beast basketball

Updated: 2013-01-02

"Director of the basketball management center? What level of cadre is it?" Stephen is very unfamiliar with China's political ranks. He just heard that sometimes the secretary grows up bigger than the secretary, but sometimes the secretary is older than the secretary, so it's just Knowing who is the best master of a unit can make people in other countries worry to death. [ ]

Stephen has heard about this basketball management center before, and it seems to be the organization that manages basketball affairs in China. It is said that the competitions of the league and the national team are also managed by this organization, but Stephen is not very clear about the specific situation.

"The director of the basketball management center is equivalent to your side. Wrong, it should be a combination of Colangelo and David Stern on the American side." Yao Ming patiently explained to Stephen.

"That's amazing." Colangelo said nothing. David Stern's energy cannot be underestimated. Although the league is only responsible for organizing games and business development in theory, after decades of development, the league has become A behemoth, not just a team service.

"Then don't you have the chairman of the basketball association?" Stephen continued to ask. FIBA ​​is composed of national basketball associations and intercontinental associations. Since it is an association, it is a spontaneous non-governmental organization. Both the national team and the league are managed by the basketball management center, so what does the association do?

"There is the chairman of the Basketball Association. The chairman of the Basketball Association is generally held by the deputy director of the General Administration of Sports. It is only an honorary position. General affairs are in charge of the executive vice chairman, the director of the Basketball Management Center. The Basketball Association The relationship with the basketball management center is actually the relationship between the surface and the interior.” Yao Ming carefully explained to Stephen what is meant by “two brands, one team”, and Stephen had a specific impression of this basketball management center.

"If that's the case, then I'll meet you." Stephen said irresponsibly, it doesn't matter whether the other party is a director or a vice-chairman, it has nothing to do with him. Then what can't be seen, and I am not ugly and can't see people.

Seeing that Stephen didn't take the Director of the Basketball Management Center seriously at all, Yao Ming cautiously persuaded Stephen, after all, he was his boss, and they were all very high-level leaders. Be careful.

"Oh, then don't see me at all, rank, is there a need for rank between people? It is because of the establishment of the rank that there is a distinction between high and low. A low rank naturally feels inferior. This is one of the signs of a feudal society. , I don’t know why you make it so complicated, I naturally respect them, but it’s not because they are leaders or high-level people, but just treat them as friends from afar, so respect can , but this respect is limited, the two parties should be equal in status, and then they can communicate, otherwise, I don’t think there is any need for this meeting.”

Stephen really doesn't take them seriously. The reason why he became a Chinese citizen was because of the request of the other party. It's not that he has to join, and having a Chinese nationality doesn't mean he has to play for them. Whether to fight or not depends on Stephen's wishes.

Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian looked at each other, not knowing what to say. For people like them who have lived in such an environment since childhood, although the concept of this level is not as high as that of life and death, it is still deeply rooted. Yes, there is really nothing they can do for someone like Stephen who doesn't take it seriously.

For them, it is a very natural thing to respect people who are higher than themselves. This level concept is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. There is no reason to refute it. [ ]

But the other side proposed to meet with Stephen, and handed over this task to them, they must complete this task, but Stephen's attitude is considered to be a meeting, not to mention communication, it is good if the two sides do not quarrel up.

The two had no choice but to persuade Stephen patiently. Since Stephen has become a Chinese citizen, he must play for the national team. The director of the basketball management center must have come to find Stephen for this matter, because the Olympic Games will begin soon. The team is still the Sonics. It seems that it is not a problem to enter the playoffs this season, and it may go further. If it reaches the regional finals or the finals, it will definitely delay the warm-up of the national team.

Of course, no matter Stephen or Yao Ming, it is impossible to deliberately give up the team's game in order to play in the Olympics, but if Stephen joins, if there is no certain number of warm-up games, there will inevitably be problems in coordination, so the director of the basketball management center and his team People came here, in addition to observing the organization of the All-Star Game, they also came to finalize these things with Stephen Yao Ming and the others.

