Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 129 Blue Sailing
Chen Fang, the scoring champion of the World Youth Championship and known as the undisputed number one high school student in the country, appeared in the NEWL playoffs, causing such a sensation that the entire Nanyang basketball circle exploded.

Whether they were high school students or adults, as long as they played basketball in Nanyang, they crowded around Wei Lan just to catch a glimpse of Chen Fang.

The stadium can only accommodate more than a thousand people, but there were at least four thousand people.

Wang Yuan, who was sitting next to Chen Fang, looked as proud as a rooster, with his head held high and his chest puffed out, as if he was in control of the world.

Seeing that the game was about to end, Chen Fang left Wei Lan early for fear of causing unnecessary group incidents.

After getting in Wang Yuan's car, Chen Fang breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him, "Uncle, I definitely wouldn't be able to leave today without you."

"Haha!" Wang Yuan laughed.

"Thank you Uncle Wang for your support along the way and for your help to Wei Lan." Chen Fang's words were true. Wang Yuan not only helped me with the land, but also provided great help in the past six months. Several groups of street thugs who came to the stadium to cause trouble were all dealt with by him on the same day.

By the way, we also cooperated with the public security brigade to carry out a public security rectification in Nanyang and cleaned up the hidden cancer.

"That's what I said. I've watched you become a big shot." Wang Yuan now tells everyone he meets how good his vision is for discovering a talented star like Chen Fang.

Chen Fang listened to Wang Yuan's singing with a smile on his face as the car drove to Nanyang High School Affiliated to Nanyang.

"What are you doing here?" Wang Yuan asked.

"Some of my friends are practicing here, so I come here to practice with them and keep in shape."

“By the way, how’s your groin?” Wang Yuan suddenly remembered and asked with concern.

"I'm still recovering." Chen Fang answered awkwardly. A few days ago, Shanti announced to the public that Chen Fang had strained his muscles during training and was in the recovery period.

This caused a group of people online to curse Shanti for being a non-human. Chen Fang had just finished playing for the national youth team, and he wanted him to come back to play in the game. It was really brainless.

Chen Fang didn't dare to look any more. Today was the opening game of the NEWL playoffs. As the founder, he had to come, otherwise he would not show up at all.

"I know an old Chinese doctor. I'll take you there when I have time. He's very skilled. Many of us who got injured while playing basketball went to see him."

"Ah, this may not work. The bureau stipulates that any treatment must be approved by them." Chen Fang quickly found an excuse.

"Okay, then go ahead." Wang Yuan also knew that Chen Fang was different now. There were many things that were beyond his control, so he would not blame him.

I walked into the school. It was summer vacation, but there was still a security guard there. But when the guard saw Chen Fang, he let me in.

It’s not that they know each other, but the affiliated high school recently organized a training camp, and someone as tall as Chen Fang must have come here for training.

Chen Fang arrived at the gym with ease and heard the sound of balls bouncing at the door.

After pushing the door open, I saw familiar figures and faces.

Bai Ye, Sun Yi, Yan Zhen, Xue Yi, Lei Chen, Kou Feng, Han Nuo, Xue Chong...almost all the best high school students in Nanyang are here.

The only reason that brought them together here was Chen Fang.

Seeing Chen Fang appear, everyone stopped what they were doing.

"Sorry for the long wait. Today is the opening match, I have to show up." Chen Fang first apologized, then clapped his hands and asked everyone to gather.

Looking at everyone who gathered around him, Chen Fang said without further ado, "This is our first time forming a team to play in a travel tournament. We still have more than half a month to practice together. During this time, let's work together to fire the first shot of the travel tournament and make Nanyang famous."

“Put in ten times the effort, light yourself up, and illuminate your own path!”

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

Everyone shouted.

This was another idea that came from Chen Fang. During the summer vacation, he gathered the best high school students from Nanyang and went to travel around the country to play in competitions.

Ten cities, ten games, twenty days.

And today is the first day of joint training.

Chen Fang will stay in Nanyang for a week and train with everyone. Later, Sun Lexian will lead the team to start the prelude to the national competition.

