basketball king lunatic

Chapter 197 Meeting with the Director of the Basketball Association
Wang Shipeng chose to take time to return to China at this time.In fact, besides wanting to go back to China for the Spring Festival, there is another important reason.

That is to want to meet with the high-level basketball association.

Wang Shipeng has already told the senior management of the Basketball Association with his actions that he will never be an honest person like Wang Zhizhi.

From refusing to sign a long-term contract, to operating Yi Jianlian abroad, to making remarks criticizing the current policies of the Basketball Association.The last thing is to operate Wang Zhizhi to return to China.

It was Wei Yuanli, the new director of the Basketball Association, who came forward to talk to Wang Shipeng.The original director, Cheng Lanxin, was fired because he offended the top military officials with his actions in the Wang Zhizhi incident.

Wei Yuanli knew that Wang Shipeng was much more difficult to deal with than Wang Zhizhi.Because he grew up too fast, so fast that he has enough confidence to negotiate conditions with the Basketball Association.

Especially the current Wang Shipeng, even if he is no longer a basketball player, he still has enough means to have a better life.But the Basketball Association needs Wang Shipeng to bring them results.

Especially Wei Yuanli, the pressure on him to take the stage this time was even greater than last time.

In Athens in 04, the Chinese men's basketball team achieved the best results in history.Now, he needs to at least keep his current results in this Olympic cycle.

In particular, the 08 Olympic Games was held in BJ, and all major sports are preparing to make a breakthrough in three years.Basketball is especially heavy on the task.

Moreover, basketball has not only an Olympic Games, but also the World Championships and the Asian Championships. These two events are also of great political significance.

Especially in the Asian Championships, the Chinese men's basketball team has been the dominant player in Asian basketball for many years.Winning the Asian Championships is a matter of course, but if you fail, you will inevitably be held accountable.

But in recent years, Asian teams, especially Iran in the Middle East and South Korea in East Asia, have made great progress.The threat to the Chinese men's basketball team is growing.You know, the US team lost the Olympic champion last year.What's more, the Chinese team's advantage in Asia does not necessarily have the advantage of the Americans in the world.

In other words, if Yao Ming, Wang Shipeng, and Wang Zhizhi all three NBA players come back to compete.Winning the championship is not a big problem, but at the beginning of 05, Wang Shipeng started to make trouble again.

Wei Yuanli still remembers how angry he became when he heard what Wang Shipeng said in the interview.

"I think the Asian Championships should focus on young players. Only when young players develop their hearts can Chinese basketball have a future. This will also allow the three of Wang Shipeng, who play hundreds of games every season, to rest in the summer and save their energy for the World Series .”

What he meant was obvious. He didn't want to go back to China to play in the Asian Championships, and he even felt that Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming shouldn't come back either.Isn't this a mess.

Although Wang Zhizhi didn't express anything, after all, his matter has just been resolved.And his playing time in the Lakers did not reach the level of Yao Ming and Wang Shipeng.But Yao Ming came back with a message through his relationship, asking the Basketball Association for its opinion on this matter.

The appearance of Wang Shipeng made both Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi think of refusing to play in the Asian Championships.Not to mention Yi Jianlian, who was brought out of the country by Wang Shipeng and is known as the younger brother of Wang Shipeng.

So Wei Yuanli also asked Yao Ming to bring a message to Wang Shipeng, and he hoped to have a face-to-face talk with Wang Shipeng.

It's not that Wang Shipeng is not qualified to directly talk to the Basketball Association, and Yao Ming needs to speak.In fact, Wang Shipeng's status is higher than Yao Ming's now, but unlike Yao Ming, who has great political ambitions, Wang Shipeng has always been unwilling to contact the high-level officials of the Basketball Association, so he has no choice but to pass the word through Yao Ming.

While Wei Yuanli was sitting in the office thinking about these things, Wang Shipeng had already arrived at the headquarters of the Basketball Association.

Looking at the majestic building, Wang Shipeng took a deep breath.He had been here in his previous life, and that was the basketball association in Yao Ming's era.It was the first time I came to this place after being reborn.

"Director Wei, I'm here." Wang Shipeng greeted Wei Yuanli out of the office in person.It did surprise him.

Letting Wang Shipeng to the reception sofa, Wei Yuanli went straight to the point:

"Dapeng, I know you are busy, so I won't talk nonsense. I invite you here today to talk to you about this year's Doha Asian Championships."

Wang Shipeng had considered this issue before he came, and he also thought about the possibility of such a thing.After all, Wei Yuanli is famous for his emphasis on international competition results.But Wang Shipeng himself did not intend to compromise, at least he did not intend to compromise completely.

"I know what you're going to say, Director Wei. But I want to ask you a question, is the Asian Championships or the World Championships and the Olympics important."

Wei Yuanli was stunned for a moment, he couldn't judge what Wang Shipeng meant by these words.

In fact, among the three superstars of Chinese basketball, the one Wei Yuanli dislikes the most is Wang Shipeng.

Wang Zhizhi is just a pure athlete, and Wei Yuanli can often see through his thoughts at once.

Yao Ming is much deeper, but Yao Ming's mind is on politics, and Wei Yuanli often communicates with him as if he is confronting a political opponent of the same level.

Only Wang Shipeng, he gave Wei Yuanli a feeling that he couldn't see through.He has a deep mind, but he often doesn't play cards according to the routine, so Wei Yuanli is the most wary of him.

If Wang Shipeng knew Wei Yuanli's thoughts, he would definitely call him wronged.Where does he have so much thought.In fact, he is only more confident in his actions because he still has some thinking about future generations.

After all, in 2005, China was just an emerging country whose GDP had just exceeded 2.8 trillion US dollars.The Chinese have just entered the era of material abundance.In the year 2020 that Wang Shipeng traveled through, China has come to the center of the world stage, becoming the world's second largest GDP and a world power with global influence.

It can be said that Wang Shipeng understands better than most Chinese people in this era what is the pride of the nation and the people.

Yao Ming has a good understanding of this point. Yao Ming once described Wang Shipeng in a private conversation with Wang Zhizhi:

"I once told Dapeng that he should be low-key and humble in his usual work, because we represent the image of the country.

I didn't expect him to answer me like this, why should our national image be low-key and humble? We are no worse than Americans, so why should we keep a low profile in front of them. "

Yao Ming was actually very emotional. He felt that he and Wang Shipeng were only three years apart, so why did he feel that there was a deep generation gap between him and Wang Shipeng by an era.Wang Shipeng's self-confidence is difficult for him to understand.

And now, Wei Yuanli experienced this kind of confidence.At least, he has never heard other basketball players speak to him in such an instructive tone.

But Wei Yuanli still replied: "Of course it is the Olympics and the World Championships. There is nothing to say about this."

(End of this chapter)