Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 259 The American media is hyping the “lifelong enemy”

Before Chen Ran left for Canada, he had another in-depth discussion with the brokerage company.

According to Chen Ran, he already has many endorsement contracts with real companies. Now he wants to consider whether he can cooperate with those Internet companies.

It doesn’t have to be an endorsement fee, you can cooperate as an investor or an image ambassador for mutual benefit.

After all, I am now the top among the top in the entire Chinese cultural and sports circle, and those Internet companies are also traffic-first, so there is a high probability that the two parties will hit it off.

Therefore, it would be a waste if he did not make good use of his huge popularity on the Internet.

After Chen Ran conveyed his intention, he took the team members on the plane to Toronto.

Things outside the field will be left to the agency to take care of, and he himself will put away his thoughts and focus on the upcoming North American season.

This time, Chen Ran has an additional yoga teacher on his team.

At first, although the other party expressed great enthusiasm for becoming Chen Ran's personal yoga instructor, the thought of flying with him around the world made him a little intimidated.

Chen Ran had no choice but to add more money, and finally "impressed" the eldest sister.

Indeed, flying around the world most of the year can be difficult for many people.

So to become a professional tennis player, you must overcome this long feeling of loneliness.

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In Toronto in early August, the average temperature is generally between 8℃-14.0℃, which is a very suitable weather for outdoor tennis competitions.

What was Chen Ran’s impression of Toronto in his previous life? A coastal international city with very beautiful scenery.

It is also a destination for countless wealthy people in China to immigrate.

Today, there are about 60 Chinese in Toronto, accounting for 10% of the city's population.

But at the time when Chen Ran traveled through time, the number of Chinese in Toronto had reached more than 120 million, accounting for 20% of the population. It was the city with the largest number of Chinese settlers in the world outside of China.

Why do so many Chinese people like to settle in Toronto?
Chen Ran experienced this after coming to Toronto.

In addition to generous social welfare and relaxed immigration conditions, there is also a lack of involution.

Coming from such an involuted society in China, Chen Ran found that people here lived too leisurely and never worked overtime.

In today's China, your boss asks you to work overtime? That’s because I think highly of you! Don't say you're too embarrassed to ask for overtime pay, you're even too embarrassed to ask for days off.

"What's wrong with working overtime? Since you have nothing to do at home on the weekends, you might as well come to the company to work!"

"What, you want to take a day off? What's wrong with working overtime for the company? There's no collective spirit at all."

When Chen Ran was working in his previous life, these words came out of his boss's mouth over and over again.

But people living in the city of Toronto are famous for their love of life. There is almost no concept of 996, and there are no regulations on days off or weekends, and no one will stay to work overtime.

In short, it is not involuted.

If there is an unscrupulous guy who takes the initiative to work overtime, it will definitely attract strange looks from his colleagues, as if to say: There is a traitor among us.

Therefore, even a Chinese who is famous for being involved in involution and regards working overtime as a daily routine will not only feel no sense of pride after feeling the "meaningful" gazes of his colleagues, but will be filled with deep uneasiness and guilt. .

If it were placed in China, these "strugglers" would definitely show off everywhere how many hours of overtime I worked yesterday.

After checking into the hotel, Chen Ran put down his luggage and took the team to wander around the streets of Toronto.

Although Toronto is a capital of immigrants, they rarely accept refugees or immigrants with poor economic conditions. Generally, they only consider those with superior economic conditions.

Therefore, the largest number of immigrants coming to Toronto from all over the world are from China, followed by India, and then Russia, and they are all from the wealthy class.

When his physical trainer, the Russian Sergey, followed him, he even greeted a few fellow Russians on the way.

In the evening, after dinner, Chen Ran and Zhang Depei carried the tennis bag and carefully walked through the crowd, and then slowly arrived at the training ground.

It is indeed a Masters level competition.

At this moment, the training ground is already filled with experts.

Roddick, Agassi, Federer, Hewitt, Ferrero, etc. all arrived at the training ground early. Chen Ran, currently ranked No. [-] in the world, should be the last to arrive in Toronto among all the participating players, which is enough. The pomp and circumstance.

The enthusiasm of the fans is also extremely high. The surging crowds on the three floors inside and outside are densely packed in every corner.

It seems that there is no extra space, but you can still see people approaching one after another, trying to squeeze in, find a gap, and then get closer and closer.

Outside the training ground, there were some young couples.

The girl sat on the boy's neck, stretched out her head, and looked away.

