Rebirth of My Rocket Dynasty

Chapter 3 Dawson's trip to China

Following the landing of the Boeing passenger plane of Pan American Airlines at the Capital Airport, Dawson and his party came to China on the other side of the ocean.

At the pick-up port of the airport, two commercial vehicles of the Chinese Basketball Association were already waiting, and Yang Boyong, then executive vice chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, was also waiting as the leader of the group that received the Rockets.

"Chairman Yang, do you think this is accurate? This year's NBA championship will communicate with Chinese basketball." A young staff member asked a 60-year-old man next to him.

"Hehe, pony, I don't think it's a fake. I remember that some time ago, someone from the BJ team went to find him, and they also said that he was a member of the Rockets, and wanted to discuss cooperation with BJ. It's just that people from the BJ Basketball Association Be too careful, and almost treat him as a liar, but the general manager came in person. The first stop is BJ, and then go to Shanghai, saying that he wants to investigate the specific development of Chinese basketball and see if there is any possibility of cooperation." Yang Boyong Said with a faint smile.
"Hehe, it seems that our Chinese basketball has attracted the attention of the American basketball team. It seems that we entered the quarter-finals of the World Championship last year. It is very good and very attractive." The young man named Xiaoma looked relaxed. Said.

"That's hard to say. I think these foreigners are not profitable. This year we just started a professional league, which helped the Americans rush over. Isn't it because of China's huge market and rapid development? Given the current economic situation, the Americans are not fools, let alone idiots, let's see what they say." Yang Boyong said helplessly.

"It's still a question of our own strength. If we can compete with the Europeans, then we will have more say in the field of basketball. But now we are only the third-rate level in the world. Hey, we have to work hard by ourselves." Ah." Yang Boyong sighed softly.

"Chairman Yang, Chairman Yang, look, look, Xiaotao has picked him up." The staff member surnamed Ma pointed in the direction of the pick-up port.

"Oh, yes, I came out, and the two foreigners from a while ago are also together, it seems that it can't be wrong. Come on, let's not lose our manners in the past." Yang Boyong said with a wave of his hand.

At this time, Dawson and his party were communicating with the rocket staff who arrived earlier.

"Hi, Little John, Rom, hello, how are you doing during your stay in China?" Dawson greeted his two senior assistants with a smile.

"Hehe, it's not bad, Mr. Dawson, just a little depressed. The senior staff of the championship club were almost regarded as liars." A young man with beautiful chestnut hair called Little John said a little self-deprecatingly.

"Haha, yes, I've heard about it too, but I don't blame you. It's because we didn't think carefully. If you passed the Basketball Association in the first place, you wouldn't have such a situation. However, during this period of time, I let you What you collected, how did you collect it?" Dawson said with a relaxed face.

"Mr. Dawson, we collected a lot of things you asked us to collect. In this way, when we came to the airport, we received a notice from the Chinese Basketball Association. One of their executive vice-chairmen will come to pick you up and accompany you to the airport. Hotel, and tomorrow we will go to discuss with you about the cooperation between the two parties. Then, we have about three days of free time to see what we want to see. After that, we will go to Shanghai to continue our itinerary What you want, can we go back to the hotel and report to you, you see people from the Chinese Basketball Association have come over." Another staff member, a handsome black-haired guy in his 30s named Rom, said to Dawson .

"Well, okay, let's meet with the Chinese Basketball Association now, let's go there." Dawson said to everyone.

"Welcome, Mr. Dawson. It's a pleasure to meet with American basketball players. You are welcome to visit China." Yang Boyong said with a smile on his face.

After the translation by the translator, Dawson also said enthusiastically: "Thank you, it is my honor that you can come to welcome me in person. I hope we will have a happy cooperation." Then, he stretched out his hand and shook Yang Boyong tightly.

"Okay, okay, now China is an open China, and friends from all over the world are very welcome." Yang Boyong replied with a smile.

"Mr. Dawson, you and your subordinates have been flying for a long time. We have already booked a hotel for you. You should rest first. We will have a welcome banquet in the evening. As for work issues , can we start discussing tomorrow." Yang Boyong led Dawson and his party out of the airport and said after getting into the car.

"Okay, okay, thank you very much, for your hospitality and welcome, then we will see you tonight." Dawson thanked and got into the car.

After arranging Dawson and his party to the BJ Great Wall Hotel, the Basketball Association's team returned to the Basketball Association's residence.

After getting out of the car, Yang Boyong held a working meeting with the participation of several executive leaders of the Basketball Association.

"Today, the general manager of the NBA's Houston Rockets and his team of 4 people have arrived in BJ. I picked up the plane and arranged to stay at the BJ Hotel. There will be a banquet in the evening. Now, let's discuss Dawson The purpose of this trip and the goal to be achieved." Yang Boyong looked at several executive leaders and said.

"Everyone, if you have any thoughts and opinions, please share them. It can be said that it is a good opportunity for Chinese basketball to enter the NBA." Yang Boyong continued.

