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Chapter 1009 Postscript: 1
October 1997, 11!
Wu Jianye, who disappeared from the public for nearly a year, finally reappeared in front of the public!
North America, Los Angeles, Staples Arena!
Today is the first home game of the 97-98 NBA season for the Lakers. Wu Jianye and Zhou Huimin are sitting in the first row near the commentary table, holding a glass of very Coke, while Zhou Huimin is holding a pack of Popcorn.

Sitting on the other side of Wu Jianye is Cheng Long who is promoting his new movie "Rush Hour 2" in North America!

Last year, Cheng Long's Rush Hour was released, and won a North American box office of 1.78 million U.S. dollars, making Cheng Long officially a top action superstar in Hollywood on par with Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger!

"Director Wu, you really don't plan to come back?"

Cheng Long sat next to Wu Jianye, his curiosity was evident on his face.

The success of "Inception" has made the whole world want to see what kind of movies Wu Jianye will shoot next, but Wu Jianye announced through Tangting Culture that he will take a break for a period of time. The exact length of the break is unknown. This made everyone very curious.

"Watching the game, watching the game, I asked you to watch the game today, not for you to talk about this!" Wu Jianye seemed very excited about the game, but he was a little impatient with Cheng Long's question.

The main reason is that during this period of time, people call him almost every day, asking when he will come back, which is really annoying!
Cheng Long sneered, and said, "Then Director Wu, can you tell me, did the spinning top stop at the end, or did it fall?"

Even though it has been more than a year since the release of "Inception", the debate about whether the spinning top should stop in the final scene of the movie has never stopped at all!
Wu Jianye asked Cheng Long back: "Do you think it stops?"

Cheng Long thought for a while and said, "Stop it, I read the domestic report before, and I think his discussion is very correct!"

The comment about the non-stop discussion of the top in "Black and White Image" not only aroused widespread recognition in China, but was even reprinted by Hollywood movie magazines later, which in turn aroused a huge sense of recognition in the world.

Wu Jianye nodded, and said indifferently, "Then stop!"

"Pfft!" Zhou Huimin, who was on the other side of Wu Jianye, couldn't help laughing when he heard Wu Jianye's irresponsible answer.

In fact, after watching the movie "Inception", Zhou Huimin also asked Wu Jianye whether the spinning top stopped, and Wu Jianye's answer was yes!
Cheng Long had a helpless expression on his face.

At this time, the lights in the arena dimmed, and the players began to enter the arena. Today's game is the Lakers' game against the New York Knicks at home.

In fact, this game has many factors that have some connection with Huaxia later.

For example, the current head coach of the Lakers is Silver Fox Del Harris. Later, Del Harris became the head coach of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team. Because of Wu Jianye, Wang Zhizhi is now also on the Lakers.

But at this time, Wang Zhizhi is still not the main player of the Lakers, but a qualified substitute player. Last year's statistics are not bad, averaging 6.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game!
The New York Knicks also have two people who have some connection with Huaxia. First of all, their head coach Jeff Van Gundy later coached the Mosaic team, which is the head coach of Chairman Yao in the middle and late stages. An assist in the chairman's career!
At the same time, Ewing, the All-Star center of the New York Knicks, also joined the Mosaic team to be in charge of Chairman Yao!
In this game, the biggest highlight given by the media magazines is the confrontation between the big shark O'Neal and the gorilla Ewing.

As for Kobe, at this time he is training hard for the Lakers' starter!
Last year, the golden generation of 96 entered the NBA. The most famous is the 76ers' AI. In the first game of his rookie season, he scored 30 points and caused a sensation in the entire league.

Even at the end of the season, he won the best rookie of the season with an average of 23.5 points, 7.5 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game.

At the same time, he was selected to the All-Rookie First Team, while Kobe was only selected to the All-Rookie Second Team.

After the game started, Wu Jianye sat there and watched the game seriously. The Lakers' bench was not far from Wu Jianye's position. Kobe and Wang Zhizhi were sitting on the bench at this time.

After getting the report on the Lakers, Wu Jianye knew that Harris didn't like these two young people very much, which actually had something to do with Kobe's first season.

