I'm not really a role player

Chapter 157 Prohibition of commercial shooting (3.2k second update)
During the two games suspended, Li Ke's life was very fulfilling.

It wasn't that the training schedule was full, but that David Falk, who was still in Los Angeles, booked a plane ticket and flew over overnight after the punch was thrown.

Then as soon as we met, it was: "Congratulations, Sheldon, you can take a break for a while."

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, this thing, can you still congratulate?
When David Falk arrived in Charlotte, the suspension penalty had not yet come out, and David Falk said to himself:

"The news I got is that the league is going to give you a two-game suspension and a $5 fine."

Boss Joe, who was also on the sidelines, said, "The team will pay the 5 fine for you."

Li Ke thanked him, and the team paid the fine, which is considered an unspoken rule of the NBA. Although it is an unspoken rule, a thank you is still necessary.

Then, David Falk continued: "I turned over the schedule. The next two Bobcats games will be separated by 3 days. If you count the interval between this game and the next game, you will have a full week of rest. Of course, training has not been removed."

"The newly signed endorsement requires you to shoot a commercial. It may take two days. I thought you didn't have that time. Now it's okay, the time has come."

Li Ke's newly signed endorsement is actually the manufacturer of his new car, the Big G. Mercedes-Benz gave him the reason. The reason is very simple.

Li Ke's BMW Fork Six was lying on the ground, and David Falk defended his rights on his behalf, making a little noise.

Mercedes-Benz paid attention to it, and directly sent an endorsement contract, and asked Li Ke to choose a replacement fork from their brand series, without setting a price.

Li Ke didn't like the business style of Maybach, so he chose a big G.

Once the contract was signed, the next thing on the agenda was the shooting of commercials.

Mercedes-Benz signed Li Ke, but they didn't sign it just because they patted their butts. They also considered the Chinese market and knew that Li Ke had a lot of fans in China.

At the same time, they also studied Li Ke's fan group and their audience, and found that there is actually a large part of overlap between the two.

Most of the football fans are male fans, and most of the people who love cars and buy cars these days are also male, isn't it just an overlap?

So, Mercedes-Benz's attitude towards the commercial is quite anxious. They hope that Li Ke can finish shooting as soon as possible, so that they can put this commercial on major domestic TV stations.

"That's okay, just take two days and take a picture."

Li Ke also agreed very simply, since he is idle anyway, he might as well take advantage of this time to make money.

Speaking of this suspension, Li Ke still has some losses. If he does not play two games, the team will not pay wages for these two games.

So, boss Qiao's $5 is actually equivalent to paying Li Ke a salary.

In this way, Li Ke flew to Los Angeles.

……

In the Hollywood studio, Li Ke faced the script over and over again. What he is shooting now is the first clip of the commercial.

Beside him is a special version of Big G.

The advertising lines are actually very simple, just six words:

"Walk what you want, keep going!"

However, the old white director who made this film always felt that what Li Ke said was not aggressive enough, so he repeated NG over and over again.

Li Ke saw some signs of it, NG a few times, tired of excuses, sat on the sofa in the studio, and complained in Chinese to Lu Ning who came with him this time: "This old guy should be a racial knight, otherwise there is no way to explain it!"

"Hey, I can see it too, it's really not normal."

Lu Ning laughed and agreed with Li Ke's opinion.

"Say, should I protest and ask Mercedes-Benz to change the director?"

"I think it's fine."

Li Ke stood up to shoot again, and shouted at the camera with the most domineering voice he felt: "Walk what you want, keep going!"
Then, he heard the white director again: "No good!"

Li Ke just kicked the big G beside him, shook off the script in his hand, pushed away the bewildered scene, and rushed out without hesitation.

Just outside the studio, the person in charge of Mercedes-Benz chased after him panting.

"Mr. Sheldon, Mr. Sheldon..."

After that, there was Li Ke's loud and loud voice: "Mr. Germain, don't think I can't see it. That guy is racially discriminating, do you understand? He sees me as a yellow man and deliberately finds fault with me!"

"My time is precious and what are you guys doing? You're wasting my time!"

"Now you have only two choices, replace that racist old guy, or we terminate the contract on the spot!"

"Then I will tell all Chinese car lovers that Mercedes-Benz is a car company that discriminates against Chinese people!"

"..."

After a fuss, the person in charge named Germain, wiping his sweat profusely, agreed to Li Ke's conditions.

It was also Li Ke's quarrel. The studio in Hollywood quickly gathered a group of onlookers. Li Ke also saw two or three acquaintances, Denzel Washington being one of them.

"What's the matter, Sheldon?"

At this time, Germain had already left, and the angry Li Ke also disappeared. He smiled and greeted in a very peaceful tone:
"Hey, Denzel, I didn't expect to meet you here, it's nothing, I met a racist commercial director, and now it's resolved."

"It's fine if it's resolved. Racial discrimination in Hollywood is still quite common, and the road to equal rights is still long..."

