At this time, in Sacramento, Kevin Johnson had just completed a round of training and then soaked in the medicine bucket.
Next to him, Wang Tiexiong was preparing to give him a medicated oil massage.
The Lightning averaged 15 points and 7 assists per game last season. His condition declined and was far inferior to that of the 93/94 season. However, he is only 29 years old and is actually unwilling to be ordinary. In the past few months, the continuous medicated baths and medicated oil massages have given him
His only hope is that now he feels that his physical fitness is a little stronger than before, and the old injuries on his body are also better, so this offseason, he started to train more, hoping to maintain his condition or even improve it.
Old K has entered his peak period, and he still wants to play for a few more years. Wouldn't it be nice to win a few more championships next to Old K?
Moreover, Dan Malley was traded, which stimulated him to a certain extent. He was also worried that if his condition declined too much and the team found a new point guard, he would be traded.
Although he was a rookie with the Cavaliers, he was traded to the Suns after playing in the Cavaliers for only half a season, so he always regarded the Suns as his home team and did not want to be traded.
"Tiexiong, what have you been doing lately?" he asked casually while taking a bath.
Wang Tiexiong is the second batch of people to come to the United States. He is also smart, has a good memory, and is willing to speak. After coming for a few months, he can now speak a little English. He said with a smile: "A brother contacted me. Yesterday Fengshen Street opened. Today
It seems like I’m going back to my hometown.”
He himself called home yesterday and asked his parents to go to Tie Jun's house. He wanted to thank him for making a lot of money in the United States.
"With the opening of Fengshen Street, this guy won't suffer a loss, right?" Lightning said.
"No, I heard that real estate in the capital has risen rapidly in the past two years, and Tiejun's street should be able to make a lot of money." Wang Tiexiong said.
"What?"
Kevin Johnson's eyes widened and he shouted angrily: "That guy, Old K, lied to me. When I asked him to take me to invest, he said he didn't understand investing and would lose money. So he planned to make a lot of money alone? This guy
It's too much, I'm going to find him."
Wang Tiexiong's mouth suddenly opened wide. He wouldn't cause trouble to Tie Jun, would he?
Lightning took the mobile phone and started to call Lao K's mobile phone in China. Lao K gave him the number for easy contact.
In the middle of the night, Lao Wang was awakened by his cell phone. When he saw it, it was actually Lightning's number? Damn, don't you know it's night here?
"Hello, Kevin, is there something urgent?" He answered the phone.
"Old K, has your Fengshen Street made a lot of money?" Lightning shouted.
Lao Wang was startled, I made so much money, I have to continue to throw hundreds of millions into it, maybe I will be trapped in it for the rest of my life.
"No, how can I make money? I plan to build a sports center there, just like Madison Square Garden, and I need to invest about 200 million U.S. dollars. What, are you interested? Why don't you invest 10 to 20 million U.S. dollars?
You can send me money now, I am waiting for the money to be used..." he said.
"Silk!"
Lightning gasped, with two hundred million dollars, he didn't have the money to accompany Lao K to go crazy, so he hung up the phone directly to avoid being dragged into the water by that guy.
"This guy has no courage." Lao Wang also hung up the phone.
The next day, early in the morning, at around six o'clock, a relative who had made an appointment came riding a motorcycle.
This is a relative of his deceased grandma's family. He is the elder cousin in terms of seniority. The two families still moved around when grandma was here, but they stopped moving after grandma passed away.
My cousin's name is Gao Feng. He is forty years old. He graduated from a technical secondary school and is very capable. He is the deputy director of the county hospital of traditional Chinese medicine and is responsible for logistics.
I invited him here this time because I wanted to have a talk with him and plan to ask this old cousin to take charge of a pharmaceutical company for him. He had always planned to set up a company in China, and the medicinal materials in the United States were still a bit more expensive.
This company not only makes pharmaceuticals, but also establishes some medicinal material bases, so that the quality of the medicinal materials produced by itself will be better.
Gao Feng was very polite when he came to the door. He brought two bottles of wine and some fruits. When he entered, he called Wang Aiguo and Liu Damei uncle and aunt.
"Gao Feng is here."
Wang Aiguo smiled very enthusiastically.
This is his mother's great-nephew, whom I knew very well when she was here.
