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First send Coupard to Yao Ming's former teammates. Stephen knows all of them, but none of them are familiar. However, everyone is still enthusiastic about Stephen, a supernova player, especially Francis, who has a bossy demeanor. Greetings After eating, Stephen went to the nightclub to play together, but was rejected by Stephen. Hearing that this guy is a nightclub prince, Stephen felt that it would be better not to go to that kind of occasion.

"Look who I brought here, you don't need to introduce everyone to know who it is?" Yao Ming led Stephen into the room, and with a bang, the noisy room immediately fell silent, and everyone turned their heads to look over. , Stephen was a little uncomfortable being watched by others, shrugged and found a chair and sat down, and scanned the faces of everyone present, Stephen found that the faces of the two people sitting on the top showed hesitation , Stephen didn't care either.

"Let me introduce you. This is Zhang Kaiming, director of the League Office of the Basketball Management Center, and this is Yuan Zhijian, general manager of China Basketball Sports Development Corporation." Yao Ming first introduced the two people with hesitant faces to Stephen. The one in front was slightly older. One point, with a majestic face, sitting there very upright, the person in the back looks very fashionable in clothes, the posture sitting there looks very relaxed, but it has an artificial taste.

Although he doesn't know much about the situation in China, Stephen looked at Yao Ming's attitude during the introduction and combined with his understanding of the country, he determined that these two people must be domestic officials. From the sitting position and arrogant attitude, you can tell that they are not ordinary people. Stephen nodded at the two of them, as if they knew each other, and didn't say anything. It could be seen that the two were waiting for Stephen to speak, but Stephen didn't say anything. They didn't even stand up, which made the faces of the two of them even uglier.

What made them even more depressed and angry was that when Yao Ming introduced Lan Yuanming, deputy director of the sports news department of CCTV who was sitting below them, Stephen stood up and shook hands with him. I really want to turn around and leave. Although CCTV is a unit at the deputy ministerial level, the sports news department is just a small department inside. The deputy director is not even a department-level cadre, but the two of them are at the deputy department level. One is at grade.

Stephen doesn't care about that. What's wrong with the officials? I'm not a citizen of the People's Republic of China. No matter how high their rank is, they can't control themselves. The media is different. No matter what his nature is, the media will not dare to easily offend him because he is the TV station with the highest ratings in China.

Based on Stephen's experience, he is naturally not aware of the domestic hierarchy. He only knows that the media, especially the media, whether it is a factual monopoly or an administrative monopoly, must not be offended, especially if he wants to open up the domestic market. case.

So Stephen also showed a very enthusiastic attitude towards the editor-in-chief of "Basketball Weekly" in the United States and the special correspondent of "Sports News" below, which made the two people sitting on it even more uncomfortable, but they There is really no way. Although their level is much higher than these people, the two sides are not on the same line after all, and the media don't need the snort of the Basketball Association, especially CCTV, and they don't need to sell their face. .

Seeing Stephen's enthusiasm, several experts in the industry deliberately sat next to Stephen to communicate with Stephen. The common language and the same blood inheritance made everyone feel very friendly, and at the same time they were different from local players. A native American player.

Although they are all from the media in the industry, on this occasion, it is not a matter of being interviewed. Stephen speaks very relaxedly and freely, and is no longer as tight as he usually treats the media. This kind of trust has strengthened everyone's goodwill towards him. , the more this is the case, the more dissatisfied the two officials sitting on top are. The table is full of people surrounding this rude and ignorant guy. Let them get angry, they don't have the guts, the more people care about face, the more they love face, they dare to show their arrogance in the face of domestic players and people whose status is not as good as theirs, but after they figured out Stephen's identity, There is only helplessness and anger.

In addition to being depressed, he was a little angry at Yao Ming's arrangement. Why did he invite this guy who doesn't know how to praise him here? Originally, according to the requirements of the above, he came here to check Stephen's tone and whether he was interested in playing domestically. Even though he is a native of China, he is born in China. It is a matter of course to play for China. The national conditions do not allow naturalized blacks or whites to play for the country.

As for Stephen's mixed-race identity, no one will care about it, as long as his father is Chinese, generally no one cares about who his mother will be. Of course, if his father is a black man, it's hard to say , the national conditions are like this.

