Chapter 320 Dayao, how much is your movie box office?

"Dayao, I heard that the league made a movie for you?" He Zhongqiu asked.

"Well, it's called Yao Mingnian. It was filmed in the first half of the year. It's a documentary movie and has been released." Yao Ming laughed.

"Are you shameless? I won two consecutive championships and the Olympic title, but I didn't take pictures of He Zhongqiu. You take pictures of Yao Ming. What achievements have you made?" He Zhongqiu said indignantly.

"What are you talking about? Who stopped you from taking pictures? It's not me who took the pictures, it's the NBA." Yao Ming's face turned dark.

"How much is the box office?" He Zhongqiu asked curiously.

"Oh, it's more than 33,000 US dollars in the United States, which is about 50,000 or 60,000 RMB in China." Dayao said awkwardly with a dark face.

"More than 33 million US dollars?" He Zhongqiu was shocked.

"Not ten thousand." Dayao's face turned dark.

"Ha ha……"

He Zhongqiu burst into laughter and fell to the floor. The others were also laughing uncontrollably.

"What the hell!"

Dayao was so angry that he kicked He Zhongqiu, but there was nothing he could do.

"During the Mid-Autumn Festival, NBA won't make a movie for you?" Hu Weidong asked curiously.

He Zhongqiu got up from the floor and said, “Spike Lee is writing the script. He is the No. 1 Knicks fan and a very famous Hollywood director.

But he's been writing it for two fucking years and it's still not finished. I heard the league is going to invest tens of millions of dollars and invite a group of Jordan's players to participate."

"Really?" Everyone was shocked.

Yao Ming is so depressed. His movie is just a documentary. The cost is almost zero. They just edited some of his games and training and put them together to make a movie. However, He Zhongqiu's movie cost tens of millions of dollars. Isn't the gap too big?
Everyone continued chatting, and Yao Ming talked about the current professionalization and commercialization reform of sports in China. He believed that Chinese basketball should learn from the NBA. The national system is not suitable for basketball. Capital should be introduced and the CBA should be capitalized.

Everyone was discussing it, and He Zhongqiu also had some ideas.

Yao Ming asked, "Zhongqiu, you are a member of the National Basketball Association and a figurehead of our basketball community. Are you going to make a relevant proposal at the National Basketball Association next year? What do you think of my idea?"

"If you have an idea, why don't you write a proposal yourself? Why are you asking me? I didn't submit any proposal last year, but I prepared three this year," asked He Zhongqiu.

“I’m not a member of the Association.”

Dayao's face fell. Damn it, I'm not even a member of the Municipal Association of Justice, let alone the National Association of Justice? If I were, I would do it myself. Do I need to ask you?

"You're not?"

He Zhongqiu laughed proudly, "You little jerk. I was a member of the National People's Congress in 08, so I don't even care about the National Association of Justice."

He said, "Dayao, I have a different opinion from you. What is a national system? Isn't the United States a national system?"

"Of course not in the United States, for example, the NBA..." Yao Ming argued.

He Zhongqiu waved his hand to shut up Yao Ming and said, "Take the NBA for example. The NBA is indeed market-oriented, but the NBA is only responsible for using players. The training of players is the responsibility of American college basketball and high school basketball.

Yao Ming, is the American college basketball league market-oriented? Is the American high school basketball league market-oriented and capitalized?

I tell you, it’s not like that. Sports programs in public universities and public high schools in the United States are all national systems, not market-based capitalization.”

"How is that possible? I have little education, don't lie to me, it's obvious!" Dayao said in surprise.

"I am a professor at a 211 or 985 university. How could I lie to you?" He Zhongqiu said proudly.

"You? A professor from a 211 or 985 university?"

Not only Yao Ming didn't believe it, but everyone present didn't believe it. Who didn't know that He Zhongqiu only attended one elementary school and dropped out in the first grade of junior high school?

"Don't believe it? I'm a professor at Beijing Sport University, a professor of martial arts, a full professor, with a certificate issued by the state." He Zhongqiu said.

"Martial arts professor?"

