Chapter 56: The Urine of Officials

This familiar voice, Zhang Kong has heard it countless times in news reports, and that hoarse and generous voice is the special charm of his voice, which sounds like Guo Jing among the Condor Heroes, giving people a feeling of gentleness and gentleness.

"Are you, Brother Yao?" Grabbing the phone in one hand, Zhang Kong said suspiciously.

"Ha, I actually guessed it for you, yes, it's me." The person on the other end of the phone directly admitted his identity, and also verified Zhang Kong's guess.

Guessing the result, Zhang Kong was a little hesitant, because he probably knew what Yao Ming was going to say to him next, and to be honest, Zhang Kong was not very prepared for this matter.

"Xiao Zhang, I'm a few years older than you, so I'll call you Xiao Zhang. Well, if you can't walk out of the way, let's go out for a light meal, of course, if you don't have time, you can stay until after the game. Yao Ming's words directly sealed Zhang Kong's unspeakable retreat, but he said that there was no oppression, but it was completely for Zhang Kong's good posture.

"That's it......" Zhang Kong finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask the coach for a leave." Where do I go to find you? “

"Just come down, I'm at the door of your hotel." Obviously, Yao Ming didn't think that Zhang Kong would refuse his invitation at all, but was prepared early.

After saying hello to Mike Brown, he got the pass without any difficulty, and when he walked out of the hotel gate, he saw a large man standing by a car waiting for him. It was a blue BMW 754. It is said that this BM745 was tailor-made by BMW for Yao Ming, and the custom cost was as high as 20,000 US dollars.

Zhang Kong does not envy Yao Ming's car, as his performance is getting better and better, Rich Paul has received more and more cooperation intentions, and he has reached a certain consensus with General Motors a few days ago, and is negotiating a contract for Zhang Kong's car endorsement. As the leader of the U.S. auto industry, GM has not had a good time over the years, with the low-end market being squeezed by cheaper Japanese and Korean cars, while the development of the mid-to-high-end market has also been problematic, and the sales volume of its brands has been declining day by day.

This situation has left GM, a giant in the automotive industry, feeling a crisis, and they are desperate to turn the situation around. And considering that GM's image has been a little outdated, they want a new spokesperson to breathe fresh into their brand.

Naturally, I also noticed the most popular Zhang Kong at the moment. Of course, there is also a consideration for developing the Asian market.

Zhang Kong does not know what kind of contract intention will be reached, but according to Rich, GM has hired Zhang Kong as the image spokesperson of one of its brands, and if the endorsement effect is good, it may even become the image spokesperson of the entire GM group.

But no matter how you talk about it, a special custom version for free is absolutely indispensable.

"Brother Yao." Facing Yao Ming, Zhang Kong had a natural respect. The other party is China's first person in the NBA. This is not because of strength, but because of status, it is purely respect. In addition, the other party's age is indeed much older than himself, and he didn't feel that he had suffered a loss by calling 'brother'.

If this is said on the line, it will be a bit hypocritical.

"Xiao Zhang is here, get in the car." Facing Zhang Kong, Yao was obviously very enthusiastic, pulled Zhang Kong into the car, and chatted with Zhang Kong while driving.

asked Zhang Kong about his family situation and his life in the United States, and talked about himself. Although Zhang Kong is a bit stuffy and doesn't talk much on weekdays, but under the drive of Yao Ming, it is rare that the two of them do not have a cold scene. After driving all the way to the famous 'Yao Restaurant' and stopping, Yao Ming took Zhang Kong directly into a private room.

In the box, there were already four people sitting there.

"Come on, Xiao Zhang, let me introduce you, this is my father and my mother."

"Good uncle, good aunt."

"Okay, Xiao Zhang, you and our family obviously play in the NBA, and we are going to take care of each other in the future, if you don't understand anything, call our family directly and tell ......"

"Come, Xiao Zhang, this is Director Li Changwu Li of our Basketball Association, and this is Younas, the head coach of our national team."

For this situation, Zhang Kong had expected it when he received Yao Ming's call. He is not a fool, and of course he will not think that Yao Ming's only purpose in inviting him is to have a meal together and get in touch. After all, he and Yao Ming are not related, and before entering the NBA, Yao Ming definitely didn't even recognize himself. The only reason he was looking for himself was just to persuade himself to join the national team.

Came with a mission.

Zhang Kong would not think that Yao Ming had a character problem because of this, but because it was human nature. is also because Zhang Kong knows the habits of China very well, and if the Basketball Association wants to contact him, he will definitely not hit Cleveland headlong, but will pass through a bridge that is acceptable to both parties.

Obviously, in their eyes, Yao Ming is this bridge. Of course, the most important person is Li Changwu, Younas is purely here to play soy sauce, and he also knows that he can't speak here, although he has a lot of things to say to Zhang Kong, but he can only hold back.

After introducing each other, everyone sat down around a round table. At the beginning, everyone tacitly agreed that they didn't talk about business, but Hu Tianhai talked about it separately. After a few glasses of wine, coupled with Yao Ming and Yao's father and Yao's mother, the atmosphere quickly became warm.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying in China that 'three glasses of wine are under the stomach, and no relatives are friends', and the wine table, at least for the Chinese, is the best way to quickly bring each other closer. Zhang Kong is an authentic Chinese, so naturally he also eats this set.

