Sabonis's words were not to compliment Gan Guoyang, on the contrary, he was telling the truth, and the sacrifice that Gan Guoyang made in order to help him, Sabonis saw it.

The crux of the Trail Blazers' ups and downs in the previous few games is that the absence of Buck Williams has left the Trail Blazers without an interior scavenger, which has made all the players a little uncomfortable, and Sabonis has not yet learned how to replace Williams.

In this case, Gan Guoyang stood up, and he began to take on everything Williams had done before, blocking people, blocking positions, flying to save the ball, blocking the opponent's inside firepower points, and delaying the opponent's outside players in various positions, Gan Guoyang not only did it, but did it better.

He's showing Sabonis, to all the Trail Blazers, how to be a perfect team player.

In several consecutive games, Gan Guoyang's data is only more than half of the past games, Drexler and Sabonis began to grow in data, which is very good-looking, but whenever reporters ask related questions, whether it is Sabonis or other players, they all agree that Gan Guoyang is the real core and cornerstone of the team.

Adelman also publicly stated that Gan's professionalism and team spirit are incredible, and the role he can play on the field is far from what the statistics can show.

However, Gan Guoyang's sacrifice is also limited, he didn't do this to make himself really a blue-collar worker, so in private, Gan Guoyang also set a deadline for Sabonis, and at the end of Christmas, he will resume his position as the core of the attack, if Sabonis can't adapt to the starting position by then, then Gan Guoyang will no longer make efforts and sacrifices for it.

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On Christmas Day 1988, the Portland Trail Blazers unexpectedly did not get the Christmas war arrangement, so Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi were able to spend a comfortable Christmas at home with Wang Fuxi.

Because Gan Guoyang doesn't like to hire a nanny at home, the Christmas dinner is mainly prepared by Wang Fuxi and Gan Guoyang, and they have guests tonight.

After years of study and practice, Wang Fuxi's cooking skills finally evolved from baking bread into steamed buns to baking bread into bread, even so, Gan Guoyang still took on most of the work, and his talent in cooking inherited his father Gan Youwei, even if he played basketball every day, he was unambiguous in cooking.

In addition to Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi, Feng Guangyao and Feng Peiyu, as bodyguards, also live in the high-end community where Gan Guoyang is located, and the rent is all paid by Gan Guoyang.

After all, Gan Guoyang is not a political and business dignitary, and it is estimated that there will not be too many people who want to harm him, so there is no need for the Feng brothers to live in Gan Guoyang's house, they revolve around Gan Guoyang every day, and the burden on their shoulders is not too heavy.

Especially during the season, Gan Guoyang was busy with basketball games, and the main task of the two was to send Gan Guoyang to play basketball, and then watch basketball games for free.

Feng Guangyao is different, Feng Guangyao's main interest in going to the stadium is to watch the cheerleaders dance, so Feng Guangyao especially hates to go to Boston to watch the game, the stadium is stuffy, hot and noisy, not to mention, the key Celtics uphold the tradition of the past, and have never configured cheerleaders on the sidelines for the team, so every time he goes to the Garden Square, Feng Guangyao is tormented.

However, in the offseason, there are two brothers who are busy, and if Gan Guoyang participates in various business activities and community activities, both of them have to accompany them throughout the whole process and have a high degree of concentration, so the working period of the players and bodyguards is reversed.

Although Feng Guangyao can only watch cheerleaders dance, he still has one skill that surprises Gan Guoyang, and that is chopping vegetables.

In Feng Guangyao's own words, he is "proficient in knives, guns, halberds, axes, hooks, forks", in which the "knife" mainly refers to kitchen knives, he said that when he was a soldier on the mainland, because he loved to cook vegetables, he studied with a cook in a cooking class in the army, but just finished learning the knife skills, and in 1985, he and his brother were included in the list of one million disarmament, and in the end they did not accept the assignment to the United States, which is a later story.

In any case, Feng Guangyao's kung fu of cutting vegetables has been learned, you must know that in the army, they are all big pot dishes, the amount of cooking is large, and there are many ingredients, so it is required that the cutting of vegetables must be fast, the knife must be sharpened quickly, and the vegetables must be cut quickly.

When preparing for the Christmas dinner, Gan Guoyang was cooking his Gan family's secret Huaiyang dishes over there, and Feng Guangyao brandished the big kitchen knife he took from home to chop the vegetables and cut them up.