Kobe, who just joined the league, was keen on one-on-one games, which made veteran director Del Harris very dissatisfied.

In the last game of last season, when the Lakers and the Jazz reached overtime, Kobe took the initiative to play and told Del Harris that he would definitely be able to throw the ball in!

At that time, the best player for the Lakers to single out was the rookie Kobe. Even if Del Harris was not satisfied with Kobe's season performance, he finally agreed to Kobe's request.

At that time, after O'Neal had been sent off, Del Harris had no other choice when all the players lost their fighting spirit.

The result is that Kobe ended the Lakers' 96-97 season with four non-sticks!

After the season, the media's criticism of Del Harris and Kobe can be imagined.

At that time, some NBA players commented on Kobe. From high school students to the NBA, he was like a CHU man sharing the same bed with a 40-year-old middle-aged woman with three children.

In the eyes of those veterans, Kobe was the CHU man, and he was severely laughed at.

At the same time, the family and friends around Kobe were also very dissatisfied with Kobe's appearance. In their view, Del Harris kept Kobe in cold storage throughout the season, but at the most critical moment, he handed over the team's most important task to Kobe. Just want to watch Kobe make a fool of himself!

But in any case, there must be conflicts between Kobe and the team's head coach Del Harris!
It can be seen from this game that although Kobe played 20 minutes as a substitute, Del Harris hardly arranged any tactics for Kobe.
In the end, Kobe made 9 of 1 shots, plus two free throws, and only scored 4 points. This is almost impossible for Kobe, the scoring madman of later generations!

But in the end, the Lakers won the game by virtue of their overall performance. Six Lakers scored in double figures throughout the game. Among them was Wang Zhizhi, who was supposed to be a brother and sister with Kobe. In this game, Wang Zhizhi scored 11 points , Give yourself a good start to the new season!
After the game, Cheng Long left the arena directly, while Wu Jianye brought Zhou Huimin to the team's locker room!

But Wu Jianye didn't go in. This is the tradition of NBA teams. Except for the team's personnel, other people, even the boss, are not allowed to enter the locker room!
"Otherwise, I'll go back at night. I don't understand how you big men are drinking and chatting together!" Zhou Huimin said.

Wu Jianye nodded and said, "That's fine, I'll have someone send you back!"

After Zhou Huimin left, the group of spirited guys also finished washing and walked out of the locker room.

"Wow, Director Wu, can you tell me whether the spinning top stopped or not?" Shark O'Neill walked out of the locker room first, and looked very excited after seeing Wu Jianye.

O'Neal's contract with the Magic expired last year, and he became the prey of the entire league. Originally, O'Neal's old club, the Magic, was the most promising. Unfortunately, in the end, the Magic gave a humiliating contract, allowing O'Neal to completely resign from the Magic. Parted ways and joined the Lakers instead!
Speaking of which, the Magic is indeed a wonderful team. They feel good about themselves naturally. They think that all the stars are very yearning to join their team. Later, the Magic even almost signed Deng Daida who wanted to leave the Spurs, because The Magic did not allow Deng Daida's wife to take their team's plane, and then Deng Daida continued to stay with the Spurs!

Although Wu Jianye did not appear at the public joining conference, as the big boss of the team, he still hosted O'Neal for dinner.

O'Neill's funny character made the two of them good friends!
"Not down!" Wu Jianye replied casually.

"No, that's not the answer I want!" O'Neal said funny: "Even if you are the director of this movie, I can't believe you, I firmly believe that the spinning top has fallen!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Just as long as you are happy!"

At this time, Wang Zhizhi also came out, and after seeing Wu Jianye, he still had a shy look on his face: "Director Wu, you are here!"

O'Neal grabbed Wang Zhizhi's shoulders and said, "Wang, how many times have I told you that you can't be so shy, you should be more open, look at that 'show maniac', don't worry, I will grab the rebound for you !"

Wang Zhizhi nodded, but didn't reply. O'Neill was like a little boy, with expressions of joy and anger. If he likes it, he likes it, and if he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it.

