Zhang Weiping was nicknamed Wei Ping Bryant. What's the moral?

20 10 in February, mark cuban, known as the "crazy boss", threw out new tricks. The owner of the Mavericks announced that he would set a record of "the largest number of people watching the game live" in the upcoming Dallas All-Star Game.

Generally speaking, the attendance rate of NBA All-Star Games is usually around 20,000, which is mainly limited by the venue capacity. The previous record of "the largest audience" in the All-Star Game was 45,000, which was created by 1989 Houston All-Star Game. The record number of spectators in a single basketball game is 78,000, which comes from a college basketball game in Detroit in 2003.

Soon after, Cuban's crazy plan was officially exposed. Instead of using the home court of the NBA team like other bosses, he chose to cooperate with the NFL team dallas cowboys to arrange the venue of the All-Star Game in a football field that can accommodate 6,543,800 spectators. In order to facilitate the audience from afar to enjoy the game, Kuban also hung a large screen with a width of 55 meters above the center of the venue. In the end, the attendance rate of this all-star game reached an unprecedented 1087 13, which officially created a Guinness World Record.

But for the media reporters who rushed to Dallas to cover this All-Star Weekend, compared with the incredibly huge number of "65,438+10,000 people", the snowstorm once every 32 years made them fresh in their memories.

Just like covering the All-Star Weekend, Zhang Weiping arrived in Dallas one day early. It was sunny and crisp, and there was no sign of a snowstorm. However, after a night, when Zhang Weiping woke up in the hotel bed, he glanced out of the window inadvertently and found that the window was already white. Generally speaking, snow is called "goose feather heavy snow", but the snow that day is not like goose feather, but more like an overwhelming gray steel needle, falling from the sky, dense and endless. Everywhere you see, it is covered with thick snow. Roughly, the snow on the ground can reach at least the knees.

When I turned on the TV, I realized that Dallas was suffering from the biggest super snowstorm in the past 32 years. In many areas, public facilities were damaged by heavy snow, even without water and electricity. All schools immediately announced the suspension of classes, and all flights to Dallas in the United States were completely grounded. Zhang Weiping quickly contacted the NBA broadcast team of CCTV, only to learn that they had just arrived in Los Angeles and were currently stranded at the airport, waiting anxiously for the flight to Dallas to resume.

However, the snowstorm intensified until the all-star game, and the flight to Dallas was suspended for two or three days. So the CCTV NBA broadcast team missed the rookie game and all-star Saturday. When they finally landed at Dallas airport, it was only an hour or two before the game started. Zhang Weiping arrived at the Cowboys' football field early, waiting for the CCTV team at the gate, and finally met smoothly one hour before the game started.

The first two nights of the game are still held in the arena of American Aviation Center, the home of the Mavericks. Only the All-Star Game was held in this "654.38+ 10,000" stadium. So for Zhang Weiping, coming to the Cowboy Football Stadium is also "the first time for a big girl to sit in a sedan chair". Fans enter from the main entrance, and media reporters need to enter from the side door and get on the elevator three or four times before they can walk to the TV booth.

Zhang Weiping and his colleagues walked into the stadium and saw all kinds of direction signs and arrows indicating the route everywhere, which made people see things in a blur. Not only China journalists are lost, but even American journalists are at a loss. They all looked at each other and crowded together. As the audience keeps entering, the passage becomes more and more crowded. There are people with tickets or certificates in their hands everywhere, and they keep comparing with the direction signs on the wall. At first glance, they know that they are lost.

Zhang Weiping had a hard time finding the broadcast seat where CCTV was located. Looking closely, it turned out that a high platform was temporarily set up in the middle of the stadium. Players compete on the high platform, and the broadcast seats are located under the high platform. The perspective of watching the game is from the bottom up, which is also a fresh experience. If you are a reporter, you can only sit at the top of the stadium and watch the game. From their point of view, big stars are like little ants. You have to use the big screen in the center of the stadium to see who is who.

(Interior of dallas cowboys Stadium)

Because the stadium is too big, by contrast, the space needed for basketball games is very small. In addition, although Cuban closed the stadium with an oversized air cushion, the sound collection ability of the stadium still can't keep up with the conventional NBA arena. Even if100000 people gathered at the scene, the sound effects such as applause, cheers and screams were not as shocking and exciting as ordinary NBA stadiums, and the scene felt a little deserted.

Kobe Bryant was also selected as the starting lineup in the Western Conference of the All-Star Game. But because of a sprained finger, he just sat on the sidelines in casual clothes and didn't play in person. At halftime, CCTV invited Kobe Bryant to the sidelines and let him comment on the game on the spot. Zhang Weiping had a brainwave and asked Kobe to show his injured hand to the domestic audience. Kobe did it happily and pointed his hand at the camera. The camera immediately zoomed in for montage close-up, and Kobe's swollen and deformed fingers were clearly displayed.

In fact, if an ordinary reporter makes such a request, Kobe may not be willing to accept it. However, Zhang Weiping and Kobe are old friends. They got together as early as 1998, and by the 20 10 all-star game, their friendship had been more than ten years. From 65438 to 0998, Kobe Bryant visited China with the sponsor Adidas and held a basketball camp in Beijing. At that time, it was Zhang Weiping who acted as the on-site interpreter for him, and they got to know each other from then on.

(1998 is the on-site translation of Kobe's training camp)

(Kobe signed a photo)

(Explain the 2007 NBA All-Star Game with Kobe Bryant)

(Interview with Kobe Bryant in the 20 10 All-Star Game)

(20 15 Kobe completed an exclusive interview on behalf of Tencent Sports after he announced his retirement)