Today was his son Wang Shiyu's first soccer match.
Wang Shiyu had inherited Wang Yi's athletic talent. Though he was only five, he could run faster and jump higher than most five-year-olds.
His coordination, balance, and other abilities were also far ahead of the average five-year-old.
Wang Yi and his family were looking forward to seeing their son inherit Wang Yi's legacy and continue bringing glory to China Basketball with athletic talent like his.
In fact, they had started giving him some basketball training when he turned five.
But the little guy seemed much more interested in soccer.
At school, when soccer and basketball activities conflicted, he resolutely chose the soccer team.
Today was his first match since joining the school soccer team.
This was a citywide U6 soccer tournament hosted by Toronto.
Toronto had more than 140 communities, and the kindergartens in each community held their own matches first.
The community champions would then compete against one another to determine the overall champion.
So, although this was a children's soccer tournament for kids under six, it was actually quite a large event.
Wang Yi lived in the Forest Hill community.
It was a famous wealthy neighborhood in Canada. The cheapest mansion there cost more than two million dollars, while the most expensive one cost over nine million.
Almost everyone who lived there was a wealthy person from somewhere around the world.
They were either prominent figures in their fields or came from families with mines.
And "families with mines" wasn't just a figure of speech. They really did own mines.
Take Rotman, for example.
The University of Toronto's well-known Rotman School of Management was named after him.
Then there was Isadore Sharp, the founder of the Four Seasons Hotel.
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