In the summer of '89, an atmosphere of strangeness, restlessness, and uneasiness hung over the capital of the Republic, Beijing, and the activities triggered by the death of the general secretary in April rapidly expanded and spread at a speed that was difficult for ordinary people to predict, and by the end of May, an irretrievable movement had gathered energy in Tiananmen Square.

But at this time, for all the young people in the country, they are not only concerned about politics, in the square, there is one thing that is indispensable, that is, the radio, at that time after some modifications, you can listen to some foreign programs, and they are most concerned about not the unique pop music, but the news of American basketball games that will be broadcast every day.

On May 31, 1989, when the students' ore radio broadcast that the Portland Pioneers (Hong Kong translator) defeated the Los Angeles Lakers at home, defeating their opponents with a score of 4:1 to reach the finals, starting from a corner of the plaza and slowly spreading, the whole square was in a boil.

In fact, some people don't understand what the NBA is, but they know that there is a very strong Chinese who plays basketball in the United States, and led the team to the finals, and a huge national self-confidence and pride and gratitude are swinging in the square, and at the same time, some young people who love basketball and have watched the NBA games recorded by TV stations began to shout "Long live Gan Guoyang!" ”

Similarly, the voices of these "Long live Gan Guoyang" also began to echo in the square, in fact, some people don't know who this "Gan Guoyang" is, but this emotion is contagious too fast, who makes these young people's veins flow with restless blood?

Such a scene was filmed by some Western media reporters, some of whom found it amusing, some of whom felt that it should be an interesting news, and some of whom smelled of unusual danger.

Wu Zhiwen is the third type of reporter, on May 30, US time, that is, on the 31st Beijing time, the Portland Trail Blazers just defeated the Los Angeles Lakers at the Memorial Coliseum, and the three giants who were absent in the fourth game all came back and beat the Lakers on their home court.

Therefore, Wu Zhiwen is seizing the time to contact the major media, using the relationship of reporters in his hands, and began to build momentum for Gan Guoyang's publicity, Gan Guoyang's strength is undoubted, but in a business league, without effective publicity, no matter how good the player's commercial value can not be fully utilized.

And just when Wu Fatzi was busy and worked overtime late at night to review the manuscript, a fax report from across the ocean came to his desk, which was transmitted to him by a reporter from the Oregon Daily, and their newspaper got the news from Beijing, and the reporter immediately passed the news to Wu Zhiwen.

When Wu Zhiwen saw "Long-live-Sunny-Gump" (Long live Gan Guoyang), he began to feel happy and thought that this was a very interesting piece of news, but after thinking about it for a while, Wu Zhiwen felt that something was wrong.

It's not that Wu Zhiwen knows what the final result of this incident is, Wu Zhiwen just purely feels that an NBA player, or a player from overseas, is at the peak of his reputation at this time, but once he is involved in a political-related incident, there will definitely be no good results.

Wu Zhiwen put down the matter in his hand first, and wanted to lift the phone in his hand several times to call Gan Guoyang, but now it is not early, after Gan Guoyang finished the game, he participated in the celebration party, and now he is either still celebrating, or has gone home to rest, Wu Zhiwen always feels that calling him will disturb him.

Just when Wu Zhiwen was entangled, the phone on the table rang.

“Hello？”

"It's me, Zhiwen, you should have received the news from Beijing, right? I'm at home, come to my house. Wu Zhiwen was surprised, he didn't expect that it was Gan Guoyang who took the initiative to call, he seemed to have received the news and was already waiting for him at home.

Wu Zhiwen immediately cleaned up, came out of his independent office, and prepared to drive to Gan Guoyang's apartment, but when he arrived at the garage, he found that Feng Peiyu was already waiting for him there.

When Wu Zhiwen arrived at Gan Guoyang's house in the car, Gan Guoyang's face was still a little tired, the fourth game in Los Angeles made Gan Guoyang seriously physically exhausted, which directly led to Gan Guoyang's average performance in the fifth game, only 17 points and 11 rebounds, fortunately, the three teammates who returned played extremely well, and the Lakers' morale and mental strength were all exhausted in the fourth game, and they only resisted one first half and surrendered in the away face against the majestic Trail Blazers.

