At 11 o'clock, when Lao Wang drove to the headquarters, the news of opening a martial arts gym had already spread.
"Old K, a reporter just said that you want to open a martial arts gym?" Dan Marli asked as soon as they met.
"Yes, I have gone through the formalities." he asked.
"Old K, how does your martial arts gym charge? I want to learn." AC Green said eagerly.
He laughed and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have found a few brothers from China. After they arrive, they will be ready for business after a while."
Danny Ainge suggested: "Old K, you have to place a promotional advertisement in the newspaper. With your popularity here, your business must be good."
"I'm prepared to do that." He smiled.
After finding five brothers, we must make arrangements, but the cost of opening a martial arts gym is not small, so we need to run it well and try to be self-sufficient.
He forgot yesterday and planned to ask Kevin Johnson about some management issues when he came back, but he didn't understand any of these.
Lightning is a very good guy. He founded a charity college in his hometown of Sacramento in 1989. Now there are four charity elementary schools, which can provide education for thousands of children. He also has a real estate investment company.
He is also the president and CEO, and is planning to enter politics after retirement. He is a very smart person, and he hopes to get some experience and guidance from him.
In fact, after returning to China this time, he also plans to learn from Kevin Johnson and open several Hope Primary Schools in his hometown to improve the primary school environment in his hometown.
After everyone arrived, everyone got on the bus and rushed to the airport.
On the 8th, the Suns defeated the Nets in an away game, returned to the West the next day, challenged the Timberwolves away on the 10th, and won, winning two consecutive games to complete this away trip.
With 16 wins and 2 losses, the Suns' record still ranks first in the league.
Although they have won consecutive games, without Kevin Johnson, the veteran All-Star point guard, it is actually quite difficult to play. The backup point guard Elliott Perry is just a role player with not much strength.
However, Danny Manning has suffered some injuries in the past few days. Although he has not rested, he has entered the substitute lineup and reduced his playing time. Iron man AC Green has returned to the main lineup.
With injuries to Kevin Johnson and Danny Manning, the Suns' strength has been repeatedly affected.
On December 11, Wang Tiejun returned to Phoenix with the team.
He has already applied for employment permits and sent job invitation letters to his five cousins. Once they are received in China, they can apply for work visas.
After returning home, I contacted Bai Changsheng, the general manager of his real estate company, in the evening and asked him to help apply for passports and visas for several cousins.
Next, the Suns played five games at home, winning against the Warriors, Kings, and Bullets, but lost to the Knicks and SuperSonics, with a total of 19 wins and 4 losses, falling from the league's first place, but
Still No. 1 in the Western Conference.
After playing their last home game on the 19th, the Suns will challenge Mosaic away from home on the 22nd.
Since being eliminated by Mosaic in the Western Conference Finals last season, this will be the Suns' next time facing this strong opponent.
Barkley has been back for almost a week, and he seems to be in good condition. Although he is not at his peak, it is similar to last season. This situation is good, much better than Kevin Johnson.
On the 20th, Lao Wang called Liu Changfeng, and the two of them went to find a place to prepare the address of the martial arts gym.
I have made an appointment with a real estate agent in advance. There is no shortage of such people in the United States. They are familiar with these places. If you go to find them by yourself, it will cost you who knows how much energy and time, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
The real estate agent had prepared several suitable places. After looking around, he picked a location close to the city center.
In some cities in the United States, even some big cities, including places like Los Angeles, the city center is not the best area, but may be the most backward and chaotic neighborhoods. Because those areas were built first, they are the worst, slums.
Maybe it's concentrated in those areas.
Some beautiful suburbs of the city are actually the best places. Those areas are where the rich gather and are also the safest places.
The city center of Phoenix is not that bad, but it is not very developed either, and land and house prices are not very high in the urban area.
He took a fancy to the basement of a fifteen-story building, which had an area of more than 1,200 square meters, which was enough for use. The annual rent was nearly 100,000 US dollars, and water, electricity and management fees were paid separately.
After walking around for a while, he made a decision and the two parties signed the contract.
Next, we have to do the decoration. This package was given to a decoration company for 150,000 yuan. I don’t plan to do it too well. In order to complete the task, it is enough to make it passable.
