Wu Jianye chose to come to Greece for a vacation, in fact, there is another reason, that is, this year's World Youth Men's Basketball Championship was held in Athens!

As the birthplace of modern sports, Greece has always had a very good sports environment.

In addition, basketball itself is a big-ball sport, so even the Youth Men's Basketball Championship has attracted a lot of spectators.

However, not every game has a large audience, in such a tournament, the host team like Greece, or the traditional strong teams such as Australia and Spain will have a lot of spectators, and other countries will have a lot of spectators!

American teams have never taken this kind of game seriously.

Wu Jianye came to watch the game of the Huaxia team this time.

There are two players in this national youth team that are worth mentioning, one of them is Wang Zhizhi, who is now known as the wind-chasing boy, at this time Wang Zhizhi does not want to look a little chubby like in later generations, but is thin, although he plays the position of the center, but in fact the speed is not slow at all, otherwise he would not be called the wind-chasing boy.

The other is Li Nan, who is known as Xiao Li Feidao, Wu Jianye, as a senior basketball fan, when he was reborn, the last news he got was that Li Nan served as the head coach of the national team and led the national team to the World Championships held in China, and I don't know what the results were!

Wu Jianye and Zhou Huimin sat in the first row, this time, Wu Jianye did not say hello in advance, but asked the branch of Yaoguang Group in Athens to buy tickets for himself.

The process of the game is not very intense, the strength of the Chinese youth team is there, in this competition, in the end, it only won the ninth place, but this can not hide the light of Wang Zhizhi, in this competition Wang Zhizhi ranked second in total points, second in total rebounds, and ranked first in the number of blocks, and was rated as the best center in this competition, and won the reputation of the king of blocks, and was selected for the best team.

After the game, Wu Jianye did not greet the team, but returned to the hotel directly, and waited until the Huaxia team finished their championship, and Wu Jianye came to the hotel where the Huaxia team stayed.

"Team Kuang, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

In the hotel where the Huaxia team stayed, Wu Jianye saw the leader of this youth team, the Kuang team!

Before becoming the leader of the youth team, the Kuang team was the main defender of the Bayi team and the national team, and later after retiring, he served as the head coach of the Bayi team for a period of time, and then transferred to the basketball department of the National Sports Commission.

The Kuang team is actually a little confused about Wu Jianye's appearance, although the Kuang team is a sports worker, it doesn't mean that the Kuang team doesn't know Wu Jianye.

So after answering Wu Jianye's call, Team Kuang still agreed to meet Wu Jianye!

"Director Wu, that's so polite, I didn't expect to be able to meet Director Wu here!" said Kuang Team with a smile, and the place where the two met was not in the coffee shop of the hotel, but in Kuang Team's room.

After the two sat down, Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Coincidentally, I happened to be on vacation here in Athens, and I heard that there was a game of our national youth team, so I came over to take a look!"

Before he knew Wu Jianye's intention, Team Kuang smiled and said, "I didn't expect Director Wu to like basketball so much!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "Of course, Team Kuang may not know yet, I am a senior basketball fan, and when I used to study in film school, I was still an athlete of our academy basketball team!"

As soon as Team Kuang heard Wu Jianye say this, a sense of intimacy immediately came up, "Yes, I didn't expect Director Wu to have such a relationship with basketball!"

Wu Jianye said: "The origin is more than that!"

Team Kuang looked at Wu Jianye with some doubts.

Wu Jianye said: "Team Kuang, you should know the Los Angeles Lakers in North America!"

Team Kuang nodded, although he didn't know why Wu Jianye suddenly mentioned the Lakers, but he still replied: "Naturally you know, the basketball team before Magic Johnson!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Team Kuang, I have nothing to hide from you, the owner of the Lakers is me!"

At the beginning, Wu Jianye gave Phantom Media to his daughter Wu Luoxin, but he kept the Lakers in order to allow him to better operate the next things.

