Even the strongest and most enduring climax has a moment when it subsides.
How to face the ensuing emptiness and calm, and lay the groundwork and preparation for the next arrival, is a topic everyone must confront.
For Gan Guoyang, the grand comeback press conference was as brilliant as fireworks, with news media around the world reporting on his return to the NBA that day.
The footage of him on TV, accompanied by the music of "Sunrise," would be replayed time and again in the future.
His speech at the press conference was brief and powerful, a declaration of a king returning to the battlefield, and ticket prices at the Rose Garden soared to an extremely high level.
Even the three major indices of the American stock market rose sharply that day, a confidence as precious as gold, reflecting to some extent the overall prosperity of America in the '90s.
Yet, upon returning home after leaving the Rose Garden Arena, the first thing Gan Guoyang did was sit down and have a good meal.
