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Chapter 178 Talk Show
The Timberwolves' recent run has attracted national attention, and in January, the Timberwolves' [-]-game winning streak became one of the hottest events.

Zheng Ke was invited to participate in a program, which is a talk show owned by CBS. He didn't want to participate in this program. According to his personality, he is already very high-profile now. There is no need to rely on this program to increase his popularity. .However, Schwartz persuaded Zheng Ke, saying that this talk show has a great response in the United States, and participating in this show is beneficial to him and has no harm.

"Okay," Zheng Ke had no choice but to agree.

The name of this talk show is "Late Night Show" and the host is Greg Fergus. He is an excellent late-night talk show host. He is 47 years old and was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and later lived in London, England. In [-], he worked as a drummer in a small band and as a janitor in a nightclub, so he has a lot of life experience.

CBS is very happy. After all, Zheng Ke is now the most popular spicy chicken in the NBA. In the Minnesota area, it is almost like James in Cleveland. To use a popular saying nowadays, that is "everyone loves China Zheng".Being able to invite Zheng Ke as a guest will definitely increase the ratings.

Zheng Ke appeared at the recording site of the program that night. According to the director's arrangement, he was the first guest to appear on stage.

Greg Fergus maintained his consistent language style in the show. The opening sentence of the first sentence was: "Good evening, Minnesota, good evening, American. Relax, relax. Tonight, we invited the most famous Minnesota native The fiery team - the leading star of the Timberwolves, he led the team to create the longest winning streak in the history of the Timberwolves not long ago, let us welcome him to play, shall we?"

The audience immediately offered screams, cheers and applause in coordination. When Zheng Ke came out with the music, the deafening cheers were even louder.

Greg Fergus went up to meet him, shook hands with Zheng Ke, and then Zheng Ke waved generously with the audience, and sat on the sofa together.

Fergus asked with a smile: "First of all, welcome to come here. It is said that this is your first time participating in a variety show?"

"Yes," Zheng Ke nodded and replied with a smile.

"Wow, that's an honor for us on The Late Show." Fergus made an exaggerated mouth-opening expression.

The audience immediately burst into cheers. All the local Minnesota fans came to the scene today. Everyone was very happy to get Zheng Ke's "first time".

"Okay," Fergus continued, "everyone knows that you came to the United States at the age of 17, but now you speak English and I sound like an American. How did you learn it?"

"Ah, it's nothing." Zheng Ke was a little surprised. The host's question was really weird. He thought he would ask some questions about the team, and he made a lot of preparations for that. This time it was really sudden.So he thought for a while and replied: "I suffered a lot when I was learning English, but in this environment, I go out shopping every day, talk to people, and what I see and hear are all in English. It’s hard to improve.”

There was a burst of applause immediately at the scene. Although Zheng Ke said it calmly, anyone can imagine that it is not easy for a 17-year-old boy to live alone in a foreign country.

Fergus also applauded lightly, and said with a smile, "I heard that you attended the University of Florida. Did you participate in the NCAA?"

"Yes," Zheng Ke said, sweating profusely, "I participated, but I was not the main force. Back then, there were Al (Horford) and others in the team. I was just a soy saucer."

The whole place burst into laughter.

Fergus also showed his big white teeth, and said: "But you have improved even more after entering the NBA. You were a second-round pick at the beginning, but now you are a superstar. Can you tell me how you made such progress? "

Will I tell you I cheated?Zheng Ke complained secretly in his heart, and then said seriously: "Continuous training, only non-stop training can master powerful skills, I hope I can become an outstanding man, I tell myself every day to be the strongest basketball player."

There was applause.

"So, your goal is to become the strongest basketball player?"

"Yes, that's my goal."

"Including passing Michael Jordan?" Fergus asked.

Zheng Ke laughed and said: "This is a great dream. I hope I can surpass Michael, but you know, this is very difficult. His scoring ability, his defensive ability, and his ability to read the game are unparalleled. I still have a long way to go.”

