Chapter 25: Famous Overnight, Shocking the World

Looking at the whole world, in terms of hype ability and publicity ability, the Kardashian family could be ranked.

Kim Kardashian started as just a bag-carrying little sister for the socialite Paris Hilton, and even had a tape scandal exposed back then, but she stubbornly used a bad hand to play out her current fame, although her reputation was mixed.

But her fame was great.

Many people paid attention to every move of her and her family behind her.

When Fan Xi, this basketball teenager who had just made a name for himself in the basketball circle and became popular overnight in Los Angeles, appeared in her new reality show, it naturally triggered some gimmicks, and many people went to watch this episode for no reason.

This episode was produced too well.

It was simply the technique of filming a documentary movie, showing Fan Xi's transformation from a small person to a big hero vividly, making many people who were originally uninterested in basketball also invest in it: because it was itself a plot full of inspiration and youth storms.

On the university campus.

"Hey, have you watched "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" last night? Jack Fan is simply too handsome; he is handsome to a mess. The restrained look when he stayed at Lamar Odom's house reminds me of the first time I went to my millionaire aunt's house. However, he is great; his three-pointers are simply as accurate as if they were installed with satellite navigation."

"Hey, Barbara, don't you think Jack Fan and Jenner are simply a golden boy and girl? God, I can't believe there is anyone more compatible than them. Jack is so handsome and tall, with a mysterious oriental atmosphere; I can't help myself. When he hits a three-pointer on the court and lifts his head to breathe, his Adam's apple moves... a drop of sweat slides down from his chin, I almost suffocated; I even got the pleasure of victory..."

On university campuses, high school campuses, there were too many such infatuated girls discussing Fan Xi's handsomeness, and Jenner's beauty.

"Who wouldn't want a beautiful girl like Jenner watching you practice basketball by your side? If Jenner were by my side, I could also hit 888 basketballs."

On the street basketball court, some self-righteous teenagers were also discussing this matter. "In terms of looks, probably only Jack Fan can pose some threat to me in this world."

"Come on, Leonardo. Your face is full of acne. Honestly, Jack is really too cool; he is an undrafted player, 30 teams didn't choose him. He could only take the lowest-level 10-day contract, but he seized the opportunity."

"Damn it, he seized that damn opportunity, just like my last-ditch effort in the exam room; I cheated and completed the final defense by hiding the answer in my left sleeve. This is too burning; he killed Derek Rose, a famous guy. I heard he also beat up this year's number one draft pick John Wall last night."

"Simply couldn't be cooler."

"Yes, I heard he will be officially signed by the Lakers soon. Honestly, I'm considering becoming a Lakers player."

The boys were also talking about it with relish.

This show formed a viral spread, becoming popular on the English internet for a while, and Jack Fan's entry even occupied the first place in the hot search for a whole day.

Girls were addicted to his handsomeness, and his childhood sweetheart-like love with Jenner... simply sweeter than any Disney campus movie.

More and more girls didn't like those cookie-cutter Disney campus movie routines, always a handsome boy transferring to a new school, and then defeating the unreachable scheming school flower to become the boyfriend of the bullied heroine.

Girls now wanted to see this kind of career-focused one; Jack was too cool. Although they didn't understand basketball, they knew that Fan Xi was about to become a millionaire or even a multi-millionaire from the lowest-level short-contract player.

This American Dream gave them a great sense of participation, just like voting for their ideal C-position in a talent show.

Boys also worshipped Fan Xi, because he was cool, he counterattacked, he challenged the impossible. Who wouldn't want to leap from a loser among the masses to a big hero who saves the world and kills the game?

Fan Xi satisfied the dreams of basketball teenagers.

And, it looked like he also got Jenner's favor.

This was great.

"I can guarantee Jenner will marry Jack; they look like they have faces that will be together for a hundred years."

In the first-class cabin from Los Angeles to New York, a girl dressed in a noble way said to the boy next to her.

They were a brother and sister.

Children of the rich, they were also obsessed with the reality show last night. Now among the teenager group, discussing Fan Xi was a very fashionable thing.

"I don't think so, Anna. They just met for the first time, how could they get married? I think Jenner just admires Jack..."

The boy had a different opinion.

"No, brother. Don't you think this is dreamy? One is a rising basketball star, the other is the youngest daughter of a star family; such a combination is simply too dreamy. Much better to ship than those bullshit Disney campus movies."

"Hey, Anna. You didn't say that last time. You were still shipping the romance between Selena and the Jonas Brothers before. You said Selena was more suitable for the second brother of the Jonas Brothers than Gomez."

The Jonas Brothers the boy mentioned were a very famous idol group in the United States, equivalent to TFboys, except they were biological brothers, and they did have some talent.

Their romance with the Disney princess circle was intricate, and it was rumored that they had also dated the recently rapidly popular female singer Tai Lei Si Wu Fu Te.

