IPO is Close at Hand! The 1998 NBA Draft!

After the celebration, New York gradually returned to calm, but another storm was brewing on Wall Street.

At Li Fei Brand headquarters, in David Falk's office.

The phone of this elite agent and brand CEO had barely stopped ringing since the moment the Knicks won the championship. On the other end were bankers from top investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch.

"Li, the championship parade was fantastic. Your speech was flawless." Falk hung up another call and handed Li Fei a cup of coffee, unable to hide the excitement on his face.

"Now, it's time for the next step in our plan."

Li Fei took a sip of coffee and nodded. "Going public?"

"That's right. An IPO." Falk's eyes gleamed with something called money. "I've already started the process. We have to seize the enormous prestige and market buzz brought by this championship and push Li Fei Brand onto the throne of the capital market."

The listing process was tedious and complicated, but with a top operator like Falk at the helm, everything proceeded in orderly fashion.

The first step was restructuring and establishing a joint-stock company. Falk hired the finest law firms and accounting firms in the United States to conduct a comprehensive asset audit and valuation of Li Fei Brand. The resulting figures left even Wall Street elites accustomed to major deals clicking their tongues in amazement.

"Feasibility assessment? Li, this is the easiest assessment I've ever done in my career," the project manager in charge told Falk over the phone. "The question now isn't whether Li Fei Brand can go public. It's which of those hungry wolves on Wall Street will be fortunate enough to become our lead underwriter."

And that was indeed the truth.

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