Chapter 816 Dayao

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 shook hands with the giant and a middle-aged man next to him.

"Yang Dongxu?" Zhang Lang looked at Yang Dongxu uncertainly and wanted to confirm.

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

To be honest, it was too oppressive to stand with Yao Ming. Because of his nutrition when he was a child, he grew up a lot and was 186 cm tall in this life.

In front of Yao Ming, who was 2.26 meters tall, he was like the cutest height difference in many shots. You have to raise your head to smile at Yao Ming so that the other party can't see it.

"Sorry, you are really..." Zhang Lang smiled apologetically and looked up and down at Yang Dongxu curiously.

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

Even now, the Basketball Association or the General Administration of Sports has already voiced that Chinese athletes should go abroad and expand the influence of Chinese athletes internationally. Among them, basketball and football are the focus of the General Administration of Sports.

As an official of the Basketball Association, he naturally needs to pay attention to the NBA and be ready to see if he can send the good seedlings in his hands. Even if he cannot be selected, training with them is also a kind of improvement.

So when someone from the General Administration of Sports came to him and asked him to send Yao Ming to the NBA draft, his first reaction was disbelief, and his second reaction was what a joke? When he confirmed that the other party's identity was true, he couldn't help but be ecstatic.

But when everything was over and he was asked to bring Yao Ming to see the real owner, he actually saw Yang Dongxu, a young man. It seems that he is only a few years older than Yao Ming, who is only 20 years old, right? Is this the behind-the-scenes boss of the 76ers?

What a joke? That is the favorite team to win the championship this year.

"Haha, I understand. But although young people sometimes lack experience, we are more motivated, aren't we?" 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 surprised to see him.

Let alone cockroaches, anyone would be surprised to know that the boss behind the 76ers was a Chinese, not to mention that this Chinese was so young, just like a college student.

"Yes, young people will be more motivated." 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 the older generation, he didn't know how to start.

"Did you bring the information?" Yang Dongxu opened the topic.

"I brought it, and the things you asked me to prepare are all here." Zhang Lang took out a file bag.

Yao Ming is not an American, but a foreign international player. He has never played in an American high school, let alone in 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 he can participate in the draft tryout after getting the other party's permission.

Yang Dongxu took the file bag and handed it to the middleman introduced by Coulson. The other party took the file bag, opened it and checked it carefully. Because the application was made to the NBA headquarters, the information was in English. After checking, he nodded to confirm that there was no problem with the information.

Then Yang Dongxu waved his hand and the white man stood up and left. He came here 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, Yang Dongxu paid a $200,000 agency fee to ensure that everything is foolproof. Of course, the job of the intermediary is to submit the information and get the application form for the NBA foreign international player draft. As for who will select Yao Ming in the draft, it is the NBA team's business. When he wants to win Yao Ming, he will need to fight wits and courage with these teams.

"Let's talk about Yao Ming's personal contract next." After the middleman left, Yang Dongxu leaned back in his chair and knocked on the table.

This is the focus of Zhang Lang bringing Yao Ming to negotiate in person this time. Yao Ming is a member of the national basketball team. Although the General Administration of Sports and the Basketball Association have given the green light to the promotion of good players to the NBA, they have received full support from the General Administration of Sports and the Basketball Association.

But there are restrictions on national athletes. Of course, let's not talk about those who are recalled to play in the game. Just the personal advertising endorsements and the distribution of commercial interests of athletes need to be discussed.

Yang Dongxu spent so much money and so much trouble, and also decided to let Yao Ming, the first domestic basketball player to go abroad, be selected by the 76ers, a team that is a favorite to win the championship, and promised to take care of him and train him and give him enough playing time.

It is impossible to let others pick peaches from the cash tree you have cultivated, and if they are unhappy, they may not only eat peaches, but also pull out your tree.

In terms of business, although he is optimistic about Yao Ming's future and wants to help the better development of domestic basketball, such as arranging more domestic players to play in the NBA in the future, he is not doing charity, and some benefits must be taken.

Especially the money tree grown at home, although you helped cultivate the first half of it, so I have no problem with you eating the fruit. But it is only through your own efforts that the money tree bears fruit, so I share the fruit with you. This tree cannot be yours if you say it is yours. I also need to have 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.

In fact, the General Administration of Sports currently hopes that more players can play in top international clubs and learn more experience to strengthen themselves. The issue of ownership of Yao Ming's contract is not as troublesome as Yang Dongxu imagined.

Or maybe Yao Ming was an excellent basketball player, but he only made a qualitative leap after arriving in 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 nonsense. 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. No one wanted it when it was thrown in a corner. Everyone knew it was a broken stone. But suddenly someone said that they wanted to move the broken stone. There are always people who want to use this broken stone to gain some advantages.

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 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 small discount. Besides, Yang Dongxu's demands for the contract were not too excessive. They gave the General Administration of Sports and the Basketball Association face, and they also took into account Yao Ming's personal interests. It's not that Yao Ming is treated as a commodity just to make money, but he really wants to create a good player.

But this was obviously a contract that benefited all three parties, but things didn't go smoothly when the negotiations started. Some people think that since you have given so many benefits, can you still give more? This is undoubtedly a test that makes people want to curse, but although Zhang Lang works in the Basketball Association and is 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. said.

Zhang Lang couldn't help but look a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to say anything more. Young people have one common characteristic, that is, they are 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 your ass and leave.

If you only use one draft pick, let alone one, even several 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 the draft picks you operate and whether there are players selected for you to send out. Even if you are selected as a player, will you have a chance to play?

He was sent out and didn't even get playing time, so what's the point of talking about results? What’s the point of talking about political achievements without achievements? How to appreciate without political achievements? How to make money from business without appreciation?

Therefore, although the draft pick is a beginning, this beginning is only 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 throne will definitely be the Basketball Association.

After all, there had been no precedent for Chinese players to enter the NBA before, so there was no experience in operating 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 there is a chance to play, is he just a marginal role player?

Therefore, because of Yao Ming's contract with the national team, they certainly have some control. But Yang Dongxu's support is a choice they can't 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 is not as good as last season's performance, but I am more certain to win the championship this year," 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 spend time here as a rookie who had not yet entered the NBA.