Lin Shaojie, who landed in Houston, saw the eye-catching little giant in the crowd as soon as he walked out of the terminal hall.

Su Zhen originally wanted to participate with Lin Shaojie, but as a mother, you always worry about your daughter. Besides, the environment is too noisy. It would be bad if something unexpected happens just for the sake of temporary happiness.

So Su Zhen had no choice but to stay in Indiana.

The little giant drove over and called a commercial vehicle at the same time. He also knew that Xie Zhenghe and Lin Shaojie's classmates were participating in this year's All-Star event as a group of his relatives and friends.

As a rookie participating for the first time, the little giant who happens to come back will of course be received as a landlord.

Besides, the people accompanying Yang Ma were also familiar, some of them were the same people who stayed in Houston back then, so the two parties quickly reunited and set off.

As the organizer, Houston and the local media have already had a large interview team at the airport.

Although the Little Giant has bid farewell to the NBA, as a superstar in Houston, his appearance is still being pursued and intercepted, not to mention Lin Shaojie, a popular fried chicken.

The two of them had to deal with it a lot before they came out.

Little Giant's home in Houston is also located in an upscale community that is either rich or expensive. It is surrounded by villas of similar shapes scattered along the winding river bank, somewhat similar to Lin Shaojie's home in Indianapolis, Indiana.

But Houston is a big city, and there is absolutely no comparison in terms of housing prices. Little Giant’s housing prices crush Lin Shaojie’s, even if Lin Shaojie later adds land, the area is far larger than Little Giant’s.

Stepping into this mansion, the decoration styles of the two are similar, there is not much difference, except that the color tone of Lin's house is lighter.

Luo Xiaoou and the others who came with the convoy followed the local customs. Although there were a lot of people, there was no chaos at all. On the one hand, they were all compatriots, each performing their own duties; on the other hand, Xie Zhenghe was there.

When we arrived at Little Giant's house, including his parents, wife and daughter, Xie Zhenghe was no stranger at all. I think he was also called "Guide Xie" at the beginning, and he quickly integrated into it.

Luo Xiaoou and the others were regarded as Xie Zhenghe's students and followed behind them like followers. Li Dacheng and Yang Ma's people were setting up equipment on the outside, and the people in the middle were also very adaptable.

Especially the daughter of Little Giant, who has grown up in the spotlight.

As the most popular and talked-about player, Lin Shaojie was even made a joke by Little Giant's wife and daughter, saying that Lin Shaojie's appearance was much better than that of Little Giant.

Even your little giant's daughter, Xiao Leilei, let Lin Shaojie hug her without anyone noticing. The little giant instantly felt like he had fallen out of favor.

"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? I remember when Brother Yao was playing ball, I was eagerly watching TV!"

Looking at Lin Shaojie's skillful movements, the little giant felt relieved. Perhaps in his mind, Lin Shaojie was also a father who was about to become a father, so he had practiced in advance.

Perhaps only Lin Shaojie himself knew that his skillful holding of little Leilei was just a reflection of the feeling that "someone" in his past had such a feeling of being surrounded by his children.

Apart from not telling the outside world, there are too many people in the circle who know that he will have a child soon, so there is no need to hide this kind of thing.

After the simple family dinner, everyone walked around in the courtyard and living room. The little giant led Lin Shaojie and told Lin Shaojie some precautions for his previous participation in the All-Stars.

But then Lin Shaojie said something.

"Nike sent a team and they helped arrange my trip!"

Knowing this news, the little giant didn't go into too much detail and just stopped there.

With Nike, the bigger landowner, there is no need to worry about anything.

As expected, Lin Shaojie was picked up by people from Nike before he could sit down for a while. On the one hand, there were issues with the upcoming itinerary, and on the other hand, the little old man from the league wanted to find him.

When the little giant and Xie Zhenghe heard this, they looked at each other.

"A good thing? Or a bad thing?"

It should be a good thing!

Watching Lin Shaojie drifting away, the little giant accompanied Xie Zhenghe to have a drink.

The two met much earlier than Lin Shaojie. They even met Little Giant when he was young. At that time, Xie Zhenghe was still working in the imperial capital, and later he "flyed to the southeast!"

"Thank you for your guidance, do you plan to go back again?"

"No, it's too much trouble. Now I'm just like a wandering cloud. My life is too easy."

Xie Zhenghe didn't want to participate. He knew what the little giant was talking about. He had too many friends and enemies. At his age, he didn't want to bother.

"When I am satisfied with having Xiaojie as my disciple, I will no longer consider other things. The rest is your business, and I will do my duty."

The little giant had to drink the glass of wine depressedly.

"Although I am no longer involved, isn't Xiaojie still there? If you say hello to anything, he will always support you. You and Dazhi still take good care of him. He knows this very well, including the flag bearer incident.

thing."

Xie Zhenghe's words made the little giant's depression disappear.

Those outside the circle watching the excitement only know that Lin Shaojie is very popular, has made a lot of money, and that a once poor kid turned around in an instant by relying on basketball, and so on, with envy and admiration.