This year's World Championships will not be able to catch up, but there is still hope for the Beijing Olympic Games in two years, and it is a sports event held at home. Every leader is eager to hope that the Chinese national basketball team can achieve good results in the Olympic Games, for their own The political achievements add a touch of color.

When they received this task, they thought it would be very simple. Doesn’t every Chinese dream of playing for the country, and it is impossible for Stephen to enter the US national team. Playing here is also a matter of fame and fortune. Who I don't know that entering the national team has great benefits.

However, Stephen was so arrogant and disrespectful to them, so they were not keen on this matter. Anyway, the leader didn't have to ask. He just asked him to take a breath when he found an opportunity, and said that if he couldn't find an opportunity, it would be over. , But just as they were thinking this way, the topic of everyone's discussion suddenly shifted to this, and they couldn't help but straighten their ears to listen.

"Xiao Shi, come to the Chinese national team to play. With you and Dayao working together, there is absolutely no problem in the top eight in the Olympics." The speaker was Shan Zhijun. He is an expert in basketball and usually appears on TV as a guest commentator. He is young and dares to say anything. When commenting, he criticizes players sharply and dares to speak up. Some people hate this style and some people like it very much. In addition, he has a very good relationship with Yao Ming. It is very popular to tell the inside story that others don't know or dare not tell.

Although his words made the two members of the Basketball Association very dissatisfied, thinking that you are a small commentator, why should you send an invitation for the country, but they are still very concerned about how Stephen will answer this question, so they stopped all Move, listen to Stephen's answer.

"Dual citizenship is not allowed in China." Stephen shook his head. This idea has never occurred to him. Although Yao Ming heard that he meant it from several chats with him, Stephen never thought about it. A hobby is also a profession. As for serving the country, does it have anything to do with me? I am an American citizen.

"Nationality is still a problem for you. Isn't Dayao just like an American now? He plays in the United States, lives in the United States, and has a business in the United States. Except for going back to play for the national team, I have never seen him go back. "Shan Zhijun refused to accept such a simple answer from Stephen, and continued to persuade Stephen.

"In summer, I still want to train hard and improve my skills. Besides, I'm tired after playing for a season. It's better to take a vacation for myself. There are more than one billion people in China, and I'm not bad. , Besides, I’m not Chinese.” Stephen said very directly, what’s the matter, isn’t it normal, I am not Chinese at all now, why should I want the Chinese national team to play? I quickly agreed, as if I was so cheap.

"Yes, you have to practice your shooting. Although it is better than before, it still doesn't work. In the draft, you have to have the shooting you have now. You can't say it in the top three. There is absolutely no problem in the top ten." Seeing that Stephen wasn't very interested in this topic, Shan Zhijun didn't bother and changed the subject directly.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter what the number is, as long as you get the best rookie." Stephen said confidently, and now he has become the leader of the best rookie list.

"Can you win the best rookie in the second round?" Yuan Zhijian who was sitting on the top asked suddenly. He couldn't understand Stephen's ostentatious appearance. The season is only halfway through. Who knows what will happen, maybe You are seriously injured and unable to play, maybe someone will suddenly explode, just think that the best rookie is in your pocket, it is too arrogant, there is no Chinese humility at all, this kind of person is still let Isn't it shameful that he plays for the Chinese, so he immediately questioned.

"No wonder you have to spend taxpayers' money from China to study here. It seems that this business is unskilled." No one spoke in the audience, and Stephen naturally heard his dissatisfaction, and immediately replied tit for tat.

"Not only in the second round, but also non-draft players. As long as they are rookies this year, they are eligible to compete for the best rookie trophy." Everyone was stunned by the sudden confrontation between the two, although they didn't need to sell them To save face, but they are officials after all, and the idea of ​​official standard still has the upper hand. No one is willing to offend two high-ranking officials, so one will soon come out to smooth things over.

This is the end of this topic. Although other people will make up for it in the next period of time, the gap between the two sides is not so easy to merge. A table of people is usually divided into two groups. Yao Ming came to sit for a while. Yes, there is nothing we can do about it, everyone respects him, but only respect.

However, Stephen's results can't be considered bad. Although he had conflicts with the two domestic officials, he got along well with others. After all, Stephen is a star player no matter what. With an average of nearly [-], six rebounds and three assists per game, this kind of data is close to the All-Star level, and this is still his rookie season.

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