And just as the battle between the wizards and magicians at the mcI center was in full swing, on the other side of the distant ocean, in the country of China, was the Huadu International Airport.
In front of a door with a sign saying "Special Passage", several middle-aged men in suits and ties were shaking hands and talking. Next to them were several staff members wearing airline uniforms, each carrying a piece of luggage. It looked like he was someone sent here by the superiors to help deliver the luggage.
This group of people basically stood around the two people, and everyone looked with respect and respect on their faces as they looked at the two people in the middle shaking hands and saying goodbye.
The person standing facing the special passage is a fat man with a wide body and a big belly. It is Liu Li, the current chairman of the Basketball Association. When facing people who are on the same level as him or lower than him, there is no trace of Liu Li's face. The flattering look was replaced by a majestic look. Unfortunately, this majesty combined with his huge beer belly made people laugh a little bit.
Liu Li held the hand of the person in front of him and shook it slightly. The words he spoke were full of flavor. If the person listening were his subordinates, they would definitely be moved to tears, "Comrade Lin Yan, are you going to America this trip?" , The sky is high and the road is far away, take care on the road!"
The slightly stout middle-aged man opposite also hurriedly bent down and held Liu Li's plump hand with both hands. "Thank you for your concern, the leader. I will definitely live up to the expectations of the organization. Perfect." Successfully completed the mission!"
Liu Li chuckled, took out his hand and patted Lin Yan's shoulder lightly, "Okay, I'll wait for your triumphant return in Huadu!"
After that, Liu Li waved his hand, indicating that Lin Yan and others were ready to set off. The people who set off with Lin Yan also shook hands with the people around them who came to see him off, and then filed in through the special passage and disappeared into the passage. the end of.
Liu Li stood there and looked into the passage for a while. The assistant next to him came over and helped him put on his coat. At the end of November, there was already a hint of late autumn coolness in Huadu City. Looking at Liu Li's figure, you can tell that he must not be able to resist. How about it.
The assistant put his coat back and stood behind Liu Li on the right side. He also glanced at the passage where Lin Yan and the others left, "Chairman, did Minister Lin and the others really have no problems in the past?"
Liu Li turned his head slightly, leaving only a profile of his face for the assistant, but with this movement, the assistant immediately lowered his head and his heart began to beat.
As someone who has followed Fatty Liu for many years, he is very familiar with this action, which shows that what he just said made the latter unhappy.
"What problem can there be with such a simple thing? Is it possible that Li Kaiming still doesn't know what is good and is unwilling to join our national team? But according to the news from Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue from the front, this guy still really wants to represent China. Competition, Xiao Wang, don’t say such insignificant words from now on. It’s not your turn to judge whether Minister Lin can succeed in this matter..."
"Yes, I understand..." Assistant Wang buried his head deeper, almost reaching his chest.
At the moment when their conversation ended, through the dome glass of the airport above their heads, everyone saw a Gulfstream business jet gliding through the sky, leaving Huadu International Airport with a loud engine sound, and flew to the other side of the ocean... …
In the comfortable cabin of the business jet, Lin Yan looked at the scenery outside through the porthole window.
In Huadu City at the end of November, almost all the green plants have taken off their coats, leaving only bare branches, so there is basically nothing to see. What’s more, the plane is still climbing at this time, waiting to rise above the clouds. Any scene on the ground will look like a mosaic.
So after two glances, Lin Yan withdrew his gaze, stretched out his left hand and gently waved his wrist, and the assistant sitting near him went over and closed the visor of the porthole.
"Zhang Yu, before leaving, have you asked the Basketball Association for Li Kaiming's contact information, or asked the Basketball Association to contact them in advance to let them know?" Lin Yan remembered the purpose of his trip and asked casually as he sat there said the young man opposite.
The face of the young man named Zhang Yu changed slightly, and after puckering his lips, he said cautiously, "Uncle Lin, I was busy packing my luggage and forgot about this..."
"What?" Lin Yan's eyes widened and he sat up straight without even crossing his legs. "What do you do for food? I said I was going on vacation. Do you really think I was going on vacation? You, what should I say to you? good?"
"Uncle Lin, I just... made a small mistake! This small problem will not affect the final result. Is it possible that Li Kaiming can refuse us?" Zhang Yu looked like the kind of child who has been pampered since childhood. , I have never been criticized by anyone, so after discovering that I made a mistake, the first thing I did was not admit the mistake, but try to hide it.
Lin Yan sighed, "Oh, Xiaoyu, your parents have spoiled you like this, that's why they don't worry about placing you next to me. Can you have some snacks after work? Otherwise How can I explain to your parents?"
Although he is not good at doing things, Zhang Yu is still very good at reading people's faces. As soon as he heard Lin Yan's tone, he knew that the matter was basically over, so he immediately lowered his head and admitted his mistake, "I was wrong, Uncle Lin, I will never do this again" Things won’t happen anymore!”