But only the little giant inside knows how much energy this big boy contains.

Look at what he did during the Olympics. Too many people are optimistic about him.

A player who is obedient and knows how to do things, has a positive outlook on life, and does not have any messy negative news, is almost a treasure sent by God to the sports circle!

With such a "magic weapon" in hand, the little giant feels that he can accomplish something great.

It’s worth trying!

The climate in Houston is somewhat similar to that of Guangdong Province in China, but it is also somewhat different. However, it is definitely much "kinder" and warmer than that of Polis.

Although Lin Shaojie had been vaccinated in advance by Paul Allen before coming, the two talked more about business matters and rarely touched on specific competitive situations.

Now that I have landed in Houston and been picked up by people from Nike, everything is so tight and complicated, far more complicated than a "simple" game.

As one of the "Big Four" in the United States, today's NBA is successful and extremely influential in the global basketball world.

Although it is not comparable to games like rugby, the intensive schedule and huge attention have made this humble business link gradually become the temple of global basketball.

Even the gold content of the NBA championship has gradually become the most honorary reward.

As the helmsman of this commercial giant, David Stern has been at the helm for almost thirty years. Counting from the time he entered the industry, David Stern, who has experienced many trials and tribulations, has packaged this event into the most successful in the world.

Professional sports leagues’ revenue keeps rising every year.

The market value of every participating team has risen again and again like a tide.

Originally, some cities did not pay much attention to the teams belonging to that city, but in recent years, more and more municipalities (towns) hope to use the influence of the NBA to bring more sports to their local cities.

Attention and opportunities to generate revenue.

There are a total of 30 teams, but for cities in the entire beautiful country, this is scarce, and they always want to spend a lot of money to get a franchise spot.

At that time, Seattle did not cherish the Sonics in its hands and let the Sonics live in a foreign country, and Stern was the mastermind behind it. Now, Seattle is willing to form a consortium to snatch the king, and Stern is the one who opposes it.

Stern will definitely not allow such a thing to happen. Under the established facts, if you miss it, you will have to pay a heavy price for your comeback.

According to the estimation of the league leader, the value of each NBA team roster is over one billion US dollars. It may be fifteen, twenty, or even twenty-five dollars.

Stern believes that this spot will become more and more valuable, and there will be people willing to pay for him.

He has never minded expanding the influence of the NBA, whether it is in the world or in the beautiful country.

If he could beat the rugby league, Stern would laugh out of his dreams.

Perhaps for the majority of fans, they are keen to discuss George McCann in the 1950s, Russell in the 1960s, the black and white duo in the 1980s, the Magic Birds War, and then Jordan in the 1990s.

Then go back to two thousand years of Kobe, Duncan, O'Neal and other players.

But for those front office staff who are behind the scenes and yearn for power, there is only one ruler in the NBA, and that is David Stern!

In a country that pays attention to the so-called "freedom", David Stern's rule relies on an iron fist and military "blockade". Everything is ultimately for influence and profit.

Stern never wanted to participate in the so-called local "Zhengxun" governance. That was something only "Zhengxun" people would do. He didn't care, and he didn't want to care, but there were always people who dragged him into it!

When the dress code was implemented, too many people opposed it, believing that it violated the individual freedom of players.

However, this little old man still strictly enforces his decision and does not allow anyone to disobey his decision, and no one wants him to step down because he has brought so many benefits to everyone that those people do not even want to oppose his "rule of the alliance".

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After Kobe's Eagle County incident broke out, Stern on the one hand supported Kobe to regain his glory and do his duty for the league, after all, black and red are also red; on the other hand, Stern mercilessly turned the ship around to support LeBron.

The duplicitous little old man finished his bowl of water flat.

In order to expand the NBA's international influence, Stern emphasized many times that he waited downstairs at CCTV for three hours. Lin Shaojie has been doubting whether this story is true or false.

Leaving aside the truth and lies for the time being, the old man probably just wanted people to know that he was sparing no effort for overseas promotion.

So when Stern later found Little Giant, his support was never less strong.

As for Lin Shaojie, it was an unexpected surprise, and this surprise almost turned into a shock.

Along the way, Lin Shaojie thought about a lot. He was even thinking about what would happen between the two of them when he saw the leader of the alliance. For example:

"David (Stern), do you want me to be the biological son of the alliance?"

"David, this year's Pacers are very promising. Do you want to give up LeBron to support us?"

"David, you attach great importance to the Chinese market, so do you want to hold a few more pre-season games in China next year to expand your influence?"

"David."

In short, in Lin Shaojie's thoughts, all he could think of was talking about basketball with this old man who has been in charge of the league for almost 30 years.

But when he was sitting in front of this old man who was over seventy years old, the old man with an uncle's smile didn't say a word about basketball.

Stern first asked him if he liked gambling.

Of course, Lin Shaojie shook his head. How could a good boy like him be contaminated with pornography? Except for Jordan, the old gangster who played his game openly, even if Stern no longer rejected it and made gambling a success.
To be continued...