"Sit down Zhiwen, to make a long story short, now Beijing is getting more and more nervous, and the finals are about to start again, and it is inevitable that I will be asked relevant questions at that time, and many people are still staring at me and preparing to see my jokes, and think of a way, this level will be passed." Gan Guoyang didn't say a word of nonsense, and said straight to the point.

Wu Zhiwen was a little confused, he said cautiously: "Boss, I don't know how this matter has been concluded until now, and the students' enthusiasm for you is also very high, maybe ...... It's an opportunity ......"

Before Wu Zhiwen finished speaking, Gan Guoyang waved his hand to interrupt him, sighed and said: "Some things are destined to be unchangeable, I am actually an ordinary person, I am nothing without basketball, so I dare not get involved in political matters." For my motherland, I will do my part, you know, I have always been a Chinese, but still that sentence, some things, destined to be unchangeable. Anyway, on the media side, you can get some people to speak, but you can't make everyone not speak, think about how to deal with it first, and you will understand in a few days. ”

The two chatted for a long time in the evening, both about this incident and many others, Gan Guoyang said a bunch of specious things, which confused Wu Zhiwen, but soon, Wu Zhiwen began to understand a little about what Gan Guoyang said.

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On June 3, Western time, all American television stations began to broadcast news about China on the other side of the ocean, and for a country with developed media such as the United States, an anti-China wave soon began to surge.

This is undoubtedly a huge pressure for Gan Guoyang, because at this time, he is still a pure Chinese citizen and does not have American nationality, and at this time, there are only two days before the start of the finals.

Of course, the atmosphere in the Trail Blazers team is still quite harmonious and relaxed, everyone is training as usual, everyone's attention is focused on the Finals, NBA players generally don't care about politics, but Coach Adelman understands some of the situation, and just reminds Gan Guoyang to put his mind on basketball before training.

Gan Guoyang really wants to put his mind on basketball, but the reporter who has no wind and wants to roll up three feet of waves does not think so.

Since June 3, a considerable number of reporters began to ask Gan Guoyang for his views on the incident in post-training interviews, and Gan Guoyang has always remained silent, smiling and not talking, these are just sports reporters, most of them have a good relationship with Gan Guoyang, and their questions are not sharp on political issues.

However, on the second day of training, a large number of non-sports reporters began to come to interview, and the Trail Blazers were asked to hold a press conference specifically for this purpose, but the Trail Blazers' management refused.

The bombardment of Gan Guoyang's own visit has not stopped for a moment, and some reporters seem to be like gold diggers who have discovered treasures, and they have begun to look for opportunities, and the problems have begun to become more and more tricky.

On the night of the 4th, Gan Guoyang had been disturbed by these reporters during the day, and judging from the media reports, the American people were on the side of sympathy and opposed to the government's actions, and some fans even sent emails asking Gan Guoyang, "Which side are you on?" ”

When Gan Guoyang finished a day's training and was about to take the car back, some reporters squatting outside the training hall rushed up again, Feng Peiyu and Feng Guangyao worked hard to protect Gan Guoyang, so that he could slowly squeeze out of the encirclement and go to the garage.

At this time, a reporter took the microphone and asked Gan Guoyang loudly: "Gan! Do you sympathize with those students? Do you sympathize with them? There was also a camera behind her pointed at Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang wanted to say into the microphone at this time: "The affairs of the Chinese should be judged and decided by the Chinese themselves, and there is no need for foreigners to point fingers." This is a more heated reply, but if Gan Guoyang says this, although it will receive some criticism, but it is limited to this, and the media cannot interpret any deep meaning.

However, just when Gan Guoyang was shaking his head habitually and was about to say those words, Gan Guoyang felt his throat tighten, but he couldn't spit out the words at all when they came to his mouth, he couldn't speak!

In 1986, the situation that had occurred again appeared, that year he wanted to block Bird's lore, but his body was frozen, this time he wanted to say what was in his heart, but he couldn't open his mouth, and as a result, the footage recorded by the camera was Gan Guoyang answering reporters' questions, hesitating and not speaking, but shaking his head gently.

"Fuck, it's hard this time." Gan Guoyang squeezed away the reporter, and he caught a glimpse of the satisfied expression on the face of the reporter who asked the question, knowing that he was in trouble again.