At this time, a middle-aged cadre in his forties looked at the silent meeting room, coughed and said: "Well, let me say something first, it can be regarded as a good example. This year, our own professional league in China is about to start. , This is a great improvement for Chinese basketball, because professionalization is a general direction, but the world's highest level professional league, the NBA league, has the longest league time and the most experience, which is very worthy of China. For reference, watching the performances of the two Dream Teams in 92 and 94, everyone should know where the focus of world basketball is now. I wonder if it is possible to send a group of young people to the Rockets club to learn , to learn their advanced experience and concepts, which is very beneficial to Chinese basketball.”

"I said, very good, very far-sighted, Lao Sun, the development of a country cannot rest on its laurels, and the development of Chinese basketball cannot be done behind closed doors. Think about it, it was about 7-8 years ago. I remember that in the NBA at that time The Atlanta Hawks sent an invitation to Song Tao to play in the NBA during the draft, but unfortunately, Song Tao suffered a serious injury, which directly led to the shattering of Song Tao's NBA dream. In the 50 years since the establishment of the NBA, there has not been a Chinese player. It is a pity that people appear in this highest-level league. In the development of basketball, can we completely implement the strategy of "please come in and go out". The NBA is a commercial league, and China plays like this Do you think Americans can turn a blind eye to this market? We need to use the market to attract their capital, experience and ideas, and then we digest and absorb it for our own use. Please come in, as far as I know personally, the current owner of the Rockets He is a rich man, huh, huh, he is so rich, a big landlord, a big capitalist, he has a net worth of billions and US dollars, and his waist is thicker than ours. But we, the professional league has not yet At the beginning, the financial pressure began to appear, so we should invite other people's money and people in, and go out, who can represent a country, and they are excellent players in basketball. If there are Chinese players in the NBA If we become the MVP, then we will be glorious wherever we go, so going out must be all-round, athletes, coaches, managers, and medical staff can all communicate with each other." Yang Boyong's words made everyone sitting The officials of the Basketball Association are a little bit embarrassed, and the Chinese basketball team has gone out. (Personally, I still hate the bureaucrats of the Basketball Association, but in China without these bureaucrats, nothing can happen, so I can only write about them in a more enlightened way, but the officials of the Basketball Association in the mid-90s were still okay.)
That is, when the Chinese Basketball Association was discussing how to bring Chinese basketball and the NBA closer, at the BJ Great Wall Hotel, a group of Americans were also discussing Chinese basketball.

"Mr. Dawson, Rohm and I spent more than 10 days in China. According to your request, we collected some information about Chinese basketball and its affiliated markets. First of all, in terms of the overall level of basketball, Chinese people can only be regarded as world basketball players. The third-rate level, and the training their players receive is relatively backward, but their ordinary people have relatively high enthusiasm for basketball. There are often some enterprises and their administrative institutions that will hold some amateur basketball games. There are many, but there are not many street basketball courts, so you can only play basketball in some designated places. Therefore, China has a relatively deep basketball tradition and basketball soil, and then I found that there is no NBA franchise store in China. It is definitely a blank, but as far as China is concerned, there are only a few big cities in China that can be opened, and a certain amount of profit can be guaranteed, because it is impossible for Chinese people to buy a set of genuine products with thousands of yuan. NBA equipment, this is a bottleneck. In the end, I also surveyed some ordinary Chinese people, hehe, I don’t want to say, His Majesty the Flying Man is really too famous. When I surveyed the well-known figures in the NBA, basically 90% of them Investigators will say without hesitation that it is Jordan, and our "big dream" is only in the top ten, and the team is only in the top five. So, I can only say that this is a huge gold mine, but it is still an undeveloped gold mine." Little John said excitedly.

"OK, Little John, you are doing a good job. China's economy is rising steadily, and the lives of ordinary people are also undergoing tremendous changes. I think that as long as we cooperate with China in all aspects of basketball, then the Chinese people will When exercising, you will think of the rocket and its surrounding products, and that is our great success." Dawson is still very satisfied with the work of the two.

Then, Dawson continued to ask about some useful information collected by the two during this time.

In the evening, the Chinese Basketball Association arranged a welcome dinner for the host and guests. (It feels a bit like that, but let’s write it.)
On the second day, Boyong Yang and Dawson had a long discussion on the cooperation between the two parties (negotiation, bargaining, it is said that when Boyong Yang and Dawson came out of the conference room, they both had symptoms of severe dehydration, probably There are too many spit stars flying.)
Then, a series of agreements were reached, and the Rockets received a large number of learners from the Chinese Basketball Association, managed by the club, coaches, medical staff, and logistics staff.

The Rockets have the priority to select the athletes they transfer to the United States for trial training, set up 10 basketball schools in China, set up Rockets training camps in China every summer, and so on. A series of conditions have launched a relationship with the Chinese basketball team. Association cooperation.

After visiting China for 10 days, Dawson returned home.However, he kept John Jr. and Rom in order to go to the United States for the coach of the BJ team to go to the United States for trial training. This is likely to be the first Chinese attempt to land in the NBA.

(End of this chapter)