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Chapter 977 Chasing the Wind Boy (4000+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Wu Jianye chose to come to Greece for vacation. In fact, there is another reason, that is, this year's World Youth Basketball Championship will be held in Athens!
As the birthplace of modern sports, the sports environment in Greece has always been very good.

In addition, basketball itself is a big ball sport, so even the Youth Men's Basketball Championship has attracted a lot of spectators.

But not every game has a lot of spectators. In this kind of competition, the host team like Greece, or the traditional strong teams like Australia and Spain will have a lot of spectators. Almost!

The American team has always paid little attention to such games.

What Wu Jianye came to watch this time was actually the Huaxia team's game.

There are two players in this national youth team that are worthy of special mention. One of them is Wang Zhizhi, who is now known as the chasing boy. He has to be a center forward, but in fact his speed is not slow at all, otherwise he wouldn't be called a chasing boy.

The other one is Li Nan who is called Xiao Li Feidao. As a senior basketball fan, Wu Jianye received the last news when he was reborn that Li Nan was appointed as the head coach of the national team. The national team is competing in the World Championships held in China, and I don't know how the results will be!

Wu Jianye and Zhou Huimin sat in the first row. This time, Wu Jianye didn't say hello in advance, but asked Yaoguang Group's branch in Athens to buy tickets for him.

The process of the competition was not very intense. The strength of the Huaxia youth team is there. In this competition, they only won No.9 in the end, but this cannot conceal the light of Wang Zhizhi. In this competition, Wang Zhizhi Ranked second in total points, second in total rebounds, and first in blocked shots, he was named the best center of the game, and also won the title of block king and was selected to the best team.

After the game, Wu Jianye didn't say hello to the team, but went back to the hotel directly, and waited until the Huaxia team ended their championship, Wu Jianye came to the hotel where the Huaxia team was staying.

"Team Kuang, nice to meet you!"

At the hotel where the Huaxia team stayed, Wu Jianye saw the leader of this year's youth team, Team Kuang!
The Kuang team is 1.9 meters tall. Even Wu Jianye looked a lot shorter in front of the Kuang team. Before becoming the leader of the youth team, the Kuang team was the main defender of the Bayi team and the national team. , After retiring, he served as the head coach of the Bayi team for a period of time, and then transferred to the basketball department of the State Sports Commission.

Team Kuang was actually a little confused about Wu Jianye's appearance. Although Team Kuang was a sports worker, it didn't mean Team Kuang didn't know about Wu Jianye.

So after answering Wu Jianye's call, Kuang team still agreed to meet with Wu Jianye!
"Director Wu, you're too polite. I didn't expect to see Director Wu here!" Captain Kuang said with a smile. The place where the two met was not in the coffee shop of the hotel, but in Team Kuang's room.

After the two sat down, Wu Jianye said with a smile: "It's a coincidence, I happen to be here on vacation in Athens. I heard that there will be a match for our national youth team, so I came to see it!"

Before knowing the purpose of Wu Jianye's visit, Kuang team responded with a smile: "I didn't expect Director Wu to like basketball so much!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Of course, the Kuang team may not know it yet. I am a veteran basketball fan. When I was studying in the Film Academy, I was also an athlete of our college's basketball team!"

As soon as Team Kuang heard what Wu Jianye said, he felt a sense of intimacy immediately, "Really, I didn't expect Director Wu to have such a relationship with basketball!"

Wu Jianye said: "The origin is more than that!"

Team Kuang looked at Wu Jianye with some doubts.

Wu Jianye said: "Team Kuang, you should know the North American Los Angeles Lakers team!"

Team Kuang nodded. Although he didn't know why Wu Jianye suddenly mentioned the Lakers, he still replied, "Of course I know, Magic Johnson's previous basketball team!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Team Kuang, I have nothing to hide from you, I am the owner of the Lakers!"

At the beginning, Wu Jianye gave Phantom Media to his daughter Wu Luoxin, but kept the Lakers in order to allow him to better handle the next thing.