When everyone heard this, they thought it was really possible.

Dayao sneered and said, "Zhongqiu, you must be mistaken. Professor is a title, not an academic qualification."

"Isn't it an academic degree?" He Zhongqiu asked in surprise.

"Of course not." Dayao chuckled.

"So what? I can be a professor, can you? I know you are jealous, haha!" He Zhongqiu laughed.

Yao Ming smiled bitterly and urged, "You should tell me why the American public university and high school basketball leagues are not market-oriented and capitalized."

He Zhongqiu said: "Where do you see marketization? Not only college and high school basketball, but all sports in public universities and high schools in the United States are national systems.

The funds used all come from grants from the US government and local governments, from taxes paid by taxpayers, including the personal income taxes we pay in the United States. Do you call this market-based capitalization? "

Dayao was stunned, he didn't notice this aspect.

He Zhongqiu said: "Dayao, I have opened two companies in the United States. I know more about the operation of capital than you do. How can American capital invest in high school and college sports?"

Dayao nodded and said, "Tell me."

He Zhongqiu said: "Universities and high schools require large-scale investment. There are thousands of universities in the United States, plus high schools, tens of thousands of schools. If the government does not invest, how can capitalists invest? They are capitalists who want to make money, not philanthropists."

"That's right." Dayao nodded.

He Zhongqiu continued: "I don't know exactly how much money the US government invests in sports, but it's much more than what our government invests, many times more. The US has a special sports scholarship program that is funded by the government.

Last year, in 2004, as far as I know, our country’s sports funding was 4.8 million RMB, just tens of millions of dollars.”

"Funding was indeed difficult at that time. We had to collect money for overseas competitions. The country was in such a difficult situation," said Liu Yudong.

He Zhongqiu added: "Do you know how much a college sports coach in the United States earns per year? Guess? I guess you can't guess it."

"How much?" Hu Weidong asked curiously.

He Zhongqiu said: "I know one thing. In the 90s, we had a volleyball Olympic champion who became a coach at an American university after retiring. He earned tens of millions of yuan a year, which is more than one million US dollars."

"WX, an Olympic champion makes so much money as a college coach?" Bart cursed.

He Zhongqiu said: "Now the average salary of NCAA college basketball head coaches is much higher than that of NBA head coaches, at least more than double.

The average annual salary is several million dollars. Where does this money come from? Do you think it is from capital? Most of it comes from grants. "

"But the commercialization of American sports is still very good. For example, private universities and high schools," Yao Ming said with a grunt.

He Zhongqiu nodded and said, “Private schools do not have financial allocations, but the best universities and high schools in the United States for sports are all public, and private schools do not invest much in sports.

Look at the NBA players, how many of them graduated from private universities and private high schools? They simply can't afford to go to private schools. Only public schools can afford to go to public schools and have the opportunity to practice sports. "

"During the Mid-Autumn Festival, I heard that NCAA basketball games are more popular than the NBA?" Hu Weidong asked.

"Yes, it is indeed more popular, except for my competition." He Zhongqiu said with a smile.

"Haha..." Everyone laughed.

"I think what Zhongqiu said makes sense."

"Yes, without the national system, which parents in our country would want their children to practice sports?"

"Only students with poor academic performance will have their parents willing to let their children practice sports, right?"

“How can ordinary people afford it?”

Everyone started talking at once, and Dayao was also thinking quietly.

He Zhongqiu smiled and said: "But the commercialization of professional sports in the United States is indeed very good, and the main income comes from ticket sales, TV broadcast revenue, and peripheral revenue.

The NCAA's sports revenue mainly comes from ticket sales, television broadcast revenue, and donations from alumni. The public sector's revenue comes from government grants, while the private sector's revenue comes from school grants.

I think the best thing about the commercialization of American sports is television broadcasting, and the revenue is increasing.

I know that the NBA didn’t have television broadcasts before, but after television broadcasts, the revenue from this increased, and the NBA developed rapidly.”

Having said that, he said hello and went back to the locker room.

At 8:10, the Knicks and Lakers came out, with the Lakers going first.

