Chapter 252: The Ticketing Scandal

Two days ago, after the Japanese national team narrowly defeated the Bulls, the game was covered in a big space by the Japanese media. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the focus of the report was on Ryumasa, other players were also praised by the media, and the past experiences and honors of Kozo Yano and others were dug up and published in the newspaper.

"The strongest national team in history", this is the unified voice of the Japanese media.

It's not that I don't understand, it's that the world is changing too fast.

In just two days, the Japanese national team went from a 98-97 victory over the Bulls to an 18-92 defeat on the spot. This change caught all the media off guard.

"The young men's basketball team still needs to work hard" and "The ace is missing, and the men's basketball team is demoralized"......

Most of the media are looking for reasons for this rout, and "young" and "Long Zheng is not there" are the two words that are mentioned the most.

At the post-match press conference, various media rationally bypassed the "disparity in scores", and focused on "whether Long Zheng will participate in the next two games".

"In the third race held in Yokohama, Ryumasa is confirmed to participate; Whether or not to play in the fourth match in Nagoya will depend on Ryumasa's physical condition. ”

Because he deliberately concealed the news that Long Zheng was absent from the second game, he was very passive from the Basketball Association to the national team, and he was under the pressure of public opinion to deceive fans.

Now in front of all the media, Yusaku Ozawa does not dare to cover up or exaggerate the actual situation, according to the truth.

A total of 30,000 tickets were sold by the Nagoya organizers, and the remaining 90% were purchased by veteran fans, except for about 10,000 tickets (3,000) that went to the black market through internal channels.

Since he is a veteran fan, he has a certain ability to judge.

The Japanese national team and the Bulls have a huge disparity in strength. The Japanese national team can only have the ability to resist or resist the Bulls if they give Ryuzheng unlimited power.

Just like the first game, Long Zheng, who shot with all his might, ran out of physical strength in order to fight against the basketball superstars of the Bulls, and the game was near the end, but Long Zheng was physically exhausted and was helped off the court by his teammates.

In the first game, Long Zheng was able to defeat his opponent, both because of his own strength and because of the opponent's contempt.

has already lost one game and lost to the Japanese national team, will the Bulls still leave a chance for Ryuzheng in the third game, it can be predicted that Ryuzheng is limited in the game only above the first game.

Under such a premise, fans know that the probability of Long Zheng playing in the fourth game is very small, and even if he does play, it will be difficult to show his strength.

Yusaku Ozawa's words were disseminated through the media, causing a disastrous impact on ticket sales in Nagoya.

The ticket sellers who were hoarding tickets to sell on the black market were dumbfounded because they couldn't even sell a single ticket in their hands. At the same time, ninety percent of ticket buyers crowded outside the ticket hall, demanding a refund.

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The news was transmitted back to the headquarters of the Japan Basketball Association, and President Kagawa Kiri organized an emergency meeting.

President Kiri Kagawa, First Vice President Yasunari Hatoyama, Second Vice President, Director of Administration, Director of Organization Shinnosuke Okamoto, Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yasataro Yamashita, Director of External Relations Masao Yamashita, Director of Referees, and eight leaders of the Japan Basketball Association Headquarters all sat here.

In the bright conference room, the leaders of the Basketball Association headquarters sat down one after another, and the seriousness of the situation was beyond their expectations, and it seemed that it was not just the fans who refunded their tickets......

"This is an urgent message from the Nagoya Basketball Association Branch."

Throwing a material onto the table, President Kagawa Kiri said in a condensed voice.

"What?"

Yasunari Hatoyama, the first vice president who was the first to look through the materials, screamed in surprise, and his face changed greatly.

"Let's all take a look."

Handing the materials to Shinnosuke Okamoto, the head of the organization, Yasunari Hatoyama's tone was extremely low.

Ten minutes later, the atmosphere in the conference room was frighteningly solemn.

"How dare they?"

Masao Yamashita, Minister of External Relations, broke the dull atmosphere.

This material was sent by the president of the Nagoya Basketball Association, and it mentioned that more than 50% of the tickets had been withdrawn, but this was not the most important thing, and what really shocked them was that the largest local newspaper in Nagoya had broken the news that the internal officials of the tournament organizer had resold the tickets, causing the tickets to enter the black market.

According to the chairman of the Nagoya Basketball Association, the newspaper with the ticket scandal has entered the circulation market, and the storm is coming!!

"Let's talk about it," looking at everyone, President Kagawa Kiri said in a condensed voice, "How should the Basketball Association deal with this crisis, this is a ticketing scandal." ”

"Because newspapers have entered circulation, it is impossible to block news."

