As Duffy said, the results of the third round of voting shocked the entire league, and if the judgment of celebrities and media personalities was only at the level of personal opinions, then the results of this round of voting have really touched the nerves of the top in a sense.

Tang Shuai became the tenth rookie in NBA history to be selected as an All-Star in the tenth rookie season after James, and this seemingly unbelievable thing is becoming a reality little by little.

Even if the alliance took the opportunity to increase the punishment of Tang Shuai, it was unable to change this trend.

Fifth Avenue, New York, adjacent to the Union's headquarters in Rock Park.

On the top floor, Adam Shaw, the president of the Alliance, looked at the papers behind his desk, his brows full of sorrow.

Standing in front of the table were several heavyweight executives, including the head of the alliance's overseas affairs department, the head of the alliance's image department, and so on.

After looking at it for a long time, Xiao Hua finally put down the document he was looking at and said, "What do you have to say about the result this time?" ”

"Now there is a lot of pressure from the media and online public opinion, Yao Ming was selected as an All-Star starter because of the support of Chinese fans, which has caused a lot of controversy, resulting in a lot of All-Star ratings in China, and now Tang Shuai's reputation in China is not as good as Yao, and he is also an outside player, I personally feel that from the perspective of the league's image, there must be certain restrictions on voting, and now there are still three days before the final voting deadline, and we still have time." Joey Antello, the eldest steward in charge of the Alliance's image, was the first to speak.

"Well, there is some truth in what Joey said, the image of the league has always been something that we are committed to maintaining, and this time Don's selection as an All-Star has caused a very big controversy, and if left unchecked, it may bring irreparable image damage to the league." Xiao Hua nodded and said.

"I agree with Joey too. There is a case to be compared, Stephen Curry is now super popular in the league, but at the same time, he has also encountered doubts from many celebrities, Don is obviously not at this stage yet, judging from his current performance, he will have a very good future. But not now, so I suggest that there are some technical means to limit the number of voters in China, or to cross out the votes altogether. Russell Mill, director of the Alliance's data analytics department, said.

"I also approve of Joey'......"

"I'm also in favor of ......"

Several executives in the league have expressed their opinions, but all of them agreed with Antru's opinion, and they all agreed that there should be some means to prevent Tang Shuai from becoming an All-Star starter.

Xiao Hua couldn't help but reach out and press his temple, he was silent for a while, then turned his head to look at Mike Sanders, the head of overseas affairs of the alliance, who had not spoken, and said, "Mike, what do you think about this matter?" I don't think you're taking a stand. ”

Sanders glanced at the others. Then he said, "I don't think Joey's statement is right. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, several other executives immediately looked at him in surprise, if he opposed Antru's statement at the beginning, it was nothing, but he said it after everyone had expressed their position, then it was equivalent to opposing everyone.

"Oh? You talk about what you think. Xiao Hua looked at Sanders curiously.

"I think it's proven that if we interfere with the fans' choices, it will have consequences that we can't predict. This can be seen from the results of the third round of balloting. The ban at such a sensitive time has tarnished the image of the league. Sanders said unhurriedly.

"Mike, what do you mean?" Antru confronted Sanders.

"Joey, hear Mike first." Xiao Hua stretched out his hand and said with a smile.

Antru snorted.

"Mike, you go on." Xiao Hua extended his hand to Sanders.

"China is a country where fans are fanatical, and as Joey said, Yao caused a lot of controversy at the beginning. But it turns out that Yao has made the NBA's influence in China rise directly by several notches, which is phenomenal. ”

Sanders said and turned his face to several other executives, saying: "In recent years, because of the lack of Chinese players in the league, although we have made up for this through Chinese competitions and other ways. But I can tell you very responsibly that the influence of the alliance in China is getting smaller and smaller, and when Hollywood is trying to win the Chinese market, should the alliance give up first? Is this really wise? ”

"But how can you guarantee that Don will become a player like Yao?" Antru retorted.

"Do you need it? I never said that Tang would become the same player as Yao, but anyone who pays a little attention to overseas news knows that the trend that Tang is now setting off in China is getting closer and closer to Yao's original, or even bigger, you know that Chinese will produce excellent big men, but you never thought that China would produce a quality defender. ”

"This is the market, you watch Yao kill in the NBA, but you know that you can only watch forever, because you can't have Yao's height, but Tang, he's different, a one-meter-nine guard, how many people with this height are there in China? Or a discount in the lower leagues, one meter seven or eight, which is almost the average height of the Chinese, what does this mean? This means that they are the same height as their idols! Not to mention that Tang came out of a Chinese university and did not have the training like a professional footballer! ”

Sanders's next words silenced the senior officials, which most of them hadn't considered.

Of course, Sanders knows the reason why these executives are so resistant to Tang Shuai, racism is not just to be shown, he is completely a very conscious thing, but he is different, as the head of overseas affairs of the alliance, he has to contact too many people, and that consciousness gradually decreases with the exchange again and again, and has almost disappeared completely.

"So your suggestion is, make Don an All-Star starter?" Xiao Hua said and looked at Sanders.

"It's not my suggestion, it's the result of the fans' vote. If this is the result, why don't we respect it? It's not the fans who come to the All-Star scene in Toronto this year to be considered fans, the broadcast contracts we signed with Tencent in China, the broadcast contracts we signed with other countries, these companies are promoting our league, it needs a fan base, otherwise it will only get smaller and smaller, so this is the voting result of fans all over the world. ”

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”

Xiao Hua couldn't help but stretch out his hand to applaud.

He started with him, and several other executives applauded.

Sanders's words made them feel like they were suddenly sudden.

"Well, let's do it, we respect the results of the vote, no matter what the outcome is." Xiao Hua said and put down the document in his hand and made an "X" approval on it, which was a plan submitted by the league's data manager on how to restrict the voting of fans in China, and the result was decided, and it became unnecessary. (To be continued.) )