the rest, only noise

Chapter 278
In 1984, the NBA sent a mission to visit China to meet with the Basketball Association.

Louis was one of ten members of the delegation.

This is not the first time the NBA has had contact with China. As early as 1979, the Washington Bullets, the champion of the year, went to China and played several friendly games.

When Louis boarded the delegation's plane, he was not as relaxed as he seemed.

The representative of the NBA on this trip is Stern's assistant, Garcia Lynn, a graduate of Harvard Law School.

Lynn saw Louis' anxiety: "Aren't you Chinese, how can you be nervous?"

"Well, I don't know if I'm Chinese now."

"How to say?"

"Psychologically, I agree that I am Chinese, but that is not written on my ID card. I am a citizen of a dependency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."

Speaking of this, Lynn became a little interested.

"Hasn't China been discussing the return of Hong Kong with the UK recently? Maybe it won't be long before you can be a real Chinese."

"Indeed."

When he returned to China this time, his first purpose was to help the delegation promote cooperation with the Chinese Basketball Association, and his second purpose was to use his accumulated capital in the United States to establish a school similar to the Dongguan Basketball School.

He wouldn't have had the idea if the league office hadn't invited him to join the delegation.

Now, it's different.

He has enough capital, has this ability, and is even more famous.

Moreover, he is [-]% sure that Chinese basketball has never taken advantage of their demographic advantages (of course, football is even more miserable in this regard).

Now is a very good time. People born in their 50s and 60s are beginning to have a baby boom. Since 1980, an average of at least 2000 million babies have been born every year.

Then, how many sports schools were there across the country in the 80s?The answer is less than 50.

Although they can often pick out talents that are "visible to the naked eye", there are so many people who develop late. If these people do not receive professional training at the right age, it is basically impossible for them to become professional players again, and their talents will naturally be abandoned.

Louis hopes to introduce the selection mechanism of the Dongguan Basketball School and the study abroad mechanism launched by the BJ team in 2017.

Send the best young players to the United States, grow and improve in the most intense environment, and dig out those seedlings that were once abandoned. Maybe China can have a few more NBA players.

So, his goal is to build a basketball academy, get the right people to work on it, and put a lot of money into it.

From the moment the plane landed, Louie was on it.

He learned that foreigners cannot directly set up schools in China and must find Chinese partners, so he quickly advertised.

There are a lot of people who call, and they are basically liars.

Louis was busy with this matter every day, which took most of his energy away.

On the second day after arriving in China, he didn't even have time to catch his breath, so he came to the office building of the Chinese Basketball Association with Lynn and the others.

This time, the two parties are mainly discussing the NBA's invitation to the Chinese team to play a friendly match in the United States next year.

The NBA hopes to have a real-time live broadcast. Doing so can increase the popularity of the NBA in China, and by the way, allow the Chinese team to play against the best teams in the world.

This is beneficial to both parties, but the Basketball Association has doubts about the schedule, and they don't have that much money.

During this period, Louis opened his mouth.

"Once the Chinese team lands in the United States, all the funds can be borne by the league. This invitation is sent by us, and this is our due ceremony."

Louie stunned everyone in the Basketball Association with his almost non-accented Chinese.

"Mr. Lu, as far as we know, you grew up in the United States, how can you speak Chinese so well?" the basketball association's negotiator asked curiously.

Louis laughed: "No matter where I grow up, I can't forget where my roots are."

This is the first time Louie has spoken in negotiations, but it won't be the last.

It turned out that he was just a face in the delegation, just for appearance.

The NBA wants to show China and the world that "excellent Chinese can also succeed in the NBA, and we are an inclusive professional league."

Now, he has become Lynn's assistant and proposed many things that are beneficial to the Chinese team.

For example, he proposed to allow the Chinese team to train with the NBA team they played in a friendly match, eat and live with them, and experience the training atmosphere and facilities of the world's top league.

Some of Louie's proposals were adopted, some were not, but he was active, and he managed many East Asian euphemisms that Lynn couldn't figure out.

It took only seven days for the two parties to reach an agreement.