"Gao Feng is here, come and sit down. You seem to be here, why are you bringing some things? There is no shortage of these at home." Liu Damei took the things from Gao Feng's hand and said again.
"Isn't it that uncle likes to have two drinks?" Gao Feng said with a smile.
"Brother Gao Feng, sit down." Wang Tiejun stood up and led Gao Feng to sit down.
"Hey." Gao Feng nodded politely.
He didn't know what Wang Tiejun meant by asking him to come over, but as a Qingxian native, he certainly knew that a large group of local people had made a fortune following Wang Tiejun in the United States, and he was envious of it.
He works as a vice president and earns tens of thousands of dollars a year. He also wants to go to the United States to do massage, which he is good at. This is his major and he is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner.
It's just that he is getting older. Wang Tiejun only wants young people. Recently, his age has increased and he must be under forty, which does not meet the requirements, so he has never come to him.
The two then chatted and couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when they heard that Wang Tiejun wanted him to be in charge of the pharmaceutical company.
Of course, the income in China cannot be as high as in the United States, but it should be higher than the income of his deputy dean, right?
"Brother Gao Feng, what do you think if you come out and work with me for 50,000 yuan a year? Don't worry, my business is long-term. If you build the company well in the future, your salary will be adjusted upwards," Wang Tiejun said.
Gao Feng gritted his teeth, nodded and said, "I didn't say anything, I did it."
Nowadays, more and more workers are going to the sea. It is popular to go to the sea. He has been thinking about going to the sea, but he is undecided. It is better to follow Wang Tiejun now than to mess around on his own, so he does not hesitate too much and only thinks about it after a while.
, and agreed.
Wang Tiejun became happy. Gao Feng was a pretty good person, so he was quite relieved to hand over the company to him.
After breakfast, he set off and rushed to the city, picked up Sun Le from Wang Xiaoli's house, and rushed back to Fengshen Street at noon.
As soon as we arrived at the training hall, it was full of people and noisy.
Both the men's and women's national teams are here, and Liu Yumin's current focus is on the national team, preparing for next year's Olympics, which is also here.
In addition, there are a hundred teenagers selected to participate in the summer camp, as well as their parents, and there are more than 200 people, large and small.
Considering that there were all children here, the media was not invited in.
As soon as he arrived, he immediately became the centerpiece.
The summer camp will open tomorrow. Today we will just register, distribute sneakers and other equipment, and arrange accommodation.
There is a five-story dormitory building next to Wang Tiejun's training hall. There are ten rooms on the first floor, with four people in each room, which can accommodate 200 people. They are all arranged there.
A group of the worst offenders from Nortel often stayed there, and several trainers from the United States also lived there.
The first thing Lao Wang saw when he entered was Yao Min, a young boy who was about the same height as him but as thin as a bamboo pole. After greeting the others, he walked towards Yao Min.
Yao Min came here with his mother, but his father didn't come, and he had to go to work. Besides, traveling expenses are not cheap, and playing golf also costs money, so save it if you can.
Liu Yumin and Zhang Lili also followed, and the latter introduced: "Tie Jun, this is an old women's basketball team from my era, Fang Fengdi, the main center of the national team back then."
"Hello, senior."
Lao Wang immediately stretched out his hand.
"Tie Jun, I'm going to trouble you this time." After shaking hands, Fang Fengdi smiled politely.
"No trouble, why bother? You're too polite." Lao Wang said with a smile.
"This is her son, his name is Yao Min. His family calls him Big Yao. His father used to be the main center of the Shanghai team and also played basketball." Zhang Lili introduced Yao Min again.
Lao Wang took a look at this thin bamboo pole. He had no muscles, must have very little strength, and could not speak of resistance. He casually asked: "How old is he?"
"I'm almost 15, in September."
Fang Fengdi hurriedly introduced him, patted her son again, and said: "Dayao, call someone quickly, he is usually quite eloquent."
"Dayao, just call him Brother Tiejun." Zhang Liji said cheerfully.
Yao Min smiled greenly and said quickly: "Hello, Brother Tiejun."
Lao Wang smiled. This little guy even used honorifics. He was polite enough. He nodded and looked at the sneakers under Dayao's feet. They seemed to be a small brand in the United States. They didn't cost more than fifteen dollars. The soles were
It was already badly worn and there were still areas for sewing, so he asked, "What size do you wear?"
