When pride still matters

Chapter 197 A decadent life

Yu Fei thought Tim Grover would arrange devil training for him.

Just like Japanese sports comics will arrange special training during the offseason, and then the team will show significant improvement.In fact, Grover's training is neither devilish nor complicated, but very reasonable.

Before Grover arrived, Yu Fei had to train every day.

When Grover learned about Yu Fei's previous training plan, he was a little surprised: "Have you really persisted like this for two years and never been injured?"

Yu Fei said: "I got the flu after the All-Star Weekend last year. Is this considered an injury?"

Grover was speechless for a while.

"You're really lucky that you haven't had any major injuries so far."

After that, Grover took over Yu Fei's training plan, and Lawson changed from the original main trainer to a pure sparring partner.

Grover formulated a 4+3 plan for Yu Fei, with four days a week for strength training, two days each for upper limb training and lower limb training, and the other three days as a recovery period.

The recovery period does not mean no training, but only normal ball training during these three days.

Grover's professionalism made Yu Fei feel like he was playing with a snake in the past, but he made progress while playing with a snake.In this regard, Grover's view is that his method is generally not wrong, but it is unreasonable and will inevitably lead to illness over time.

Truly scientific and high-quality training is often of high quality and quantity, which can achieve the training purpose without causing excessive fatigue.

Yu Fei began to receive Jordan-style training.

During training, Yu Fei asked Grove if he could make himself as quick as Jordan and the Black Panther.

Grover shook his head seriously: "Considering your size, your goal should be to become an invincible lion."

"The kind that can kill a black panther with one bite?"

Grover was speechless, he was not completely used to the humor yet.

In addition to training needs, Yu Fei is currently busy looking for the third generation of talented girls.

The director responsible for shooting the third-generation Tianxuan sneaker commercials is Rick Cummings. This person is considered an old friend of Yu Fei. He shot the previous and second-generation commercials.

Cummings doesn’t have any whimsical ideas, and it’s impossible for him to shoot a phenomenon-level advertisement that swept the country like Spike Lee back then. But there is one thing about him that makes him very compatible with Yu Fei, and that is that he is very vulgar—— He felt that few boys could refuse such a cool athlete like Yu Fei, wearing beautiful sneakers and accompanied by a beautiful girl.

Yu Fei is also very vulgar - otherwise he wouldn't have come to interview the chosen girl in person.

However, the models who came for interviews recently were either cheerleading members of other teams and were eliminated to avoid suspicion, or they were not eye-catching enough and were eliminated on the spot.

After three days, there was still no progress, which made Yu Fei sigh: "Are there so few beauties in LA?"

"Actually, there are a few good ones." Cummings meant that Master Yu had too high a vision.

It's not that Yu Fei has high standards, he just prefers pretty girls with curvy fronts and backs - which man doesn't like that?

Afterwards, Yu Fei looked around the list of models for today's interview, and a special name caught his attention - Christina Hendricks.

"Let's see how this person is." Yu Fei said.

Cummings asked someone to make arrangements.

Soon, a woman with short brown-red hair walked in. In an instant, Yu Fei's eyes were shining - was it really her?

Yu Fei has not watched "Mad Men", but if you want to ask who is on his "free list", Christina Hendricks is definitely one of them.Her appearance is not outstanding in Hollywood, but combined with her funnel-shaped figure, as long as she dresses a little more unrestrainedly, she can attract the attention of everyone in the room.

It is now 2003, four years before Christina stars in "Mad Men". Her temperament seems to lack the polish of the years, but she is already a ripe cherry.

Cummings routinely asked Christina about her resume, and got the result they already knew.

Christina is a low-end young actor. She has made low-cost movies before and also played guest roles in some TV series, but none of them made any splash. Otherwise, she would not have come to interview for this advertising role.

After Cumings finished asking the question, he looked at Yu Fei.

"It's her." Yu Fei said decisively.

"Um," Cummings said in a low voice, a little worried, "Christina is a little older than the others."

Yu Fei asked: "Is it big?"

"Well, when she's standing next to you, she'll look like a sister instead of... you know." Cummings said with excitement.

"No, you don't understand. Christina is very good." Yu Fei glanced at Christina again, and accidentally met her eyes.

This woman, who was 7 years older than Yu Fei, found it difficult to look directly into Yu Fei's eyes and looked away slightly.

Yu Fei found that Christina's current figure can be compared with her filming "Mad Men". What is missing?

4 years age difference?not that simple.

Yu Fei said to Cummings: "Prepare clothes for her that are a few sizes larger than usual, and prepare a wavy wig according to her hair color." Then, Yu Fei stood up and walked to Christina, "I'm very happy Working with you, we’re sure to make a great commercial.”

Christina didn't expect that she would get this opportunity so smoothly, and she was a little surprised, "This is my honor."

Cummings finally saw the clue.

Yu Fei did not "select" Christina, but "fetishized" Christina.

And, he was sure it was love at first sight.

This gave him an intuitive understanding of Fei's taste. With this experience, when he shoots the fourth-generation commercial next year, he will know how to choose the perfect girl.

