Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 103 National Youth Team, I’m coming!
"Here are ten iPhone 6 phones as a reward for you becoming official basketball broadcasters."

Looking at the unopened mobile phones piled up like a pyramid in front of them, every boy's eyes were shining.

"Has everyone reached a conclusion on our previous discussion about how to create a personal style?" Chen Fang asked.

Today is the second Saturday in December.

This is the newly completed Azure Arena. A dozen young men are sitting in an office on the second floor. From the window they can overlook the entire stadium, including the outfield.

"Lei Chen and I plan to go for a comedic approach and create daily fun stories related to campus and basketball." Xue Yi was the first to raise his hand.

"I want to create content about the Nanyang High School League, including related content about college basketball games in the future," said Yue Gang.

"I make one-on-one videos to record my game process and training." This is Bai Ye's idea.

"I prefer to do popular science on basketball techniques and try to develop more fancy skills." This is a high school student with a streetball style, recommended by Xue Yi.

"I also want to go for a one-on-one style of content." Yan Zhen said.

"Han Nuo and I are mainly responsible for the training content." Kou Feng said.

"I want to make a basketball video from a girl's perspective." The speaker is Zheng Shuang, the only female member of Wei Lan, a female basketball player from Yuehu High School.

Chen Fang sorted it out and nodded with satisfaction: "I think everyone's ideas are good. In fact, there are many angles to basketball, and no one is sure which one is better. In my opinion, we are all pioneers, so I don't have any demands."

"Sign up on any mainstream video website. Don't add "Wei Lan" in front of your nickname. Just show your personal image."

"To the outside world, we collectively call it the Nanyang High School League. Let's expand this scale first."

Seeing that there were no different opinions, Chen Fang reached out and introduced Wang Zhen who had been standing behind.

"This is Wei Lan's current head of the media department, Wang Zhen."

"His task is to provide you with technical support and editing, but I hope that everyone can do it themselves, develop their imagination, and create high-traffic videos."

"This is Sun Lexian, the current head of the Azure label. Some of you may know him, so I won't introduce him to you. In the future, you can contact him for funding and other support."

Chen Fang waited for everyone to calm down, then spoke: "The first thing is over, now let's talk about the second thing."

“What’s our reward?”

"We came together because we love basketball and freedom, but life is not just about passion, we need equal rewards."

"First, when we have a certain number of fans, Weilan will look for more partners for you. The general direction is fashion brands, sneakers, and skin care products, including sports equipment and school supplies. As long as our students pay attention to and buy them on a daily basis, they are all potential partners for us."

"And Weilan will sign a contract with everyone present, which will include the duration of cooperation, advertising revenue share, gift revenue share, etc."

"At the same time, Weilan will create more auxiliary departments to promote the popularity of each person, guide topics, and bring in more traffic."

"And as I said, everyone here will also be entitled to a share of the corresponding shares in the annual marketing profits of Weilan."

“So, the stage has been set, it all depends on how you perform.”

Chen Fang stood up and said, "I hope that everyone here can achieve a little financial freedom at the age of college."

"What is little freedom?" Han Nuo asked in a puzzled voice.

"In first-tier cities, financial freedom seems to mean personal assets of tens of millions, and for minor freedom, it's more than one million."

"Oh!" The whole house exploded.

"This pancake is too big, I'm full!" Xue Yi exaggeratedly pretended to faint.

This caused everyone in the room to burst into laughter.

Seeing everyone smiling happily, Chen Fang said confidently: "Four years! In 4, I believe everyone here will be proud of their current decision."

"Okay, everyone calm down first. Now let's talk about the third thing, which is also closely related to our previous two things."

"The full name is Nanyang High School Elite Weekend League, abbreviated as NEWL."

"This league runs through the spring and autumn semesters, with games held on weekends and the venue set in the Azure."

"There are qualifying rounds, points rounds, and playoffs. We will first count the number of school teams in Nanyang that are willing to participate, and then organize the points rounds."

"The single round-robin format will ultimately determine the schools that advance to the playoffs."

"All teams that make it to the playoffs will receive bonuses and all advertising revenue from the game, and the final champion will receive an even more generous reward."

"Is it similar to the NBA?" Yan Zhen asked excitedly.

"Yes, that's what I think." Chen Fang suddenly stood up, with a hint of anger: "Maybe everyone knows that Dongsheng can't participate in the competition because the school doesn't support him. This matter has a great impact on me."

"The Nanyang High School League did not make us stronger. It was hastily concluded in a week. We are sorry for the hard work we put in for a year."

"My purpose in organizing this league is to hope that one day it can become a league recognized by our Nanyang high school students and become our own league."

Chen Fang's words clearly resonated with everyone, and everyone raised their hands in agreement.

"It should have been done a long time ago. The league should be an annual competition. An elimination system is really meaningless." Lei Chen said indignantly.

His words attracted more people's approval. They had all experienced elimination, and the feeling was too painful.

"Basketball does not rely on training, but on games. We should play more games to improve." As the former top high school student, Bai Ye's words carry weight.

"Please be quiet for a moment." Seeing that a consensus had been reached, Chen Fang raised his hand to signal everyone to stop.

"The recruitment work depends on everyone. We at Weilan have already set up a website where you can sign up."

"Next, let us work together to get off to a good start."

"come on!"

"Come on!" Cheers rang out in the conference room.

After seeing them off, the core members of Wei Lan returned to the conference room for a meeting.

