The Golden Age of Basketball

What Sabonis said was not a compliment to Gan Guoyang, on the contrary, what he said was the truth. Sabonis saw the sacrifice Gan Guoyang made to help him.

The crux of the ups and downs of the Blazers in the previous few games is that the absence of Buck Williams made the Blazers lack an inside scavenger, which made all the players a little uncomfortable, and Sabonis has not yet learned how to replace William responsibilities.

In this situation, Gan Guoyang stepped forward. He began to take on what Williams had done before, blocking people, blocking positions, flying to save the ball, blocking the opponent's inside firepower, and delaying the opponent's outside players in various positions. Gan Guoyang not only did It's here, and it's even better.

He is using his actions to show Sabonis and all the Trail Blazers how to be a perfect team player.

For several games in a row, Gan Guoyang's stats were only more than half of those of the past games. Drexler and Sabonis started to increase their stats. It is unanimously believed that Gan Guoyang is the real core and cornerstone of the team.

Adelman also publicly stated that Gan Guoyang's professionalism and team spirit are unbelievable, and the role he can play on the court is far beyond what those statistics can show.

However, Gan Guoyang’s sacrifices are also limited. He did not do this to make himself a real blue-collar worker, so Gan Guoyang also set a deadline for Sabonis in private. By the end of Christmas, he will resume his position as the core of the offense , if Sabonis can't adapt to the starting position by then, then Gan Guoyang will no longer make efforts and sacrifices for it.

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On Christmas Day in 1988, the Portland Trail Blazers unexpectedly did not get an arrangement for the Christmas game, so Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi were able to spend a Christmas comfortably at home together.

Because Gan Guoyang didn't like to hire a nanny at home, Wang Fuxi and Gan Guoyang mainly prepared the Christmas dinner together, and they had guests tonight.

After years of study and practice, Wang Fuxi's culinary skills have finally evolved from baking bread into steamed buns to baking bread into bread. Even so, Gan Guoyang still undertakes most of the work. Gan Youwei, who inherited his father, is unambiguous in cooking even if he plays basketball every day.

In addition to Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi, Feng Guangyao and Feng Peiyu also lived in the high-end community where Gan Guoyang lived as bodyguards, and Gan Guoyang paid all the rent.

After all, Gan Guoyang is not an important person in politics and business. It is estimated that there will not be too many people who want to harm him, so there is no need for the Feng brothers to live in Gan Guoyang's house. They walk around Gan Guoyang every day. The burden on their shoulders is not too heavy. .

Especially during the season, Gan Guoyang was busy with basketball games. The main task of the two was to send Gan Guoyang to play basketball, and then watch basketball games for free. Feng Peiyu was gradually cultivated into a semi-professional fan because of this, and occasionally he could meet Gan Guoyang on the road. Talk about basketball.

Feng Guangyao is different. Feng Guangyao's main interest in going to the stadium is to watch the cheerleaders dance, so Feng Guangyao particularly hates going to Boston to watch games. The team deployed cheerleaders on the sidelines, so every time they went to the Garden Square, it was a torment for Feng Guangyao.

However, during the offseason, the two brothers are busy. If Gan Guoyang participates in various commercial activities and community activities, both of them must accompany him throughout the process and concentrate his attention. Therefore, the working period of the players and bodyguards is reversed. of.

Although Feng Guangyao can only watch the cheerleaders dance, he also has a skill that surprised Gan Guoyang, that is, chopping vegetables.

In Feng Guangyao's own words, he is "proficient in all kinds of swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks." The "knife" mainly refers to kitchen knives. The chef in the cooking class studied, and he just finished learning the knife skills. In 1985, he and his brother were included in the list of millions of disarmament. In the end, they did not accept the transfer assignment and came to the United States. This is another story up.

In any case, Feng Guangyao has learned how to cut vegetables. You must know that in the army, there are big pots of vegetables. The amount of cooking is large and there are a lot of ingredients. Therefore, it is required to cut vegetables quickly, sharpen the knife quickly, and cut vegetables Quickly, the large kitchen knives in the army can be twice as big as ordinary kitchen knives. Feng Guangyao has naturally developed very good arm strength and knife skills.

When preparing for the Christmas dinner, Gan Guoyang was cooking his secret Huaiyang cuisine from Gan's family, and Feng Guangyao waved the big kitchen knife he brought from home to chop the vegetables "thump, thump, thump, thump" In the end, he cut too vigorously, and he didn't care how much ingredients Gan Guoyang needed, and he started to cut "thump thump thump thump" as soon as he got it.

