Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 235 Popularity and Controversy Coexist

Chen Ran looked at this scene and felt very happy.

It seems that CCTV is not deceiving me, and it has indeed begun to inspire other Chinese athletes.

The butterfly effect continues.

"Paris in June has become a blessed place for Chinese athletes!" Next to Chen Ran, several CCTV staff members sighed.

A month ago, who would have dared to imagine that Chinese athletes could win the French Open championship and the men's 110-meter hurdles championship at the World Athletics Championships at the same time.

But from another perspective, the pressure Liu Xiang faces may increase exponentially at the Athens Olympics next year.

After all, the third place and champion of the World Championships have completely different mentality when participating in the Olympics.

Forget it, let’s enjoy the moment.

When the CCTV broadcast slowly passed by the audience, Chen Ran, who was standing up to applaud, was also recorded by the camera.

Years later, when people recall Paris, France, in June 2003, they can’t help but sigh from the bottom of their hearts: This was the best of times.

Liu Xiang, draped in the national flag and holding a gold medal, walked to the stands and fist-bumped with Chen Ran.

At this moment, the 20-year-old young man, who has not had much contact with Vanity Fair, has a completely honest look in his eyes.

"Congratulations! But you have to be prepared, your life may change drastically from now on." Chen Ran joked with a smile.

After Liu Xiang heard this, a trace of confusion appeared on his excited face.

Now, he still doesn't understand the meaning of the other party's words.

"If you have a team in the future, remember that the team serves you, not you serving the team." Chen Ran smiled slightly and left a sentence that made the other party think deeply for a long time.

Liu Xiang may not understand it now, but he should understand it one day in the future.

After the award ceremony, Chen Ran took his team members straight to Paris International Airport and embarked on the journey back to China.

However, Chen Ran's team made an announcement directly before boarding the plane. Chen Ran will fly directly to Wimbledon in early July and will not participate in the grass tournament before Wimbledon.

As the top among the top in this era, as soon as this announcement came out, it caused a lot of excitement in the Chinese Internet, especially those Chen Hei who were dormant in the dark.

The new French Open champion, now the world's No. [-], actually chose not to play on the grass court.

"This is so crazy, I'm starting to act like a big star!"

"Airborne to Wimbledon, only Sampras at his peak would dare to do this, but he is the king of grass after all."

"Because there is no Masters tournament in the grass-court tour, it may be that Chen Ran's appearance fee has not been negotiated."

"Really, this guy is obsessed with money at such a young age!"

"Believe me, he, like Zhang Depei, will only rely on winning one Grand Slam when he is young in his life. If he can win the second, I will write my name backwards."

"Compared to Chen Ran, I prefer Liu Xiang who won the World Championships!"

In addition, when a Korean reporter compared Chen Ran's French Open victory and the Korean men's football World Cup semi-finals to the glory of Asian sports, Chen Ran called himself "Beiqiao Feng" and the Korean men's football team "Nan Murong".

Originally, the Koreans did not find anything wrong.

However, in order to show their loyalty, the top leaders in China immediately told the Koreans the true meaning of "Beiqiao Feng, Nan Murong".

The Koreans suddenly realized that in Chen Ran's view, the so-called "equal fame" was just an illusion, and it was a satire that their World Cup semi-final results were not worthy of the name and were not worthy of being compared with him.

This is not bad, but with the character of these South Koreans, they immediately exploded.

Chen Ran was not only mocking them, but even treating them like monkeys. At first, these people quoted this metaphor nonchalantly, and when they thought about it, their faces felt burning pain.

Then, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately repeated the same trick and handed over a letter of protest, just like it did to Huang Jianxiang, a well-known CCTV football commentator 2 years ago.

At this time, the entire Chinese Internet was extremely lively. Chen Ran, who could both make things happen and cause trouble, made Chinese netizens "constantly climax"!
As a result, almost all Chinese netizens, including the former "Chen Hei", rarely supported Chen Ran and protested against South Korea's shameless behavior.

Two years ago, Huang Jianxiang, a well-known football commentator who was dissatisfied with being criticized by his leadership, immediately jumped out and said: "Korean people are making trouble unreasonably. I support Chen Ran."

Of course, there are also some public intellectuals who suffer from rickets and say that Chen Ran's words were very rude and he should apologize.

These guys get the attention and they get the shout-outs.

Chen Ran's agency immediately issued a warning to these public intellectuals. If you dare to continue talking nonsense, you will be served with a lawyer's letter.

However, the Sports Bureau was a little confused when they saw South Korea's letter of protest. However, after finding Sun Jinfang from the Tennis Management Center, they discussed for a long time and could not think of a response policy. Because Chen Ran and Liu Xiang were completely different, they could not control it at all.

Especially when Chen Ran plays for the national team, it is really voluntary labor. They have no way to control each other.

