Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

In the restaurant of Xinghai Hotel, the figure of a giant attracted the attention of many guests. A young man sitting by the window and a foreigner next to him stood up with a smile, and joined the giant and a middle-aged man next to him.

The man shook hands.

"Yang Dongxu?" Zhang Lang looked at Yang Dongxu with some uncertainty and wanted to make sure.

"If there is no second person with this name here, I think it would be me." Yang Dongxu smiled and made a gesture to sit down.

To be honest, it is too oppressive to stand next to Yao Ming. He has grown a lot because his nutrition kept up with him when he was a child, and he is 186cm tall.

You can be in front of Yao Ming who is 2.26, just like the cutest height difference in many shots. You have to hold your head high when smiling at Yao Ming, so as not to be seen by the other party.

"I'm sorry, you are really..." Zhang Lang smiled apologetically and looked curiously up and down at Yang Dongxu.

To be honest, it is not a secret that the owner of the 76ers is Chinese. After all, as an official of the Basketball Association, he has done a very good job in his job, and he naturally has a lot of understanding of the NBA, the temple of global basketball.

Even now, the Basketball Association or the General Administration of Sports has made a voice for Chinese athletes to go global and wants to expand the influence of Chinese athletes in the world. Basketball and football are the focus of the General Administration of Sports.

As an official of the Basketball Association, you naturally need to pay attention to the NBA and always be ready to see if you can send a good prospect to it. Even if you are not selected, training with him is still an improvement.

So when someone from the General Administration of Sports came over and asked him to send Yao Ming to the NBA draft, his first reaction was disbelief. His second reaction was, are you kidding me? The third time was when he confirmed that the other party's identity was true.

Unbearable ecstasy.

But everything just ended, and when the superiors asked him to bring Yao Ming to see the real master, he actually saw Yang Dongxu, a young man. It seemed that he was not much older than the 20-year-old Yao Ming, right? This is the 76ers

The boss behind the scenes?

Are you kidding? That is the favorite team to win the championship this year.

"Haha, I understand. But although young people sometimes lack experience, we are also more motivated, right?" Yang Dongxu said with a smile.

In fact, it was not just Zhang Lang's reaction. When he was preparing to invest in domestic sports, many people from the General Administration of Sports were also surprised when they saw him.

Let alone cockroaches, whoever knew that the boss behind the 76ers was a Chinese would have been surprised, not to mention that this Chinese was still so young, just like a college student.

"Yes, young people will be more aggressive." Zhang Lang's face was still a little stiff. For a moment, facing Yang Dongxu, who was too young but spoke with the mature feeling of an older generation, he didn't know how to speak.

"Have you brought the information?" Yang Dongxu started the topic.

"I brought it here. Everything you asked me to prepare is here." Zhang Lang took out a file bag.

Yao Ming is not an American and is a foreign international player. He has never played in an American high school, let alone an American university. So the first thing he has to do to participate in the draft is to submit his personal information to the NBA headquarters before April this year.

, and then only participate in the draft trial with the other party's permission.

Yang Dongxu took the file bag and handed it to the intermediary whom Coulson introduced to him. The other party took the file bag, opened it and checked it carefully. Because he was applying to NBA headquarters, the information was all in English. After checking, he clicked

Nodding to make sure there is nothing wrong with the information.

Then Yang Dongxu waved his hand and the white man got up and left. He came here just to get Yao Ming's information and then return to the United States to hand it over to the NBA in person to ensure that Yao Ming can participate in this year's draft.

For this reason, Yang Dongxu paid an agency fee of US$200,000 to ensure that nothing goes wrong. Of course, the job of the agency is to hand in the information and obtain the application form for the NBA foreign international player draft. As for who Yao Ming is selected in the draft, that is a matter for the NBA team.

When the time comes, if he wants to win over Yao Ming, he will have to battle wits and courage with these teams.

"Let's talk about the upcoming issue of Yao Ming's personal contract." After the intermediary left, Yang Dongxu leaned on the back of his chair and knocked on the table.

This is the focus of Zhang Lang's personal negotiation with Yao Ming this time. Yao Ming is a member of the national basketball team. Although he has the support of the General Administration of Sports and the Basketball Association, everything has been given the green light to bring good talents to the NBA.

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But there are restrictions on national athletes. Of course, those who are recalled to play in competitions will not be discussed for now. Just the matters of personal advertising and endorsements of athletes and the distribution of commercial interests need to be discussed carefully.

Yang Dongxu spent so much money and so many things, and also decided to let Yao Ming, the first domestic basketball player, be selected by a team like the 76ers that is the favorite to win the championship, and promised to take care of, train and provide him with

Enough playing time.

It is impossible to grow a money tree by yourself and always let others pick peaches for them to eat. And if you are unhappy, they may not only eat the peaches, but also pull up your tree.