In short, the fans at the scene were very lively.

It was hard for Chen Ran to imagine that this was just a training session.

The tennis atmosphere in Toronto is good, not to mention that this level of Masters tournament only happens once a year. It is like a grand party, making energetic young people want to participate.

"Look at it!"

"Chen Ran is here!"

"He is currently the number one in the world!" Many young people rushed towards Chen Ran excitedly, including many fans with Chinese faces.

wow~
A group of people holding notebooks or tennis balls quickly surrounded Chen Ran. Only the on-site organizers struggled to squeeze out a passage.

Didn’t you think I was so famous in Canada?
Chen Ran was suddenly in a daze.

After all, when he first walked on the road, none of the pedestrians recognized him, and no one greeted him. But since he entered the training ground, everything has turned upside down.

根据罗杰斯杯赛事官方的行程安排，包括陈然在内的赛会前8号种子选手拥有晚上6点30到8点30两个小时的训练时间。

Training is also open to the public.

After all, these top players have no secrets, whether from their opponents or their fans.

The training content of the four Grand Slams and the ATP Masters is basically open to fans. This is also to promote the influence of tennis and increase interaction with fans.

It's just early 6 o'clock now, and the training ground is already overcrowded.

"That guy is so popular!" Federer looked at Chen Ran from a distance and was extremely envious.

He wonders if he can have such appeal if he can win Wimbledon now.

Among the eight seeded players today, Roddick and Chen Ran are the most popular.

This is true both on social networks and in reality.

After all, one is the new French Open champion and the other is the new Wimbledon champion.

Especially these two guys also staged a soul-stirring five-set battle in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

In addition, there is also the relationship between Roddick's big mouth.

Someone asked Roddick before: Who is your biggest opponent in the Toronto Masters?

Roddick said very bluntly: Of course it’s Chen Ran. I’ve been staring at his number one position in the world and I’m going crazy.

As an American, Canada is half of his home court.

Because of Roddick's outspoken words, Chen Ran's popularity in Canada has been further enhanced.

Of course, the American media also deserves credit.

Since Wimbledon, the arrogant American media has defined Roddick as the new American tennis king after Agassi, and Chen Ran has been hailed as Roddick's lifelong enemy.

As a result, the heat suddenly rose.

In fact, there are precedents for similar examples, such as Yao Ming and O'Neal.

Although Yao Ming is now very different from O'Neal in terms of honors and is not a player of the same level at all, the American media, which always likes to attract attention, has begun to hype the "Yao Shark Showdown", and even the NBA officials have included the two of them. The showdown is on Christmas Day.

At least in terms of public opinion, the American media has given American audiences a feeling that the two are "evenly matched". This has also ignited the interest of American audiences, and also made the ratings of "Yao Shark Showdown" in the Christmas battle rise steadily. .

But what about Chen Ran and Roddick?

A French Open champion and a Wimbledon champion are already equally matched in terms of honors.

So the confrontation between these two tennis superstars is definitely more worthy of the name than the "Yao Shark Showdown".

The Toronto Masters Cup, then the Cincinnati Masters Cup, and then the finale of the North American season, the U.S. Open.

When it comes to the American media, it seems to be a confrontation between Chen Ran and Roddick.

The other cats and dogs, even the seeded players, were left out in the cold by the arrogant American media.

As a result, the old king Agassi was ignored by the American media, and there was a feeling that "only the new people laugh, but the old people cry".

Similarly, Federer, who has reached two consecutive Grand Slam finals, has become a little transparent.

Roddick enjoys it very much because he knows the routines of the American media very well.

"Hi Chen!"

"You're finally in Toronto!"

"I was too impatient to wait!"

Roddick enthusiastically wanted to hug Chen Ran, but Chen Ran avoided him in disgust: "Please, you are not a blond girl. I have no special orientation."

"You like blonde girls, but why don't you go to a nightclub in Los Angeles with me?" Roddick was puzzled.

"I like pure blonde girls!" Chen Ran curled his lips and emphasized.

"Innocent blonde girl..." Roddick rolled his eyes, "There shouldn't be one in Los Angeles, but there must be one in Toronto!"

"..." Chen Ran said helplessly, "Let's talk about tennis."

"Did you notice that the American media compared our rivalry to the 'Yao Shark Showdown'!" Roddick said excitedly, "It's so interesting! We even became what they call 'lifelong enemies'!" "

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(End of this chapter)