Former NBA President Stern, holding a bunch of NBA videotapes, came to the bottom of the Beijing CCTV building to endure the cold wind and waited for the leader's reception, in order to open up the Chinese market. At that time, in order to achieve this goal, he promised to provide free videotapes carrying the content of the game, CCTV only needed to play the relevant game video, and the NBA slowly opened up the Chinese market. After the arrival of the twenty-first century, with Yao Ming being selected by the Rockets as a champion, the NBA completely opened the door to the Chinese market, and the Rockets have become the home team supported by thousands of fans, just to see the style of the "Yao Mai Combination".
We know that In China, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue and other people have entered the NBA and played, and more reporters such as Yang Yi, Shen Yang, Roast Meat Sister, Zhou Ling'an and other reporters have become frontline reporting staff, and this industry has spawned many emerging positions. But do you know who was the first Chinese woman to break into the NBA? You might ask, does the NBA recruit female players? This is something unheard of! I didn't say she landed in the NBA as a player, but she was indeed the first woman in China to break into the NBA.
She is Niu Rong, an acrobatic performer from Shanxi, China, whose stage name is Red Panda, and has become the most famous Chinese woman in the NBA. We all know that where there is demand, there will be a market, as the NBA opens up the Chinese market, the league has gained tens of millions of Chinese fans and Chinese fans, so in the middle of the game, it is necessary to introduce some Chinese elements of the performance, in order to enhance the relationship between the two countries at the same time, but also to stimulate Chinese fans to consume. Just think, when you see a performance about Chinese culture when you watch the game, will you see things and people and completely like this kind of program arrangement?
Relying on the acrobatics handed down from generation to generation, Niu Rong has practiced the top bowl stunt since he was a child, and joined the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe at the age of 14. Due to her young fame and the NBA's efforts to enhance the Chinese viewing experience, in 1993 she received an official NBA invitation to perform an acrobatic performance at the Los Angeles Clippers. The opportunity is left to those who are prepared, Niu Rong finally waited for her own opportunity, to be able to perform stunts in front of fans around the world, she naturally will not refuse.
So we saw that Niu Rong, who was only 1 meter 52 tall, went to Los Angeles to perform a halftime show for the Clippers, stepping on a wheelbarrow and holding a porcelain bowl on his head, and a dish bowl on his feet, performing back and forth with difficult moves, which soon won the warm applause of the audience and fans, which was a very successful start. Many teams threw olive branches at her, and Niu Rong performed more than forty acrobatic performances after becoming an NBA celebrity. You should know that this is a live broadcast, and it can be perfectly completed without making mistakes, which shows that it has a very good psychological quality and excellent technical skills.
Just as the so-called rarity is expensive, Niu Rong's stunt skill is rare in the world, and the appearance fee is naturally very expensive. According to the relevant data, her expenses range from $2,500 to $3,000 every five minutes, which translates into more than 20,000 yuan in income. Today, she has been popular in the NBA for 29 years with this stunt, from a girl to a big mother, but the acrobatic performance is getting more and more sophisticated. To achieve such a great achievement, it is naturally inseparable from training day and night, and she often silently practices her skills in the hotel.
At that time, China also began to usher in economic recovery and growth, everything has entered a stage of rapid development, Niu Rong can use acrobatics to spread Chinese culture in the world, really for the glory of the country. Just imagine, when tens of millions of fans around the world watch the live broadcast, this stunt is naturally particularly eye-catching, and when they know that the performers are from China, it will inevitably stimulate their yearning and learning for Chinese civilization.