In the summer of 1989, an atmosphere of strangeness, restlessness and anxiety always enveloped the city of Beijing, the capital of the Republic. The activities triggered by the death of the General Secretary in April quickly expanded and affected at a speed that ordinary people could not predict. By the end of May, an irreversible movement had gathered energy in Tiananmen Square.

However, at this time, for all young people in China, they were not only concerned about politics. There was one thing that was essential in the square, that was the radio. The radio was modified at that time and could listen to some overseas programs. What they were most concerned about was not the unique pop music, but the news of American basketball games that were broadcast every day.

On May 31, 1989, when the students' ore radio reported that the Portland Pioneers (Hong Kong Translator) defeated the Los Angeles Lakers at home and defeated their opponents with a 4:1 score to enter the finals, they started from a corner of the square and slowly spread, and the entire square fell into a boil.

In fact, some people don’t understand what the NBA is. They just know that there is a Chinese who plays basketball very well in the United States and leads the team to the finals. A huge sense of national confidence and pride is thrilled in the square. At the same time, some young people who love basketball and watch NBA games recorded by TV stations began to shout, “Long live Gan Guoyang!”

Similarly, these "Long Live Gan Guoyang" voices began to echo in the square. In fact, some people don't know who this "Gan Guoyang" is, but this emotion is contagious too quickly. Who made these young people's blood flow in their blood vessels?

Such a scene was filmed by some Western media reporters. Some reporters felt it was fun, some reporters thought it should be interesting news, while some reporters smelled the unusual danger.

Wu Zhiwen is the third type of reporter. On May 30, US time, that is, on 31, Beijing time, the Portland Trail Blazers just defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the Memorial Stadium. All three players who were absent in the fourth game made a comeback and beat the Lakers at their home court. Gan Guoyang faced the sky with confetti, and held the silver Western Conference Championship trophy amid the cheers of fans, announcing the old king abdicated and the new Western Conference King ascended the throne.

Therefore, Wu Zhiwen is speeding up the time to contact major media, use the reporters' relationship in his hands to start building momentum for Gan Guoyang's publicity. Gan Guoyang's strength is unquestionable, but in a commercial alliance, without effective publicity, no matter how good the business value of the players is, it cannot be fully utilized.

Just as Fatty Wu was busy working overtime late at night to review the manuscripts, a fax report from the other side of the ocean was delivered to his desk, which was passed to him by a reporter from the Oregon Daily. The newspaper received news from Beijing, and the reporter immediately passed the news to Wu Zhiwen.

When Wu Zhiwen saw "Long-live-Sunny-Gump" (Long-live-Sunny-Gump), he was happy at first and thought it was quite interesting news. However, after thinking about it for a while, Wu Zhiwen felt something was wrong.

It’s not that Wu Zhiwen knows what the final result of this incident is. Wu Zhiwen just purely felt that an NBA player or a player from overseas was at the peak of his reputation at this time, but once he was involved in political-related events, there would definitely be no good results.

Wu Zhiwen put down his work first and wanted to raise the phone number in his hand several times to call Gan Guoyang, but it was getting late now. After Gan Guoyang finished the game, he participated in the celebration meeting. Now he is either still celebrating or has gone home to rest. Wu Zhiwen always felt that calling him would disturb him.

Just when Wu Zhiwen was struggling, the phone on the table rang.

“Hello?”

"It's me, Zhiwen, you should have received the news from Beijing, right? I'm at home, come to my house." Wu Zhiwen was very surprised. He didn't expect that Gan Guoyang took the initiative to call. He seemed to have received the news and was waiting for him at home.

Wu Zhiwen immediately packed up, came out of his independent office, and was about to drive to Gan Guoyang's apartment, but when he arrived at the garage, he found that Feng Peiyu was already waiting for him there. It seemed that Gan Guoyang directly asked Feng Peiyu to pick up Wu Zhiwen after the celebration meeting, and then he found another way to go home first.

When Wu Zhiwen arrived at Gan Guoyang's home in a car, Gan Guoyang's face was still a little tired. The fourth game in Los Angeles made Gan Guoyang exhaust his physical strength, which directly led to Gan Guoyang's average performance in the fifth game, only scoring 17 points and 11 rebounds. Fortunately, the three teammates who returned performed extremely well, and the morale and mental strength of the Lakers had been exhausted in the fourth game. In the away game, they faced the magnificent Trail Blazers, they only resisted and surrendered in the first half.

