basketball purple front

Chapter 448
"Usually, the food in Yao restaurant is improved, but today I specifically asked the chef to make authentic Chinese dishes. Come on, you are welcome." Yao Ming seems to know this place well, and it seems that he was also from this place back then. I'm a regular customer, otherwise I wouldn't be so clear. "Thank you, Brother Yao Ming." Just as Tang Qian finished speaking, Yao Ming laughed dumbly and said, "Brother Yao Ming? This title is awkward enough. I'm not that much older than you, am I?"

"No, that's not what I meant..." Before Tang Qian could finish speaking, Yao Ming waved his hands and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I know that it's really not easy to work alone in the United States. I've also experienced it , so when you meet in a foreign country, you don’t need to be so formal, you can just call me by my name.” “Well, that’s not good, you are always a senior, or... I’ll call you Brother Yao, How is it?" After hearing Tang Qian's words, Yao Ming nodded inwardly, because a person who became famous at a young age like him is easily overwhelmed by the cheers and praise, and then his attitude tends to be a little more "self". There are countless examples of this in the sports world, and they are not uncommon.But the young man in front of him is completely different from the "rumors". He bears the nickname of "Tyrant Tang", but he treats himself who has retired with great respect and respect. This is compared with some "little people who succeed" , It is extremely rare and educated.

Seeing the discrepancy with the "rumors", Yao Ming smiled and said, "Of course, you can do whatever you want, brother Yao is much more pleasing to the ear than brother Yao Ming~" After the two of them ate something, Yao Ming suddenly said Said: "Tang Qian, do you want to join the Chinese national team?"

Yao Ming and Chen Xin spoke in completely different ways. His words were "want" instead of "willing", which gave Tang Qian a lot more room to advance and retreat at the dinner table.Otherwise, if a "willing" came out, Tang Qian might feel unhappy.After all, answering "yes" is too much of a disadvantage for him, which is against his original intention, but answering "no" is likely to have a bad influence. If someone with a heart finds out, he may be labeled as "no patriotism" .

Therefore, Yao Ming's speaking posture made Tang Qian more comfortable.

Hearing this, the latter didn't know why Yao Ming was looking for him alone.

"Brother Yao, didn't you expect you to be a lobbyist?" Tang Qian raised his head and asked.

"Haha~ I didn't say that, but some things still have to go through the motions, don't they?" Yao Ming continued to speak in a relaxed and humorous manner, neither embarrassing Tang Qian nor himself.After hearing Yao Ming's words, Tang Qian had a little bit of confidence in his heart. The former would not force himself to promise anything today.So he reasoned in his mind and said, "Brother Yao, do you want to listen to the truth or lies?"

Yao Ming said, "Let's listen to everything."

Tang Qian nodded and began to say: "The lie is that I am a little unwilling; the truth is that I am very unwilling."

"Oh, why are you so resistant? You must know that the methods above are very powerful. There were some people who suffered this kind of loss back then." Of course Tang Qian knew who Yao Ming was referring to, but he still insisted on his words, saying : "No way, I just don't want to violate my heart. Everyone is willing to win glory for the country, but if behind this 'glory' is all kinds of entanglement of interests and various black-handed transactions, then I would rather block me in the country."

Compared with Yao Ming, Tang Qian speaks more bluntly. After all, he is not a person "inside the system", so there is no need to avoid many things, and there is no need to be so "ambiguous". "Is that so?" Yao Ming put away his smile for the first time when he heard the words, and then asked the former again, saying, "I used to be an athlete, so I understand the meaning of what you do. To win glory for the country is to win glory for the country after all. There are some things in it that are not very transparent and clean, and you can’t negate this major premise, can you?”

"No, Brother Yao, I don't agree with your point of view." Although Tang Qian likes Yao Ming very much, he will not easily change what he should say and stand for: "Take a person to whitewash the peace. Is it true peace? I said before, it’s not that I don’t want to play for the country, it’s not that I don’t want to put on the national team uniform, and I don’t even care if they don’t give me any benefits and rewards. It’s just that some people in China just He cares about the current political achievements, does not take the future of Chinese basketball seriously, drives players at will and even oppresses them. Brother Yao, what do you think is the meaning of such "glory"? The face of the country is important, but don't forget, the country It is a whole, but an individual is also an individual, without an individual, how can a complete and powerful whole be formed?" Tang Qian glanced at Yao Ming across the dining table, and continued: "There is a saying that you may not know, Brother Yao. I love to hear it, but in my humble opinion, it’s you who have spoiled a group of people. If you didn’t rely on you to whitewash, then Chinese basketball would have been the same as it is now, so Brother Yao, the so-called ‘for The country wins glory', in fact, it has harmed the entire domestic basketball world."

