In fact, this is the first time Gan Guoyang has entered the interior of the Seattle Space Needle, although he has come here to play five years ago, and after entering the NBA, he will play here twice a season, but each time he comes and goes in a hurry, and can only overlook this building like an alien flying saucer from afar.

The Space Needle is a landmark building built in Seattle in 1962 for the World Exposition, and its shape was very avant-garde and peculiar until the 80s, but in fact, the tower of the Space Needle is a huge steel support frame, which is equipped with elevators up and down, and it is the big flying saucer on the top that can really be used for people to visit, eat, and dine.

Sitting on the elevator, the whole picture of Seattle slowly unfolded in front of Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi's eyes, and the rain in the sky was still drifting at this time, so Seattle was also dimly unable to see clearly.

"Look, the Dome is there!" Wang Fuxi pointed to a large stadium in the distance, its huge dome indicating that it was the Seattle Dome.

Because after Gan Guoyang entered the NBA, the SuperSonics changed their home stadium to Seattle Center Arena, so it is understandable that Gan Guoyang is not familiar with the route of the Dome Arena.

At this time, Gan Guoyang was not in the mood to find the Dome Arena like Wang Fuxi, he was naturally thinking in his heart, who invited him to the top of the tower, his visit to Seattle to watch the game was purely private, and no one should know, and now the black man next to him seems to have been waiting for him under the tower for a long time.

Gan Guoyang didn't open his mouth to ask this black man who his boss was, anyway, if he wanted to say, he would naturally tell himself, if he didn't want to say, it was useless to ask, and he would see his boss soon.

The high-speed elevator quickly reached the top of the tower, the Big Saucer, which is a hole in the sky, above which is Seattle's famous Sky City restaurant, as well as boutique stores, the most famous of which is their revolving restaurant, which occupies an entire floor and rotates every 47 minutes, so that customers who eat in it can see the view through the window after three or 47 minutes.

However, under the leadership of the black man, Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi went not to the Sky City Restaurant, nor to the revolving restaurant, but to the observation deck on the top floor, which is the highest floor of the Space Needle in addition to the lightning rod, this floor was only added in 1982, and it was not completed due to cost and technical problems at the earliest, and it took 20 years to re-top it.

On this observation deck, which can accommodate 100 people, there is actually a Starbucks coffee shop, and the black man took the two into this coffee shop.

Seattle people love to drink coffee, the world's most famous chain of cafes was born in Seattle, Starbucks' brand color emerald green is also the color of Seattle's city, at this time there are not many people in the café, only a small number of tourists, sitting in it to drink coffee, while admiring the blurred Olympia outside the window, after a while it will be dark, and it will be out of sight.

The black man took Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi to the door of a small private room, knocked on the door, then opened the door, motioned for the two to enter, and then he himself retreated and left the café.

Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi opened the door and walked into the private room, and saw that there were already two people sitting in this small coffee room, one was wearing glasses, had chestnut hair, and looked very elegant; The other had a long, narrow face with a high nose and looked very shrewd.

Both of them stood up, and one of them, who wore glasses, stretched out his hand and said to Gan Guoyang: "Hello Mr. Gan, and you, Ms. Gan." ”

Gan Guoyang also stretched out his hand and shook hands with him, and then the big long face on the side took out two large blankets from behind the seat and handed them to Gan Guoyang, saying, "We know that you and your wife are wet, but there don't seem to be any clothes suitable for you here, so two blankets are prepared." Also, warm up with some coffee. ”

As he spoke, he poured out two cups of hot coffee from the coffee pot, handed them to Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi, and said: "Authentic Blue Mountain coffee, produced in Jamaica, is ground by my own hands. ”

Gan Guoyang put a blanket on Wang Fuxi, and then sat down and took a sip of hot coffee, anyway, he didn't know anything about coffee, what Blue Mountain and Red Mountain, in his mouth, it tasted the same as Banlangen.

After drinking, Gan Guoyang didn't speak, he was waiting for the two opposite, and soon, the man with glasses began to introduce himself: "I take the liberty of inviting you to come and have coffee with us, and briefly introduce me, I am Allen, and this is my good friend, Schultz." ”

The man with glasses simply said two names, but behind them meant great wealth, he himself was one of the founders of Microsoft, Paul Allen, and the person who poured the coffee was none other than the founder of Starbucks, Howard Schultz.

Of course, Gan Guoyang will not have heard these two names, as soon as Paul Allen said the name, Gan Guoyang had already guessed who these two people were, but Wang Fuxi only knew that one was called Allen and the other was called Schultz, but he didn't know what they were doing at all, so he had to drink coffee with a coffee cup on the side.

Gan Guoyang's mind was spinning fast, he was silent, thinking about what these two guys invited him here for, it was impossible to say that the two of them happened to know that basketball star Sonny Gan went to Seattle to watch the game and got lost, so he kindly invited him to drink a cup of hot coffee to warm up.

Looking at Paul Allen, Gan Guoyang suddenly remembered a key clue in his mind, in his later memories of the NBA, the owner of the Trail Blazers was Paul Allen, and it seems that he bought the Trail Blazers in the late eighties.

But in this time and space, the Trail Blazers boss Weinberg saw that the Blazers had achieved remarkable results, which was simply his best money-making tool, and Gan Guoyang had heard that some people tried to buy the Trail Blazers several times, but they were all rejected by Weinberg.

If Gan Guoyang is not a traverser, he will naturally not link Paul Allen with the acquisition, because the acquisition negotiations are secret, and the players generally do not know about it, otherwise it will also have an impact on the mentality of the players, not to mention that Allen and Weinberg have never started real negotiations.

At the same time, Gan Guoyang also thought of the incident of encountering a skinhead in a nightclub and receiving a note from a mysterious person in a bar, Gan Guoyang linked these clues together, and finally had an idea in his heart.

"Mr. Allen, are you looking to buy the Portland Trail Blazers?" After Gan Guoyang took a sip of coffee, he suddenly said to Paul Allen opposite.

Gan Guoyang's question was so sudden, Paul Allen and Schultz didn't expect it at all, they were still calmly waiting for Gan Guoyang to open his mouth to ask questions, and they were shocked by Gan Guoyang's words.

Gan Guoyang looked at the two who were a little surprised, and knew that he had guessed correctly, although Alan and Schultz tried their best to hide the surprise in their hearts, but their expressions couldn't be concealed for a moment.

At this moment, Gan Guoyang had a bottom in his heart, and drank coffee with peace of mind, when he saw a radio on the side and asked, "Can this radio work?" I'd like to hear about tonight's game, and I don't think I can go live. ”

By this time Paul Allen had regained his composure at the beginning, he stood up and turned on the radio, tuning into the Seattle Sports Channel, where Blackburn's commentary on the game could be heard, and the game had been going on for a while.

At this time, Paul Allen sat down again and looked at Gan Guoyang and asked, "Are you interested?" ”

"Why?" Gan Guoyang asked rhetorically.

"Because you're the same kind of person as we are."