On the midnight news at 12 o'clock in the morning on April 1, 2003, ESPN Sports announced an official news.

The espn sports station announced that the relevant departments of espn's nba were officially cancelled, and the espn entertainment channel was established. The espn sports station's nba channel will be officially canceled at 9 a.m., and the espn entertainment channel will start a trial broadcast at 9 a.m., and the first program will be on

Officially broadcast at 9 o'clock.

The type of the first program is a talk show. The name of this program is "The Ace Liu Talk Show", and the host is the rising star of the Eagles, Ace Liu.

April 1st, April Fool's Day, is not an official holiday in Western countries. It was just the New Year before France changed its calendar in the 15th century. The conservatives in the 15th century refused to change the first day of the new year from April 1st to January 1st.

, so the reformists held a fake New Year's party on this day, found some fake "celebrities" to amuse the conservatives, and then publicized and ridiculed them. The reputation of the conservatives also plummeted because of this, mainly because January 1st became the New Year's Eve.

Everyone got used to it, and the conservatives couldn't afford to make waves. Later, teasing people on April 1 gradually became popular and became a folk festival, which was not officially recognized.

However, although it is not officially recognized, April 1st is indeed a favorite holiday in European and American countries, and various industries will play some tricks on this.

Students often take the opportunity to make various jokes among themselves. Of course, just like in China, there are also some who confess their feelings today and are rejected by saying it is an April Fool's joke. Some are successful, and some of the girls are really joking.

, some men deliberately tease others...

The jokes between adults are a little more restrained, and of course it doesn't rule out the kind where the young ones play too big and lose their virginity.

However, those who take April Fools' Day most seriously are the big companies that usually seem very serious. In the future, even the President of the United States and the news media will love to make trouble on April Fools' Day.

But now, in 2003, April Fool's Day is more of a day for ordinary people and big companies who want to show off their creativity. It has not yet reached the era of information explosion, and the news media is still relatively conservative and rigorous.

So as soon as the news about ESPN came out, many people believed it!

Of course, many people don't believe it at all.

Netizens have no national boundaries. Netizens all over the world are the same. There are trolls all over the place. Even if many people don’t believe it in their hearts, the power of being a bully is explosive. They will troll on the Internet with those who express disbelief. They will troll inexplicably.

He acted as if he believed it deeply.

nba, a very common name in the United States, Liu Mang, is not a big shot, but the association of nba and Liu Mang has caused quite a stir.

Many sports fans in the American sports circle are alarmed. What is this guy who has caused trouble in the North American sports circle from time to time in the past two years going to do?

Are you really going to do some talk show?

ESPN is such a big TV station, is it really following this guy's mischief?

That’s nonsense!

Since April 1st is a Sunday, a lot of people watched the news on ESPN Sports Channel in the early hours of Saturday night!

Early the next morning, many news media reprinted the incident, and some morning newspapers even gave it a headline!

No matter how noisy people are, no matter how fierce the words of those who insist that they don’t believe it, and no matter how the news media questions it, people who pay close attention to sports and the NBA are looking forward to nine o’clock coming soon.

Not only sports fans, but also NBA players were confused by this news, because there was a live broadcast across the United States on the night of the 1st, and many stars were paying attention to this matter.

And because it was too early, the news was released in the early morning, and the legendary program was about to start at nine o'clock in the morning. The media who tried to "refute the rumors" did not even have a chance to interview Liu Mang or ESPN. No information to refute the rumors was released.

From early morning to nine o'clock in the morning, in just a few hours, Liu Mang once again became popular all over the United States overnight!

You don’t have to spend money to watch the excitement, so starting from around 7 a.m., the ratings of ESPN’s NBA channel are extremely high!

It happened to be Sunday, and the ratings were actually higher early in the morning than when the NBA regular season broadcast was broadcast during prime time at night!

The closer the time is to nine o'clock, the higher the ratings are. By 8:50, the ratings are even higher than those in the playoffs.

At this time, most people who were interested in this matter almost turned on the TV and waited to watch it to see what ESPN and Liu Mang were going to do.

Even if this incident is just fake news made by ESPN as a joke, even if people are fooled, they will still get a few ounces of meat. At most, they can just spray it, waste a little saliva or press the keyboard a few times to curse.

For example, No. 8 got up at 4 a.m. in Los Angeles and had just finished playing iron. A young man staying in a hotel arranged by Nike in New York who didn’t know how precious the hairline was got up very early to choose the jersey he would wear after entering the NBA.

Guy, he moved his family to Charlotte, a 40-year-old man with a beer belly in less than two months, two beautiful girls and a young girl in a luxurious villa in Atlanta, amateur e-sports enthusiasts in Houston...there are so many and

People who had good or bad relationships with Liu Mang were very interested in this matter and were waiting in front of the TV.

At 8:59, the icons of the NBA channel were changed. A beautifully designed icon of the ESPN entertainment channel replaced the icon of ESPN Sports, and the icon of ESPN Sports was moved to the middle of the TV screen, and then

Broken, an enlarged version of the icon of the ESPN entertainment channel appears in the center, then shrinks and moves to the upper right corner.

