"The boss was beaten to death by the police and shot at least dozens of times," he said casually.

"What?"

Liu Yumin was shocked.

Zhang Lili, on the other hand, was not surprised and said: "In the United States, the police have great power. If they don't cooperate when enforcing the law, they will probably shoot directly. But he was shot dozens of times. Was he shooting at the police?"

"I don't know, I'm too lazy to ask for details."

He shook his head and asked casually: "Brother Zhang, Liu Chu, have you had breakfast?"

"Eat, I just invited Liu Chu out for a hamburger, but Liu Chu rushed to pay the money, haha!" Zhang Lili said with a smile.

"It's almost ten o'clock. Let me invite you to have a cup of coffee."

Went to the hotel's cafe, ordered three cups of coffee and some snacks, and the three of us started chatting.

Zhang Lijia really hoped that Zhou Quan would join the national team. After chatting for a few words about last night's game, he got down to business and said:

"Xiao Zhou, Liu Chu came to the United States this time for two purposes. One is to inspect basketball in the United States. I especially want to see the situation in the NBA. We lost miserably in the last Olympics. The other is to see you.

She hopes you can join the national team."

Zhou Quan thought for a while and said: "Liu Chu, inspecting the NBA is easy to talk about. I can first introduce you to the Pistons' management.

But in your capacity, I think you can contact NBA officials directly. Mr. David Stern has always wanted to develop our domestic market, and I think he will definitely welcome you."

"I think it's okay." Zhang Liji nodded.

"That's okay too."

Nodding, Liu Yumin thought for a while and said: "Due to some reasons, the number of domestic basketball personnel is shrinking day by day. The total number of basketball players in the country is only tens of thousands. Many provincial teams have been laid off. For example, Xiao Zhou, your Nanhu team was laid off from the provincial team last year."

I now hope to create a professional league in China and learn some NBA experience and systems."

"Okay, I'll contact the Pistons' management first, and then they will notify the league." Zhou Quan said.

"Xiao Zhou, let's put this aside for a moment. Are you going to join the national team?" Zhang Lili asked.

Zhou Quan said: "Well, of course I hope to join the national team, for both public and private purposes, who doesn't want to participate in the Olympics?

But there are some issues that I would like to know first, such as joining the national team, which games do I need to participate in? Will it affect the NBA?

I'm different from domestic players. I'm a professional and I should work after getting paid, so I don't want to affect the competition here."

Liu Yumin had been thinking about this issue, and then asked: "Xiao Zhou, the national team has the Olympic Games and World Championships every four years, and the Asian Championships every two years, etc., plus warm-up games, there are many events a year.

Less competition. What do you mean?"

Zhou Quan took a sip of coffee, put down the cup and said: "The NBA has 82 games a year, including the playoffs, there may be hundreds of games, and the intensity is very high. If there are too many games a year, then my chance of injury will increase.

Increase, so Liu Chu, can I only participate in the World Series?"

"Only playing in the Olympics and World Championships?"

Liu Yumin frowned at first, but she soon realized that Zhou Quan was not from the system, so she was not angry.

Her character is very open-minded, and what Zhou Quan said is the truth. There are indeed too many games in the NBA and the intensity of confrontation is too high. Thinking of this, she nodded and said:

"Xiao Zhou, you are the first Chinese player we want to recruit from a foreign professional league, not only for our basketball, but also for other sports. There is no second person engaged in professional sports abroad. There is no precedent to follow.

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Moreover, you are not from the system, you are not an athlete trained by the country, and you do not enjoy a dime of salary from the country financially. There is no precedent for this, and there is no compensation issue.

In principle, I personally think there is no problem, but as for the specifics, I have to report to the department before I can reply to you."

"Okay." Zhou Quan nodded.

"Xiao Zhou, can you video your games? I want to record a few games and take them back for study. CCTV has some highlights, but there are no game videos." Liu Yumin asked.

"That's no problem. I'll just ask the team to record a few boxes of previous games for you," he said.

"It's best to be your match." Liu Yumin said.

"No problem, I will record the video of this year's Eastern Conference Finals series for you. I played with Jordan, a total of six games." He said.

After drinking coffee, Zhou Quan first called Troy Weaver and talked about the matter. Weaver said there was no problem, and then he took Liu Yumin and Zhang Lili to the headquarters.

When he arrived at the headquarters, Weaver did not neglect, and had already notified all the management to greet Liu Yumin with great enthusiasm.

Zhang Lili found an opportunity and said to Liu Yumin: "Liu Chu, these Americans are actually very arrogant and very practical. You are not good to them. They won't even look at you. They can treat you so well now. They are all petty."

Zhou’s face, he is the boss of this team.”

Liu Yumin nodded. She had experienced this for a long time. Whether she was an athlete in the past or now leading a team to compete abroad, except for a few friendly countries, the reception of the Chinese team in other countries was very poor.

On the other side, David Stern has received a report from the Pistons management. The person directly responsible for Chinese Basketball has arrived in the United States and hopes to inspect the NBA. He was very happy and immediately instructed the Pistons management to receive Liu Yumin well.

He would try his best to satisfy any request, and he also invited Liu Yumin to visit the NBA's New York headquarters.

However, Liu Yumin came alone on this trip, even in a private capacity at her own expense. There was no need to visit the NBA headquarters in an official capacity for the time being. She thanked Stern for the invitation and expressed her willingness to visit the headquarters at the appropriate time.

Zhang Lili was the translator. Accompanied by the Pistons management, she had a detailed understanding of the NBA league and the team's operating model. She had achieved the purpose of her trip. She stayed in Detroit for three days and left on the morning of the 3rd.

Went to Detroit, then back to China via Los Angeles.
Chapter completed!