"Xiao Zhang, these three balls have always been our country's weaknesses. For so many years, football, I don't think there is hope. But basketball, with you, Da Yao, and players like Yi Jianlian who work hard in the NBA, it can be said that it is still very promising. Next year, it's the year of the Olympics, and this is going to be held in our home, so you have to do it beautifully, don't you say? Everyone drank together, and the topic naturally began, and as they talked, Li Changwu seemed to talk about the topic of the Olympic Games: "We are still far behind the world's top level." But if we have the opportunity to bring together top players like you, Da Yao, and Yi Jianlian, we still have a good chance for the Olympics. ”

At this time, Zhang Kong was still a little hesitant. Psychologically, Zhang Kong did not resist serving the country at all. After all, it's a glorious thing. And if you can't do something to make a name for yourself, I'm too sorry for my luck. It's just that, in the midst of this, Zhang Kong himself also has all kinds of concerns and contradictions.

Seeing Zhang Kong sitting there thinking about it, Li Changwu didn't urge, just looked at Zhang Kong like this, waiting for Zhang Kong's answer.

After hesitating for a while, the idea of playing for the country finally defeated the hesitation in my heart: "As far as my own wishes are concerned, I am very willing to join the national team and play for the country." ”

As soon as Zhang Kong's words came out, Li Changwu's eyes suddenly lit up: "Oh, Xiao Zhang, you really understand the righteousness." On behalf of the Chinese Basketball Association, on behalf of the China Blue Pipe Center, and on behalf of the fans and friends across the country, I would like to thank Zhang Kong for welcoming such an outstanding basketball player as China, and at the same time warmly welcome Zhang Kong to join the Chinese basketball family. “

"But I've heard." Zhang Kong said with some hesitation: "I heard that there are many doorways here, in fact, I don't like to be controlled." Also, I don't want to play in the Asian Championships and commercial tournaments,"

"That's no problem at all." Li Changwu's answer was crisp, which made Zhang Kong wonder if he had heard it wrong.

Although Chinese people always doubt the IQ of officials, in fact, except for some special circumstances, people who can sit in such a position must have experienced countless dinners, drinking parties and intrigues, and can only sit firmly in their positions after standing in line and pitting teammates.

Even if the IQ drops after the seat is stabilized, it won't drop much.

China has been an official-based society since ancient times, and although it has entered socialism, the change in social form has not completely changed the ideology, and even now, nominally it has already entered the era of democracy and legal system, but in fact China is still an 'official-based' society.

Officials, as the ruling stratum of society, that is, the real upper class and the ruling class, although they cannot cover all, but most of them, will not be fools, and even their outrageously high IQ and EQ are definitely a handful of people in that elite. It's unreliable to think that these people are all brain-dead.

In other words, these people are all human spirits. If he is not a human spirit, he will be stripped of his official hat, and the hat of the whole style problem will be buttoned to him, or even imprisoned. What remains is naturally the human essence of the human spirit. If you really let them do things, they may not be able to do a good job, but if they talk about intrigue, figure out their intentions, pretend to be stupid and see the priorities clearly, these people will not be worse than Liu Chan, the historical An Le Gong, if they pick one out.

Yes, some officials do often do some 'stupid things', but if you don't enter this circle, you can't understand the truth about these 'stupid things'. Behind some stupid things are often hidden a lot of interest exchanges, compromises and concessions that you can't see or touch.

And in many cases, the media plays a role in this.

This has formed some special reports such as "the people of the whole country welcome the rise in oil prices", "the people of the whole country welcome the rise in housing prices", "the people of the whole country welcome the rise in tolls", and "the people of the whole country welcome the rise in pork prices......

And today, what's the biggest thing in the country? The 2008 Beijing Olympics is the biggest thing, this is the country's face project, the Olympic Games held at the gate of the country, the first time since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The 08 Olympics is the main contradiction. Whatever else happens, everything has to make way for the Olympics!

For Li Changwu, Zhang Kong agreed to enter the national team, then his big task was completed. Younas said that if he can say that Zhang Kong participates, with the inside line formed by him and Yao Ming, he will be confident to lead the Chinese men's basketball team to the semifinals of the Olympic Games.

The top four!

That's a big achievement.

Over the years, regardless of whether it is the Olympics or the World Championships, the men's basketball team has never reached the final four. Of course, one of the important reasons why the Basketball Association and the Basketball Management Center made such a big compromise and concession this time is because Zhang Kong is not a registered athlete of the Basketball Management Center.

In other words, he is completely out of the control of the basketball center. This also puts the Basketball Association and the basketball management center in a passive position, because in this case, it means that they have no way to use coercive means to make Zhang Kong have to participate in the game, and everything can only be solved by negotiation.

As for the other things, neither side mentioned them, and the general intention was to reach a consensus, and all that remained was the discussion about personal treatment.

This meal can be regarded as a joy for the guests and hosts.

Younas was especially happy to smile, he didn't have Li Changwu's calculations in his heart, but being able to get Zhang Kong to join would definitely be huge for the improvement of the Chinese national team. Think about it, Yao Ming, one of the best centers in the NBA, partners with Zhang Kong, the toughest rookie this year, with an average of nearly 20+20 per game!

The inside line composed in this way is definitely the best in the world. Even if it is against the American team, it will not be in vain.