【1091】 The eve of the season
After the launch of the "Sunshine Operation", the subsequent work will naturally include the "Ginkgo Foundation", the "Ginkgo Hospital", local governments, major media, etc., and although Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao are the main conveners of the foundation, they do not have to worry too much about specific matters.
In fact, charity activities such as "Operation Sunshine" that are on the table and have a large number of media follow-up reports are the easiest to operate, after all, no one will interfere.
In the next two years, the Ginkgo Foundation will join hands with the All-China Women's Federation, Youth Federation, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Red Cross, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and other government departments to screen eligible children across the country to receive treatment from the Ginkgo Village. Of course, if the Ginkgo Foundation can raise more donations for the "Sunshine Action", the number of children rescued will increase.
Although the Ginkgo Foundation raised more than $100 million in one lump sum this time, everything seems to be a drop in the bucket for the high treatment costs of thalassemia and leukemia and the huge number of children.
In fact, this is also an important reason why Xiao Feng strives to expand the international influence of the "Ginkgo Foundation". Only by calling on more forces to join can charity do better.
After the first batch of children arrived at the "Ginkgo Village", Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao took the children to the "Ginkgo Hospital" to visit them and gave them gifts and school supplies.
For the children of the Xiao family, wealth is not something they need to worry about. What they need to cultivate since childhood is a good attitude to love and control wealth. Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao did a good job in this regard.
Without having to work hard for a livelihood, only a more calm mind can make the "Jinghu Group" and the Xiao family have longer glory.
The news that Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao visited the child in the hospital was widely reported by various media interviewed, which also made more people pay more attention to the "Sunshine Action". Many children's assistance applications also flew to the "Ginkgo Foundation" like snowflakes, allowing this action to gain a wider mass base.
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To handle the start of "Operation Sunshine", Xiao Feng's main purpose of returning to China for vacation this time is to complete it successfully. Next, he will fly to Yangcheng, participate in the preseason between the Lakers and the Raptors, and then move to Xiangjiang. The last game of the Chinese preseason, Lakers vs. the Knicks!
The scale of the China pre-season this year and the host city set a new record. More than 200,000 fans watched the NBA team's confrontation live, and the TV broadcast ratings exceeded 5%. The market share reached 30%.
In addition to the Olympics and World Cup, this is also the highest ratings of sports in China. The huge and fanatical basketball market not only makes the NBA league ecstatic, but also makes advertisers make a fortune.
At present, China already has three NBA stars: Xiao Feng, Alian and Zhou Qi. The development of the domestic CBA league has also entered a stage of virtuous cycle, and basketball is expected to become the first project of the three major balls to successfully professionalize the market.
The success of basketball has undoubtedly stimulated the football field. During this period, various teams from the Chinese Super League have been constantly connecting, trying to establish a professional organization similar to the CBA League, and grab the dominance of the league from the Chinese Football Association and Sports General Assembly, and the storm has been surging for a while.
Xiao Feng was not interested in the changes in the domestic experience. Although Brother Ma, Xu Jiayin and others had communicated with him about the football professional league, he would not stand out. At most, he made some suggestions when talking on the phone with the deputy prime minister in charge of culture, education and sports, believing that sports can also have a market-oriented situation in addition to the national system.
However, Brother Ma and Xu Jiayin wanted Xiao Feng's words. After all, Xiao Feng has a much deeper connection at the top than the two of them, which will also play a decisive role in the establishment of the China Football Professional League and the acquisition of dominance of the football league.
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On October 7, the last day of the National Day Golden Week, the Yangcheng Basketball Arena welcomed the Lakers and the Eastern Conference Raptors, which will be the third NBA preseason game held in this week.
This basketball hall is specially built for the basketball competition at the 2010 Olympic Games. It can be regarded as a first-class basketball hall in China, comparable to the Wukesong Basketball Hall in Peking.
In order to give the audience a perfect experience as if they were visiting the NBA in person, the NBA had already made all-round transformations of the basketball hall and decorated accordingly accordingly accordingly accordingly accordingly.
