try it.
"Old K, let me take you to buy some clothes that suit you. You need more high-end clothes to match your social status," she said.
"Social status?"
Lao Wang was a little confused, what social status do I have?
His living environment has changed too much in the past two months, so he hasn't adjusted yet, or maybe he can't adapt.
In fact, in the United States and the entire Western society, the social status of sports stars is still very high. He is now considered a slightly famous star in Phoenix and the entire state of Arizona. His attention in that area is still good, and his jerseys, etc.
Sales of peripheral products are also okay.
Nationally speaking, he has now accumulated a certain level of fame since scoring three games over Damn and Robinson in 2010, plus the attention generated by the rim collector.
Two hours later, Comrade Lao Wang returned to the hotel in a daze carrying several bags containing clothes and shoes.
On this date, I didn’t take advantage of anything. I just held hands and didn’t even kiss each other goodbye. I also spent more than 20,000 US dollars on clothes, and more than 100,000 yuan on four sets of clothes and several pairs of shoes.
The money he spent made his teeth hurt.
Buckley and his party didn't know where they went, but they happened to come back to the hotel and met in the lobby.
"Old K, what have you gained? Oh, they are all high-end suits. Did Miss Roberts give this to you? Are you going to change your career to a soft job?"
barked Buckley.
Lao Wang was stunned and quickly asked: "Brother, do you also think that I have the ability to eat soft food? Yes, I am like you, my teeth are not good, so I am suitable for eating soft food."
"Haha..." A group of people burst into laughter.
The next day, the 4th, the Suns finished their trip to Los Angeles and boarded a special plane back to Phoenix.
As soon as Lao Wang got on the plane, he picked a CD by Princess Xian, put on his headphones, and started listening to the music.
Speaking of Princess Xian standing in front of him, he probably wouldn't recognize her, but her songs are his favorite. There are many Princess Xian's tapes in his hometown, and of course they are all pirated copies.
At this time, the news that he and Roberts were dating appeared in the entertainment pages of major newspapers.
"In the newspapers again?"
Yu Feihong got into the rental car and rushed to the set again, and saw Wang Tiejun's news from the Los Angeles Daily News again, but this time it was not just the sports section, but the entertainment section and the sports section, both on the front page.
She felt incredible. Julia Roberts was a popular A-list actress in Hollywood. She had been nominated for two Oscars in the categories of Leading Actress and Supporting Actress just a few years after her debut. She needed acting skills and box office, but she was actually dating a Chinese guy who plays basketball.
Dating?
"This Lao Wang seems to be unusual. Why is there no news about him in the country? By the way, it should be because basketball has little influence in the country and he has been in jail."
…
The Suns arrived in Phoenix. Because they had a holiday yesterday, they did not disband after landing. Instead, they were driven to the training base in one car and conducted an afternoon of recovery training.
"Old K, there is some news that is not very friendly to you. Do you want to hear it?" Chief trainer Aaron Nelson said during training.
"What's going on?" Lao Wang asked in surprise.
"The league is starting to replace new baskets, and the first one to be updated is our home court." Aaron Nelson said with a smile.
"Son of a bitch!"
Lao Wang was stunned. This was going to cost him his life! How could he get points in the future? It was so unethical. Anyone who did this would definitely get their ass ruined.
"Ah owe..."
In the CEO's office at the NBA headquarters in New York, Stern sneezed four or five times.
That afternoon, the Lakers arrived in Phoenix and, at the request of reporters, held a press conference in the hotel.
"Mr. Divac, the media now suspects that you dived in the game the day before yesterday. Do you admit it?" a Phoenix Sports reporter asked.
"Of course not, I believe the referee's eyes are sharp." The actor Divac said righteously.
"Have you considered joining Hollywood?" the reporter asked.
"No." Divac said with a dark face.
"According to Stallone, Julia Roberts once said that your acting skills are not as good as hers. She can trick Old K into giving her artificial respiration on the spot and kneeling down to beg her not to die, but you can only trick a whistle. Do you think her words are correct?
"?" another reporter asked.
"Pfft!"
Some people at the scene failed to control their expressions and burst out laughing.
"..."
Divac looked around, pretending to be speechless.
…
At 4:30 in the afternoon, after the training, Comrade Lao Wang and Zhang Lili, who drove to pick him up, went to a communications company and applied for a mobile phone card.
When he got back to the car, he took out his mobile phone, put the card in, and immediately sent a text message to Roberts.
This was the one that Roberts recommended him to buy yesterday. It's not too big or too small, and it suits him just right. But it's not the one with a touch screen that Buckley and the others bought, which cost him more than two thousand dollars.
"Lao Zhang, I think it's not convenient to live with you. Could you please consider..." Lao Wang said while driving.
Lao Zhang reluctantly put down the newspaper in his hand and said angrily: "You haven't even written your horoscope yet, so you think I'm getting in the way? You're in Los Angeles, and such a freshman star can come to Phoenix to find you?"
"No, I think it's easier to maintain my privacy when living alone." Lao Wang hesitated.