Stephen was just a little angry, and didn't mean to resist. Since Yao Ming and the others insisted on meeting, then it's good to meet. As for respecting the other party, it depends on the other party's attitude. Stephen is not good A dismissive person, but not particularly difficult to get along with.

Stephen agreed to a meeting between the two parties, but there was a conflict at the first step of the meeting. Yao Ming meant that we went to visit each other's hotel in person, and it was more polite, but Stephen was lazy. Going to another place, I just want them to come from here.

No matter how much Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian try to persuade you, Stephen just insists. Either you don’t meet, or you come here. Anyway, I don’t care. Yao Ming can’t persuade you whether you like to come or not. , I had no choice but to contact the other side, and found an excuse that it was not convenient to go there, to see if they could come.

In fact, in Yao Ming's view, if Stephen is unwilling to go there, it is best not to let the other party come over. It would be better if the two sides find a neutral place, but Stephen is lazy if he doesn't want to go there, and it is better to change another place Just go there.

Fortunately, after Yao Ming communicated with them, they didn't say anything, and they readily agreed, and then Stephen and others returned to the hotel, waiting quietly for the other party to come over. While waiting for them, Yao Ming introduced to Stephen Who are the people who come down.

Leaving aside the general staff, there are three main leaders from the basketball management center. One is Li Zhengwu, the director of the basketball management center, who is also the executive vice chairman or full-time vice chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, and the other is the deputy director in charge of the management of the national team. It's called Shang Tianli, Wei Zhiming, the deputy director in charge of league affairs.

In addition to the three leaders, there is Liu Zhihai, the general manager of the national basketball team, and Zhang Kaiming, the director of the league office. The two of them can also be regarded as leaders or followers. Compared with ordinary staff, that is not He is a leader, but he doesn't have any decision-making power, he just advises the leaders above.

Although there are only five people, there are actually two groups of people with two different work purposes. Wei Zhiming, the deputy director in charge of league affairs, came here specially to observe the organization of the All-Star Game. Advanced experience for organizing your own All-Star Game.

The purpose of the other deputy director, Shang Tianli, is to observe the state of Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian. They are the main force of the national team and they play here. It makes sense to come here to check the state. Things are very common, but if people find out that the players are not in good condition, they can not recruit players into the team, but can the Chinese team not call Yao Ming or Yi Jianlian into the national team? I don't have the confidence.

So he proposed that another purpose is to communicate with Stephen in advance, the two parties negotiated their respective rights and obligations, so as not to encounter communication problems in front of them, of course, how can a leader do without a follower, Zhang Kaiming and Liu Zhihai is dedicated to serving the two of them.

As for the chief director, Li Zhengwu, he is in charge of the overall situation, and he can come here without any purpose at all. The two deputy directors are theoretically his attendants, so naturally they don't need any attendants. These five people are the main ones. People will come over and will not participate in the communication process.

A group of them came to the hotel where Stephen was, and Stephen didn't come down to greet them at all, which already made them unhappy. After entering the hotel, they still couldn't see Stephen, only Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian. After welcoming them and saying that Stephen was waiting for them in the reception room, Wei Zhiming flew into a rage on the spot: "A little player, what kind of airs are you putting on us? You love to see me. I'm gone. I want to go back." Alright, Zhang Kaiming, let's go."

Among the senior executives of the basketball management center, he was not the one who opposed Stephen joining the Chinese national team the most, but under Zhang Kaiming's guidance, he didn't have a good impression of Stephen either. Seeing that his group came to see him in person, He didn't even come out to greet him, how could he bear it.

"Old Comrade Wei, don't be so angry. When you come here, you have to do as the Romans do. Maybe they don't have this habit here." Li Zhengwu persuaded him, and then took the lead to go inside. Wei Zhiming thought about it. That's right, even though he has become a Chinese citizen, he came from the United States after all, so his arrogance is understandable.

A small reception room was provided in the hotel. The group of them met Stephen. Stephen sat on the main seat without even moving his buttocks. He just stretched out his hand to let them sit down. In addition to the role of host, Yao Ming also has to act as a translator.