Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 165 Win the match point!

"Lara, the director asked me to tell you that your vacation application has been approved!"

Anthony's wife was approached by a crew member on Fox's "American Idol," show host Lara Vasquez said.

"Huh? Are you talking to me?"

Lala raised her head and asked, she was a little confused, asking for leave?
Now that the filming of the program is in full swing, the stage of elimination of the contestants is about to come, why would she ask for leave?

"Yes, Lara!"

"What are you kidding? I didn't apply for vacation?! Who will be the host when I'm on vacation?"

Lala looked shocked, what's going on?
She was furloughed?
"Uh... don't get excited, Lala, I'm just helping the director spread the word, and Sakina Berg will temporarily host the show for you..."

The staff member scratched his head and said, although Sakina is much prettier than Lala, but Lala is a veteran host of the show. From Lala's point of view, does she not know about this?

But after thinking about it, it's no wonder that Lala is so excited. "Beauty Idol" has already aired its tenth season, and it has lost its original popularity and entered a period of stable traffic...

In other words, if the director wants to change people, now is the best time, not only to create new topics, but also to cultivate new people.

But it's cruel to Lala...

Soon, Lala stormed into the office of director Vandry Landsworth angrily:
"Why? Andri, I want to know why!"

Andri quickly grabbed her and closed the office door:

"Don't get excited, Lala! Don't get excited!"

However, when Lara saw Andri closing the door, she became even more excited:

"Damn it, Andrei! You know how important this job is to me, is that bitch Sakina sleeping with you? That's not okay! You know what I have in my hands, don't make me do it You are dead!"

Andri helplessly spread his hands and said:

"Believe me, Lala, this matter has nothing to do with me... I'm just following the orders from above! You pay attention to the influence, and I will definitely take care of you next time I have a chance!"

Lala was crying, pear blossoms were crying with rain, and Andri said that, she knew that things were irreversible!
Seeing this, Andri sighed again and again:

"Right now, the higher-ups are only letting you take an indefinite vacation, and they haven't said that you must leave the program group. You should think about it, have you offended any big shots recently, and maybe you can solve the problem..."

Lala covered her head and paced back and forth in the room, but after thinking for a long time, she didn't think of it:

"It's really not. I've been busy with the show recently...could it be my husband?"

Andri raised his hand, and Lala immediately rushed home in a rage.

……

Manhattan, in a luxuriously furnished large flat.

Anthony was playing a video game while listening to his manager Leon's report.

Since the reporter of NBC broke his black material yesterday, his public opinion crisis has been fermenting all day long.

Lyon suggested that he issue a statement to draw a line with the gang, and then improve the defensive level and take more responsibility for the team...

"There's no solution, so it's okay!"

Anthony picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip of whiskey, before coming to a conclusion.

Anyway, it is stated that he will not publish it, and he has been doing the latter ones all the time, so it is nothing.

"Uh...that's not the case, Cameron! Recently, this statement is still necessary..."

Leon sincerely persuaded, but Anthony's forehead was swollen with blue veins, to draw a line with the gang?
What a bad idea!

How can he hype the king of New York when he draws a line with the gang?

He has lost quite a few fans, and the rest are all his loyal fans.

A considerable number of them are blacks who like gang culture.

If he makes another statement and loses this group of fans, how can he gain a foothold?

"Stop! I'm in a bad mood right now, don't force me to fire you!"

Anthony interrupted Leon, gave him a hard look, and then continued to move his hands.

"All right……"

Seeing this, Lyon no longer persisted. Anthony had already changed several agents, and he didn't need to bite the bullet and fight money.

Bang!
Suddenly, the door slammed, causing Anthony to throw the game controller out of his hand.

"Cameron! You are worth a thousand dollars! What kind of big shot did you provoke? I was suspended by the program team!"

Lala changed from her usual gentleness, pointed at Anthony's nose and cursed.

She is a career woman, and "Beauty Idol" is more important to her than Anthony!
She had already figured it out on the way, if it was found out that Anthony made her lose the job, then she would file for a divorce from Anthony!

"what?"

Anthony was shocked. Lala's status as the host of "Beauty Idol" allowed him to attend many events in the entertainment and fashion circles, and he also had a lot of face when speaking out. Why did he suddenly suspend his job?
"No, I've been at home recently! If you don't believe me, ask Leon!"

Anthony waved his hands again and again, saying that he has never been out of the house in the past two days because of the public opinion crisis...

Could it be because of...Wu Di?
Probably not...

Wu Di is a foreigner. Although he has an affair with Hollywood, Hollywood and TV stations are completely different. It is impossible for Wu Di to have this level of influence.

And even though he had made a bet with Wu Di, Wu Di won without any loss. Even if he used some out-of-the-box tricks later on, it still wouldn't make Wu Di focus on Lala, right?

Lala burst into tears again, this situation of not knowing who the enemy is is the most terrifying!

When someone moved her finger, her work stopped...

It's not from the same plane at all, so how can she live with peace of mind?
Anthony's eyes were empty. If Lala didn't have the identity of the host of "Beauty Idol", she would not look as good as some girls he found in nightclubs, but the two got married last year...