For example, the last preseason game held here was the Warriors vs. The main color is the Warriors' yellow logo at home, and the next game is the Heat's home court, with all kinds of Heat's logos everywhere.
Of course, in the promotion of the exterior wall, Chinese players such as Xiao Feng are still the focus of the promotion of the event. After all, for Chinese fans, talents such as Xiao Feng have more intimacy.
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Xiao Feng flew to Yangcheng on the morning of the 7th to meet the team, and there was no time to practice together. The only preseason was the one that was in the preseason, and the outcome was irrelevant.
At less than six o'clock in the evening, fans who came from all directions had already begun to surround the basketball hall and the nearby sports roads. Among them, the largest number of fans wearing the Xiao Feng jersey, followed by Ah Lian's No. 11 jersey. After all, Ah Lian is a basketball superstar who came out of Lingnan. Even when Ah Lian was worried about CBA, he still had huge popularity in Lingnan.
As today's home team, the Flash Wade, who is on the verge of retirement, also has many fans, and there are also many fans wearing the No. 3 Heat jersey.
Wade, born in 1982, is already a 35-year-old veteran this year. His expiration is destined to put a huge burden on his body. The scars on his body in the NBA 14 years are enough to tell everything. Three championships, one scoring champion and one finals MVP, Wade's NBA results are enough to allow him to enter the Hall of Fame after he retires.
Since James left the Heat, the Heat's record has fallen into decline, and Wade, who was trapped in injuries and in a sluggish state, was also conservatively criticized. Although the Heat is still Wade's team, everyone knows that if the Heat want to rise again, they can no longer rely on the aging Wade.
Due to various factors, Wade finally decided to retire after this season, which means that he will spend 15 years of his career at the Heat, leaving people with a back that is worth looking up to!
Perhaps today's preseason will be Wade's last time playing on the Chinese court, so many of his fans rushed to Yangcheng thousands of miles away, and the scene was filled with a feeling of parting.
At about 7 o'clock in the evening, the competition officially began. Xiao Feng did not appear because he had not maintained normal training in the past few days.
However, under Jeremy Lin's organization, the Lakers' performance is still eye-catching. It gradually suppressed the Heat's offense. After all, the Heat, which is in the reconstruction stage, is not strong.
In contrast, although Xiao Feng did not appear, Mark, Ah Lian, Zhou Qi and Jeremy Lin are all All-star stars, so their performance will naturally not be too bad.
When Xiao Feng made his debut in the second quarter, the entire basketball hall fell into a frenzy. Twenty thousand players shouted the names of MVP and Xiao Feng in unison, allowing the rest of the players and the audience in front of the TV to feel Xiao Feng's huge popularity in China.
In the end, Xiao Feng, who acted as the team's sixth man, still led the team to win the preseason match between the Heat with his outstanding triple-double performance, and won three consecutive preseason wins.
After the game, the fans at the scene were reluctant to leave. They kept shouting the players' names until Xiao Feng brought his opponent out to bow and leave, and then he left with unfulfilled satisfaction.
The senior executives of the NBA League saw this scene and deeply felt the huge popularity of the NBA or the Lakers in China, which also strengthened their confidence in developing the Chinese market.
After all, China's rapidly growing economy and huge population base have great potential for the development of the sports industry. Basketball currently occupies the lead. If you miss the opportunity, it will be a pity for the NBA League.
In the past, NBA officials did not have an intuitive understanding of Xiao Feng's huge popularity in China. This time, China's mass production preseason allowed them to truly see the status of a super idol in China.
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After easily defeating the Heat, the Lakers rested in Yangcheng for one night, and the next morning the whole team took a luxury bus to Xiangjiang, which is also one of the most convenient transportation methods between the two places.
The distance between Yangcheng and Xiangjiang is less than 200 kilometers. If you take a plane to the airport and get various consumptions to the airport, it will become slower.
There is a highway connection from Yangcheng to Xiangjiang. Yangcheng police also sent police cars to drive the way for the Lakers' convoy, so the team arrived in Xiangjiang in less than three hours.