"Okay, okay, I will move immediately after I find a house, right? This will add another expense, and life will not be easy!" Lao Zhang said helplessly.
"Okay, now let's go buy a gun." When Lao Zhang agreed to move away, Lao Wang suddenly became happy.
"Why did you buy a gun?" Lao Zhang asked in surprise.
"The United States is too dangerous, I want to arm myself." Lao Wang said.
The two came to a gun store again, where there was a dazzling array of various types of guns, long and short, large and small, and even sniper rifles.
"Hey, Lao K, do you want to buy a gun?" The owner of the gun store is a fat man. When he saw Lao Wang, he immediately recognized him.
"Yes, how about I come to you to buy milk powder?" Lao Wang nodded.
He took out his passport and handed it over.
The boss looked at it and said in surprise: "Old K, you don't have a green card?"
"I didn't apply and didn't have time." Lao Wang said.
The boss shrugged. He knew that they were fooling him, so he stopped asking and said, "Then you probably don't have a gun license either. Foreigners with passports can indeed purchase specified guns, but you must first apply to the FBI for a gun license."
Gun license.
There are three types of gun licenses in the United States, rifles, shotguns, and pistols. There are also five types of gun licenses, namely restricted gun licenses, commercial gun licenses, restricted commercial gun licenses, special gun licenses, and guard
With a robbery warrant..."
After the boss briefly introduced the gun license issue, he began to introduce the gun situation here to him.
Next, under the guidance of his boss, he first filled out an application for a gun license and then filled out an application for a hunting license, ready to submit it to the FBI.
"This, this, and that..."
After finishing the work, he excitedly ordered five or six types of long and short guns and asked his boss to take him to target shooting.
"ok."
The boss is also very happy. Target shooting costs money, and I will make a small profit today.
"Bang bang bang..."
Lao Wang stayed at the shooting range for more than an hour. He and Lao Zhang fired almost 200 rounds of ammunition in total. It was not until it was getting dark that they reluctantly walked out of the shooting range.
At 9pm on the other side of the Pacific, at 9am on the other side of the Pacific, the CCTV Sports Department is holding an intra-department meeting.
Sports Minister Li Zhuang said: "Yesterday, the ministry received an invitation from the NBA. They invited us to send people to the United States to interview this year's All-Stars. At the same time, they also gave us free broadcast rights for the All-Stars. Let's talk about it. This year we
Want to broadcast their All-Stars?"
Several middle-level backbones of the sports department looked at me and I looked at you, and then they started discussing.
After a few minutes of discussion, it was decided that the All-Stars would be broadcast live this year and reporters would be sent to the United States for interviews.
At this time, Li Zhuang said again: "There is another thing. The NBA mentioned something. There is a young man in our country who has joined their league and is a center."
"What?"
This sudden news surprised several people.
Li Zhuang added: "I have contacted the Sports Commission, and it is indeed the case. However, they provided a new situation. This young man named Wang Tiejun has been in prison in China. It was a criminal case and he was imprisoned for one year.
He was expelled from the original Heb Provincial Team and the National Youth Team. After he was released from prison, he went to the United States and then joined the NBA.
At present, the Sports Commission has not publicized this matter to the outside world. Not many people know that Wang Tiejun plays in the NBA. Now you can tell me how we will conduct our reporting?"
"Minister, I wonder what the Basketball Department's attitude is towards Wang Tiejun?" someone asked.
Li Zhuangdao: "This matter, the Sports Commission has no clear regulations, saying that people with criminal convictions cannot enter the national team, but the national team has stricter management than the local team, and they will certainly not let such people in at will. After all, the national team has stricter management than the local team."
The influence up and down is not good. There are many people who want to join the national team, and everyone is watching. How dare you let such a person in, and the others can't make a fuss?
So the current attitude of the Basketball Department is to wait and see. After all, the Olympics have just passed, so there is no rush. I talked to their newly appointed director Liu Yuming, and this is what Director Liu said.
In my own opinion, if Wang Tiejun is of average strength, he will definitely not be able to make it into the national team. But if his strength is really outstanding, he will be at least one head taller than Shan Tao. In the end, the basketball department might look for him. Our team at last year’s Olympics
The results are not very good, I lost all seven games and am ranked at the bottom."
"The national team has really been full of talents in the past two years. I originally thought I could make it to the top eight, but I couldn't win a game and ended up ranked 12th. Director Jiang was so angry that he resigned when he came back," someone said.
"I have watched the men's basketball game in the Olympics, but the center is not good. I agree with the minister. If Wang Tiejun is really good, the basketball department might actually look for him." Someone else said.
Amid everyone's discussion, Li Zhuang thought carefully and finally said: "I think it's like this, downplay it. Wang Tiejun is not an All-Star, so he might not be able to make it."
"I think it's OK. The minister has considered everything comprehensively."
"agree."
"Also, Minister, we are going to the United States for an interview. It is best to invite someone who is familiar with the NBA." Someone suggested.
"Well, let me contact the Basketball Department and see if they have anyone to recommend."