Chapter 587 Attracting Worldwide Attention

August 22, 7pm.

The semi-finals started at 8:30, but as early as 7pm, more than a billion people in the entire Dragon Country had already finished their dinner in an unprecedented unity.

Frankly speaking, for the five thousand years of Dragon Country, even the New Year's Eve dinner has never been so neat!

For nothing else, just to stay in front of the TV or computer early to watch this super semi-final tonight that is destined to go down in history and is destined to shock the world and make ghosts cry!

The most watched basketball league semi-final in the 2008 Olympics, Dragon Country VS the United States, is about to start!

A mountainous area in Sichuan...

Hundreds of people are gathering on a brand new basketball court. In this small Wulong Village, except for the teachers and children of the school, almost everyone in the village has come.

This is the basketball court of Lindong Hope Primary School. Principal Xiang Lin climbed up the basketball stand, hung a projection screen borrowed from the town, and then fixed it with ropes. Several versatile teachers who teach both Chinese and mathematics, and maybe even English and physical education, are busy helping below.

"Higher on the left!" The teacher with the loudest voice stood a few meters away and kept calibrating. The people on and under the basket were busy, and the villagers from each household had already moved their small stools and sat neatly.

They slapped the palm-leaf fans in their hands to drive away mosquitoes, and the whole playground was filled with the sound of "buzzing".

This is the Hope Primary School donated by Lindong. The bright and shiny teaching building is also the most gorgeous small western-style building in Wulong Village. It not only solves the problem of children studying in low earthen houses, but also obtains meal subsidies for them. Not only does it waive tuition but also provides lunch for students, which can be regarded as solving a long-standing problem for this poorest and most remote mountain village in Sichuan.

Later, Slam Dunk International donated 3,000 courts to mountainous areas across the country, so there was the first basketball court and various basketball facilities in the village and town.

Rural areas in remote mountainous areas may be prone to unruly people, but rural people are absolutely simple and honest in some ways. A big man helped all their children, and their gratitude to Lin Dong was really engraved in their bones.

Otherwise, they would gather in an open space on this hot summer night to feed mosquitoes. If it was for the Olympics?

That would be really funny. Most of them didn't even know where the Olympics originated.

But if it was to see Lin Dong, to cheer for Lin Dong... Not to mention the children who admired Lin Dong the most, even the elderly who were already in their seventies and eighties and could hardly walk at home had to be supported and crawled over!

The projection screen was quickly installed and the picture was successfully projected. While a large group of people on the playground cheered, a basketball suddenly flew from the crowd and hit the basket with the screen hanging on it.

The ball went in, but the crowd exclaimed immediately afterwards. The basketball hit the side of the projector, knocking the bracket of the projector off-center. If the loud-mouthed teacher hadn't been close and quick to hold it, the projector that the principal had borrowed from Lin with great difficulty would have fallen to the ground.

"Who!" Principal Boran was furious: "Which little bastard?!"

"Over there in Class 2, Grade 3!" Someone immediately reported.

Then a large group of people on the court stood up collectively, looking in that direction, and the students of Class 2, Grade 3 also retreated in an instant, leaving a young boy with smart eyes standing out.

Seeing that the situation was not going to work, the boy was about to dodge, but was grabbed by the teacher of their class in a rage.

"Wang Erwa!" The principal yelled, "Is this the place for you to shoot?"

"I'm sorry, principal. I just want to throw the ball when I see the round frame..." Wang Erwa defended, "No, why should I apologize? That basket is for shooting! You're talking nonsense. I'm confused!"

All the adults burst into laughter. This guy is a left-behind child. He is also the most naughty child in the village. Every day he throws stones at the glass of this house or the toilet where people are taking a shit. If he says he will throw it into the pit and splash your butt, he will never throw it directly on your butt... The physical education teacher said that he was born in the wrong era. If it was during the Anti-Japanese War, he could at least be a special bomber, but in this peaceful era, this kid who can't concentrate on studying will sooner or later become a hooligan.

But since the school built a stadium, this skill has been put to good use. Shooting is very accurate.

Last time, the school team went to the town to play a game. One person scored more than 20 goals and won the first place in the town. Even the basketball coaches in the town praised him and said he was a genius. He finally found his life goal.

Unfortunately, his family has no money. His parents are working in Guangdong. No one signed him up for the city league, and no one gave him travel expenses. This small Wulong Village can't even put together a five-person team willing to pay to play in the city...

"You are still talking nonsense to me..." The principal choked and said angrily: "Twist him out! Don't let him watch!"

"No! I was wrong, principal! Give me another chance, I want to watch the game, watching the game can improve! Next time I can help our school win! ah?"

Wang Erwa became anxious now, screaming and struggling, but the teacher who mentioned him could not help but follow the principal's order to the end, twisting the boy who was only 10 years old but already 169 centimeters tall. The pushing and shoving stopped, causing a lot of laughter and joking.

Seeing that the principal ignored him, Wang Erwa could only focus on the teacher who was pinching her.

"Li Laoer, let me go! If you sell P, you're hurting me! I'll go back and burn down your house!"