Wu Jianye said lightly, but this word fell in the ears of the Kuang team, but he did not hesitate to break the news, although there is no live broadcast of the NBA league in China now, but it has been recorded, and for the generation of the Kuang team, they began to know the NBA from the black and white confrontation between the Lakers and the Celtics.

It can be said that their generation has the deepest feelings for the Lakers and Celtics.

In their hearts, the NBA has always been the world's top basketball league, and now Wu Jianye, the director, actually told Wu Jianye that he was the owner of the Lakers, and this kind of thing sounds like a joke.

"Director Wu, you can't make such a joke!" Team Kuang couldn't believe Wu Jianye's statement.

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Team Kuang, I don't need to make such a joke with you, if you don't believe it, I can ask the Lakers to send you an official statement!"

"Director Wu, what you said is true?" Kuang team stood up excitedly, although I don't know why I was excited, but Kuang team was very excited!

Wu Jianye nodded and said, "It's more true than pearls!"

"No, I'll have to slow down on your matter!" said Kuang Team with some exaggeration.

Wu Jianye laughed and said, "Kuang team, you don't have to think too much, you just treat him as a normal business activity!"

After a long while, Team Kuang relieved himself, and then said, "Director Wu, you really gave me a big surprise!"

After finishing speaking, he continued to ask: "I think Director Wu told me the news this time, probably because there is something else!"

Wu Jianye nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, Mingren doesn't say secret words, Kuang team, I want to discuss with you, I have watched the games of our national team in the past few days, and I appreciate Wang Zhizhi very much, so I want to discuss with Kuang team to see if I can bring Wang Zhizhi to the NBA!"

This is another reason why Wu Jianye came to Athens this time, that is, to bring Wang Zhizhi to the NBA!

At this time, Wang Zhizhi is just 18 years old, which can be said to be the fastest age to learn things, if Wang Zhizhi can join the NBA in advance, I believe his career will definitely have a different result.

Originally, Wu Jianye was very confident in this matter, but he didn't expect that Team Kuang would raise objections after hearing Wu Jianye's thoughts!

"Director Wu, first of all, I have to thank you for your appreciation of Dazhi, but I'm afraid this matter can't go as you wish!"

Wu Jianye was slightly stunned at first, and then remembered what happened to Wang Zhizhi in another time and space, in fact, in another time and space, Wang Zhizhi was caught by the Dallas Mavericks in 98, when the owner of the Mavericks and the head coach Nelson Sr. personally went to China to talk about this matter, but the country did not let go, and it was not until Wang Zhizhi was 24 years old that he officially joined the Dallas Mavericks!

You must know that at the beginning, the NBA scouts were very optimistic about Wang Zhizhi's scouting report, thinking that Wang Zhizhi's talent is very high, with good inside footwork and adaptability, and his mid-distance shooting is very good, and more importantly, he also has a height of 2.13 meters, and can make very flexible movements at this height, even in the NBA, there are few, the disadvantage is that the confrontation is insufficient, and the defense is average.

When Wang Zhizhi participated in the NBA draft in 99, the scouting report was so good, but he was not selected by the Mavericks in the first round, because neither the Bayi team nor the Basketball Association agreed to release him at that time, and the Mavericks were not sure whether he would be released after Wang Zhizhi was selected, so they just used the second round of the lottery to make a guarantee!

In fact, it was not allowed in that year......

As a senior fan, Wu Jianye has always been very sorry for such a situation, if Wang Zhizhi could participate in the NBA in advance at that time, maybe Chairman Yao would not be the only well-known player in the NBA!

In addition, Wang Zhizhi did not return to China later, which caused the national team to lose the championship of the Asian Games that year......

Fortunately, Wang Zhizhi came back later and led the national team back to the top of Asia, and one of the scenes that impressed Wu Jianye the most was that in the later Asian Cup, after the national team won the gold medal, all the athletes hung their gold medals on Wang Zhizhi's neck, and then worshiped collectively!

"Team Kuang, is there something wrong!"

There have always been different opinions about Wang Zhizhi's failure to enter the NBA in advance at that time, but it should be roughly attributed to the fact that the domestic CBA league has just started a few years ago, and it needs to have its own star to attract the audience into the stadium to watch the game!