Wang Zhen and Sun Lexian looked at each other. They were not familiar with each other, so they just smiled politely.

"To be honest, I'm quite worried about whether this can be done. Let's just go for it. If there are any problems, the three of us can communicate more." "There are a few points I need to remind you of."

"Don't put all your hopes in one basket. The league is something we can control, so we should focus our main energy on the league and screen out more broadcasters who are suitable for promotion through the league."

"Secondly, the league should be interesting and have a mechanism. Set up singles, 1v1, 3v3. Then the match time should be streamlined, 12 minutes instead of 8 minutes, and the rules should also be more entertaining."

"It's best to organize cheerleaders, but we need to pay attention to their protection. There should be no scandals or hooliganism. I don't want to be harassed by the relevant departments."

"Tell me what you think."

"I want to know, from Monday to Friday, the stadium is not open, should we consider charging for booking the stadium to recover the cost?" Sun Lexian said.

"There's no need to throw away the watermelon for a few dates." Chen Fang flatly objected.

"We only accept students under 18 years old. In layman's terms, we only accept students."

"But leaving it empty is not a solution either." Sun Lexian expressed a different opinion.

Chen Fang thought for a while and came up with an idea: "Go to all the kindergartens first and talk to the principals. Tell them that we provide venues and teach basketball exercises and sports games for free."

"This?" Sun Lexian was stunned, then reacted: "Advertisement?"

"Yes, we will rent this place in the name of the store, and then use this place to negotiate cooperation with interested kindergartens to see if we can rent school buses for passenger transportation."

"Nowadays, many kindergartens don't have activity areas, and some principals will be tempted."

"Okay, I think there's hope." Sun Lexian nodded in agreement.

"Once it is completed, we will immediately open a physical fitness store for children near the cooperating kindergarten."

After solving this problem, Chen Fang asked Wang Zhen: "What's the problem here?"

"There are still not enough people, and we are all students and we don't have enough energy," said Wang Zhen.

"We'll hire a full-time employee first, who will be responsible for editing and filming. He'll also be useful for kindergarten teaching. Let Manager Sun take care of him."

"Anything else?" Seeing both of them shaking their heads, Chen Fang said, "Next, I also have to focus on training, as there will be a competition soon."

"What game?" they both asked curiously.

Chen Fang hesitated for a moment, but they might know soon, so it wouldn’t hurt to tell him in advance.

"I was selected for the national youth team." Chen Fang said.

"Bang!" Sun Lexian fell backwards to the ground, got up and asked in surprise: "Is it true?"

"It's true." Chen Fang glanced at the dazed Wang Zhen and reached out to hold him.

Wang Zhen woke up, his eyes full of excitement. The two of them held hands tightly. There was no need to say anything, everything was expressed without words.

"I will be playing a game soon. I have received the training order. I will report next week and then start training. I may not be back until the Spring Festival."

"That's great. I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye you went from an ordinary high school student to a member of the national youth team. This is such a huge leap." Sun Lexian still finds it hard to believe it.

"I also think it's too fast. Maybe my basketball genes have been stimulated." This is the only explanation Chen Fang could give.

"The next thing will still depend on you. My parents will share some of the responsibility, but the execution still depends on you."

“None of us has any experience in starting a business, but that doesn’t matter. Most of our expenses in the first few years were on labor. If we can bear the losses and make it through three years, there will definitely be huge returns,” Chen Fang said with certainty.

"Don't worry, just serve the motherland well." Sun Lexian said happily. The benefits brought by Chen Fang's change in identity were too considerable.

Seeing that everything had been explained, Chen Fang went downstairs as he had somewhere else to go.

"Chen Fang." Sun Lexian suddenly called him.

"Do I need to tell everyone that you are joining the national youth team?"

Chen Fang thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter. Sooner or later, people will see it on the news."

"OK, then I'll go make the banner first, haha!"

After saying goodbye to Sun Lexian, Chen Fang and Wang Zhen walked on the old street. Wang Zhen was silent along the way.

"Chen Fang."

"Ah."

"Is our agreement meaningless?"

Chen Fang sighed, he put his arm around his good brother's shoulder and hugged him: "The agreement has always been there. The focus of the agreement is not in Shenzhen or in the university, but in our youth of struggling together."

Wang Zhen nodded continuously: "Yes, you are right, it is our agreement that we fight together."

"Please give more thought to the content and direction of the label. You have a stake in this company."

"What? I can't take it. I didn't invest a penny." Wang Zhen immediately refused.

"You put in the effort, Wang Zhen. I really don't have that much time to manage it, but you can."

"You are my spokesperson, my avatar. How could you not have shares?"

"Understood. I'll take care of it for you then."

"Thank you. I trust you the most in this world." Chen Fang thought of Wang Zhen's sad look when he left in his previous life, and for a moment he couldn't help but hug him.

"I'm sorry, brother." One of the biggest regrets of his rebirth was that he had hurt Wang Zhen. It was so difficult to have a true brother on the road of life.

"Hey, hey, let me go. Two men are doing this in the street and I still have my dignity to protect." Wang screamed in shock.

Letting go of Wang Zhen, Chen Fang laughed out loud, finally releasing some of his guilt towards Wang Zhen.

After finishing these mundane matters, he can pursue his dreams without any worries.

National Youth Team, I’m coming!
　There is still one chapter to be written in the evening. Now that all the trivial matters have been dealt with, it’s time to get to the point.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)