"Come on, where are they as charming as Jack."

Girls were all fickle.

Cough cough!

At this time, the woman sitting next to them made an irrepressible and slightly awkward cough. The boy and girl looked over subconsciously... and then they were stunned.

It was Selena Gomez.

Disney's little princess.

Oh, my God!

Both of them awkwardly covered their eyes. The two children who had received a good upbringing since childhood didn't expect that they would complain about someone in front of the person herself.

However, Selena wasn't someone who couldn't take a joke. She debuted when she was very young; as a child star entering the industry, she had long known that part of the money she earned was for others to tease and ridicule her.

"So, what are you discussing? Jack, Fan?" Selena asked.

The boy was a bit bolder, and he said: "Don't you know? Miss Selena, the reality show last night exploded; all of us were moved by the story of the Lakers' new player Fan Xi. He is very handsome, and also very inspirational; importantly, he also has an unusual relationship with Jenner."

Fan Xi? Lakers player?

Two keywords immediately made this Disney little princess nervous, and her breathing became a bit rapid.

She had investigated the man who had put her in the clouds and was unforgettable that night; his name was Fan Xi, his English name was Jack, he was a new player for the Lakers, and he had also made some fame.

But, who was Jenner?

She was nervous; was it his girlfriend?

Selena didn't know why she was nervous, panicked, and even had a feeling of loss.

Have I fallen in love with him? Do I have a damn possessiveness?

When the Disney little princess was uneasy, the boy handed over a latest model notebook.

On it clearly appeared the man who haunted her dreams, and the most favored and beautiful girl of the Kardashian family.

At that moment, her heart almost exploded.

She tried hard to press her chest: "Isn't this girl still a minor?"

"It doesn't matter." The girl named Anna was proficient in law: "Jack is only 19, and Jenner is already 16. According to the 'Romeo Act', it doesn't matter if they fall in love or even have a sweet relationship."

The Romeo Act was specifically set for minors, meaning that minors could enjoy adult happiness with people within three years of their age without being defined as a crime.

Selena's face collapsed all of a sudden.

All the pores on her body stood up like a frightened cat; a strong sense of territoriality surged in her heart: No, absolutely cannot let that 16-year-old little girl enjoy that kind of happiness of mine, how can she? This kind of happiness is for me to enjoy alone.

Selena took a deep breath.

This Disney princess closed the notebook forcefully and handed it to the boy: "Alright, children. Don't fantasize about these things that will never happen. It's not good for your studies."

"But we are already 16." Anna said.

My God!

The Disney little princess was simply furious. I'm only 18, okay? What's there to be proud of, really.

Are you trying to describe me as an old woman and piss me off?

Clearly 18 and 19 are more compatible, you two little bastards!

The resentment in Selena's heart could almost kill someone.

But as a high-quality idol, she couldn't lose her temper; she didn't want to be the next ruined Lindsay Lohan. She closed her eyes and rolled them inside. Then she pretended to be asleep.

But her heart was rolling continuously; she was thinking, No, absolutely not, must find that damn guy, must make him take responsibility.

Disney's little princess will never be a slave... ah, phew, Disney's little princess will never be let down.

Scumbag!

Fan Xi lay in the hotel suite on the Upper East Side of Manhattan; he looked at the crazy reports on TV, and he felt that he might really be popular; even MTV, which broadcast entertainment news, spent several minutes discussing him, and even said he had a handsomeness that was a mixture of Keanu Reeves, Leonardo, and Brad Pitt.

Fan Xi admitted the handsomeness of these three handsome guys.

But compared to me, they are not only lacking in height, but also lacking in length, right?

Fan Xi lying on the bed was very confident, because that damn down quilt was propped up by an arc of more than 20 centimeters.

At the NBA headquarters less than 20 kilometers away from Fan Xi, the League's public relations manager ran hurriedly into David Stern's office.

The NBA headquarters would promote some superstars, and would often collect feedback data to analyze the popularity fluctuations of the recent superstar.

And this morning, he found that almost all TV stations and all web pages were discussing an NBA player, and this player only had some fame in Los Angeles before this.

Jack Fan!

David Stern had long known his intention, and he was very excited.

Stern knew Fan Xi's popularity surge better than the public relations manager; in fact, he had paid attention to this Chinese guard after Fan Xi killed the Warriors.

David Stern had a keen eye; he ran to China's CCTV in the 80s to send basketball tapes, and even said he would give them to them for free to play. And now, China was already the NBA's second-largest market.

So, how could Stern not care about Chinese players.

It was just that after Yao Ming retired, the NBA hadn't had a Chinese player who made people's eyes shine.

Now, Fan Xi appeared.

And shone throughout the League with the speed of a comet; last night, he even shone throughout the United States.

God knows when he got connected with the Kardashian family.

But in any case, the Kardashian family's marketing means were much stronger than the League's marketing means.