"If you have the guts, go and burn it. If you have a dirty mouth, I'll slap you!" The teacher didn't accept his trick at all. In a village like this, it's normal for students to have dirty mouths, so just slap them. Well, this is not one of those big cities where teachers use force when disciplining students. That is a matter of course!

Seeing that Wang Erwa was too tough, she had no choice but to soften: "Second brother, Teacher Li, let me go. Can I hide in the back and watch? I will never throw the ball again. I beg you. I promise to do it again in the future." I won’t scold you anymore…”

"Who told you to be in debt? Don't you know how expensive that projector is? You borrowed it after a lot of effort from Uncle Xiang. You can't even afford to pay for it if you sell your house!"

The teacher was unmoved and had already pushed him out of the stadium.

Wang Erwa had no choice but to use her trump card: "Lao Er Li, this is it! You let me hide behind and watch the game. When my mother and my sister come back during the Chinese New Year, I, I will introduce my sister to you!"

Teacher Li's ears suddenly stood up.

Although the conditions of Wang Erwa's family are not very good, Wang Da Niu looks like a hibiscus. She is a proper village beauty. After dropping out of school the year before last, she followed her parents to work in Guangdong. When she came back, she was dressed in colorful clothes, which made her even more beautiful. It made the men in the village salivate with envy.

Teacher Li is no exception...

"real?"

"I lied to you that it was your son!"

"I don't want people like you." Teacher Li still couldn't believe it: "Are you serious?"

Wang Erwa was too lazy to fuck him, so she took out a photo of his sister and her parents taken in Guangzhou from her pocket. Her rosy little face smiled like spring, and even a suit of work clothes couldn't hide the proud majesty.

Teacher Li's mouth went dry for a moment. He couldn't help but swallowed and confirmed again: "Really? Just to watch a game? Just to watch Lin Dong, you sold your sister? You're not lying to me. Right? This is a fight against the United States. You don’t know how powerful those black people are. You’re probably going to lose..."

"You who teach mathematics know how to sell a hammer. This is my idol's Olympic semi-final! So what if we beat the United States? I also beat the Yankees back then! Lose? You will lose!" Wang Erwa He said angrily: "Don't insult my idol! I can hold a grudge. That's it. I will definitely beat you up when I grow up!"

"Little brat, you can wait until you can beat me..." Teacher Li finally made up his mind: "Then you sit at the back and don't let the principal see it, otherwise I will be scolded... Also, if you really want to give it to me, Introduce!”

"Hey, don't worry, second brother! But I'm only responsible for the introduction. Whether it succeeds or not depends on you..."

"There's no one like you. You have to say nice things to me and create more opportunities. In this way, I can help you with math during the winter vacation..."

"...I will make you M and sell P!"

While the two were discussing, the entire square cheered: "Lin Dong is out!"

Wang Erwa was so excited that she quickly turned her head and looked towards the projection screen.

"Advertisement! That's an advertisement! Keep your voice down!"

"The commercial was also shot by my idol! Sooner or later, I will imitate my idol and play in the NBA!" Wang Erwa screamed excitedly.

Teacher Li held him down speechlessly, for fear of being seen by the principal, and muttered: "MD, ABC can't even recognize it, and he still knows NBA..."

Although it was just a short advertisement for Bank of Communications, Lin Dong just smiled and shouted a simple line like "Centennial Bank of Communications, your wealth management bank" in the camera, but with just such a sentence and the moment he showed his face, it still made him At this moment, it was as if a heavy bomb had been dropped in the hearts of countless people across the country who were in front of televisions, computers, and projection screens, making the entire Dragon Kingdom boil.

If we say two or three years ago, until Lin Dong won four consecutive NBA championships, there were still people who blackmailed Lindong in the Dragon Kingdom, and there were even professional trolls who made a living by blackmailing Lindong.

At this moment in the Dragon Kingdom, such people and voices have completely disappeared.

One is naturally due to the collapse of Nike. The group of people who criticized Lin Dong and took away Lin Hei were actually mostly Nike deliberately directing the trend and trying to kick Lin Dong out.

The second one is the various things Lin Dong has done in the past two years.

In the field of basketball, the City Basketball League and Slam Dunk International were created, providing countless children who dream of basketball with a fair platform for promotion and the opportunity to pursue their dreams.

In addition to the field of basketball, in recent years, it has also donated thousands of schools in impoverished mountainous areas, thousands of basketball courts, donated at least hundreds of millions of assets to various welfare homes and orphanages across the country, in addition to various charity activities and the treatment of some special diseases. Charitable funds, etc.

From my past life experience, whether I have witnessed the embarrassment and desolation of these institutions in an orphanage, or after being seriously ill, I have received letters from various young fans with the same illness. I know that there are more people in this country due to various reasons. Things like waiting to die without reimbursement for illness.

These are the reasons why he has been actively doing these things in the past two years.

For Lin Dong, this goes beyond the maintenance of the so-called "faith", but empathizes with it and is also an explanation of his previous life.

But for the world, for all those who saw him doing these things, this is true virtue.