On the contrary, Wang Zhizhi's shy personality makes O'Neal like it very much, unlike the young man in the team who finds opportunities and dunks.
As for the showmaniac in O'Neill's mouth, it is actually Kobe!

In his rookie season, Kobe seemed to be full of energy and had no place to vent. Hanamichi Sakuragi, who had just joined the Shonhoku basketball team, wanted to end his offense with a dunk whenever he had the opportunity.

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, at this time Kobe also changed into casual clothes and came out. After seeing Wu Jianye, a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face.

"Director Wu, today's performance."

Wu Jianye chuckled, and said, "It's okay, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it later at the hotel." After speaking, he said to O'Neill, "We'll wait for you at the hotel!"

O'Neal, as the team's top star, naturally has to participate in the press conference after the game. As for Kobe and Wang Zhizhi, they don't have this treatment!

In a high-end western restaurant in Los Angeles, Wu Jianye, Kobe, and Wang Zhizhi are sitting here. Wang Zhizhi is shy and reluctant to talk at first, while Kobe is now obsessed with his poor performance tonight.

If Wu Jianye hadn't asked him to come out, Kobe must have been training himself at this time!

The night before the 96 draft, Wu Jianye also invited Kobe, told him that he was very optimistic about his future, and told Kobe that the team had decided to bring Kobe to the Lakers through a trade with the Kings in this year's draft !
This is also Kobe's first meeting with Wu Jianye!
Afterwards, the two talked on the phone many times, which moved Kobe very much. After all, as the owner of the team, Wu Jianye was able to treat himself as a newcomer like this, which made him a little flattered!

In Kobe's view, Wu Jianye later found LUCK Sports, which is now one of the top three sports brands in the world, to sign Kobe, and promised to make signature sneakers for Kobe!

This is another important reason why Luck Sports was able to sign Kobe in the competition between Nike and Adidas!

It's just that what Kobe didn't understand was that in the contract he signed with Luck Sports, he was not allowed to take a helicopter
Under the huge endorsement contract, Kobe also signed this contract.

"Don't care what others say, I believe you will become a player like Michael Jordan in the future!" Wu Jianye said.

If it was other young players, it would definitely be a little scary to hear someone compare them to Michael Jordan, but in Kobe's view, this is the goal he has been chasing.

So Kobe nodded heavily, and said, "Well, I haven't properly thanked you for this year's offseason!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, Jordan also needs to train. It is not difficult to add you, and you can refuse Spike Lee's invitation for your own training, which is not something ordinary players can do!"

With Kobe's four non-sticks, the end of the 96-97 season, although Kobe's performance in the last game was not good, but under the circumstances of the NBA deliberately building momentum, Kobe has become a high-profile star, but the season The loss in the last game still made Kobe very annoyed.

Later, Spike Lee invited Kobe to participate in his own movie, and Kobe refused Spike Lee's invitation to train and improve his skills. Later, Spike Lee invited Ray Allen to participate.
By the way, although many people say that Spike Lee is a very good director, but in Wu Jianye's opinion, that is the case.

And Wu Jianye then called Kobe and told him that he had invited Jordan to let him train with Kobe in the offseason. This is really great for Kobe who has always regarded Jordan as his pursuit goal Here's the chance.

Later, when Jordan talked with Wu Jianye about Kobe, he said: "I have never seen a young man who can train so hard. In the future, he will definitely become the best superstar in this league!"

Hearing Wu Jianye praise himself, Kobe showed a slight smile.

Wu Jianye once again persuaded Wang Zhizhi to let go of his personality. Such a dull personality is really not conducive to his integration into the team culture.

While the three were chatting, O'Neal also rushed over to the arena.

With O'Neal as a big living thing, the atmosphere naturally became lively. For O'Neal, Kobe at this time can't pose a threat to him, so although he doesn't like Kobe's style of play, there is no big contradiction.

The four chatted until late at night. O'Neill suggested that everyone go to the bar together, while Kobe said that he would go back to bed early because he had to train tomorrow. Although Wang Zhizhi didn't say it clearly, he also meant it.

Wu Jianye didn't agree either, so they had to go back to their respective homes in the end!
(End of this chapter)