But in fact, he didn't feel anything about it at all. Wasn't it just a work mistake? I have worked hard for such a long time, and finally I have an opportunity to go on vacation abroad at public expense. I can’t enjoy it anymore?
However, Lin Yan seemed to be very satisfied with Zhang Yu's performance. A smile immediately appeared on his face. With the wrinkles on his face, it looked like a chrysanthemum blooming on his face. "Hey, that's right." !Xiaoyu’s learning ability is still very strong!”
Lin Yan and his team were "carefully selected" by the Chinese Sports Bureau and the Basketball Association to represent the Chinese official team to discuss naturalization matters with Li Kaiming.
The leader of the team is Lin Yan, who is the director of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Sports Bureau, and the accompanying personnel are basically people under Lin Yan, or people stuffed in by the fat man Liu Li.
Previously, the Director of the Sports Bureau, Liang Zhen, and the retired Director Han Yinzhi had a huge quarrel over the naturalization of Li Kaiming. Naturally, everyone in the Chinese sports circle knew about this matter, so when it was later reported that Liang Zhen was at the discussion When they won a big victory, everyone understood that under the strong promotion of Director Liang Zhen, it was already a matter of time before Li Kaiming was naturalized to play games for China.
Therefore, the people sent to meet and negotiate with Li Kaiming naturally became the lucky ones who could take the opportunity to "travel at public expense" in the eyes of these people. Therefore, in several subsequent seminars, the Sports Bureau, including the Basketball Association, Many subordinate departments were quarreling over this beautiful job, and no one wanted to let go of this sweet and savory job.
Lin Yan, who was sitting on the business jet, stroked the leather seats on the plane with his hands. Thinking of the wonderful time that was about to come, he couldn't help but feel grateful to Liang Zhen.
Because almost all departments want to be the vanguard of Li Kaiming's naturalization. Not only is this job very easy, but if nothing else goes wrong, he should be on "Comprehensive News" at 7:30, which is a comfortable and honorable job. Who can Don't want to go.
Therefore, the competition for this task is very fierce. Some departments have a high status in the Sports Bureau or Basketball Association and have great power. Therefore, if these departments want them to take on this task, they will definitely not be able to get this good job. In the hands of the Foreign Affairs Department of Qingshui Yamen.
The Foreign Affairs Department doesn't do much that can make the news all year round, so it only gets more opportunities to appear in large-scale international events.
But in the end, it was Liang Zhen who overcame the crowd and made the decision to hand over the matter to the Foreign Affairs Department, which was supposed to be responsible for this matter. Although it seemed fair, it still caused complaints from other departments.
That's why Lin Yan was grateful to Liang Zhen from the bottom of his heart. After all, without the latter, such a lucrative job would never have been available to them.
Thinking of this, Lin Yan sighed and touched the decorations around him. Not everyone can sit on this Gulfstream passenger plane. Those who can ride on this kind of special plane are either super rich or people with very high status. Anyway, with his position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs As a minister, he is definitely not qualified to fly on such a plane.
It can also be seen from the special plane used for this trip that Liang Zhen personally attaches great importance to this mission.
However, Lin Yan was very confident about this. Even when he found out that his great nephew had not even made any prior contact before setting off, he still felt from the bottom of his heart that as long as his group of people came over, , then Li Kaiming will definitely agree readily, and maybe even pay for them to eat out of his own pocket!
NBA stars treat guests to dinner, it’s very honorable to say it out!
Lin Yan thought happily.
Since China is too far away from America, even the top-of-the-line Gulfstream airliner does not have enough range for a direct flight, so we can only stay one night in Tokyo, the capital of Neon Country, to replenish fuel before flying to America.
Of course, you still have to have the necessary enjoyment in Neon Country. Even if the stay was less than a day, this group of people still took the time to go shopping and didn't board the plane again until the next day.
As a result, the Gulfstream passenger plane carrying such a group of monsters and monsters was speeding towards the west coast of the Pacific Ocean at an altitude of 10,000 meters...
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Emerica, Washington, DC, MCI Center.
After a twenty-minute break, the starting lineups of the Wizards and Magic took the court again. With the on-site referee's whistle, the two teams started fighting in the second half.
Back in the third quarter, the Wizards served first. Hinrich took the ball to the frontcourt. After twenty minutes of rest, his physical strength recovered a lot and he was able to direct the team's tactics.
Li Kaiming ran over to cover. Hinrich used the pick-and-roll to confront Anderson, and then broke through directly to the basket. After attracting Howard's help, he passed the ball to Blatche. The latter caught the ball and made a strong move under the basket, but Howard reacted Soon, he turned around and blocked Blatche's layup, and then took the rebound to Arenas.
Arenas dribbled the ball past half-court and asked Howard to come up to cover. He faced Blatche. Because Blatche was too high when defending the pick-and-roll in the first half, he was hit by Howard for several alley-oops. At this time, he did not dare to fight. Too far outside, Arenas took a shot from mid-range and scored a two-pointer!
59 to 54!
