With the landing of the Boeing passenger plane of Pan American Airways at the capital airport, Dawson and his entourage of four people came to China on the other side of the ocean.

At the pick-up gate of the airport, two commercial vehicles of the Chinese Basketball Association were already waiting, and Yang Boyong, who was the executive vice chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association at the time, was also waiting as the leader of the group to receive the rockets.

"Chairman Yang, are you sure about this, this year's NBA championship is going to communicate with Chinese basketball," a young staff member asked an old man about 60 years old next to him.

"Hehe, pony, I don't think it's fake, I remember that some time ago, someone from the Yanjing team had already been looking for him, and he also said that he was a member of the rocket staff and wanted to talk to Yanjing about cooperation. It's just that the people of the Yanjing Basketball Association were too careful and almost took others as liars, but the general manager of the Yanjing Basketball Association came in person. The first stop was Yanjing, and then I went to Shanghai, saying that I wanted to inspect the specific development of Chinese basketball and see if there was any possibility of cooperation. Yang Boyong said with a light smile.

"Hehe, it seems that our Chinese basketball has attracted the attention of American basketball, it seems that we entered the quarterfinals of the World Championship last year, which is still very good, very attractive." The young man, who was called Pony, said with a relaxed face.

"That's not easy to say, I think these foreigners, it's not profitable to be early, this year we just started to engage in professional leagues, this helped the Americans to rush over, not to see China's huge market and rapid economic situation, Americans are not stupid, let alone live Lei Feng, when the time comes, see what they say." Yang Boyong said a little helplessly.

"It's still a question of our own strength, if we can compete with the Europeans, then we will have more say in the field of basketball. But now we are only at the level of the world's third-rate, hey, the iron has to be hard itself. Yang Boyong sighed lightly.

"Chairman Yang, Chairman Yang, look, look, Xiao Tao brought people here." The staff surnamed Ma pointed and said in the direction of the pick-up port.

"Oh, yes, it's out, and the two foreigners from a while ago are also together, it seems that there is nothing wrong. Let's go, let's not lose our politeness. Yang Boyong waved his hand and said.

At this time, Dawson and his party were communicating with the rocket crew who arrived first some time ago.

"Hi Little John, Rom, how are you doing during your time in China?" Dawson smiled and greeted his two senior assistants.

"Hehe, it's not bad, Mr. Dawson, it's just a little depressed. The senior staff of the championship club were almost taken for liars. A young man with beautiful chestnut hair named Little John said a little self-deprecatingly.

"Haha, yes, I've heard about it, but I don't blame you, it's because we didn't think it through, if you had passed the Basketball Association in the first place, you wouldn't have been in such a situation. However, during this time, what I asked you to collect, how did you collect. Dawson said with a relaxed face.

"Mr. Dawson, what you asked us to collect, we collected quite a bit. In this way, when we come to the airport, we receive a notice from the Chinese Basketball Association that one of their executive vice presidents will come to pick you up, and then accompany you to the hotel, and then tomorrow we will go with you to discuss matters related to the cooperation between the two sides. Then, we have about three days of free time to see what we want to see, after which we will go to Shanghai to continue our trip. What you want, can we go back to the hotel to report to you, you see that the Chinese Basketball Association has come over. Another staff member, a handsome brunette man in his 30s named Roma, said to Dawson.

"Well, okay, let's meet with the Chinese Basketball Association now, let's go over." Dawson said to the crowd.

"Welcome, Mr. Dawson, it's a pleasure to meet with basketball people in the United States, and welcome you to China." Yang Boyong said with a smile on his face.

After the translation of the translator, Dawson also said enthusiastically: "Thank you, it is my honor for you to greet me in person, and I hope we will have a happy cooperation." Then, he stretched out his hand and shook Yang Boyong tightly.

"Okay, okay, China is an open China, and friends from all over the world are welcome very much." Yang Boyong replied with a smile.

"Mr. Dawson, you and your subordinates have been on the plane for a long time, we have booked a hotel for you, you can rest first, we will have a reception banquet in the evening. As for the work side, we'll start talking about it tomorrow. Yang Boyong led Dawson and his party out of the airport and said after getting into the car.

"Okay, thank you very much, for your hospitality and welcome, then we'll see you in the evening," Dawson thanked as he got into the car.

After arranging Dawson and his entourage to the Yanjing Great Wall Hotel, the group of the Basketball Association returned to the Basketball Association's residence.

After getting off the bus, Yang Boyong held a working meeting attended by several executive leaders of the Basketball Association.

"Today, the general manager of the Houston Rockets of the NBA League, a group of 4 people, has arrived in Yanjing, I went to pick up the plane, and arranged to stay at the Yanjing Hotel, and there was a drinking banquet in the evening. Now, let's talk about the purpose of Dawson's trip and what he wants to achieve. Yang Boyong looked at several executive leaders and said.

"Everyone, if you have any thoughts and opinions, please say that it is a good opportunity for Chinese basketball to enter the NBA." Yang continued.

