One Guard - Chapter 515
Chapter 519 : The pride of Cholet
After having a “happy” conversation with Adidas staff, Adidas immediately began to produce signature shoes.
The current commercial value of Yiyang is immeasurable. Taking advantage of the launch of Yiyang’s signature shoes now, Adidas will definitely make a lot of money.
Once the signature shoes are finalized, it also means that Yiyang has officially started his vacation life.
Training, business activities, Asian Championships and even team recruitment… After Yiyang became popular, the trouble that followed was that his time during the holidays was becoming more and more of his own. The less come.
“Go to France to participate in a commercial competition?” When Yiyang listened to Duffy’s “instructions” on the phone, he was quite rejected in his heart. He originally wanted to take advantage of the current trip to Brazil with Vignali, but now it seems that his trip to Brazil with Vignali can only be temporarily stranded.
“This is an event arranged by Adidas. If you like it, they allow you to bring Vignari with you. Commercial games, it’s like… By the way, it’s like the NBA Masters! It’s not here. Men and women don’t care about the outcome. People just want to see the stars play, that’s all.” Duffy explained to Yiyang on the phone, and when he heard that Vignali could be brought together, Yiyang frowned. It was released in an instant.
“If I remember correctly, the French should have more enthusiasm for football.” Going to Europe again, this reminds Yiyang of his previous experience when he and Vignali went to Italy. In Italy, many people don’t know who Yiyang is, because most Italians don’t watch basketball at all! Being in Europe and a country that regards football as life, how could a commercial basketball game be suddenly arranged?
“The basketball market in France is indeed inferior to football, but it is not completely unattended. No, Adidas and the French team Cholet have reached a cooperation, and Cholet hopes to enhance the team’s commercial value. So the two sides hit it off. , Held this business competition. Adidas is responsible for recruiting star players and playing an exhibition match with Cholet. You happen to be the biggest celebrity spokesperson under Adidas now, so you must participate in this important event. It’s okay, just go. Play in France, that game won’t take you too much time.”
Yiyang shook his head, is Brazil’s feverish beach? It seems that only next time…
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?? Speaking of France, Yiyang will think of football first, and football second. ? But when he came to Cholet, his eyes were not attracted by football, but an exotic atmosphere completely different from the United States and China.
Cholet, a small town with a population of only 52,000, is located on the Moine River in northwestern France. If such a small place were placed in the United States, it would definitely be dilapidated.
But when Yiyang and Vignali walked out of the airport, they were deeply attracted by Cholet’s retro scenery.
Although Cholet is not the most famous city in France, it is a transportation hub in the northwest. Many railways are gathered here, and Cholet has always been a strategic place in history.
During the French bourgeois revolution, there were wars here. Until now, Cholet has also left several war relics, and this has become a local attraction.
Although there is no sunny beach, tropical style, passionate bikini beauties, palm trees swaying in the sea breeze. But Shaolai’s peaceful and peaceful appearance still made Yiyang feel very relaxed.
It seems that in this small town, life is always so peaceful. You don’t have to worry about the **** NBA Finals, you won’t meet the annoying San Antonio Spurs, you don’t have to face annoying reporters, and you don’t have to pretend to be high-minded at a fake business dinner. Here, what people enjoy most is life itself!
“It’s unbelievable. In such a place, there is actually a professional basketball team of its own. Moreover, it is still a French Ligue 1 team!”
Ligue 1 is in France, which is the highest level of basketball league. Cleveland, with a population of nearly 2 million, is often referred to as a small market in the NBA. What about Cholet, who has a population of only 52,000? What words should they use to describe their team? It is worth mentioning that Cholet also entered the UEFA Champions League last season. It can be seen that the strength of a team has nothing to do with the size of the city where it is located.
On the first day after arriving in France, Yiyang did not meet with the Adidas team, but took Vignali to visit Cholet. In the evening, the two attended a local bonfire party on the banks of the Mowana River.
Blowing the cool breeze from the riverside, experience the unique exotic gatherings. Yiyang found that occasionally running to these small places seemed to be a good experience.
Under the warm hospitality of local residents, Yiyang and Vignali drank a lot of local wines. This wine is as delicious as fruit juice when it is drunk, but in the middle of the night, the alcohol will crawl up your brain down your throat and dominate your nerves.
Therefore, under the influence of alcohol, Yiyang and Vignali spent a night of ecstasy in a small villa rented by the river bank.
Moonlight passed through the river and shone on a pair of naked men and women through the window. Who could have imagined that Yiyang, who has always been insane, would occasionally be full of sentiments? The night in a French town is much more ecstasy than those international metropolises…
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I have to admit that French wine is indeed hundreds of times better than whiskey in American nightclubs. At least after waking up the next day, Yiyang and Vignali did not feel any discomfort.
The two woke up early, and after walking around the river, they joined the Adidas team by car. After meeting, they will head towards the arena of the Cholet basketball team together.
Seeing Yiyang, an NBA-level MVP player, appeared in Cholet, not to mention how happy the Adidas team was. In this exhibition game alone, Yiyang will receive an appearance fee of $200,000. Among them, other incentive fees are not included. Although the price of inviting Yiyang is very expensive, Adidas believes that the arrival of Yiyang will surely make Cholet’s team resound throughout the country!
When Yiyang and other European basketball stars hired by Adidas appeared together in the Cholet basketball team’s stadium, many players and even coaches of the Cholet team came to ask for Yiyang’s autograph. You know, they will be opponents later!
