After the win over the Timberwolves, the Suns players took two days off and the New Year arrived.

The U.S. New Year falls on January 1 of the Gregorian calendar, which is a bit quiet compared to Christmas. For many Americans, Christmas is the beginning of a new year, and after the celebration of Christmas, there is no need to celebrate the New Year.

The Chinese don't think so, so Guo Xu has something to do for the New Year, and he was invited to the Chinese New Year's Day party in Phoenix.

Since the 90s of the 20th century, Phoenix has quietly ushered in new development opportunities. According to the 2000 census, Phoenix surpassed San Diego in both total population and Chinese population, becoming the sixth largest metropolis in the United States and one of the most important Chinese communities.

More job opportunities, low living expenses, stable social security and unique cultural landscape are the main reasons for the continuous flow of Chinese people, and Guo Xu also likes this very much.

Phoenix has a famous Chinese cultural center, located near the airport international airport, which was developed and built in the 90s by a subsidiary of the China National Grain and Oil Import and Export Corporation, a large Chinese state-owned enterprise.

The Chinese gardens and all Chinese buildings in the cultural center were designed by experts hired in China, and various replicas of various places of interest and historic sites from five cities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been built, making it a landmark building in Phoenix.

With the increasing number of Chinese, the annual Chinese celebrations in Phoenix City have become more and more vigorous, and local Chinese schools, Chinese newspapers and even Chinese radio stations have also appeared.

Guo Xu attracted a large number of Chinese fans, he could see the slogan of support written in Chinese at home, and as the biggest star in the city, a representative figure, he promised to participate in the party to make all Chinese excited.

Originally, the organizers only wanted to hold a small number of people like last year, but the progress of the last week was unexpected, knowing that Guo Xu would be a guest and appear in the performance program, many people wanted to participate, and it quickly became a large-scale overseas Chinese celebration party, and many people in the nearby Los Angeles area came.

Being in the sixth largest city in the United States also brought advantages to various activities for the Chinese, and after some coordination, the party was successfully held at the Meisha Art Center.

Behind a success, there are countless hard labors. For many years, the Chinese people in Phoenix have been working hard to promote cultural exchanges between China and the United States, and they have donated money and time and energy to organize various celebrations on traditional Chinese festivals.

Guo Xu has only been here for a few months before he likes the city, and everything else makes him feel comfortable except for the fact that it is too hot in the summer and he needs to stay at home and blow the air conditioner.

After the party began, the program was compact and exquisite, the audience applauded continuously, and when Guo Xu appeared in the finale, the atmosphere reached its peak.

The organizer's original plan was for Guo Xu to sing a song, but he only had that "original" song, and it was impossible to create a new song in the short term, so he had to decide to cover a Chinese song. It's not enough to just sing, he leaves the stage in a few minutes, and the audience must not find it enjoyable.

Finally, after some discussion, Guo Xu decided to combine Chinese and Western, first perform a talk show and interact with the audience, and finally sing.

After the host's introduction, Guo Xu came out of the backstage and waved to the audience, and immediately received the warmest applause of the night.

Guo Xu said: "Frankly speaking, I am really, very honored to be invited here today, and I have been preparing for tonight's show for more than a month. I was able to complete the talk show in Chinese today, and it would definitely not be mixed with English words, which was very bad. ”

The audience gave some applause.

"Everyone must know that I was in first place in this year's NBA All-Star vote, and then someone on the Internet said that I was a genius born in a millennium, and I was very unhappy." Guo Xu deliberately paused and began to say jokes. "It's a turtle that comes out of a thousand years, we don't have this in the west, but we only come out in New York, and there are 4 of them, and they live in the sewers and eat pizza every day."

The audience burst into applause again, and everyone could understand the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Terrier, which is a very famous cartoon.

Next, Guo Xu interacted with the audience and told several interesting stories about his childhood, why he spoke two Chinese and so on. He speaks Chinese at home and English abroad, and when he grows up, he will be bilingual.

The host asked a question on the side, saying that when he spoke English, he was very British and called sexy, and asked him if he also liked the United Kingdom?

"Of course, I think the UK is the most beautiful country in Europe, and there are a lot of cities that are impressive, especially Paris."

There was a burst of laughter in the audience. Guo Xu waved his hand and changed his words: "London, I'm talking about London, this is a slip of the tongue, the photographer cut out this paragraph and don't broadcast it." ”

The host asked: "I heard that you are friends with Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming, and they have done activities together in China, and you also suggested that Wang Zhizhi join the Celtics, is that so?" ”

Wang Zhizhi said in an interview about this matter, and he is very grateful to Guo Xu.

He played well for the Green Army, averaging 7.5 points and 3.2 rebounds in 17 minutes per game while shooting 44.3 percent from the field and 40 percent from three-point range, 0.2 more than Tony Batty, who played 25 minutes in the starter. Although he is not a star, rebounding and defense is poor, he has established himself in the NBA.

"Yes, at that time, Dazhi asked me which team was good, and said that his agent suggested that he join the Clippers." Guo Xu took a deep breath, squinted his eyes and said, "I asked him, the Clippers are the second team in Los Angeles, a famous bad team in the NBA, didn't your friends persuade you not to join the Clippers?" ”

The audience was quiet, and Guo Xu continued: "Dazhi said: 'They encouraged me to take on the challenge. I was shocked: 'Seriously, do you have any friends?' ’”

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, and the same thing came out of Wang Zhizhi's mouth very plainly, and Guo Xu was fun when he said it.

The host asked, "Did Dazhi thank you later?" ”

"He said I was invited to dinner when the two teams played, and the Suns and Celtics hadn't played yet. He knew that I liked Chinese culture, and sent a few MV CDs as a thank you, and it was his favorite Chinese female singer Karen Mok, saying that I would definitely like it. ”

The moderator asked, "Did you listen?" How does it feel? ”

"I watched it for a while and called Andre Miller. You actually have Chinese ancestry, right? I just saw your sister in the music video. ”

There are a lot of face-bumping people in the NBA, Karen Mok and Miller are just a couple, and there will be "Uncle Huang Jordan Jr.", "Stephen Xu Ruoxuan", "LeBron Zhang Zhenyue" and so on in the future.

Most of the audience at the scene didn't understand this meme, as long as they went back and searched for the photos of the two.

After chatting for 20 minutes, Guo Xu sang beyond's classic song "Sea and Sky". This inspirational song is also quite famous in foreign countries. As soon as Guo Xu opened his mouth, everyone knew that it was his own voice, and it was a real singing, as an athlete, his lung capacity was amazing, his voice was much louder than Huang Jiaju, and there was no trill.

Forgive me for my uninhibited indulgence and love of freedom in this life, and I will be afraid that one day I will fall Ohno and turn my back on my ideals, anyone can do it, who will be afraid that one day only you will share me......

With the same lyrics, Huang Jiaju sings about struggle, goal, and motivation. Guo Xu sang a domineering spirit, and the audience could hear extraordinary confidence from his smile and loud voice.

After Guo Xu's finale performance, there was only one chorus left, and in the applause of everyone, the party ended successfully.