Wu Jianye said it lightly, but the words fell into the ears of the Kuang team, but they were not stingy with explosive news. Although there is no live broadcast of the NBA league in China, there are already recordings, and for the Kuang team's generation People, they started to know the NBA from the black-and-white confrontation between the Lakers and the Celtics.

It can be said that their generation has the deepest feelings for the Lakers and Celtics.

In their hearts, the NBA has always been the top basketball league in the world. Now the director Wu Jianye actually told Wu Jianye that he is the owner of the Lakers. This kind of thing sounds like a joke.

"Director Wu, you can't take such a joke!" Team Kuang couldn't believe what Wu Jianye said.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Team Kuang, I don't need to make such a joke with you. If you don't believe me, I can ask the Lakers to send you an official statement!"

"Director Wu, what you said is true?" Team Kuang stood up excitedly. Although they didn't know why they were excited, Team Kuang was very excited!
Wu Jianye nodded and said, "It's more real than pearls!"

"No, I have to take it easy on your matter!" Captain Kuang said exaggeratedly.

Wu Jianye laughed and said, "Team Kuang, you don't have to think too much, just treat it as a normal business activity!"

After a long while, Team Kuang came over and said, "Director Wu, you really surprised me!"

After finishing speaking, he continued to ask: "I think Director Wu told me the news this time, there must be other things!"

Wu Jianye nodded with a smile, and said, "That's right, Ming people don't talk dark words, Team Kuang, I want to discuss with you. I watched our national team's games these days and admired Wang Zhizhi very much, so I thought Let’s discuss with the Kuang team to see if we can bring Wang Zhizhi to the NBA!”

This is another reason why Wu Jianye came to Athens this time, and that is to bring Wang Zhizhi to the NBA!
At this time, Wang Zhizhi was just 18 years old. It can be said that he is the fastest age to learn things. If Wang Zhizhi can join the NBA in advance, I believe his career will definitely have a different result.

Originally, Wu Jianye was very confident about this matter, but he didn't expect that after hearing Wu Jianye's idea, the Kuang team raised objections!
"Director Wu, first of all, I have to thank you for your appreciation of Da Zhi, but this matter may not go as you wish!"

Wu Jianye was slightly taken aback for a moment, and then remembered what happened to Wang Zhizhi in another time and space. In fact, in another time and space, Wang Zhizhi was spotted by the Dallas Mavericks in 98. At that time, the owner and coach of the Mavericks, Nelson Sr. I personally went to China to talk about this matter, but the country did not let anyone go. It was not until Wang Zhizhi was 24 years old that he officially joined the Dallas Mavericks!

You must know that NBA scouts were very optimistic about Wang Zhizhi's scouting report at the beginning. They believed that Wang Zhizhi was very talented, had good inside footsteps and coping skills, and had excellent mid-range shooting. More importantly, he also had 2 With a height of 13 meters, he can make very flexible movements at this height. Even in the NBA, there are not many. The disadvantage is that he lacks confrontation and defense.

When Wang Zhizhi participated in the NBA draft in 99, the scout report was so good, but he was not selected by the Mavericks in the first round because neither the Bayi team nor the Basketball Association agreed to let him go. After Wang Zhizhi is selected, will he be released, so he only used the second round of picks to make a guarantee!
In fact, the country did not release it in that year.
As a senior fan, Wu Jianye has always regretted being in such a situation. If Wang Zhizhi had been able to join the NBA ahead of schedule, perhaps Chairman Yao would not be the only well-known Huaxia player in the NBA!
In addition, because Wang Zhizhi did not return to China, the national team lost the championship of the Asian Games that year.
Fortunately, Wang Zhizhi came back later and led the national team back to the top of Asia. The scene that impressed Wu Jianye most was that in the Asian Cup later, after the national team won the gold medal, all the athletes put their The gold medal is hung on Wang Zhizhi's neck, and then the scene of collective worship!

"Team Kuang, is there something wrong?"

