After sending the reporter away, Zhou Quan saw Zhang Lili waving to him not far away, and went over a little surprised: "Brother Zhang, you came to Detroit, why don't you sell beer in Los Angeles?"

Don't say hello to me when you come over, what do you spend money to buy tickets, this is my home stadium, I still have the ability to prepare tickets for you. ”

He looked at Liu Yumin, feeling a little familiar, his memory was level 95, and he immediately remembered that the last time he was at the capital airport, just when the Olympic delegation was on his way, he had seen Liu Yumin, and the men's and women's basketball teams happened to pass by, so he had a little impression of Liu Yumin.

Zhang Li hurriedly introduced: "Director Liu, I just came from China, I told you last time. ”

"Oh......"

Zhou Quan said: "It turned out to be Director Liu, hello, hello." ”

"Hello Zhou Quan, I came in a hurry and disturbed you." Liu Yumin said politely and stretched out his hand.

"Don't bother, you're welcome."

Zhou Quan smiled and asked, "Liu, Brother Zhang, are you here today, is there something wrong?" ”

Zhang Reasonable said: "Say hello to you today, you go and get busy, we will look for you tomorrow." By the way, are you going to go away tomorrow? ”

Zhou Quan said: "It's an away game, but it has to be on the 4th of next month, and I'm free these days." ”

"Okay, then I'll go to you with Liu tomorrow." Zhang Li said.

"Okay."

Zhou Quan nodded, and asked again, "When did you arrive?" Staying in a hotel? ”

"Coming from Los Angeles to Detroit at 3 p.m., we stayed at a Welsh motel in the eastern suburbs." Zhang said reasonably.

"What are you doing there? It's not safe for you two Chinese to live there. ”

Zhou Quan didn't know what a Welsh hotel was, but the environment of the motel was definitely not good, so he hurriedly said: "That's it, I'll arrange a hotel for you, you wait for me, I'll ask for a leave." ”

With that, he turned around and walked towards Chuck Daley.

He has a place to live in his home, several rooms, but he is used to living alone, and Liu is a woman, which is not very convenient.

Liu Yumin said a little anxiously: "Lao Zhang, I'm embarrassed to say, you asked Zhou Quan to find us a cheap hotel, I didn't bring much money, and I had to buy a plane ticket for the return trip." ”

Of course, Zhang Reasonable knew the situation in China, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Liu, the money for a few hotels is nothing to him, and Xiao Zhou can't let us pay for it ourselves." ”

"How embarrassing is that?" Liu Yumin said embarrassedly.

"It's okay, no matter what we say, we are also guests from afar, one day he goes to the capital, as a landlord, we can entertain him again." Zhang Li said.

"That's fine." Liu Yumin nodded.

Zhou Quan came back soon and said, "You wait for me first, I'll take a shower, and then I'll leave." ”

Half an hour later, Zhou Quan drove his pickup truck to the eastern suburbs, and Zhang and Liu's luggage were still in the motel.

It took more than a while to arrive at the Welsh Motel in the eastern suburbs in the early hours of the morning.

The hotel is next to the road, the area is not developed, the surrounding area is very desolate, in front of the hotel is a large open space, there is a dim lamp hanging on a wooden pole several meters high, and a few broken cars are parked underneath.

Zhou Quan sat in the car, and Zhang Li and Liu Yumin went to get their luggage, but a minute later, the two of them were kicked out by the boss.

"Get out! Get out of here now! The boss took the rifle and yelled at the two.

"Calm down, let's go."

Zhang Lili is still experienced, and he pulled Liu Yumin back and stopped.

Liu Yumin's face was cold and a little pale.

This is her first time in the United States, and she has seen it, and sure enough, it makes sense that Zhou Quan does not let her live here with Lao Zhang.

This damn boss not only drove them away, but also swallowed her and Lao Zhang's luggage, and even drove them away just for the sake of the luggage.

Fortunately, her little dollar is carried with her, and if she is swallowed by this boss, it will be a big loss.

Zhou Quan found that the situation was wrong, but he didn't get out of the car, there was no gun in his car, there was no need to risk reasoning with that guy in this case, but immediately opened the door of the passenger cab and urged: "Get in the car first, let's leave first." ”

After getting into the car, the three quickly drove away from the hotel.

Zhang Li smiled bitterly: "That boss should have done it on purpose, seeing that we are Chinese, just for our luggage." Liu, do you have anything important? ”

Liu Yumin said with an ugly face: "It's okay, it's just a change of clothes, and I carry the money with me." However, my passport is in the suitcase. ”

"My passport is in there. Xiao Zhou, call the police, you can lose your clothes, and we have to get our passports back. Zhang said reasonably.

"Wait a minute, I'll take care of it."

After driving a kilometer, Zhou Quan parked his car on the side of the road, picked up his mobile phone and began to call Troy Weaver.

"Hey, Iron Fist, what's the matter?" Troy Weaver asked in a somewhat serious tone.