By then, all of WeiLan’s accounts will come to create momentum, further expand WeiLan’s influence, and cooperate with WeiLan’s development plan in the second half of the year.

In the evening, Sun Le and Wang Zhen also came to the gym. Chen Fang also stopped training and found a chance when no one was around. Sun Lexian whispered, "Ma Li is waiting in the gym."

"Okay, I understand." Chen Fang nodded. This was his plan.

Half an hour later, Chen met Ma Li again in the conference room of the stadium.

This time, Ma Li seemed more enthusiastic, his attitude was more easy-going, and his eyes were much clearer.

Chen Fang exchanged pleasantries for a while, then got straight to the point: "Boss Ma came to my cottage three times, probably to discuss cooperation with me, right?"

Ma Li was stunned for a moment. He couldn't believe his ears, but he immediately replied: "I have always wanted to cooperate with Brother Chen. I am willing to do anything."

Chen Fang smiled playfully and asked, "Anything is fine?"

"As long as Brother Chen is willing, I, Ma, will do my best."

"Thank you for your recognition, Mr. Ma. Please take a look at this first." Chen Fang nodded to Sun Lexian, who took out a document from the cabinet and placed it in front of Ma Li.

“This is a plan for Blue Sports Media Co., Ltd. to organize weekend sports activities for the general public in SD Province.”

Then Sun Lexian handed over another document.

"This is the approval document from the Shandong Sports Bureau. Wei Lan will be officially allowed to carry out this folk activity in the province in October 2015 for a period of five years."

Wang Zhen turned on the TV, which displayed a map of the entire Shandong Province.

"We will replicate Nanyang's weekend league in 15 cities in Shandong. We will expand the popularity of the NEWL league by renting stadiums in big cities and building them in small cities. Our goal is to create a weekend league for high school students in Shandong and enrich their hobbies."

"It is expected to cover 300 million high school students in the province and become a self-operated sports brand with a population of 2000 million."

At this point, Chen Fang smiled and asked, "Does Mr. Ma want to come along?"

Mr. Ma's expression became serious. He read it carefully, especially to confirm the authenticity of the approval document. Finally, he nodded carefully: "This has always been my idea. Young people are formidable. I didn't expect that Brother Chen is not only good at basketball, but also has a good mind for business."

"Tell me, how do we cooperate?" Ma Li knew very well that today was the day for a showdown.

"Boss Ma is straightforward." Chen Fang praised him first, and then said, "20% of Weilan's shares are always reserved for the signed broadcasters, and they have the right to dividends. The remaining 80% of the shares are in the hands of the three of us."

"If Mr. Ma is willing to agree to my principle of A and B shares, that is, equal shares with different voting rights, then you are eligible to become a shareholder."

"AB shares!" Ma Li's eyes sharpened, then faded, and he nodded: "I am a businessman, I only care about profits."

“The Weilan brand will definitely be the most famous sports brand in Shandong in the future. It will also become the sports brand most recognized by students. I believe this can be achieved within five years.”

"NEWL is just the beginning. It will be replaced by SEWL, the Shandong Weekend Elite League, and become a seven-level civilian league for three age groups: college, high school, and junior high school. All the benefits derived from it will become Azure's wealth."

Chen Fang spoke eloquently about his plans for Wei Lan. Now was the time to look for angel investment. Chen Fang also knew a thing or two about making plans.

"Tell me, what is the current valuation of Wei Lan?" Ma Li was very calm now. He was very clear about the future that Chen Fang described, and he also realized that as long as Wei Lan was given time, it would really have a chance to succeed.

Because of Chen Fang's influence and his relationship with the Shandong Sports Bureau, he will definitely provide protection for this grand plan.

He has studied Chen Fang for a long time. Although he is young, he is very thoughtful.

From the two people he made friends with, we can see that he has the ability to plan for the long term.

Wang Yuan, if you recognize this man, you will not be able to target Wei Lan with any evil means in Nanyang.

Zhang Shaohong, it is said that the two were as close as father and son, so this batch of articles must have been the result of a single word from Zhang Shaohong.

