At the New York Railway Station, Chen Qiangzheng saw Hu Xhi off.

Hu Shi has received the appointment to return to China to serve as the president of Peking University. He plans to take a train from New York to Los Angeles and then take a boat back to China.

In front of the platform, Hu Shi shook Chen Qiang's hand and said, "Okay, I'll leave after sending you Qianli, you'd better go back quickly!"

"Sir, take care of yourself all the way. The domestic situation is not peaceful after all, and you must pay attention to safety." Chen Qiang said.

"Don't worry, although the domestic situation is chaotic, it's okay in big cities like Peking after all. Besides, I'm going back to be the president of a university, not a high-ranking official, so no one should be against me." Hu Shi said.

Chen Qiang took out a bank promissory note from his arms and handed it to Hu Shi. Then he said, "Sir, I know that domestic prices are soaring, and fiat currency is becoming more and more valuable. I have a promissory note from Citibank of US$5,000. After you arrive in Shanghai, you can directly exchange it from Citibank in Shanghai."

"How can I ask for your money? I have been in the United States for many years and have some savings. I am worried about ensuring my life. You should take back this bank note." Hu Shi refused.

"Sir, even if you don't need money, it always takes money to reopen Peking University. The Ministry of Education may not be sufficient. If you can't use this money, you can use it at Peking University. Whether it's repairing school buildings or purchasing equipment, it's my contribution to education." Chen Qiang said.

Hu Shi thought about it and felt that Chen Qiang was right, so he accepted the bank note and said, "Don't worry, I will use all of your 5,000 US dollars in the construction of Peking University."

Hu Shi turned around and left, but thought of another thing, and hurriedly turned around. He said, "But the new ambassador to the United States has some personal relationships with me. If you have something to look for him, you can go to him under my banner. I think he will give me some thin face. I know that you have a wide connection in the United States and you won't encounter any difficulties. However, it is always good to have more roads in case of emergencies."

"Thank you, sir." Chen Qiang thanked.

The previous Ambassador Wei was transferred back to China not long ago, transformed from ambassador to the United States and became a ministerial official. He was promoted. The person who came to replace Ambassador Wei was surnamed Gu, and he was a veteran diplomat in China.

As early as the Beiyang government, Master Gu was already a diplomat. He refused to sign a contract that would harm China's interests in the Paris Peace Conference. It was also because he had a Beiyang background that he was wanted by Nanjing. After the "September 18th", Ambassador Gu served as China's foreign minister for a brief period, and later served as ambassador to France and the ambassador to the United Kingdom and other positions. During the San Francisco Conference, he was the head of the Chinese delegation and signed the UN Charter on behalf of China. Since then, he has served as China's representative to the United Nations until Ambassador Wei stepped down.

In terms of qualifications, Ambassador Gu is definitely one of the oldest diplomats in China. Unfortunately, he was born in Beiyang after all, and served for President Yuan at that time. He also worked under the command of Zhang Dashuai in Northeast China. Naturally, he did not gain the trust of the senior officials of Nanjing. Therefore, after so many years, he was still just an ambassador to the United States. Otherwise, with his qualifications, he would definitely be the core figure in China's diplomatic affairs.

...

Ferris, general manager of the Buffalo Buffalo team, approached Chen Qiang.

"Mr. Chen, I plan to move the team out of Buffalo." Ferris said.

"Why did you suddenly want to relocate? Is there something wrong with the cooperation with the Buffalo government?" Chen Qiang asked.

"This is not the case. Although the governments of both sides are not very pleasant, there is no conflict. The team's board of directors thinks that the market in Buffalo is too small." Ferris said.

Although Buffalo is the second largest city in New York, as long as New York City exists, other cities in New York are in a weak position. The population and talents of New York are sucked away by New York City, and other cities can only follow behind New York City to lick the soup.

In the future, Buffalo will have an NFL football team and an NHL ice hockey team. In the entire state, except for New York City, only Buffalo has teams in the four major leagues. In this regard, Buffalo can support a professional basketball team.

However, the Buffalo still disliked Buffalo's football market being too small and could not bring more profits, so he planned to move away.