In the rest of the time, the delegation will travel to the mountains and rivers at the invitation of the Basketball Association.

Louie went about his business.

He found a partner, an artist surnamed Liu, who likes sports, especially basketball. He had heard about Louis' deeds and heard that he wanted to build a basketball school in China. He needed a partner and came to meet him in person.

Louie took out almost all of his current cash, close to $80.

According to the exchange rate in 1984, 1 U.S. dollar was converted into RMB 2.3 yuan.

Don't underestimate this figure. One yuan in 1984, calculated for inflation, will have a purchasing power of about 1 yuan a few decades later.

The artist surnamed Liu is responsible for helping Louis, so he didn't ask him to pay more, but just put the school under his name, and Louis holds 95% of the shares.

The next step is to enclose land, break ground, construction, and all kinds of money-burning work.

Louis spent half a month investigating the staff he needed. He needed some pragmatic, sports-loving people who really wanted to work for Chinese basketball.

Most of the applicants were college students, and many of them lacked relevant abilities. Louis could only choose the best from the best.

But the feeling is still a little bit worse.

He has been busy for more than [-] days, and only set up a grass-roots team. Although it is very simple, the foundation is established.

The next step is to wait for the school to be completed, find a suitable coaching team, and then use his influence to promote it. If it goes well, the school will start next year or the year after.

There's still a lot to do after this.

After being busy for so many days, Louis has no sense of accomplishment. The people he found are not professional. They have enthusiasm but no skills. How much can they learn in a year?Did what he did make sense in the end?

He didn't know, but since he was given the chance, he would always do it.

How many people know how bitter he was when he saw Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe of Japan gaining a firm foothold in the NBA, and the most talented domestic players still pecking at each other in the CBA?

There are some things that cannot be learned blindly from abroad.

But in basketball, it is necessary to find a way to cast good seedlings to the United States to borrow chickens to lay eggs.

In the foreseeable next 50 years, it is impossible for any country to surpass the level of basketball in the country of basketball.

Louie wants his school to dig out as many youngsters as possible, so he needs good scouts.

The NBA delegation has been back for almost a week, and Louis is still here, and he feels that there are many things to be busy.

To find a group of high-quality scouts before the school is completed, they need to travel around the country to find suitable seedlings.

If there are no scouts, how many parents would send their children here just relying on the school's signboard?

Just thinking about the future would make Louis' scalp split open.

Before he left China, the Chinese men's basketball team invited him to watch a warm-up match.

He saw a lot of what he looked like when he was a young basketball player before he crossed over.

Among them was a person that made him unforgettable.

He is about 210 centimeters tall, can run and jump, and his physical fitness is extremely rare for this height, and his bullet speed is so fast that he suspects that Tianyi has crossed with him.

His signature goal is to grab an offensive rebound and dunk his teammates. Zhang Bing, the future inside coach of the national team.

The moment he completed the dunk, he also said "I am Cao!"

"Well played, Xiao Song!"

"Director Qian, who is that?" Louis respectfully asked Qian Chenghai, the godfather of Chinese basketball.

Qian Chenghai said with a smile: "Song Tao from Shandong is a good seed. This kind of quality is not common among people of his height."

Louis remembered, Song Tao, the first player in Chinese history to be drafted by the NBA.He remembered that the team that selected Song Tao was not playing for tickets, but actually expressing the NBA contract to China.

Song Tao had the opportunity to become the first NBA player from China before Wang Zhizhi. As a result, after signing the contract, he participated in the World University Games and suffered a devastating injury.

With the medical methods at the time, this was a devastating blow to a person who relied heavily on his physical fitness to play.

In the current NBA, there are not many athletic centers.

Song Tao's physical fitness can be counted in the NBA, which is not an exaggeration at all.

Knowing what was waiting for Song Tao in the future, Louis was naturally moved with compassion. He immediately learned about Song Tao's situation, and after learning that he was not from the army, a smile flashed across his face.

As long as it is not the kind of team with its own red line, there is room for manipulation.

　The new cover is ugly. I was gank by the system mechanism of the starting point. That's it for now. Wait a few days for a new cover.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)