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On the first night upon arrival in Indianapolis, Gan Guoyang met many basketball stars at the party, such as Thomas, Bird, Johnson, Jabbar, etc.
Gan Guoyang did not feel shy or awkward just because he was a rookie. He chatted and greeted everyone normally, he knew all these people well anyway.
He was not a social superstar and couldn't grin broadly like Magic Johnson, putting his arm around everyone and being the life of the party with laughter and jokes.
Compared to his confident and dominating presence on the court, off the court Guoyang was calm and aloof. He did not deliberately keep a distance from the media; he needed exposure, he needed to create talking points for Avia.
But he also did not let the media kidnap his life, joining endless commercial activities, being surrounded by too many fans, media, and business folks, eventually turning into a consummate product.