Suddenly, the marimba cell phone rang, Anthony glanced at it, and immediately answered:
"What's up Chris?"

Paul's voice came from the other end of the phone:

"Congratulations, Brother Gua! Am I the first to call to congratulate you? Haha!"

The corners of Anthony's mouth twitched. He had a public opinion crisis yesterday, and today his wife was suspended. Paul called to congratulate him?

"Did you call here specifically to find fault? Say what you have to say, and let go of your fart!"

Paul, however, was still a little confused about the situation:

"Hey! Hey! What am I pretending to be with my brother! Lala isn't pregnant?"

Anthony was about to explode, he yelled directly into the phone:
"Baby! Pretending to be your father! How can I not know if I'm pregnant or not?"

Paul laughed twice before realizing that he might have made a mistake, and quickly explained:

"Uh... Brother Gua, you know that I am a loyal fan of "Beauty Idol". Today, the official Twitter of "Beauty Idol" announced that Lala will be absent from the recording of the show due to personal reasons. I wonder if Lala is pregnant... "

clap clap clap!
Anthony's head is about to burst!
He understood that Paul was worried that he was in a bad mood recently to make him happy, but he wanted to imitate Rondo and fight this one!
However, it's not just Paul, there are phone calls to congratulate Anthony one after another, he is not from the industry, and he doesn't understand the meaning behind being on leave at this time...

Suddenly, the sound of the marimba sounded again. Anthony was so upset that he was about to hang up, but when he saw that it was Joseph, his friend from the Blood Gang, he picked it up again:

"What? Mr. Pi was arrested by the IRS (National Sleep Bureau)?"

Anthony was shocked. The IRS was called the West Factory of the United States. It had the right to enforce the law violently, and because it managed its own money, it was rich and rich. It was a much more ruthless role than the famous FBL and CLA.

How crazy is the IRS?

Not to mention the tank cannon Gatling, even the fighter IRS has it!

There are fighter jets!
This is to blow the rich people who don't pay taxes directly off the plane...

So it is not surprising that the IRS is known as the three major armed organizations alongside the US military and the Coast Guard.

The small pistols used by ordinary gangsters are too late to surrender in the face of Gatlingey of the IRS.

Therefore, in the United States, even if it is black income such as drug trafficking, you have to pay taxes honestly, and you must never mess with the IRS.

"It's really crazy, isn't there a special accountant in the gang to help him file taxes and avoid taxes?"

Anthony frowned and asked.

"He was betrayed by the accountant. I can't tell you anymore. Now that the lame gang knows that Mr. Pi has been taken away, they are fighting with us for the territory! You have avoided the limelight recently and stopped wandering outside..."

"Beep beep..."

A busy tone came from the phone, leaving Anthony in a daze.

Pires who covered him was caught!

Since then, the days of "one cigarette from Gua, half the sky in New York" are gone forever!
The Lame Gang will not let him go, this former guest of the Blood Gang!

Just when Anthony was confused, Lala greeted him with a slap:
"It's really you!"

Tax evasion is a felony in the United States. Not only do you have to pay a huge fine several times, but you also have to go to jail. Pires is a real gang leader, but the IRS took him away directly in Operation Thunder!

The trouble behind this obviously points to Anthony!
Anthony's two cards, a socialite's wife lost her job, and a gang leader who was covering him was arrested...

"Mr. Anthony, I'm sorry, my brokerage contract with you will be voided immediately, you'd better hire someone else!"

Leon hurriedly said, before the torn Anthony couple answered, he had already packed his things and slipped away.

No matter how easy Anthony's money is to earn, he has to spend it wisely!
……

On the evening of April 4th, at the Madison Square Garden, the Cavaliers and the Knicks will play G25.

After these two days of public opinion storm outside the court, the Knicks are still full at home, but the number of fans wearing the No. 7 jersey is obviously much less.

Lara, who has never been absent in the past, did not appear on the sidelines, and Anthony wore a black mask like never before.

His signature headband will touch the mask, but because of the fight with Lara, there are a few bloodstains on his face, so he has to use the mask to cover it up...

During the warm-up period before the game, Wu Di came to the center circle and hooked his fingers towards Anthony.

Anthony didn't want to talk to him at first, but he stepped forward by accident.

What happened to him in the past two days was too bizarre. Both Pires and Lala suffered, but he has not been named yet...

"Brother Gua, come and make a bet with me! If you win this game, I'll keep Lala's job for you, how about it?"

Seeing him coming, Wu Di covered his mouth with his hand and said.

Anthony was instantly struck by lightning!
Fox News' caliber is just that Lala is going on vacation...

The outside world didn't know that Lala had lost her job!

How did Wu Di know?
Is he the mastermind behind the scenes? !

"Of course, if you lose, you don't need to leave Lala! We just want to add some fun to the game, so you can only benefit if you win, and there is no harm if you lose. How about it, brother, can I be kind?"

Wu Di smiled, patted Anthony on the shoulder, turned and left.

