The King of the NBA

After the game against the Raptors on the 17th, the Timberwolves boarded the plane overnight and returned to Minneapolis, because the next day they will sit at home and play back-to-back against the Jazz.

Although he had just experienced a hard battle yesterday, Ning Yi got up early the next day after returning to Minneapolis to start the morning training.

Training by himself in the morning and evening, and participating in team training in the afternoon, this is Ning Yi's regular schedule, rain or shine, even if it is back-to-back or away, he will not fall behind.

When Ning Yi finished training and had breakfast, the phone rang.

It was Yaoming's call, telling Ning Yi that he would come to visit with the people from Lanxie this time, and have a good talk with Ning Yi at Ning Yi's home.

Half an hour later, Yao Ming arrived, with only Zhao Hai and no one else with him.

"Let me introduce you." Yao Ming pointed to Zhao Hai and introduced to Ning Yi: "This is Vice Chairman Lanxie, Zhao Hai, Chairman Zhao."

"Oh?" Ning Yi was taken aback, stretched out his hand and said, "Hi, Chairman Zhao."

This is a bit unexpected, Ning Yi did not expect Yao Ming to bring only one person, and this person is the vice chairman of Lanxie, he came here in person, just to have a good talk with himself?

It has to be said that Zhao Hai came in person, which made Ning Yi a little moved, at least he showed enough sincerity.

After a few more polite words, Ning Yi let the two of them into the room, made a cup of tea for them, and the three of them sat on the sofa, not in a hurry to talk about things for a while, Zhao Hai waited for a while, then picked up the teacup and said He took a sip and said, "Hehe, I didn't expect to drink such good tea in America, not bad."

"Chairman Zhao laughed, what kind of good tea is there?" Ning Yi said with a smile: "Actually, I just like drinking tea, but I can't taste anything."

This tea was sent by Downey last week, and the packaging is just average. Ning Yi brewed it himself, but he simply likes drinking tea. He always feels that drinking coffee does not feel good. I haven't studied it.

Zhao Haidao: "You are the best Tieguanyin. It is not easy to drink in China and the price is expensive. It is even more difficult to drink it abroad."

Ning Yi was taken aback.

In fact, this tea is really valuable. Downey asked the person in charge of Pepsi Greater China-China region to get it through the relationship. Most people who have money may not be able to buy it. Infected by Ning Yi, Tang Ni fell in love with drinking tea, and now that he is considered to be a small fortune, he was looking for some good tea, and when entertaining guests, wouldn't it be more stylish than red wine?

Moreover, Downey knew that Ning Yi likes to drink tea, so he paid special attention to it. It is all thanks to Ning Yi that he can live well now, which can be regarded as a kind of repayment.

Ning Yi doesn't know anything about tea tasting, but Zhao Hai is an expert. With this top-quality Tieguanyin, Zhao Hai opened the chatterbox and talked about the tea ceremony with Ning Yi. Ning Yi was very interested, and Yao Ming also listened interestingly, and the two of them would interject a sentence or two occasionally, and after a conversation, the atmosphere became harmonious unconsciously.

After the five flavors of the tea, Zhao Hai came to the topic: "Ning Yi, I believe you already know the purpose of my visit this time. First of all, I want to apologize to you. What happened last time was that we did something wrong. Although it is not my subordinates, but After all, they are the staff of Lanxie, representing Lanxie, and it turned out that things turned out like that, and almost caused you to suffer innocent injustice, this is our fault."

"Chairman Zhao, the past is over, don't mention it." Ning Yi has a good impression of Zhao Hai. Although he has only been in touch for a while, Ning Yi can tell that this Chairman Zhao is not that kind of "bureaucrat", but really wants to to do something. For such a person, Ning Yi is still very respectful, and Zhao Hai has no airs.

"Okay, then I won't mention it." Zhao Hai laughed, "The past is over, let's talk about the future. Ning Yi, I hope you can enter the national team and represent the national team. You know, there are a few more This month is the Basketball World Cup in Spain. This is the first event where the World Championships have been changed to the Basketball World Cup, which is of great significance."

Without waiting for Ning Yi to make a statement, Zhao Hai sighed and said: "You should know the current situation of our Huaxia basketball team. Although there are Arab League as the mainstay, there are also some outstanding players, such as Guo Ailun. But in terms of overall strength, we Compared with the opponent, the gap is still not small.”

"Yes." Yao Ming also sighed: "Although I don't want to admit it, this is the reality."

Ning Yi also knows these things. In fact, Ning Yi also knows that before he crossed, the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team did not participate in the Spanish Basketball World Cup in 2014. Like Italy, Germany, and Russia, they gave up their wild card applications.

But I don’t know if it’s the butterfly effect or some other reason. When Ning Yi’s soul traveled back to 2013, some things changed, including Zhao Hai in front of him. In Ning Yi’s previous memory, Lanxie didn’t have this person .

There is also about the Spanish Basketball World Cup. In the current world, the Huaxia men's basketball team has not given up on the wild card application, and has successfully obtained the wild card. Together with the Iranian team and the South Korean team, they will be the three participating teams in Asia. Another 21 teams from all over the world will participate in this Basketball World Cup.

These are all changes, but there are still some things that have not changed, that is, the current situation of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team.

Today's Huaxia men's basketball team is almost all young players except for Yi Jianlian. Guo Ailun, Zhou Qi, Liu Xiaoyu, Li Muhao, Liu Xiaoxu, Ding Yuhang, etc. are all young players. There is no way to compare with old players like Liu Wei, Wang Shipeng, and Zhu Fangyu.

Relying on such a lineup, plus easy and concise, how to compete with the top teams from all over the world?

"I remember that Yi Jianlian withdrew due to injury in July. If things still develop like this, then without Yi Jianlian, only those people left to participate in the Basketball World Cup will probably lose badly." Ning Yi thought Thinking about it, he frowned. He is a Chinese, he doesn't like coffee, and he doesn't like to see his motherland lose face.

Ning Yi thought for a while and said: "Chairman Zhao, I also want to enter the national team and represent the Huaxia men's basketball team. The national team needs me, and I am obliged to do so. But one thing, I have to do it for the national team, for the motherland, not for a certain group of people."

Zhao Hai nodded, and said in a deep voice: "I understand, don't worry, as long as you have this sentence, I respect your principles and will never force you. As for us, I will find a way."

"Yes." Ning Yi replied.

Afterwards, the three chatted for a while, Zhao Hai got up and said goodbye, and Ning Yi sent the two outside.

Zhao Hai turned around, shook his hand at Ning Yi, got into the car, waited for the car to start, Zhao Hai laughed and said: "Dayao, we didn't come in vain this time."

Yao Ming also laughed.

Although Ning Yi's words are very subtle, he has already expressed his attitude. Is this a promise? Yao Ming thinks this is a promise, and Ning Yi made the promise on the premise of not violating the principle and not forcing him.

And Zhao Hai also gave a promise, and the two reached a tacit understanding, which is a good thing, and the rest is for Zhao Hai to find a way to get things done.