Chapter 223 They said that was not basketball
At this time, in the home team locker room, He Zhongqiu was chatting with Michael Jordan.

"How was your trip to China?" he asked.

Jordan said with a gloomy face: "It's terrible, the lawyer of that company said their brand is not my name.

They used Qiaodan instead of Jordan, and Jordan is a very common surname in the United States. I have no privileges and they did not infringe on my right to name.

And the logo they used didn’t look like mine. They said it was a ping-pong racket, not a basketball.”

"Haha..." He Zhongqiu burst into laughter.

Jordan said unhappily, "Wolverine, are you laughing at me? I bet someone in your country has registered a trademark with your name."

"Uh!"

He Zhongqiu choked. Is it possible? He immediately grabbed his phone and called Xia Song.

Xia Song hadn't entered the venue yet. After receiving the call, he asked, "Zhongqiu, what's the matter? We're almost there."

"Brother Xia, please ask a domestic company to check if anyone has registered a trademark with my name or anything else." he said.

Xia Song said: “Zhongqiu, I have already registered your name in China, Wolverine, and after All-Stars, even the name Kung Fu King was registered.

However, some people are playing tricks and registering similar names, and there is nothing we can do about that.”

"Well done."

He Zhongqiu was relieved, hung up the phone, and said to Jordan with a smile: "Michael, my name has been registered. I'm sorry to disappoint you."

Jordan was indeed disappointed and said unhappily: "Piracy in your country is too rampant. There is absolutely no awareness of copyright and the business environment is too bad."

"You don't understand. Your situation is not called piracy. It's called misleading consumption and skirting the law." He Zhongqiu said with a smile.

"No matter what it's called, I will fight this lawsuit to the end." Jordan said angrily.

……

Just a few minutes after 7:30, Yang Xue and Liu Yifei entered the venue, followed by Lin Xue and Liu Xiaoli.

Wu Jing and Zhang Jin were not here because Iron Eagle King had already started filming. They were both martial arts directors and stuntmen and were busy at night because they had to work on the action design.

This is He Zhongqiu's first movie in which he plays the leading role. They dared not be careless and hoped to make every move perfect.

Not only Wu Jing and Zhang Jin, but also Yuan Heping and Lin Dian have the same attitude.

This is also the reason why He Zhongqiu is willing to teach Yuan Heping and them real kung fu, which is to win them over and build his own network of contacts.

However, he only taught the introductory part of those methods. If they can learn it, he will naturally teach them the rest. But if they cannot learn the first part, he will naturally not teach them the rest.

The five second-tier tickets were given to Xia Song, Liu Xiaoli, three to Lin Xue, Frank Zhang, and NBA agent Mike Johnson.

"Hey, Yang Xue."

"Dawn, Charlize."

Johnson and Charlize Theron greeted each other after seeing Yang Xue.

From time to time, Hollywood stars who had a good relationship with He Zhongqiu came over to talk to Yang Xue and let the media take pictures of them. With the addition of Johnson and others, a bunch of big stars soon gathered around her.

Even superstars like Sylvester Stallone and Tom Cruise gave He Zhongqiu face and greeted Yang Xue and chatted with her for a few words.

CCTV's commentary booth was right on the sidelines. The game started at 8:30 and the live broadcast began at 7:30, an hour earlier.

Zhang Heli and his friends are very familiar with Yang Xue and came with a camera for the interview.

"Oh, there are all big stars there, including Wolverine's sister. We're going to interview them too."

In the last All-Star Game, Barkley was the host and commentator. He interviewed Yang Xue and also brought a TNT photographer with him to interview her.

At this time, Chenglong walked into the scene, saw Yang Xue and Liu Yifei, and hurried over here.

His new movie Around the World 6 Days will be released on June 13th. He is currently promoting it in the United States, which just happened to coincide with the finals.

"Hey, Jack Cheng." Johnson greeted.

"Hey, Rock." Chenglong shook hands with a smile.

"Brother Chenglong." Yang Xue greeted with a smile.

"Hello, Yangxue, and you, Yifei."

"Brother Chenglong, I hope your new movie will be a big hit." Yang Xue said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Chenglong smiled bitterly. Universal's 80-day market research was too bad. He was afraid that the film would really fail.

If this movie fails, we can only hope for a mythical comeback.

Fortunately, Wolverine has been pulled into the mythology. With Wolverine's current popularity and market expectations, as long as the movie is well made, the box office should not be bad.

Originally, The Myth was a romance film, but now Tang Ji-li is revising the script, not only adding the role of Qin Shi Huang, but also a lot of action scenes.

The only thing he was worried about was that the play would be messed up, which would be troublesome.

In Hong Kong, Zhang Wei met Xu Zhian, Liang Hanwen and a group of friends for a drink. When they were driving past a food stall, they happened to be stuck in a traffic jam.