"Where do you want to move?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Go to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The city of Milwaukee promised to build a new stadium for us, which can accommodate more than 10,000 people." Ferris said.

Chen Qiang smiled and nodded. The Buffalo Buffalo still embarked on the road of history.

In history, the Buffalo Bisons moved to Illinois after just less than a year of establishment, renamed the Three Cities Blackhawks. In 1951, he moved to Milwaukee again, renamed the Milwaukee Eagles again, moved to St. Louis in 1955, and in 1968 he went to Atlanta, which is today's Atlanta Eagles.

In this time and space, NBA appeared earlier, and Buffalo Bison became a professional basketball team earlier, and they moved to Milwaukee earlier.

Basketball fans in later generations generally think that Milwaukee is a small ball market. When Ali Lian entered the NBA, he had a quarrel with the Bucks because Milwaukee is a small ball market.

In fact, Milwaukee can be regarded as a big city in the United States. Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin, with very developed industries and only 200 kilometers away from Chicago. In the future, 10 Fortune 500 companies will be headquartered in Milwaukee.

The reason why Milwaukee has become a small football market in the NBA is not because the city is not large enough or because the city is not crowded, but because the Milwaukee Brewers exist.

The Milwaukee Brewers is a team in the baseball MLB Major League Baseball. The Brewers were established one year later than the Bucks. However, because the Brewers were established as the golden age of American baseball, the Brewers’ popularity is naturally far beyond the Bucks. In the future, even if the Brewers’ performance has been extremely bad for many years, the Brewers are still the true love of the Milwaukee people. Compared with this, the Bucks are like stepmothers.

"Going to a larger city and having a larger stadium is a good thing for the team and the league. If you plan to relocate the team to Milwaukee, the league will support you." Chen Qiang said.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen. It's just that Wisconsin is a bit far from the East. If other teams come to Milwaukee to play away, they may have to be exhausted. I wonder if other teams will complain." Ferris said with a worried look on his face.

Milwaukee is just west of Chicago. Although it is only 200 kilometers away, with the transportation conditions at that time, it would take several hours to take the train for 200 kilometers.

Chen Qiang said: "This year there are several new teams planning to join our league, including teams from cities in the central region. In the future, the distance between teams will become farther. I am also thinking about this matter. Should the teams be divided into Eastern and Western teams according to the region, and increase the number of games of the teams close to each other, so as to save time on the road. If it really doesn't work, just learn from the Pistons and let the players play in the plane."

The Pistons were the first team to use airplanes to transport players to play games. After all, the Pistons' first boss was American automobile tycoon Zorner, who had private jets as early as the early 1940s.

Ferris smiled and said, "Zorna, the owner of the Pistons, is rich and powerful. A small team like ours can't afford a private jet."

"Who asked you to buy a plane? You can buy a ticket directly! If it really doesn't work, it's okay to rent a plane with an airline. If the stadium of 10,000 people can be filled, are you still afraid of not having money to take a plane?" Chen Qiang replied.

...

In 1946, American professional sports ushered in great development, and new teams in various professional sports leagues want to join.

Chen Qiang's NBA naturally received a lot of team applications. Of course, NBA is not allowed to join the team application. This requires the bosses of each team to hold a meeting for discussion and review.

The professional sports leagues of that era mainly paid franchise. To put it bluntly, they gave the sports league some franchise fees, so that the team could enter the sports league to play. For example, the NBL League of Basketball was 15,000 US dollars in 1946. No matter which team it was, as long as they could afford the 15,000 US dollars, they could join the NBL League to play.

Chen Qiang's NBA is different. Chen Qiang did not form the NBA just to earn the franchise fee. If a team wants to join the NBA, it doesn't need to pay. The key is to look at the size and potential of the team. If it is a team that doesn't even have a decent home court and has to play in a dance hall or middle school, it will definitely not be allowed to join the NBA.

In the conference room, representatives sent by the bosses of each team or bosses gathered to discuss the joining of the new team.

The last time a new team joined the Chicago Gears, which is a big city. The boss behind the Chicago Gears has multiple gear factories, so the Chicago Gears is also supported by the financial supporter. The Chicago Gears' franchise was naturally unimpeded and passed the unanimous votes.