In terms of basketball skills, he is already recognized as the world's number one, but he is still working hard to train.

In terms of being a person, he cares about the common people and devotes almost all his time outside of the game to public welfare, and all of it is put into practice, which is completely different from those rich people who do public welfare for tax exemption.

What reason do you have to accuse such a person on the Internet? Doesn't your conscience hurt?

Even if there are really unscrupulous people who really sensationalize, facing the unprecedented unified support of fans across the country, they can't make any waves at all. Those who dare to slander Lin Dong, if they are lucky, they will only be scolded online, and if they are unlucky... then the whole country will directly doxx you.

This is already a phenomenal figure who has transcended the influence of the basketball circle... His influence and appeal in Longguo are unprecedented!

At this moment, there are thousands of schools like Wulong Village Hope Primary School that organize the whole village to watch the game.

In towns and cities, almost every household has their TV on, and they are all fixed on CCTV's live broadcast. CCTV's ratings have reached an astonishing 68.6%, and are still rising.

This is certainly not as good as the 1980s when TV series such as "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "Desire", and "Shanghai Beach" had a national rating of 90%, but you have to understand that this was in 2008...

The Internet has become popular in China at this time, and Penguin Live has won the exclusive agency rights for this year's Champions League, NBA and Olympic Games live broadcasts in Longguo.

The ratings are only about 70%, that's just because most young people no longer like TV, but sit in front of the computer to watch the game.

At this time, in the Penguin Live Room, the barrage has been swiping the screen, and strings of barrages are floating on the screen, so that those fans who have turned on the barrage can hardly see the live screen.

At this time, the live room is playing some Penguin advertisements, but the audience of computer video and TV broadcast have completely different tolerance for advertisements.

——I am so angry. I came to Penguin Live just because I don't want to watch ads. Why are there ads here? I should have watched it on TV. The screen is much bigger than this one!

——There are no bullet comments and no interaction on TV!

——That's right... Speaking of which, can't you also show some Lin Huang ads? Why didn't I see any Lin Huang ads?

——You fake fan! Who doesn't know that Lin Huang is famous for not accepting ads?

——No way, I saw that the ads of some bank were accepted by Lin Huang, ah, and Under Armour!

——You know nothing. The director of the publicity and distribution department of Bank of Communications is Lin Huang's father. Lin Huang is just giving face to his father. The only advertisement he accepts in China is from Bank of Communications!

——Under Armour is Lin Huang's own brand. He owns 20% of the shares. Of course, he has to shoot some ads. Lin Huang refuses all other ads. I heard that last year Longguo Life Insurance offered Lin Huang an endorsement fee of 200 million yuan a year, but Lin Huang didn't even look at them!

——Tsk tsk tsk, he is indeed an idol. Look at other sports stars. Once they become famous, they accept all kinds of advertising endorsements. Only Lin Huang is the most special!

——Nonsense, Lin Huang has 20% of the shares in Under Armour. Don’t you know how awesome Under Armour is now? The market value is already 300 billion! Lin Huang’s annual dividends from Under Armour alone are enough for those stars to shoot commercials for a lifetime. Do they care about your advertising endorsement fee? It’s not enough for Lin Huang to donate to dozens of schools!

——300 billion? God, Nike was only 100 billion at its peak. How can it be so exaggerated?

——You don’t know this. When Nike collapsed, Under Armour took over all of Nike’s markets and assets in the United States in just half a year, and then took advantage of Lin Huang’s trip to La Liga and went to Europe to seize almost half of Adidas’ market.

——Forget about that. Do you know how big the Asian market is? In the past two years, you have seen high-end sports brands on the market. Do you see anyone wearing Adidas? They are almost dropping to bargain prices to grab the bottom market. There is only one high-end sports goods in Asia, and that is Under Armour! Compared with Nike back then and Under Armour now, it is nothing!

——Haha, really, I also wear Under Armour, and everyone around me is.

——Everyone around me is +1, +2, +3... +10086!

——Boast, brag as much as you want, brag after today, today's game against the United States is a disaster, we have never won in an adult competition...

——Don't swipe the screen! The game is about to start! Coach Sun on CCTV has started to comment!

——MD, watch TV, there are too many ads in this broken live broadcast!

——Watch TV +1, +2, +3... +10086!

——You idiots are hopeless! I'm going to see my idol, bye!

Someone was cursing and laughing in the live broadcast room, shutting down the computer and rushing to the living room to turn on the TV...

"CCTV! CCTV! This is the live broadcast room for the Olympic basketball special. I am your old friend Sun Zhengping, and the person next to me is Coach Ma. Today, we will be responsible for explaining this world-renowned battle for everyone!"

“It’s an honor to explain such a game for everyone... This is really an exciting moment! Basketball players across the country, fans across the country and even fans around the world, including me, a die-hard fan of Lin Dong, have been waiting for this day and this game for too long.” Coach Ma next to him smiled and took over the conversation and said: “The 2008 Olympic basketball special, the semi-finals, Dragon Country VS the United States, is about to begin!”