nycdaug Chapter 684 Checking into the White Horse Hotel!
Chapter 684 Checking into the White Horse Hotel!
On the plane, Wang Xiucheng leaned on Tang Yan's shoulder with his eyes closed.
"Why don't you go sleep in the back?" Tang Yan asked casually.
"No, I'm right here," Wang Xiucheng said without opening his eyes.
Tang Yan was quite helpless. She had pushed Wang Xiucheng's head away earlier, but Wang Xiucheng seemed to be a rogue and stuck to her again.
"You can't stay like this for more than ten hours, can you?" Tang Yan reached out and tapped Wang Xiucheng's forehead. "Your neck can't take it either."
"I don't know, I'll tell you later." As he spoke, Wang Xiucheng moved closer to Tang Yan, getting himself a little closer to her.
Tang Yan blushed, and told herself again that Wang Xiucheng was just her younger brother, and it was only right for her to take care of him.
Gradually, Wang Xiucheng actually started snoring.
But Tang Yan couldn't hold on any longer.
Sitting in one position for a long time is also a kind of torture.
"If you don't go to sleep, I'll lie down in the back?" Tang Yan asked softly after finally managing to stay awake for a few more minutes.
“Go ahead, didn’t I tell you when we boarded the plane that the back seat was reserved for you?” Wang Xiucheng finally raised his head at this moment.
"Then, I'm going..." Tang Yan got up and went to the back.
Seemingly quite tired, Tang Yan gradually fell asleep.
……
After more than ten hours of flight, Wang Xiucheng's Gulfstream 650 finally landed in Shanghai.
"Goodbye, Sister Tang, don't forget me," Wang Xiucheng said pitifully, standing at the airplane entrance.
Tang Yan chuckled, her face flushing slightly. Without saying a word, she walked out of the airport.
Awen pushed Tang Yan's luggage and followed behind.
He would escort Tang Yan home before going to find Wang Xiucheng.
After walking for a while, Tang Yan looked back and saw that Wang Xiucheng was still standing there watching her. In the end, Tang Yan waved to him.
Tang Yan's mind is now filled with the scene from the plane a few hours ago.
She lay in the airplane compartment for a while, but still worried about Wang Xiucheng, so she came out.
She saw Wang Xiucheng huddled in the chair like a shrimp, which made Tang Yan very uneasy.
So, for some reason, Tang Yan let Wang Xiucheng also go into the cubicle to rest, since it would take more than ten hours.
Fortunately, the partition consists of two beds. Removing the middle device creates a passageway, so neither of the two people will bother the other.
At least that's what Tang Yan initially thought.
Then, as she drifted off to sleep and woke up again, she discovered that Wang Xiucheng had somehow grabbed her hand.
The passageway in the middle had been pieced back together at some point, I don't know.
Wang Xiucheng was drooling, which meant he was sleeping soundly.
This made Tang Yan give up the idea of waking Wang Xiucheng.
She knew that Wang Xiucheng had been very tired these past few days. First, he played the last game of the finals, then he attended some kind of banquet, and then there was the championship parade. He hadn't had a moment's rest at all.
And I also caught a cold and got sick, so my body may not have really recovered yet.
So Tang Yan just watched Wang Xiucheng like that until several hours later, when Wang Xiucheng woke up.
After Wang Xiucheng woke up, he acted as if nothing had happened, yawning as he let go of Tang Yan's hand.
This actually made Tang Yan feel less embarrassed.
"Brother, Mawei has arrived."
A few minutes later, Wu Di received a call from Ma Wei and said...
"Alright, let's go too. There are so many older sisters waiting for me in the business world..."
……
"417 athletes depart! The full roster of the Chinese sports delegation to the Paris Olympics is here!"
In front of the newsstand, a newspaper with this headline was prominently displayed.
Jiang Yan's father threw the money on the newsstand, and just as he grabbed a newspaper, he was pushed out.
