But after starting to work with Guoyang, Oscar Goodman watched as Guoyang negotiated, prepared, and already set up the team structure.
He couldn't help but wonder, is Ah Gan really that confident? If the League doesn't agree, all this preparation and money will go down the drain, wasted.
As it happened, the day after the 911 events, today at noon, Goodman received a message from Guoyang that tomorrow Stern would come for negotiations.
In the afternoon, having watched Guoyang's TV speech, hearing him publicly declare bringing an NBA team to Las Vegas, Goodman couldn't contain his excitement and hurried to MGM to meet Guoyang.
The mighty mayor of Las Vegas, waited in line downstairs for more than two hours, without eating, before being allowed to go upstairs and talk face-to-face with Guoyang in his office.
"Oh Sonny, you don't know how difficult it is now to see you. I've waited until I'm starved. And you're eating?"
