Chapter 638 [Fame and fortune, save Yao Ming]
After receiving a bunch of orange rewards, Liang Kun lamented that buying the Crystal Palace team was an extremely wise choice.
When he participated in the Yanjing Olympics in 2008, he did not complete so many orange tasks. The British love football at heart, especially Londoners, and the city has a long-standing football culture.
Some amateur teams in London have low weekly wages that are even a few pounds, so they still cannot do without football and enjoy the competition on weekends. Moreover, the amateur league in the UK is also booming, with fans watching, and people from the same community will cheer for their friends.
In contrast, China, after the 2008 Olympics, sports will inevitably enter a period of decline. First, most athletes are too poor, and second, there are few spectators and the people are indifferent to sports performance.
Even if the Olympics are held at your doorstep, everyone will be able to watch the fun at most. Not many people really care whether the athletes can win the championship. Many people will just give a yellow task and just finish it. Orange? What does it have to do with me?
The Yanjing Olympics was the most popular time for the Chinese people, and it was all the same. In parallel worlds, not many people care about who won the championship in the next two Olympics. At most, people remember a few popular stars and Liu Xiang, who broke his Achilles tendon and lost the game. It was so realistic.
Chinese fans are concerned about football and basketball, hoping that they will achieve good results. Liang Kun cannot complete this task. In international competitions, how can he save the host who is eliminated in the group stage?
Yao Ming is a star, and at most he brought the men's basketball team out of the group stage, and he couldn't get closer. Moreover, he paid a heavy price to participate in the Olympics. He was eager to return after being seriously injured, and then played in the NBA and was almost in a state of fatigue. He was seriously injured and reimbursed again in the 2009 playoffs.
After a full year of recovery, Yao Ming chose to make a comeback at the beginning of the 2010-11 season. However, after just five games, he suffered a stress fracture again and announced the season's reimbursement, which broke countless fans' hearts.
In addition to participating in the championship celebration in London, Liang Kun also cut the ribbon for the London branch of "Lianjia Big Basin Shrimp".
He previously suggested opening a branch of the big-pot shrimp to London and using the Crystal Palace Club to advertise. If it goes well in the future, use London as a base and gradually cover the entire Europe.
During the Yanjing Olympics, many foreign tourists like to eat the Liang family’s spicy lobster. If the 2012 London Olympics were to be found, people found that there were also "Liang family big basin shrimps". This wave of advertising would definitely make the company an internationally renowned catering company.
Liang Kun also hired a French friend of Constantine to work in a big pot of shrimp. This guy speaks good French and English, and he can report his work to Liang Shuang at any time.
After staying in London for a week, Liang Kun did not return to China and flew to Los Angeles.
He will stay in Los Angeles for more than half a month before attending the New York premiere of "Man of Steel". The movie is scheduled to be released in North America on June 10, and the premiere will be on the 7th.
After Liang Kun arrived in Los Angeles, he moved into his Beverly Hills mansion and lived together with Teresa Palmer. The housekeeper and servant knew about their relationship and signed a confidentiality agreement and would not go out to talk nonsense.
Teresa has been working for half a year and has lost a lot of weight when she runs around and runs around.
She complained: "Finally finished filming, there will be no next film in Twilight. Robert (Pattinson) and I are going crazy, and the plot of this movie is really hell."
She spoiled the plot of the movie for Liang Kun, which was adapted anyway, so it didn't matter if the spoiler was spoiled.
"My mother, Refake, and finally the little vampire Renesme and Jacob were together, and Jacob became Edward and Bella's son-in-law. Jacob, have you kissed your mother-in-law, or in front of your father-in-law!"
"Don't worry about the plot, you're famous anyway, and your pay is getting higher and higher." Liang Kun said with a smile.
"That's right...my parents are planning to live in the United States, and I want to buy them a big house." Teresa said proudly.
In the first part of "Twilight", the pay for the male and female protagonists was pitifully low, which is an important reason why they were able to get roles.
Afterwards, the "Twilight" series of movies became the cash machine for the male and female protagonists. Their pay was getting higher and higher, and by the third part had already increased by 20 times.
Teresa received a $25 million salary in the upper and lower parts of "Twilight 4: Dawn". Although she did not pay any dividends, it was quite amazing. Her salary was much higher than that of Charlize Theron, who had won the Oscars and three best-in-law nominations.
With various advertising endorsements, the media expects that Teresa's total income will be close to $40 million in May next year. She will top the Forbes rankings and become the most profitable female star.
In the newly released Forbes rankings this year, among the top ten most profitable female stars, Teresa tied for fifth with Julia Roberts with a revenue of $20 million.
With this series, Teresa got everything she wanted to have, gaining fame and fortune. Liang Kun also asked her to invest in stocks, and her net worth has increased twice in the past two years. The media did not know that Teresa's net worth exceeded 100 million at the age of 26.
