boyutpedia Chapter 512 The Big Stars at the Grand Finals!
Chapter 512 The Big Stars at the Grand Finals!
Sitting on the sofa, Wang Xiucheng turned on the TV and took out his phone to send text messages.
"Sister, it's snowing. Come and watch the snow with me, okay?"
The text message was sent, but there was no reply for a full half hour.
There was no reply, nor any return call.
Wang Xiucheng yawned; it seemed he would be sleeping alone again tonight.
Just when Wang Xiucheng was about to give up and go back to sleep, his phone finally rang.
It wasn't a text message, but a phone call.
It only rang once before it seemed to be disconnected.
Wang Xiucheng glanced at the incoming call: Scarlett.
With a smile, Wang Xiucheng went out in his slippers and saw that the elevator was indeed stopped on the floor below his own.
He pressed the elevator call button, and the elevator quickly ascended to the top floor where Wang Xiucheng was.
With a soft ding, the elevator doors opened, and Scarlett, dressed in white pajamas, looked at Wang Xiucheng with a hint of reproach.
"It's June, do you live in Antarctica? Is it still snowing?" Scarlett said, seemingly annoyed.
Wang Xiucheng reached out and grabbed Scarlett's hand, pulling her out of the elevator. "There's snow in my room, come and take a look."
"What if not?"
"You'll know just when you go and take a look."
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Guo Shiqiang's interview after the fifth game of the NBA Finals, broadcast on CCTV Sports, caused a huge uproar in China.
After the Yao Ming resignation controversy, everyone knew that the men's basketball team would undergo reform.
I just didn't expect the reform to be so thorough and decisive.
There wasn't even the slightest buffer.
Guo Shiqiang's eldest nephew, Guo Ailun, a member of the 23-year CBA championship team, Zhao Jiwei, the Finals MVP, and the meritorious player A Lian, were all left out of the first training camp roster.
Most of the 20 players on the roster are around the same age as Wang Xiucheng.
The only veteran player is Zhou Qi, who is 27 years old.
Yes, Zhou Qi, at 27, is already a veteran player on this roster.
Many media professionals and fans are worried about whether such a young team can withstand the pressure from opponents in numerous international matches. Do they have enough experience?
But soon Yang Yi posted a video, directly confronting these so-called experts.
"Do you think you can hold your own against the opponent with the same players? They can't even beat an Australian third team, scoring only 3 points in a quarter. And you're telling me you're worried about the young players' lack of experience?"
"Are we going to send the same players to the World Cup, bringing their experience of scoring 3 points in a single quarter?"
"I'm telling you right now, we'll definitely get our ticket to Paris in this World Cup."
Shortly after Yang Yi's video was released, Su Qun, Wang Meng, Yu Jia, and other related figures also spoke out, standing on the side of supporting the reform of the national team.
Just days after Chinese fans and media argued about this, the NBA Finals came to a close with the final game.
This was also the last game of the NBA season.
For three whole days, various events and promotional activities were held in Barclays Central Plaza.
Not only the Nets officials, but also the NBA league office got involved.
This Game 7 of the Finals was elevated to its highest level.
The good news is that the advertising for the finals sold for the highest price in history, and at least half of the ads were bought by Chinese businesses.
The bad news is that tickets are even harder to get.
Brooklyn fans now have to compete not only with local New Yorkers for tickets, but also with Chinese students studying abroad and Chinese tourists...
This resulted in an average ticket price of over 4430 for the final.
It's more than 500 yuan more expensive than the home game tickets for the first Finals.
Moreover, this is just the average ticket price.
What's truly outrageous are the tickets for the first row at the Barclays Center.
Bruno Mars posted a screenshot of his front-row ticket online, showing a price of 47510 yuan!
Converted to RMB, that's over 30!
Is it worth spending over 30 yuan just to watch an NBA Finals game?
For many people, this is certainly not worth it.
But for some big stars, it's worth it.
This is Game 7 of the NBA Finals!
For just a few tens of thousands of dollars, you can remain in the historical record alongside Wang Xiucheng forever. It's such a bargain!
Moreover, Bruno's ticket was just the most expensive one that was shown in the photos, and his seat was only at one end of the Nets' bench.
The really expensive seats are the dozen or so across from the technical desk.
These tickets are not only expensive, but ordinary people are not even eligible to buy them.
It wasn't until the night of the match that the fans found out who was sitting there.
Of course, Wang Xiucheng was the same.
When Wang Xiucheng walked into the stadium and saw the person sitting in the very center of the VIP area, he immediately felt a toothache.
It's Taylor!
Taylor, who had disappeared from Wang Xiucheng's sight for a long time, reappeared at the scene of Wang Xiucheng's competition.
But this time, she wasn't alone.
Next to Taylor sat a man with a large, strong beard.
Although Wang Xiucheng is not a football fan, living in the United States, he inevitably comes into contact with news about it.
He happens to know this bearded man.
Kells, a player for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, just won his third Super Bowl in February of this year.
Seeing Wang Xiucheng looking in his direction, Taylor seemed to defiantly grab Kells's hand.
Wang Xiucheng smiled. This woman has a boyfriend; no wonder she doesn't bother him anymore.
Well, hopefully this time it's for real.
Wang Xiucheng turned his head and looked elsewhere.
Taylor watched as Wang Xiucheng glanced at her and then moved on to something else, and suddenly sighed with disappointment.
Although she was still holding Kells's hand, she was clearly not holding it as tightly.
Not far from Taylor, Cai Congxin, Ma Yun, and Jassim sat there, heads bowed, seemingly lost in thought.
Behind them is Adam Silver, who will be presenting the award to the champion team today.
Accompanying Adam Silver was Nets general manager Sean Marks.
Julia Koch, on the other hand, was much less high-profile; she simply sat with her three children in a corner of the second row of the inner area.
However, Mary, who was next to Julia Koch, immediately stood up and waved happily when she saw Wang Xiucheng.
Old Vimi was still in his usual spot, and Wang Xiucheng came over and gave him a hug.
Old Vimi didn't say anything, but he patted Wang Xiucheng on the back very hard.
Not far from Old Vimi are all the major Hollywood stars.
Since it's Game 7 of the Finals, there were more celebrities in attendance tonight than ever before.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Denzel Washington, Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn)...
At first glance, seeing all these big stars, you'd think the game was being held in Los Angeles.
Because of these big stars, even though the front-row tickets for this game were expensive, they were all booked up well in advance.
Besides these stars, there were also quite a few players present today.
Nets legends LeBron James and Stephen Curry, who were invited by the Nets, were all present at the event.
Lillard, Doncic, and Giannis Antetokounmpo all brought their families to the event.
Not far away, Wang Xiucheng also saw Li Kaier and his mother.
Wang Xiucheng greeted each of them one by one, then looked at the second row of seats.
Although the competition hasn't started yet, the scene is already very noisy.
Chinese Americans and international students in New York have been calling out Wang Xiucheng's name for a long time.
It took Wang Xiucheng quite a while to finally see the person he was looking for.
At this moment, Lin Yun'er, Quan Youli, and Xu Zhuxian were signing autographs for some fans who had spotted them.
After seeing off the fans, Lin Yun'er looked up at the venue as if she had a premonition.
Wang Xiucheng's smiling face came into her view.