Although he is very optimistic about Yao Ming's future in business and wants to help domestic basketball develop better, for example, in the future, he will encourage more domestic players to play in the NBA. However, he is not a philanthropist. If he has some benefits, he will definitely need to do so.

Got it in hand.

Especially the money tree that I planted at home. Although you helped cultivate the first half of it, so I have no problem with you eating the fruit. But you worked hard to make the money tree bear fruit, so I share the fruit with you. You can’t say that this tree is

What's yours is yours, and I also need a certain amount of autonomy, right?

"Before this came, the General Administration of Sports had already informed the general framework. Yao Ming and I generally have no opinions. However, the issue of contract ownership needs to be further negotiated," Zhang Lang said.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In fact, the current General Administration of Sports hopes that more players can play in top international clubs and learn more experience to strengthen themselves. The issue of Yao Ming's contract ownership is not as troublesome as Yang Dongxu imagined.

Or maybe Yao Ming is an excellent basketball player, but he only made a qualitative leap after entering the NBA. Now he is just an ordinary national team player in China, not even a true core player.

To put it bluntly, when something is not very valuable, there is naturally not so much wrangling. What’s more, this is a decision supported by the above, so everything goes very smoothly.

But although most of them go smoothly, there are always some people who will jump out and look for trouble. It's like a broken stone. It was originally thrown in a corner and no one wants it. Everyone knows that it is a broken stone, but suddenly someone wants to move it away.

There are always people who want to take advantage of that broken stone.

Therefore, Zhang Lang's contract needs to be negotiated again. Yang Dongxu heard what it meant. In fact, it would be very difficult to negotiate with Zhang Lang again.

According to his idea, someone will help domestic players move to the NBA, and they will also ensure that there are teams that want them in the draft, and that they will be a team that can win the championship, and they will also be guaranteed playing time. This is simply a piece of cake in the sky.

Not to mention Yao Ming's contract, he is willing to pay even if it is a rebate. Besides, Yang Dongxu's requirements for the contract are not too excessive. It gives the General Administration of Sports and the Basketball Association face, and it also takes into account Yao Ming's personal interests. It is not that Yao Ming is regarded as

The product operation is only to make money, but I really want to create a good player.

But this is obviously a contract that benefits all three parties, but things didn't go well when the negotiations started. Some people think that since you have given so many benefits, can you give more? This is undoubtedly a test that makes people want to scold you.

, but although Zhang Lang works in the Basketball Association and is still the representative of this negotiation, the decision-making power does not belong to him, so he can only bite the bullet and negotiate.

"The contract should be as it was drawn up before and cannot be changed at all. This is the premise. Otherwise, you will handle the draft by yourself, and the expenses spent on helping with the application will be regarded as my contribution to the domestic basketball association." Yang Dongxu's smile did not change.

opened his mouth and said.

Zhang Lang couldn't help but look a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to say anything. Young people have a common characteristic, that is, they are willful and self-willed. The boss of the 76ers in front of him is not only a young man, but also a very successful young man.

Maybe if you disobey his wishes, he will just slap you on the back and leave.

If you only operate one draft pick, let alone one, even a few will be fine. After all, where are the NBA's application rules? International players can apply. It's just a matter of success rate.

The key is whether the draft picks you have selected will select the players you send out. Even if you are selected, will your player have a chance to play?

If you are sent out and don’t even get playing time, then what’s the point of talking about performance? If you don’t have results, what’s the point of talking about political performance? How can you get an appreciation without political performance? How can you make money in business without appreciation?

So although the draft pick is a start, it is just a stepping stone, and the subsequent team career is the focus. So if Yang Dongxu takes back his previous promises and leaves, the one who is sitting on the wax will definitely be the Basketball Association.

After all, there was no precedent for Chinese players to enter the NBA before, so there was no experience in managing players, and even NBA team owners were not familiar with it.

So although Yang Dongxu didn't like anyone, he just looked at Yao Ming, a big man, and seemed to be very optimistic about his future, which he could control.

But the same thing is that without the support of the 76ers, a strong NBA team, no one knows what Yao Ming's future will be. Will he be selected and not even have a chance to play? Even if he has a chance to play, he will only be a marginal role player?

Therefore, because of Yao Ming's contract with the national team, they certainly have some leverage. But Yang Dongxu's support is an option they cannot refuse.

"This... needs to be discussed slowly." Zhang Lang smiled awkwardly.

"Please give me a reply as soon as possible. After all, my team's performance last season was pretty good. It reached the semi-finals again and ranked third among all teams in the league. Although it was not as good as last season's performance,

This year I am more certain to win the championship." Yang Dongxu said.

Although the words were not explained, the meaning was very obvious. He was still busy with championship matters, and he had no time to work around here as a rookie who had not yet entered the NBA.