"Forget it, this matter will be over after you tolerate it."

After several leaders discussed it for a long time, they only came to the conclusion: "Be patient and aggrieve yourself."

As long as Chen Ran can win the Athens Olympics championship, we as leaders will be fine if we suffer a little injustice for the sake of national interests.

But what if Chen Ran didn't win the Olympic gold medal?There is nothing we leaders can do, so we can just accept the grievance as nothing. …

At this moment, when Chen Ran's plane landed at Yanjing International Airport, he stretched lazily.

Chen Ran didn't expect that in just a few hours, the entire Chinese Internet would be in uproar about him.

"By the way, I've been busy since the French Open and haven't looked at the properties panel."

Chen Ran immediately cheered up and opened the properties panel.

After defeating Federer in the Grand Slam final, Chen Ran allocated his potential value to technical attributes, which increased by two points.

Technical attributes: 88 (limit value 90)
Mental attribute: 87 (limit value 87)
Physical attributes: 88 (limit value 92)

Finally, the upper limit of Chen Ran's technical attributes exceeded the threshold of 90.

As long as Chen Ran can fulfill his talent, his true strength should be close to Murray at his peak, No. 1 among the Big Three.

"Mr. Chen Ran, I'm sorry to bother you. Did you enjoy your trip? Is there anything that needs to be improved in our service?" A beautiful flight attendant knelt down on one knee next to Chen Ran's seat. , said very softly.

Look at this first-class flight attendant, her service attitude is really different. She even takes the initiative to ask you where your service is not attentive.

Just eldest sister, why are you looking at me with such eyes? Are you stealing pictures?
But I just took a photo with you, what else do you want to do?
In his previous life, Chen Ran had never traveled in first class, but he often heard from hearsay that flight attendants like to find love in first class because they firmly believe that their Mr. Right cannot be in economy class and may be in economy class. Business class, most likely first class.

Even if those first-class passengers have families, they will not hesitate to break up one family and start another one to show the means and abilities of these stewardesses.

But I am only 17 years old and still a minor. Are you embarrassed to do it?

However, there are indeed many national football and men's basketball players who like to hit flight attendants very much, and the two parties will soon hit it off and be in love with each other.

Chen Ran smiled politely to express his gratitude: "Your service is very good. I don't think there is anything that needs improvement."

However, the stewardess did not leave immediately. She still kept her smile and a bit shy, and handed her business card to Chen Ran.

"Sir, if you want to take our flight in the future, you can ask me to reserve a seat. I will definitely leave a comfortable seat for you."

But it is a bit unnatural for a woman with mature charm to pretend to be an innocent student.

"I really like the temperament of tennis players. They are so elegant and completely different from the ruffian-like temperament of those who play football."

"Okay, thank you." Chen Ran took the business card with a calm expression and nodded politely.

At this moment, the landing aircraft has made all preparations for passengers to disembark.

When Chen Ran carried his suitcase and walked down the elevator into the lobby, he threw the business card into the trash can without thinking.

Based on the lessons of a certain top-notch Mr. Wu Zhuan in later generations, it is better not to mess with certain women who are like dog-skin plasters.

"Did she really think that I was just an ordinary 17-year-old boy who would be fascinated by her?"

Indeed, many high school students and college students have beautiful fantasies about stewardesses. After all, it is still a relatively innocent era and cannot be compared with the advanced information of later generations.

"You still look down on the temperament of the national football team. I think you are a good match for them. If you set your sights on those national football players, your chances of success will increase significantly."

Chen Ran complained silently.

buzz~
clap clap~
When Chen Ran entered the hall, he was startled by the surging crowd in front of him.

After returning to China after winning the semi-finals of the Australian Open last time, compared with this time, it was completely insignificant and far from the same.

Densely packed heads of people were constantly moving around, almost filling every corner as far as Chen Ran could see.

A girl held flowers and delivered them to Chen Ran surrounded by staff.

There were hundreds of reporters, either carrying cameras or carrying cameras. The crowded crowd lined up and kept clicking the shutter on Chen Ran.

The saying goes that if wealth does not return to its hometown, it is like walking at night in brocade clothes. This is probably the truth.

As soon as Chen Ran appeared, screams and shouts immediately filled the entire hall, making it very lively.

What's more, it's still early summer in June in Yanjing, and the crowded hall is almost making the air here burn.

A lot of security personnel were deployed at the airport to protect Chen Ran through this not-so-distant journey.

Along the way, Chen Ran had to constantly extend his hands to say hello to the people picking him up at the airport, and even high-fived the enthusiastic crowd.

On this hot day, it’s not easy for people to pick me up at the airport.

"Look, Chen Ran is so polite."

"The outside world says he is arrogant, but I don't think so at all!"

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(End of this chapter)