After staying at home for a few days, Liang Kun met Yao Ming, who went to Los Angeles to do activities, and had a meal together.
Yao Ming now has two red help tasks. One is to look forward to someone helping him recover his health and continue to play in the NBA without retiring. The other is to join a strong team with the ability to compete for the championship and strive for the championship.
Yao Ming and Liang Kun chatted and admitted that he didn't want to stay with the Rockets anymore. He didn't listen to Liang Kun's suggestion at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and it was too late to be sure that the Rockets had no future.
The 2010-11 season happened to be the last season of Yao Ming's contract with the Rockets. After he was injured, many teams decided to start a chase against him in the summer free agent market, looking forward to summoning him to the account.
Although Yao Ming has suffered major injuries many times, most NBA teams still recognize his abilities. At the same time, they all understand that once a healthy Yao Ming can be recruited, it means that a broad Chinese market will be obtained.
In addition to the Cavaliers and Mavericks, the Lakers, Nets, Spurs and Warriors also extended olive branches to Yao Ming. In the parallel world, what the management of these teams did not expect was that Yao Ming actually chose to retire this year, ending his career.
Yao Ming really wanted to make a comeback, but the doctor told him that if he continued to play, the chance of being seriously injured again was very high. Under such circumstances, Yao Ming finally had no choice but to leave the arena he loved for his physical safety.
"A review next month, if I recover well, I want to join the Lakers." Yao Ming said with a smile.
Liang Kun suggested that Yao Ming transfer to the Lakers, but he didn't listen. As a result, the Lakers won two consecutive championships. Artest, who had been teammates for a year, cut his salary and went to the Lakers and got a championship ring.
Yao Ming is also considering joining the Mavericks. The Mavericks are very strong this year and swept the defending champion Lakers in the playoffs.
Liang Kun said seriously: "I don't recommend you to go to the Lakers. They have reached the finals for three consecutive years. The players' mentality has changed significantly and they are not so strong. Moreover, the Lakers are very strong inside. If you go, if you serve as a substitute for Bynum, it will affect your historical status."
Yao Ming shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How can I still think of my historical status now? It's good to be able to play basketball. I haven't practiced football for a long time. The doctor probably won't say anything good, maybe I can't make a comeback."
The implication is that he is ready to play as a substitute, and it doesn't matter if he plays shorter.
Alonzo Mooning was seriously declining due to kidney disease, so he went to the Heat to play a substitute for O'Neal. In 2006, Mooning won the championship with the Heat, and Yao Ming also wanted to retire with a championship ring in this way.
Bartel and Sun Yue did not even make the roster in the playoffs, and won the championship rings in the Spurs and the Lakers respectively. If Yao Ming retired empty-handedly, he would not be willing to accept it.
Yao Ming didn't know that Liang Kun had added intermediate recovery potion to his soup. His leg injury would definitely be able to recover. It was a bit difficult to reach the peak state on the court. It should be no problem to be a qualified starting center.
Even if he only recovers 80% of his strength, he is better than most of the NBA's rough centers.
Liang Kun smiled and said, "I suggest you join the Spurs freely and partner with Duncan. The Spurs have always been very strong. If you haven't won the championship since 2007, it's mainly because you lack a good center. If you go and play a role and help the team win the championship, you may not necessarily sign a big contract, but you can enhance your historical status."
Yao Ming fell into deep thought, he thought what Liang Kun said made sense. The Spurs did invite him, and Popovich was a good coach and knew how to use his inside player.
Judging from the lineup, Yao Ming knew that the Spurs' inside line was really weak. Apart from Duncan, there were only blue-collar Split and Matt Bonner who was floating outside to shoot. Substitute power forward De Juan Blair was only 201CM tall, which was a false report.
Liang Kun was able to give Yao Ming advice because he had memories of his past life. He used the "memory projector" to check the news and found that the Spurs had a chance to win the championship from 2012 to 2014. There were stars in the team's internal and external lines, but there was only a good center.
The Spurs lost to the Thunder in the 2012 Western Conference Finals. In 2013, they almost got the Heat 4-2 in the finals, and were shot by Ray Allen to a key three-pointer. In 2014, the Spurs defeated the Heat to win the championship.
As long as Yao Ming joins the Spurs, Duncan will have a reliable substitute and he doesn't have to struggle to support the playoffs by himself. Veteran Duncan often plays for more than 40 minutes in the playoffs to strengthen his defense, and Split is a big shot.
It is entirely possible for the Spurs to win two or even three championships, establish a dynasty, and Yao Ming's two red tasks were also completed.
Yao Ming thought for a while and smiled and said, "What you said makes sense. I will review it first. If I can play, I will consider the Spurs."
He admires Spurs coach Popovich very much. It is not difficult to find out after thinking about it a little bit that the Spurs' tactical system is quite suitable for him.
Chapter completed!