However, he estimated that as long as the tasks of this martial arts school were completed, there would be tasks related to the second career later, so he did not dare to make too much mistakes.
On the afternoon of the 21st, the Suns arrived in Houston.
As soon as he settled in the hotel, Buckley called and said he wanted to treat him to dinner, and Dameng also wanted to come with him.
"What is he here for?" Lao Wang asked.
"It's okay, just join in the fun." Buckley said with a smile.
"Are you afraid of me?" Olajuwon's voice sounded on the phone.
"Dameng, are you eavesdropping on my phone call again?" Lao Wang asked in shock.
"What do you mean eavesdropping again? When did I eavesdrop on your phone call?" Dameng said dissatisfied.
"Two elders of Xiucheng, it seems that you two have a good relationship. You two stay together every day." He smiled.
"Xie Te, old K, do you have any brains? It's training time now, we are still training, of course we are together." Dameng scolded with a smile.
Barkley was also dissatisfied and said: "Old K, what do you mean by two old people in Xiucheng? Please explain to me clearly, what do you mean by two old people? What do you mean by old people?"
"Yes, Old K, I can beat you up at the age of eighty, how dare you call me old?" Dameng also reacted and shouted dissatisfied.
"Haha..." Everyone on Lao Wang's side laughed.
At 5:30, Barkley and Dameng drove two cars to the hotel. Apart from Lao Wang and Dan Marley, Danny Ainge and others, Drexler and Danny Manning also went there, but no one else.
Invited.
There were so many people, so in order to save money, Buckley found a restaurant in Chinatown to eat Chinese food.
In foreign countries, there are actually many people eating Chinese food, but the quality just doesn't rise. There are almost no Chinese restaurants in high-end restaurants.
When a group of experts appeared in Chinatown, they immediately caused a sensation. Especially when they saw Lao Wang, many people gathered around them.
He has been to this Chinatown twice. It was not very well-known before and the commotion was not that big when he came. Now that it is more famous, the commotion is also bigger.
Entering the restaurant, I asked for a large private room, and the enthusiastic restaurant manager came to entertain me personally.
"What's your last name?"
Lao Wang took a look at the manager. He was in his fifties. He was less than 1.7 meters tall and very thin. He wore a pair of thick black-rimmed glasses and looked like an intellectual. He had a smile on his face, but his smile was very bright.
Profession.
"My surname is Lin."
The manager spoke in fairly fluent Mandarin with some Minnan Hakka accent.
"Fukujian?" he asked.
"Yes, Hakka, I'm from Fuzhou." Manager Lin smiled.
Lao Wang was a little surprised and said: "You people from Fuzhou are basically in New York. The three Chinatowns in New York are all from your place. Why did you come here?"
Manager Lin explained: "My situation is different from theirs. I immigrated through formal channels."
Lao Wang nodded. Indeed, most of the people from Fuzhou in New York came here illegally. Many of them didn't have enough money to pay the smuggling fees, so they stayed in New York to work illegally for the Fuqing gang to pay off their debts.
"Have you ever worked as a chef in the country?" he asked curiously.
"no."
Manager Lin shook his head and said: "I am a professor at the Law Department of Fudan University. I immigrated three years ago."
Lao Wang was stunned, are you crazy? A law professor came to the United States, do you think the United States needs you to establish a legal system for this country?
"Then you are quite rich and can immigrate formally." He said.
Manager Lin smiled and said: "It's not bad. Housing prices in SH have risen a lot. I sold two houses in Jing'an District to get enough money for immigration."
"Then you've made a profit. I heard that the houses over there have fallen a bit this year." Lao Wang said with a smile.
What he fooled this person is that house prices have been rising again and again in the past two years. Especially last year, they started to rise so much that the housing prices in the capital cannot keep up with those over there.
Manager Lin said: "Really? It's a good thing you immigrated."
Nodding, Lao Wang was too lazy to say more. He took the menu, looked at it, handed it back, shook his head and said, "Manager Lin, please change it."
"OK."
Boss Lin quickly handed over another menu.
Buckley and others felt very strange. They never knew there was a second menu in a Chinese restaurant. Could this be racial discrimination?