Naturally, it is easier to make money in the sports industry if you have connections in the government.

What Chen Fang lacks now is money. Apart from that, Ma Li can't think of how he can be useful. At least from the initial stage, Chen Fang completely ignored him, which seemed to be telling him that he didn't need him in his work.

"From October 2014 to June 2015, Weilan's revenue for eight months was 6 million, not much, but the profit was 190 million."

"In July we will launch a national travel competition. The total value of the contracts we are signing is 300 million. We expect that the total revenue of Weilan in 2015 will reach about 800 million, and this is only for the single city of Nanyang."

"As for the financial reports, you can check them at any time. Invoices and bank statements are all there."

“Regarding valuation, the Berkus method should be the most fair.”

"Ideas, products, team, strategic partners, sales." Chen Fang sat down and said to Ma Li, "Does Mr. Ma have any objections to these?"

"No!" Ma Li nodded. He is an investor and is very familiar with the valuation methods of startups. Berkus is considered a highly reasonable valuation method. "The idea is the profit model of sports media. There are currently two products, one is the league and the other is the podcast. The core team member is me, Chen Fang. As for the strategic partners, I don't need to say it clearly. Mr. Ma should also be clear about it. As for the sales volume, I have already mentioned it just now."

“Five in one, my five-year forecast for Weilan is that in 2020, the market value will be 3000 million US dollars.”

Ma Li's eyelids twitched, and he silently calculated in his mind that the valuation in 2020 was 2 million. It can only be said that this valuation is not exaggerated, but rather very pragmatic.

Even if we only occupy the whole of Shandong, this market value is 100%.

Chen Fang waited patiently. He saw Ma Li nod and said, "I agree with this valuation."

"But if this is considered an angel round, the investment is a bit large."

If the valuation is 2 million, each share would be 200 million.

Chen Fang naturally knew more about it. He said, "As for valuation, the price changes every day. President Ma, do you have any objection to this?"

Ma Li frowned, but still conceded the point.

"I don't mind waiting. I can start with leasing in Jinan and Qingdao, and then expand to other places. Maybe within three years, the Weilan sports brand can cover high school and middle school students in Shandong."

"After all, we have the hard power. Basketball is all about speaking with the ball." Chen Fang's tone suddenly became higher.

"We will be the first to defeat any competing brand. In the world of our young people, whoever wins is the authentic one."

Ma Li's face also changed. Chen Fang's words punctured some of the thoughts that had just emerged in his mind.

Chen Fang is a future member of the national team. There is no doubt that this brand has a strong appeal. Regardless of anything else, investing in this person is a good way to preserve value.

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Mali made up his mind.

"Excuse me, how much B shares can I own?"

"20%" Chen Fang said directly.

“That’s 4000 million RMB.”

“Yes, but I can give you a written commitment now that we will give priority to your diluted equity in the next round of financing.”

"Of course, you can choose not to have this written commitment."

Ma Li understood what Chen Fang meant. When the next round of takeover came in, he could be the first to cash out and get back his previous investment.

But if things develop well, I will just increase my investment. How can I be willing to be diluted?

Ma Li smiled bitterly. He found that Chen Fang understood human nature very well. He couldn't imagine that a person who was not even 17 years old knew so much about equity structure. There must be an expert behind him.

Thinking about this, Ma Li came up with more speculations.

This undoubtedly strengthened his determination to join the stock market.

"I believe in Mr. Chen's vision and ability. I must buy a ticket for the Blue ship." Ma Li stood up and stretched out his hand.

Chen Fang also stood up and shook it, smiling: "Boss Ma has good vision."

"How about we start the specific matters tomorrow?" Ma Li asked.

"Of course." Chen Fang nodded.

After the three of them saw Ma Li off, they returned to the conference room. Wang Zhen and Sun Lexian were still in shock, even though Chen Fang had reminded them beforehand not to speak and to control their expressions.

But the person has left, so it should be no longer needed.

"I, I feel like I'm dreaming!" Sun Lexian groaned, touching his chest.