CCTV has also broadcast many Lakers games in the past three years. The biggest star of the Lakers is naturally Kobe. Kobe has accumulated a large number of fans in China and received warm cheers and applause when he appeared.

A group of domestic celebrities, including Chenglong from Hong Kong, ran up to take photos with Kobe.

When it was Knicks' turn, the cheers and applause became even louder.

When Nash came on the court, he received cheers comparable to those of Kobe.

"Oh oh oh..."

He Zhongqiu made the final appearance. Although he was on the news every day during this period, his appearance still triggered earth-shaking cheers and applause.

In the Workers' Stadium, which can accommodate more than 18 people, almost everyone was wearing his home No. jersey.

He performed the four-way salute to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then asked several familiar reporters to take pictures for him, with the stands on all sides serving as the background, and he took some pictures.

He first fist-bumped with his teammates, then greeted the Lakers players, shook hands with the referee, and finally took photos with a group of friends.

Jay Chou did not go to find He Zhongqiu, but went to find Kobe. He likes basketball, but he and Chen Guanxi are good friends. He is very concerned about Wolverine banning Chen Guanxi.

Last time, all the Hong Kong stars who were banned came out to apologize, but Chen Guanxi was too loyal. Because Xie Tingfeng continued to be banned, he did not apologize and is still banned now.

For these six preseason games in China, not only did CCTV purchase the live television rights, but TNT also chose to broadcast them live across the United States.

TNT also sent out live commentators, who were none other than the TV station's ace commentators Barkley and Kenny Smith. At this time, the two of them also ran up to take photos with He Zhongqiu.

CCTV also arranged live commentators, Sun Zhenping and Xu Jicheng, who also went up to take photos with He Zhongqiu.

Yang Xue specially called a group of artists from the company together and took a group photo with He Zhongqiu.

Liu Xiaoli saw her daughter standing with He Zhongqiu and taking pictures at home, with her arm around him. Yang Xue, Bai Bingbing and Tang Yan were also standing next to them, and she felt a little worried.

During this period of time, she has been accompanying her daughter to film in the White Bone World crew. She doesn't know what Yang Xue is thinking. She is already with He Zhongqiu, and she also drags Xixi and He Zhongqiu together every day.

After this period of time, Xixi and He Zhongqiu's relationship is much closer than before. It really gives her a headache to see him being so rude every day. If she hadn't been watching, maybe...

"Find some time and ask her."

She just couldn't understand what Yang Xue was thinking. If she wanted to match up Xixi and He Zhongqiu like she did before, that would be fine, but wasn't Yang Xue already together with He Zhongqiu?
"Could it be?"

At this moment, an idea suddenly flashed in her mind.

She thought of the joke that He Zhongqiu made in the car when they went to the United States to watch the NBA All-Star Game two years ago, that when he was a hundred years old, he could still have ten concubines.

Thinking of this, her heart tightened. Even if she was beaten to death, she would never agree to let Xixi be He Zhongqiu's concubine.

By the way, Bai Bingbing, Tang Yan and He Zhongqiu have been so close recently, is that possible?
Workers' Stadium, the competition is about to begin.

The Lakers' starting lineup is Kwame Brown at center, Brian Cook at power forward, Odom at small forward, Kobe at shooting guard, and Smush Parker at point guard.

Barkley said: "This Lakers starting lineup, wow!"

Kenny Smith chuckled and said, "Within three to five years, it will be hard for the Lakers to return to the championship level without a big trade."

Barkley laughed and said, "Point guard Parker is an undrafted player. The Lakers haven't found a better point guard yet. How can they compete with Parker of the Spurs in the West?"

Kenny Smith then complained: "Kwame Brown, oh, Michael Jordan picked him. I have to say, don't trust Michael's draft pick."

"Haha..." Barkley laughed out loud.

Xu Jicheng said from the CCTV commentary booth nearby: "This preseason game is not about winning or losing. From the perspective of strength, as long as Zhongqiu doesn't want to lose, the Lakers have no chance of winning.

The highlight tonight is Zhongqiu's individual performance, what kind of alley-oop dunks he and Nash will perform, and Kobe's individual performance."