First Vice President Yasunari Hatoyama said, "What can be done now is how to minimize the impact? ”

"There is no precedent for such a ticketing scandal in Japanese sports."

President Kagawa Kiri's heart is dripping blood, and there has never been a ticket scandal in baseball and judo, which are popular in Japan, but basketball has just improved.

It can be said that with the fermentation of this scandal, the efforts of the Basketball Association in the past few years have been in vain.

"Now that there is a scandal, someone has to come forward and take responsibility." First Vice President Yasunari Hatoyama raised his voice. "There is no doubt that the root cause of the scandal is that in the face of the sudden huge gains, there are people in the Nagoya Basketball Association branch who cannot hold on."

"I propose that all the members of the Nagoya Basketball Association branch be fired, from the president of the branch to the clerk. At the same time, prosecute the specific persons involved. ”

Glancing at the audience, Hatoyama Yasunari said in a condensed voice: "Now, let's start voting by raising hands." ”

After speaking, Hatoyama Yasunari was the first to raise his hand.

"I agree!" "Agreed!" ......

Yasunari Hatoyama's proposal was unanimously approved on the spot.

"Now for the second thing."

Yasunari Hatoyama continued: "Someone from the headquarters of the Basketball Association must come out and take responsibility for this ticketing scandal. As the First Vice President, I voluntarily resigned. ”

After Hatoyama Yasunari finished speaking, the head of the organization, Shinnosuke Okamoto, turned pale instantly.

As the head of the organization, Shinnosuke Okamoto is the direct person in charge of the series of warm-up matches and the first person responsible. There was a ticketing scandal, and Shinnosuke Okamoto bore the brunt.

Yasunari Hatoyama said, "As the first vice president, I voluntarily resigned. His subtext is that the position of the responsible person Okamoto Shinnosuke is not enough, and only Okamoto Shinnosuke resigns to blame, which is not enough to calm the situation.

"In order to silence the media and maintain the achievements of the Basketball Association, I also took the blame and resigned."

President Kagawa Kiri said in a condensed voice, "The chairman, the first vice president, and the head of the organization, I don't think the media can be harsh anymore. ”

After Kagawa finished speaking, the scene fell into a dead silence, and no one else had anything to say about this result.

After a long time, President Kagawa Kiri threw out a new topic -- electing an interim president to lead the Basketball Association through this period, and after the series of warm-up games, the Basketball Association launched an emergency meeting to formally select the new leaders of the Basketball Association headquarters.

If Kagawa Kirita, Okamoto Shinnosuke, and Hatoyama Yasunari resigned and were able to pass smoothly at the scene, as soon as the issue of "interim president" came out, the scene immediately fell into a noise.

Eight leaders of the headquarters of the Japan Basketball Association, President Kagawa Kirita, Minister of Defense Yataro Ando, Minister of External Relations Masao Yamashita represent the Kanto faction, First Vice President Yasunari Hatoyama represents the Kyushu faction, Second Vice President, Minister of Administration, and Organization Minister Shinnosuke Okamoto,

The four referees are also the spokespersons elected by their respective factions.

There is no doubt that the interim chairman will be elected from among five people: Minister of Defense, Yataro Ado, Minister of External Relations, Masao Yamashita, Second Vice President, Minister of Administration, and Minister of Referees.

The candidate for the interim president supported by the Kanto faction is: Minister of Propaganda Yataro Anto.

In the face of the strong Kwantung faction, the first vice president, Yasunari Hatoyama, automatically held a group of five people.

If it were normal times, the five people of Hatoyama Yasunari would elect the second vice president with the oldest seniority, but the second vice president is already over 70 years old, and when the Basketball Association is in turmoil, it is undoubtedly extremely irresponsible for the Basketball Association to let him take the position.

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This controversy did not end until President Kagawa Kiri threw out a "killer feature".

Ryumasa had a very good personal relationship with Yataro Ando, the Minister of Propaganda, and after Yataro Ando took office, the Basketball Association was able to better handle the relationship with Ryumasa. In the face of this crisis, only Long Zheng can divert the attention of the people and downplay the impact of the ticketing scandal.

At the end of the meeting, Kagawa Kirei, Okamoto Shinnosuke, and Hatoyama Yasunari resigned, and Yataro Ando served as the interim president of the Japan Basketball Association, together with Masao Yamashita, the director of external relations, the second vice president, the minister of administration, and the minister of referees, to jointly deal with the crisis facing the basketball association. (To be continued.) )