Even the persimmons I just bought at the morning market were squeezed into persimmon cakes.
The old man didn't pay any attention. He found a spot, opened the newspaper somewhat hastily, found the section dedicated to basketball, and then found the section about the men's basketball team.
"The men's basketball team consists of 12 players and a support team of 26 people."
"The defense consists of Wang Xiucheng, Zhao Weilun, Cui Yongxi, and Guo Haowen."
"The forward line consists of Zeng Fanbo, David Muoka, Zhang Zhenlin, and Li Kaier."
"The center position is composed of Zhou Qi, Yang Hansen, Tao Hanlin, and Yu Jiahao."
These 12 players are the same as the 12 players who participated in last year's World Cup.
Although various local teams have been cultivating young players over the past six months, they are clearly not yet ready to join the national team and fight alongside Wang Xiucheng.
"They've already set off; it seems there's real hope for this year."
The old man looked at the pictures of the men's basketball team heading to the tournament in the newspaper and muttered to himself.
……
Paris.
White Horse Manor Hotel.
When Yao Ming stepped off the bus, he was extremely shocked when he saw the hotel.
The Cheval Blanc Hotel is located right in front of the Seine River, and from here you can see the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum directly.
Although the Basketball Association's budget has always been sufficient, the funds allocated for this year's Olympics are also quite generous.
But he wouldn't dare let Yao Ming decide to stay at this hotel.
When Wang Xiucheng told him that he would be staying at the Baima Hotel during the Olympics, Yao Ming was stunned.
"It must be very expensive, right?" Yao Ming asked at the time.
"It's alright, I'll just charge you for water and electricity," Wang Xiucheng said nonchalantly at the time.
How much are the water and electricity bills?
"10 RMB a day, that's not expensive, is it?"
"10?" Yao Ming was startled. "So cheap?"
In Yao Ming's view, 10 yuan might only be enough to rent one or two rooms, and it's absolutely impossible to rent the entire Baima Hotel.
“We’re all on the same side, so it’s easy to talk,” Wang Xiucheng chuckled.
The others who followed Yao Ming out of the car also gasped in shock when they saw the hotel.
Ben Sullivan, carrying his bag, looked at the hotel in front of him and shook his head with amusement.
He heard that the US team manager, Grant Hill, had originally wanted to rent the place for the US team to stay in.
But when he found out the hotel had been rented to the Chinese team, Hill immediately rented another place without daring to utter a word.
Wang Xiucheng has become someone many people dare not mess with.
However, the next moment, Ben Sullivan frowned slightly.
Wang Xiucheng had been paving the way for the Huaxia team for a long time, and he even took great care of things like accommodation.
This shouldn't have been Wang Xiucheng's problem in the first place.
But Wang Xiucheng still quietly got everything done.
Ben Sullivan then looked at the other "foreigners" behind him, just like him.
Here you'll find the Nets' team doctor, the Timberwolves' video analyst, and the Trail Blazers' rehabilitation specialist.
It's fair to say that nearly half of the Chinese national team's management team is now NBA-caliber.
These were all bestowed by King Xiucheng.
Wang Xiucheng is truly meticulous in everything he does!
Dozens of people had already lined up in front of the White Horse Hotel.
These people were all staff members of the White Horse Hotel, and many of them had come from China in advance, such as the chefs.
Steve, the manager of the White Horse Hotel who was standing at the front, ran over with a smile on his face.
He originally intended to go straight for Wang Xiucheng, but when he saw Wang Xiucheng glare at him, he immediately ran to Yao Ming's side.
"Chairman Yao, welcome to the Chinese Men's and Women's Basketball Teams at the Baima Hotel. All staff at the Baima Hotel will do their best to serve you in the days to come."
One by one, the buses behind stopped, and the other staff members and members of the women's basketball team also got off.
When they saw the White Horse Hotel in front of them, the women's basketball team members finally took out their phones and saved photos of themselves and the hotel.