Regarding the movie title, Tang Tian had also considered it. 《Fatal Munich》 had been a hit, but 《Fatal Beijing》 wouldn't work. 《Fatal Wukesong》, however, was quite suitable.

It would capitalize on the popularity of basketball movies, and basketball fans would be more interested.

Or, like the documentary 《Yao Ming's Year》, it could be called 《Tang Tian's Year》.

Just the name Tang Tian itself was eye-catching, and it summarized his performance that year.

But Tang Tian was thinking beyond just this one movie, including Rio and the possible Tokyo Olympics next year.

To put it directly, this should be a trilogy of basketball movies.

He even had ideas for the other two: Rio would be called 《Men's Basketball: A Pipe Dream》, and if there was a Tokyo Olympics, 《Men's Basketball: Defending Champions》.

A trilogy, like the 《Lord of the Rings》 series, to be forever remembered by basketball fans for this glorious period.

As for 《Tang Tian's Year》, that was another movie he had in mind.

It was good to be the boss; he had time to think about off-court matters.

With a script, a movie title, everything the director needed, he returned to China, and the pre-production work would begin immediately.

Unlike the scripts he had before, Tang Tian's script had a clear structure, with Shen Zijie, Yi Jianlian, and Tang Tian as the three main actors.

Filming could also be done separately, with the latter part being shot during the offseason.

If everything went smoothly, the movie could be released before the Olympics next year, just in time for the summer movie season.

Two days later, the Pelicans played the Spurs at the New Orleans Arena.

The game received even more attention than the previous Pelicans-Rockets game.

The Spurs were at their peak, and the Pelicans, as a four-time champion team, were the hottest team in the league.

That alone made it a must-watch game, plus there was Durant.

Durant had found his form in the game against the Rockets, but everyone knew how bad the Rockets' defense was.

Especially on the front line, the Spurs were in a completely different league compared to the Rockets.

Durant could easily dominate Harden + House + Tucker, but against George + Leonard + Aldridge, it was a completely different story.

Both teams were strong, and the game played out as many expected, but the result was surprising.

As was Durant's performance.

After a great performance against the Rockets, Durant not only regained his form but also his touch.

He scored 41 points against the Spurs and hit the game-winning shot, leading the team to a 101-99 victory over the Spurs, and a two-game winning streak after two straight losses.

The result was unexpected.

Especially Durant; people who didn't know any better would have thought Tang Tian was still playing for the Pelicans.

However, Kenny Smith's analysis on TNT after the game made a lot of sense.

After Durant switched to the shooting guard position, he was matched up directly against George instead of Leonard, which allowed Durant to play to his strengths to a greater extent.

Moreover, Durant increased his shooting percentage after losing weight, and as long as he had a good touch, it wasn't so easy to limit him.

Plus, the Pelicans had Brogdon and Gasol as two passers, so scoring high points was only natural.

One game with 35+5+8, one game with 41+7+3, the Pelicans had a two-game winning streak, and Durant's performance was also excellent.

And that proved to be just the beginning.

30 points in three quarters against the Wizards, another 40 points to lead the team to victory against the Raptors, and although they lost to the Bucks, he scored a season-high 50 points...

After seeing Durant's slump, Pelicans fans began to see Durant's crazy performance again.

And compared to the slump, this madness continued.

Gradually, fans realized that this was Durant's true strength now.

Although he couldn't be as good as Tang Tian, he was the best of those who could take over from Tang Tian.

Time flew by, and January arrived. Voting for the 2020 Chicago All-Star Game had begun.

The first and second rounds of voting ended successively, and the results surprised many people.

Durant led James from the first round, and the gap widened further in the second round.

At this rate, Durant had a good chance of becoming the new vote leader after Tang Tian.

This was something that probably no one had expected before.

Durant joined the Pelicans, his on-court performance peaked, and the All-Star voting was also going well. It was really like the saying in feng shui, when your time comes, you thrive!

Time continued, and 《Path to Glory》 had already started filming. Tang Tian also began his part of the filming.

Because a large part of his story took place in New Orleans, filming was also done there, which was quite convenient for him personally.

While he was filming, the results of the third and final rounds of All-Star voting were released one after another.

In the third round, under the call of James' fans, not only in the United States, but also James' fans in China began to exert their efforts, and James' votes surpassed Durant's.

But when the final voting results came out, Durant ultimately received 4.6 million votes, surpassing James' 4.2 million votes.

With a huge advantage of more than 400,000 votes, Durant successfully became the 2020 All-Star vote leader!

When the results came out, Pelicans fans cheered on social media.

Durant learned of the news at the training ground.

When he was overtaken in the third round, he didn't have much hope for it.

After all, it wasn't the first or second time he had lost to James.

In the eyes of fans and the media, he was always the one suppressed by James in the ranking of small forwards.

But no one would have thought that things would take a big turn in the end.

He realized at this time what Tang Tian had said to him, "I'm retiring, you're here, my fans are your fans."

Although there was some exaggeration in it, it was the truth.

Chinese fans regarded the Pelicans as their main team, and Pelicans fans regarded him as Tang Tian's successor.

The combination of the two was the reason why he was able to surpass James in voting for the first time in his career, and by so much.

Happiness really came too fast, and it took him a while to react.

The Pelicans officially congratulated Durant on being elected the vote leader and noted that he was the next one after Tang Tian.

This meant that the Pelicans wanted it all.

Tang Tian then also tweeted to congratulate Durant and wished him a good performance in the All-Star Game.

Leaving aside their previous grudges, after Durant came to the Pelicans, Tang Tian really put aside all his previous prejudices and wholeheartedly helped him.

A tree dies when moved, but a person thrives; you don't know how big of a radish you can grow until you change the soil.

Durant had been playing in the NBA for more than ten years, and he had changed several teams. There weren't many superstars who were so peripatetic.

But only after joining the Pelicans this season did he truly feel a sense of belonging.

This really fulfilled the lyrics: "I came to your city, and walked the road you came from."

Only what followed was, "I just discovered that I can be so good."