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Chapter two hundred and ninety-fifth box office myth! Break the NBA All-Star historical ticket king
Lin Long swept the entire American theater line with a production cost of 2 million! "Boom Drummer" became the most watched and hottest film in the United States in January!
More than half a month after its release, the North American box office has reached a terrifying $150 million.
In 1999, this result was almost locked in the top ten of the year! Although the box office growth of Burst Drummer has begun to slow down significantly, it is still growing slowly. Many people in the industry believe that its final result is sure. It will break through 200 million US dollars. As for the final destination, there are different opinions.
This is a top box office result in an ordinary year enough to compete for the annual championship!
It's a pity that the films that have been set for this year include super sequels such as Star Wars Prequel, Toy Story 2, Ace Power Spy 2, etc., as well as high-profile and anticipated focus films such as Legend of Gods and Ghosts, Tarzan, and The Matrix. , Therefore, experts are only very cautious to give a forecast of the top five annual box office.
But anyway, Lin Long has already made a piece of his sky in Hollywood!
Become the most watched super rookie director and actor in the United States!
Even if Lin Long immediately retires and doesn't play anymore, just by virtue of his directing and performance as a popping drummer, he can have countless film deals coming to him, enough for Lin Long to act until he can't act anymore!
However, Lin Long will not only not retire. After his return, the Celtics once again entered an invincible state. They swept away the previous trend of Lin Long's absence of 3 wins and 4 losses, and ushered in a wave of 9 consecutive victories to 33 The record of wins and 5 losses is firmly in the East and the league. Except for the Lakers who can still bite them in record, all the teams have been left behind by the Celtics.
Lin Long averaged 30.1 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 1 block per game, not only temporarily occupying the top spot in the league in scoring, but also ranking among the top ten in the league in rebounds, assists and steals. , also monopolized the NBA's current MVP list, topping the list for two consecutive months-!
A lot of media are even starting to predict...
Can the Celtics break the Bulls' 72-10 myth this season and get the No. 1 record in NBA history?
At the same time, the big sales of the popping drummer not only made Lin Long a lot of money at the box office, but also made a lot of fans who don't watch basketball know that Lin Long is actually an NBA superstar. With the praise of Lin Long fans and LIN-STAR, countless fans and non-fans began to vote for Lin Long All-Star.
In February, half a month before the opening of the All-Star Game, the NBA officially announced the results of this year's Philadelphia All-Star voting.
In the West, the Lakers became the biggest winner.
Forming the Galaxy Battleship, they are the best in the West this season, with 33 wins and 7 losses, and they have secured the top spot in the West.
With rapid progress this season, Kobe Bryant played an amazing performance with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and won the Western Conference vote with 1.4 million votes.
Big Mac O'Neal averaged 25 points and 13 rebounds per game, won 1.1 million votes, and became the starting center without any suspense.
As for Malone and Pippen, although they were not selected for the All-Star starter.
But their votes are also ranked third and fifth in the Western Conference, and there is a high possibility that the Lakers will continue the feat of four All-Star selections the previous year, with four selected for two consecutive years.
The other three starting positions were divided among Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan and Jason Kidd.
On the east side, Michael Jordan and the host Allen Iverson joined hands as the starting backcourt combination, and one old and one young received 1.3 million and 1.1 million votes respectively.
Patrick Ewing, with the addition of Jordan, overwhelmed Mourning, Mutombo and others, got 950,000 votes, and became the starter.
The league's elegant gentleman Grant Hill won 1.2 million votes and got a forward position.
As for the last position, it naturally belongs to Lin Long, but his votes shocked the entire North American sports circle!
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A full 5.7 million All-Star votes!
This is 1999!
Lin Long won the votes alone, and the other four starters in the Eastern Conference have a total of one million more votes!
You must know that in the 1990s, the Internet was far less developed than in the 21st century, and it was impossible to complete the one-click voting on the Internet in the future. Many people even needed to write a letter and post it if they wanted to vote!
Before this year, the NBA's annual vote record holder came from Jordan in 1996. That was the first year of his first comeback. It carried countless attention and vision. Almost everyone was looking forward to Jordan coming to the NBA again. !
Therefore, in that year, Jordan's votes grew wildly, reaching 2.4 million votes, killing the second person at the time, Grant Hill.
But that is a mere 2.4 million.
This year, Lin Long actually doubled the number again to 5.7 million votes!
It's not even because there are any new voting methods and voting methods this year, because the number of other people's votes has not increased significantly, it is still below 1.5 million votes, and only Lin Long has ushered in a crazy outbreak!
While everyone was shocked!
There was only one person who was laughing backwards and forwards in his office, and couldn't even close his mouth.
David Stern!
The president of the Alliance, who has always been wise, calm, and decisive in killing, was so excited that he almost sang the best disco in the office and opened five bottles of champagne to celebrate after seeing the source of the vote!
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In previous years' All-Star ballots, the votes from North America generally reached 95-98%, and only less than 5% of the votes from other continents. This is also a major reason why the NBA has never been as globalized and globalized as the five major European leagues. reflect.
But what about this year's vote? About 2 million of Lin Long's 5.7 million votes came from North America. Although this number is also high, it is far from outrageous and exaggerated. After all, Jordan got it three years ago. 2.4 million votes.
But 90% of the remaining 3.7 million votes came from Asia! It is like a desert, a place that has never been really developed!
But this year, from them, nearly 4 million All-Star votes were sent!
Stern is extremely excited that his NBA globalization plan has finally taken an important step!
Lin Long - is indeed the superstar who can help him open the international market and the Asian market!
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Excited Stern, in his own brain, quickly lived through the plans that he had already thought about, but could not be realized. Maybe these plans, it is time to try to implement them!
The first thing to do is to let Lin Long stand out in this year's All-Star Game and go out as much as possible!
Stern thought of this, picked up the phone, and started his plan.
In the next two days, the league announced that it will resume the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest this year! And it will invite the league's top and most anticipated dunkers to participate in the competition. In order to encourage players to participate, David Stern stomped his teeth and took A $2 Million Champion Reward!
That's even more than half of the league's annual salary!
The reason why Stern is so ruthless is because he contacted the contestants long before the announcement of the resumption of the slam dunk contest, and he is confident that this year's slam dunk contest will be rejuvenated and become a guarantee of ratings!
He first invited Lin Long, beyond Stern's expectations, Lin Long was not as difficult as some stars, so he agreed to Stern's invitation very casually.
The next thing is much simpler.
Stern invited the super flyer Vince Carter from the Toronto Raptors and Tracy McGrady, a talented high school student from the Toronto Raptors. Even, for the excitement of the game, Stern had a whim. , recruited two non-NBA players from high school and college to play together.
Jason Richardson, 18, and Steve Francis, 22!
Both are the nation's most acclaimed talented teenagers, both considered to have great NBA prospects and the most terrifying physicality outside the NBA!
Stern's way of playing NBA stars against high school and college students immediately raised the expectations of all fans for the slam dunk contest to the extreme.