The League at most let everyone know how amazing this player's stats were, how accurate his shooting was, and how strong his ability to settle the game was.

However, the Kardashian family's show made Fan Xi display in a full-dimensional way, from his looks, from his personality, from his counterattack, and from his intimate interaction with Jenner... all of this constituted the prerequisite for Fan Xi's explosion.

"I believe all the teams in the League are crazy now, as well as those sponsors who are preparing to do a big job in the Asian market."

David Stern said with a smile, looking at the building complex in Manhattan: "I suddenly feel that this guy is the real chosen one."

The public relations manager nodded and said: "Our fan forum also brought up the matter of Bynum's injury before. Bynum said before he was injured that there was Fan Xi without him, and then he was injured... it's really magical. It's hard to say it's not God's guidance."

"Hahahaha." David Stern laughed very happily.

Then, he said to let the media follow up and report it again, and it would be best to package these bizarre stories on this kid.

"The Los Angeles Lakers need a real point guard."

David Stern finally sighed leisurely: "If this year's finals are Lakers vs. Heat, how good would that be."

As the NBA president, the two major trump cards of the current League, the two signature superstar players, Le Bu Lang Zhang Si and Kobe Bryant.

They were the two with the greatest appeal and influence in the basketball world; if 23vs24 was staged in the finals, the ratings and influence would definitely explode.

However, the Lakers' strength this year had visibly declined; Kobe was stepping on the tail of his peak, and in the future, he would only become weaker and weaker.

And fate was indeed not thin to the Lakers, to the NBA League.

When the whole League was not very willing to trade with the Lakers, a legendary undrafted player fell from the sky.

The Lakers were really lucky.

Knock knock knock!

Fan Xi's door was knocked.

He hurriedly got up and put on a loose jacket.

Then he walked over and opened the door; it was three familiar faces.

Fan Xi was caught off guard.

He replied to D'Antoni last night, telling D'Antoni his phone number and hotel address.

Didn't expect him to come so early.

And he even brought two real superstars, Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony.

Stoudemire was one of the best power forwards in the current League, and even in terms of stats, he was the best power forward in the current League.

His scoring ability was released in New York; D'Antoni gave him unprecedented tactical status.

However, with the joining of Carmelo Anthony, his shooting attempts significantly decreased, and... the positions of the two overlapped, and the ball possession was not clearly sorted out.

This was probably the reason why D'Antoni was so urgently looking for an excellent point guard.

Carmelo Anthony, an absolute superstar. He entered the League in 2003; he and Le Bu Lang Zhang Si were like two sides of the same coin in high school. After entering university, he created the first major miracle in NCAA history; as a freshman, he led the mid-tier team Syracuse University to kill into the NCAA finals and won the championship and MOP.

Immediately participated in the draft and was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the third pick.

In his first season with the Nuggets, he led the team to the playoffs. This was something that the number one draft pick of the same year, Le Bu Lang Zhang Si, hadn't achieved.

It was just that this person wasn't as hardworking as Le Bu Lang Zhang Si; Le Bu Lang Zhang Si was striving to catch up from behind, constantly evolving... now he was already a TOP2 superstar in the League.

Of course, Carmelo Anthony's strength couldn't be underestimated; even if he wasn't very hardworking and diligent, he was still a TOP10 superstar in the League.

And, he was called the small forward with the most offensive means in the current League besides Kobe Bryant.

He was also the small forward tied for second in the current League.

The first place was of course Le Bu Lang Zhang Si.

The second place was shared by him and Kevin Durant.

However, given time, Kevin Durant surpassing Carmelo Anthony was just a matter of time.

Because Kevin Durant and Le Bu Lang Zhang Si were like Le Bu Lang Zhang Si, they were monsters with innate talent.

Le Bu Lang Zhang Si was the number one person in physical fitness in the current League; he had the weight of a center, the speed of a point guard, beast-like explosive power, amazing full-court vision, and a feel above the standard.

Kevin Durant had the height of a center, the coordination of a guard, an arm span like an octopus, and... a perfectly silky feel.

The two of them were like academic gods who had 120 points in two subjects.

And Carmelo Anthony was an academic bully who had 90 points in every subject.

In the NBA, superstars competed on their longest board.

Fan Xi looked at the three of them, and he was incredibly surprised.

"Jack, you are famous." Didn't expect D'Antoni to be the first to reach out and shake his hand: "Now the whole world is your news, and Amare, Carmelo, and I all said we wanted to come and see you."

Fan Xi shook hands with the three people in a dizzy state.

Honestly, half a month ago, these three people were all dreams he couldn't reach.

Now they appeared in front of him so kindly, and even sat on his slightly shabby hotel seat.

"Jack, I watched your game. I am very convinced that you are the point guard we are looking for." Amare Stoudemire said so.

Anthony also expressed his sincerity: "Yes, we all believe in you. So we ran over specifically to personally invite you to join."

... ===== CHAPTER 26 =====