Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 81 Brokerage Firms and Apple Stocks

PS: I updated 5000 words today, is that okay?
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As expected of the vice president of Nike China, after all, he is familiar with the business, and Chen Ran provided sufficient information, ATP world rankings and competition bonuses, and Nasdaq quickly passed the review.

Five days later, Chen Ran got his own Nasdaq account.

A few days ago, Chen Ran had already exchanged 2 US dollars.

Dong Bing asked Chen Ran before what stocks he wanted to buy. Chen Ran calmly said that he did not trade in stocks, but only invested in the long term, so he pretended to spend [-] US dollars to buy some Nike stocks.

He knows that Nike's stock price will appreciate about ten times in 20 years, which is considered a good investment.

Chen Ran's operation was also within Dong Bing's expectation.Many of Nike's spokespeople hold Nike stocks, and she herself has purchased a lot.

Could it be that Chen Ran asked me to help open a Nasdaq account just to hold some Nike stocks?
It's best not to get obsessed with stock trading and train with peace of mind.

Not long after Chen Rangang bought Nike stock, and was thinking about his next move, Dong Bing called again.

She asked Chen Ran if he wanted to sign with a brokerage company, and she could recommend Chen Ran to the famous IMG company.

"Although your current achievements are insignificant in the eyes of IMG, fortunately you are young enough and they will be interested in paying for your potential."

Chen Ran also said simply that we could talk about it.

IMG, headquartered in the United States, is the world's leading sports, entertainment and media company. They have also set up their own branch in China, spanning the cultural and sports fields, and have deep connections and resources.

Chen Ran obviously knew about IMG and was interested in it.

With such a powerful brokerage company, he really has less to worry about.

"Chen Ran, your situation is much better than other athletes." Dong Bing analyzed and gave his own opinion, "You can make your own decisions on many things, and there will be very few restrictions."

"After all, the management affairs of many athletes are in the hands of relevant associations, such as the Liu Xiang you know."

"Similarly, IMG can also maximize your business potential."

"And...I have to admit that you play very well, which is a huge plus for your commercial value."

Looks good playing ball?

Chen Ran understood instantly.

For example, Federer's commercial value is not only in tennis, but also a top player in all sports. In addition to his outstanding results, he also has an elegant and gorgeous playing style.

Like Djokovic, even though his honor has achieved a comprehensive encirclement of Federer, his commercial value is still far behind Federer.

Of course, it’s not just the commercial value. What Chen Ran values ​​​​more is that IMG will help you formulate a more comprehensive competition plan, especially helping you apply for wild cards for some important tours.

In addition, there are competition registration, training arrangements, flight and hotel reservations, etc. These things can be handled by the agency.

If you are injured, the brokerage company will help you contact a well-known sports medicine hospital as soon as possible.

In short, you don’t need to worry about many things, you are completely free.

Of course, there are also some endorsement contracts, so-called no profit, no business.

At present, the only company Chen Ran has signed is Nike, and Nike uses a unified template contract when investing in young athletes, but other businesses do not.

They are very likely to dig holes and lay traps, causing you to be in debt for no reason. A mature agency will check for you and hammer out the contract details that are most beneficial to its players.

More importantly, IMG attaches great importance to the professional tennis business and even acquired the "Nick Tennis School", which is known as the world's number one tennis school.

Chen Ran is 16 years old. He won a championship when he first entered the profession and defeated many good players.

IMG has no reason to reject such a rising tennis star.

Maybe there is God's will in the dark.

Just when Chen Rangang hung up the phone from Dong Bing and was thinking about how to maximize his profits, he received a call from Liang Hui of the Tennis Association.

"Xiao Chen, there's something..."

I have to say that some people have really sensitive noses. For example, just after he and the "Chinese coach" broke up, Liang Hui expressed his intention to take over Chen Ran's management affairs.After all, Chen Ran said before that his management affairs were originally planned to be handed over to the "coach". Now that the "coach" is gone, Liang Hui feels that the opportunity has come.

He also said very solemnly that leaving the agency to handle the brokerage affairs can not only realize the personal value of the athletes, but also ensure the interests of the country. In short, this is for your own good, with no harm at all.

Chen Ran was not an ignorant young man, and Liu Xiang had learned from the past and immediately said that you were a step too late. He had already signed a contract with IMG.

While the other party was disappointed, he also discovered that Chen Ran was very defensive, so he had no choice but to hang up the phone.

"There are hungry wolves watching, and it seems that we need to reach an agreement with IMG as soon as possible." Chen Ran thought, and sent a message to Dong Bing, hoping that the people at IMG could talk to him as soon as possible.

The reason is also very good. He is about to start winter training to prepare for the upcoming Australian Open qualifying matches.

If the matter with the brokerage company is resolved as early as possible, he will be able to prepare for the war without any distractions.

Not long after, Dong Bing also sent a message back to himself, saying that the representative of IMG's China Region would fly directly from Yanjing to Dongzhou City within three days to discuss the details of the contract with Chen Ran.

The work efficiency is indeed good.

Chen Ran also found that Nike seemed to value him more than Liu Xiang, even though both of them were potential rising stars.

It seems that this is not only because I am a free self-employed person, but also because the market potential and commercial value of tennis are unmatched by the 110-meter hurdles.

After achieving his goal, Chen Ran finally put down his phone with satisfaction and turned his attention to US stocks again.

He still had 2 US dollars in his Nasdaq account. This time, Chen Ran needed to redeem all the potential values ​​that could be realized in one go.

In the future Nasdaq stock market, many giant Internet companies will indeed appear.

Especially as a giant company that will be the world's largest for generations to come, Apple's market value has exceeded the 3 trillion U.S. dollar mark more than [-] years later.

Today, Apple's stock price is only US$15. In August 2023, when Chen Ran was reborn, Apple's stock price was still as high as US$8 after two splits, 195 times what it is today.

The two stock splits of Apple stock, one is 1:7 and the other is 1:4, multiplying the two times is equivalent to 28 times.

那么2002年的苹果股票到2023年的涨幅总共是13乘以28约等于364倍。

Chen Ran's $2, once locked into today's Apple stock, would still be worth 360 times even if the fraction is removed, which would be equivalent to $2023 million in 720.

Soon, a prompt sounded from the system.

"Do you want to lock in this $2?"

"locking!"

"Please select a deadline!"

"July 2023!"

"The term lock is successful. Do you want to start allocating potential values?"

"Divide this wealth into three equal parts, and then allocate each to its own three attributes."

After a while, Chen Ran opened the properties panel again and couldn't help but feel happy.

The limit value of technical attributes has been increased from 80 to 84, while the current technical attribute is 74.

The limit value of the mental attribute has been increased from 78 to 83, while the current mental attribute is 75.

The limit value of physical attributes has been increased from 88 to 90, while the current physical attributes are 83.

"Great, the potential value of each attribute has increased a lot!"

This also means that Chen Ran will be able to realize more talents by spending the same training time in the future.

Chen Ran soon couldn't wait to enter the "simulation training ground" and was training and competing crazily.

Three days later, when representatives of IMG arrived in Dongzhou City by plane, Chen Ran's technical attributes finally exceeded the 75-point mark.

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(End of this chapter)