"What do you mean, Old K, can't we eat the food on here?" Buckley said dissatisfied.
Lao Wang looked at these people, laughed, and then explained: "You should know."
"What do we know?" Dameng said in confusion.
"I have eaten Chinese food many times. Every year during Christmas, other restaurants are closed. We always eat Chinese food, but I never knew that there are two menus. Is this the case in every Chinese restaurant?" Dan Marley asked.
road.
Manager Lin wanted to explain, but he kept his mouth shut. He knew that he was not qualified to speak in front of these NBA stars.
Lao Wang smiled and explained: "That's because this menu is specially prepared for Chinese people. The dishes on it are not to your taste and are not suitable for you to eat. If you eat it, you may get into trouble. This is their
experience."
"I want to see if there's anything we can't eat," Buckley shouted.
Dan Malli smiled at this time and said: "I do know some reasons."
He took the menu from Lao Wang, pointed to one of the braised fish dishes and said: "I remember when I was young, I went to eat Chinese food with my family. The restaurant probably didn't prepare a second menu, and someone on the table next to me ordered it.
I ate such a fish and got a fishbone stuck in my throat. I heard they sued that restaurant.”
Lao Wang smiled and said: "There are many such things. Some people complain about restaurants because there are bones in the meat. Various reasons may seem normal to you, but ridiculous to us, so more and more Chinese restaurants have prepared second
We have a different menu, and in the end you can only eat the improved Chinese food that suits you, but not the original Chinese food." Lao Wang said with a smile.
"So that's it." Only then did Buckley and others understand.
Lao Wang then ordered some dishes, and also ordered a braised carp that he liked very much. However, he would not give this fish to others for fear of getting stuck in these ghosts.
"But I want to try. My throat is wide enough and these little thorns can't get stuck in me."
Half an hour later, the fragrant braised fish was served. Dameng's mouth almost watered. He felt a little unbelieving and awkwardly held out his chopsticks.
"Idiot, you'd better not eat it," Lao Wang warned.
"I can knock you down, but I am afraid of a fish. Let me tell you, my teeth can grind the bones of sharks." Dameng said disdainfully.
Lao Wang twisted his head and was too lazy to deal with the fool.
At this time, Manager Lin has left. If he were here, he would be so anxious to grab Dameng's chopsticks. If a fish bone got stuck in Dameng, Houston's most famous sports superstar, wouldn't the restaurant be allowed to close? He wouldn't be able to keep his job either.
.
"Well, it tastes good."
Dameng tried it and thought it was ok, so he started eating it.
"Hakeem, congratulations. Now that Charles is back, you can compete for the championship again." Drexler said at this time.
Dameng had fish in his mouth and said vaguely: "Clyde, I'm really sorry, you should have come to our place. If you come to Houston, we can beat the Bulls and Suns."
"Can your boss afford the luxury tax? The salary plus tax will cost several million." Lao Wang said angrily.
"Damn Alexander, sooner or later I'm going to fire him." When Dameng heard this, he immediately became furious and said angrily.
"Just in time, I need a substitute. You can fulfill your promise and hug my thigh." I said.
"Shut up! That's never possible." Dameng stared. He was about to say something when he suddenly felt discomfort in his throat.
"Damn..."
He touched his throat, and there was an obvious tingling sensation inside, and his complexion immediately turned bad.
"Aren't your teeth very good at grinding shark bones?" Looking at Dameng's expression, you can guess what happened, Lao Wang said angrily.
"Damn it, help me, is there any way to get it out?" Dameng said with a sad face.
"Are you stuck with a fishbone? Go to the hospital quickly." Buckley stood up anxiously.
"It's over, we're going to have an operation now," Damali said.
"Do you want to slit your throat? I don't dare to eat this kind of fish." Damali said.
"Going to cut your throat?"
Dameng's face turned pale and he was sweating profusely. He vowed not to eat fish with bones in his next life.
Everyone was chattering and stood up, preparing to go to the hospital with Dameng.
"What's the hurry? Come on, let me treat you." Lao Wang stopped Da Meng who was about to leave.
"You're not a doctor, stop joking." Dameng became anxious.
