Chapter 359 New arrival
Chapter 359 New arrival
"Ladies! Gentlemen! The plane has landed at Auckland Airport. The temperature outside is 28 degrees Celsius. The plane is taxiing. For the safety of you and others, please do not stand up or open the luggage rack..."
A plane from the other side of the ocean landed slowly on the runway of Auckland's airport. In the cabin, a group of yellow-skinned young people were restless.
Most of these young people who came to the United States for the first time also took a plane for the first time. After boarding the plane, they saw nothing strange. After the plane landed, they all wanted to lie on the windows and look far away.
"Hey, Weidong, look, good guy, this tower is really tall!" Sun Jun nudged Hu Weidong who was beside him, and pointed out the window excitedly.
"Well, I see it." Hu Weidong stroked his eyes and looked at them.
At this time, the plane had come to a complete stop, and the passengers began to get their luggage off the plane.
"Slow down! Take your own things and don't leave them behind. Remember what I said. When you go abroad, you not only represent yourself, but also represent the country! Did you hear that?" Director Zhang was the team leader this time , while everyone was packing their luggage, he exhorted everyone.
"I heard it!" The young players responded one after another.
Looking at the players who started to pack their luggage, Director Zhang was also very excited. In his opinion, these people in front of him are the future seeds of the national team.
Thinking of this, he was grateful to Frank and Li Weisi from the bottom of his heart. If it weren't for them, the training camp would not have been held so smoothly.
Since the plan was submitted last year, leaders have met many times to discuss it, because they can hardly believe that such a good thing can happen.
However, with the launch of the NBA last year, Li Weisi's name has gained a certain degree of popularity in China. Frank has also repeatedly stated that this is just a patriotic Chinese doing his part to the motherland, and finally it was officially established.
The country will select about 20 young players aged 16-20 from all over the country. From July 7st to July 1th, they will come to Auckland to participate in the summer rookie training camp organized by Li Weisi.
During this period, food, clothing, housing and transportation are all provided by Li Weisi and Frank, and these players will be provided with a subsidy of about 100 US dollars.
This is a huge sum of money!
Of course, how much of this money can be obtained by these young players is unknown, just like the whereabouts of the children's New Year's money, this is a magical secret.
Everyone is sorting out the line and getting checked luggage at the airport. Everyone has a lot of things in big bags and small bags. It looks like they are moving.
It's no wonder that they have heard that the price of goods in the United States is very expensive, so they brought all the daily necessities they could bring.
At the exit of the airport, Stan Van Gundy and his younger brother Jeff Van Gundy appeared here together. Not only that, but his younger brother Jeff also held a big sign saying "Huaxia Youth Basketball Exchange Team" in Chinese. Obviously, they The two were sent by Frank to pick up the plane.
After finishing his work with the college team this season, Jeff finally joined the Warriors coaching staff a few days ago as an assistant after being introduced by his brother Stan.
Unexpectedly, not long after he came to the coaching staff, his first task was to pick him up at the airport, which made Jeff feel that he was being overqualified.
"Here we come!" Brother's sudden reminder shocked Jeff, did he finally come?Finally, he is about to be freed!
The reason why they can recognize the person they want to pick up from a distance is not because Stan has good eyes, but because the characteristics of these people are too obvious. There are so many yellow people walking in uniform, and they all have young faces, so they are not the person they want to pick up. Who is it again?
"Hello! I'm the leader of this exchange team, Wei Ping, are you here to pick us up?" Director Zhang also saw the sign Jeff was holding and hurried forward to ask.
"Yes, the two of us are the assistant coaches of the Warriors. When the boss Frank came to pick you up, the bus was parked outside!" Stein said.
"Thank you so much!" The whole team has the ability to communicate in English. Director Zhang is the only one, which is also an important reason why the other side will appoint him as the team leader.
You know, coming to the United States for an exchange this time, no matter how you look at it, it is a fat job. How many people are staring at the position of the team leader!
The bus is a 30-passenger bus, and it is more than enough to pull everyone on board. After everyone puts their luggage and sits in their seats, the bus starts to move slowly.
Because they suddenly came to an unfamiliar environment, although everyone was very curious about the outside world, they were all trembling and did not dare to move around, completely losing the lively atmosphere on the plane.
The airport is not far from the Oakland Arena, but instead of going to the arena first, they came to a hotel.
"Director Zhang, our boss has already opened the hotel room. You check in first, then have lunch together, take a lunch break, and then I will come in the afternoon and take you to the gymnasium to meet our boss!" Stan explained to Director Zhang.
"Okay!" Director Zhang naturally agreed without any objection.
When they came to this five-star hotel, everything impacted the hearts of these young people. They were like grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, and they were in a completely different world.
Obviously, the sugar-coated bullets of capitalism have indeed corroded the pure hearts of these young people, so that after lunch, they couldn't sleep at all and were so excited.
Frank met them in the afternoon at the training hall of the Warriors. When he saw these unfamiliar but familiar faces for the first time, Frank felt emotional.
This time, Frank personally finalized the list for entering rice, so you can see many faces of the 94 golden generation, such as: Hu Weidong, Sun Jun, Adi Jiang, Liu Yudong, Gong Xiaobin, Wu Naiqun and so on.
The identity issue that Liu Yudong had been worried about before was not a problem at all under Frank's operation, or the same sentence, problems that can be solved with money are not problems.
"Hi everyone! Welcome everyone! I'm Frank, and I'm also one of the organizers of this training camp!" As soon as Frank opened his mouth, all the young people were stunned. This mandarin is more standard than some of them.
"I wonder if everyone has watched the NBA?" Frank asked again.
"I've seen it!" Many people replied. With the broadcast of the NBA on China TV, more and more people began to know about this league.
"That's good. Now that you've watched the NBA, I believe everyone knows the strength of our Warriors. This one-month training camp, our Warriors will not only have coaches, physical therapists, and even the stars of the team. Come to teach you, I believe that you can learn a lot through this training camp, and I sincerely hope that your trip is worthwhile!"
"Huh, huh, huh..." Everyone below applauded in unison, every immature face revealed a look of anticipation and excitement.
"Very good, next, let me show you the base of our Warriors first!"
(End of this chapter)