"Ahhh! What are you doing! There are only a few of us eating, and you have to chop a whole bunch of vegetables." Feng Peiyu is not good at doing these things. The skills he learned in the army are mainly driving a car. He watches his younger brother cut vegetables. He was excited, so he hurriedly stopped him.

"It's okay, there are probably more than ten people together tonight, and there is a big guy. He eats a lot, and I eat a lot. It doesn't matter if you cut a little more." Gan Guoyang rescued Feng Guangyao.

But looking at the dishes Feng Guangyao cut on the knife board, Gan Guoyang also knew that he couldn't let him cut any more, so he sent him to prepare the tableware.

Feng Guangyao looked unsatisfied, he was not willing to let go of the kitchen knife.

"Hey, if you don't become a bodyguard in the future, you can go to my cousin's restaurant to be a chef. With your cutting speed, half a day is enough for the restaurant." Gan Guoyang arranged a way out for Feng Guangyao in the future.

Who knew that Feng Guangyao waved the kitchen knife and said without blinking: "No need! As long as I have the kitchen knife, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a job? It's just that I can't find a job as good as Yangtou's bodyguard. The cheerleader ..."

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As night fell on Christmas Eve, all the guests invited by Gan Guoyang arrived. One was Gan Guoyang's official reporter Wu Zhiwen, the other was Gan Guoyang's teammate Sabonis, Mr. Behrman's family, and a well-known sports figure in the United States—— Sonny Vaccaro.

Vaccaro is a famous rookie excavator in the United States, but the reason why he is famous in the basketball world is not because of his basketball enlightenment ability. In fact, as a basketball professional, his basketball level is not particularly high. Not the basketball potential of the youngsters, but their business potential.

The acquaintance between Vaccaro and Gan Guoyang originated from Falke, because Nike chose Michael Jordan and signed a huge contract with him. Among them, Vaccaro's help is indispensable. He is good at discovering new people and bringing them with a Dollar paved road.

Gan Guoyang is an exception.

In the early days, Vaccaro was not optimistic about Gan Guoyang. The signing of Gan Guoyang and Nike was also operated by Falk alone. However, as Gan Guoyang's performance in the NBA became better and better and he gradually became a superstar, Vaccaro also began to change his attitude towards Gan Guoyang. view.

This time Nike launched the new "Skyscraper" series of sneakers. One of the planners behind it is Vaccaro. With the help of Reagan to promote the sneakers, Vaccaro also has a share.

"Hello, Mr. Vaccaro, it's a great honor for you to come to our house for dinner." After seeing Vaccaro, Gan Guoyang went up to entertain him enthusiastically.

Vaccaro looks very energetic. He is about 40 years old. Without exception, this shrewd and discerning basketball businessman is also a Jew. For Jews, visiting someone's house as a guest is a manifestation of deep feelings between the two parties.

For Gan Guoyang, Vaccaro has rare admiration in his heart. Other players, even Michael Jordan, were "discovered" by him after all. You must know that there were many newcomers in Nike who could choose to sign, and Vaccaro caught his eye. Jordan, which shows his unique vision.

But Gan Guoyang is different. Vaccaro misread it. He was not even as accurate as Falk. He felt that even if a Chinese like Gan Guoyang played well, the commercial value would be difficult to develop. Who would buy a product from a Chinese athlete? Woolen cloth?

But later, firstly, Gan Guoyang played well, and it was amazingly good; secondly, Vaccaro did not expect Gan Guoyang to have such ideas in business operations, and his understanding of the brand concept was beyond this era.

Driven by Gan Guoyang's unique ideas and outstanding personal performance, the "skyscraper" sneaker brand has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the United States. This even indirectly affects his brother product "air-jordan". The healthy competition between the two parties has greatly promoted development of the sneaker market.

Therefore, in the face of Gan Guoyang's invitation, Vaccaro could not refuse. It happened that he was in Portland, so he attended this small dinner at Gan Guoyang's house.

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The rich Chinese food is accompanied by fine grape wine. Gan Guoyang's cooking skills surprised people who have never tasted his cooking before. Vaccaro also asked Gan Guoyang where he invited the Chinese chef from his family. When Gan Guoyang told him this When he did it himself, Vaccaro couldn't believe it even if he killed him.

Christmas Eve passed away peacefully like this, and the new year is coming soon, but no matter from which point of view, the new year will be a turbulent era full of unstable factors.