"Do you really want to cut your throat?"
Lao Wang is not kidding. Americans do not eat meat with bones, let alone fish with bones. American doctors may not be familiar with cases of fish bone stuck in the throat. They have never encountered such cases and have no experience.
How is it possible to heal?
Last time Kevin Johnson had a dislocated shoulder joint, Dr. Carter was one of the top in the United States in his specialty, but he still had no choice but to perform surgery. Dameng had to go to the hospital. If the forceps couldn't be used to remove it, he might really be able to do it.
Cut throat.
"Let old K try it. He was the one who made Lightning's shoulder, and it was done in a second." At this time, Dan Malli said.
"Lei Gong, are you kidding me?" Dameng said after wiping his sweat.
"I prove that we were all present at that time, which was very magical." Barkley said quickly.
At this time, Lao Wang took the water glass on the table, placed it in front of Dameng, and said to him: "Drink, but don't swallow it, let the water swirl in your throat, like gargling, and then spray it out.
"
"Is this possible?" Dameng asked doubtfully.
"What nonsense are you talking about if you try without losing money? If it doesn't work, just drink a bowl of vinegar. If it doesn't work, burn a piece of the fish bone into ashes and drink it. If it still doesn't work, then I can only find someone to ask for water.
I just don’t know if it’s possible across the Pacific Ocean.” Lao Wang said.
Dameng followed the same instructions, took a sip of water, rinsed his throat, and immediately sprayed it out.
"If it doesn't come out, try again and spray it out faster." Lao Wang looked at the ground and saw that there were no fish bones.
"Gulu, gulu, poof!"
Dameng swallowed another mouthful of water into his throat, and then spurted it out.
"Wow, it's out. It's out."
Dan Malli pointed at a small fish bone on the ground and shouted: "Old K, your method is really effective."
Dameng touched his throat and swallowed. He felt that there was no stinging anymore, and it really came out. He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
"Do you still want to eat fish?"
Lao Wang teased as he sat down, grabbed the chopsticks and reached for the braised fish. This thing won't work if it's cold, so you have to eat it while it's hot.
"No, I swear I will never eat it again." Dameng shook his head repeatedly.
Buckley asked curiously: "Old K, you just said that you can't squirt out and you have to eat fish bone ashes. What do you mean by that water magic?"
Lao Wang coughed twice and said mysteriously: "This knowledge has been accumulated by our country for thousands of years and cannot be easily told to you."
"mean!"
Barkley raised his middle finger directly at Lao Wang, and others followed suit.
Lao Wang said helplessly: "Well, for the sake of us being brothers, when my martial arts gym opens, you will join my martial arts gym and become apprentices in our martial arts gym, and I will pass on this knowledge to you.
,Are you satisfied now?"
"How much is the tuition?" Buckley asked alertly.
He knew that Lao Wang was a stingy guy and could not be more stingy.
Lao Wang pondered for a moment and said: "Students and ordinary students, ordinary students don't have much service, they just learn boxing.
VIP students can enjoy more high-quality services, but they need a membership fee of US$30,000 a year. If they recharge for three years at a time, they will only charge a discount of US$100,000.”
He didn't know anything about this, but he had been to some private clubs in Phoenix and was institutionalized, so he also wanted to open one.
"It's not bad. I'll recharge the card for three years first. Remember to ask for a discount."
Buckley knew that Lao Wang did have some very mysterious methods, and that it only cost one hundred thousand dollars for three years, so he nodded.
"I'll fill it for three years, too." Da Meng had just tasted the benefits and immediately agreed.
Dan Marley and Danny Ainge looked at each other and felt that their brother's martial arts school really needed to be supported, and also expressed their intention to recharge for three years.
Drexler and Danny Manning didn't say anything. They had just joined the team not long ago, and their friendship with Lao Wang was average, so they didn't intend to get along.
Lao Wang chuckled and calculated in his mind that he had earned 400,000 US dollars. It seemed that this martial arts gym was very promising.
Looking back, the Lightning and AC Green should also be able to bring in the money, which is hundreds of thousands of dollars again, hehe! It's a pity that they shouldn't be given a discount, otherwise they could make more.