But among them, one guy caught Yiyang’s attention. When all the Cholet players gathered around to take a photo with Yiyang, a big man wearing Cholet’s jersey warmed up under the basket on his own.
Although it was only an exhibition game, that guy seemed to be preparing very seriously. Yiyang smiled, and secretly looked forward to that guy’s performance later.
The game started very quickly, and Cholet’s stadium was naturally unattended. But it is worth mentioning that this game was also broadcast live on many French TV stations. After all, it is indeed a rare thing for the NBA MVP to play in France.
There may not be many basketball fans in France, but almost all basketball fans have set their sights on this game.
On the court, Yiyang played quite easily. Although Cholet is a professional Ligue 1 team, in Yiyang’s view, the strength of this small team may not even match the Dallas Mavericks Development League team.
Yiyang played easily and freely on the court. He even deliberately used a lot of fancy moves that only dared to play on street courts to win the applause of the fans.
When Yiyang used a classic elbow pass to assist Vignali to hit a shot, the Italian girl was so excited that she almost didn’t directly hug Yiyang and give a kiss.
Yiyang and Vignali, a pair of “husband and wife”, completely became the protagonist of the audience, and almost everyone was paying attention to this game just to watch them.
Yiyang played more and more relaxed on the court, and he has completely entered the state of enjoying the pure fun of basketball.
In the fifth minute of the second quarter, Yiyang broke through with the ball as always. He replaced it with a nice quick succession behind the back, so that the young guard of the Cholet team couldn’t find North.
With an acceleration, Yiyang easily reached the inside line. He took off directly, and it looked like this would be another easy layup opportunity. However, in the next second, Yiyang’s eyes went dark, as if someone was blocking his way.
“Bang!” With a sudden, Yiyang was knocked to the ground! And the basketball he shot was also blown out by someone fiercely!
Yiyang looked up and saw that it was not someone else who blocked him, it was the Cholet’s center who was warming up alone just now!
Everyone on the scene was stunned, what the **** was this young man doing! ? Is he going to compete with the NBA MVP! ? That guy, has his brain been hit hard by the locker room door?
People were worried that Yiyang would be angry, but Yiyang silently got up with a faint smile. Unexpectedly, in a place like Cholet, there is actually such a powerful enemy! Instead of making Yiyang angry, the big man made him excited!
Yiyang’s mentality began to change, and this guy gradually became serious. Yiyang was blocked and replaced with Cholet to attack.
Cholet’s captain, small forward Plum’s shot from beyond the three-point line was ridiculous. Perhaps it was playing with international superstars like Yiyang, which made Plum too nervous.
As soon as the basketball knocked out of the box, the tall center who had just blocked Yiyang jumped up! The athletic ability of the white center left Yiyang’s mouth open in surprise. Originally, his opponent was just a typical European heavy fortress. Unexpectedly, the opponent was a fierce “bird and beast”!
In the air, the big white guy straightened his long arms and grabbed the rebound like a crowd. He didn’t wait to land and made up for it!
“Boom!” A loud noise made the fans of the Cholet team in the stands burst into applause. Yiyang is indeed an NBA-level superstar, but we also have our own star players.
Yiyang was overjoyed and laughed out loud, this maverick guy didn’t let himself down as expected.
With the next goal, Yiyang deliberately hit the inside line with the goal of challenging the tall center with terrifying athleticism. In the air, Yiyang used a hand-changing action to barely dodge the opponent’s block and score a goal without risk.
This kind of excitement of “walking tightrope” made Yiyang find the passion for playing this exhibition game. At the same time, Yiyang was also very curious, who is that little-known big tall man?
After the game, Yiyang saw the guy’s dominance in rebounding, and saw his second offensive ability to directly violently dunk after grabbing the offensive rebound.
Of course, Yiyang, who had been in physical contact with him, also felt that the seemingly thin guy was actually very powerful.
Although it feels incredible, Yiyang still has to admit that the guy’s physical condition has completely reached the level of the NBA! Although the technique is a bit rough, but for a defensive center, he even let Yiyang see the shadow of Tyson Chandler.
Why would such a talented young center play in a small team like Cholet?
With doubts, Yiyang kept testing that guy. The Cholet center also surprised Yiyang again and again.
His arms span is very exaggerated, and then accelerates the terrifying bounce, so that every time this guy takes off to block Yiyang, it seems to weave a big net that is difficult to cross.
Yiyang can guarantee that most NBA-level guards will not be able to survive under his defense!
However, despite this unknown “super center” at , Yiyang led the Adidas star team to easily defeat the Cholet team.
After the game, Yiyang took the initiative to walk to the coach of the Cholet team. The coach of the Cholet team thought Yiyang would say a few words to him, but he did not expect that the Chinese man wearing the black Adidas jersey pointed his finger at his most proud player.
“Mr. Coach, that guy, what’s his name?”
“Haha, you think he is great too, right! That young man, but we are proud of all Choletians! When he was in Cholet’s youth team, I knew that guy was a good seed!” Seeing Yiyang mentioned The center, Cholet’s coach also showed a proud smile on his face.
This expression is exactly the same as when Stevens talked about Yiyang with others.
“Sorry, Mr. Yi, forgot to answer your question. That kid is Rudy Gobert. By the way, he will participate in this year’s NBA draft. If everything goes well, this may not be the last time you and him. Fight!”
“Participate in the draft!?” Yiyang’s eyes suddenly brightened. This trip to France was really full of surprises.