At that time, the overlord of the domestic CBA was the Bayi team, and Wang Zhizhi was the brightest star of this team, although there was still Liu Yudong, the god of war, in this team!

But it is undeniable that Wang Zhizhi is the most popular star of this team, and he is also one of the most popular stars in the country!

However, at this time, Wang Zhizhi has just begun to become famous, so there should be no consideration in this regard?

But Wu Jianye always underestimated the importance of the national team and the Bayi team to Wang Zhizhi at this time, and the answer given by the Kuang team in the end is that Wang Zhizhi, as the core figure of the team in the future, whether it is the Bayi team or the CBA league, such players are needed to improve the influence of the team and the league in China!

“...... Director Wu, I'm really sorry for this matter, you also know that our domestic basketball career has just started, and we also need our own basketball stars to enhance the influence of the league, Dazhi is now our most optimistic player!"

However, Wu Jianye had no intention of giving up just like that.

"Team Kuang, can you let me meet Dazhi first?" Although Wu Jianye really wants to bring Wang Zhizhi to the NBA, the premise is that Wang Zhizhi has his own plans in this regard, otherwise, Wu Jianye has no need to work hard!

As for the refusal of the Kuang team, Wu Jianye did not intend for the other party to refuse once, and he revealed this matter himself, and there are always more ways than difficulties!

The Kuang team showed a look of embarrassment, his apprentice, he knew that if Wang Zhizhi knew that he was caught by the boss of the NBA Lakers and wanted to take it to the Lakers, it is estimated that Wang Zhizhi's heart would not be in the country!

But there is no way to refuse this matter, after all, even if Wu Jianye can't see Wang Zhizhi now, he can still see him after returning to China, and he can't restrict the meeting between the two sides!

"Director Wu, I know your idea is good, in fact, I personally admit that if Dazhi goes to the NBA, there may be better achievements, but we can't always think about the individual, we should also think about it for the country, our country has just established its own CBA league this year, and we need stars to drive the country's basketball career......"

"Kuang team, your thoughts, I naturally understand, in fact, I personally think that the two things are not opposite, if Dazhi can really land in the NBA, it will inevitably cause a huge sensation in China, and then there will definitely be a basketball fever in China, and at the same time I have discussed with luck sports, starting next year, luck sports will hold a three-on-three basketball game in the country, and then it will definitely be able to provide more basketball talents in China!"

Wu Jianye also has his own plans.

In fact, if it was for the sake of the Kuang team and the national level, Wu Jianye didn't think that what they did was wrong, after all, they were thinking about the overall plan, but if it was from a personal point of view, Wu Jianye would have no way to accept it, which was achieved at the expense of personal interests.

In fact, the same is true for Chairman Yao later, Chairman Yao joined the NBA in 2002, but the specific situation, Chairman Yao has long been favored by the NBA, but at that time, the Big Sharks hoped that Chairman Yao could play in China for two more years, and by the way, he helped the Big Sharks win a CBA championship, so it was delayed until 2002!

At that time, Chairman Yao also had many restrictions on joining the CBA, such as the champion sign, which was a hard rule!

If......

If Chairman Yao didn't have so many games to play, and some unnecessary national team games could not be recruited, Chairman Yao's career would certainly not be so short, and his achievements would not stop at those ......

However, no one can say who is right and who is wrong in this kind of thing, and it is not easy to strike a balance between personal achievements and national honor.

"I didn't expect Director Wu to have such a good relationship with Luck Sports!" said Team Kuang.

This year's CBA league started, and luck sports also got the naming rights of the CBA!

In fact, in the first year of the CBA league in another time and space, the naming rights were obtained by 555 cigarettes, but in the second year, it was replaced by Hilton, and then Motorola, connecting the new time and space......

"Well, I have a good relationship with their chairman!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

The Kuang team could not give Wu Jianye face, but they couldn't help but give face to Luck Sports, and finally had to call Wang Zhizhi to his room!