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In a large conference room, several leaders of the Japanese basketball world gathered.

The Japan Basketball Association has 1 president and 2 vice presidents, and has five departments: the Administration Department, the Organization Department, the Publicity Department, the External Relations Department, and the Referee Department, and at the same time, the Japan Basketball Association has set up its own branches in each of Japan's 47 first-class administrative regions.

A total of 55 members, including 1 president, 2 vice presidents, 5 ministers, and 47 branch presidents, make up the executive committee of the Japan Basketball Association, and any major decision of the association must be reported to the general meeting of all members of the executive committee.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Minister of External Relations looked depressed and spoke first.

"Our External Relations Department is trying to get in touch with Mr. Oda who is far away in the United States. But after the acquisition of the Bulls, Mr. Oda has a lot of things to deal with, and it may take some time to officially reply to our Japan Basketball Association. ”

As soon as the Minister of External Relations finished speaking, the Minister of Propaganda said in a strange manner: "Minister Yamashita is really thoughtful. You know, because you didn't communicate with Mr. Oda in advance, we in the Japan Basketball Association were the last to know about Mr. Oda's acquisition of the Bulls. ”

"Minister Mitsui, you" The Minister of External Relations stared at the Minister of Propaganda fiercely, and said in a condensed voice: "Regarding this matter, it is indeed a dereliction of duty on the part of our External Relations Department. Who knew that Mr. Oda, a Japanese entrepreneur, would buy the Bulls in the United States without warning. ”

Speaking of which, the Minister of External Relations was also a little depressed.

There are two main factions within the Japan Basketball Association, the Kanto faction and the Kyushu faction.

Because the Kwantung faction has held the position of president of the association for three consecutive terms, it has caused dissatisfaction among all other factions, and the Kyushu faction has taken the opportunity to unite with other factions to suppress the Kwantung faction.

In addition to Kagawa Kiri, the president of the Basketball Association, another member of the Kanto faction at the headquarters of the Basketball Association is Masao Yamashita, the head of the External Relations Department.

The Kyushu faction also has two people at the headquarters of the Basketball Association, first vice president Yasunari Hatoyama and propaganda minister Ryo Mitsui.

Three months later, the presidential election of the basketball association will be between Kagawa Kiritao and Hatoyama Yasunari, whether Kagawa Kiritao will continue to be re-elected or Hatoyama Yasunari will succeed in taking office, it will depend on the operation of the two factions in the past three months.

At this time, there was a matter of Oda Hatsufan buying the Bulls, because the External Relations Department did not get the information in advance, so the Japanese Basketball Association has not yet contacted Oda Hatsufan, and the Kyushu faction successfully caught the handle of dereliction of duty.

"Minister Mitsui, the issue of responsibility for this matter will be discussed later." Kagawa Kirirang, who was sitting on the main seat, spoke.

Kagawa Kirirang, who has been the president of the basketball association for three consecutive terms, has a high prestige within the association, and if it weren't for his age, Hatoyama Yasunari of the Kyushu faction would not dare to have the idea of running for president with Kagawa Kiri.

As soon as Kagawa Kiri opened his mouth, the conference room immediately fell silent.

"Right now, the association's top priority is to get in touch with Mr. Oda." Kagawa Kiri looked at Masao Yamashita, the Minister of External Relations.

"Minister Yamashita is still responsible for this."

"Yes!" Masao Yamashita stood up and bowed in response.

As a three-term president of the Basketball Association, Kagawa Kirirang understands all aspects of Japanese basketball, and the steady development of basketball in Japan over the years is directly related to Kagawa's work.

In the following meeting, he made detailed arrangements for the future work of the Japanese Basketball Association.

Based on the fact that Hatsunori Oda has acquired the Chicago Bulls, a powerhouse in the NBA East, and the Bulls have the NBA's hottest basketball superstar Michael Jordan right now, Kagawa Kiriyo expects that as the news spreads, there will be a wave of basketball fever in Japan.

In the short term, there will be a boom in young people playing basketball, but to sustain this upward trend, it is necessary to have Japanese players who can enter the NBA and can stand on their feet in the NBA.

Otherwise, when this trend passes, basketball will be silent in Japan, and a good opportunity to catch up with baseball will be completely lost.

Japanese basketball has been weak for a long time, and it is simply not realistic for players to enter the NBA and gain a foothold in the NBA in the short term. The Basketball Association has no choice but to settle for the next best thing and select players with strong ability, good talent, high potential and good image among basketball players of all ages to start the star-making movement of basketball. We rely on star-making to maintain a high level of popularity in Japan. Buy time and mass base for players who emerge to make it to the NBA and gain a foothold in the NBA.

In order to adapt to the rapid growth of young people who love basketball, the Basketball Association must expand its support for youth leagues at all levels.

With a total of 47 first-level administrative districts in 1 capital, 1 province, 2 prefectures, and 43 counties, the record and support system is adopted for outstanding players in the middle school stage, and every good seedling can persist in engaging in basketball, so as to increase the number of top basketball players and provide basic support.

Expand the number of teams participating in the National High School Basketball League, and reward each team participating in the National High School Basketball League, and the specific reward plan will be discussed at the time of the full meeting of the Executive Committee of the Basketball Association.

The Japanese University Basketball League, based on the fact that there are no players who are likely to make it to the NBA during this cycle, all policies remain unchanged.

After Kagawa finished speaking, the conference room burst into warm applause.