At this time, a middle-aged cadre in his forties looked at the silent conference room, coughed and said, "That, let me talk about it first, it can be regarded as throwing bricks and attracting jade." This year, our own professional league in China is about to start, which is a great progress for Chinese basketball, because professionalism is a general direction, but the world's highest level of professional league, that is, the NBA league, its league time is also the longest, the experience is also the most, it is very worthy of China's reference, look at the performance of the two dream teams in 92 and 94, everyone should know where the center of gravity of world basketball is, I see if we can send a group of young people into the Rockets club to learn from their advanced experience and concepts, which is very beneficial to Chinese basketball. ”

"Said, very good, very far-sighted, Lao Sun, the development of a country can not rest on its laurels, and the development of Chinese basketball can not be done behind closed doors, think about 7-8 years ago, I remember that the NBA Central Atlanta Hawks at that time sent an invitation to Song Tao to play in the NBA during the draft, and unfortunately then Song Tao was seriously injured directly led to the collapse of Song Tao's NBA dream, and in the fifty years since the establishment of the NBA, no Chinese has appeared in this highest-level league, It is a pity that we can fully achieve the strategy of "please come in and go out" in the development of basketball. And the NBA is a business alliance, and China is playing a market like this, do you think Americans can turn a blind eye, we have to use the market to attract their capital, experience and ideas, and then we digest it ourselves and absorb it for our own use. Please come in, as far as I know personally, the current boss of Team Rocket is a big rich man, hehe, the rich are very rich, big landlords, big capitalists, people have billions and a net worth of US dollars, and they are thicker than our waists when they pluck their hairs. But what about us, the professional league has not yet started, and the pressure of funds has begun to appear, so we must invite people's money and people in, and go out, who can represent a country, and it is an excellent player in basketball, if there are Chinese players who have won the MVP in the NBA, then we will have glory there, so going out is also to be all-round, athletes, coaches, managers, and medical personnel can communicate. Yang Boyong's words made the officials of the Basketball Association a little embarrassed, Chinese basketball is going out. (Personally, I still hate the bureaucrats of the Basketball Association, but in China there is no such bureaucracy at all, so I can only write them openly, but the officials of the Basketball Association in the mid-90s are still okay.) ）

That is, when the Chinese Basketball Association was talking about how to bring Chinese basketball and the NBA closer, at the Yanjing Great Wall Hotel, a group of Americans were also discussing Chinese basketball.

"Mr. Dawson, Rohm and I spent more than 10 days in China, and at your request, we collected some information about Chinese basketball and its subsidiary markets. First of all, in terms of the overall level of basketball, Chinese can only be regarded as the world's third-rate level, and their players are relatively backward in training, but they ordinary people have a relatively high enthusiasm for basketball, often some enterprises and their administrative institutions, will carry out some amateur basketball games, there are many people who play ball, but the street basketball court is not very many, so can only play basketball in some designated places. Therefore, China has a relatively deep basketball tradition and basketball soil, and then I found that China does not have an NBA franchise store, which is absolutely a blank, but for now, China estimates that only a few big cities can open, and can guarantee a certain profit, because the current Chinese cannot buy a set of genuine NBA equipment for thousands of yuan, which is a bottleneck. Later, I also surveyed some ordinary Chinese, hehe, I don't want to say, His Majesty the Flyer is too famous, when I investigate the well-known figures in the NBA, basically 90% of the investigators will not hesitate to say that it is Jordan, and our "big dream" is only in the top ten, and the team is only the top five. So, all I can say is that it's a huge gold mine, and it's still an untapped gold mine. Little John said excitedly.

"OK, little John, you are doing well, China's economy is rising, people's lives are also changing dramatically, I think as long as we carry out all-round cooperation in basketball and China, then in the future, Chinese will think of rockets and rocket-related products when they are sports, that is our great success." Dawson was still very satisfied with the work of the two men.

After that, Dawson continued to ask about some useful information that the two had gathered during this time.

In the evening, the Chinese Basketball Association arranged a dinner party, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves for a while. (It feels like that, but I'll write it down.) ）

The next day, Yang Boyong and Dawson had a long exchange on the cooperation between the two sides (negotiation, bargaining, it is said that when Yang Boyong and Dawson came out of the conference room, they both had symptoms of severe water loss, and it is estimated that the spitting stars flew too much. ）

Then, a series of agreements were reached, and the Rockets received a large number of learning personnel from the Chinese Basketball Association, managed by the club, coaches, medical personnel, and logistics personnel.

The rockets have the priority to select the athletes they are transferred to go to the United States for trials, set up 10 basketball schools in China, and set up rocket training camps in China every summer, etc., a series of conditions, so as to start cooperation with the Chinese Basketball Association.

After 10 days in China, Dawson returned home. However, he left John Jr. and Rohm behind in order to go to the United States for a tryout for the bus that was in Yanjing at that time, which is likely to be the first attempt by Chinese to land in the NBA.