Chapter 1159 Chain Store Opening and Senbei Launch

As soon as this analysis came out, the Suns immediately received trade offers from all teams regarding Li Ba, causing the Suns to hold a press conference immediately to deny this possibility.

On this day, the league superstar Allen Iverson announced his retirement, and a generation of superstars will disappear from the court.

With the departure of the players, the Suns' championship lineup only has four players left: Li Ba, Ginobili, Alian, and Grant Hill.

And Ginobili, among them, has not actually been determined whether to stay.

However, Li Ba did not pay much attention to the lineup issue. On the 18th, his restaurant chain opened.

He invited hundreds of stars from the sports and entertainment circles to support him, and also laid out the red carpet. The scene was so large that it could be called a top show with a huge influence.

For this chain store, he served as the chairman and hired a special management team, which was arranged by Gao Yuanyuan, and Yatou's cousin was also among them.

He and Yatou are major shareholders, each with 30%, Guoguo allocated 10%, Gao Yuanyuan invested 10%, and the rest are small shareholders.

There are many small shareholders, and the stars he invited are all of them, no matter how many there are. There are so many people that they account for 20% in total.

Li Ba also invited many league superstars, some of whom are free agents. He wants to take this opportunity to see who among them is willing to join the Suns.

"Vince, do you have a target team for next season?"

He first found Carter. Carter still has some energy now. He averaged 31 minutes per game last season and played 16.6+3.9+3.

"Hammer, do you want to recruit me? But your people are gone, I think it's a bit difficult." Carter laughed.

"You will regret it if you don't come." Li Ba smiled and pointed at Carter and went to find the next person.

He didn't think the Suns were finished. As long as he was there, the Suns would still be the Sun and would always shine on the NBA league, so he only gave him one chance, and it would be fine if he didn't come.

After he left, Carter began to carefully consider the possibility of joining the Suns.

He is 33 years old, has been injured many times, and has no honors. Should he join the Suns and take a chance?

But his current thoughts are very pure. Enjoying basketball is the first priority. He needs playing time. So will he get playing time if he joins the Suns?

Li Ba found Ray Allen the second person.

Ray Allen is 35 years old, but he was still able to average 35 minutes per game last season, with 16+3+2 data. His physical fitness is still excellent and he still has oil.

"Ray, I asked you to come here a few years ago, and I asked you to come here the year before last. You can decide again this year." After a brief greeting, Li Ba said directly.

Ray Allen smiled and nodded directly: "OK."

Li Ba was stunned. So straightforward this time?

Ray Allen smiled and said: "You have said it several times. If I don't agree, it will be unreasonable."

Li Ba laughed, nodded, and went to find the next person.

"Vince, what did the hammer say to you?" Carter's cousin McGrady came over and asked while he was still thinking.

Carter said something, and McGrady was silent.

"Tracy, maybe you can talk to him." Carter suggested.

He knew that McGrady's body was no longer good and he was really ready to retire, but McGrady was different from him. McGrady really wanted to get a ring.

"He didn't look for me..." McGrady hesitated.

Carter smiled bitterly. The Suns were almost rebuilding, and McGrady's current state was definitely not suitable.

After thinking for a while, he took McGrady to find Li Ba again.

"Iron Hammer, Tracy and I will join the Suns with a minimum salary. Do you think it's okay?"

"You two brothers?" Li Ba said in surprise.

"Yes, I'll pack it for you." Vince smiled bitterly.

Li Ba shook his head and smiled, "Sorry, Vince, Tracy's current state should not meet our requirements."

Now the team is rebuilding, and what they want is someone who can play on the court. He can't let the team sign McGrady because of Carter.

Carter and McGrady were a little disappointed.

In the next few days, the operation of more than 20 chain stores was very hot, and reservations were generally scheduled for two weeks later, and the reputation was very good.

On the 20th, Ray Allen announced that he would join the Suns with a two-year contract of 20 million US dollars.

On the 21st, Vince Carter joined the Suns with a three-year, $20 million contract.

On the 22nd, Li Ba's family and Gao Yuanyuan set off to return to China and landed in Beijing.

After resting in Beijing for two days, the family and Gao Yuanyuan went to Shenzhen again to prepare for the listing ceremony of Xianbei.

Li Ba took several hundred million US dollars last time, although it was in the form of a loan, it was actually a capital increase. The valuation of Xianbei Entertainment before listing reached 6.5 billion yuan, 650 million shares, and 10 yuan per share.

The scale of this IPO issuance is 500 million shares, priced at 12 yuan. The premium is not high, very low, almost the same as the original shares, leaving a huge and sufficient space for the increase in stock prices after listing, raising 6 billion yuan.

The entire company's share capital has reached 1.15 billion shares, but the circulating shares are only 500 million shares. The original shares cannot be listed and circulated, that is, they cannot be cashed.

The chairman of Xianbei is Yatou. The shares are the same as those of the restaurant chain. He and Yatou each have 30%, Guoguo has 10%, and Gao Yuanyuan has also invested 10%.

The remaining 20% ​​were subscribed by either company executives and celebrities, or some industry professionals and some film and television companies in the industry.

These people and companies are also the resources needed for the operation of Senbei Company, and some companies have cross-holdings.

At 9:18 am on the 26th, the bell ringing ceremony of Senbei began.

Li Ba has a huge influence in China, and this listing and bell-ringing ceremony attracted a large number of media.

In addition to Li Ba's family and Gao Yuanyuan, the company's president Guan Ming, several senior managers, and more than a dozen first-line stars of the company also participated in the bell-ringing ceremony.

"Husband, you come and ring it."

In the flashing of the media flash, the girl handed over the hammer.

"You ring it, you are the chairman." Li Ba shook his head and laughed.

"I want to ring it."

Guo Guo, who was held by Liu Xiaoli, shouted with her little hands.

"Oh, our little rich woman also wants to ring the bell?" Liu Xiaoli teased the little girl.

"Let the three of them ring it together." Zhou Yuehe said happily.

"Dang!"

As the bell was rung, it symbolized that Xianbei Entertainment was officially listed.

Liu Xiaoli watched her daughter ring the bell from behind, and she was really moved.

The scene of Li Ba's sudden pursuit of Xixi seemed to be still in front of her eyes. Xixi followed Li Ba at the age of seventeen. In the blink of an eye, it has been six years. The granddaughter is two and a half years old, and the daughter has become the chairman of the listed company.

What made her happiest was that Li Ba still treated Xixi the same as before.

Among the group of stars standing behind, many people were also sighing.

Among them, Gao Yuanyuan and Fan Bingbing sighed the most.

They are now artists of Xianbei. They watched how Liu Yifei went from an ordinary TV actress to their boss, and now she has become the chairman of a listed company.

It can be said that Xianbei, with its successful listing, is now the leader of the domestic entertainment industry, and Liu Yifei, who was similar to them back then, is the chairman of this leading company.