Denzel Washington said with emotion, and then smiled: "This is the studio of DreamWorks. It's not surprising that I appear here, but you, come to shoot commercials?"

"That's right, a Mercedes-Benz commercial."

"Don't you need to play?" Denzel Washington blurted out, and then slapped his head: "Oh, yes, I forgot, you are suspended."

Li Ke smiled, good things never go out, bad things travel thousands of miles.

"Speaking of which, your punch is really powerful. Are you interested in finding a part-time job in Hollywood? Stallone's Rocky is going to make the seventh film. I think you are quite suitable to play a villain boxer in it."

"Haha, let's talk."

Li Ke shook his head, he had no interest in Hollywood.

"OK, it's time to introduce you and Stallone."

While talking, there was another person beside Li Ke, emmm, a young beauty who looked young, probably about the same height as Lao Ai, quite strong, and full of youthful breath.

Forgive Li Ke, he doesn't know who this is.

And this little beauty waited for Denzel Washington to say goodbye, turned her head and left, and then reached out to Li Ke: "Hi, I know you, Sheldon Lee, a star player in the NBA."

"Uh, yes, but... you..."

Li Ke also stretched out his right hand, and shook hands with this little beauty who didn't look like a Hollywood actor, but was pretty good-looking.

"Introduce yourself, Eugenie Bouchard, a tennis player."

"Oh, I know, Sharapova's tennis ball."

As for tennis, Li Ke's first thought must be Sharapova, followed by Serena Williams and Li Na. As for the Bouchard in front of him, he really doesn't know him.

But the little beauty named Bouchard in front of him has been staring at Li Ke's face endlessly, which makes Li Ke a little embarrassed: "Uh, sorry, what's the matter?"

That's right, this is the performance of the straight man of steel.

But Bouchard showed a youthful smile: "It's nothing, I just heard that you got together with Sharapova a while ago?"

"Are you here to prove this?"

Bouchard nodded, Li Ke shook his head: "That's not the case."

"really?"

"Really, better than gold."

"It must be that she pursued you, and then you rejected her?"

"maybe."

At the end of the chat, Li Ke became more perfunctory.

He felt that the questions asked by the little beauty who was pestering him were a bit low-minded, and he liked to make up his mind.

He actually had some doubts about the age of this little beauty, so in the end, he couldn't help asking: "Wait, Eugenie, can you tell me how old you are?"

"No, my mother said that girls' ages need to be kept secret."

"Well, okay, then goodbye, confidential girl, I have to go back."

After returning to the studio, Li Ke secretly laughed: Keep it secret?Here it is for you!
He asked Germain for a computer, Googled it, and found it immediately.

Eugenie Bouchard, born in 94, a little golden flower in the tennis world, is only... 13 years old this year, and in another month, she will be 14 years old.

"Damn, isn't it too precocious???"

Shaking his head, Li Ke had no sexual interest and greeted Lu Ning.

"Let's go, old Lu, come back tomorrow."

……

The commercial in Los Angeles was said to take two days, but Li Ke took three days to shoot.

It was naturally the old white guy who was suspected of racial discrimination that led to this result.

In order to express its apology, Mercedes-Benz sent several car models as an apology gift, but Li Ke was disrespectful and accepted it directly.

Now that we have arrived in Los Angeles and met Lu Ning again, Li Ke has to understand the progress of the old American version of WeChat.

"It's almost there. The next step is to think about the name and publicity. Do you have any ideas?"

The US version of WeChat is now dominated by Lao Lu.

However, as the instigator and the big boss, Li Ke's suggestion is still very important.

"For the name, WeChat, WhatsApp, Link are all fine."

As for the name, Li Ke decided to copy it directly.

"For publicity and drainage, look for big mobile phone manufacturers and buy pre-installed ones, especially Apple."

"Buy pre-installed? Understood."

Buying pre-installation is the first step. This step is to lay a good foundation. The real key is the second step. Li Ke will get started with this APP, and then bring Kobe and Xiao Du to get started together. This step is called celebrity promotion.

Thinking about how many text messages he has sent with Xiao Du and Kobe during this period of time, it is okay to talk about the tariff, but it is too troublesome and the functions are not enough.

Once the US version of WeChat comes out, Kobe and Xiao Du will definitely enjoy it when they discover the immediacy of this thing.

Of course, there is also Le Bang, a man who saves data to the extreme. If he is given a chance to save those SMS charges, he will definitely accept it.

"The third step, sell this thing, make a fortune and run away!"

That's right, the third step is to sell this thing, and Li Ke has no plans to hold this thing for a long time at all.

To put it bluntly, the US version of WeChat, after Li Ke in his previous life traveled, felt that sending text messages was too troublesome, so he created WeChat in advance.

It is convenient for oneself and others, and making a fortune is just incidental. No one would think too much of a beautiful knife, and of course Li Ke would not.

He has also thought about holding it for a long time and waiting for the appreciation, but he knows it is unrealistic. This thing involves a deeper level of national security issues. The old US government will never allow a Chinese to control this thing.

(End of this chapter)