Chapter 196 - Milking Screentime (1/2)
The two male celebrities and the two athletes were part of a basketball-related variety show, so the two athletes were basketball players. One was the god hand of China, and the other one, a Chinese-American NBA member.
Both male celebrities were basketball enthusiasts as well.
Their interactions with the audience were also related to basketball.
A basketball net was placed in the middle of the stage, where the hosts and the four guests approached it.
“Everyone open your Tao Bao app and go to the 11/11 event page, the event depends if these four can land their shots. Each person will score once, so there will be quizzes in total. If you can guess them right, you’ll win a large basketball gift package.”
The host outlined the rules for the trivia, then told the four to send out their first player.
“I’ll go first.”
A guy standing next to Jay Chou volunteered and scored the first shot, causing a round of applause.
Next up was Jay Chou, who picked a further distance, which entered too.
The Chinese god hand and the NBA player both picked a spot outside the three-point line and landed their shots as well.
The interaction was simple, but because they were celebrities, it was much more interesting to watch.
“It’s getting harder.”
The interaction obviously wouldn’t end so quickly. The host leads the four celebrities to a further distance, about half-court, then stopped, saying with a big smile. “Next will be an extra-large prize, and can be quizzed based on it; if these two basketball players land their shots, one by one. Everyone refresh your minds, you should see four answers. The choices are: both score, nobody scores, one person scores, and the second doesn’t. You can begin selecting now, but remember there are only 30 seconds!”
In these 30 seconds, the host allowed the celebrities to try-scoring. They both hit the backboard, but none of them landed. It was difficult indeed.
“Alright, the voting has ended. You two, who wants to go first?” The host asked.
“I’ll go.”
China’s god hand hit the backboard. It landed!
This time, the applause was much louder and their screams were seemingly endless.
It was the NBA player’s turn. He curved it, very accurately as well, but once the ball fell towards the backboard, it bounced off the rim and back out again. It bounced with great force and flew into the audience, and with scary coincidence landed in Meng Fan’s hands.
“Did it hit you?”
The host asked worriedly. Seeing he was okay, he smiled. “You can keep it as a souvenir.”
Before he even finished speaking, Meng Fan had tossed the ball towards them in a shooting motion.
Whoosh!
It landed in the net without touching the rim!
The audience was shocked.
The program director was fast to respond and managed to record the whole process for the stream.
The viewers were dumbstruck as well. What the hell was this?!
It must be staged right?
He was at least an entire basketball court away!
How did he score it?
Is there a master hidden among us?
Huh? Why does this guy look so familiar?!
“Badass, badass! When I saw the basketball land in the iron brother’s hands, I knew something was going to happen. Iron bro doesn’t disappoint and scored it right away hahaha do you see how terrifying his god hands are?!”
All the students watching from the art academy also recognized Meng Fan. Who didn’t know of Meng Fan’s incredible shooting skills? He could score from anywhere during the university’s basketball tournament!
“666! Meng fatty!”
“Hey, let me tell you about the world record holder for arcade basketball!”