Wang Zhen was completely speechless and gasped for breath.

Chen Fang was also very excited, but he was able to control himself.

"Don't be shocked yet, let's talk business." Chen Fang asked the two to sit down, and then said: "I gave you 5% of the B rights each. Do you need to cash out this time?"

This is how financing works, with rounds of cashing out and finally going public, allowing shareholders to pay the bill.

Now, it’s the money-sharing meeting for the startup team.

"1 million for one share, are you willing?" Chen Fang asked.

"Bang!" Wang Zhen collapsed directly to the ground. He tried to get up for a long time but failed. Chen Fang picked him up without saying a word and sat him back down.

"I have 10 million?" Wang Zhen pointed at his nose stupidly.

"Yes, if you are willing." Chen Fang said with a headache.

"Pa!" It was Sun Lexian's turn to collapse. Chen Fang laughed when he saw it. It turned out that this guy had spent a long time trying to figure out how much money he had now.

After all, he was an adult, and after struggling for a while, he finally crawled back.

Seeing their confused looks, Chen Fang knew that they were at a loss for ideas at the moment, so he spoke out his thoughts directly.

"I'll make the decision for you."

"Each of you should give 2% of the shares, and I will give 16%, so Ma Li will have 20% of the shares in total. Of the 400 million, each of you can keep 200 million for future additional investment and operation. Because once the real money comes in, all subsequent company operations will be distributed according to the proportion of shares."

"Then give me the remaining 200 million yuan. I want to set up a new company."

"This company will indirectly hold a controlling stake in Weilan, and its main job is to invest in start-ups, that is, angel rounds."

"What do you mean?" Wang Zhen was dumbfounded.

"You should make up for your financial knowledge during the summer vacation, Sun Lexian, the same goes for you." Chen Fang didn't want to explain too much.

"This company is called CF, and its Chinese name is Chengfeng."

"You still own 5% of the shares in this CF company."

"Are you starting over?" Sun Lexian asked tremblingly. He used to feel a little unhappy that he only had 5%, but now looking at this 5%, it is simply the beauty of a dream lover.

"Yes, the market value of this company is even larger. Believe me, in ten years, we can be truly financially independent."

"This is your reward for following me since my grassroots days."

"Damn, Chen Fang, even if you ask me to kill someone or burn anything, I won't blink an eye!" Sun Lexian jumped up, gasping for breath.

"Me too!" Wang Zhen yelled.

"Hey, calm down. I'm going to trouble you. Once Ma Li comes in, the funds will be in place and you will start to expand across the province. Since you are still a student, Wang Zhen will be responsible for the existing business in Nanyang. Sun Lexian will wait for you to return from the travel game. Then you will take the current employees with good business capabilities and good character and start to travel across the province."

"Understood!" Sun Lexian rolled up his sleeves, ready to set off tonight.

"As for me, I will first build up CF and hire a good manager. You guys just ignore me for now. It will take at least three years for this company to become valuable. Don't be impatient."

"No hurry, no hurry." Wang Zhen shook his head so hard that it almost fell off.

"After Ma Li and I sign the equity transfer tomorrow, I will train them and then go to the United States."

"America?" they both asked in surprise.

"Yes, I'm going to the United States to play in the American high school." Chen Fang said seriously: "You must remember that our current achievements are based on my change of identity."

"If this stall is to become more and more popular, my identity must continue to change."

"I have to play in American high school because it is the best way for me to go to the NBA."

"You guys take care of the house, so I can go ahead and venture out with peace of mind."

As for the Blue Company, Chen Fang was not worried at all. He could provide some support now and take it back later.

The epidemic in 20 will have a huge impact on the sports market. By then, it will be easy to recover all equity from a psychological and situational perspective.

From the beginning, they used indigo as bait and hung a group of hens up to lay eggs.

Horsepower is just the first.

Chen Fang's conscience will ensure that every hen will leave safely with profits and capital, and will be grateful to him.

Because of the hardships he had experienced in his previous life, Chen Fang didn’t want to suffer any loss in this life.

(End of this chapter)