The second day of filming went smoothly, and Christina was flattered when she learned that the crew had prepared a lot of clothes for her, as well as an expensive brown-red wavy wig.

This is a big question she faces when interviewing for many roles.

Most of the clothes the crew prepared for the actress were in conventional sizes, but her figure was unconventional.They don't make extra clothes just for her.So, in most cases, Christina lost her chance without even getting a chance to audition.

When Yu Fei took the initiative to talk to her about her body problem, she expressed her strong dissatisfaction with Hollywood's stereotyped aesthetics: "Everyone is trying to persuade me to lose weight, but I am very satisfied with my current status and I will not accept their prejudice. "

"Yes, they are short-sighted." Yu Fei said bluntly, "I knew from the first moment I saw you that you must be the chosen girl of this generation!"

Christina asked with ambiguous eyes: "Why?"

Yu Fei said proudly: "There are so many jewels in this world, but diamonds like yours are unique. I am very happy that I was the first one to discover them."

Cummings was at the scene at the time.He swore to everyone that sweet words really worked, and Christina's eyes almost melted away when she looked at Master Yu.

After the filming was completed, Yu Fei invited the crew to have a meal. After learning that Christina was currently single, he naturally asked for her contact information.

At this point, Yu Fei's main work in the offseason has basically been completed, and the rest is training. He will wait until August to start his Asian trip according to the company's arrangements.

During this period, a lot of things happened inside and outside the league.

There has been a new development in the most watched Eagle County incident. The plaintiff provided pinch marks on his neck as evidence of Kobe's rape, and Kobe brought his wife to court for the first time.Vanessa emphasized in court that she did not believe that Kobe would commit a crime. Kobe's only mistake was cheating. They would solve this problem themselves, but false accusations are unacceptable.Moreover, she emphasized that she still loves Kobe deeply.

Would she still love Kobe if he hadn't given her a diamond ring worth $400 million after the incident?It’s hard to say, but realists will admit that diamond rings must have had a certain effect.

The Lakers can only wait and see what happens. They cannot let go of the work at hand. When the free market opens, they will first sign Gary Payton for 2 million in 1000 years, and then sign Karl Malone for 2 million in 315 years. Both are good prices. Lian, the first generation F4 of the new century has officially taken shape.

Larry Bird became the president of the Indiana Pacers. The first thing he did after taking office was to fire Isiah Thomas and then invite his old buddy Rick Carlisle.

On the other side, the Dream Team won the US Championship without any suspense, but Larry Brown could not forgive Yu Fei's absence until the end of the national team competition this summer.

In his opinion, what an honor it is to play for the country. Yu Fei was obviously full of energy when he played in the league, so why did he get injured during the offseason?
Even Duncan, who lost the finals, was willing to join the Dream Team and represent the United States in beating the Virgin Islands team at the US Championships. What kind of ambition is this?How touching is this patriotic spirit?

After the national team game, Brown reiterated his views on Fei and Duncan in an interview.

"Maybe Frye is the most popular player right now and probably the most influential player in the league, but in my opinion, the best player is still Tim Duncan. No matter how popular or influential you are , if you can't fight for the country, if you can't make the whole country proud of you, then no matter what, you are just the light of one person, not the greatness of universalism. At this point, TD is far stronger than Frye. "

Just as Brown was growing in love with Fei and hating him, and at a time when the media was taking the lead, Yu Fei himself was not in the United States.

He is lingering in the crazy gentle land.

This year, Reebok added the Philippines to Yufei’s Asia tour.The Philippines is a country that is passionate about basketball. The influence and appeal of an Asian basketball superstar like Yu Fei with a good image and superior strength in the Philippines is so powerful that even someone himself cannot believe it.

Let’s not talk about the overwhelming enthusiasm, nor the generous treatment provided by the event organizer, but the grand scene after returning to the hotel after the event every day reminded Yu Fei of a story he heard when he was playing a game in Los Angeles.

Legend has it that every time the Lakers in the showtime era returned to the hotel after a game, a large number of women would line up to wait in the hotel. Then, Magic, as the boss, could first select his bed partner, and then his teammates would choose in order of status.

And Yu Fei's treatment in the Philippines was even more grand than this.

Lawson and Clark, who came with him, just wanted to stay here until preseason training camp started.

They don’t even want to go to South Korea.

"Fry, did you know that Larry Brown said you're not as good as Tim Duncan again?"

One day, Yu Fei and his friends were enjoying a massage.

Hearing what Lawson said, Yu Fei nodded fiercely: "Indeed, people can give up their holidays to play for the national team, but what about me? What a rotten life!"

"That's not what you said, Frye, you have worked hard for a year and now what's wrong with enjoying yourself?"

"Just, what's wrong with having fun? Larry Brown is a piece of shit!"

Although Yu Fei appeared apologetic on the surface, he also marked Brown and his current team, the Detroit Pistons, in his heart.

We need to return the favor properly when we meet next season.

As for now, Lawson is right. I have been fighting for so many years. What happened to enjoying it?
(End of this chapter)