The team checked into the Peninsula Hotel, which is directly opposite Victoria. This is also one of the best five-star hotels in Xiangjiang. As the superstars of the Lakers, living here is not a grievance.
On October 9, the preseason between the Lakers and the Knicks officially kicked off at 8 pm. This is a showdown between two NBA teams with the highest market value, not only attracting tens of thousands of fans. There are also many entertainment stars from Xiangjiang, Baodao and China.
Although the Knicks have a bad record in recent years, their backing with a super metropolis like New York still gives it the greatest attention to the NBA and has a large number of fans in the distant East. For example, Anthony, his super scoring ability and rich offensive methods, has made him quite popular in China. When he often, the roof of the gymnasium is almost overturned.
Of course, Xiao Feng and his teammates were the ones who received the most cheers. The defending champion also had his own home aura. All the fans shouted "mvp" in unison throughout the game, which also allowed Xiao Feng to gradually enter the formal game.
In the end, Xiao Feng handed over a four-double with 33 points, 22 assists, 13 rebounds and 10 steals, and dominated the entire game. He played for 40 minutes and led the team to win without any blood.
Looking at Xiao Feng's majestic image, Anthony suddenly felt that his career might continue to be bleak. Even though he received more salary and advertising income in New York, the distance between him and the O'Brien Cup will become further and further!
In fact, not only Anthony, but many top NBA stars have the idea of "Ji Sheng Yu, He Sheng Liang", especially LeBron. He originally hoped that Kobe could become the first in the league after retirement, but who knew that Xiao Feng's bug flew out of the sky?
In five consecutive preseason games, the Lakers defeated their opponents easily and abnormally. Xiao Feng was not much different from being present. The Lakers' overall strength was desperate. Although the teams in the preseason did not use all their strength, the Lakers also did not have all the elites. This discovery made people afraid.
Perhaps, after Kobe retired, the Lakers can still maintain their dominance in the NBA!
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All five preseason games ended, and the Lakers' China trip this year has come to a successful end. Through these games and a series of commercial activities, the team's popularity in China has increased to one.
Xiao Feng was not very concerned about the team's relevant reports, but when he saw thousands of fans spontaneously feeling that Xiangjiang saw off the Lakers, he knew that this trip to China was worth it.
This time, Xiao Feng and his family returned to Los Angeles on the "Mengyao" to take the "Mengyao" to return to Los Angeles. In addition to the Lakers players, coaches and club staff, Xiao Feng and his family were all dispatched.
Four children who spent a happy holiday in Ginkgo Village were reluctantly caught by Xu Mengyao on the plane. They felt that they hadn't had enough fun.
Several elderly people stayed in the "Ginkgo Village" for half a year, and they could take this opportunity to stay in Los Angeles for a while to take care of themselves.
Because there were a large group of people on the plane, everyone did not seem bored during the long journey, especially a few children, which added more joy to the cabin, and the journey time suddenly became very short.
When the "Mengyao" landed at Los Angeles International Airport, Xiao Feng stood on the gangway and looked at the blue sky in Los Angeles. He smelled the slightly charred air, and suddenly felt like he suddenly realized that he had become a different world.
Since leaving Los Angeles in June, it has been almost three months since now, and many things have happened during this period, but it is still bustling and noisy Los Angeles.
While the "Mengyao" was still flying over the Pacific Ocean, Mark William had already arranged for the staff of the "Dream Manor" to pick them up at the airport via WeChat.
Because of Xiao Feng and other Lakers players' special status in Los Angeles, the airport gave the green light, allowing the pick-up team to enter the airport smoothly. Xiao Feng and others were able to leave the airport smoothly, thus avoiding the many media reporters waiting at the airport.
But even so, the media reporter waiting at the "Dream Manor" took a photo of Xiao Feng's team returning to the manor, and made a comment on "Return of the King" with this title!
Within two weeks, the NBA regular season is about to begin. Can the Lakers continue their first two seasons and create a glory of three consecutive championships? (~^~)
Chapter completed!