"Hey, the NBA finals are about to start. Brother Chenglong is going too." Liang Hanwen said while looking at the TV in the food stall.

Su Yongkang shouted, "Look, the woman talking to Brother Chenglong is Wolverine's girlfriend, her name is Yang Xue. The girl next to her named Liu Yifei must also be his girlfriend."

Liang Hanwen laughed and said, "Rumors about them and Wolverine have been flying around for a long time, but they have always denied it. Now the media has stopped hyping it up."

Zhang Weijian, who was driving, and Xie Tingfeng, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and took a look. They saw Yang Xue, Chenglong and a bunch of other Hollywood stars talking together, and their faces looked a little unhappy.

Xie Tingfeng is okay. After all, he has his father Xie Si as a powerful background, so he is not too afraid of offending Wolverine. Otherwise, he would not have supported Zhang Weijian the day before yesterday.

But when Zhang Wei saw those many Hollywood A-list stars, he felt a little nervous and regretted his rashness that day.

When Jordan entered Madison Square Garden, he was naturally sought after by the media.

However, when he saw Tyson, his face froze and he quickly walked aside.

Tyson didn't care. His marriage to Givens lasted only a little over a year and they divorced in 89. He divorced his second wife last year. He no longer cared about Jordan's flirting with Givens.

And Givens is a jerk. In addition to flirting with Jordan, he also had an affair with Brad Pitt. He doesn't care about these crappy things at all.

At eight o'clock, both sides announced their starting lineups.

Lakers: O'Neal, Karl Malone, Devin George, Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton

Knicks: Mutombo, He Zhongqiu, Shane Battier, Bonzi Wells, Nash
On the TNT live commentary booth, Barkley said: "According to the media's analysis in the past few days, there is no obvious bias. Some are optimistic about the Knicks, and some are optimistic about the Lakers.

But no matter which media or which star, there is no one-sided optimism, and they all think that the series may go to a seventh game, and the finals will be a very intense and entangled series. "

Kenny Smith said: "Charles, judging from the main lineups of both teams, it seems that the Knicks' defense is better. What do you think?"

Barkley said: "If Mutombo can play 30 minutes per game, it can be said that way."

Commentator Hakeem Olajuwon said: "The Knicks probably won't double-team O'Neal, they double-teamed Kobe during the regular season.

They should use Battier and Wells to double-team Kobe, and after Kobe breaks through, the Wolverines will cover and Mutombo will sit under the basket. "

"Offensively, I think the starting lineups are pretty similar," Barkley said.

Kenny Smith nodded and said, "For the Lakers, it's mainly the OK combination, and for the Knicks, it's mainly Wolverine and Nash.

The other three players in the main lineups of both teams do not have strong scoring abilities, including Karl Malone, who averages 10+ points per game.”

Dream said: "But the Knicks' bench lineup is stronger. They have the mid-range shooting king and Josh Howard, but the Lakers only have Fisher."

"The depth of the lineup is indeed the Lakers' shortcoming, and it is also the Lakers' shortcoming since they won three consecutive championships." Barkley nodded.

At this time, Da Meng looked at a passage and said, "Look, our president is here."

Barkley smiled and said, "President David Stern is here in person. I have to say the league takes this finals very seriously."

Zhang Heli said at the CCTV live broadcast booth nearby: "Currently, the media has summarized three highlights for this finals. The first is O'Neal, He Zhongqiu, and Kobe, the highlight of the current No. 1 player."

Xu Jicheng said: "The American media now thinks that Zhongqiu is not qualified to compete for the first place, mainly because he has not won the championship."

Yang Jian said: "The Los Angeles media also believes that Zhongqiu needs a three-peat dynasty to compete for the top spot in active service."

Zhang Heli laughed and said, "That's media hype. As long as Zhongqiu wins a championship, he will be eligible to compete for the top player in active service."

Xu Jicheng said: "O'Neal is getting older. Now those who are qualified to compete for the best player in active service are Zhongqiu, Kobe, and Duncan."

Zhang Heli said: "Zhongqiu doesn't have enough honors after all. He doesn't have a championship, only a newly-won MVP and scoring title. He's not confident enough."

Xu Jicheng said: "Kobe had a dynasty, but he didn't have many other hard honors, no scoring title, no MVP and Finals MVP."

Yang Jian smiled and said, "After all, only Duncan has both strength and honor."

Zhang Heli said with a smile: "The second highlight of the finals is who is the best center in active service between O'Neal and Zhongqiu."

Xu Jicheng said with emotion: "I hope that in this finals, Zhongqiu will face O'Neal. O'Neal is old, and this is his last peak period.

It will be too late if we don’t fight now. The best way to get to the top is to defeat the Sharks who are at the end of their peak and inherit the position of the top center in active service.”