"Sit up, Zhiwen, I'm going to tell you a long story. Now that Beijing is getting more and more nervous, the finals are about to start again. It is inevitable that I will be asked about related questions at that time. Many people are still staring at me and preparing to joke with me. Think of a way to pass this level." Gan Guoyang said straight to the point without saying a word of nonsense.

Wu Zhiwen was a little confused. He said carefully: "Boss, I don't know how to conclude this matter yet. The students are also very enthusiastic about you. Maybe... this is an opportunity..."

Before Wu Zhiwen finished speaking, Gan Guoyang waved his hand and interrupted him, sighing and said, "Some things are destined to be unchanged. I am actually an ordinary person. Without basketball, I am nothing. Therefore, I dare not involve political matters. I will do my best to my motherland. You must know that I have always been a Chinese, but the same thing is still the case. Some things are destined to be unchanged. Anyway, in the media, you can let some people speak, but you can't let everyone stop talking. Think about how to deal with it first, you will understand in a few days."

The two chatted for a long time at night, both about this incident and many others. Gan Guoyang said a lot of plausible words, which made Wu Zhiwen confused, but soon, Wu Zhiwen began to understand what Gan Guoyang said.

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On June 3, Western Time, all American TV stations began to broadcast news about China across the ocean. For a country like the United States with a developed media, a wave of anti-China quickly began to surge.

This is undoubtedly a huge pressure for Gan Guoyang, because at this time, he was still a pure Chinese citizen and had no American nationality. At this time, it was only two days before the start of the finals.

Of course, the atmosphere in the Trail Blazers is still quite harmonious and relaxed. Everyone is training as usual. Everyone is focusing on the finals. NBA players generally don’t care about politics. But coach Adelman understands some of the situation, but he just reminds Gan Guoyang to focus on basketball before training.

Gan Guoyang really wants to focus on basketball, but the reporter who has to roll up three feet of waves is not what he thinks.

Starting from June 3, a considerable number of reporters began to ask Gan Guoyang about the incident in interviews after training, while Gan Guoyang remained silent and smiled and did not speak. These were just sports reporters. Most of them had a good relationship with Gan Guoyang, and their questions were not sharp about political issues.

However, during the training the next day, a large number of non-sports reporters came to interview, and the Trail Blazers were asked to hold a press conference specifically for this, but they were rejected by the Trail Blazers' management.

The bombing of Gan Guoyang's visit and bombing never stopped for a moment. Some reporters seemed to have begun to look for opportunities like gold diggers who discovered treasures, and the problems began to become more and more tricky.

On the evening of the 4th, Gan Guoyang was already restless by these reporters during the day. Moreover, according to media reports, American people were on the side of sympathy and opposed the government's behavior. Some fans even sent emails to ask Gan Guoyang, "Where are you on?"

When Gan Guoyang finished his day of training and was about to take a bus back, some reporters who were squatting outside the training hall rushed up again. Feng Peiyu and Feng Guangyao worked hard to protect Gan Guoyang, so that he could slowly squeeze out the encirclement and go to the garage.

At this time, a reporter held a microphone and asked loudly at Gan Guoyang: "Gan! Do you sympathize with those students? Do you sympathize with them?" There was a camera behind her facing Gan Guoyang.

At this time, Gan Guoyang wanted to say to the microphone: "The Chinese should judge and make decisions about the Chinese themselves, and there is no need for foreigners to point fingers." This is a fierce reply, but if Gan Guoyang said this, although he would receive some criticism, it was limited to this, and the media could not interpret any deep meaning.

However, just as Gan Guoyang shook his head habitually while preparing to say that, Gan Guoyang felt his throat tightening, but he could not speak at all when he reached his mouth. He could not speak!

The situation that happened in 1986 happened again. That year he wanted to block Bird's final kill, but his body was fixed. This time he wanted to say what he was thinking, but he couldn't speak. As a result, the camera recorded was Gan Guoyang who answered the reporter's question. He hesitated and did not speak, but shook his head gently.
Chapter completed!