Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 255 Meeting the Parents
Stern was very busy during the draft, going on and off the stage non-stop, reading the roster, shaking hands with the players, and welcoming each player to the stage.

If you want to say who is the happiest about reducing the draft round, it may be none other than Stern, right?
After the draft, Stern sat in the room to rest, and secretly made up his mind: In the future, only the first-round picks will be announced, and someone else will be announced later, otherwise I will be exhausted!
"Dong dong dong..." Just as Stern sat down to rest, there was a knock on the door.

The assistant opened the door and found Frank.

"You are here, sit down!"

"Thank you, Uncle Stern, for interrupting your rest." Frank came to Stern politely.

"what's up?"

"Uncle Stern, have you ever thought about arranging for our Warriors to play a friendly match there this summer to promote the NBA?"

"This... why did you suddenly think of this?"

"Hahaha, seeing the Eagles drafting Song Tao made me suddenly realize that there is still such a huge market waiting for us to develop. As the only Chinese player in the NBA, we Warriors naturally do our part." Frank talked about the speech he had prepared long ago.

After listening to Frank's words, Stern fell into deep thought. He had to say that Frank's words were indeed very attractive.

The NBA's global promotion plan is the top priority of all Stern's plans, but this is a long-term plan that takes time.

For the promotion in Asia, especially China, Stern originally planned to start the operation in two to three years, but what Frank said at this time gave Stern another way of thinking.

If you want the NBA to enter China, you must first let the people there know what the NBA is. Is there anything better for them to realize than letting a Chinese go there to play a game?

"Your idea is good, but it is very difficult to communicate in the middle."

"Perhaps, we can ask Mr. O'Brien, not only is he powerful in the political world, but also hasn't he made the Bullet Team successfully visit China?" Frank suggested.

The O’Brien mentioned by Frank is Larry O’Brien, the former president of the NBA. He not only served as the president of the NBA for nine years, but also served as the chairman of the Democratic National Convention before that. Consultants, and even the famous "Watergate Incident" are all related to him.

As for the Bullets' visit to China, it refers to the fact that in 79, the Washington Bullets, which had won two championships at that time, came to China to play a game against the Bayi team, the domestic basketball overlord at that time.

At that time, the Bayi team could basically be called the national team. There were 5 main players in the team, and [-] of them started the national team, and the tacit cooperation of the whole team was far better than that of the national team.

In April before that, the Bayi team easily defeated the All-Mi University Star United team who visited China. For this, they were not interested in the Bullet team, but after the match, they discovered that this team led by Unseld How powerful the Bullets are, it also allowed them to see the strength of the world's top basketball level for the first time.

In the end, at 85:96, the Bayi team lost 11 points and only lost 1 point in the first half.

Therefore, as long as Stern really made up his mind to seek help from O'Brien, neither connections nor political resources would be a problem. As for money?
Come on!At this time, Frank has obtained a lot of money through various means for a certain purpose. This kind of huge cash flow, leaking a little from his fingers, is enough for the Warriors to go to China to play 10 games.

Again, as long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem.

After thinking for a long time, Stern finally agreed, "I can try, but I don't guarantee success."

"Thank you very much, Uncle Frank, I think you will definitely succeed!"

Due to unexpected events, Frank canceled the party arrangements for the evening and started to get busy.

Li Weisi was dragged out of the hotel by Marisa and came to Brooklyn.

"Where are you taking me?" After the draft, Li Weisi was a little tired, so he was going back to the hotel to rest, but Marisa insisted on taking him out without telling him where he was going.

"Go to my house!"

"Ah?" Li Weisi was dumbfounded. What's going on?
"My mother wants to meet you, and it happens that you are not far away. We will have dinner together tonight. I have already told my mother about your taboos." Marisa explained in the taxi.

"Stop the car, I want to get off!" Li Weisi didn't listen to Marisa's explanation at all, and said directly to the driver.

"Brother, keep driving, don't pay attention to this guy!" After Marisa told the driver, she hit Li Weisi again, and said, "What are you doing? I've been to your house before, why can't you come to mine once?"

"But... I didn't let you come to my house either!"

"Then I'll let you go to my house. This is an obligation that a boyfriend should fulfill. You must abide by the agreement and not break the agreement!"

"I..." Faced with Marisa's explanation, Li Weisi found that he could not refute. In desperation, he had no choice but to accept his fate and let Marisa arrange it.

Seeing Li Weisi give up resistance, Marisa showed a slight smile, put her arms around Li Weisi's arm, looked ahead, and stopped talking.

Soon, the car drove into an upscale neighborhood in Brooklyn.

Although this place is not as good as the community where Li Weisi's mother lives, not to mention the community where Frank bought the villa for Li Weisi, it is still much cleaner and tidy than most communities, which shows that Marisa's family conditions are still good.

"Welcome home, Marissa!" Knocking on the door, mother Patricia gave Marissa a big hug.

After letting go of his daughter, he began to look at his daughter's celebrity boyfriend. I have to say that Li Weisi's attractiveness is huge just by looking at his appearance. He is tall, strong, handsome, and most importantly rich. Such a son-in-law is simply is perfect!

"Hello! West! Welcome!"

"Hello, Auntie!"

After entering the house, Li Weisi was able to see the whole house. It has to be said that although the decoration is not luxurious, every detail reveals warmth.

Today the family is full. Marisa's grandmother and father are at home, and they greeted Li Weisi one by one.

"West? Oops..." At this moment, Adam, who ran down from his room when he heard the noise, saw Li Weisi appearing in his living room, he stepped on the ground in excitement and rolled down the stairs directly.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, West, it's really you!" Adam climbed up from the ground, appeased his family's concerns, and was overwhelmed with excitement when he came to Li Weisi.

"It's me, hello, your name is Adam, right? Marisa's younger brother!"

"My God! West actually remembers me!" Adam was so happy that he was about to faint.

(End of this chapter)