He played for only 22 minutes, scoring 13 points with 8 rebounds and 6 assists, playing pretty conservatively without much exertion.
This is great news for the China Team.
Meanwhile, in preparation for the quarterfinals knockout round, Gan Guoyang followed the advice of the security team and left the Olympic Village to stay at a nearby luxury hotel.
The reason is simple: Gan Guoyang was too easily disturbed in the Olympic Village, where management wasn't strict and there were simply too many people.
The group stage was alright, but in the quarterfinals, the China Team faces the host country, and Australia also has its share of extremist fans, quite a lot in fact.
Everyone knows that Gan Guoyang is the biggest asset of the China Team; without Gan Guoyang, the China Team's performance would rank around 8th to 10th place.
Therefore, Gan Guoyang could easily become a target for attacks, so during this period, he no longer went out aimlessly, staying in the Olympic Village to watch TV and train.
Now, facing the host nation, to prevent extremists from launching attacks or poisoning, after discussion, Gan Guoyang was relocated.
"We received some information that some extremist groups are planning to attack you. For the time being, you should stay at the hotel. I've already increased security personnel."
On the way to leave the Olympic Village, his personal bodyguard Quentin explained to Gan Guoyang that Sydney wasn't very peaceful during the Olympic Games.
Various protests and marches were happening one after another, addressing environmental issues, along with frequent reports of Olympic scandals.
Multiple forces, openly and secretly, were engaged in strife and wrestling outside the venues, and as a symbolic figure of the Chinese Olympic Delegation, Gan Guoyang truly was in a high-risk situation.
Gan Guoyang trusted Quentin deeply, having known each other since high school and established a working relationship continuing to today.
Now, they were no longer in a simple employment relation, nor just good friends, but rather like family.
The fully armed bodyguard team secretly relocated Gan Guoyang from the Olympic Village on the night of the 25th to the Novotel Four-star Hotel where the US Dream Team was staying.
The Dream Team's security team was also here, making Gan Guoyang's stay quite safe, so ultimately, he ended up living with the Dream Team players.
To Gan Guoyang, the hotel was like his second home; in his professional career spanning over ten years, one-third of the time was spent living in hotels, the fate of a professional basketball player.
As soon as he entered the room, Gan Guoyang felt something was off—the light was on, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a woman sitting on the bed, with a very good figure judging by her silhouette.
Gan Guoyang's mind went blank; could it have been arranged by Quentin? No, he never had that habit—he wasn't Magic Johnson, who couldn't sleep without a woman each night.
Upon closer look—this silhouette, this hair, this familiar aura and feeling... Isn't this my wife!
"Fuxi, when did you get here?"
Wang Fuxi turned her head, pointing to the phone at her mouth; it turned out she was on a call.
Gan Guoyang sighed in relief—his wife was in Sydney; clearly, the arrangement for Quentin to relocate him to the hotel was surely decided by Wang Fuxi.
Changing clothes and taking a shower, Gan Guoyang stepped out of the bathroom, finding Wang Fuxi having finished the call, helping him pack some luggage.
"When did you arrive?"
"I just got here in the afternoon; upon receiving some information, I hurried over."
"My wife still has such keen hearing and sight, knowing everything like the back of her hand~ Have you gone to see the kids?"
"I haven't had time to see the kids, but had to prioritize you first~ Going to see the kids tomorrow, I've increased personnel there too."
Gan Guoyang's father, son, daughter, and Gan Guohui's family all arrived in Sydney too, but stayed in a tourist hotel, also under the protection of bodyguards.
Wang Fuxi didn't come to Sydney at once, as she had more matters to handle in America.
Since the spy case incident, Gan Guoyang had been managing his assets, recovering many previous arrangements.
This included funeral services, sneakers, construction, automobiles, the internet, and more, mostly retaining some shares, relinquishing management rights and board seats.
Accumulated cash in hand, half already invested in China's semiconductor industry, with the remaining half, Wang Fuxi was considering how to reallocate.
Though Gan Guoyang truly was a golden brand, he established his development direction, the real operation behind had always been Wang Fuxi.
Gan Guoyang didn't trust American asset management companies and professional managers, especially those cooperating with sports stars—they have quite the tarnished record.
He always entrusted the most critical matters to his wife and brother, family members he could fully trust, something he made clear from early in his relationship with Wang Fuxi.
As a result, both stood the test of time, Wang Fuxi evolved from an inexperienced young lady to one of the most influential and wealthy Chinese-American women in America—possibly the most influential.
She serves as a director of numerous publicly listed companies, is a chairperson and honorary chairperson of three foundations, holds honorary doctorates from several universities, and most importantly, she is Gan Guoyang's legal wife.
She not only manages all businesses under Gan Guoyang's name but also continuously protects her husband, guarding the family against public opinion and physical threats.
Even though Gan Guoyang holds high prestige among Chinese in America, the mix among Chinese immigrants is indeed quite complex; it's said overseas Chinese aren't united—and that's normal, because the diaspora is so diverse and naturally divided that unity is rather improbable.
