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Chapter 135 Stern is here, and he is here with Su Wen’s video!

"Mr. Stern, Mr. Li is already waiting in the office. Please come with me."

In the reception room at the east gate of the CCTV building, NBA president David Stern was guided by the TV station representative and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been waiting in the reception room for more than an hour. In the process, he had to go through the approval process of the foreign affairs department and leaders and apply for the admission permit, which was quite troublesome.

In the waiting room, although the doormen and passers-by were very curious about this short foreigner and guessed which country he was a business owner from, they were relatively polite and did not treat him like a monkey in the zoo. This made him feel uneasy. Finally feeling much more comfortable.

At this time, China was just a few years after reform and opening up, and foreigners were still quite rare.

For Stern, this big Eastern country is also very mysterious.

Growing up, he had heard some mysteries and rumors about this big eastern country. Therefore, he was not so optimistic about his arrival this time. He was cautious throughout the whole process and did not offend others.

Although the process of arriving this time was relatively cumbersome and the waiting time was relatively long, now that he could actually be introduced to the leaders of CCTV, he still felt relaxed that the trip was well worth it.

As the CCTV representative entered the lobby of the office building, he walked in with the translator and team.

Looking at the Chinese people coming and going, all in suits and ties, with rather rustic hairstyles, they were full of curiosity and uncertainty.

Stern doesn't know whether he can negotiate a good cooperation during this trip, whether he will be made things difficult for him, or whether he will.

In short, all the unknown fears made him feel a little insecure.

The great Eastern country is so mysterious that he has rarely seen relevant reports in the North American media.

But adhering to the simple and rigorous impression of the Chinese men's basketball team at the beginning of this year, he was still somewhat mentally prepared.

In other words, this is not the first time he has dealt with the Chinese.

At the end of last year, the Chinese men's basketball team sent a fax to the league headquarters, saying that it would go to the United States for some exchanges and to play friendly matches for training.

At that time, it was he, Stern, who hosted the men's basketball team.

Although the men's basketball team's flight was delayed and did not arrive on time, he was still very patient during the reception and hired a coach as a game consultant for the men's basketball team.

Not only that, Stern also asked Cardinal Arnold Auerbach and league legend Wes Unseld to give guidance to the men's basketball team.

The friendly match opponent of the men's basketball team is the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The live video of this game is currently archived at the headquarters.

This is not the first time for Stern to deal with the Chinese, and he also has a general understanding of the Chinese from the men's basketball team, so he is still mentally prepared for this arrival.

In fact, apart from him, this is not the first time that the NBA has come into contact with this big Eastern country.

A few years ago, or in 79, the Washington Bullets came to this country to play two exhibition games, supporting the NBA team that visited China.

Ever since Su Wen entered the league through the draft and rose rapidly, Stern has wanted to come to this mysterious Eastern country.

He wanted to use Su Wen as an opportunity to try to get in touch with this big Eastern country to see if it was profitable and to see the market size.

In the past two days, after witnessing the country's capital with my own eyes, I realized the price level and living standards here. I felt a little disappointed, but there is still something that can be done.

A country that can produce a young genius like Su Wen must have endless potential.

This is a large country with a population of eight to nine billion.

And when he came this time, he not only brought his translator and team, but also the videotape of Su Wen's game.

One was a 70-point game against the Celtics in the regular season;

One was the first game of the Western Conference Finals that just passed, in which Su Wen scored 66 points on the Lakers;

The game was still the Western Conference finals, the third game. Su Wen exploded in the second half and defeated the Lakers by himself;

There is one more game.

Well, except for the Celtics, the next three games are all the Western Conference Finals between the SuperSonics and the Lakers.

Sorry, Lakers.

For the sake of the Chinese market, I can only wrong you.

When David Stern walked into an office, he finally met Mr. Li, the leader the CCTV representative said.

This Mr. Li is currently the program purchaser of CCTV. He is a deputy editor-in-chief, and his position is quite high.

Mr. Li was very enthusiastic and received them personally, and while asking for tea and water, he also asked why they were there.

When he learned that Stern was the league president of the NBA, the top league in the United States, he was slightly surprised.

Although he still doesn’t know what kind of basketball league the NBA is, his status as league president seems quite impressive and he is a big leader.

Then he spoke more enthusiastically.

After in-depth exchanges, he finally understood the concept of the NBA league.

At this time, Stern revealed that there was a player from China in his basketball league who had already made a name for himself and became a superstar. Mr. Li was even more surprised.

Stern solemnly stated that after careful and rigorous research on Su Wen’s identity and origin, it was confirmed that he was Chinese.

Mr. Li became interested instantly.

Stern asked someone to take out several video tapes from his briefcase and placed them in front of Mr. Li.

Mr. Li was not polite and asked someone to arrange a screening room to watch Su Wen's game videos.

Half an hour later, Mr. Li, who was sitting next to Stern, watched on the big screen as Su Wen performed a dunk over Kevin McHale, the Celtics' fourth position. , gasped.

My dear mother-in-law!

Can basketball still be played like this?

Is it too violent?