"Alas, alas! What are you doing! We've only had a few of us eating, so you're going to have to cut a piece of food. Feng Peiyu is not good at doing this, the skills he learned in the army are mainly to drive a car, he saw that his younger brother was cutting vegetables, and hurriedly stopped him.

"It's okay, it's estimated that there are more than ten people together tonight, and there is a big guy, he eats a lot, and I eat a lot, so it's okay to cut a little more." Gan Guoyang relieved Feng Guangyao.

However, looking at the dishes that Feng Guangyao cut out on the knife board, Gan Guoyang also knew that he couldn't let him cut them anymore, so he sent him to prepare the tableware.

Feng Guangyao looked unsatisfied, holding the kitchen knife and not being willing to let go.

"Hehe, if you don't become a bodyguard in the future, you will go to my cousin's restaurant to be a chef, your cutting speed, cutting for half a day is enough for the restaurant." Gan Guoyang arranged a way out for Feng Guangyao in the future.

Who knew that Feng Guangyao waved the kitchen knife and said without blinking: "No!" As long as I have a kitchen knife in hand, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a job? It's just that I can't find such a good job as a bodyguard for Yangtou, so the cheerleader ......"

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As the night of Christmas Eve fell, the guests invited by Gan Guoyang also arrived, one was Gan Guoyang's royal reporter Wu Zhiwen, the other was Gan Guoyang's teammate Sabonis, Mr. Bellman's family, and a well-known sports figure in the United States - Sonny Vacaro.

Vacarro is a well-known rookie in the United States, but the reason why he is famous in the basketball world is not because of his basketball enlightenment ability, in fact, as a basketball professional, his basketball level is not particularly high, and he does not explore the basketball potential of young people, but their business potential.

Vacarro and Gan Guoyang met Falck, because Nike fell in love with Michael Jordan and signed him a huge contract, which was indispensable for Vacarro, who is good at finding new people and taking them on a road paved with dollars.

Gan Guoyang is an exception.

In the early days, Vacaro was not optimistic about Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang signed a contract with Nike, and Falke was also operated by himself, but as Gan Guoyang's performance in the NBA became better and better, and gradually became a superstar, Vacarro also began to change his opinion of Gan Guoyang.

This time, Nike launched a new "skyscraper" series of sneakers, and one of the planners behind it was Vacaro, and with the help of Reagan's advice to promote sneakers, there was also a share of Vaccarro.

"Hello, Mr. Vaccaro, it's an honor for you to come to our house for dinner." After meeting Vakaro, Gan Guoyang also went up to entertain him warmly.

Vakkaro looked very energetic, about forty years old, without exception, and this shrewd, discerning basketball businessman was also a Jew, and for Jews, going to someone's house was a sign of deep affection.

For Gan Guoyang, Vacarro rarely admired in his heart, other players, even Michael Jordan, were "discovered" by him in the end, you must know that there were many newcomers to Nike who could choose to sign at that time, and Vacarro fell in love with Jordan at a glance, which showed his unique vision.

But Gan Guoyang is different, Vacaro looks away, he doesn't even have Falck to see accurately, he thinks that even if a Chinese like Gan Guoyang plays well, the commercial value is difficult to develop, who will buy a Chinese athlete's goods?

But later, first, Gan Guoyang played really well, and it was amazingly good; The second is that Vacaro did not expect Gan Guoyang to have such ideas in business operations, and his understanding of the brand concept is beyond this era.

With Gan Guoyang's unique ideas and outstanding personal performance, the "Skyscraper" sneaker brand has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the United States, which has even indirectly affected his brother product "Air-Jordan", and this healthy competition between the two sides has greatly promoted the development of the sneaker market.

Therefore, in the face of Gan Guoyang's invitation, Vakaro couldn't refuse, and it happened that others were in Portland, so he attended this small dinner at Gan Guoyang's house.

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Rich Chinese food, paired with grape wine, Gan Guoyang's cooking skills surprised people who had never eaten him before, Vacaro also asked Gan Guoyang where he invited the Chinese chef at home, when Gan Guoyang told him that he made it himself, Vacaro really beat him to death and didn't believe it.

Christmas Eve passed peacefully, and soon a new year will come, but in any way, the new year will be a turbulent time full of unrest.