There have always been different opinions about Wang Zhizhi's failure to enter the NBA at that time, but it should generally be attributed to the fact that the domestic CBA league has just started for a few years at this time, and it is necessary to have its own star to attract the audience to the arena to watch the game!
At that time, the overlord of the domestic CBA was the Bayi team, and Wang Zhizhi was the most dazzling star of this team, although there was also the god of war Liu Yudong in this team!
But it is undeniable that Wang Zhizhi is the most popular star of this team, and also one of the most popular stars in the country!

But at this time, Wang Zhizhi has just started to become famous, so there shouldn't be any considerations in this regard?
But Wu Jianye always underestimated how much the national team and the Bayi team valued Wang Zhizhi at this time. In the end, the Kuang team gave the same answer. The league needs such players to increase the influence of the team and the league in the country!

"Director Wu, I'm really sorry about this matter. You also know that our domestic basketball career has just started, and we need our own basketball stars to increase the influence of the league. Big Zhi is now our most promising player!" Team Kuang Politely rejected Wu Jianye's suggestion.

But Wu Jianye didn't intend to just give up.

"Team Kuang, can you let me meet Dazhi first?" Although Wu Jianye really wanted to bring Wang Zhizhi to the NBA, the premise is that Wang Zhizhi has his own plans in this regard, otherwise, Wu Jianye has no need Hard work!

As for Team Kuang's refusal, Wu Jianye didn't intend for the other party to refuse once, so he exposed the matter himself. There are always more solutions than difficulties!

Team Kuang showed a bit of embarrassment, his apprentice, he knew that if Wang Zhizhi knew that he had been favored by the owner of the NBA Lakers and wanted to take him to the Lakers, Wang Zhizhi's heart might not be in China!
But there is no way to refuse this matter. After all, even if Wu Jianye can't see Wang Zhizhi now, he can still see Wang Zhizhi after returning to China. I can't limit the meeting between the two parties!
"Director Wu, I know your thoughts are good. In fact, I personally admit that if Dazhi goes to the NBA, he may have better achievements, but we can't always think about individuals, we should also think about the country. Our country has just established its own CBA league this year, and we need stars to drive the national basketball industry."

"Team Kuang, I naturally understand your thoughts. In fact, I personally think that the two things are not in conflict. If Dazhi can really land in the NBA, it will definitely cause a huge sensation in China. There is a basketball craze, and I have already discussed with Luck Sports, starting next year, Luck Sports will hold three-on-three basketball games across the country, and will definitely be able to provide more basketball talents for the country!"

Wu Jianye also had his own plans.

In fact, Wu Jianye does not think that their approach is wrong if it is due to the consideration of the Kuang team and the national level. After all, they are considering a comprehensive plan, but if it is from a personal perspective, Wu Jianye has no way to accept it. Yes, this is achieved at the expense of personal interests.

In fact, the same is true for Chairman Yao later. Chairman Yao joined the NBA in 2002, but the specific situation is that Chairman Yao has long been favored by the NBA. But at that time, the Sharks hoped that Chairman Yao could play more games in China. In two years, by the way, I helped the Sharks win a CBA championship, so it was delayed until 2002!
At that time, Chairman Yao had many restrictions on joining the CBA. For example, he must be the No. [-] pick. This is a rigid rule!

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If Chairman Yao didn't have so many games to play, and some unnecessary national team games could not be called up, Chairman Yao's career would definitely not be so short, and his achievements would not stop at those.
But no one can say who is right and who is wrong in this kind of thing. In the face of personal achievements and national honor, it is not easy to achieve a balance.

"I didn't expect Director Wu to have such a good relationship with us!" Team Kuang said.

Naturally, I am familiar with the Luck Sports Kuang team. This year the CBA league kicks off, and Luck Sports has also won the naming rights of the CBA!

In fact, in another space-time CBA league, the naming rights for the first year were obtained by 555 Cigarettes, but in the second year, it was replaced by Hilton, and then Motorola, China Unicom New World.
"Well, I have a good relationship with their chairman!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

The Kuang team could not give Wu Jianye face, but they had to give Luck Sports face, and finally had to call Wang Zhizhi to his room!

(End of this chapter)