"About size 53, some shoes are different sizes," Dayao said.
"That batch of shoes are not that big, right?" Lao Wang asked Zhang Lili.
"No one is over size 50. If you want to wear your shoes, he should be the same size as you." Zhang Liang said.
"Then take mine." Lao Wang nodded.
He looked at Dayao again and said, "You have reached your age and your height, now you have to start building muscle and strength, right?"
"He is now 217 centimeters, which is one centimeter taller than you. I think he still has room to grow taller. He is not 15 yet. But he can indeed train for strength now, but he is too thin. In the future, he must increase nutrition and eat more
Order beef and chicken." Zhang Lili said.
Fang Fengdi said with some embarrassment: "I have tried my best to provide him with nutrition. With the financial conditions of my family, just bringing him basketball shoes from abroad is a huge expense."
Zhang Lili added: "He is currently in the Shanghai Sharks youth team and plans to be transferred to the first team to play in the CBA next year."
"Playing professional leagues at the age of 15?"
Lao Wang was shocked and quickly shook his head and said: "It's too early. It will cause premature wear and tear on his body and affect his career."
Fang Fengdi and Dayao looked at each other, not knowing how to answer these words.
Although Fang Fengdi is an old women's basketball player, to be honest, let alone her time, even now, the domestic level of training, injury recovery, physical research, etc. is far behind foreign countries. Her understanding of this aspect
Not much.
Moreover, playing football is too expensive. Besides, with Yao’s current strength, playing in the youth team is not competitive at all.
Lao Wang continued: "His bones are not very strong. Once he gains weight, the consumption of his bones will be greater. For example, his lower limb joints and feet will easily accumulate stress injuries in the long run. I do not recommend it.
He will start playing professionally next year."
Zhang Liangli also said: "NBA athletes generally start their careers after going to college. Many are drafted after they are in their third and fourth years. I think Yao must be at least 18 years old and have strong muscles before he can play in the CBA. He will not be able to play in the CBA until next year."
At 15 years old, his bones haven’t even grown yet.”
Lao Wang asked: "How are his other talents?"
Zhang Lili said excitedly: "It's a little bit worse than Da Zhi, but there are also very good things. It feels very good and the moving speed is also good..."
After listening to Lao Zhang's talk, Lao Wang had a basic understanding of Dayao's situation and said: "Let's do it this way. Let's train in the summer camp for a period of time, and then I'll take a look."
Liu Yumin, who had been silent all this time, also said at this time: "Old Fang, I think according to Tiejun, Da Yao is indeed a little young for his age. It won't be too late to fight him when his body and bones are a little older."
Since he said so, Fang Fengdi could only nod his head, which was regarded as agreement.
But she also had a headache how to find money to supplement Dayao's nutrition, and since she didn't join a professional team, sneakers were also a big problem. They were too expensive. Just asking someone to buy shoes from abroad would cost a lot of favors.
Moreover, it is not a problem to continue to stay in the youth team.
Once she raised this issue, Wang Tiejun and others also felt that she was right and could no longer stay in the youth team.
In the end, you still have to play CBA. After all, the intensity of CBA games is low, and there are only eight teams. The number of games is also small, and the physical exertion is also small.
Next, the equipment began to be distributed. Each person was given two pairs of basketball shoes, two training clothes, wrist guards and other small equipment.
"My name is Zhu Fangyu, I'm 12 years old. What's your name?"
"My name is Wang Shipeng, I am also 12 years old."
"My name is Du Feng, I'm 14 years old."
"My name is Yao Min, I will be 15 years old soon."
"I'm Liu Wei, I'm teammates with Dayao, we're the same age."
"My name is Sun Le, I'm 10 years old." Sun Le, who was holding a ball, squeezed in hard and stood on tiptoes and shouted.
"Hey, the minimum age to join the camp is 12 years old. You came in at the age of 10. Did you go through the back door?" Zhu Fangyu said with contempt.
"My brother is Lao K, and I just came over from Cangzhou with him." Sun Le said proudly.
"Wow!" Everyone exclaimed.
"Then his surname is Wang and your surname is Sun?" Zhu Fangyu responded quickly and authentically.
"I've known him since the day I was born. If you don't believe me, go ask him." Sun Le shouted angrily.