"If you hadn't worked so hard and sent the national team to the top eight of the Olympic Games every time, how could the 'officials' above have higher and higher eyes and narrower vision? Just look at this year's Olympic Games. In this example, without positioning, without investigation, without analysis, the slogan was set on "guarantee eight and fight four". In fact, without you, the national team is not considered the strongest in Asia, but they Or "take it for granted" and just open your mouth, but in fact? The goal is set so high from the beginning, and the slogan is so loud, who is unlucky in the end? It's not them, but those athletes who are preparing to play~ In the huge Under the pressure and expectations, how can they still display their normal strength? However, in the end, they were defeated like a mountain, but it had nothing to do with the 'officials'. Those who were scolded the worst and blacked out the most would always be these participating athletes itself!"

"That's why I think it's time for domestic basketball to change. Otherwise, the London Olympics will just be the starting point of decline, not the end." Originally, Yao Ming thought Tang Qian was a bit reserved and reticent. He is just an ordinary athlete who "trains hard", but he didn't expect that when he talked about basketball, he suddenly seemed to be a different person, eloquent and eloquent, and his insights were quite profound and sharp, completely in harmony Some domestic athletes are different.

This shows that the stalemate between him and the basketball management of the Basketball Association was not a moment of arrogance, but a decision after a certain amount of thinking.

Yao Ming is also a person with a very bright mind, otherwise he would not be so good after retirement.So what Tang Qian said made him think a lot.He didn't mind the young man's upright accusations, because he had already felt this problem, but there were too few domestic athletes who dared to think and do, and he couldn't do it alone.Now, no, in the future, maybe I won't be so lonely...

When it comes to resistance, Yao Ming is definitely one of them, and unlike Wang, he won staged victories in his resistance. In the end, the higher-ups and his Yao team took a step back and reached a consensus.Here, it also shows that Yao Ming has a shrewd mind, and he is not an ordinary stupid big man.But to be honest, he would not dare to fight so fiercely and straightforwardly like the young man in front of him.So after the higher authorities gave him the instructions and the task, he immediately agreed, the purpose is to see if this No. 29 in Los Angeles is "really brave" or "brainless".

"Okay, then go ahead and tell me, what is your plan? Are you really going to fight to the death with those people in China? This will be very detrimental to your basketball market and basketball career, right?" Yao Ming asked another key point. His subconscious meaning was, how long are you going to carry it by yourself?After all, for you, this is really a matter of 'harming others but not benefiting yourself'.

But Tang Qian's answer surprised him. After listening to the former, without hesitation, he blurted out: "I will accompany you for half a year, a year, or ten years."

what, this guy...

"Tang Qian, are you being angry? It's no good to talk quickly." Yao Ming said.

"No, I'm serious." Tang Qian said: "Because if you don't do this, Chinese basketball will always only look forward to the so-called 'savior'. After I came to the United States, I discovered that the success of American basketball is not the so-called one at all. Talent springs up, but a complete and standardized basketball system, healthy and fair leagues at all levels, this is the so-called 'soil for cultivating talents'."

clap ~ clap ~ clap ~
After Tang Qian finished speaking, Yao Ming applauded directly, because he could see that all of this was the young man's heartfelt hope and expectation. "You are different from most of the athletes in China. I mean athletes of all sports." Yao Ming said, "You are very simple and straightforward. You are a pure basketball player."

Although it is not clear why Yao Ming said this, he could still hear the commendatory meaning of this sentence, so Tang Qian quickly waved his hand and said: "Brother Yao, you are too famous, I just don't want to see Chinese basketball fall like this again, so I just did such an impulsive thing." "Hehe, you don't need to be humble. There are so many basketball players in China, why don't they act impulsively? You dare to do it, and you can persist. This is an extraordinary performance. Chinese basketball If there were more people like you, then the situation might be much better." Yao Ming looked at Tang Qian with a slight change in his eyes, showing appreciation, approval, and admiration.

"So Brother Yao, didn't you come to be a lobbyist?" Tang Qian asked.