At exactly nine o'clock, the TV screen went dark, and pictures kept switching on the screen. They were all of Liu Mang, the draft, the picture of Yanshe Francis when the Eagles debuted against Francis, the picture of facing McGrady, kill him

The ok combination won the victory and established the team's confidence. They defeated Iverson repeatedly, won the rookie game MVP, the All-Star MVP, dunked on Duncan, dunked on Payton, played with the outside, played with the inside... and so on, every picture

There must be a background in the picture, and people from Los Angeles often appear in the picture.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After the marquee-like pictures ended, a large English word art of "Ace Liu Talk Show" appeared.

People didn't expect that ESPN would actually play it real! What kind of program is this really?

After the opening scene, the scene switched to a studio. The first thing that appeared was a double door. Next to the door were two tall and handsome men, one black and one white, standing in suits and ties on the cold side of the door, like

Both bodyguards are the same.

A big stage with great lighting, a delicate closed door, and a handsome guy who opens the door!

Looks very classy!

At this time, the music started playing, and the scene switched to a hot DJ, who was twisting his body and playing the disc. When he saw the camera facing him, he immediately blew a kiss to the camera.

Even people who believe in this matter have never thought that espn is actually playing it for real! And looking at it like this, it seems to have cost a lot of money!

Just when people were amazed by the set, lights, etc., the beautiful DJ shouted with an excited voice: "Welcome our NBA All-Star Grand Slam star, former Atlanta Hawks superstar, Ace Liu..."

forward?

People in front of the TV were stunned when they heard this word.

The scene switched to the door. Two handsome guys, one black and one white, made a gentleman's salute and then opened the door.

The spotlight shined on the door that had just been opened, and the TV screen was accompanied by applause. After the door was opened, Liu Mang's figure appeared on the TV screen!

You really want to play for real! Just do it!

There wasn’t even any publicity, it just came out of the blue!

Liu Mang walked out of the door with a few cards, and two handsome doormen walked in and closed the door.

After the camera focused on Liu Mang, Liu Mang's mouth opened like a machine gun: "Hello everyone, welcome to watch the new program launched by ESPN TV, the Ace-Liu Talk Show, sponsored by the national beverage brand Very Coke.

The Si-Liu talk show is specially sponsored by Nike and Ace Generation. Thank you airjordan for your strong support of this show. Thank you all!"

Then Liu Mang on the TV screen applauded.

It’s really formal! The audience in front of the TV felt inexplicably that this was really formal, and this guy was really doing something!

The beautiful stage, lighting, professional DJ, and even Liu Mang's spoken words were so smooth, everything about the opening was perfect.

It's just that Liu Mang's own applause at the end was a bit abrupt. At this time, the scene switched to the auditorium. There was only one uncle who was chewing melon seeds. And it was not an auditorium at all, just a few plastic stools, just an uncle, and there were other people on the ground.

There were scattered newspapers, and the newspaper even gave a close-up, with the words "Ace Liu makes gold in the sea" written on it.

When the uncle saw the camera pointed at him, he quickly clapped along with Liu Mang on the stage.

Change of style!

Just now I was amazed at how much money ESPN spent this time. This stage is absolutely new and must have cost a lot of money.

But who would have known that the style of painting had changed so much, that the auditorium was so desolate, and that the newspaper had the finishing touch of "making money from the sea". Some fans having breakfast in front of the TV directly criticized it. Although they didn't know what was so funny, they just poked fun at it.

Hit that spot.

The scene switched to the stage. Liu Mang on the stage seemed embarrassed for a moment as he looked at the empty auditorium, and then immediately "adjusted" his expression.

"Everyone must be very confused and want to ask, Ace, why are you, an NBA player, doing a TV show? Can't you just play hard?"

"There's nothing I can do about it. I just have to make a living. The NBA is in a slump recently, so I can only go out and earn some extra money."

"Although I'm not a professional in talk shows, I still have my advantages. As a senior NBA professional league participant, I know more insider information and first-hand information that others don't know. I believe everyone wants to know it.

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As soon as Liu Mang's opening remarks came out, many people complained about his hilarious point, especially the phrase "senior NBA professional league participant", which caused many people to complain directly.

“We’ve already talked about the topic of industry insiders, let’s get right to the point! First, let’s talk about the first-hand insider information I got!”

Getting to the topic so quickly? Not to mention, the audience in front of the TV really stared at the screen with their eyes wide open to see what news Liu Mang was going to release.

On the TV screen, Liu Mang flipped through his cards, and then his expression became serious.

The audience in front of the TV also held their breath. Seeing Liu Mang's serious expression, is there really any big news to be revealed?

For a moment, the audience forgot that this was an April Fool's Day show, and they really took Liu Mang's words about breaking the news seriously...

After a few seconds, Liu Mang spoke: "To eliminate the information I got from insiders, the second-in-command of the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant..."

Speaking of this, Liu Mang made the last sound very long and deliberately used an accent on the word "Lao Er".

When Liu Mang mentioned Kobe, many fans who were familiar with Liu Mang already felt bad...

"Kobe Bryant couldn't accept his status as the second in charge of the team. He wanted to be the boss, but he was reluctant to leave Los Angeles. At the same time, he was not a match for Shaquille O'Neal, the strongest center in history. Kobe Bryant thought about it for a long time.

, finally made the most important decision of his career, joining the Los Angeles Sparks, serving as the star of the Sparks, and realizing his dream of being the boss!"

Depend on!

Only then did the audience in front of the TV realize that today is indeed April Fool's Day! This is indeed a spoof show.

However, instead of losing interest, the audience became even more interested!
To be continued...