He only had a relationship with James Murdoch, the future successor of the Fox Group, and of course he didn't have such great energy.

But when the old Murdoch was able to buy the Fox Group from M. Davis, it was inseparable from the management of the Rockefeller family.

M. Davis started his oil business as an upstream supplier of the Exxon Mobil Group, which was spun off from the Rockefeller family's Standard Oil Company.

And the investment bank that undertook the Fox merger case was Chase Bank, and Chase Bank was the financial tool of the Rockefeller family consortium.

Anyway, it’s a coincidence that Ariana’s grandfather, David Rockefeller, the head of the Rockefeller family, happened to have Murdoch’s phone number:
"Old Mo, I'm tired of watching the host of "Beauty Idol"."

Murdoch: "Dude, seriously? Do you watch 'Idol'?"

David: "You know, the secret to a long life is to have a young heart!"

Murdoch: "...Okay, I'll give you another one!"

David: "Well, my granddaughter also has some ideas about changing the host. You can send someone to talk to her."

As for the IRS, its director, John Marsh, had been a fraternity member of the University of Chicago, a private university founded by the Rockefeller family.

Anyway, this is the situation, and people have to sigh, the United States is really small.

Anthony was about to explode.

unfair!
So unfair!
dark!

It's too dark!

Wu Di actually used Ariana's family influence!

He just bet four golden flowers with Wu Di, but Wu Di actually lost Lala's job!

Send his eldest brother to jail!
Don't play like this!

Crossed the line!
Seriously crossed the line!
He really wanted to go up and fight Wu Di, but his fist was about to be crushed and he didn't dare...

"At this point, we can only win this game!"

Anthony said to himself, in this game, no matter how much he cares about his scoring, he is a dog!

He wants to play team basketball, and he must win!
However, the Knicks, who had experienced two major defeats, were stuck in a trough and couldn't get out.

Anthony didn't even go to team training these two days. The Knicks players thought that he had given up on the playoffs and was only thinking about fishing in the series. How could he have a good game?
But the knight is as imposing as a rainbow.

Wu Di dribbled the ball to the front court, and the variation broke through and led Anthony to the basket.

Anthony gritted his teeth, his defense was impeccable, and he was always ready to find an opportunity to steal the ball.

However, with a flick of his arm, he lobbed the ball to Love who was running behind!

Swish!
Love slowly chased and hit a three-pointer!

21-7!

Before the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers had established a big lead.

Love waved his fist in the air excitedly. This was his first chasing three-pointer in the playoffs!
Talking harshly after the last game really worked!
"Damn it, what are you bastards doing? I'm already defending seriously, and you guys are walking on the court!"

Anthony roared on the field, what are these players thinking?
No one is defending well except him!
No one even paid him any attention.

"Stoudemire, defend! Why did you miss Love!"

Anthony patted Stoudemire on the shoulder vigorously.

Stoudemire looked at him like a fool. D'Antoni's arrangements were very clear. Anthony played power forward to defend Love, but Anthony insisted on defending Wu Di. He was crazy, why didn't he listen to the coach.

During the break in the first quarter, Anthony finally figured out the situation and said angrily:

"Although I can play power forward, how can I defend against Love? Love is much stronger than me, and I risk getting injured if I fight against him!"

D'Antoni shook his head and said:
"Cameron, this is what you have to bear. Who here is not at risk of injury? But did you see them complaining?"

Anthony gritted his teeth. In the second quarter, he began to do his best to defend Love.

However, even if he was so tired that his legs cramped, it was still useless. Love's shooting percentage dropped, but Jordan's rebounding exploded!

The state of the Cavaliers players is so good that it explodes. It turns out that this is the playoffs, and it is no different from the regular season.

If you can vote, you can vote, if you can't vote, you can jump, if you can't vote and you can't jump, pass it to Wu Di.

Good rebound protection, good defense, bad defense...

If you can't prevent it well, you can't prevent it well, and you will be sprayed to death by Beverly.

The more the Cavaliers fight, the clearer their strategies, the more proficient their tactics, and the more streamlined and efficient they are.

By the end of the second quarter, the Cavaliers easily extended their lead to 22 points!
The score of the two sides came to 61-39!

"Damn it, I blocked Love, why hasn't the point difference narrowed?"

During the intermission, Anthony confronted D'Antoni.

"Hey, you've only been tired for one session. How can you match the momentum the Cavaliers have cultivated in three games?"

D'Antoni sighed, Anthony, Anthony, I just come back now, where have you been?
Not to mention the other players, he has secretly thought about fishing for the past two days, who still has the mind to compete.

Anthony froze on the spot.

Only at this time did he realize how many lessons he needed to owe, and only then did he realize how big the gap with Wu Di was!

In the second half, his mental strength also dissipated.

The gap was too big and he gave up.

Isn't it just a job?

That bitch had better not bluff in front of him, or he'll drive her out of the house!
In the end, the score of the game was fixed at 116-89, and the Cavaliers defeated the Knicks 1-3 to win the match point!

(End of this chapter)