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In 1984, the NBA sent a mission to China to meet with the Basketball Association.

Louis was one of ten members of the delegation.

This is not the first time the NBA has been associated with China. As early as 1979, the then-champion Washington Bullets went to China and played several friendly games.

When Louis got on the plane of the delegation, his heart was not as relaxed as he seemed.

The representative of the NBA trip was Stern's assistant, Garcia Lynn, a graduate of Harvard Law School.

Lynn saw Louis' anxiety: "Aren't you Chinese, why are you nervous?"

"Well, I don't know if I'm Chinese now."

"How to say?"

"Psychologically, I identify myself as Chinese, but that's not what it says on my ID card. I'm a citizen of a dependency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."

Speaking of this, Lynn was a little interested.

"Hasn't China been discussing with the UK about the return of Hong Kong recently? Maybe it won't be long before you can be a real Chinese."

"Indeed."

This time back to China, his first purpose was to help the delegation to promote cooperation with the Chinese Basketball Association, and the second purpose was to use the capital he had saved in the United States to establish a school similar to Dongguan basketball school.

He wouldn't have had the idea if the league office hadn't invited him to join the delegation.

Now, it's different.

He has enough capital, has this ability, and is more famous.

Moreover, he is 10,000% sure that Chinese basketball has never made good use of their demographic advantage.

Now is a very good time. People born in 50-60 years are beginning to enter the reproductive period. China has ushered in a baby boom. Since 1980, at least 20 million babies have been born every year on average.

Then, how many sports schools were there across the country in the 1980s? The answer is less than 50.

Although they can often choose those talents that are "visible to the naked eye", there are many people who develop late. If these people do not receive professional training at the right age, it is basically impossible for them to become professional players again, and their talents will naturally be wasted. .

Louis hopes to introduce the selection mechanism of Dongguan basketball school and the young eagle study abroad mechanism launched by the Beijing team in 2017.

Send the best young players to the United States, grow and improve in the most intense environment, and dig out the seedlings that were once abandoned. Perhaps, there may be a few more NBA players in China.

So, his goal is to build a basketball school, pick the right people to work on, and invest a lot of money.

From the moment the plane landed, Louie was running for it.

He learned that foreigners cannot directly set up schools in China and must find Chinese partners, so he quickly advertised.

There are a lot of people calling, and they are basically liars.

Louie spends most of his energy just being busy every day.

The second day after arriving in China, he didn't even have time to take a breath, so he and Lin En and the others came to the office building of the Chinese Basketball Association.

This time, the two sides mainly discussed about the NBA's invitation to the Chinese team to play a friendly match in the United States next year.

The NBA hopes to have a live broadcast. In doing so, it can increase the popularity of the NBA in China, and by the way, it will also allow the Chinese team to play against the best teams in the world.

It's good for both parties, but the Basketball Association has questions about its schedule and they don't have that much funding.

During this period, Louis opened his mouth.

"Once the Chinese team landed in the United States, all the funds can be borne by the league. This invitation was issued by us, which is also our due ceremony."

Louie stunned everyone in the Basketball Association with his Chinese with almost no accent.

"Mr. Lu, as far as we know, you grew up in the United States, how can you speak Chinese so well?" the basketball association negotiator asked curiously.

Louis laughed: "No matter where I grew up, I can't forget where my roots are."

This is the first time Louis has spoken in negotiations, but it won't be the last.

Originally, he was just a face in the delegation, to act as a facade.

The NBA wants to show China and the world that "excellent Chinese can also succeed in the NBA, and we are an inclusive professional league".

Now, he has become Lynn's assistant and has proposed many things that are good for the Chinese team.

For example, he proposed to let the Chinese team train with the NBA team that played friendly games with them, eat and live together, and experience the training atmosphere and facilities of the world's top league.

Some of Louie's proposals were accepted, some were not, but he was very positive, and managed to get a lot of East Asian euphemisms that Lynn couldn't figure out.

It only took seven days for the two sides to reach an agreement.