"Correct."

Sun Zhenping nodded and said, "This is Zhongqiu's first basketball game in China. I hope there will be an explosive individual performance."

Xu Jicheng said: "In addition to Zhongqiu, Nash, Battier and Josh Howard, Varejao also started for the Knicks.

Varejao can play in two positions, and so can Zhongqiu, so their positions will be more flexible and the tactics they can play will be richer.

In addition, Varejao's role in the Knicks is more defensive, so Chung-Chiu can focus more on the offensive end."

Sun Zhenping said: "I don't know how much strength Rahim still has. This is only his tenth season. Kobe has just reached his peak and his body is not in good condition anymore."

Xu Jicheng smiled and said, "Rahim was born in 76 and will only be 30 next year. His body is not durable. Kobe is two years younger and his body is more durable."

He Zhongqiu and Kwame Brown stand together, preparing for the jump ball.

He could see that the No. 01 pick in was obviously a little nervous.

"Di!"

The referee blew the whistle and threw the ball high into the air.

There is no need to mention Kwame Brown's physical talent. He is very good both dynamically and statically, otherwise Jordan would not have chosen him as the No. 1 pick.

But compared to celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival, it is still not as good.

"Snapped!"

He Zhongqiu took the lead in passing the ball to Nash and the Knicks attacked.

He came to the low post on the left wing, received the ball with his back to Kwame Brown, and then immediately did an O'Neal-style dribble with his back to the ball.

"Oh!"

Under the huge explosive power, the 122-kilogram Kwame Brown flew backwards and his feet were pulled up by the roots.

"Fly!"

Buckley shouted.

"Ouch, it flew away!"

Sun Zhengping also shouted.

"Oh ho!"

The moment Kwame Brown was knocked flying, all the Chinese fans in the stadium were extremely excited and burst into huge cheers.

"boom!"

The next moment, He Zhongqiu turned around and slammed the ball with both hands, instantly sinking the basket two feet.

Looking back, Kobe took the ball and rushed to the frontcourt. Seeing that Wolverine had returned to the penalty area, he hesitated.

The Chinese fans welcomed him very much, which made him very excited. He also wanted to dunk like Wolverine did just now.

However, Wolverine was inside and he didn't want to rush in and get shot.

The next moment, he faked a breakthrough and shot, shaking Josh Howard, and then threw a three-pointer.

"brush!"

The first ball felt very good, with a splash and a hollow hit.

"You can see that Kobe is very excited when playing." Xu Jicheng said with a smile.

"Kobe is more popular in China than Nash," said Sun Zhenping.

"He has been famous for many years and has been to China. He has a fan base," said Xu Jicheng.

"Kobe, dunk a few times." He Zhongqiu said to Kobe.

Kobe was stunned, then quickly smiled and nodded.

"boom!"

At this time, He Zhongqiu came to the top of the arc, and Nash broke through with the help of a pick-and-roll. After the break, he turned around and went down, receiving the pass from Nash, and flew up for a tomahawk slam dunk.

Odom was about to return to the basket to defend, but when he saw this, he dodged.

"Oh ho!"

Two consecutive slam dunks at the start of the game brought the atmosphere at the Workers' Stadium to its peak. The cheers and shouts of more than 12,000 people were like an overwhelming force.

He Zhongqiu played very hard. After all, this was his first basketball game in China. He made a lot of dunks without sparing any energy.

The slam dunk after knocking the opponent into the air like a shark in the low post, the various swift slam dunks like a tiger, the various fast break slam dunks like thunder, from the tomahawk slam dunk to the 360-degree slam dunk, the crotch-changing slam dunk and other fancy slam dunks, set off wave after wave of cheers and shouts at the Workers' Stadium.

Kobe was not to be outdone. With He Zhongqiu's tacit approval, he rushed in and made dunks or layups again and again.

In the end, the Knicks won their first preseason game.

He Zhongqiu scored 40 points and Kobe scored 36 points. The two's wonderful individual performances won recognition from all the fans.

(End of this chapter)