Mr. Li was immediately fascinated.

A pair of eyes stared directly at Su Wen, watching his every move.

This was just a dunk from behind, and it had already deeply shocked him.

In the following game, Su Wen broke through with the ball, made emergency jump shots, was double-teamed by two or three people, and defended the entire inside line. It was as if he was in no one's land.

His eyes were straight!

For the first time, he saw how basketball could be played like this.

Violent, elegant, fast, and capable of anything!

Su Wen was like a martial arts master who fell into a civilian market, so outstanding, so fierce and powerful.

Not only Su Wen's performance, but also the performance of the SuperSonics and Celtics, he felt that this was completely different from the ordinary domestic basketball games he had seen in the past.

High level, high intensity, high confrontation, but also full of American personal heroism and beautiful show performance style.

Compared with domestic basketball games, it is simply not the same dimension.

As he watched it, he became a little addicted to it.

After watching the game between the Sonics and the Celtics, Mr. Li was unbelievable and amazed by Su Wen's 70-point performance in a single game. He didn't expect that there would be such a player in China, such a 19-year-old young man. On the other side of the Pacific, in a foreign league full of big guys, big guys, and a lot of people, such a high-level professional stage would still be there. It can perform like a dimensionality reduction attack.

This is a big shame for the country!

Mr. Li became more and more curious about Su Wen.

"Mr. Stern, are you sure this player is really Chinese?"

"Mr. Li, you can call me David." Stern smiled. He saw what he wanted from Mr. Li's performance.

That is the attitude of shock, eye-opening, disbelief, etc.

He nodded with satisfaction and replied: "Yes, Mr. Li, we checked his origin and determined that he is a Chinese. There is no doubt about it."

"Moreover, when he was interviewed by our official or some media, he reported that his hometown is from a coastal city in Western Guangxi Province called Fangcheng."

"Fangcheng Port, Western Guangxi Province?"

Mr. Li murmured, his eyes glowing with intense color.

After he quietly whispered a few words to his subordinates, they quickly left with instructions.

After thinking about it again, he asked another subordinate to play the next video tape.

After watching the first scene, he was still unsatisfied.

The next video clearly states that it is the first game of the Western Conference Finals against the Lakers.

After a while, there were bursts of exclamations from the entire video screening room.

"what?"

"Dry!"

"Tsk!"

"Mom!"

"My dear mother, do you want to come in too?"

"Pretty!"

"Winning! Awesome!"

One morning passed like this.

When Stern walked out of the CCTV building, his whole mood was very relaxed and very satisfied.

"Mr. Stern, I didn't expect this cooperation to go so smoothly." His translator complimented as he followed behind.

"After seeing Su Wen's performance, it's hard for anyone to refuse." Although Stern was very satisfied with this trip in his heart, he said calmly on the surface.

"really."

The translator clicked his tongue and echoed: "It was the first time I watched Su play, and I had the same expression as Li."

"Except for the astonishing wonder, no other sound came out of my mouth."

"He's a genius!"

As he spoke, the translator sighed and said, "It's a pity that we didn't receive any reward for our cooperation this time."

"Don't be in a hurry." Stern said confidently: "It always takes a while to accept new things. Let's let them experience our high-level competition first and get a feel for it. Then we will have better ways of cooperation in the future. "

"I understand, Mr. Stern." Seeing how confident he was, the translator said nothing more.

And when they visited the CCTV building, here in Seattle, it was already the end of the second night of the fourth Western Conference finals.

All SuperSonics players got on the bus and headed to the airport, about to fly to Los Angeles to start Game 5.

Because they are already leading the Lakers 3:1, their mentality at this time is that in the next away game, they will win even if they win, and they will not lose if they lose. They are in a very relaxed mood.

Tom Chambers also seemed to have opened up. He was no longer as taciturn as in the previous game. On the plane, he was still joking with Wood and others, his eyes full of longing for the finals.

"Do you think we can defeat the Lakers in one fell swoop and advance to the Finals?"

Chambers asked Su Wen with longing in his eyes.

"Of course!"

Su Wen replied firmly: "There is no doubt about it!"

In fact, Su Wen was quite excited at this time.

He did not expect that in his first season, he would reach the Western Conference Finals with the team and lead the powerful Lakers with a total score of 3:1.

Even when he was most confident in himself, he never imagined that he would reach this point.

In his opinion, the SuperSonics lineup at this time is unbeatable if it can reach the Western Conference Finals.

In their lineup, apart from Chambers, who is more capable, the only one left is himself.

Even if he thought he was awesome and invincible, he didn't think he would have a chance to challenge the Lakers' dominance of the Western Conference.

Chambers averaged 20.3 points, 9.1 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.3 blocks per game in the regular season.

The data looks good and he is definitely a qualified All-Star player.

But after entering the playoffs, he averaged only 17.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.7 blocks per game.

After encountering a more intense confrontation, his overall data dropped a lot.

But just like that, Chambers seems to be the second-best player in the Sonics.

But when he and his team truly led the Lakers 3:1, he still felt like he was dreaming.

Not quite true!

(End of this chapter)