Chapter 227: Battle Against Magic
Fortunately, Lu Xueman did not continue to ask questions, but just pointed at Yang Mo and reminded her: "There are no good girls in the entertainment industry, so don't mess around with other girls outside."
"Um... OK." Yang Mo agreed with a smile. But in his heart, he was thinking, if she doesn't mess around outside, then I'll just bring her back and mess around with her.
Yang Mo lowered his head and signed all the contracts. Lu Xueman started making phone calls again to deal with the commercial shooting matters with these partners. After all, Yang Mo was still in the regular season and it was difficult for him to find time to shoot. He had to find time to complete them one by one.
Such trivial matters were left to Lu Xueman to handle, and Yang Mo only needed to show up at the shooting scene.
Yang Mo and the three Lu family members had dinner and went to bed. There was another game tomorrow night, a home game against the Orlando Magic. The Heat would go to Sartorius for an away game after this game, and then go to Los Angeles for the All-Star Game. (PS, in reality it was Phoenix, but it was changed to Los Angeles for the plot. Anyway, it doesn't matter where the All-Star Game starts.)
The game against the Magic will be the first game that Wade will play with Yang Mo after returning from . All Heat fans are looking forward to whether the two ace players can create a perfect chemical reaction. They hope to see an effect of 1+1 greater than 2.
There was nothing gimmicky about this game. It was nothing more than Rashard Lewis expressing his dissatisfaction with Yang Mo's inclusion in the All-Star candidate list. However, as Yang Mo became a global celebrity, he silently swallowed this nonsense.
However, if he doesn't commit suicide , there will always be someone else who will. For example, Stan Van Gundy, this guy never pays attention to the news or watches TV, so when he heard that Yang Mo's nickname is superhero, he couldn't help but proudly told the media: "The Heat have a superhero, and our Magic team also has Superman. Superman is more powerful than a superhero. I believe Dwight can kick the Chinese kid's ass hard."
Stan Van Gundy was sloppy and looked a bit like a fat pig. But soon, Yang Mo 's fans gathered their firepower and scolded him as a pig. Howard, as the star who was compared with Yang Mo, was also criticized. Howard wanted to resist at first, but when the gang said, "Do you have the guts to let your Superman chase the kidnappers?", they all shut up.
Faced with the dilemma of being shot while lying down, Howard quickly said through the media that afternoon: "I am also a fan of Super Yang. In my heart, he is just like Bruce Lee, a superhero. Of course, I will definitely go all out on the basketball court. It is very cool to be able to beat my idol with basketball."
Howard's meaning was clear. He admired Yang Mo, but what he admired was Yang Mo's kung fu and courage. On the basketball court, he still hoped to defeat Yang Mo.
Although this guy smiles like a fool every day, he is actually quite smart. At least he knows what it means to avoid the important and focus on the trivial.
Yang Mo did not respond to Stan Van Gundy and Howard's words. This was not because he had cultivated himself after becoming a superstar, nor because he was afraid of Howard, but because he could not predict the course of the game. After all, Dwyane Wade was back, and the process of the game was no longer controlled by Yang Mo alone.
Before the game started, Pat Riley specially asked Yang Mo to come to his office to chat for a while.
The two chatted quite harmoniously. The first thing Pat Riley asked Yang Mo was: "Super Yang, how does it feel to be a superhero? Better than being a basketball star, right? I heard that you have agreed to appear in Fast and Furious."
"It's okay. Anyway, the endorsement contracts I received in the past two days have almost suffocated me. Each contract is more than ten times the annual salary you give me. Hey, this way of making money is still faster." Yang Mo said jokingly.
Pat Riley wanted to tease Yang Mo, but after hearing what Yang Mo said, he couldn't help but get anxious. He thought Yang Mo really envied the faster money from making movies and left the basketball circle to venture into Hollywood. So he quickly said, "Your popularity now is only temporary, and you can't be so popular forever. Basketball can make you earn money for at least a dozen years. I will give you a maximum salary in my next contract, absolutely."
"That's not necessarily true. As long as I manage the business well, the word 'superhero' will be on my forehead forever." Seeing that Pat Riley was anxious, Yang Mo teased him deliberately and said, "And I can make a lot of money and then slowly return to basketball!"
"How could you do this?" Pat Riley was really anxious. He was about to say something harsh to provoke Yang Mo, but he found Yang Mo laughing. He immediately realized that he was being fooled. He immediately punched Yang Mo and said angrily, "You little bastard, you dare to fool me."
"You were the one who teased me first, okay?" Yang Mo said with a smile.
"Okay, I dug a hole and jumped in, okay?" Pat Riley muttered unhappily, and then said, "Actually, I called you over here to remind you not to be influenced by those public opinions. You are just an ordinary forward on the basketball court. You are not a superhero, and don't use your fists. No one in the NBA can withstand your violent destruction!"
"Yes, I know all of this." Yang Mo nodded and answered seriously: "I will not be shaken in my basketball career because of this incident. I am still the same person as before."
"That's good." Pat Riley patted Yang Mo on the shoulder, then took out a stack of postcards and handed them to Yang Mo embarrassedly: "Please, superhero, sign these for me. Many of my distant relatives have begged me to get autographs from you. I can't refuse them. After all, I am the most prestigious person in our family."
"So, actually, you are here for the autograph?" Yang Mo muttered unhappily, took the autograph and signed it quickly.
"This is just part of it ." Pat Riley paused for a few seconds and said seriously: "Actually, I want you to focus on defense in this game. Dwyane just came back and needs the ball to get back to the feeling of the game."
Yang Mo's hand stopped signing for a few seconds, and after a while he said, "Okay, I'll try to do as little as possible."
"I'm sorry to have wronged you." Pat Riley said suddenly embarrassedly.
"Everything is for victory." Yang Mo nodded and used this reason to convince himself.
After signing the stack of autographs, Yang Mo went to the American Airlines Center to get accustomed to the venue. That night, he only practiced jump shots from beyond the three-point line because he knew he would probably not need other weapons.
To be honest, Yang Mo felt quite sad. It felt like she had been used as a spare tire for a month, and then thrown aside after the main tire was repaired.
Faced with this situation, anyone would feel unbalanced.
But Yang Mo convinced herself to focus all her energy on basketball and not let these discordant factors affect the game.
7:30 in the evening came quickly. At this time, the American Airlines Center was full of Heat fans. They were already shouting "super yang" there before the game started.
This kind of shouting made the team leader Wade feel uncomfortable. He felt as if his childhood sweetheart had changed her mind after he came back from a one-month business trip.
Before the game even started, the two Heat's trump cards had a knot in their hearts, which also doomed the game to be full of ups and downs!