He had just returned home and was about to take a shower and sleep, when he saw that it was Zhou Quan's call, it was so late, it would definitely not be a good thing, and his heart was also raised, don't be bad news, such as a car accident or something.

"Troy, I was in the eastern suburbs with two friends, we were threatened with a gun by the owner of a motel called Wales, we almost got shot, our luggage was also robbed, and now we need help." Zhou Quan said.

"Damn it!"

Weaver's drowsiness flew away in an instant, and he hurriedly began to get dressed, while asking loudly, "Iron Fist, are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine, we're out of that hotel now and parked on the side of the road." Zhou Quan said.

Weaver breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said: "OKOK, then you leave there immediately, leave the rest to me, you leave immediately, go home, don't stop on the side of the road, it's not safe there." ”

"Okay, I'll leave right away. But you'll have to get my friend's luggage back for me, and they have their passports in there. Zhou Quan said.

"I promise nothing to lose, no one can rob your friends in Detroit, not even the police."

Weaver said in a very affirmative tone.

“OK。”

Zhou Quan hung up the phone, and then said to the two: "Liu, Brother Zhang, now let's go to the hotel, someone will get your luggage back." ”

"Okay." The two of them spoke in unison.

Zhou Quan drove the car to the southern suburbs where he lived, a wealthy area with good law and order, with police and security personnel patrolling at night.

He opened two rooms in a hotel in the neighborhood and settled them in before returning home to rest.

At this time, the owner of the Welsh Motel, Wales, was picking up the luggage of Zhang Reasonable and Liu Yumin to see what he had gained.

The timid Chinese have money, and they don't dare to resist, and they don't even dare to call the police if they suffer losses, which is the reason why he did this just now.

But when he opened it with anticipation, he couldn't help but curse, there was nothing, except for two passports, only a few pieces of torn clothes, and he didn't get any benefit.

But at this moment, there were shrill sirens outside, and there were many of them, and he opened the door with a rifle to see, only to see police cars coming one after another, and there were many more, no less than twenty.

And when many policemen got out of the car, they hid behind the car or behind the door, pulled out their pistols, and even long guns, and pointed their guns at him.

"Damn, what happened? Is my store populated with a serious criminal? With such a big battle, he was a little confused.

"We're Detroit cops, and somebody called the police and there was a robbery at gunpoint, and I order you now, put down all your weapons at once, put down all your weapons at once, and get down on your knees with your head in your hands. Again......"

A policeman shouted with a loudspeaker.

"Me?"

Wales woke up and tried to hold his head in his hands, but forgot the rifle in his hand.

"Horn Horn Horn ......"

Dense gunfire immediately rang out.

I don't know how many shots were fired, so many policemen fired at least more than a hundred shots, some of them moved quickly and changed their magazines, and those who moved slowly had no chance, anyway, Wales who fell in a pool of blood were covered in bloody eyes, densely gathered, and they couldn't be counted at all.

Some of the people staying in the hotel also nested in their beds and did not dare to speak, and they did not know what was going on, but the gunfire was so dense that they were all afraid of being shot indiscriminately, and they trembled.

After a while, Zhou Quan received a call from Weaver at home, telling him that the matter had been resolved, that the police had retrieved the luggage of his two friends, and that they would deliver the things at nine o'clock tomorrow morning so that he could rest in peace.

At eight o'clock in the morning on the 30th, the NBA announced the Player of the Month for November, as well as the MVP rankings.

Michael Jordan won the first month's Monthly Awards, but he lost the top spot in the MVP rankings and was snatched by Barkley.

The Pistons went 8-4 in November, with a 66.7 percent win rate, and ranked third in the East, followed by the Bulls and the Knicks, who have been very good this season.

With a rebound in his performance and a strong personal performance, Zhou Quan returned to the top five of the MVP rankings, ranking fifth.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Zhou Quan received Weaver and the chief of the Eastern District Police Department of Detroit at his home, and in addition to his luggage, he also had some cash, a total of six hundred and twenty-six dollars.

Weaver said: "Iron Fist, I don't know how much money your friend lost, that boss was killed by the police, and only this cash was found at the scene, you see?" ”

"Killed?"

The corners of his eyes twitched, and he hurriedly said, "Forget about the cash, there is no money in the luggage of my two friends." And Chief Jackson, I want to thank you police......"

After seeing off Weaver and the sub-chief, he took his luggage to the hotel and handed them over to Liu Yumin and Zhang Lili.

"That boss was killed by the police and was shot at least dozens of times." He said casually.

"What?"

Liu Yumin was stunned.

Zhang Reasonable, not surprised, said: "The police in the United States have a lot of power, and if they don't cooperate when enforcing the law, they are likely to shoot directly." But after being shot dozens of times, did he shoot at the police? ”

"I don't know, I'm too lazy to ask for details."

He shook his head and asked casually, "Brother Zhang, Liu, have you had breakfast?" ”

"Eat, I just invited Liu Chu out to eat a hamburger, but Liu Chu rushed to pay the money, hehe!" Zhang Li said with a smile.

"It's almost ten o'clock, I'll invite you to have a cup of coffee."

