Chapter 212: Employment Response
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“He could be considered the first superstar player in arcade basketball, right?”
Several of the responsible organizers gathered together to see the microphones piled in front of Meng Fan. This interesting scene made them all even emotional and even touched some of them.
There were many famous players in arcade basketball, but they were only known within the circle. Outside the sport, n.o.body knew of them.
Meng Fan was different.
In addition to his G.o.d-like shooting skills that allowed him to break the world record six times, he was also a streamer, a manga artist, and a sand artist who performed at the 11/11 gala. Although he wasn’t very famous, at least he was known by people outside the industry!
They were all aware of Meng Fan, for they had watched all his performances in addition to his basketball videos. Calculating it, they couldn’t help but admit Meng Fan’s impact on the marketing and promotional elements of arcade basketball was the equivalent of a city tournament, and maybe even a provincial one!
As for his other ident.i.ties… Well, it just made the halo on his status as a world record breaker glow even brighter!
The manager of the arcade would completely agree.
“Since he came to our arcade for the Hangzhou tournament, our arcade machines have not rested for a moment. It’s become the most popular game at our arcade.”
There was no need for him to clarify why this was occurring.
“This time around, there are so many journalists! I even got someone to invite journalists from CCTV 5! Today’s promotional materials from the provincial finals are enough to last us the rest of the year!”
One of the organizers stroked his bald head, feeling quite pleased with himself. He spoke to the person next to him, “I think this type of machine used for the compet.i.tion can be endorsed by Meng Fan! And we can even film the commercial in sand art style!”
“This could work!”
“Let’s go!”
Meng Fan, who was surrounded by a group of reporters noticed Wu Tong speaking to him, which he definitely couldn’t hear, but he could guess what she was saying judging by the form of her lips. Wu Tong then smiled and pointed at her phone, then pointed at Meng Fan before turning to leave.
Wu Tong wasn’t very interested in arcade basketball; she had come specifically for Meng Fan. Since he was done and had won the champions.h.i.+p as well, she was off to catch her flight. Her professor Hu Hang, had already messaged her, telling her to arrive earlier at the airport.
Meng Fan knew Wu Tong had to catch her flight to Beijing, but it was impossible for him to escape the h.o.a.rd of journalists.
Should he wear the hat?
If the journalists and the audience suddenly forgot about Meng fan’s presence and began asking where and who the champion was…It’s too scary!
He finally ended the interviews and picked up his own phone, exiting out of the stream to read the messages of Wu Tong. Her messages were simple: she was off to catch her flight, and she would watch him during the concert and stay in contact.
“Have a safe trip, let me know when you land.”
Meng Fan responded and returned to the stream again, chatting with the netizens before logging off stream.
Today, he streamed once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Since it was a compet.i.tion, and one that continuously broke the world record, the number of viewers was quite high. His stream had been recommended by 8th Station too, and Su Qing Cen and Bai Zhi had shared several links on Weibo in support of Meng Fan as well. At its peak, he had reached one million viewers, and the number of total views combined had exceeded four million.
Presently, his total number of viewers for the stream was about to reach 80 million!
Indeed, the 11/11 gala brought a lot of traffic to his stream. If this progress were to continue, he could reach 100 million before the next concert!
Meng Fan waved his hand boldly at Zhang Zhou Wei and the others and said, “Let’s go get some dinner!”
“It’s only 4:00 pm, my guy…”
“But I’m hungry! Let’s go, let’s go!”
Meng Fan dragged them and headed to a hotpot store on the fifth floor. There weren’t many people at this hour, so the dozen of them could sit freely.
Zhang Zhou Wei and the other three roommates made up of six people total, plus the 4 girls from the maid army and Da Fei, the Pink Hat guy, Pao, and Pao’s female friends. Meng Fan had invited some cla.s.smates as well, so the total headcount was almost twenty.
He was very hungry though and began eating immediately.
“Iron G.o.d.”
The organizer with a balding head walked into the restaurant Meng Fan was eating at with a big smile on his face. The nickname, “Iron G.o.d” had become the norm among the players in the arcade basketball circle.
The organizer smiled. “On behalf of the official CGL basketball tournament, I would like to speak to you. Can we speak somewhere?”
Meng Fan suppressed the annoyance that was emerging on his face as he nodded, and stood up to talk to the organizer in a corner.
“Endors.e.m.e.nt? Commercial?”
After Meng Fan understood the words of the organizer, he responded after thinking for a moment. “I don’t know if I have the time or not. If the filming location is in Hangzhou and the time is short, I could consider it.”
“I can’t tell you these specifics at the moment. To be honest, it was a decision we made on the spot. How about this, let’s exchange contact information and discuss it later.”
The organizer knew Meng Fan was attending a concert tonight, and since he was surrounded by his friends, he felt that it was inappropriate to hog too much of his time.
“Okay.”
Meng Fan and the organizer exchanged contact info, then returned to eating.
If he was still working on the [Wealth Distribution Cherub] task, he would definitely accept the offer. But it didn’t matter now. Since it was relevant to arcade basketball, he was still willing to accept it if it was appropriate, regardless of the pay. Most importantly, he felt that he’d gained a lot from arcade basketball, so he might as well do what he can, while he can.
Zhang Zhou Wei and the others weren’t hungry, but seeing Meng Fan happily wolf down his food, they too began to eat. It was almost 5:30 pm, anyways.
“Uhm, you guys eat first, I’m going to head to Huanglong now.”
Meng Fan looked at the time and stood up. “You guys can join once you’re done eating.”
He turned to leave.
All twenty people present had received tickets and were attending the concert.
Even the three girls that came with Pao had received a ticket from Da Fei and two from Meng Fan.
Meng Fan had prepared tickets for the four girls from the maid army long ago since he didn’t see them often, and he was sure he’d see them today.
Wu Tong wasn’t going, so she had given her ticket to Qu Jing Jing. Of course, Meng Fan couldn’t tell her he had “prepared it long ago”.
He was greeted the entire way out of the mall. He took a cab to Huanglong Stadium, driving through an array of green lights along the way.
After playing with his phone, Meng Fan was just in time to see an email notification from a “Director Charlie”. He immediately clicked it.
This was the most well-known dubbing director from his voice dub group!
Could it be his previous applications finally warranted a response?
He opened the email and was stunned.
“Are you the brother that got hit by the diamond ring earlier today?”