For the rest of the time, the delegation will play in the mountains and waters at the invitation of the Basketball Association.

Louie went about his business.

He found a partner, an artist surnamed Liu, who likes sports, especially basketball. He has heard about Louis's deeds and heard that he wants to build a basketball school in China. He needs a partner and comes to meet him in person.

Louie took out nearly all of his current cash, nearly $800,000.

According to the exchange rate in 1984, 1 US dollar converted into RMB is 2.3 yuan.

Don't underestimate this figure. In 1984, 1 yuan, accounting for inflation, will be about 40 yuan in purchasing power in a few decades.

The artist surnamed Liu is responsible for helping Louis, so he did not ask him to pay more, but just put the school in his name, and Louis holds 95% of the equity.

The next step is enclosure, ground breaking, construction, and all kinds of work that burns money.

Louis spent half a month investigating the staff he needed. He needed some pragmatic, sports-loving people who really wanted to do things for Chinese basketball.

Most of the college students came to sign up, and many of them lacked relevant abilities, so Louis could only choose the best.

But it still feels a little off.

He has been busy for more than 20 days before and after, and only set up a grass platform team. Although it is very simple, he has the basics.

The next step is to wait for the school to be completed, find a suitable coaching team, and then use his influence to promote it. If it goes well, the school can start next year or the year after.

There's still a lot to do after this.

After so many days, Louis has no sense of accomplishment. The people he finds are not professional. They have enthusiasm but no skills. How much can they learn in a year? Does what he did make sense in the end?

He didn't know, but since he was given a chance, he would always do it.

How many people know that when he sees Japan's Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe gaining a firm foothold in the NBA, and the most talented people in China are still pecking at each other in the CBA, how sour is he?

Some things, blindly learning abroad is not enough.

But in the field of basketball, it is to find a way to cast good seedlings to the United States to borrow chickens and lay eggs.

In the next 50 years in the foreseeable future, it is impossible for any country to have a higher level of basketball than the country of basketball.

Louie wants his school to dig out as many seedlings as possible, so he needs good scouts.

The NBA delegation has been back for almost a week, and Louie is still here, feeling he has a lot of work to do.

Find a group of high-quality scouts before the school is built, and they need to turn around the country to find suitable seedlings.

If there are no scouts, how many parents will send their children over just relying on the school's signboard?

Just thinking about the future makes Louie's scalp crack.

Before he left China, the Chinese men's basketball team invited him to a warm-up match.

He saw a lot of what he looked like when he was a young man who had become a domestic basketball player before he crossed.

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He is almost 210 cm tall, can run and jump, and his physical fitness is extremely rare at this height, and the speed of the bullet is so fast that he suspects that Kong Kong Yi has crossed with him.

His signature shot was to grab an offensive rebound and smash his teammates, Zhang Bing, the future inside coach of the national team.

The moment he finished the dunk, he followed with a "I Cao!"

"Good fight, Xiao Song!"

"Guide Qian, who is that?" Louis respectfully asked Qian Chenghai, the godfather of Chinese basketball.

Qian Chenghai smiled and said, "Song Tao from Shandong is a good seedling. This kind of quality is not common among people of his height."

Louie remembered, Song Tao, the first player in Chinese history to be selected by the NBA. He remembered that the team that selected Song Tao did not play tickets, but actually delivered NBA contracts to China.

Song Tao had the opportunity to become the first NBA player from China before Wang Zhizhi. As a result, after signing the contract, he participated in the Universiade and suffered a devastating injury.

With the medical methods at the time, this was a devastating blow to a man who was very dependent on physical fitness to play.

There are not many athletic centers in the current NBA.

Song Tao's physical quality can be counted in the NBA, which is not an exaggeration at all.

Knowing what was waiting for Song Tao in the future, Louis naturally moved with pity. He immediately learned about Song Tao's situation. After learning that he was not from the army, a smile flashed on his face.

As long as it is not the kind of team with its own red line, there is room for manipulation.