Came to the hotel's café, ordered three cups of coffee and some snacks, and the three of them chatted.

Zhang Lili very much hopes that Zhou Quan will join the national team, and after chatting a few words about last night's game, he will get to the point first, saying:

"Xiao Zhou, Liu Chu came to the United States this time for two purposes, one is to inspect American basketball, especially to see the situation of the NBA, we lost too badly in the last Olympics. Second, she came to see you, she wants you to join the national team. ”

Zhou Quan thought for a while and said: "Liu, it's easy to talk about inspecting the NBA, I can first introduce you to the management of the Pistons."

But in your capacity, I think you can contact the NBA officials directly, Mr. David Stern has always wanted to develop our domestic market, and I think he will definitely welcome you. ”

"I think so." Zhang Li nodded.

"That's fine."

Nodding, Liu Yumin thought for a while and said: "For some reasons, now the domestic basketball personnel are shrinking, and the whole country adds up to tens of thousands, and many provincial teams have been abolished, such as Xiao Zhou, you Nanhu laid off the provincial team last year, and I now hope to create a professional league in China and learn some NBA experience and system." ”

"Okay, I'll contact the Pistons' management first, and then they'll notify the Alliance." Zhou Quan said.

"Xiao Zhou, let this go in advance, what about you joining the national team?" Zhang asked reasonably.

Zhou Quan said: "This, of course I want to join the national team, public and private, who doesn't want to participate in the Olympic Games?"

But there are some questions I want to understand first, such as joining the national team, what competitions do I need to play? Will it affect the NBA?

I'm different from the players in China, I'm a professional and I'm supposed to work when I get paid, so I don't want to affect the game here. ”

Liu Yumin has been thinking about this question, and then asked: "Xiao Zhou, the national team has the Olympic Games and the World Championships every four years, as well as the Asian Championships every two years, etc., plus the warm-up games, there are also many competitions a year. What do you mean? ”

Zhou Quan took a sip of coffee, put down the cup and said: "The NBA has 82 games a year, plus the playoffs, there may be hundreds of games, and the intensity is very high, if there are too many games in a year, then the chance of me getting injured will increase, so Liu, can I only participate in the World Series?" ”

"Only the Olympics and the World Championships?"

Liu Yumin frowned at first, but immediately she thought that Zhou Quan was not from the system, and she was not angry.

Her personality is very open-minded, and Zhou Quan is telling the truth, the NBA does have too many games and too much confrontation intensity, thinking of this, she nodded and said:

"Xiao Zhou, you are the first Chinese player we want to recruit from foreign professional leagues, not only our basketball, but also other sports, and now there is no second person to engage in professional sports abroad, there is no precedent to follow.

Moreover, you are not from the system, you are not an athlete trained by the state, and you do not enjoy the salary of a dime from the state financially, which is also no precedent to follow, and there is no compensation problem.

In principle, I personally don't think there is a problem, but I will have to report to the division before I can reply to you. ”

"Okay." Zhou Quan nodded.

"Xiao Zhou, can your game be videotaped? I'd like to record a few games and take them back to study. CCTV has some highlights, but no footage of the game. Liu Yumin asked.

"There's no problem with this, I'll just ask the team to record a few boxes of previous games for you." He said.

"It's better for you." Liu Yumin said.

"No problem, I'll record you the game video of this year's Eastern Conference Finals series, and I played Jordan in a total of six games." He said.

After drinking coffee, Zhou Quan first called Troy Weaver and told him about the matter, Weaver said that there was no problem, and then he took Liu Yumin and Zhang Li to the headquarters.

When he arrived at the headquarters, Weaver did not slack off, and had already notified all the management to greet Liu Yumin together, with a very enthusiastic attitude.

Zhang Li found an opportunity to say to Liu Yumin: "Liu, these Americans are actually very arrogant, very practical, you are not good for them, they will not look at you, now I can treat you so well, it is all Xiao Zhou's face, he is the boss of this team." ”

Liu Yumin nodded, she had already experienced this, whether it was when she was an athlete in the past, or now she is leading the team to compete abroad, except for a few friendly countries, the reception parties of other countries treat the Chinese national team very poorly.

On the other hand, David Stern has received a report from the management of the Pistons, the direct person in charge of Chinese basketball has come to the United States, hoping to inspect the NBA, he is very happy, and immediately instructed the management of the Pistons to receive Liu Yumin well, and try to meet any requirements that can be met, and he also invited Liu Yumin to visit the NBA's New York headquarters.

However, Liu Yumin came alone, and even came in a private capacity at his own expense, and there was no need to visit the NBA headquarters in an official capacity for the time being, and she thanked Stern for the invitation and expressed her willingness to visit the headquarters at an appropriate time.

Translated by Zhang Lili, accompanied by Pistons management, she learned in detail about the NBA league and the team's operating model, and she had achieved the purpose of this trip, staying in Detroit for three days, leaving Detroit on the morning of the 3rd, and returning home via Los Angeles.

(End of chapter)