Yang Yiming and Yu Xiaochun sat in the air-conditioned conference room, watching a group of "entrepreneurial teams" in suits and leather shoes standing next to the projection screen at the end of the conference room, enthusiastically explaining their business plans.

This is the fifth group of entrepreneurial teams they have received today.

The cold air of the air conditioner blew Yang Yiming a little sleepy. He poured himself a full cup of Americano before the meeting began, and now he was drunk to the bottom. The meeting lasted for more than an hour, and there was no end in sight, and the effect of the whole cup of Americano seemed to slowly fade.

The team on stage consisted of four people, three men and one woman.

It has been the founder and CEO of the team who have been talking about it. His enthusiasm is the highest, and he is full of energy, and he envisions the vision of entrepreneurial projects to read like a poem, and the rhythmic sound hits the glass windows of his office and the eardrums of his listeners, making them tremble.

Maybe he does have the capital to be proud of.

The entrepreneurial project they introduced is mainly for children's basketball training, and it is said that it has established its own training camps in more than 10 major cities across the country, with more than 10,000 students. The project is extremely sought after in the capital market, and now they mainly want to do B+ round financing, and at the same time invite Yang Yiming as their image spokesperson to make the brand an instant hit.

"The goal is to let more children across the country receive the most advanced and professional basketball training from an early age, and there will be more small 'Yiming' in the future to go to the NBA arena!"

But this corporate vision makes Yang Yiming sound more like he is saying: The opportunity for investment is just once, and after this village, there will be no such store.

Then there's a whole bunch of data, reports, financial analysis, and future revenues. This time, the keynote speaker was the thinnest man on the team, who introduced himself as the CFO of the project. He wears gold-rimmed glasses and speaks softly, which is in line with the stereotype of a traditional financial person. He spoke slowly page by page, without the passion of the CEO, Yang Yiming's sleepiness became even stronger. But the story is the same: Invest your money in us, and it's the perfect choice for you.

The last to appear is the team's COO Director of Operations. He was a chubby, smiling boy who looked like he had just left school. He took over the topic of CEO and CFO, demonstrated to Yang Yiming and Yu Xiaochun the operation of the project in more than 10 cities across the country (mainly based on training camp photos), and confidently said that as long as enough funds and time are given, they can promote the same successful model to the whole country, benefit millions of school-age basketball children, and finally select Chinese rising stars who adapt to the NBA like Yang Yiming through scientific selection and training.

It looks like the other side already thinks of themselves as part of their team.

Yang Yiming thought secretly in his heart, turning his head to observe Yu Xiaochun's expression. The light of the slide flickered on the lenses of Koharu's glasses, and he couldn't take his eyes off it, obviously much more focused than Yang Yiming. When he heard "select an NBA star like Yang Yiming", Yu Xiaochun's lips opened slightly, as if there was saliva about to flow out.

Hmph, isn't it enough to have me?

Yang Yiming sneered in his heart. Of course, he didn't really blame his partner's "strange thoughts", but he was amused by Xiaochun's endless enthusiasm for basketball talents. As long as he mentions what stars are there, even if it takes more than a decade to become a talent, he will never tire of it.

But do Yu Xiaochun and the team on the stage really think that this road can be passed? The arduous and dangerous road of professional sports, the cruelty of the selection process, and the remarkable pyramid effect can be solved by a few interest classes and training camps?

Using Yang Yiming as an image endorsement is nothing more than a gimmick to earn the attention of parents. In the end, they will hold a "Yang Yiming Gold Medal Special Training Class", which is only charged for VIP customers. He doesn't have to be involved in the whole process, he just needs to show up at the opening and closing of the camp — just like his business activities these days — but that's enough to collect a lot of tuition, and it also creates the illusion of success that is enough to mess up: Yang Yiming is here, is it still far from the NBA?

Yang Yiming had unreliable thoughts in his heart, and the Q&A session later was more like a formality for him. Yu Xiaochun asked questions on the side, the CEO, CFO, and COO on the stage took turns, and the two sides fought with each other, but Yang Yiming sounded like a noisy background sound, drowsy.

He picked up his coffee cup, but only drank the residue at the bottom of the cup. The foam of the coffee runs over the tip of the tongue. He took a sip, bitter and astringent, frowned, and swallowed.

The quality of this disposable paper cup for coffee is not bad. Yang Yiming held it in his hand and looked left and right, the thickness of the wall of the paper cup was enough, and there was no sign of softening and dampness after receiving a few cups of hot coffee, and it still maintained the shape of a cylinder. There is no pattern on the body of the cup, only a corrugated pattern, flaxen, and the English name of the hotel where the conference room is located is in the center of the cup.

Yang Yiming, who completely began to wander, simply looked left and right back and forth.

A team of three men and one woman.

The three men on the stage have already spoken, and at this moment they are answering various tricky questions raised by Yu Xiaochun from a professional point of view:

"How can you ensure that your charging standards and operating models can also work in non-mainstream cities across the country?"

"I feel that your valuation of 100 million yuan after the B round is a bit high, how to explain it?"

Wait a minute...

Yang Yiming noticed that the only lady in the team had not yet spoken. She has long hair and a small appearance, and she dresses a little more casually than the three men in suits and leather shoes, but she is very relatable. From the beginning of the introduction to the present, she has maintained a shallow smile and switched slides for various O's operations.

The pale pink blazer she wore was quite good-looking, fitting her figure.

Every time the O's answered on a different topic, she always switched the slide to the corresponding page as soon as possible, and then put her hands in front of her, looking half-sideways at the projection screen, like a silent audience, listening to her colleagues explain it again with great interest.

Yang Yiming couldn't help but wonder if she would speak at today's promotion meeting.

Unexpectedly, he didn't wait too long, and after being asked by Yu Xiaochun that "the investment in the sports industry has been cold recently, and there are many star projects stranded, how can we be persuaded to continue to invest in you", the CEO invited out the lady and introduced her as a doctor in child psychology and one of the partners specially hired by the team.

The female doctor smiled and explained to the questioner, Yu Xiaochun, the idol identity effect in psychology: if Yang Yiming joins their project, it will undoubtedly establish an idol that can be identified, and a steady stream of new students will join in order to establish contact with the idol Yang Yiming. This effect is particularly pronounced and prevalent in adolescents. Therefore, as long as Yang Yiming still endorses the project, there is no problem that the project is cold.

In short, a win-win situation.

But if it is really said, it is nothing more than letting Yang Yiming shout for the project platform.

The reason is actually not complicated, and Yang Yiming is not exclusive to the project itself, but he has to involve so many big reasons with the originally simple platform, and he is not very cold.

Over-packaging.

Just when Yang Yiming was looking forward to the end of this promotion meeting as soon as possible, the mobile phone he placed on the table vibrate. An unfamiliar U.S. number.

He frowned and cut off the phone.

Unexpectedly, the other party persevered, Yang Yiming pressed it three times, and TA hit it three more times.

After the third press was broken, the phone did not ring again for five minutes, and the team on the stage finally began to make a closing speech.

But I didn't expect the CEO to start conquering the audience again with enthusiasm, and the projection screen behind him went black. Before the female doctor in pink who operated the slides and the computer could find out the problem, the projection screen lit up again, and a video connection popped up.

Isn't the person on the other end of the line——?!