At the reception dinner, there was laughter and laughter.
The atmosphere this year was particularly good. Wang Ai's relaxed speech changed from the same and sleepy style of previous years. His short five-minute speech was interrupted five times by applause, and the audience's participation was extremely high.
, naturally Wang Ai’s call to “support the Winter Olympics” also had an excellent effect.
So at the dinner, coaches and athletes from the Winter Olympics project team kept coming over to express their gratitude to Wang Ai, including Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, the golden couple of figure skating. The two of them had been practicing hard in a corner where no one was paying attention.
Ten years. Because as athletes, 30-year-old Zhao Hongbo and 25-year-old Shen Xue are already at the end of their careers.
Their current best results are the bronze medal at the Nagano Winter Olympics last year and the championship in the more niche figure skating championship. So standing in front of Wang Ai and other top ten athletes with unlimited glory, they are somewhat cautious.
But Wang Ai knows that these two people are typical of getting more and more energetic as they get older. Just like Zhao Hongbo, in the first thirty years, he was somewhat famous in the ice and snow project, a small circle with less than a thousand people in the country, and he got out of this circle.
Even in the sports world, few people know him. When Liu Guoliang was 30, he had already been the national table tennis coach for five years, and he was still playing the role of a newbie in the junior stage. He was so tired that he was dying and earning a thousand dollars a month.
Blocks of dead wages.
If it weren't for the poor foundation of the Winter Olympics and the real shortage of people, he might have retired a long time ago or simply changed careers. In this way, from his teens to his twenties, from the third level to the fourth level, he has always been an athlete.
, it was always the two of them, and ordinary viewers might not pay attention to his age at all, but when they finally won their first gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, he was already 38!
In the Chinese sports world, there are many people with a long sports life. For example, Wang Yifu can still win a gold medal at the age of 44. But it is very rare in high-volume sports like figure skating. These two people truly embody the precious qualities of athletes:
Higher, faster and stronger.
Therefore, Wang Ai respected the two of them very much and chatted with them for a long time. Of course, he also meant to make fun of their relationship. Unfortunately, these two people had faced too many such "unintentional" peeps, so they were just pretending.
Seriously. Even if Wang Ai suddenly attacked and asked directly, one of them would say "no, no" and the other "no, no."
I believe your ghost! You, Mr. Zhao, are not getting married even in your thirties, and you only have this girl next to you. I believe you when you say it’s okay?
"Maybe they have discipline in the team." After the two people left in a hurry, Yao Ming, who had been sitting with Wang Ai, said: "In many of our events, in order to allow athletes to concentrate on training, we have regulations in this regard. After all, this kind of thing
, it may cause ups and downs in mood and is not conducive to performance.”
"Do you understand?" Wang Ai raised his eyebrows: "Then you..."
"No, no!" Yao Ming shook his head quickly: "Let's talk about something else. Besides, you are so young, and I don't want to teach you a bad lesson."
"Tch!" Wang Ai pouted, I have more girlfriends than you.
"Hey, Xiao Wang, I really want to ask you something." Yao Ming leaned on the table with his arms and tilted his head: "You have been abroad for several years, right? I heard that you also went out alone. There are foreigners everywhere.
, then how do you handle the relationship with your teammates? I watched the live broadcast of your last game, and I found that although you are not the captain, everyone believes in you."
"I……"
"No, no, I know you are the boss, but that is different. I can see that they are convinced of you not because you are the boss, nor just because of your skills. So I am very curious. Are you so convinced?
How does rapport come about?”
Wang Ai frowned: "You want to say Francis, right?"
Yao Ming was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You know all this?"
"You watch my game, and I watch your game. I also want to watch you play live."
"You must come if you have the chance. I'll give you a ticket for the first row. Tell me first what do you think?"
Wang Ai thought about it for a long time this time, because he had never encountered such a thing. Within a week of arriving at Tübingen, he bought the team. Then facing a group of amateur players, he was the youngest golden boot in the world.
I can suppress my identity and slowly get to where I am today.
The Houston Rockets have a tradition of centers. For example, the great Olajuwon was undoubtedly the core of the team and had the most central tactical position.
This is not just a matter of income, but more importantly, who is the center determines the team's tactical play. If the center is determined to be the core of the tactics, then the center will of course be the most comfortable, have the strongest protection, and the most opportunities.
The best performance, and vice versa. At this moment, Yao Ming is not only representing himself, he is carrying on his shoulders the heavy burden of Chinese basketball, Chinese sports, Chinese athletes and even China's image in the United States and the world. He will have a better future as soon as possible.
Good status and better performance are urging him.
But Francis is really interested in him. Yao Ming's humble character can grow up smoothly without being bullied among the straightforward and bold black people, which is inseparable from Francis' protection. As we all know, black people are very united, but they are also very united.
They are xenophobic, let alone yellow people, even white people are excluded.
So Yao Ming is now facing a painful problem. In order to develop better and even achieve better results for the team, he needs to gain a strategic core position. As the MVP of the CBA, the undoubted number one player in Chinese basketball, and the No. 1 pick in the NBA
, what’s the point of attacking people for a long time? But this will lead to a conflict with Francis. Francis’ protection is actually based on the psychological basis of “I am the boss”. Once this is subverted, it is really unclear what Francis will do.
Easy to say.
"Dayao, I have never encountered this kind of problem. I will give you my thoughts as a reference. I think the adjustment of teammate relationships should start from the team's performance. This is the common interest of everyone. As long as you contribute
He is big and contributes a lot. Even if your status is getting higher and higher, even surpassing Francis, he can't object even if he feels uncomfortable. For example, if you lead the team to the playoffs, the finals, etc. This is the case for both of us.
, you and I both know that as long as it exists for one day, it is victory. So we should try our best to pursue a smooth transition, which is the most beneficial to ourselves and our country."
"Smooth transition." Yao Ming repeated and thought for a moment: "It's really an image. I also think we should have a good relationship with him, whether it's from the responsibility of a person, the unity of the team, or even the team's results, but there is no
You said it so briefly. By the way, if you have a chance to come to Houston, I will introduce him to you. He is a very nice person, very interesting, and he looks a bit like you Northeasterners."
Wang Ai smiled and nodded, secretly pouting. Francis is interested in you, but his private life is also a mess. If you hadn't lived an almost puritan-like life in the United States and become widely known, your image would have been dragged down by him.
"Hey Dayao, have you seen "Slam Dunk"?"
Wang Ai didn't want to continue talking about Francis, so he curiously asked such a childish question.
"Well... have you seen "Little Football Players"?" Yao Ming asked with a smile on his lips.
Wang Ai was stunned for a moment, and then the two of them laughed. For professional athletes, especially top athletes like them, cartoons are just popular science books for ordinary fans.
This chapter has been completed!