Superstar Athletes’ Black Tech Systems

Chapter 120 The Power of Capital

After four days and three games, the Lakers got two days of rest.

On November 2nd and 3rd, the team did not play.

The fourth game will be on November 4, also at home.

The team can relax for a while.

On the 2nd, the whole team is on holiday, and Li Liang plans to go to a fashion show with Zhu Shu and Wei Dazhi.

The ticket was given by Bai Xiaoting. She said that there were clothes designed by her in it, and she would appear on the stage in person.

Since she said so, of course Li Liang wanted to save face.

Although he has no interest in fashion design or anything.

Before setting off, Zhu Shu received a call and told Li Liang after talking for a while that someone from TWC TV sought him out and wanted to make an appointment with him to shoot a documentary this afternoon.

The "Behind the Scenes of the Lakers" program produced by TWC TV is currently on the air, and the fifth episode has been released, and the sixth episode is about to be broadcast.

Li Liang took the time to watch this documentary, anyway, it was about the situation of the Lakers on and off the court this season.

Interview the coaches, interview the players, interview the general manager, and add some game scenes.

After the start of the training camp on October 1, the Lakers started the preseason and the team's situation every week.

Li Liang originally wanted to refuse, because the media had been ignoring him since the training camp.

Now they may realize the problem and come to the door on their own initiative.

But Zhu Shu persuaded: "Li Liang, I think you should have a good relationship with the media. TWC TV is not an ordinary sports media. They signed a broadcast agreement with the Lakers, 20 years, 3 billion US dollars."

In the summer of 2011, Time Warner signed a 20-year, $3 billion broadcast contract with the Lakers.

It is the first time in the NBA to sign a separate broadcast contract with a team, which is enough to show the huge influence of the Lakers.

That's why TWC will make this TV show to do more extensive publicity for the Lakers.

Wei Dazhi also said: "That's right, Li Liang, in the United States you can scold the president, but you can't offend the capital. The broadcaster is the big money maker, which is different from scolding little Bass."

Li Liang thought about it, and felt that Wei Dazhi and Zhu Shu were right.

In the United States, you can indeed scold the president, publicly and casually.

Because the president of the United States is used to be scolded.

But capital is different, you block the path of capital, they will make you disappear.

This is the real capitalist world, and of course the NBA is.

Here you can scold referees, coaches, owners, managers, Stern, players and even fans.

But you cannot offend the capital power behind the NBA. They are not a specific person or organization, but a collection of interests.

Such a collective has no morals, violates the law, sweeps away all obstacles, and pursues privileges and interests.

There are two largest capital forces in the NBA, one is a sports goods supplier, and the other is a major broadcaster.

Broadcasters can influence how basketball should be played, and sporting goods distributors can influence who should play basketball.

Li Liang, who calmed down and thought about it carefully, agreed with the two of them, and should give TWC a chance to interview him.

Since they took the initiative to find themselves, it shows that the capital is very calm, they don't care about face, they only care about whether you can bring them what they want.

"What about Xiaoting's fashion show?" Zhu Shu asked.

"Isn't it shooting my daily life? My daily routine today is to go to the fashion show."

So, Zhu Shu called the production team of "Behind the Lakers" and said that Li Liang agreed to the shooting plan.

However, the shooting location is up to Li Liang to decide.

The producer agreed to Zhu Shu's request. They originally wanted to film Li Liang's daily life, so they didn't make arrangements deliberately.

At noon, Li Liang and his team met with program producer Justin Williams at a Chinese restaurant in Inglewood.

Williams is a cool-looking white guy. From the way he dresses up, he looks like he is engaged in literary work.

When he saw Li Liang, he greeted him warmly, shook hands and hugged Li Liang.

After sitting down and ordering food, Williams went straight to the point and said: "Uh, Mr. Bruce Lee, as the producer of TWC's "Lakers Behind the Scenes" program, I must apologize to you. In the previous filming, We ignore you, which is a kind of disrespect to you. In fact, it is more because we don’t know you well enough. We know too little about identity, background, and growth experience. This kind of ignorance makes you We made a mistake."

Williams' apology was very sincere, and he couldn't be less sincere. As a producer, he was almost scolded to death these two days!

"Behind the Lakers" got a lot of response after it was broadcast. This program goes deep into the field, allowing more fans to understand the greatest team in the NBA.

But of course viewers want to see what they want to see.

After the first three games, many fans couldn't wait to learn about Bruce Lee, a new Lakers power who came from mysterious China and suddenly rose.