Zhang Heli nodded and said, "The third point to watch is that Jordan could create two dynasties. Can the OK combination, which is known as the strongest combination in history, also create two dynasties?"

"This is really impossible. The Lakers have too many internal conflicts." Yang Jian said.

"Then it depends on the Knicks and Zhongqiu's ability." Xu Jicheng said excitedly and expectantly.

Inside the player tunnel, in front of the exit corridor is a space of more than 100 square meters with several huge load-bearing columns. The starting players of the Knicks and Lakers met here.

"Shark, welcome to New York." He Zhongqiu greeted from a few steps away.

"Please call me the Big Shark." O'Neal said dissatisfiedly.

"Little Fish." He Zhongqiu refused.

"Small!"

O'Neal was furious. He hated the word "small" the most.

"sardine?"

When He Zhongqiu saw that O'Neal was unhappy, he immediately changed his address.

O'Neal became even more annoyed. He was just a sardine and immediately started to get angry.

"Hahaha……"

Mutombo, Wells and others squatted on the ground laughing.

"Kobe, who are you showing that stern face to? You don't even say hello." He Zhongqiu shouted when he saw Kobe walking forward.

"I don't know you well." Kobe said unhappily.

"Ha ha……"

He Zhongqiu laughed and said, "You and O'Neal have such a bad relationship, why don't you be traded to the Knicks? How about I give you the position of the boss?"

The OK group's faces fell. Although their relationship was getting worse and worse, they had not yet publicly fallen out. Wolverine's words directly put their relationship out in the open.

General Manager Kupchak, who was following behind, suddenly looked unhappy. He knew that Wolverine's psychological warfare had begun.

He immediately walked up to the two and said, "Shaq, Kobe, don't be distracted. You should focus on the finals now."

He Zhongqiu began to tease the postman and the gloves again, saying, "Doctor, if we win this time, will you regret it?"

Both of them were thousand-year-old goblins and knew that Wolverine was playing psychological warfare, so they shook their heads expressionlessly.

"Now, let's welcome the famous shooting guard, Kobe Bryant!"

"Now……"

At this time, the voice of the host sounded, the visiting team came out, and then the home team.

"Next, let us welcome the Kung Fu King from China, the NBA regular season MVP, the regular season scoring champion, and the Hollywood action star..."

"Wolverine!"

"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!"

When the finale of He Zhongqiu came out, the host's voice was particularly passionate.

"Oh ho!"

The entire Madison Square Garden cheered and all the home fans stood up.

He Zhongqiu walked out slowly and interacted with the fans in the stands on both sides.

Teammates stood on both sides of the path leading to the court. Knicks owner James Dolan, general manager Layden, coaches, and many Hollywood friends stood in the back. Yang Xue also stood there with Liu Yifei.

Zhang Heli said excitedly: "The Knicks haven't won a championship for many years. Compared with the Lakers and Celtics, apart from the market, they are somewhat lacking in honors.

This giant club has only two championships, so New York fans really hope to win the third championship to add glory to this giant club.

This task was something that super center Patrick Ewing spent 16 seasons on but still failed to accomplish. Now it has been handed over to He Zhongqiu.”

Xu Jicheng excitedly continued, "In his second season, He Zhongqiu won the hard honors that Ewing had not won in 16 years, MVP and scoring champion, and led the team to the finals. This gave New York fans great confidence."

Yang Jian went on to say: "Now for Knicks fans, Wolverine is their savior."

"Hello, Mr. President."

He Zhongqiu shook hands with David Stern.

"Wolverine, I hope you can lead the Knicks to another peak. I have been looking forward to this day for a long time." David Stern said sincerely.

"I hope I won't let you down." He Zhongqiu said modestly.

"Wolverine, as the leader of the Knicks, can you say a few words before the finals?"

When he came to the center of the field, the host handed him the microphone.

After taking the microphone, he looked up at the audience seats around him. Before he could speak, huge cheers rang out.

"As a Chinese, I am very happy to come here and receive your support."

"We Chinese people believe in give and take. In return, I will do my best to bring you what you want."

"what is that?"

"What do you want?"

He pointed the microphone towards the audience and asked loudly.

"Champion! Champion! Champion..."

A huge and coordinated shout rang out in Madison Square Garden. The shout of 20,000 people was overwhelming and earth-shaking.

Before the game started, the atmosphere in Madison Square Garden reached its peak and the Knicks' morale reached its strongest level.

At this moment, the players and fans were all filled with adrenaline and full of fighting spirit and self-confidence.

Huge psychological pressure came to the Lakers.

"There's no doubt that Madison Square Garden has become the Devil's home court," Barkley said loudly.

"The Lakers have a hard time today," said Dream.

"Phil Jackson is good at adjusting the players' mentality. It depends on his ability," said Kenny Smith.

(End of this chapter)