Fergus looked at Zheng Ke with admiring eyes. This is a man with dreams, just like him back then. He looked at Zheng Ke and asked: "So, your goal at this stage is to continuously improve your basketball skills. , strive to become the most dominant player on the basketball court?"

"Yes." Zheng Ke nodded.

"Okay," Fergus stopped the topic, and he began to ask about Zheng Ke's life: "You know, fans are very concerned about the life of stars, what kind of person are you in life?"

Zheng Ke blurted out: "I am just an ordinary person in my life."

"Ordinary people?" Fergus was a little surprised, and asked: "But the post-match life of stars should be relatively rich, right?" After speaking, he showed a slightly wretched expression.

Exclamations from the fans immediately sounded from the audience, and it seemed that they were very interested in this issue.

"It's okay," Zheng Ke didn't know how to answer.

"Okay, let's change the question. What are your hobbies?"

Zheng Kedao: "I usually like to read books, listen to music, and occasionally play two games, such as 2k9. I like to play this game very much. Sometimes I will invite other Timberwolves players to play with me to kill my spare time. time."

Fergus obviously did enough homework before the game, he nodded and said: "Everyone knows your musical ability, you just released a solo single not long ago, this song called "Baby" The song has attracted a lot of attention so far, and its momentum on the major charts is very fast, which is very good."

After speaking, he took the lead in applauding, and the audience immediately burst into applause.

Zheng Ke laughed twice, he was a little embarrassed to be praised like this.

Fergus laughed and said: "Now everyone knows why our little princess Taylor Swift, a rising star in the music industry, fell in love with this man, because he is also an expert!"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and everyone cheered.

Zheng Ke is embarrassing, there is a fart connection.

Fergus asked: "As we all know, you and Kevin Durant are good brothers. Although you two are rivals on the court, you have a very good relationship in private. Now both of you are in the top ten in scoring. Taking a seat, do you two inspire each other?"

"Yes," Zheng Ke nodded and replied, "Kevin and I are good brothers. We often encourage each other off the court. I don't want to lose to him, just like he doesn't want to lose to me. He has improved a lot. Will be one of the biggest enemies of the Timberwolves in the future."

The audience immediately let out a burst of exclamation. They did not expect Zheng Ke to have such a high opinion of the Thunder team, which is currently the last in the West. Moreover, judging by the expression, Zheng Ke did not seem to be saying compliments, but he was serious.

"The fans are very concerned about your contract renewal," Fergus asked: "Your next contract, the Timberwolves will definitely give you the highest salary according to the terms of Arenas, but how many years are you going to sign?"

Zheng Ke broke the news: "It's a 4+1 contract with player options for the fifth year. I like Minnesota and I'm comfortable staying in the Timberwolves. I believe our progress will make the league look at us."

Thunderous applause immediately broke out at the scene, Minnesota fans love to see their super Zheng can stay here.

"Okay, then congratulations on becoming a multi-millionaire, isn't that a good feeling?" Fergus asked.

"Of course," Zheng Ke admitted generously, raised his eyebrows, and said, "You know, when I first came to the United States, I came here as an international student. Once I went out to play, and on the way back to school, there was an old beggar with white hair He reached out to ask me for money, and I pushed his hand away; a group of massage girls gave me winks, and I pretended to be blind. After experiencing these temptations, I looked up to the sky and sighed: "I wish I had money."

"Hahahaha," Fergus said with a smile: "Your speech is good. I think you also have the talent to be a talk show host. How about it? How about I pass on my position to you."

"Forget it," Zheng Ke said with a smile, "I'm so tall, handsome and rich, I will scare away the guests."

"Haha." Fergus couldn't stop laughing now, and said, "Whoever tells me that Chinese people are modest now, I will definitely take out my treasured revolver and smash his head off. "

There was one wave after another of laughter at the scene, and it didn't dissipate for a long time.

(End of this chapter)