He also raised the ball in his hand and shouted with pride: "This is Jordan's signature basketball. Old K gave it to me. I still have Jordan's signature sneakers at home and I can't bear to wear them."
"Wow!"
The children were filled with envious exclamations again.
A group of young people who had received their equipment gathered together to chat. The voices of one hundred and one children turned the entire arena into a chicken coop.
This time Wang Tiejun not only invited several trainers from the United States, but also two scouts. He wanted to create a preliminary file for these children to help him analyze these children and select good prospects worthy of training.
.
"Brother Zhang, Brother Ma, you will help out this afternoon by doing physical tests for these children and creating files." He said.
"Don't worry, leave it to us." Zhang Lili and Ma Jian said.
"Let's go, follow me. You're all hungry. Dinner will be served as soon as we are assigned to rooms."
Then Zhang Lili took 101 young people and their families to arrange accommodation, and the arena became quiet.
"Chu Liu, Director Jiang, and Director Gong, let's go. It's almost two o'clock. Let's go have dinner." Lao Wang greeted, and a group of people went to the restaurant of the training hall.
There is only one restaurant with several long dining tables, the kind used in the army, which can accommodate up to a hundred people for dining. Due to the needs of the summer camp, a nearby warehouse was converted into a temporary restaurant for those children to eat.
Lao Wang ordered a meal from the prepared buffet. After sitting down, Hu Weidong sat next to him, and then Da Zhi sat on the other side. With a whoop, the long dining table that could seat twenty people was quickly filled.
"Old K, tell us about NBA." Hu Weidong said while eating.
"Okay."
While eating, Lao Wang told them some things about the NBA, which made them so interested that they didn't even bother to eat.
At another long table, the coaches of the national team were eating there. While they were eating, they were paying attention to what was going on here.
"These days, what they like to talk about most is Old K and the NBA. If this continues, it will have an impact."
"What are you worried about?"
"Well, the Olympics are coming soon, and I'm worried that they will be distracted."
"Hu Weidong and Da Zhi are the ones who talk about it the most. I think they have the idea of going to the NBA."
"They? Are they good enough to play in the NBA?"
Listening to the discussion of several coaches, Liu Yumin couldn't help but slow down in his eating speed.
As the person in charge of domestic basketball affairs, she has too many issues to consider, such as the establishment and development of the national team, the CBA, the Olympics, etc., and even the psychological problems and future issues of the national team members are all things she cares about.
She has been mentally prepared for the issue of national team members yearning for the NBA.
As the old saying goes, water flows to lower places, and people go to higher places because they want to play in the NBA. This is human nature, and there is nothing surprising about it.
Look at Wang Tiejun, who has played in the NBA for three years. When he went to the United States, he was uneducated. What is the current situation like?
This example is right in front of her. If the members of the national team had no ideas, she would scold them for not seeking to improve.
She has to consider this issue from three angles.
1. The perspective of the national team.
If someone from the national team can play in the NBA, it will undoubtedly improve their level, which is beneficial to the national team.
Second, the angle of cba.
If he really goes, it will undoubtedly damage the development of CBA.
The CBA has just been established this year. The first season has not yet started. The contract has just been signed. Several of the best players want to leave. How many clubs can agree? Is the CBA still going on?
Third, the player’s perspective.
These three angles are the angles of her various identities. Needless to say, the national team and the CBA, let’s talk about the players. These young people call her Mama Liu. Like Hu Weidong, she personally brought her to the national team. Her talent has been outstanding in the country for many years.
It's rare. Can she harden her heart and stop Hu Weidong from going to the NBA? And if she goes to the NBA, her strength will improve, right? It can also make the national team stronger, right?
So it's very difficult. Fortunately, this problem is just a symptom now. They dream of NBA, but there is still a question mark whether they have the strength. Whether they have the opportunity is even more of a question. She decides when to talk to Wang Tiejun about this issue.
Say it again.
The next day, the Iron Army summer camp opened.
As the battalion commander, Wang Tiejun briefly said a few words of encouragement, and then the deputy battalion commander Zhang Lili also said a few words, and the summer camp began.
In order to use Lao Wang's equipment, the national team also trains here, but there are two other training halls, one for men and women, a total of four training halls, two for the summer camp and two for the national team.
