"Mr. Mars, I didn't expect you to be so close to Bryant's house, so I don't have to run away, haha. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "The person who spoke was a man from China, his name was Zhang Weiping.

Zhang Weiping had just met Kobe Bryant, and now he had come to visit Tony.

He had been in the United States for a long time, and only returned to China in the early 90s, because he knew the situation in the United States relatively well, and this time he was ordered to be in charge of Tony and Kobe's trip to China, and he came to the United States on purpose.

The Chinese named Zhang Weiping, who looked to be in his forties, was very talkative, perhaps because he had also been a professional footballer, so the two also found some common ground.

After only a short conversation between the two, Tony couldn't help but be a little impressed by this Chinese, although Zhang Weiping has not played in the NBA, but his own research on basketball is very deep, a conversation, Tony suddenly felt that he benefited a lot.

The relationship between the two has also inadvertently slowly narrowed a little closer.

Zhang Weiping didn't stay at Tony's house for long, he quickly said goodbye, Tony and Kobe Bryant will be on a plane to China tomorrow, and he is only here to find out.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, Tony and Kobe Bryant came to the airport accompanied by several staff members of the Lakers, but Zhang Weiping had been waiting early, and when he saw the two, he stepped forward to give Tony and Kobe a hug to greet them.

There weren't too many pleasantries, and everyone got on the plane.

Their flight was at 11 a.m., and if you count the time, you will be in China around 10 p.m. today.

"Zhang! I heard that China is a magical country, and you have a splendid historical civilization, can you tell me about it? On the plane, Tony was bored and talked to Zhang Weiping, he was a little curious about Chinese culture.

Zhang Weiping naturally would not refuse, he talked eloquently.

"Of course, our country has a 5,000-year-old civilization, and although there is a history of humiliation in modern times, we have also come out tenaciously, and now our country has gradually embarked on the road of becoming a strong country." Speaking of his country, Zhang Weiping's eyes were full of pride.

"I know, World War II, right?" Tony also had a little bit of a dabbling in the history of that time, he blurted out.

Zhang Weiping paused, he was a little awkward about Tony's statement, "It can also be said, but there is no such thing as World War II in our country, we call that war the War of Resistance against Japan, and we paid a heavy price in this war." ”

When he said this, Zhang Weiping's tone was a little heavy, and Tony naturally saw it.

"May there be no more wars in the world."

Tony cleverly ended the topic.

When it came to basketball next, Kobe, who had been reticent since he got on the plane, was also drawn in.

They are all a little curious about Chinese basketball, after all, there has never been a Chinese in the history of the NBA.

People are a little curious about unfamiliar things.

Speaking of Chinese basketball, Zhang Weiping couldn't help but feel gloomy in his heart, thinking about how majestic he was when he was still playing, the Chinese men's basketball team won three Asian Championships under the leadership of their veterans, one Asian Games champion, one Asian Games third place, and one World Championships eleventh place.

However, after that, the Chinese men's basketball team lost its prestige with the departure of their original group of people, but fortunately, in recent years, there has been a young man named Wang Zhizhi, who has brought the men's basketball team out of the results again.

However, pinning the fate of the whole country's basketball on one person is also a very helpless thing, Zhang Weiping has been in the United States for so long and naturally knows the NBA situation well, he is very envious of the NBA in this kind of talent blowout, basically every team has one or two players, since the 92 American team in the Barcelona Olympics formed a dream team composed of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and other superstars in the NBA, they are invincible all the way, In one fell swoop, it established the status of the hegemon of the world basketball world.

Next, at the World Championships in Toronto in 94, although the U.S. team was much inferior to the Dream Team, they still formed a Dream Team led by Reggie Miller, Shaq O'Neal, and Sean Kemp to compete in the World Championships.

And last year, at the Atlanta Olympics, the United States team formed the Dream Three team and won the gold medal again.

Compared with the Chinese team, it is difficult to even qualify from the group, and China still has a long way to go if it wants to become a world basketball power.

"Actually, you guys are already good, it sounds like that guy named Zhizhi Wang is very powerful, if I have the opportunity to go to China this time, I would like to have a good time with him." Tony seemed to hear the embarrassing position of Chinese basketball from Zhang Weiping's recollection of the past glory, and he couldn't help but comfort this old man in his forties.

I have to say that although he doesn't know what China's strength is, but the man's understanding of the sport of basketball in front of him makes Tony have to admire, Zhang Weiping played inside when he was a player, known as the "Magic under the basket", he does have many unique insights on the inside offense, every time he talks to Zhang Weiping, Tony will feel that he has understood something.

What surprised Tony even more was that Zhang Weiping also directly pointed out a few points where Tony needs to improve under the basket, and he also watched some of Tony's games, and he gave some opinions on Tony's handling on the offensive end.

Tony didn't feel offended, and he thought about it carefully, only to find that many of what the older Chinese said was not unreasonable.

You have to know this, but even Abdul-Jabbar didn't do it back then.

"Mr. Zhang, are all people as knowledgeable as you in China?" Tony couldn't help but be a little in awe.

And Kobe Bryant on the side also had a trace of respect for Zhang Weiping, and he never expected that this middle-aged Chinese who seemed to be just a commentator still had such rich experience and knowledge, which made him look forward to China again.

Zhang Weiping was a little dizzy after sitting on the plane for a long time, but Tony and Kobe Bryant didn't bother him anymore, but left silently to let him rest.

Back in his seat, Kobe Bryant put on his headphones and listened to music, while Tony was blindfolded and fell into a deep sleep.