This time, the teams applying to join the NBA are of varying quality. If a small team without the support of the boss joins the NBA, it will make the NBA cheaper and other teams will suffer losses.

As the chairman of the NBA, Chen Qiang took the lead in speaking: "Let's look at the first application first. The applicants are Ben Berger and Morris Calfen. They bought the Detroit Gems that will be disbanded and plan to join our league."

"Ben Berger? Is that the owner of that theater chain? I heard that he has dozens of theater chain chains in North Dakota." Someone asked.

Chen Qiang nodded: "Yes, it's him, and he has several nightclubs. As for Morris Calfen, he started out with a bowling alley and a billiards, and he also has several ice skating rinks. You should have heard of the 'ice holiday' performance? It was made by him."

"I have seen an ice holiday show. In winter, this show will be held in the United States, and in summer, this show will be back in South America." Another person said.

"Since this team has two bosses support, I want them to join, and I should not encounter business problems, but I suggest they change to a larger home court. I heard that the Detroit Gems still uses the gymnasium of Frendale High School as the home court." Another person said.

Chen Qiang continued: "Everyone, don't be anxious, don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet. Ben Berger and Morris Calfin don't plan to stay in Detroit after buying the Gems. They want to move the team to Minneapolis."

"Minnesota? That's a bit far away!" someone responded.

"It's a bit far from New York. I asked the two bosses that they plan to rent planes so that their team can play away." Chen Qiang paused and continued: "Everyone, in the future, our league will continue to expand, not only to the central part of the United States, but also to the western part of the United States. Maybe in a few years, we can see a new team in Los Angeles. Using planes to transport players to the game is the direction of future development, so I hope you all prepare early."

When Chen Qiang said this, he seemed to suddenly remember something, so he continued: "By the way, there is another thing I forgot to say, after this Gem team moved to Minneapolis, he planned to change the name and not be called the Gem team. Minneapolis has many lakes, so they plan to name this team the Lakers!"

The Minneapolis Lakers are the Los Angeles Lakers in the future.

The predecessor of the Lakers was the Detroit Gem team among the NBL. Detroit Gem had only played in the NBL league for a year and couldn't hold on. So Ben Berger and Morris Calfin jointly purchased the Detroit Gem team, and then moved the team to Minneapolis and renamed it the Lakers.

Chen Qiang naturally knows the background of the Minneapolis Lakers, and also knows that this team will become the most successful team in the NBA in the future, so he welcomes the Minneapolis Lakers to join. Even if someone opposes today, Chen Qiang will promote the Minneapolis Lakers to join the NBA.

Subsequently, under the discussion of everyone, several new teams joined NBA.

Although the Stargers from Chicago were a newly established team, they were finally able to join the NBA because they were backed by a big city like Chicago. At that time, Chicago was at least the second largest city in the United States. The Chicago Stadium was also a gymnasium of the same level as Madison Square Garden, which could accommodate more than 17,000 spectators. Such a team with a background in the big market would naturally be easy to join the NBA.

In the future 2005-2006 season, the Chicago Bulls held a tribute to the classic event, which played three NBA games in the Starger replica jersey.

The bomber team from St. Louis is also a newly established team. Before the rise of Silicon Valley, St. Louis' manufacturing industry was very developed. In addition, the city is located in the geometric center of the United States, which leads to all directions of the United States and has a superior geographical location. The sports atmosphere of this city is also very good, and the 1904 Olympic Games were held here.

The Packers in Anderson, Indiana were also allowed to join the NBA League. This team is also a newly established team. The team's owner, Duffy Brothers, made canned meat packaging. During World War II, they made a lot of money by providing canned meat to the US military. It was precisely because of the financial backers that the Anderson Packers were accepted by the NBA.

The last newly joined team was in Indianapolis, the capital of Indiana, and the team was called the Jets. The Indianapolis Jets were founded in 1931. They participated in a minor league called the Midwest Basketball Conference in their early years. Later, they joined the NBL League and now they have jobs to the NBA. Although the team does not have the support of big investors, they have more than ten years of professional competition experience, so they were able to join the NBA League.

The joining of five new teams has also greatly increased Chen Qiang's NBA league strength.

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Chapter completed!