Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 17
"Good brother, what you said seems to make sense!"

Hu Jie touched his chin and nodded with deep understanding.

Chen Ran, who had been in the workplace for more than ten years, was able to fool the young man in front of him with just a few words.

"Then it's a deal. See you in the Internet cafe every day!" Hu Jie nodded seriously, as if he was afraid that the other party would break the promise.

What worries him most is that he is working hard day and night in the Internet cafe, while his good friends stay at home and study hard at night.

The young man's simple mind did not realize the path Chen Ran wanted to take in the future.

After eating at noon and resting for a while, the afternoon game officially started.

In the quarterfinals, Chen Ran still showed a strong crushing force, sweeping the opponent cleanly with two 6-0s.

In this game, Chen Ran showed his all-round skills, including topspin, lob, smash, small ball, forehand and backhand cutting, etc.

Chen Ran seemed to regard this eight-to-four match as his own personal practice match, displaying every skill.

At this moment, the player he was playing against stood at the other end of the net, with his hands on his hips and breathing heavily.

But those sharp eyes were staring blankly at Chen Ran, as if they had thousands of words they wanted to tell Chen Ran.

Brother, why do you want to come here and compete with us high school students for a "provincial athlete" certificate at your level?

Do you know how expensive tennis lessons are?I have only been studying for a few years, but I have spent tens of thousands!
Chen Ran ignored the other party's resentful gaze, sat down on the chair, picked up a towel and wiped it on his cheeks, then picked up a bottle of mineral water and drank a few gulps.

"What are you looking at? Competitive sports, food is the original sin!" Feeling the guy's fiery gaze, Chen Ran cursed in his heart.

"Are these the top four?"

Hu Jie rubbed his eyes vigorously and looked at his friend's effortless way of winning the game. He seemed to think that tennis is quite easy to learn.

While Chen Ran was drinking water, his eyes casually passed from a distance.

Normally, some people should not be able to sit still.

Especially in the game just now, Chen Ran consciously let in a few more small balls, causing the opponent to simply give up the save.

Chen Ran has training resources that other Chinese players do not have, and his brand-new combat method of unexpectedly releasing a small ball when the two sides are in a stalemate with multiple shots is something that all previous Chinese players are not good at.

"Let's go home. The semi-finals and finals are on Sunday."

At this time, all the top four players have been determined, and today's competition has also passed its test.

"Ah, I still want to watch the game tomorrow, but you have to pay for the ticket."

Hu Jie knew that there would be a bonus of 300 yuan after entering the semi-finals.

"Okay, no problem." Chen Ran waved his hand and left the gym with a tennis bag on his back.

"Old Xu, look at that kid again!" Liang Hui, as the vice chairman of the Tennis Association, said shamelessly, "I am half a layman when it comes to tennis, but I am pretty sure that not many people in your provincial team are like this. The boy’s rival.”

He was very frank when he said that he was "half a layman." Anyway, in many sports departments in China, it is normal for laymen to manage experts, and everyone has long been used to it.

Xu Jianye lit a cigarette skillfully and then blew out a smoke ring: "Chairman Liang, I have been in charge of this project for several years, and I know a little bit about tennis. This guy didn't miss a single ball in the serve game, but in the opponent's serve game , and can break serve easily, this strength definitely exceeds that of our provincial team.”

He pointed at Chen Ran's opponent just now and said: "That person is not weak, his family is rich, and he spent a lot of money to hire a coach from the provincial team to train. He has practiced with players from our provincial team before, and he has never been like this. This is the first time I'm so passive." Liang Hui adjusted his sitting position and said with some surprise: "This junior high school student's family must be rich, and he has such good coaching resources."

In his understanding, Chen Ran has such outstanding strength at such an age, but it must be accumulated with excellent coaching resources.

China's tennis is not competitive, and a big reason is that the coaching level is not good enough.

A good coach requires a lot of money, and their tennis association has limited funds, so how can it afford to hire high-level coaches.

Every year, sending some of the best tennis players in the country to the IMG Tennis Academy in the United States for a few months of training is already the limit of what they can do.

"Anyway, there are still two games, keep watching!" Sun Jianye whispered in Liang Hui's ear, "If this person is really only 16 years old, there will be a lot of room for improvement!"

The comprehensive abilities demonstrated by Chen Ran aroused their strong interest.

"By the way, Lao Sun, are you going to be promoted?" Liang Hui seemed to have remembered something, "I guess you have to go to the province to serve."

Sun Jianye covered his mouth and whispered: "Chairman Liang, you are still well-informed. If nothing unexpected happens... I will take up my post after the Asian Games this year."

Liang Hui said intriguingly: "This kid is 16 years old now and will be 19 in three years. You are already preparing for the Nanjing National Games three years from now."

Old fox!
Sun Jianye was speechless, but silence represented acquiescence.

……

Sunday's game went according to plan.

Chen Ran, the only junior high school player, still maintained a strong posture and defeated his opponent 6-1 and 6-0 in the semi-finals.

As for the resentful look in the opponent's eyes after the game, Chen Ran simply ignored it.

"Friend, how many years have you been learning tennis?" the player on the other side replied reluctantly.

"Four years!" Chen Ran also cherished words like gold and only said two words.

These four years were the four years of college in his previous life, which made Chen Ran completely fall in love with the sport of tennis. He did not include the recent period.

After only four years of training, you are already at this level!
The player on the opposite side was immediately at a loss for words. He had been training for five years, but he was beaten by the opponent normally. Is the gap in athletic talent really so big?
He wanted to know who Chen Ran's coach was?
However, his mentality is obviously much better than that of the one who was eliminated by Chen Ran before. Entering the semi-finals also means that he has completed the task and can get the provincial athlete certificate.

This guy still had some schadenfreude in his heart, wanting to see how Chen Ran would bully his opponent in the final.

That guy usually trains with him, and his overall strength is slightly lower than his.

However, an unexpected accident happened. Just when Chen Ran was doing warm-up activities and preparing to compete in the finals, his opponent in the finals announced his withdrawal directly, citing physical discomfort.

As a result, Chen Ran easily won the championship without even playing in the finals.

So, he forced out a bright smile and took over a championship trophy that probably cost only a few yuan, as well as a certificate of provincial athletes. The one who presented the award to Chen Ran was a middle-aged man with a slightly fat body and short hair. year man.

After the awards were presented, the middle-aged uncle patted Chen Ran on the shoulder in a friendly manner: "Young man, congratulations on winning the championship."

"Finally here!" Chen Ran's heart trembled slightly.

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(End of this chapter)