"Yes, and no." Yao Ming said: "If you are only talented in basketball, then I am a lobbyist today, but if you have opinions and ideas, you will become a lobbyist instead." Tang Qian was taken aback when he heard the words, Because he heard this sentence, Yao Ming actually did not object to what he did, and even supported it faintly.

"Brother Yao, you..." Before Tang Qian could finish speaking, Yao Ming said, "It's nothing, I am also a member of Chinese basketball, so I also hope to do my part in this respect. Before coming, Coach Li And let me come over to help you, lest you be too much negatively affected by the domestic, now it seems that he is 'worrying'~" Yao Ming made a joke about Li Qiuping, and then said: "Persist in walking your own way, maybe In the future, you can pry open the dark corners and let the sunlight shine in again."

"However, even if you give up halfway, no one will accuse you of anything. After all, the two sides in this confrontation are far apart~ You just need to have a clear conscience~" Yao Ming regained a smile on his face and said. : "Look, look, I'm too busy talking, and I haven't eaten a few bites of this dish. Extravagance and waste are not worth it~"

Later, Tang Qian chatted with Yao Ming about other things, and even a lot of court skills and experience, Yao Ming also happily taught him, and he didn't mean to hide his clumsiness at all.In the end, when they separated, the two exchanged phone numbers, which was regarded as the end of today's meeting.Before leaving, Yao Ming turned his head and said something to the former, saying: "It is difficult for people with yellow skin to survive in the NBA, but I am optimistic about you, and I hope that one day you can visit my club and give me guidance. Some young athletes in China with high eyesight but low abilities.”

"Well, no problem, Brother Yao, if I go back to China, I will definitely visit Shanghai." Hearing Tang Qian's answer, Yao Ming said with a smile: "I just want to say this to you, all the expenses for your coming to Shanghai will be paid by me." It's all covered! How about it?"

After the car started, a member of Yao's team turned his head and asked Yao Ming, "Yao, why are you accommodating him like this? The task given to us by the higher authorities is not like this." Yao Ming raised his eyes and looked at him. , and said in a flat tone: "You are not an NBA player, so you don't understand. The reason why I changed my attitude temporarily is because I saw something in him that you didn't see."

"Something we didn't see? What is that? It can't be some ghost aura, right?"

"You can say that." Yao Ming looked out of the car window and opened his mouth to answer.

"What? Yao, are you joking? How can you see this kind of thing? You..." Before he could finish speaking, Yao Ming cut off his words and said in a low voice, "What the eyes can't see, It doesn’t mean he doesn’t have it, he has the aura of a champion, although I don’t know how he did it, but just based on this, he is worth my change of mind, or even a gamble.”

"Dayao, are you being too arbitrary? Just based on this feeling, did you decide to support him?" The man still didn't quite believe it, so he continued to ask.Yao Ming said directly: "Just relying on this, that's enough, you don't understand what this means~ because you have never played in the real NBA~"

When Yao Ming spoke, there was a trace of complexity in his eyes, good and bad, bright and dark, even... a little faint, and the faint jealousy flashed away.

……

Tang Qian returned to the hotel he booked in Houston to rest, preparing to recharge his energy for tomorrow's All-Star Game.

But early the next morning, he received bad news.

The leader of the Lakers, Jerry Buss, died of illness in the hospital.

For other teams, this may not matter, just listening to news, but for the Los Angeles Lakers, it has a major impact.Because many things disappeared with the death of this 80-year-old man.

Now the Lakers are in the critical battle for a place in the playoffs. At this time, the departure of the helmsman will have a great and bad impact on the morale of the team.When Tang Qian arrived at the Toyota Center in the morning and was about to conduct the All-Star interview session, the number 24 in Los Angeles was obviously gloomy and depressing, and he was in sharp contrast with his laughing Lakers teammate No. 12, who was out of place.

During the whole process of accepting the public interview, No. 24 had a dignified expression, and from the beginning to the end, he never showed a smile.

Although Tang Qian only said hello to him, the former clearly felt that the man in front of him seemed to be gradually becoming extreme and extreme in terms of mental will.

Like a venomous snake with a traumatized mind.

Do not speak.

Just spit out letters alone, sad alone.

PS: I was left by the supervisor today for a "heart-to-heart talk". I was in a very bad mood. I encountered a big traffic jam when I got home. It was almost 9 o'clock when I got home. After eating and washing the dishes, it was close to 10:[-]. Alas~ It's really not a good time in recent years. It’s so refreshing~ I can’t explode today~ Let’s explode tomorrow~ Apologies everyone~
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