Because of the bad relationship with the media before and the suppression by Jim Bass, Li Liang hardly appeared in the media.

So, everybody can't wait to see what this guy is doing in life and why he's playing so well and uniquely.

Especially Chinese fans. In California, Chinese and Asian fans are a large group.

As a result, when the TV was turned on, five episodes had passed, and there was not a single scene of Li Liang!

The viewers got angry and wrote letters, left messages on the Internet, and called the TV station to put forward their opinions.

"We want to see Bruce Lee!"

This was the unanimous voice of all the audience, they didn't care about the grievances between Li Liang and Little Bass.

In his state, his role on the court, and his cool ultra-long three-pointer, even if he beat Bass Jr., the fans have no objection.

Feeling the pressure, Williams immediately contacted Li Liang and seized the time to reshoot the content. The seventh episode will be broadcast soon.

The Lakers' three-game winning streak has increased the ratings of the show. If Bruce Lee is no longer seen, the audience must smash the TV station.

Faced with Williams' sincere apology, no matter what his true thoughts were, Li Liang chose to accept it.

"I come from China. We Chinese are relatively shy and passive in character. We are not very good at showing off ourselves. We like to keep a low profile and work silently. This is our characteristic, so it's not that you ignore me, in fact Also because I accidentally hid myself."

Damn, after saying these words, Li Liang almost wanted to give himself 58 good reviews.

This not only compliments his low-key, but also gives Williams a step down.

Both parties take a step back, everything will be fine, and they can start to cooperate.

So, Williams, Li Liang and his team, as well as the film crew, started shooting daily shots from this Chinese restaurant.

In the afternoon, they went to the Los Angeles Convention and Exhibition Center together, where the clothing design exhibition of Chinese American fashion designer Anna Sui was held.

Li Liang put on Walter Fraser's cloak silently, led Williams and the film crew together, pointed at the fashion design exhibition, and made high-level remarks.

With the cloak, his aesthetic level has risen sharply, and he speaks clearly and insightfully.

And from time to time, a few sarcasm and a few allusions came out, which made Williams look at him with admiration. Unexpectedly, Li Liang not only played well, but also was very educated!

Williams himself is also engaged in the art industry, and the two had a lot of common topics at once.

While filming, Williams suddenly had an idea, should he shoot a special feature for Li Lianglai?

He felt that it was too little to give Li Liang 5 minutes in the 20-minute TV clip.

There's a lot to unearth in him that audiences are sure to love watching.

The craze formed by Linsanity last season is still vivid in my memory, which is an excellent viewing point.

Williams immediately communicated this idea to Li Liang, saying that after the sixth episode aired, he could make a special episode for Li Liang.

Li Liang thought for a while and said, "If possible, can you start before my draft?"

Williams said: "Of course, it's best, but there is indeed too little information about you. But we don't have a time machine."

Li Liangdao: "I don't need a time machine. I have a friend who happened to record everything about me from the draft to the present out of interest."

Williams was overjoyed when he heard that, such material is really great, and the audience likes to watch this kind of history of the growth and family history of unknown people.

Williams thinks Bruce Lee really has a heart, maybe he thinks he will be successful, so he will shoot such a thing.

Not only Li Liang is like this, in his hometown in distant China, a boss named Ma is doing the same thing, and his plan is even earlier and more long-term.

Therefore, Li Liang called Wei Dazhi over and asked him to talk directly to Williams and use the documentary he shot for TWC TV.

Hearing the good news, Wei Dazhi was so happy that the eyes on his face disappeared.

He was worrying about what to do with the many video materials he had taken.

Editing, arranging, and dubbing cannot be done by him alone.

If it is given to the production team of TWC, then his material can definitely be used to the best advantage.

Not only that, Wei Dazhi will also get a lot of money as a reward for providing materials.

This result made everyone very satisfied.

At this time, on the runway, Li Liang saw Bai Xiaoting appearing on the stage.

Although she is tall and tall, she can't be compared with supermodels in terms of posture and steps, but she still looks good and has a lot of aura.

Moreover, she is an assistant designer, and she wears clothes designed by herself.

Li Liang pointed to the stage and said, "That one is also my friend, she is a Chinese struggling in Los Angeles just like me."

Williams nodded, letting the cameraman take a good shot, which was exactly the subject he wanted to see.

But Li Liang thought in his heart, why is Bai Xiaoting's clothes not revealing at all, not revealing much, it's weird, it's really boring, boring.

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